Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-040-006
This folder contains a press copy of President John F. Kennedy's exchange of remarks with Commander Nicholas Mikhalevsky and Electrician's Mate First Class Gilbert M. Olsen aboard the USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. near Newport, Rhode Island. In his speech the President thanks the crew for their gift, a model of the ship, and discusses the importance of the ship to the Kennedy family.