May 4, 1962 - President John F. Kennedy's Address in New Orleans, Louisiana 

President John F. Kennedy delivers remarks at the dedication ceremony for Nashville Avenue Wharf, a new dockside terminal at the Port of New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana. President John F. Kennedy's address at the new dockside terminal on Nashville Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. In his speech President Kennedy discusses the importance of trade to the nation’s future growth, the implications of the European Common Market for the country’s economy, and the positive aspects of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.
In his opening remarks he referred to Hale Boggs, U.S. Representative from Louisiana. Later he referred to Allen J. Ellender and Russell B. Long, U.S. Senators from Louisiana; f. Edward Hebert, Edwin E. Willis, James H. Morrison, Otto E. Passman, T. A. Thompson, Harold B. McSween, and Joe D. Waggonner, Jr., U.S. Representatives from Louisiana; Edward P. Boland, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts; Robert L. F. Sikes, U.S. Representative from Florida; Jimmie H. Davis, Governor of Louisiana; and Victor H. Schiro, Mayor of New Orleans.