As a possible alternative the President suggested that the Royal Air Force might use the Hound Dog missile.

This wonderful equality in the cultural world is an old American phenomenon.

I want to express our appreciation to the people of the Bahamas for their welcome.

The arts in the United States are, like so many other of our activities, varied and decentralized to a high degree.

And I do think it fair to say that we really do much better in warmer climates, so I am delighted that we are here today.

In the Nation's Capital, the Federal Government, of course, has special obligations.

To work for the progress of the arts in America is exciting and fruitful because what we are dealing with touches virtually all the citizens.

I would hope that in the years ahead, as our cultural life develops and takes on new forms, the Federal Government would be prepared to play its proper role in encouraging cultural activities throughout the Nation.

The world looks better today than it did yesterday, and I am sure it's due to our pleasure in being on this island in the sun.

This is part, I think, of a nationwide movement toward excellence--a movement which had its start in the admiration of expertness and skill in our technical society, but which now demands quality in all realms of human achievement.

Both Roosevelt and Lincoln understood that the life of the arts, far from being an interruption, a distraction, in the life of a nation, is very close to the center of a nation's purpose--and is a test of the quality of a nation's…