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Show Rampton Recounts Accomplishments of New Administration "The accomplishments of the Kennedy administration during its first 14 months in office are fully as significant to the economic eco-nomic health and the security of the United States as were the frist 14 months of the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration." Calvin L. Rampton, candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator, stated Thursday evening. In a keynote address before the Democratic Organizational Convention of Sevier County, he praised the accomplishments of the administration on both the domestic and foreign fronts. "Although "Al-though there has been nothing in the last 14 months as dramatic as the deluge of social legislation during the 'one hundred days' when Roosevelt first took office, the sound practical accomplishments accomplish-ments are just as great. When President Kennedy assumed office, of-fice, the country was in a recession reces-sion and appeared headed into a depression. By mid-July the decline was arrested, and 1961 was the most prosperous in our nation's history as measured by gross national product, national income or any other reliable index of economic health. This increased economic activity is continuing at the present time, and most economic forecasters expect 1962 to exceed 1961 in sound economic growth." Mr. Rampton asserted that the new policy of firmness adopted by the Kennedy administration in meeting the threat of Communism Com-munism both at home and abroad had strengthened our position throughoutt he world. "When this government stood firm and rejected the Russian ultimatum in regard to Berlin last year, a turning point was reached in our dealings with the Communist countries. In spite of the occasional occa-sional sabre rattlings, we are farther removed from the danger of war today than at any time in the past eight years." |