John Fitzgerald Kennedy

How can anyone in this State or this city say they're too indifferent to register and vote when people in the United States are fighting for the right to register and vote?

So this is an important election to you.

And I come here tonight to ask your help in electing the kind of men who believe in moving this country forward.

This summer we lost health care for the aged, which affects not only the aged, but their sons and daughters who're about 40 or 45 who must support their fathers or mothers and also must educate their child.

And that's why we're back in Michigan tonight, to join you in a campaign to reelect a distinguished Governor who has been carrying the banner in this State formerly borne by the present Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Soapy…

Those who believe in a strong country must recognize that it's here at home we first must be strong.

This country has a great many responsibilities here in the United States, and only if we meet them can we be sure of being strong abroad.

Being Governor of a great State is the most difficult task in the world, but he has shown in his concern for education, in bringing jobs to this State, in taking care of those who are sick and those who are mentally retarded.

This is not a nonpolitical trip; it's a political trip in the sense that we have come here to Michigan in order to talk to the Democrats of this State who on many occasions, both in this State and in the country, have stood up for progress.

I believe in the word 'yes,' and that's why I am hopeful that, of course, you will elect again Senator Lausche, and that you will send to the Congress men and women who can speak for Ohio, and speak for the country, Monica Nolan, and Harry…

I hold the view in 1962, with all of the great problems that we have here in the United States at home, that it is vitally important that we have an executive branch of the Government and a House and a Senate which is committed to progress.

In the face of staggering problems which, from the human point of view, seem at times to be almost insoluble, people all over the world have found reason for renewed confidence and courage.

I want to express my appreciation to all of you for your willingness to come out and permit us to say a word about this election on November 6th.

Michigan, which is a great industrial State in this country, I believe has its best years ahead.

So I come here today and I ask your help for these Members of the House and Senate.

I can tell you what we stand for, but I challenge anyone to tell us what the Republican Party stands for in 1962 on a record such as this.

That's why we're out here today.

We hope that the Council will be able to present in clear and persuasive language effective solutions to the many problems confronting all of us.

I come here in October 1962 and ask you to help us move this country forward.

Politics is a profession which interests comparatively few people, but the things that we're talking about are the matters which go to the vitality of the United States in 1962.

Crown Prince Faysal and the President are confident that this opportunity to become personally acquainted will lead to increased mutual understanding between the United States and Saudi Arabia.

We're going to be doubling the number; and some of them are here today.

Eighty percent of the Republicans in the House voted against a minimum wage of $1.25 an hour.

On the eve of the Council, we earnestly hope and pray that God will continue to bless you with vigorous health and will give you the great joy and satisfaction of seeing the Council fulfill all of your fondest hopes and dreams.

Frank and cordial discussions were held on Saudi Arabian-American relations and on the world situation.