PART 1: The President and The Press: A Word from President John F. Kennedy

"Without debate, without criticism, no Administration and no country can survive -- and no republic can survive."

Mar 31, 2023

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This is a reproduction of John F. Kennedy’s Address Before the Press at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. It is found on the official website and in the National Archives of The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum based in Boston, Massachusetts.

The date was Friday, April 27, 1961, after President Kennedy's January 20, 1961 inauguration as the 35th President, after which he held the first televised press conference.

JFK would be assassinated on November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. on a 10-mile motorcade through Dallas, Texas. After being given his Last Rights by a Catholic priest, the President would be pronounced dead at 1:00 pm. At 2:38 pm, Lyndon B. Johnson would be sworn in as President.

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THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRESS: PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY’S ADDRESS BEFORE THE AMERICAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION ON APRIL 27, 1961

President John F. Kennedy
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City
April 27, 1961

Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen:
I appreciate very much your generous invitation to be here tonight.

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