John Fitzgerald Kennedy

There is no easy solution.

As you know, this house was burned once by the British.

This is a tremendous burden which falls upon the United States and the people of this country.

I am confident that the work of this Panel will help us chart the path toward our ultimate goal of preventing this tragic condition.

This nation still falls far short of its responsibility.

We must, therefore, continue to stimulate this flow of inventive ideas by supporting medical research along a very broad front.

I am asking the American people to join in a nationwide vaccination program to stamp out these four diseases.

I therefore recommend again the enactment of a health insurance program for the elderly under the Social Security system.

I have recommended added funds for the National Institute of Mental Health to increase its program for the training of professional mental health workers and physicians.

This program supports fundamental research in biology and other sciences, and strengthens the research capabilities of universities and other institutions.

The nation's health depends on the availability and efficient use of highly trained and skilled professional people.

The basic resource of a nation is its people.

I also invite the Governors of the States to provide for the observance of National Defense Transportation Day.

I also urge all United States citizens and interested organizations to participate in commemorating Pan American Day and Pan American Week in view of the importance of inter-American friendship to our own national welfare and that of the…

The Voice of America thus carries a heavy responsibility.

I salute you on your 20th birthday and say that in the next 20 years when these choices will become more vital to us, I believe that the Voice of America will be fulfilling its function, as it did that first day when it committed itself to…

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values.

Now, Therefore, I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Friday, May 18, 1962, as National Defense Transportation Day.

For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

I put such great importance in the work that you are doing.

Paint us with all our blemishes and warts, all those things about us that may not be so immediately attractive.

I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Saturday, April 14, 1962, as Pan American Day, and the period from April 8 through April 14, 1962, as Pan American Week

We believe that people are capable of standing the burdens and the pressures which choice places upon them.

The Voice of America occupies, I believe, a key part in the story of American life.

The Heads of Government should meet to resolve explicit points of disagreement which might remain after the issues have been carefully explored and the largest possible measure of agreement has been worked out at the diplomatic level.