from small businesses and i think the dedication of the democratic party to minority people shouldn't just be jobs, it should be the opportunity to own and operate as this is that create jobs. >> may i respond to that? >> we will get back to you. when i hear your new ideas, i'm reminded of that ad "where's the beef?" [laughter] >> let's keep going. [laughter] a minute. he's going to tell you where the beef is. >> watch the entire debate sunday at 10:00 a.m. sunday on our weekly series only on c-span3.

each week, american history tv's real america brings you archival films that provide context for today's public affair issues. two months prior to his death, president kennedy traveled across the united states, making 11 stops between pennsylvania and california. this half hour interior produced. film was >> our greatness today rests in part on this good piece of geography that is the united states. what themportant is people of america do with it.

>> this document produced prior to the death of president kennedy spans a continent on the days between september 24 and 28, 1963. his message is expressed in the concern of a nation's leader for the resources of the earth and water or of the human spirit but are the indestructible fabric of the united states. ♪ clicks i've come on the journey across the unit is data beginning in pennsylvania and ending in california to talk about the conservation of our resources. >> i was reminded when i read my itinerary of a phone by stephen vincent binet.

he started off, i fallen in love with american names. , the plumeitle deadwood.cson and quarks the names were las vegas, whiskeytown, tacoma, salt lake city, billings. grand forks -- linde. for the beginning, a dedication ceremony in milford, pennsylvania. the place is great towers. conservationist and first chief of the fire service.

the property now is given to the forest service by the pinchot family. president kennedy arrives to dedicate it as a center for national education. >> the property and it's a hundred acres of ground is purported by son of the pioneer conservationist. president kennedy describes gifford pinchot as a trained publicist,articulate and the governor of pennsylvania. a man who would prefer to be remembered as a conservationist.

from milford, the flight of 1000 miles and a side trip by helicopter over the island area of lake superior for a landing at ashland, wisconsin. to welcoming throng at the ashland airport, president kennedy announces the convening of the conference to study the water pollution problem in the area. the theme is you can serve our -- conserve our resources now for those who come after us. addresses the conference of the northern great lakes region, relating our national responsibilities to the

problem of the world community. flight over to the university of north dakota. president kennedy receives an urgesry degree and students to participate in the burdens of citizenship. after 600 air miles and a plane change, a landing and a warm greeting.

in answer to a presidential question. yes, the boy scout growth is still the same. remarks at the university of wyoming field house. billings, montana. airport is crowded for a city of only 53,000. eachs over 100,000 hands waiting to be shaken.

the drive through was continuing to the yellowstone county fairgrounds at billings. president kennedy spoke of the thelexity to a world in midst of great change and the need for each citizen to help lay the foundations for a prosperous and peaceful future. >> the potential of this country is unlimited and there is no action any of us can take in washington that gives us total confidence in the future of this country that believe this city of washington and come west and a great writer

from my own states of massachusetts was right when he said eastwood i go only by porsche. west, would i go free. i must walk toward organ and not toward europe. i express my thanks to all of you. [applause] >> and i'm confident that when the role of national effort in the 1960's is written, when a judgment is rendered, whether this generation of america took those steps at home and abroad to make it possible for those who came after us to live in greater security and prosperity, i am confident history will write into the 1960's, we did our part to maintain our country

and make it look beautiful. thank you. [applause] clicks an overnight stop in wyoming. is nearly 500 square miles and offers living quarters, a wildlife range, and some of the countries most awesome scenery.

the arrival of a presidential plane and a reception of local color. and moved a speaking engagement, president kennedy stops for a with senator mike mansfield of montana.

in the memorial stating that stadium, the president described the united states as a keystone .n the arch of freedom we must worry about this country of ours, he says, develop it natural and human resources. if the united states were to falter, the whole world would move toward the communist bloc. ♪ the president arrives in hanford, washington, where the

world's largest nuclear reactor is under construction. he participates in the groundbreaking for the hanford steam plant. steam will produce an amount of electricity equal to that of a major then. president kennedy cites this as an example of developing new resources as compared to the conservation of existing ones. from hanford southward to salt lake city, where the president will extend his message of conservation to include the responsibilities thrust upon the united states by the pressure of world events.

he will deliver his message at the mormon tabernacle in salt , an institution universally known for the music of its great choir. ♪

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>> three stocks remained on the presidential conservation tour. thema, washington, where enthusiasm threaten to carry --y police of areas barriers.

