Excerpts From the Great Debate - Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, [Democratic], 1960

Item — BurtonHall Cold Storage: 1, PCC - Film Reel - 16mm: 180

Identifier: P-5-502

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Scope and Contents Excerpts from debate. Nixon and Kennedy discuss recent democratic legislation that didn't pass. Agency or Creating Entity: Other

Dates

1960

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From the Series: 14,137 Items (14,137 items (This series includes United States Office of President Campaign Ads from 1912-2016): Each item within this collection falls under the following categories: 16mm film reels, VHS videotape, 3/4" U-Matic videotape, 1" and 2" tap, Beta SP, Betamax, Mini DV, DVD, and born-digital video formats.)

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The Political Communication Collection, located in the Carl Albert Center Congressional Research and Studies Center Archives, contains political television and radio commercials from the beginning of the 20th century through the present day.

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Transcript - Full

Here are some revealing excerpts from the great debate. The subject under discussion was recent democratic legislation. The reason why these particular bills in these various fields have been mentioned were not passed was not because the president was against them. It was because the people were against them. It was because they were too extreme. Well, now let's look at these bills that the vice president suggests were too extreme. One was a bill for $1.25 an hour for anyone who works in a store or a company that has a million dollars a year business. I don't think that's extreme at all. Secondly was the federal aid to education bill. It was not an extreme bill, and yet we could not get one Republican to join. The third is medical care for the aged, which is tied to Social Security, which is financed out of Social Security funds. I think it shows the difference between the two parties. One party is ready to move in these programs. The other party gives them lip service. Americans want to move ahead with new leadership. I now select John F. Kennedy, president.