John Fitzgerald Kennedy

The Federal Government cannot do for us what we must do for ourselves, but it can, with more progressive leadership, set the atmosphere in which our economy can be revitalized.

I spoke in accepting the nomination in Los Angeles of the new frontier that is coming into our country.

But we do have our own resources - human resources - the skill and experience and determination of our people.

One by one the States of New England, which 30 years ago were all Republican - Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, then Maine - began to move into the Democratic column until now there stands only two States, New Hampshire and…

But these are problems which leadership and vision - and faith in the people of New England - can conquer.

I do not accept the idea at all that New England is finished.

It is my feeling that General De Gaulle at heart does desire to pursue a more liberal policy in Algeria than his predecessors, but I do not think that it is sufficient to say that it therefore becomes exclusively a French problem.

I give my assurance that in whatever position I hold in public office I will support and take every step necessary to protect the full constitutional right of every American.

I want to assure you that my overall position on the Algerian question has not changed, and I feel it is properly a matter of International concern.

The Federal judiciary and the Federal service should be a model of Americanism, in which there are no traces of any form of arbitrary discrimination.

It is time for us to practice what our Constitution preaches.

I agree with the conclusions of the Pastore committee that sweeping changes in our foreign trade policies are not necessary.

A Democratic administration will guarantee that this will be but the first in a long - and long overdue - series of measures to be enacted into law which will give American farmers what they have not had in recent years: prices and income…

President Truman led the way in appointing the first Negro lifetime Federal judge and the first Negro on the court of appeals.

I would, of course, be delighted to discuss with you and with industry leaders the import problems of the textile industry and the development of constructive methods for showing the growth and prosperity of the industry in the future.

Senator John F. Kennedy today announced the appointment of eight leading medical men as an advisory committee to Representative Aime J. Forand.

It is no longer possible to depend upon makeshift policies and piecemeal remedies to solve the problems which the industry faces.

Clearly the problems of the industry will not disappear by neglect nor can we wait for a large scale unemployment and shutdown of the industry to inspire us to action.

The office of the Presidency carries with it the authority and influence to explore and work out solutions within the framework of our foreign trade policies for the problems peculiar to our textile and apparel industry.

I assure you that in a new Democratic administration there will be far better representation, on the basis of merit, of persons of all our racial groups, including particularly those who in the past have been excluded on the basis of…

My own State of Massachusetts has suffered and is suffering from the same conditions.

This means that appointments must be made on the basis of merit.

As the guardian of our constitutional rights, the Federal judiciary must have at all levels the best possible judges.

Once again the Democratic Congress has acted to relieve farmers of some of the pressures resulting from increasing costs and falling prices.

The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress.