STATEMENTS AND SPEECHES OF JOHN F. KENNEDY
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND U.S. SENATE, 1947 - 1960

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House of Representatives - 80th Congress, 1st Session
January 3, 1947 - December 19, 1947

Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947
Housing and Rent Control
Appropriation for School Lunch Program
Individual Income Tax Reduction Act of 1948
Housing Shortage
Aid to Italy
Stabilization of Commodity Prices
 

House of Representatives - 80th Congress, 2d Session
January 6, 1948 - December 31, 1948

Extension of Rent Controls
The Elections in Italy
Air Cargo
Housing
Additional Revenue for the District of Columbia
Displaced Persons
How the Low-Cost Housing Program Works
Housing Act of 1948
Air Parcel Post
Government Subsidies for Airlines
 

House of Representatives - 81st Congress, 1st Session
January 3, 1949 - October 19, 1949

The Late Honorable Arthur D. Healey
Our Foreign Policy in Connection With China
Declaration of Independence - Lithuania
Revenue for the District of Columbia
National Labor Relations Act of 1949
Hon. John Sullivan
National Labor Relations Act of 1949
Housing Act of 1949
Assistance for Local School Agencies on Federal Reservations or in Defense Areas
Minimum-Wage Bill
 

House of Representatives - 81st Congress, 2d Session
January 3, 1950 - January 2, 1951

The Case for Home Rule for Washington
Public Library Service
Unemployment
Extension of Rent Control
Maritime Academy
Extension of Rent Control
Mutual Defense Assistance Act of 1949: Amendment
Need for Adequate Airlift Legislation
General Appropriation Bill, 1951; Economic Cooperation
General Appropriation Bill, 1951; Office of Civil Defense
Air Mail Subsidy Separation Act of 1950
Turkish Soldiers in Korea
Amending the Housing and Rent Control Act of 1947
 

House of Representatives - 2d Congress, 1st Session
January 3, 1951 - October 20, 1951

Italian Peace Treaty
Universal Military Training and Service Act of 1951
British Shipment to Communist China
Agriculture Appropriation Bill
Defense Production Act
Mutual Security Act of 1951
Robert Gardiner Wilson, Jr.
Readjustment of Postal Rates
Unity of Ireland
 

House of Representatives - 82d Congress, 2d Session
January 8, 1952 - July 7, 1952

Oil for the Health of America
Universal Military Training
Independent Offices Appropriation Bill, 1953
Civil Functions Appropriation Bill: Power Resources
Departments of State, Justice, Commerce Appropriation Bill
Department of Defense Appropriation Bill
Revision of Laws Relating to Immigration
The Tidelands Bill
The Korean GI Bill, H.R. 7656
Price Control
Should an Old Massachusetts Industry Be Penalized?
Technical Assistance - Military Assistance: Appropriation Bill, Supplemental
 

United States Senate - 83d Congress, 1st Session
January 3, 1953 - August 3, 1953

Extension of Reorganization Act of 1949: Amendment
Independence of Lithuania
John Moors Cabot
Protest Against Treatment of Minority Groups by Russia and Her Satellites: Letter and Resolution
Plebiscite for Settlement of Dispute Between Italy and Yugoslavia Concerning Trieste
Airmail Subsidy Separation
Anniversary of Greek Independence
Title to Certain Submerged Lands
The Economic Problems of New England: A Program for Congressional Action
Americans of Italian Extraction and the Italian Elections
The Tornado at Worcester and the President's Emergency Fund
Temporary Economic Controls: Conference Report
Mutual Security Act of 1951, as Amended
Inclusion of Wool Under Provisions of Commodity Exchange Act
Mutual Security Appropriations, 1954
Amendment of Fair Labor Standards Act, Relating to Increasing the Minimum Wage Rate
One Hundred and Sixty-second Anniversary of the Constitution of Poland
Lithuanian Independence Day
 

United States Senate - 83d Congress, 2nd Session
January 6, 1954 - December 2, 1954

