John Fitzgerald Kennedy

And when you do badly, all suffer.

Contrary to the assertion that this nation has been living beyond its means abroad, we have been increasing those means instead.

We can use tariffs to cushion adjustment instead of using them only to shut off competition.

The same people who produced the poetry of Homer, the wisdom of Plato and Aristotle--they also produced the Olympic Games.

We have become more and more not a nation of athletes but a nation of spectators.

I view the growing emphasis on professionalism and specialization in amateur sports without great enthusiasm.

The medal may be awarded posthumously and, when so awarded, may be presented to such representative of the deceased as may be deemed appropriate by the Secretary of the department concerned.

There is hereby established the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, with ribbons and appurtenances, for award to personnel of the Armed Forces of the United States who after July 1, 1958

I find it to be in the national interest that the amount of the quotas for sugar and for liquid sugar for Cuba pursuant to the Sugar Act of 1948, as amended, for the six-month period ending June 30, 1962, should be zero.

I am therefore asking representatives of the Council of Economic Advisers and the Bureau of the Budget to assist you in your consideration of the Report and the development of your proposals.

For this reason, I would like you to analyze the Report with a view to developing courses of action which might be appropriate for the Federal Government.

So that I take pleasure in presenting this award to you, for your own extraordinary work and also in calling to the minds of our fellow citizens the great debt we owe to so many people who came to this country and made the United States…

I want to express my appreciation and pleasure, taking part in this ceremony in which you receive this justly earned award.

I said it in '49, so it isn't totally hindsight.

Quite obviously, we've touched on one of the matters which are of importance--civil defense.

I feel that I have many responsibilities and the press has less and I would think that the press should deal with that problem.

No such invitation has as yet been extended.

Well, I welcomed it.

Mr. Bowles has traveled a good deal in those areas before and after becoming Under Secretary.

In August, the American nations drafted the Charter of Punta del Este--the framework for the decade of development--a document whose scope and significance is matched only by the Charter of the OAS itself.

A preliminary decision has been made in regard to the matter, yes, and will be announced in January.

For today we begin to select the Panel of Experts established by the Charter of Punta del Este.

And I assure you that the United States will give the greatest possible weight to the conclusions of the experts in the distribution of funds.

The interview mentioned Germany and Berlin.

I certainly strongly endorse this initial effort.