Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-024-001
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy's address to the American Society of Newspaper Editors held at the Statler Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. In his speech President Kennedy discusses the purpose of American intervention abroad and the spread of communist ideology to Latin America and Southeast Asia, with particular emphasis on the Bay of Pigs incident that occurred in Cuba four days prior. The recording cuts off abruptly during the President's remarks.