I do not believe that in this most critical and dangerous period in the life of our country that Presidents, or anyone else, should confine themselves to ceremonial occasions.

We have formed a Disarmament Agency.

So I come today not as a candidate for office, but as one who, after 21 months as President, recognizes how important it is that this great country of ours be dynamic and progressive, and I ask your help in giving us men who believe in…

And I'm confident that the people of this State will elect Democratic Congressmen and elect Joe Clark again to speak for Pennsylvania and the country in the United States Senate.

If we sit down in October and early November of 1962, the 88th Congress will meet in January and every proposal that we have will be in the control of a dominant Republican-Conservative Democratic coalition that will defeat progress on…

Education, medical care for the aged, job opportunities, equal rights--those are the things that this country stands for, and we can get those things only if we elect men who believe in them.

I want to express my great appreciation to all of you for your generous invitation to come here today.

November 7th, the day after election, can be, in this State and in this country, a rising sun, and the beginning of a great new day.

I want to express my thanks to all of you for having been kind enough to invite, on this great day in this city, the President of the United States.

Of all the extraordinary feats, I think the first voyage of Columbus must go down as perhaps the most unusual.

A President of the United States, as Harry Truman has said, wears many hats.

I ask the people of the United States, the people of Pennsylvania, the people of this district, the people of this city, to vote Democratic on November 6, 1962.

And I know you're going to reelect to the Senate, Senator Joseph Clark, who speaks for Pennsylvania and speaks for the country.

A strong, free world begins here in this State, begins here in the United States, and we cannot have a strong United States if we sit still.

And we also have the most exciting adventure, I think, here in our own cities, and here in our own country, to make it possible for every American to live a rich and fruitful and productive and prosperous life.

I submitted a bill to make it possible for those who live in our cities and suburbs to be represented in the Cabinet.

The right to vote, the necessity for registration, the commitment of yourselves and your families and your country to the forward movement of us all--that is the great issue of this election.

Ninety-two percent of all the Republicans voted against it, and it was killed.

Baseball is important, and I would not come to this city and question that.

The record of the Republican Party in the past 2 years, in the Congress of the United States, is written so large that all of the speeches that candidates can make in October of this year cannot wipe out that record of blind opposition to…

When I became President of the United States in January 1961, this State had one of the largest numbers of unemployed in the whole country, nearly 500,000 people.

This election affects the security, the wellbeing, the opportunities, of everyone in this city or country.

Employment needs are decreased as productivity rises and as ongoing programs can be reduced or terminated.

This is the most important international piece of legislation, I think, affecting economics since the passage of the Marshall plan.

The best utilization of manpower is therefore important not only to keep budget costs down but to maximize our national security and our economic growth.