John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Well, we are not, as you know, removing the grain immediately.

Progress in applied science and technology upon which the country relies for military strength, medical advances and the development of our civilian economy is heavily dependent upon the continuous flow of new scientific knowledge.

I think the misunderstandings have been straightened out.

Well, I notice in the press this afternoon that some effort now seems to be, at least is reported to be, made by the Chinese Communists to stop the flow of refugees.

So you are very welcome to the White House, and I want you to know we are very grateful to all of you for coming down to see us.

No, that is not planned.

I do not believe that the Congress intended that this burden be placed on the colleges and universities.

And I want to thank all of you, and also especially thank those who for so many years, and quite anonymously, have served on these boards in their communities.

The record is clear that this limitation has imposed serious financial difficulties particularly for many of our medical schools.

In addition to supporting research, grants to universities are vitally important because of the close relationship which research bears to graduate education and to the development of an adequate supply of trained scientists and engineers.

So I want to congratulate all of you and express our thanks to you.

Well, that's what I think we ought to be--one of the matters we ought to be talking about.

I understand that the ship is now being moved to the dock to load and is going to Brazil, that this matter has been settled.

A statutory limitation is, therefore, unnecessary if the purpose of the Congress is to prevent windfalls to research institutions.

As I understand it, the British have accepted those who are political refugees; those who are not they have been forced to turn back because Hong Kong is so crowded.

Well, I think the economy, which is moving steadily forward, is the best stimulant to the stock market--the most natural one.

Well, our treaty relationships with Laos and Viet-Nam and Cambodia are somewhat different than our NATO relationship.

Well, I think the views of all the parties are well known to each other.

Social security is the heart of the financing, the heart of the legislation.

And that's the issue.

Now there are those who say that the federal Government, the National Government, ought to mind its own business.

The party in power has lost, in this century, every time except 1934.

We are glad to have you here for many reasons.

And I think very clearly that's the choice that we face in 1962.

I think the business of the people is the people's business, and as long as we have these problems which are so much a part of our lives, which are all around us, then we have to try to do something about it.