Each of the foregoing officers may appoint a delegate to represent him in Council activity.

The Council shall be composed of the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency.

It has never been easy to be a Persian, from the oldest times in history till today.

The facts of the matter are that there is no justification for an increase in steel prices.

. . . the American people will find it hard, as I do, to accept a situation in which a tiny handful of steel executives whose pursuit of private power and profit exceeds their sense of public responsibility can show such utter contempt for…

So, when we welcome the Shah here, we welcome a friend and a very valiant fighter.

such dispute has resulted in a strike which, in my opinion, affects a substantial part of the maritime industry

Transportation is thus an industry which serves, and is affected with, the national interest.

An efficient and dynamic transportation system is vital to our domestic economic growth, productivity and progress.

Economic and policy research will improve knowledge about the functioning of our transportation system as a whole and about the interrelation of the major branches of the industry.

This Administration's study of long-range transportation needs and policies convinces me that current Federal policies must be reshaped in the most fundamental and far-reaching fashion.

This basic objective can and must be achieved primarily by continued reliance on unsubsidized privately-owned facilities, operating under the incentives of private profit and the checks of competition to the maximum extent practicable.

I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate April 5, 1962, as Interstate Commerce Commission Day.

President Kennedy indicated the readiness of the United States Government to assign representatives to work closely with such Brazilian agencies to minimize delays in project selection and the provision of external support.

President Kennedy expressed great interest in this approach.

So that when we talk about agriculture we should talk about it with pride and not always talk about it as one of our great problems or burdens.

The Federal Government, after all, is not an organic entity itself, but it is the common interests of all the people.

We hope you will also see the Members of Congress and acquaint them and the Senators.

Our problem is one of overproduction, one of our ability to produce more than we can consume at reasonable prices.

In conserving our national outdoors areas, opportunities delayed generally mean opportunities lost.

It is clear that we must act now to expand existing recreational resources to meet our present and future needs.

It has been traditional to regard the out-of-doors as 'free.'

We depend upon you to help us achieve that balance, which is most difficult.

I also call upon the appropriate officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on that day as a manifestation of our loyalty to the Nation which that flag symbolizes.

The need is both real and immediate.