We're very glad that this is recognized, on this occasion, as a world problem.

I hope that when you get back you will find an early opportunity to come to Washington to report to me personally on developments and prospects in the Pacific area as they reveal themselves at the South Pacific Conference.

None of us feels very happy at having food stored away while others need it, and the way that we can solve that problem is a very human one which transcends national frontiers.

And, as I've said, I don't think that there's any group in the country which has recognized this consistently over a period of years more than the CED.

So that there are many areas where your work can serve the public interest.

So that the horizon is unlimited as far as the area of joint effort is concerned, and I therefore take great pleasure in welcoming you to the White House.

I'm hopeful that you--and I know you have been concerning yourselves with the problems in our balance of payments situation, our loss of gold, what actions we could take governmentally as well as privately, industrially, which would make…

Another area which I think is worthy of concern is an analysis of some of the policies which are followed by industry and government particularly in the three key countries of Europe which have enjoyed substantial economic success in…

Accordingly, I hope that Congress will give it prompt and favorable attention.

I believe this bill represents a major improvement in present policies and practices and that it will materially assist the federal agencies concerned in their efforts to put surplus real property to its highest and best use.

I have been interested in the matter of our city areas for many years.

WE WANT to express our welcome to all of you here to the White House, and to tell you how much I appreciate your coming up here.

We have in the past months doubled our urban renewal program to help you in your fights against slum and blight.

I can think of nothing more useful than an exchange such as this, between your delegates and ours, and we hope that our visit down there will be another mark of our great interest in the friendly relations between Mexico and the United…

And I urge all our people to join in appropriate activities and ceremonies with the various branches of the transportation industry and representatives of governmental agencies

In a short few decades we've moved from a rural to an urban way of life, and before long we shall be a nation with a vastly extended population, living in great urban areas in housing that does not now exist, served by community facilities…

You can be very sure and confident that the federal Government will also continue to work with you in achieving this great and worthwhile objective.

We have greatly expanded the water pollution control program in order to join with you in providing adequate supplies of good water to meet urban and industrial needs.

Mrs. French, we are glad to see you, and would you say a word about mathematics and education.

We now have before the Congress a major proposal on urban mass transportation.

In Witness Whereof,I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed

This hemisphere must be a source of strength to ourselves, and also, I hope, inspiration to countries around the world, of how people can live together in amity and friendship over a long period of time.

Now, Therefore, I, John F. Kennedy,President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning May 13, 1962, as National Transportation Week

So I think that in these relations between Mexico and the United States, which should be constantly worked on and not merely be permitted to be assumed, I think this sets a very good precedent for our relations with countries around the…

The federal Government acts to help you meet your urban problems.