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Speeches of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy

1961 - 1962 - 1963 - 1964


- 1961 -

March 1, 1961

Statement by Honorable Robert F. Kennedy Attorney General of the United States on proposed legislation creating additional federal judgeships before the House Judiciary Committee, 87th Congress, First Session

Friday, April 21, 1961, 3:15 P.M.

Address by Honorable Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General of the United States, prepared for delivery before the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Hotel Statler, Washington, D.C.

Saturday, May 6, 1961, 11:00 A.M. EST

Address by Honorable Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General of the United States, prepared for delivery at the Law Day Exercises of University of Georgia Law School, Athena, Georgia

May 7, 1961

Excerpts of Remarks by the Honorable Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General of the United States at Polish Constitution Day Observance, Chicago, Illinois

May 17, 1961

Statement of the Honorable Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General of the United States, before Subcommittee No. 5 of the House Committee on the Judiciary, in support of legislation to Curb Organized Crime and Racketeering

May 24, 1961

Statement by the Honorable Robert F. Kennedy Attorney General of the United States

May 24, 1961

Statement by the Honorable Robert F. Kennedy Attorney General of the United States issued at 11:00 A.M.

Wednesday, May 24, 1961 1:00 P.M

Address by Honorable Robert F. Kennedy Attorney General of the United States prepared for delivery at the National Committee for Children and Youth Conference on Unemployed, Out of School Youth in Urban Areas Statler-Hilton Hotel Washington, D.C.

June 6, 1961

Statement of the Honorable Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General of the United States, before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary in Support of Legislation to Curb Organized Crime and Racketeering

June 7, 1961

Address by Honorable Robert F. Kennedy Attorney General of the United States prepared for delivery before the 1961 Conference of UPI Editors and Publishers Statler-Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C.

June 7, 1961

Address by Honorable Robert F. Kennedy Attorney General of the United States at the Graduate Ceremonies of the 67th Session of the FBI National Academy

June 23, 1961

Statement of the Honorable Robert F. Kennedy Attorney General of the United States before Subcommittee on Employment and Manpower of the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee on S. 2036 and S. 404

June 28, 1961

Statement of the Honorable Robert F. Kennedy Attorney General of the United States before General Subcommittee on Labor of the House Education and Labor Committee on H.R. 7536

July 12, 1961

Statement of the Honorable Robert F. Kennedy Attorney General of the United States before Sub-Committee on Education of the United States House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor on H.R. 7178

July 15, 1961 11:00 A.M.

Address by Honorable Robert F. Kennedy Attorney General of the United States prepared for delivery at the Launching of the USS John Marshall Newport News, Virginia

August 23, 1961

Statement of Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General of the United States, before the Antitrust Subcommittee, House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary on H.R. 6689

October 6, 1961

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy Portland City Club, Portland, Oregon

October 12, 1961

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy at Joint Sentencing Institute of the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Judicial Circuits, Chicago, Illinois

October 17, 1961

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy "Dinner of Champions" Astor Hotel, New York City

Monday, November 13, 1961

Remarks of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy before the Economic Club of New York "Vigorous Antitrust Enforcement Assists Business" for release at 8 P. M. E.S.T.

November 15, 1961

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Associated Press Managing Editors Meeting, Dallas, Texas, for release at Noon, C.S.T.

November 18, 1961

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy at the Dedication Ceremonies of New Fordham Law School Building Fordham University, New York, N.Y.

December 3, 1961

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy at the National Conference of Christians and Jews Dinner Cleveland, Ohio

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January 16, 1962

Statement of the Honorable Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General of the United States, before the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, in support of legislation to prohibit the transportation of gambling devices in interstate commerce

Tuesday, February 6, 1962

"The Goals of Government" Remarks by Robert F. Kennedy Attorney General of the United States at Nihon University Tokyo, Japan

Wednesday, February 14, 1962

"The United States and the New Forces of the World" Remarks by Robert F. Kennedy Attorney General of the United States at the University of Indonesia, Djakarta, Indonesia

February 15, 1962

Statement by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, the University of Gadja Mada, Jogjakarta, Indonesia

February 22, 1962

Statement by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, the Berlin City Hall Steps

February 22, 1962

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Free University of Berlin

February 24, 1962

The new frontier and the new Europe address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Beethoven Hall, Bonn, Germany

March 14, 1962

Excerpts from remarks by Honorable Robert F. Kennedy Attorney General of the United States before the Business Council Mayflower Hotel, Washington D.C.

March 24, 1962

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Conference on Crime Prevention in California Los Angeles, California

April 6, 1962

Education and Recreation, Taft Auditorium, Cincinnati, Ohio

April 23, 1962

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy at the Annual Luncheon of the Associated Press, New York City

Tuesday, May 1, 1962 (8 P.M.)

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy at the Law Day Ceremonies of the Virginia State Bar Roanoke, Virginia for release on delivery

Saturday, May 5, 1962

Address by Honorable Robert F. Kennedy Attorney General of the United States before the American Jewish Committee Hotel Commodore, New York, N. Y.

