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I add one word in emphasis on the tone of the Federal Government under President Kennedys administration. The Government has been active and affirmative in its approach toward our problems. Mr. Kennedy took personal responsibility for the failure of the attempted operation by Cuban refugees and exiles against Castroand so he should have taken responsibility even though the operation was an inherited one. already extensively planned and prepared. He did no buckpassing. he sought no scapegoats among blunderers below. The Preseident has sharply reduced the unfavorable balance of payments that was draining gold from this country into the pockets of foreign speculators and placing the American dollar under attack.