I believe that West Virginia and the United States have a bright future.

Today the representatives of the Governments of the United States and the U.S.S.R. at the Eighteen Nation Disarmament Conference signed an agreement which will establish a direct communications link between their respective capitals.

I salute West Virginia and I join you, and I will carry on Saturday when I go to Europe the proud realization that not only mountaineers, but also Americans, are always free.

its denial is an arbitrary indignity that no American in 1963 should have to endure.

Such legislation is clearly consistent with the Constitution and with our concepts of both human rights and property rights.

the time has come for the Congress of the United States to join with the Executive and Judicial Branches in making it clear to all that race has no place in American life or law.

we should rid ourselves of racial discrimination.

The United States Government has taken action through the courts and by other means to protect those who are peacefully demonstrating to obtain access to these public facilities.

in assuring equality of the right and opportunity to make a decent living.

a rising tide of discontent that threatens the public safety

I strongly urge them to live up to their responsibilities and to recognize no arbitrary bar of race or color-for such bars have no place in any institution, least of all one devoted to the truth and to the improvement of all mankind.