John F. Kennedy Quotes
I am sending this message to you by wire, since I want to be certain that this message reaches you in the right place at the right time.
The President was unable to attend a testimonial luncheon for his postmaster general and wired his regrets:
John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, 35th President of the United States (Democrat, MA), Telegram to J. Edward Day
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The inscription was edited personally by President Woodrow Wilson.
40 years later privacy rights were afforded to telephone calls
Slightly adapted, this passage became the slogan of the U. S. Postal Service:
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, often referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his work as president concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. A Democrat, Kennedy represented Massachusetts in both houses of the U.S. Congress prior to becoming president.