October 3 Statement by the President upon signing an education bill 4 Statement by the President upon signing bill creating the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Commission 4 Statement by the President upon signing bill governing recruitment of Mexican agricultural workers 4 Statement by the President upon signing bill amending the Shipping Act 4 Remarks of welcome to President Abboud of the Republic of the Sudan at Andrews Air Force Base 4 Memorandum of disapproval of bill relating to income tax treatment of losses sustained in converting street railway to bus operations 4 White House statement on making public a report by the President's Science Advisory Committee on Project West Ford 4 White House announcement concerning tariff on dried figs 4 White House statement concerning scheduled White House Regional Conferences 4 Statement by the President on establishing the President's Commission on Campaign Costs 4 Toasts of the President and President Abboud 5 White House announcement of appointment of a panel to review the vocational education program 5 White House announcement concerning the President's visit to North Carolina on October 12 5 Statement by the President announcing further progress in the voluntary desegregation of schools 5 Statement by the President upon signing the Community Health Services and Facilities Act 5 Letters to Mayor Wagner and to Robert Moses concerning the New York World's Fair 6 Letter of commendation to John J. McCloy, Adviser to the President on Disarmament 6 Message to President Paz Estenssoro of Bolivia concerning U.S. disposal of tin 6 Letter to the members of the Governors' Conference Civil Defense Committee 6 Joint statement following discussions with President Abboud of the Sudan 9 Message to President Chiang Kai-shek on the 50th anniversary of the Chinese Revolution 11 Statement by the President on the need for a national program to combat mental retardation II Telegram commending the AFL-CIO campaign for the Eleanor Roosevelt Cancer Foundation II White House announcement concerning additional White House Regional Conferences October II White House announcement concerning depreciation allowances for textile machinery 12 Remarks recorded at the Raleigh-Durham Airport for the opening of the North Carolina Trade Fair at Charlotte 12 Statement by the President announcing a contract for a materials research laboratory at the University of North Carolina 12 Address at the University of North Carolina upon receiving an honorary degree 12 Remarks to the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C. 13 Statement by the President in support of UNICEF 16 Remarks of welcome to the President of Finland at Andrews Air Force Base 16 Toasts of the President and President Kekkonen 16 Message marking the observance of International Credit Union Day 16 White House announcement of appointment of members of the Panel on Mental Retardation 17 White House announcement of the forthcoming visit of Livingston T. Merchant to Afghanistan and Pakistan as the President's personal representative 17 Joint statement following discussions with the President of Finland 17 Statement by the President following receipt of a supplementary report on the airline labor problem 17 White House statement concerning Soviet plans to test a 50-megaton bomb 18 Remarks to the members of the Panel on Mental Retardation 18 Memorandum implementing the International Textile Agreement 19 Remarks of welcome to the President of Liberia at Washington National Airport 20 White House announcement of appointment of Clarence B. Randall to lead mission to review Volta River Project in Ghana 21 Joint statement following discussions with President Tubman 24 Letter to Pablo Casals inviting him to give a concert at the White House 24 Telegrams from the heads of major airlines concerning recommendations of investigating commission 24 White House announcement concerning schedule and administration participants in White House Regional Conferences 24 Letters to the Director, OCDM, and to Governor Daniel concerning designation of additional disaster areas in Texas October 24 Remarks to an international group attending the Inter-American Archival Seminar 24 Message to Walter P. Marshall on the occasion of the transcontinental telegraph centennial 25 White House announcement concerning a study of international aviation problems 25 White House announcement concerning Project Gnome for the development of peaceful uses of nuclear explosives 26 Letter to Henry B. Gonzalez in support of his candidacy in Texas 26 White House announcement concerning a new Internal Revenue Service Center in Austin, Tex. 26 Letter to President Ngo Dinh Diem on the sixth anniversary of the Republic of Viet-Nam 26 Statement by the President to Cabinet officers and agency heads on the 1962 and 1963 budget outlook 27 Statement by the President concerning export credit facilities 28 White House announcement of additional participants in the White House Regional Conferences 29 White House announcement concerning additional members of Panel on Mental Retardation 29 Message