St. Lawrence Seaway
Amendment to the Constitution Relating to Treaties and Executive Agreements
Retirement Provisions for Members of Congress and Legislative Employees: Conference Report
The War in Indochina
Prayers on Easter Sunday for Those Behind the Iron Curtain
The War in Indochina
Amendment to Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947,
Need for Saving the Boston Army Base Pier, South Boston, Mass.
Extension of Voting Rights to Citizens at Age of 18
The Economic Problems of New England: The Need for Prompt Action
Department of Defense Appropriation Bills
Proposed Expansion of Authority of the Export-Import Bank
Adjustments of the National Trade Policy
Trade Agreements
Communist China and the United Nations
Indochina
Employment Security Administrative Financing Act of 1954
Investigation and Study of Transportation Problems of New England
Amendment of Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act
Mutual Security Act of 1954
Social Security Amendments of 1954
The Upper Colorado River Basin
 

United States Senate - 84th Congress, 1st Session
January 5, 1955 - August 2, 1955

Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriations, 1956
Amendment of Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Defense Department Appropriations, 1956
Amendment of Social Security Act, Relating to Total Disability Insurance Benefits
Amendment of Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, Relating to Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act
Increased Education and Training Allowances Under Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952
Amendment of Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act
 

United States Senate - 84th Congress, 2d Session
January 3, 1956 - July 27, 1956

Amendment of the Natural Gas Act, as Amended
Investigation of Campaign Expenditures, Lobbying***
Simplification of Federal Accounting
Agriculture Act of 1956
One Thousand Years of Christianity in Ukraine
National Library of Medicine
Funds for Building and Facilities for the National Institute of Dental Research
The Special Committee To Investigate Attempts To Influence, Improperly or Illegally, the Senate, etc.
Hungarian Independence Day
Election of President and Vice President: Electoral College Reform
Amendment of Railroad Retirement Act
Amendment of Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, Relating to Disposal of Surplus Property
    for Civil Defense Purposes
Division of Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
Report Entitled "Proposal To Create an Administrative Vice President" (S. Rept. 1960)
Pulitzer Award to Charles L. Bartlett
Senator Walter F. George of Georgia
Revision of Government Appropriation, Budgeting, and Accounting Processes
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956
Improvement of Governmental Budgeting and Accounting Methods and Procedures (S. Rept. No. 2265)
Disposal of Surplus Property
Portraits of Outstanding Senators To Be Placed in Senate Reception Room
Work of Subcommittee on Reorganization of the Committee on Government Operations
Foreign Trade Cargo-Freight Rate Schedule for New England Area
Amendment of Act of June 30, 1936 (the Walsh-Healey Act)
Mutual Security Appropriations, 1957
Retirement of Senator Millikin of Colorado
Unemployment of Certain Economically Depressed Areas
Immigration Visas
 

United States Senate - 85th Congress, 1st Session
January 3, 1957 - August 30, 1957

Improved Methods of Stating Budget Estimates and Estimates for Deficiency and Supplemental Appropriations
Amendment of Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, Relating to a System of Safety Rules
Amendment of Federal Flood Insurance Act of 1956, Relating to Requirements with Respect to State Participation
U.S. Membership in Baghdad Pact
Joint Congressional Committee on the Budget: Amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946
Amendment of Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, Relating to Coverage for Certain Employees
Selection of Senators Whose Portraits Are To Be Placed in the Senate Reception Room (S. Rept. No. 279)
Public Disclosure of Financial Reports and Other Information Filed by Labor Organizations With the Secretary of Labor
Announcement of Beginning of Hearings on Pension and Welfare Legislation
Proposed Family Reunification and Emergency Refugee Act of 1957
Improved Methods of Stating Budget Estimates
Russian Transportation of Lithuanians to Slave Labor Camps
Civil Rights Bill: Legislative Procedure Under Senate Rule XIV
Protection of Rights of the Blind to Self-Expression Through Certain Organizations
Emergency Immigration Problems
Imperialism - The Enemy of Freedom
Algeria
Mrs. Grace Goodhue Coolidge
Proposed Veterans' Fellowships in Education Act of 1957
Economic Success of Towns Throughout the Country
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Procurement of Likenesses of Senators for Placement in Senate Reception Room
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Amendment of Immigration and Nationality Act
The Struggle Against Imperialism, Part II: Poland and Eastern Europe
Construction of Protective Measures in New Bedford and Fairhaven, Mass.
Trade Adjustment Act of 1957
Preparation of Compilation of Educational Material Concerning Communism
Proposed Amendment of Constitution Relating to Election of President and Vice President
Immigration Legislation
Economic Conditions in Massachusetts
Seventh Annual National Catholic Youth Week
 

