John Fitzgerald Kennedy

The Postmaster General shall assist in the development of a national emergency registration system.

These plans and programs will be designed to develop a state of readiness in these areas with respect to all conditions of national emergency, including attack upon the United States.

I want to say how proud we have been that you chose to come to this country to examine our educational system.

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, including authority vested in me by Reorganization Plan No. l of 1958 (72 Stat. 1799), it is hereby ordered as follows:

The Director of the Office of Emergency Planning shall advise and assist the President in determining policy for, and assist him in coordinating the performance of functions under this order with the total national preparedness program.

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, including authority vested in me by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1958, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Develop plans and procedures for financial assistance to individuals injured or in want as a result of enemy attack and for welfare institutions in need of such assistance in an emergency.

My own feeling is, we have to do better-not only in quantity but also in quality.

Nothing in this order shall be construed as conferring authority under Title III of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended, or otherwise, to put into effect any emergency plan procedure, policy, program, or course of action…

Thomas Jefferson once said that if you expect a people to be ignorant and free you expect what never was and never will be.

We hope that when you go home you will be able to communicate to them not only things that you may have liked here, or disliked, but also the sense of a people desiring to improve themselves and their country.

The Postmaster General is hereby authorized to redelegate within the Post Office Department the functions hereinabove assigned to him.

Prepare plans to assure the provision of usable public water supplies for essential community uses in an emergency.

The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency is hereby authorized to redelegate within the Agency the functions hereinabove assigned to him.

I am a great believer in the contribution which the union movement can make, not only in this country in maintaining a progressive economy, but also the contribution which the union movement can make around the world.

The Chairman of the President's Committee shall on behalf of the President direct the Committee and its functions.

I want to emphasize today that we are changing the name of this Committee from 'Physically Handicapped' to 'Handicapped.'

I agree with the statement which you have made in your letter that there exists a better basis than has previously existed for successful work by the conference.

Executive Order No. 10640 of October 10,1955, is hereby superseded.

I know that you are here in Washington taking part in one of the most important assignments which faces your union, to make a determination of what you should do in regard to collective bargaining.

I welcome you here individually and also because you represent an outstanding American organization, and also because of your distinguished president, whom I regard as one of the outstanding leaders of the American labor movement today.

I stated to the AFL-CIO national convention that the efforts which the AFL-CIO have made around the world to strengthen the free democratic trade union movement, I believe, represented one of the great contributions in the struggle against…

The question is rather one of timing.

I WANT to welcome you all here this morning.

The President's Committee shall facilitate the development of maximum employment opportunities for the physically and mentally handicapped.