to President Gursel following his election under the new Turkish constitution 29 Remarks at the airport at Fort Smith, Ark. 29 Remarks at Big Cedar, Okla., on the opening of the North-South Highway 30 White House statement announcing the explosion by the U.S.S.R. of a 50-megaton bomb 30 Message to a meeting on the Foreign Student in the United States November 1 Letter to Prime Minister Ikeda of Japan suggesting an exchange of information on the problem of mental retardation I White House announcement of additional participants in the White House Regional Conferences 2 Remarks at the signing of the Delaware River Basin Compact 2 Statement by the President concerning the development and testing of nuclear weapons 2 Statement by the President in support of the reelection of Robert F. Wagner as mayor of New York City 2 Remarks at a political rally in Trenton, N.J. 3 Message to Adlai Stevenson following the election of U Thant by the United Nations November 3 White House announcement concerning the White House Regional Conferences at Detroit and Chicago 3 Remarks of welcome to President Senghor of Senegal at the Washington National Airport 6 Message to President Kekkonen of Finland on his departure from the United States 6 Statement by the President upon announcing the appointment of Teodoro Moscoso as coordinator of Alliance for Progress programs 6 Remarks of welcome to Prime Minister Nehru of India at Andrews Air Force Base 7 Telegram to Chairman Brezhnev on the anniversary of the November Revolution in Russia 7 Remarks by telephone to the first White House Regional Conference meeting in Chicago 7 Letters concerning allocation of disaster-aid funds in Idaho 9 Joint statement following discussions with Prime Minister Nehru 9 Letter from Prime Minister Ikeda of Japan 9 White House statement following appointment of Henry Cabot Lodge as Director General of the Atlantic Institute 9 White House announcement concerning the President's meeting with members of the Commission on Campaign Costs 10 Telegram to Constantine Caramanlis following his reappointment as Prime Minister of Greece 10 Letter from Secretary Goldberg proposing a review of employment statistics 10 Statement by the President upon announcing the appointment of a panel to review employment statistics 10 White House announcement of the President's intention to review Pacific Fleet naval maneuvers on November 18 10 White House statement concerning plans for the establishment of a Presidential library and museum at Cambridge 10 Remarks upon presenting the Merchant Marine Achievement Award to Solon B. Turman 11 Statement by the President concerning an educational consortium to aid in developing a technical institute in India 11 Remarks at the Veterans Day Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery 12 Message recorded for the centennial convocation of the Association of Land Grant Colleges and State Universities 13 Remarks to the trustees of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations 13 Remarks of welcome at the White House concert by Pablo Casals November 14 White House statement concerning the President's Panel on Mental Retardation 14 Memorandum on the need for greater coordination of regional and field activities of the Government 14 Remarks at the swearing in of Teodoro Moscoso as Assistant Administrator for Latin America, AID 14 Remarks to the Trustees and Advisory Committee of the National Cultural Center 14 Joint statement following discussions with Chairman Chung Hee Park of Korea 14 Announcement following a meeting of the President with the trustees and advisory committee of the National Cultural Center 15 Letter to President Chiari of Panama concerning the Canal 15 Statement by the President upon establishing the President's Committee on Youth Employment 15 White House announcement concerning award to the President of the Laetare Medal 16 Statement by the President on the death of Sam Rayburn 16 Letters concerning allocation of disaster-aid funds in California 16 Remarks upon arrival at Boeing Airfield, Seattle 16 Address in Seattle at the University of Washington's 100th Anniversary Program 16 Remarks in Seattle at the Silver Anniversary Dinner honoring Senator Magnuson 17 Remarks upon arrival at the airport in Phoenix 17 Remarks in Phoenix at the 50th Anniversary Dinner honoring Senator Hayden 18 Address in Los Angeles at a dinner of the Democratic Party of California 21 Letter to the Chairman, U.S. Tariff Commission requesting an investigation of cotton imports 21 Remarks to the officers of the National Conference of Christians and Jews 21 Toasts of the President and Chancellor Adenauer 22 Joint statement following discussions with Chancellor Adenauer 22 White House statement concerning the United States Freedom From Hunger Foundation 22 Remarks in connection with the United Nations Freedom From Hunger Campaign 25 Transcript of interview with the President by Aleksei Adzhubei, Editor of Izvestia 28 Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury concerning monetary silver 28 Remarks upon presenting an award to Allen W. Dulles November 28 