John Fitzgerald Kennedy

I am pleased to transmit to the Congress draft legislation implementing the 23d Amendment to the Constitution, providing for voting by the residents of the District of Columbia in Presidential elections.

My best personal good wishes.

We commit ourselves to help in the long-range, systematic development of the Bolivian economy.

I am prepared to send a special representative to assist in carrying forward the Program and especially to try to insure that United States assistance--from all sources--contributes effectively to the long-term development of the Bolivian…

Executive Order No. 10586 of January 13, 1955, entitled 'Designating Certain Officers to Act as Secretary of the Treasury', is hereby revoked.

We are also willing to begin immediately on a series of projects important to the economic development of Bolivia.

We are prepared to take some immediate steps which have been in preparation for several weeks.

We believe it is essential to work with you in helping the Bolivian people satisfy their aspirations for a better life and for increased social justice.

Now, Therefore, I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2 of the act of June 8, 1906, 34 Stat. 225 (16 U.S.C. 431), do proclaim and declare that the…

It is, however, impracticable to itemize at this time the reductions of expenditures which it is probable will be brought about by such taking effect.

The plan provides for greater flexibility in the handling of the business before the Commission, permitting its disposition at different levels so as better to promote its efficient dispatch.

I transmit herewith Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1961, prepared in accordance with the Reorganization Act of 1949, as amended, and providing for reorganization in the Federal Trade Commission.

There is, however, reserved to the Commission as a whole the right to review any such decision, report or certification either upon its own initiative or upon the petition of a party or intervenor demonstrating to the satisfaction of the…

After investigation, I have found and hereby declare that each reorganization included in the reorganization plan transmitted herewith is necessary to accomplish one or more of the purposes set forth in section 2(a) Of the Reorganization…

That is why in the face of an ominous future we can share that faith which Winston Churchill expressed more than a half-century ago, 'Humanity will not be cast down.'

It is only what we decide ourselves we will do-which direction we will turn the tide of history--that we can be successful.

I must say we are delighted to have them all.

The United States of America welcomes African moves toward greater regional or continent-wide cooperation.

Now, Therefore, I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, do hereby request that Sunday, May 14, 1961, be observed as Mother's Day;

The full development of broadcasting as an instrument of education is one of the most significant challenges which confronts your industry.

There is no means of communication as significant as that in which you are involved: to hear, to see, to listen.

I express in my own name and in the name of the American people our most sincere hope that this Conference will achieve a full measure of practical success.

The essence of free communication must be that our failures as well as our successes will be broadcast around the world.

No man can hope to prophesy with precision the outcome of the great struggle in which our generation is now engaged.

Our adversaries in this struggle against freedom--and they are not national adversaries, we have no national disagreements, what is involved is the great struggle for freedom, and our adversaries in that struggle possess many advantages.