I am delighted to come to Indiana because there isn't any State in the Union in this election that has the privilege of making a clearer choice, a clearer choice especially for the United States Senate.
John Kennedy
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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.
So I hope you'll come along in Indiana and send to the United States Senate Birch Bayh.
Are we going to organize the Congress of the United States in January 1963, after losing 39 votes in the House?
But we get this strength not to fight wars if we can help it, but to wage the peace.
I ask anyone in this State, after 30 years, to tell me one thing the Republican Party is for, one thing which they can point to and say, 'This is a Republican program for the people.'
I come here not because I enjoy driving around the countryside and making speeches, but because I have lived for 21 months with a closely divided Congress, where we have lost measures like medical care under Social Security by a change of…
This is no time, in 1962, for rash talk which strengthens the claims of our adversaries.
Now, you may think this election is not so important, but it is vital.
Every Republican Congressman from this State voted against aid to dependent children.
I want to express to you our very great pleasure for coming out on a Saturday morning.
It is all of our business, because there isn't any doubt that all of the things that can make a difference to this town and other towns which have been hard hit by all of the technological and industrial changes that have come in this…





