Bibliographic List of Sources:

Kennedy, John F. “Address: ‘The President and the Press,’ Bureau of Advertising, American Newspaper Publishers Association, 27 April 1961.” Audio Copy. Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President’s Office Files.   John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Digital Archives. http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHA-025-001.aspx [=A]

Kennedy, John F. “Address: ‘The President and the Press,’ Bureau of Advertising, American Newspaper Publishers Association, 27 April 1961.” Press Copy. Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President’s Office Files. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Digital Archives. http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKPOF-034-021.aspx. 1-4. [=B]

Kennedy, John F. “Address: ‘The President and the Press,’ Bureau of Advertising, American Newspaper Publishers Association, 27 April 1961.” Reading Copy. Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President’s Office Files. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Digital Archives. http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKPOF-034-021.aspx. 1-23. [=C]

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The copy-text is Kennedy 1961 [=A], an audio recording of the delivered address acquired from the Papers of John F. Kennedy, Presidential Papers, President’s Office Files, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Digital Archives. This selection was made based on the plausible efficacy of the delivered speech before the American Newspaper Publishers Association’s Bureau of Advertising.

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