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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States, serving from January 20, 1961, until his assassination on November 22, 1963. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in Massachusetts and is often remembered for his leadership during the Cuban Missile Crisis, which brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Kennedy also established the Peace Corps, promoting international service and cooperation, and he advocated for civil rights, laying the groundwork for future legislation in this area.
I am appointing a Board of distinguished citizens to supplement continuing mediation efforts of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and, if necessary, to conduct hearings and to report its findings and recommendations to me and…
Accordingly, I request the parties to this dispute to continue work and operations with the status quo being preserved under all of the terms and conditions of the existing agreements until November 15, 1962, or until agreements are…
This area is readily accessible to millions of our citizens, and its establishment as a National Seashore will pay vast dividends in the years to come.
This is the second bill enacted by the 87th Congress authorizing a national seashore, the first being the Cape Cod National Seashore.
We have a great many beautiful areas in this country but a good many of them are far away from the centers of population.
I congratulate the members of both parties who participated in enacting this very advantageous piece of national legislation.
The necessity for prompt action to preserve our Nation's great natural beauty areas to insure their existence and enjoyment by the public in the decades and centuries to come.
I am highly gratified by the action of the Congress in enacting legislation authorizing the establishment of the Point Reyes National Seashore in the State of California.
This is especially true about those areas close to the major centers of population.
In this important industry, all parties have a responsibility to cooperate in achieving a settlement without any interruption of work.
It is essential that the United States be first, and therefore we depend upon you.
I can imagine no action, no adventure which is more essential and more exciting than to be involved in the most important and significant adventure that any man has been able to participate in the history of the world.
It is essential that the United States participate in this great adventure.
I congratulate you on what you have done and I congratulate you on being part of this adventure.
We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is…
The effort that we and you are making in common is to defend our countries, defend our peace, defend the vital interests of the free world in the strong belief that in time the disease of liberty, as Thomas Jefferson called it, will be…
We have a long way to go, but with your effort and commitment and the effort of all of our fellow Americans and their commitment, we shall be first.
I don't think that we can exaggerate the great advantage which the Soviet Union secured in the fifties by being first in space.
This kind of joint community effort, the community of free nations, would have been regarded as impossible 2 decades ago, but now we take it very much for granted.
I want to express our great satisfaction in your presence here in the United States.
You're here on a most important mission, and that is one which is greatly identified with the traditional and present and future aspirations of free men and women.
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