June 13, 1963 President John F. Kennedy Speaks at the Willard Hotel, Washington D. C

President John F. Kennedy s remarks at the second annual convention of the National Council of Senior Citizens, Inc. held at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D. C. In his speech the President discusses pending legislation ensuring hospital insurance for senior citizens. I do not know why it is necessary for any of us who believe in this program to have to come and make speeches about it, because I do not know any problem or any remedy more obvious which now faces the Congress of the United States. The average older couple has about 50 a week to live on. The average older person living alone has about 20 a is no room in that budget for a serous