10:07 - 10:35 a.m.
Meeting with Arthur Dean, William C. Foster, and Carl Kaysen
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President Kennedy submits to the Congress a bill proposing a Senior Citizens Act to provide $50 million over five years to support research to develop new assistance programs, and to assist in training professional and technical people to provide services.
President Kennedy issues Executive Order 11022 establishing the President's Council on Aging to study the role of the Federal government in the problems of aging, identify areas for coordinated action, disseminate information on the needs of the aged, and report to the President annually on Council activities.
President Kennedy honors Mrs. Marjorie L. French of the Topeka, Kansas Public Schools as Teacher of the Year in ceremonies in the White House Rose Garden.
President Kennedy sends a letter to John A. Burns, Senior U.S. Adviser to the South Pacific Commission asking him to look "at ways in which our Administration can speed the economic, educational and social development of the area."
President Kennedy welcomes members of the Mexican Congress in ceremonies in the White House Rose Garden.
President Kennedy addresses the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Miami Beach, Florida by telephone. He urges them to view urban affairs issues "from a national rather than merely from a sectional or regional viewpoint."