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    "title": "Press copy of the State of the Union Message of President John F. Kennedy, 29 January 1961",
    "description": "Press copy of President John F. Kennedy's State of the Union message that was addressed to Congress at the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. In his speech President Kennedy discusses his concerns regarding the present state of economic recession, the depreciating value of the American dollar, the need for federal aid in education and scientific research, and the need for Congress to respond to certain national matters, including civil rights and clean water supplies. The President also addresses the possible spread of communism in Asia and Latin America, the need to restore peace in the Republic of the Congo, and his plan for Cold War diplomacy, which involved focusing on new military, economic and political tools in order to meet any challenges from the Soviet Union or Communist China.",
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    "ocrText": "works\n51320\nmessate \" estimAted AT\n6500\nRELEASE 12:30 PM, MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1961\nTO ALL NEWSPAPERS, RADIO AND TV STATIONS\nJanuary 29, 1961\nOffice of the White House Press Secretary\nadT\nlo\nto adinom asvon 10\n(AS ACTUALLY DELIVERED)\nTHE WHITEHHUSE\nas\nSTATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE\n$3\nOF\nPRESIDENT JOHN E. KENNEDY\nbnA\nMr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of the Congress:\nIt\nis a pleasure to return from whence I came. You are my oldest friends\nin Washington and this House is my oldest home. It was here, more\nthan 14 years ago, that I first took the oath of Federal office. It was here,\nfor 14 years, that I gained both knowledge and inspiration from members\nof both parties in both Houses -- from your wise and generous leaders\nand from the pronouncements which I can vividly recall, sitting where\nyou now sit including the programs of two great Presidents, the\nundimmed eloquence of Churchill, the soaring idealism of Nehru, the\nsteadfast words of General de Gaulle. To speak from this same historic\nrostrum\nis\na\nsobering experience. To be back among so many friends\nis\na happy one.\nIspoltan\nI am confident that that friendship will continue. Our Constitution wisely\nassigns both joint and separate roles to each branch of the government; and\na\nPresident and a Congress who hold each other in mutual respect will\nneither permit nor attempt any trespass, For my part, I shall withhold\nfrom neither the Congress nor the people any fact or report, past, present\nor future, which is necessary for an informed judgment of our conduct and\nhazards, I shall neither shift the burden of executive decisions to the\nCongress, nor avoid responsibility for the outcome of those decisions.\nI-\nspeak today in an hour of national peril and national opportunity. Before\nmy\nterm has ended, we shall have to test anew whether a nation organized\nand governed such as ours can endure. The outcome is by no\nmeans\n18P1\ncertain, The answers are by no means clear. All of us together\nthis\nAdministration, this Congress, this nation -- must forge those answers.\nviestre\ntoanso\nBut today, were I to offer after little more than a week in office\ndetailed legislation to remedy every national ill, the Congress would rightly\nwonder whether the desire for speed had replaced the duty of responsibility,\nMy remarks, therefore, will be limited. But they will also be candid, To\nstate the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past,\nThe\nprudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies, and gives a faithful\naccounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust. And, while\nthe\noccasion does not call for another recital of our blessings and assets, we\ndo have no greater asset than the willingness of a free and determined\npeople, through its elected officials, to face all problems frankly and meet\nall dangers free from panic or fear.\n03\nmore\nsuo\nto\nsqmorg s 35 agate Todio\nfor al aidT \"{\"W gnlvaq has (OVER)\nS regod 3 -- no\nealless of\n408"
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