United States Senate - 85th Congress, 2d Session
January 7, 1958 - August 24, 1958

Assistance for School Construction
Fortieth Anniversary of Ukrainian Independence
Improvement of Federal-State Unemployment Insurance Program
Fortieth Anniversary of Lithuanian Independence
American Participation in the Brussels World's Fair
Improvement of Unemployment Insurance System
Disclosure of Financial Affairs of Labor Organizations
President's Proposed Unemployment Benefits
The Choice in Asia: Democratic Development in India
Death of James A. Finnegan, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Unemployment Compensation
Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans
Israel
Proposed Exclusion of Importation of Certain Arms or Ammunition
Amendment of National Labor Relations Act, as Amended
Standards with Respect to the Election of Union Officers
Unemployment Compensation Legislation
Amendment of Mutual Security Act of 1954, Relating to Exclusion From Importation of Certain Arms
Program To Alleviate Conditions of Unemployment and Underemployment
Amendment of National Labor Relations Act, as Amended
Additional Unemployment Compensation
Prohibition of Certain Acts Involving Importation, Transportation, Possession, or Use of  Explosives
Mutual Security Act of 1958
Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1958: Report of a Committee - Minority,  Supplemental, and
    Individual Views
Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1958
The Administration's Position on the Labor Bill
Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1958
Statehood of Alaska
Relief of Certain Aliens in Azores Islands - Additional Cosponsor of Bill
Analysis of the Senate Labor Bill
National Association of Manufacturers Opposition to Kennedy-Ives Labor Bill
Amendment of Rule XXII Regarding Cloture
Improved Methods of Stating Budget Estimates
The Labor Reform Bill
Relief of Certain Aliens
Social Security Act Amendments of 1958: Amendments
Senator Smith of New Jersey
Tribute to Senator Mansfield of Montana
Amendment to Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act
National Defense Education Act of 1958
Supplemental Appropriations, 1959
National Preparedness
Tribute to Senator Mansfield
Registration and Disclosure of Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans: Conference Report
Ten-Point Program for Older Citizens
The Labor Reform Bill
Amendment of Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act
Prohibition of Certain Acts Involving Importation, Transportation, Possession, or Use of  Explosives
 

United States Senate - 86th Congress, 1st Session
January 7, 1959 - September 15, 1959

Bombing of Homes, Churches, Schools, etc.
Labor-Management Reform Bill, 1959
Labor Legislation
Unemployment Compensation Act of 1959
Repeal of Certain Provisions of National Defense Education Act of 1958
Amendments of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Advisory Panel on Labor-Management Law Revision
Protection of Rights of the Blind
The Economic Gap
Alleviation of Conditions of Unemployment in Certain Economically Depressed Areas: Amendment
Revision and Renewal of International Wheat Agreement
Unemployment Compensation
Address at Unveiling of Portraits of Five Outstanding Senators in Reception Room of the Senate
Unemployment Insurance Taxes
Nonquota Immigrant Status of Certain Orphans
Amendment of Immigration and Nationality Act, Relating to the Admission of Certain Aliens
Unemployment Compensation
Unemployment
Amendment of Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951
"How to Get Elected to Congress"
Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959
The Kennedy-Ervin Labor-Management Reform Bill
Tribute to Former Senator Irving Ives
Food Administration Act of 1959
Amendment of Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, Relating to Payments in Certain Cases
Participation in Resettlement of Certain Refugees
Thirtieth Anniversary of Arthur Fiedler as Conductor of Boston Pops Concerts
Amendment of National Defense Education Act of 1958: Report of a Committee
Conditions in the Steel Industry
Mutual Security Act of 1959
Hoffa Criticism of Senate-Passed Labor Bill
Centennial Anniversary of Unity of Italy
Must There Be a Steel Strike?
Repeal of Certain Provisions Requiring Affidavits of Loyalty and Allegiance
Amendment of Certain Provisions Requiring Affidavits of Loyalty and Allegiance
Making of Loans by the Rural Electrification Administration
Labor Reform Bill: Conference
Establishment of Cape Cod National Seashore Park
Amendment of Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951
Labor's Contribution and Labor Reform
 

