I think this is a project very valuable and very important and the more this country entertains foreign visitors, and they all come to see what this free society is, the more important it is that we have this Center finished.

If it were not for the passage of this bill, the Center would have been 'finished' in early September.

We feel it essential that this Cultural Center be finished.

The departments and agencies represented on the Committee shall, in accordance with law, furnish such assistance as may be required for the work of the Committee.

There is hereby established the Interagency Committee on International Athletics.

The representative of the Department of State shall serve as chairman of the Committee.

The Committee shall collect, exchange, and review information concerning amateur athletic matters that might tend to affect the foreign relations or general welfare of the United States.

The Committee may request information and views from Federal departments and agencies and from such organizations and individuals as may be willing and able to provide information pertaining to its work.

This Treaty advances, though it does not assure, world peace; and it will inhibit, though it does not prohibit, the nuclear arms race.

This Treaty is the first concrete result of eighteen years of effort by the United States to impose limits on the nuclear arms race.

The risks in clandestine violations under this Treaty are far smaller than the risks in unlimited testing.

This Treaty will curb the pollution of our atmosphere.

The Treaty speaks for itself.

This Treaty protects our rights in the future.

This Treaty is in our national interest.

This Treaty does not halt American nuclear progress.

This Treaty will assure the security of the United States better than continued unlimited testing on both sides.

This Treaty is not a substitute for, and does not diminish the need for, continued Western and American military strength to meet all contingencies.

I urge the Department of Agriculture, the land-grant colleges and universities, the cooperative extension services, and all appropriate officials of the Government to initiate, and to cooperate with national, State, and local organizations…

I further urge that, whenever possible, urban and rural people exchange visits so that each will better understand the other.

I request that the leaders of labor unions, civic associations, business groups, and women's clubs, and all consumers join in this observance, along with farm and other rural people, as evidence of the inter-dependence and the strong ties…

Now, Therefore, I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week of November 22 through November 28, 1963, as National Farm-City Week; and I call upon our citizens throughout the Nation to…

Today, more than ever before, education is a prerequisite for progress and it is the passkey to the future.

I can imagine nothing happier than to be a citizen of Girls Nation, and I accept the invitation.

It is very much connected with the best of our history.