John Fitzgerald Kennedy

It is very easy to make speeches about what ought to be done about this country and how it can be improved.

The problems they face today in every case, they have told me, were far more difficult than the problems they faced in the fight for independence.

Most of them come from countries where there is almost no higher education except in a few exceptional cases.

I think that you will have the feeling of having served this country and, in a broader sense, the free community of people in a very crucial time.

I was just looking over--and I apologize to you for keeping you waiting--we were just looking over the areas that you are going to and the functions that you are going to perform.

I hope that it will be possible for people to be assigned to each of the companies who have the responsibility.

Now this requires an effort by all of us.

We recognize they are dependent upon the finest shifts in international trade whether there is going to be prosperity or not.

All of you go to a continent about which we know very little.

I have made the determination regarding the ad valorem equivalent of the specific rate of duty (or combination of rates including a specific rate), and regarding the representative period, under the authority of section 350(a) (3) (D).

Now, Therefore, I, John F. Kennedy, under the authority vested in me, as President, by the Constitution and statutes, in particular section 350 (a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, having found that it is required or appropriate to…

By virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 10 of the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 160), I hereby create a board of three members, to be appointed by me, to investigate these disputes.

I have determined that in each case the modified rate will simplify the computation of the amount of duty imposed with respect to the articles concerned.

President Kennedy expressed his strong belief in the importance of the Commonwealth as a source of stability and strength for the free World.

President Kennedy pointed out that under the Trade Expansion legislation now pending before the Congress the United States Government might be able, through reciprocal agreements, to bring about a general reduction of trade barriers for…

In my opinion these unresolved labor disputes have resulted in a strike affecting a substantial part of the tactical fighter production industry, which is part of the aircraft industry of the United States, and which is engaged in trade…

You may be assured that should you undertake this project, you will have the full cooperation of the Administration.

Therefore, in order to remove a peril to the national safety and to secure a resumption of trade, commerce, and transportation among the several states, I direct you, pursuant to the Provisions of Section 208 of the Labor Management…

We are going to, as I said before, by the 6th of July come forward with the quicker depreciation write-offs under schedule f for $1,200 million.

This is a matter which is being considered in this Government, and also being considered with other governments.

There is nothing on a summit as yet.

I think we should constantly review, and I think as he suggested, we should make judgments between what is essential to our interest and what is marginal.

The point I am trying to make is that what we must be concerned about is trying to maintain the vitality of our economy.

I hope that this will not be made, as it's indicated, a party issue on which every Republican will then vote against us and we will find ourselves with a very close vote on a matter which has the first chance of bringing some order out of…

But it is not going to.