Pennsylvania - Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, [Democratic], 1960

Item — BurtonHall Cold Storage: 1, PCC - Film Reel - 16mm: 182

Identifier: P-5-504

Staff Only

Scope and Contents Kennedy asks for help from the people of Pennsylvania. He discusses the steel mills and the number of people out of work. Agency or Creating Entity: Other

Dates

1960

Conditions Governing Use

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Extent

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.)

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

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.

Transcript – Full

Hello, I'm John Kennedy, the Democratic nominee. I come to the state of Pennsylvania and ask your help in this campaign. I believe that Pennsylvania and the nation need vigorous national leadership. Only 50% of the capacity of the steel mills of Pennsylvania is being used. 100,000 steel workers out of work, thousands of miners, nearly 700,000 Pennsylvanians have to wait for surplus food packages from the government every month. I don't think that Pennsylvania can develop its resources unless the United States itself is moving ahead, unless we have an administration in Washington that believes in progress, in caring for our aging, in better education, in full employment. We stand for these things in 1960, and I come and ask your help for a better and stronger America. You have just witnessed an important statement by the next President of the United States, John F. Kennedy.