John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Cotton prices were forced down at the same time acreage was being cut.

You are right about the need for an expanded and well-coordinated research program.

I stand behind that pledge and I intend to make good on it beginning next January.

I believe strongly in the need for a dynamic, growing national and world economy.

I do not intend to permit the liquidation of the cotton farmers of the South.

I believe that the farm problem is the No.1 domestic issue in this campaign.

I believe the program best suited to the specific situation and circumstances in that commodity should follow the general approach of the program developed early this year by the National Association of Wheat Growers.

The income of the cotton farmers must be increased to parity levels.

Cotton has a bright future.

It is time the people who live in urban areas receive equal representation.

I propose that we create a new and vital partnership between the National Government and the communities of America.

But can anyone here really imagine an America without the New Deal?

The National Government should give a long-term commitment to urban renewal - in place of the present year-to-year approach - so that cities can make long-term plans with the assurance that aid will not be suddenly cut off.

Our responsibilities are many.

I supported the bill the Senate passed this year to provide assistance for metropolitan transportation planning and facilities.

It is a deep privilege to speak here in Warm Springs.

I believe this audience demonstrates the keen interest the American people have in this election.

I propose that we act - beginning next January 20.

It was a spirit of strength and progress - to get America moving.

I hope that Mr. Nixon will join in this proposal.

The basic force in all this was not so much his party or his intellect - it was his spirit.

We should meet the neglected needs of the elderly and of minority groups.

Federal action has not stifled local initiative - as the Republican orators love to claim.

There is no limit to what we can do - there is no limit to what could already have been done - if we had only had the same kind of leadership on urban problems down in Washington.

In a political campaign of such importance as this one, I do not believe we should permit the last 18 days of the campaign to go by without one further face-to-face exchange between the two candidates.