In addition to identifying as a war hero, Kennedy spoke to pressing needs: housing for veterans, and financial concerns. At age 29, Kennedy won the primary, and easily won the general election in a predominantly Democratic district. In Congress, leadership roles were not available for the Democratic minority. He began by reflecting on the difficult quest for peace evidenced at the Conference of Paris in August and reminding Americans that Italy had helped to defeat the Germans:.
In that moment of despair the one hand of friendship extended to the Italian people was the hand of the United States. Byrne did not forget the words of the Potsdam declaration. Italy was the first of the Axis Powers to break with Germany, to whose defeat she had made a material contribution.
With food to carry the Italian people through the winter, and with coal to keep her factories in operation, Italy can begin the establishment of a self-sustaining economy. In , after three terms in the House, Kennedy won election to the Senate, hoping to have more of an impact on decisions than he could have in the House. In the spring of , Kennedy speeches addressed the declining economy. He offered 40 proposals for economic expansion in New England, including programs to help the fishing, textile and ship building industries.
Many were enacted, as they benefited both labor and business and were expected to aid in national defense. More difficult was his support in January for the St. Lawrence Seaway, because of concern it would take business away from the Boston port. A study of port activity convinced him it would not.
He thought the Seaway would be good for the country. Taking such a stand made him a national figure. Lawrence Seaway. As you may know, on 6 different occasions over a period of 20 years, no Massachusetts Senator or Representative has ever voted in favor of the Seaway; and such opposition on the part of many of our citizens and officials continues to this day.
But foreign policy was also his long-standing area of expertise, and joining a debate on vital matters of national security appealed to him as the highest duty of a senator. He thought it was wrong to reduce defense spending and rely on the threat of nuclear strikes.
He sought to increase U. Kennedy opposed U. When the Senate voted to censure McCarthy, Kennedy failed to cast a vote. He was hospitalized at the time, so of course could not vote, but could have had his vote paired with an opposite vote in abstaining and thereby be seen as opposing McCarthyism. It was conjectured that his reluctance was due to wide support for McCarthy among Massachusetts Catholics, but that decision later cost him a prized endorsement from Eleanor Roosevelt.
McNamara was chosen as a rational, intelligent civilian that could provide political control over the military establishment. JFK relied on external advisors to balance decision-making information, and the British Ambassador Ormsby-Gore saw his ideas being put into use with regards to the quarantine line in the Cuban Missile Crisis. JFK's selection of advisors reflected the strengths and weaknesses of his own policy experience, demonstrating what Neustadt calls a 'rare' fine distinction among his 'fellow kings'.
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JFK was a war veteran. His small patrol boat was sliced in two by a Japanese destroyer in , scattering him and his men into the Pacific.
He was a student of the Great Depression — partly the result of a lack of action by central bankers and the U. That is, he makes things up to suit his agenda, making it necessary, at times, to deny facts. Gorbachev, tear down this wall. Douglass , called on others to share his vision of citizens acting freely to strengthen the public interest. For Australian leaders, struggling to articulate what prosperity and freedom are for, they could do worse than listen to the University of North Dakota speech.
Kennedy finished his North Dakota speech with a favourite anecdote illustrating the need for urgent action, more poignant for us today knowing he would be dead within two months.
Andrew Vincent has worked in the media, politics and public affairs for two decades, in Sydney, Canberra and regional Australia. If other presidents behaved like Donald Trump… John F. If Nikita says there are no Soviet missiles in Cuba, I take him at his word.
Join the I A newsletter for regular updates on our latest news stories. We need YOU! A poll of historians in ranked him 13th out of the 36 presidents included in the survey. Thirteen such polls from to put him, on average, 12th. Richard Neustadt, the prominent presidential scholar, revered Kennedy during his lifetime and was revered by Kennedy in turn. His allure—the romantic, almost mystic, associations his name evokes—not only survives but flourishes.
And thus a lyric became the lasting image of his presidency. White, in his memoirs, recalled the reverence Kennedy had inspired among his friends:. Friends were not the only ones enchanted by the Kennedy mystique. He was becoming a magnetic figure even during his presidency. By the middle of , 59 percent of Americans surveyed claimed that they had voted for him in , although only After his death, his landslide grew to 65 percent. After the assassination, even Robert F. To this day, about 60 percent of Americans believe that Kennedy fell victim to a conspiracy.
Johnson was involved. For many Americans, it stretches credulity to accept that an event so epochal can be explained as the act of a still-mysterious loner. Like all presidents, Kennedy had successes and failures. His administration was dominated by a remarkable number of problems and crises—in Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam; and in Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama. Some of these, he managed adroitly and, at times, courageously.
Many, he could not resolve. He was a reserved, pragmatic man who almost never revealed passion.
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