♪ >> speaking to an audience comprised mostly of college students, president kennedy says "the great movements in this country's history, the times of intellectual activity, took took an those periods we long range in the future.

the assignment in the 1960's is to reintroduce men and women to the public duty." ♪ >> whiskeytown, california, where the president dedicate the dam.keytown ♪

>> las vegas, nevada, where president kennedy speaks at the convention center. here are some of the remarks he made at las vegas and other places on his tour. [applause] president kennedy: i came on this trip to see the united states and there is nothing more encouraging for any of us who work in washington and to have a

chance to fly across this united states and drive through it and see what a great country of days and come to understand somewhat better how this country has been able, for so many years, to carry so many burdens in so many parts of the world. the primary reason for my trip was conservation and i include in conservation human resources and natural resources. [applause] do you know how much of the atlantic coast is available for public use? 8%. %, there are comparatively few people and unless we now take these areas of the country,

which offer the maximum for recreation for people, unless we set them aside now, it will be too late. there isn't much you can do today that will alter your life in the next three to four years but you can build for the future sen. sanders:. the 70's.ild for as those who went ahead of us and built for us in this great day on the lake i flew over today. our task, the task of propelling a third wave of conservation in the united states following that of theodore and franklin roosevelt is to make science a servant of conservation and to advise new programs of land stewardship that will enable us to preserve the screen environment. [applause]

this country has placed particular emphasis from its beginnings from the time of the massachusetts bay colony on educating our children. not merely to help them but most importantly because we realized the free democratic system of government which places more burdens on the individual than compare inystem must its final analysis on an informed citizen of. >> none is worse than to have eight or 9 million boys and girls who will drop out of school before they have come into the labor market, unprepared at a time when machines are taking the place of men and women. we have to insist our children be educated all over

the united states. thomas jefferson and john adams, who developed the northwest ordinance which put so much emphasis on education. thomas jefferson said any nation that expected to be ignorant and free hoped for what never was and never will be. this country has become rich because nature was good to us and because the people who came from europe also bore among the most vigorous. were usedresources skillfully and economically and because of the wise work done by theodore roosevelt and others, significant progress was made in conserving these resources. we make -- unless we make the proper decisions today on how we should use our water and air and land and oceans, unless we make an effort comparable to what

theodore roosevelt and others made 50 years ago, we will waste. today's conservation movements must embrac discipline unknown in the past, marshall our best technological resources. it must concern itself with theear energy as well as chemistry of water. the factors of open space. our priority is to attack and increase our understanding of our environment to a point where we can enjoy it without defacing it, without subtracting permanently from its value, and maintain a living balance between man's actions and nature's reactions.

for this nation's great andurces is an elastic productive as our ingenuity can make it. our national assets belong to all of us. find by concentrating our energies on our national resources, on conserving them and developing and approving them, the united states will be richer and stronger. we can fulfill our responsibilities to ourselves and those who depend upon us. ♪

america, america god shed his grace on me ♪ >> we want america the beautiful to be loved for those who come after us. "what frost once remarked makes a nation in the beginning geography."ece of our greatness today rests in part on this a great piece of geography that is the united states. what is important is what the people of america do with it. ♪

>> i am a history buff. i do enjoy seeing the fabric of our country and how things, just how they work. >> i love american history tv. >> i had no idea they did history.

that's something i'd really enjoy. >> it gives you that perspective. >> i'm a c-span fan. >> >> next, communication professor that scannell argues recorded sound is as important as film in capturing history. at as a keynote speaker conference in conjunction with the radio preservation task force. prof. scannell: national and international outrage is a newly created division of the library of congress that pulls together into one unit, all of the externally facing programs of the library. we