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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States, serving from January 20, 1961, until his assassination on November 22, 1963. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in Massachusetts and is often remembered for his leadership during the Cuban Missile Crisis, which brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Kennedy also established the Peace Corps, promoting international service and cooperation, and he advocated for civil rights, laying the groundwork for future legislation in this area.
We need evaluations and plans, but we need in the planners a passion to create through education what Governor General Azikiwe of Nigeria called for in his Inaugural Address: 'a hate-free, fear-free, greed-free world, peopled by free men…
I take special pride, therefore, in submitting this proposal to permit the greatest possible number of citizens of the District of Columbia to share with their fellow Americans the basic right to vote for President and Vice President of…
For unless education aims at elevating the motives of men we can find no basic answer to the division and troubles of our times.
Executive Order No. 10586 of January 13, 1955, entitled 'Designating Certain Officers to Act as Secretary of the Treasury', is hereby revoked.
We commit ourselves to help in the long-range, systematic development of the Bolivian economy.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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.
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.
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…
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.'
The great inner resource of freedom, the resource which has kept the world's oldest democracy continually young and vital, the resource which has always brought us our greatest exploits in time of our greatest need, is the very fact of the…
We greatly applaud the determination of African leaders to come to grips with their own problems.
I also call upon the people of the United States to observe Mother's Day by display of the flag at their homes or other suitable places, and to manifest through private and public expressions the reverent esteem in which we hold our…
The United States of America welcomes African moves toward greater regional or continent-wide cooperation.
There is no means of communication as significant as that in which you are involved: to hear, to see, to listen.
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.
The full development of broadcasting as an instrument of education is one of the most significant challenges which confronts your industry.
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