"It is with regret that I must announce the failure of the House and Senate conferees to agree upon a reasonable minimum wage improvement program."
"These other Republicans refused to accept or work for the $1.25 minimum Senate bill or the much milder minimum wage legislation endorsed by President Eisenhower which was contained in the Prouty amend..."
"But we were unwilling to take a bill which provided only token improvements in the law."
"Today I would prefer to confine what I have to say and the discussion afterward to this one subject."
"The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress."
"I pray that as American Jews gather in their houses of worship during their holy season to seek an understanding of God's purpose in their lives and awaken from self-preoccupation, they may see the be..."
"Our Nation has been uniquely blessed in the rich and creative diversity of its religious traditions."
"How may we create a more perfect world community and expand the limits on our present capacity to help our fellow men?"
"We must be willing to devote our national energies to demonstrating in every form of human endeavor we are second to none, that we are first and will continue to be first regardless of what challenges..."
"and we are going to need effective leadership in the White House to achieve our goal."
"I am proud to be here today."
"To face those facts is not disloyal, as some have implied - it is the highest type of loyalty."