May 7, 1961
The United States of America welcomes African moves toward greater regional or continent-wide cooperation.
John Kennedy
The Public Record
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.
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May 7, 1961
The full development of broadcasting as an instrument of education is one of the most significant challenges which confronts your industry.
May 7, 1961
Now, Therefore, I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, do hereby request that Sunday, May 14, 1961, be observed as Mother's Day;
May 7, 1961
There is no means of communication as significant as that in which you are involved: to hear, to see, to listen.
May 7, 1961
I also call upon the people of the United States to observe Mother's Day by display of the flag at their homes or other suitable places, and to manifest through private and public expressions the reverent esteem in which we hold our…
May 7, 1961
I express in my own name and in the name of the American people our most sincere hope that this Conference will achieve a full measure of practical success.
May 7, 1961
The essence of free communication must be that our failures as well as our successes will be broadcast around the world.
May 7, 1961
Our adversaries in this struggle against freedom--and they are not national adversaries, we have no national disagreements, what is involved is the great struggle for freedom, and our adversaries in that struggle possess many advantages.
May 7, 1961
We greatly applaud the determination of African leaders to come to grips with their own problems.
May 7, 1961
No man can hope to prophesy with precision the outcome of the great struggle in which our generation is now engaged.
May 7, 1961
That is why in the face of an ominous future we can share that faith which Winston Churchill expressed more than a half-century ago, 'Humanity will not be cast down.'
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