Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Pre-Presidential Papers. Senate Files
JFKSEN-0909-001
This file contains copies of Senator John F. Kennedy’s speech titled, “The White House’s Answer to West Virginia,” given in Parkersburg, West Virginia. In his speech he discusses poverty in West Virginia and the failure of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s administration to develop an adequate food surplus program for those in need or to expand Social Security benefits for the elderly.