The greatest domestic challenge facing the next President will be the challenge of agriculture. The greatest challenge he faces abroad will be, of course, the challenge of peace - of strengthening the
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We meet together on the eve of the great campaign of 1960. Next week the voters of Indiana will participate in the vital national process of selecting a candidate for President - a process which -
Since January 1953, this nation has passed through a period which has been marked by indecision and doubt. To find a parallel in history for this period – and to supply a theme which makes clear the
All of you are familiar with the motto credited to Francis Bacon, but actually traceable back to ancient scriptures, that reads: "Knowledge is power - Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est." No doubt that
A few weeks ago, ten nations began negotiations on the most complex and important problem facing the world today - the problem of disarmament. But despite the fact that these critical negotiations
The single, critical, overriding need of the people of Summers County - and the people of all of West Virginia - is the development of new industry - industry which will bring you new jobs and
The time has come to put some common sense and consistency into the way this country handles its vital fuel supplies. The time has come for the Federal Government to adopt a National Fuels Policy -- a
There is no more shameful, tangible monument to the failures of the last eight, Republican years in Washington than the Administration's failure to provide millions of Americans with an adequate
The past eight years of Republican indifference and neglect have witnessed the steady and disastrous decline of America’s great and abundant natural resources. And one of the most flagrant and tragic
There is no industry which has suffered more from government neglect in the last eight years than the coal industry. And there is no industry which holds greater promise for the future. Eight years of
This Congress and this Administration must act immediately to relieve the economic distress and despair of millions of America's older citizens - thousands of them here in West Virginia - who are
This year social security is twenty-five years old. And perhaps never, since its enactment, have the challenges to this program been as crucial and as far-reaching as they are today. “The test of our
American education today is in a crisis – and the harsh fact of the matter is that, without prompt federal action, that crisis will only grow worse. For no problem has grown to greater proportion in
No area of our economy has suffered more as a result of recent economic policies than the nation's small businesses. In the last two years more small businesses have failed - more independent
A few weeks ago, ten nations began negotiations on the most complex and important problem facing the world today - the problem of disarmament. But despite the fact that these critical negotiations
I have decided, in view of current press reports, that it would be appropriate to speak with you today about what has widely been called "the religious issue" in American politics. The phrase covers a
It has been said in recent weeks that the State of West Virginia is not "typical" of the rest of America - that it is different and somehow inferior. But I have traveled across your great state and I
AID TO DEPRESSED AREAS There is really only one basic issue in this state – one issue that underlies all the rest – one issue that leads to all the other issues of defense contracts, unemployment
I want to talk with you today about the most fundamental subject in life - food. Most of the nation takes food for granted. When I spoke recently about the millions of Americans who go to bed hungry
Today the United States is living better than ever before. We have more swimming pools, freezers, boats and air-conditioners than the world has ever seen before. But "the test of our progress," said
No State in the country has suffered more from the neglect of the federal government than West Virginia. And nowhere has this neglect been more evident than in our government's unjustified
We talk about new industries and new products for the future - and we must. We talk about reopening mines and increasing employment - and we must. But we must also do something right now, before those
One industry ranks at the top of every West Virginia agenda - the coal industry. Without doubt, this nation's vast coal reserves are among our most important assets. And without doubt, no resource has
If new vision, and new leadership, and new understanding can restore prosperity to the coal industry - and I believe it can - then I am here to tell you that prosperity is on the way. For just as no
Twenty-seven years ago today, the 73 rd Congress was meeting - the famous Congress of the "FIRST HUNDRED DAYS" - the FIRST hundred days with Franklin Roosevelt at the helm. That Congress, under FDR's