I also request that all ships sailing under the American flag dress ship on the twenty-second day of May in tribute to the American Merchant Marine

Now, Therefore, I, John F. Kennedy,President of the United States of America, call upon the appropriate officials of the Government to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on Citizenship Day, September 17, 1961;

I find that the circumstances requiring the imposition of fees on peanut oil, flaxseed, and on linseed oil and combinations and mixtures in chief value of such oil, no longer exist.

I do hereby urge the people of the United States to honor our Merchant Marine on Monday, May 22, 1961, by displaying the flag of the United States at their homes or other suitable places

I also designate the period beginning September 17 and ending September 23, 1961, as Constitution Week;

I find it to be in the national interest that the amount of the quotas for sugar and for liquid sugar for Cuba pursuant to the Sugar Act of 1948, as amended, for the calendar year 1961 should be zero.

It is my desire that you investigate fully alternative transportation resources in order to select the course of action which would best serve the Government's interest and most adequately and economically meet the Canal Zone's particular…

I hereby determine that in the national interest the amount of the quotas for sugar and for liquid sugar for Cuba pursuant to the Sugar Act of 1948, as amended, for the calendar year 1961 shall be zero.

Our present maps of the oceans are comparable in accuracy and detail to maps of the land areas of the earth in the early part of the 18th century.

These are some of the reasons which compel us to embark upon a national effort in oceanography.

Oceanography is a natural area of opportunity for extensive international cooperation.