It is time, in short, for a Democratic program - and we have such a program - and in 1961 we are going to put it into action.

I am delighted that we have here tonight our friends from Brazil.

A recent Senate report concludes that during the sixties we must produce a minimum of 16 million new homes just to keep pace with our growing housing needs.

In 1961 we will reverse these policies which waste and destroy our abundant wealth of timber - and return to an imaginative and adequate program of forest management.

This is a great country, but I believe it can be a greater country, and I think it is our responsibility to join in that great effort.

Certainly a Democratic administration will provide leadership and direction toward this end at the Cabinet level, so that there may be a coordinated approach toward all decisions affecting the urban and metropolitan problems which so…

I am delighted that you have accepted my invitation to become a member of our National Committee of Business and Professional Men for the campaign.

But I can promise you that if I am elected we shall proceed ahead, and I think we shall not only endure, but prevail.

It is an unfortunate fact that this country pays a majority of its teachers less than $4,500 a year.

Under this policy families in moderate circumstances are being priced out of the market for decent homes.

This can and should be accomplished as completely as possible through private enterprise, using both private financing and private construction.