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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.
I want to assure you, and I think that the Members of Congress who are here and others who participated in the work of this group will try to do something about it on the administrative level, Executive, and in the Congress and, I think…
It is a great pleasure to welcome you to this home where Mrs. Roosevelt lived longer than any other First Lady and take part in this ceremony commemorating the issuance of this stamp.
In the time I have been here, she visited the White House on five or six occasions and on each of those occasions her visit was connected with some phase of her horizon-wide interest in life and in people.
Each visit was connected with a different cause and each cause that was important to our country and to the world.
So this stamp, as the Postmaster General said, will go into millions of homes, people who have very intimate recollection of Mrs. Roosevelt during the most difficult flays of this country's experience in this century, and I think will…
In addition, Ambassador Stevenson's presence here reminds us of the work which the Eleanor Roosevelt Foundation is doing, the fundraising campaign which is involved, which deserves the support of all of our fellow citizens, because in that…
For this government to tell our grain traders that they cannot accept these offers, on the other hand, would accomplish little or nothing.
I think it honors an extraordinary page in American history, as well as in the history of flight.
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