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

This Treaty protects our rights in the future.

This Treaty is in our national interest.

This Treaty will curb the pollution of our atmosphere.

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 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…

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…

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…

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

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

This house belongs to all of you.