President kennedy went to texas to take his program to the people. He had carried the state only by a narrow margin in the election. There was dissension over his strong civil rights program. Conservative elements were critical of the administrations foreign policy. And yet the crowds that greeted the president and mrs. Kennedy were friendly, enthusiastic. Most newspapers described the trip as political. A it was that and more than that. Speaking at dedication ceremonies for the Aerospace Medical health center, president kennedy sought for unity amongst americans. His conviction was that the United States should be a leader. President kennedy for more than three years, i have spoken about the new frontier. It is not the exclusive property of republicans or democrats. It refers instead to this nations place in history, to the fact we do stand on the edge of a great new era. Filled with both opportunity to be characterized by achievement and by challenge. It is an area which calls for ac
President john f. Kennedy departed washington on november 21 1963. On saturday morning november 23, his body was returned to the white house. This is a film record of that two day period. President kennedy went to texas to take his program to the people. He carried the state only by a narrow margin in the election. A there was dissension over his strong civil rights program. Conservative elements were critical of the administrations foreign policy. And yet the crowds that greeted the president and mrs. Kennedy were friendly, enthusiastic. Most newspapers described the trip as political. A it was that and more than that. Speaking at dedication ceremonies for the Aerospace Medical Health Center president kennedy sought for unity amongst americans. His conviction was that the United States should be a leader. President kennedy it is not the exclusive property of republicans or democrats. It refers instead to this nations place in history, to the fact we do stand on the edge of a great new
We are standing in a salt boiling brock. Boiling block. This area was very important ,hroughout the colonial period because it was the center of what we know today as the uruguay confederacy. Iroquois confederacy. There were various missionaries, explorers, soldiers coming into this area. They were the first to notice the salt brine as far as europeans. The significance of salt brining around the lake was noted very early on during the colonial period. It did not get a chance to be exploited until after the american revolution, when a variety of different treaties concentrated local native people to territory south of the lake. The state took ownership of the shore around the lake, so that it could be developed commercially for salt production. The statecontrolled the land, they controlled the sources of brine through the drilling of ells and so forth. Manufacturing was actually in the hands of private individuals. It started into the early 19th century. The biggest problem they had wa
Ew, morehe services gr public letters started coming in, more staff had to be hired, more space had to be acquired, and eventually the three Senate Buildings were constructed. Right now we are in the dirksen , building. We are in the large multipurpose hearing room that has had various layers of history. The first Senate Office building opened in 1909, known as the Richard Russell building. This was because the government was growing. There were more and more services coming out. All of the senators were in one building and all the staff were in one building. There was a Small Community of staff and senators that existed in the building until 1958. But steadily, the demands on the government increased. People started writing in, Social Security became an issue, so many other federal issues directly affected citizens, so they were to their senators. Senators hired more staff and they had to find more places to put them. At one point, the russell building was absolutely crammed with peop
Concern of the United States allies a as some of the folks not to the year is a matter of convenience. This is the last one for me. Of a colleague of ours from Fortune Magazine wrote yesterday that if u. S. Cannot deliver on the trade deal that it spent a decade on negotiating to be a charge or wait for china will be greatly diminished what is your view what happened where democrats lined up against boating on the tpa. As we were dealing with the iran build with the second weeks of doing it trade already was the complicated factor. So relative to floor procedures it had already become a factor. I dont know i heard every word relative to the exportation but generally speaking in a very much agree with that. I was an asia last august and for us to fail to have tpa or to get tpp then i a gray winter to it is a way to counterbalance what is happening in the region and. In and something thats good for relative to economic growth. But to a understand and there is a new offer to move up packa