United States Senate - 86th Congress, 2d Session
January 6, 1960 - September 5, 1960

Insurance of Older Citizens Against Hospital and Nursing Costs
Amendment of National Defense Education Act of 1958
National Defense
Civil Rights
Increase in Postal Salaries
Amendment of Public Buildings Act of 1959, Relating to Location of Certain Courts in the District of Columbia
Amendment to Federal Coal Mine Safety Act
Situs Picketing
"A Time of Decision"
Elimination of Affidavit of Disloyalty
Need for Development of Natural Resources
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1960
Ninetieth Birthday of Bernard M. Baruch
Price Support Level of Milk and Butterfat
Social Security Amendments of 1960
Mutual Security and Related Agencies Appropriation Bill: Conference Report
Minimum Wage Legislation
Amendment of Trading With the Enemy Act
 

Appendix

Seventy-fifth Anniversary of East Boston Branch of the Boston Public Library
Aid for Greece and Turkey
China
Is There a Housing Shortage?
The Real Estate Lobby's Propaganda Versus the Actual Housing Situation
Harold Christoffel Decision
Foreign Policy
How Should Cadets Be Picked?
Conditions in the Textile Industry
Mutual Security Program for the Israel Refugee Program
Proposed Cut in the School-Lunch Program
Airmail Subsidy Separation: Reorganization Plan No. 10
The Tornado in Massachusetts: Statement
The Floor Beneath Wages Is Gone
Man of the Year: Robert A. Taft
A Strong and Vigorous Foreign Policy
What's Wrong With Social Security
Anniversary of Hungarian Independence
Armenian Independence
The Situation in Indochina
Foreign Policy Is the People's Business
Adjustments to the National Trade Policy
Polish Constitution Day
Proposed Commission on Immigration and Naturalization Policy
Sundry Bills Implementing Recommendations of the Hoover Commission
The Challenge of Political Courage
Keeping the Lobbyist Within Bounds
Conditions in Poland
Announcement in Support of Nomination of Adlai Stevenson
America Salutes Israel
Take the Academies Out of Politics
Address on Receipt of Award of Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree by Rockhurst College,
 Kansas City, Missouri
Address on Receipt of Award of Honorary Degree by Harvard University
The Education of an American Politician
Comity and Commonsense in the Middle East
Democratic Party Must Lead - Or Get Left
Address Before the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Analysis of the Book "Citadel"
Address at Annual Awards Dinner of Overseas Press Club
Address Honoring The Honorable Herbert Hoover
Effects of the Drought on Massachusetts Farmers
Let the Lady Hold Up Her Head
Headlines Cannot Hide Labor's Great Work
Economic Assistance to India
Agenda for Legislative Action
Address at 50th Anniversary Dinner, B'nai Zion
Review of the Book "Al Smith and His America"
Address at Rockefeller Public Service Awards Presentation
Union Racketeering: The Responsibility of the Bar
Mutual Security Act of 1958: Conference Report
Testimony on Unexpended Balances Bill
Immigration Legislation
Address Before the National Association of County Officials
The Basis of U.S. Interest in India - Its New Dimensions
Support Level for Tobacco: Statement
John Foster Dulles: A Profile in Courage
Labor Legislation
Declares Passage of Landrum-Griffin Bill Would Jeopardize Enactment of Labor Reform Law and Urges Passage of Elliott Bill
Address Before AFL-CIO Convention
Tom Burke
Address Before the National Press Club
Address at University of New Hampshire
Address Before the American Society of Newspaper Editors
College Loyalty Oaths
Address: Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Social Security Act
Social Security Amendments of 1960
The National Purpose Discussion Is Resumed: We Must Climb to the Hilltop
Address Before the Twelve-State Farm Conference
Educational Development of Africa
Address Before the 63d Annual Convention of the Zionist Organization of America
The Dream of Passamaquoddy

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