John Fitzgerald Kennedy

If your organization did not oppose Social Security before its enactment--only afterwards--I will be glad to point out this unique distinction at my next press conference.

I appreciate your confidence that I 'would not intentionally give the American people incorrect information about the American Medical Association or any other organization or individual.'

So we want them to know we are very glad to have them.

Dr. Alan T. Waterman be exempted from such compulsory retirement

Full and effective disclosure is the best way to control both excessive contributions and unlimited expenditures.

The problems of political finance are not limited to any political party, but are common to all, and all will benefit from action on the legislation herewith transmitted.

Although the Commission devoted its attention to the problems of campaign costs for Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates only and its recommendations go only to such campaigns, it pointed out that '. . . it is our view that the…

If the financial burdens of presidential campaigns are to be widely shared, then some system of incentives must be established to encourage broad solicitation and giving.

Accordingly, it is essential to broaden the base of financial support for candidates and parties.

For the citizens' free choice to be exercised meaningfully, they must be well-informed about opposing candidates, parties and issues.

I urge the Congress to study this plan, since it is an original and imaginative approach and would encourage concentrated party effort in broadening the financial base of Presidential campaigns.

By our free choice, we vote and in other ways participate in the politics of our democracy.

As one who participated in a presidential campaign, I heartily endorse this recommendation.

Dear Mr.____________:The election of the President of the United States is the supreme expression of the free choice of the American people.

This is in the interests of our senior citizens and all those who will some day occupy that exalted station.

I believe that we are going to be successful, as I said last Sunday, if not this year--and I believe that we have a very good prospect of being successful this year--then certainly next year.

We are fighting, in a sense, an old fight.

But we shall be successful, and when we are, a good deal of the obligation for that success, a good deal of the thanks for that success, will rest with Congressman Forand, and with all of you.

And we're opposed by those who have opposed, in other days, progress.

We want this administration, this Government, to be identified with this cause.

Our great contribution, it seems to me, that we can make in our time, as distinct from the contribution of the Roosevelts and Pinchot which was in a sense the management of resources, their preservation against their unreasonable…

I don't think there is anything that could occupy our attention with more distinction than trying to preserve for those who come after us this beautiful country which we've inherited.

Harnessing science to conservation is going to be the great contribution of our day

In that case, plant it this afternoon.

Executive Order 10988 on Employee-Management Cooperation in the federal Service is an essential part of our effort to bring new vigor and creativity to the public service.