In my judgment it's an extremely difficult matter for the free nations to deal with.

We have been considering the Vice President going to Southeast Asia, and I think a decision will be reached on that in the next--perhaps over the weekend or the next few days.

If we can get to the moon before the Russians, we should.

My only present plan is to go to France.

This message is but a first though urgent step along the road to constructive reform.

The tax system must be adequate to meet our public needs.

The need to strengthen the defense of the Atlantic community was recognized, as well as the importance of promoting solidarity and the fulfillment by each member of its obligations.

It was agreed that cooperation between the two countries in the political, economic and cultural fields should be broadened.

A strong and sound Federal tax system is essential to America's future.

I strongly urge its adoption in this session.

. . . we will not accept Mr. Castro's attempts to blame this nation for the hatred which his onetime supporters now regard his repression.

It will be a major aim of our tax reform program to reverse this process, by broadening the tax base and reconsidering the rate structure.

Determination was expressed to strengthen the United Nations Organization.

I wish to emphasize here that they are a 'set'—and that considerations of both revenue and equity, as well as the interrelationship of many of the proposals, urge their consideration as a unit.

The emergence of the new African states was welcomed by both sides.

These matters which involve national security and our national strength finally come to rest here--but the matter of our staff, therefore, should serve only to make sure that these important matters are brought here in a way which permits…

I want to say that it is a great pleasure and honor to participate in this event sponsored by the National Geographic, which has been a great American institution, and which has advanced our information on a whole variety of horizons in…

Therefore I present the National Geographic Society Gold Medal Award to Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau, undersea pioneer to earth-bound man, who gave the key to the silent world, April 19, 1961.

And he is, therefore, one of the great explorers of an entirely new dimension.

The Captain has given us a possibility that some day we may swim as well as the fish--or at least deeper.

Well, the phrase expressed our feeling that the 1960's--this coming decade-was going to be a period of entirely new material changes, that science had brought the means of a much better life for people, not only in the United States, but…

I think really, in many ways, it's a judicial function, where alternatives are suggested which involve great matters, and finally the President must make a decision.

We have about 7 percent unemployed.

We also have a serious problem because of technological and structural changes in coal, steel, basically, and, even if we have a recovery this summer, we're still going to have serious problems in some of our coal fields where the demand…

We have learned in the last 60 years how to fly better than the birds--or at least higher and longer.