May 24, 1962

Honorable Robert F. Kennedy Attorney General of the United States, Association for the Help of Retarded Children Dinner, New York, N. Y.

June 4, 1962

Address of Honorable Robert F. Kennedy International Night American Booksellers Association, Inc. Shoreham Hotel

June 12, 1962

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy at Manhattan College Commencement Exercises New York, N. Y.

June 14, 1962

Address of Honorable Robert F. Kennedy before United Hatters and Millinery Workers International Union, Statler Hotel, New York, New York

June 22, 1962

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy before the National Newspaper Publishers Association, Morgan State College Baltimore, Maryland

June 30, 1962

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy Fourth Judicial Circuit Conference, Roanoke, Virginia

July 26, 1962

Address of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy before the National Insurance Association, Statler-Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California

August 6, 1962

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy American Bar Association, House of Delegates, San Francisco, California

August 7, 1962

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Seattle World's Fair

August 18, 1962

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy Conference of the National Association of District Attorneys Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Monday, September 17, 1962

Address by Honorable Robert F. Kennedy Attorney General of the United States at the Polish Roman Catholic Union Convention Lord Baltimore Hotel Baltimore, Maryland

September 27, 1962

Statement by the Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy

September 28, 1962

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, General Chairman White House Conference on Narcotic and Drug Abuse Department of State Auditorium Washington, D.C.

Saturday, September 29, 1962

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy at dedication of Kendrick Hall, University of San Francisco Law School, Fairmont Hotel San Francisco, California

October 1, 1962

Statement by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy for 6:15 P.M.

October 6, 1962

Address of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Testimonial Dinner for Attorney General John Reynolds Milwaukee, Wisconsin

October 9, 1962

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy at National Commanders' Dinner American Legion Convention Las Vegas, Nevada

October 28, 1962

Address by Honorable Robert F. Kennedy Attorney General of the United States to the American Jewish Congress Waldorf-Astoria Hotel New York, New York

November 12, 1962

Address by Honorable Robert F. Kennedy Attorney General of the United States Linn County Veterans' Council Veterans' Day Program Elks Lodge Albany, Oregon

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January 4, 1963

Remarks by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy at Opening of Exhibit on the Emancipation Proclamation at the National Archives Washington, D.C.

January 7, 1963

Statement by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy

January 12, 1963

Report to the President from the Attorney General on the fight against organized crime January 10, 1963 for Sunday papers Sunday, January 13, 1963, Office of the White House Press Secretary, The White House

Tuesday, January 22, 1963

"Civil Rights and Cold War" Address by Honorable Robert F. Kennedy Attorney General of the United States 10th Anniversary Convocation Center for Study of Democratic Institutions of the Fund for the Republic, Americana Hotel New York, New York

January 26, 1963

A report on the progress in the field of Civil Rights by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to the President January 24, 1963, for release Sunday, January 27, 1963, Office of the White House Press Secretary, The White House

February 18, 1963

Testimony by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy before the Subcommittee on Employment and Manpower of the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee on S. 1.

February 19, 1963

Testimony by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy before the General Subcommittee on Education of the House Education and Labor Committee on H.R. 1890

February 27, 1963

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy New York Police Athletic League Dinner, Americana Hotel, New York City

March 9, 1963

Address prepared for delivery by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to the Civil Rights Committee New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO Americana Hotel, New York City

March 12, 1963

Remarks by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to the Advertising Council, Washington, D.C.

March 18, 1963

Address by Honorable Robert F. Kennedy Attorney General of the United States at Kentucky's Centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky

April 25, 1963

Address by Honorable Robert F. Kennedy Attorney General of the United States at a meeting of the University of South Carolina Chapter, American Association of University Professors Columbia, South Carolina

May 3, 1963

Statement by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy

May 4, 1963

"Government Under Law in a Dynamic Age," Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, University of Virginia Law School, Charlottesville, Virginia

May 13, 1963

"Statement by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary regarding S. 1057, the proposed Criminal Justice Act

May 17, 1963

Address by Honorable Robert F. Kennedy Attorney General of the United States to the North Carolina Cold War Seminar, Asheville, North Carolina

May 22, 1963

Statement by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy before Subcommittee no. 5 of the House Committee on the Judiciary regarding H.R. 4816 the proposed Criminal Justice Act

May 22, 1963

Statement by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy before the Special Subcommittee on Labor of the House Committee on Education and Labor

May 29, 1963

Statement by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy before the Subcommittee on the National Service Corps of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

June 2, 1963

Address by Honorable Robert F. Kennedy Attorney General of the United States at the Commencement Exercises Trinity College Washington, D.C.

