SENATOR KENNEDY: Mayor Wagner, Governor Harriman, Mr. Prendergast, Mr. Chairman, Congressman Stratton, ladies and gentlemen: I want to express my thanks to all of you for being kind enough to come
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SENATOR KENNEDY: Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Peterson, Congressman Stratton, Mayor Wagner, Arthur Levitt, Governor Harriman, fellow Democrats, independents, and a few Republicans: (laughter) Do we have
SENATOR KENNEDY: Mr. Mayor, ladies and gentlemen: First of all, I would like to have you meet Congressman O'Brien from this district. (Applause) Stick with O'Brien and Kennedy. We want you to go all
One issue of the coming campaign-- one issue that illustrates in sharp terms the differences between Republican drift and Democratic drive -- can be summed up in one word: Water. The history of
...If this nation is to get the maximum benefit of the talents nurtured and trained in our colleges and universities, we must not interfere with the maximum development of that talent. One step taken
As Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Labor, I have watched with growing concern developments in the current labor dispute in the steel industry. The Administration’s record is marked by inaction
Since January 1953, this nation has passed through a period which has been marked by indecision and doubt. When we should have sailed hard into the wind, we drifted. When we should have planned anew
Secretary of Agriculture Benson has recently unveiled his farm program for 1960 -- the same weary and unsuccessful program he has been pushing since 1952 to the obvious serious detriment of the nation
Today we look toward an historic election - the first election with 50 states, the first election with 180 million people, the first election to follow six years of divided government, the first
THE 1960 ELECTION—AND 1968 The American people in November of 1960 will be making a decisive choice – and one that will be with us for years to come. For history indicates that the man and party
I deem it a real honor to be invited to participate in the Annual Convention of the National Milk Producers Federation. This is an important organization and an important meeting -- particularly
THE DREAM OF PASSAMAQUODDY Let us examine the impact of this coming revolutionary decade on the State of Maine, selecting only one vital area: the demand for electrical energy. By 1970, this state
What we need in this country today is another Will Rogers -- willing to laugh at our pomposity, skillful at ridiculing hypocrisy and falsehood, able to smile at adversity -- and at the same time
The Years the Locusts Have Eaten It is a tremendous honor to keynote this convention. For this meeting kicks off an historic campaign year -- November 1950 to November 1960. It looks toward an
I do not pretend to say that a Democratic Congress or Administration would have all the answers to all the problems. I do not agree with those who think that all we have to do is dismiss Mr. Benson
No change in a fast-changing world presents a greater challenge 2– no problem in a world full of problems calls for greater leadership and vision – than the control of nuclear weapons, the utter
If this nation is to get the maximum benefit of the talents nurtured and trained in our colleges and universities, we must not interfere with the maximum development of that talent. One step taken by
It is a pleasure to visit Richland and to receive first-hand the views of those closest to farm issues. Although you know me as a Senator from an eastern urban state, I am here today as a Senator of
I am honored to be here today not as a Senator from an Eastern urban state, but as a Senator of the United States – as one whose travels and studies have convinced him that there can be no prosperity
Actually the first Presidential candidate to conduct a nation-wide campaign was General Winfield Scott in 1852. But, although he made many speeches, he insisted that his only motive was to find a
I appreciate the opportunity to meet with the members of the Portland Realty Board. Although I am neither a member of your organization – nor even a practitioner in your industry – I have worked in
It is a pleasure to be here and to participate in the Wisconsin NAACP Convention. For 50 years the NAACP has been in the forefront of the battle for equal rights and equal opportunity for all
Four years ago last August - more than a year before the peaceful Polish revolution of 1956 - I walked through the historic Cathedral of Czestochowa. Even in that memorable shrine, as an English
It was not so very long ago that a prominent United States Senator complained that his Constitutional responsibilities were being intimidated by public pressures and prejudices which had been aroused
It is a high honor to have this opportunity to participate in the discussions of this illustrious convention. In many ways I may be considered a fugitive from the most restrictive closed shop in the