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KENNEDY, JOHN F. Photograph Signed and Inscribed, to C. Wesley Stanford,
showing him speaking at a microphone beside Michigan Governor G. Mennen Williams.
Inscribed in the image, in black ink against a dark background. Additionally signed and
inscribed by Governor Williams, in green ink. 9
1
/
2
x8 inches; mounted, minor scattered
dings.
[Ann Arbor, 14 October 1960]
[1,500/2,500]
The image shows Kennedy standing in front of the Michigan Union giving what would be a
short speech that is credited as being his first statement on forming the Peace Corps: “How
many of you who are going to be doctors are willing to spend your days in Ghana? Technicians
or engineers, how many of you are willing to work in the Foreign Service and spend your lives
traveling around the world? On your willingness to do that, not merely to serve one year or two
years in the service, but on your willingness to contribute part of your life to this country, I
think will depend the answer whether a free society can compete. I think it can! And I think
Americans are willing to contribute. But the effort must be far greater than we have ever made
in the past.”