June 21, 1963

Remarks by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy at Ceremonies Celebrating the 175th Anniversary of the Ratification of the Constitution, Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

June 26, 1963

Statement of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy before the House Committee on the Judiciary regarding H.R. 7152, the proposed Civil Rights Act of 1963

July 14, 1963

Remarks by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy at the Slovak Catholic Sokol Convention, Pick-Ohio Hotel Youngstown, Ohio

August 23, 1963

Address by Honorable Robert F. Kennedy Attorney General of the United States at G. I. Forum International Ball Room, Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois

August 23, 1963

Statement of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on Title VI of S. 1731

September 13, 1963

Remarks by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy before the National Congress of American Indians, Grand Pacific Hotel, Bismarck, North Dakota

September 18, 1963

Remarks by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy at the Polish Naitional Alliance Convention, Benjamin Franklin Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

September 23, 1963

Remarks of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to the Junior Red Cross Awards Ceremony, Departmental Auditorium Washington, D.C.

Monday, September 23, 1963

Welcoming Remarks of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to the Italian Congress of Forensic Medicine, Americana Hotel, New York City

September 25, 1963

Statement by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Senate Government Operations Committee

September 27, 1963

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy at the Annual Meeting of the Missouri Bar Association, Hotel Muehlebach, Kansas City, Missouri

October 5, 1963

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy before the Colonel Francis Vigo Post of the American Legion, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, New York

October 13, 1963

Remarks by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to the 120th Anniversary Dinner of B'nai B'rith, Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago

October 15, 1963

Statement by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy on H. R. 7152 before the House Judiciary Committee (in Executive Session)

October 28, 1963

Remarks by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy before the Annual Convention of the Theatre Owners of America, Americana Hotel, New York, New York

Friday, November 1, 1963

Address by Honorable Robert F. Kennedy Attorney General of the United States prepared for delivery before the New England Conference on the Defense of Indigent Persons Accused of Crime, Parker House, Boston, Massachusetts

November 15, 1963

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy before the Great Lakes Regional Meeting of the American Bar Association, Hotel Sheraton-Cleveland

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February 28, 1964

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy at Graduation Ceremonies of the International Police Academy, Washington, D.C.

March 17, 1964

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Lackawanna County, Scranton, Pennsylvania

April 7, 1964

Statement of the Honorable Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General of the United States, before the House Committee on Education and Labor, in support of H. R. 10440, the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964

April 14, 1964

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy before the Canadian Press, Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Canada

April 16, 1964

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy at the Herbert H. Lehman Human Relations Award Dinner of the American Jewish Committee Appeal for Human Relations, Plaza Hotel, New York City

April 16, 1964

Excerpts from remarks by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy at a panel discussion "After the Civil Rights Bill, What?" American Society of Newspaper Editors, 1964 Convention Washington, D.C.

April 29, 1964

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to a Joint Meeting of the Kanawha County Parent-Teachers Council and Members of Action for Appalachian Youth, Inc. Civic Center Charleston, West Virginia

May 1, 1964

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois, Law Day

May 6, 1964

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, 125th Anniversary of Central High School, Bellevue - Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

May 20, 1964

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy before Young Israel of Pelham Parkway, Concourse Plaza Hotel, New York City

May 25, 1964 2 P.M.

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy before the United States Conference of Mayors, New York Hilton Hotel, New York, New York

May 26, 1964

Remarks by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy at the dedications of the John F. Kennedy Interfaith Chapel, West Georgia College, Carrollton, Georgia

Wednesday, May 27, 1964

Welcome by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to the National Conference on Bail and Criminal Justice, Department of State Auditorium

June 1, 1964 7 P.M.

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

June 7, 1964

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy Commencement Exercises Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Monday, June 8, 1964

"The Opening to the Future" Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California (As Delivered)

June 26, 1964

Excerpts from Addresses prepared for delivery by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy West Berlin, (for immediate release)

June 26, 1964

The President John F. Kennedy Lecture by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy at the Free University of Berlin

June 26, 1964

Remarks of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy at the Unveiling of a Placque in President John F. Kennedy Platz Memorializing the President's Visit to Berlin

June 27, 1964

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy at Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Gemany

July 1, 1964

Statement by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy on departure from Poland

Monday, July 20, 1964, 3 P.M.

Welcoming Remarks by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to the Opening Session of the Interdederal Assembly of Pax Romana Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

Wednesday, July 22, 1964

Statement by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy before Subcommittee No. 1 of the House Judiciary Committee Regarding H.R. 7700, a bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act

August 4, 1964 11:15 A.M.

Testimony by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy on Bail Legislation before the Subcommittees on Constitutional Rights and Improvements in Judicial Machinery of Senate Judiciary Committee

August 7, 1964

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to the Fifth General Assembly World Assembly of Youth University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts Friday

August 10, 1964 2 P.M.

Address by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to the Criminal Law Section of the American Bar Association Americana Hotel, New York City

August 18, 1964, 10:30 A.M.

Remarks by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy to the National Citizens' Committe for Community Relations Department of State Auditorium

August 25, 1964

Statement by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, Gracie Mansion, New York City

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Updated April 8, 2021