John Fitzgerald Kennedy

I ask your support in this effort.

On issue after issue of importance to the people of this district and country and State, I believe the Democratic Party, on the whole, has stood for progress.

I want to tell you that it's a great pleasure to be here in Michigan.

I'm proud to be standing here today next to a Governor who puts on his literature he's a Democrat.

So I come to this district and ask you to elect a Democratic Congressman, and I come to this State and ask the State to send us men and women who will support progressive legislation so that we can keep this community and other communities…

I come here to Michigan, a great industrial State whose economic health depends upon the health of the United States.

So those who say that this election doesn't count, that Presidential elections are important but not that of Congressmen and Senators and Governors -- you in Michigan know the difference.

This is not merely a political discussion.

I thank you and the Soviet people on behalf of the American people for your congratulations on Commander Schirra's successful space flight.

We have to participate, all of us, in all the responsibilities which pour upon us as citizens.

There are places in the United States where churches are burned because somebody tries to get registered.

There are those who say that there are not differences between the two parties, but they have a golden chance in 1962 to see the differences.

I want to express our thanks to all of you coming on a Saturday afternoon, coming to this airport.

The people of this country have a very clear choice this November, a very clear choice, on whether they will support programs which will make it possible to educate our children, to find work for our working citizens, and to find security…

But the problem is they will not support the kind of legislation which makes it possible for us to maintain employment, to educate our children, and provide security for our older citizens.

Are we going to insure that the Congress of the United States, regardless of what we propose in the field of domestic legislation, is going to lose, is going to stand still, is going to say 'no,' or are we going to elect Congressmen and…

We want every citizen of this State to register and we want them to come and vote.

It's too difficult for too many people to be registered for anyone in this city and this State to stay at home.

You won't sell cars from Detroit unless this country is prosperous.

Let's not make any mistake about it.

Ours is a very complicated political system.

The decision is yours.

This is a close and tight election.

But we write the word 'Democrat' in large letters, because the Democratic Party stands for progress.

That's why this election is important.