Remarks upon presenting the Harmon Trophy to three test pilots of the X-15 rocket plane 28 Remarks in connection with the Parvin Foundation awards 29 Letter accepting resignation of Allen W. Dulles 29 Remarks at the swearing in of John McCone as Director, Central Intelligence Agency 29 Remarks at the Rockefeller public service award ceremonies 29 Remarks at the inaugural meeting of the InterAmerican Economic and Social Council 30 White House announcement of selection of Cincinnati area for an Internal Revenue Service Automatic Data Processing Center December I Letter to Secretary Ribicoff concerning the role of the Federal Government in the field of mental health 1 Remarks upon presenting the Enrico Fermi award to Dr. Hans Bethe 2 White House statement concerning a study of petroleum requirements by the Office of Emergency Planning 4 White House announcement of arrival of Dr. Osamu Kan, Director of the National Institution for Mental Retardation in Tokyo 5 Statement by the President on employee. management relations in the Federal Service 5 White House announcement of the President's forthcoming visit to Venezuela and Colombia 5 Statement by the President upon establishing awards for significant contributions to the export expansion program 5 Address in New York City at the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Banquet 6 Address in New York City to the National Association of Manufacturers 7 White House statement concerning immigration quota proclamation affecting Cameroon, Kuwait, Nigeria, and Syria 7 Remarks in Miami at the Young Democrats Convention 7 Address in Miami at the opening of the AFLCIO Convention December 11 Letter accepting resignation of John B. Connally as Secretary of the Navy 12 Remarks at the swearing in of Chester Bowles as the President's Special Representative and Adviser on African, Asian, and Latin American Affairs 13 White House announcement concerning appointment of additional members of the President's Committee on Youth Employment 14 Letter to Governor Rockefeller on civil defense 14 Statement by General Van Fleet following his report to the President on the morale of citizensoldiers 14 Statement by the President announcing President Truman's appointment to head the Freedom From Hunger Foundation 14 Statement by the President on the establishment of the President's Commission on the Status of Women 14 Statement by President Truman concerning the Freedom From Hunger Foundation 15 Exchange of messages with the President of the Republic of Viet-Nam 15 White House announcement of the forthcoming visit of a scientific mission to Argentina 15 Remarks upon arrival at International Airport, San Juan, Puerto Rico 16 Remarks upon arrival at Maiquetia Airport, Caracas, Venezuela 16 Remarks to the staff at the American Embassy in Caracas 16 Remarks at the La Morita Resettlement Project near Caracas 17 Joint statement following discussions with the President of Venezuela 17 Remarks at Maiquetia Airport upon leaving for Colombia December 17 Remarks upon arrival at El Dorado Airport, Bogota, Colombia 17 Remarks at the Techo Housing Project in Bogota 17 Remarks at the San Carlos Palace to the American Embassy Staff in Bogota 17 Address at a dinner at the San Carlos Palace in Bogota 17 Remarks at El Dorado Airport upon leaving for the United States 20 Statement by the President on the situation in the Dominican Republic 21 Remarks upon arrival at the air terminal in Hamilton, Bermuda 22 Joint statement following discussions in Bermuda with Prime Minister Macmillan 23 Statement by President Eisenhower following a meeting with Christian Herter at Gettysburg 28 Statement by the President on the birthday of Woodrow Wilson 28 White House statement concerning proclamation establishing the Buck Island National Monument 28 White House statement concerning Executive order granting the Senate Committee on the Judiciary authority to examine certain tax returns 28 White House announcement of establishment of a Panel on Federal Civilian Salary Systems 29 Report of the Attorney General on civil rights 29 Letter accepting resignation of General C. P. Cabell as Deputy Director of Central Intelligence 29 Report by Adlai Stevenson on the United Nations 31 Message to members of the Armed Forces serving overseas 31 Exchange of New Year greetings between the United States and the Soviet Union Appendix B-Presidential Documents Published in the Federal Register, 1961 PROCLAMATIONS 26 F.R. No. Date Subject page 3388 Jan. 9 3389 Jan. 17 Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, enlarging the 247 507, 811 3390 Jan. 18 Terminating the Honduran trade agreement in part 507, 1751 3391 Jan. 18 3392 Feb. 10 Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Monument, Maryland, establishment. 639 1261 3393 Feb. 10 National Defense Transportation Day, 1961 1261 3394 Feb. 25 3395 Feb. 28 Modification of trade agreement concessions on bicycles and pineapples. 1751, 4391 1947 Determination of Cuban sugar quota to supplement the quota established by Display of the flag at the United States Marine Corps Memorial in Arlington, 5387 |