The Administration: Remember Not...

Delivering a warm little speech to open a concert by Negro Singer Harry Belafonte in the Washington Coliseum, Attorney General Robert Kennedy tripped over his peroration. Said he, referring to the Foreign Student Service Council, which was sponsoring the affair: "You people are exemplifying what my brother meant when he said in his inaugural address, 'Ask what you can do for—uh—do not ask what you can do—uh—ask not what you can do for your country but—Well, anyhow, you remember his words." As laughter spread, Bobby turned red, shrugged, and concluded gamely:...

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