Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-044-034
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's address at the opening ceremony of the 1963 World Food Congress held at the Departmental Auditorium in Washington, D.C. In his speech the President discusses his administration's "Food for Peace" program, and explains that any concerted effort to eliminate world hunger must be comprehensive, international in scope, and based on the premise that nations facing food crises are capable of solving these problems with foreign assistance. Materials in this folder include a memorandum, draft by Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, press copy, and reading copies of the speech, in addition to a program for the conference.