Summary Of John F Kennedy In The Last 24 Hours We Had Their Answers

J.P. Woodward
Block A
In Class Free Response “In the last 24 hours we had their answer”. In his news conference, John F. Kennedy uses countless examples of effective rhetorical choices to fortify his point. Kennedy’s purpose of this newscast is to inform and convey the idea that because of the greedy steel companies, the economy will only plummet. His speech is directed not only at the American people, but at the disregarding figures associated with the steel companies who have raised their prices. For the American people, Kennedy must warn American’s of what shall come, and how the country will dramatically pitfall. To the steel companies, if this economic downfall should take place, it will be your responsibility. Kennedy effectively

His pathos driven guilt arises from his usage of future implications for American citizens. He states that numerous amounts of Americans are sacrificing for their country, trying to improve its economy, yet they are being countered by a small group of corrupt men. Kennedy explicitly mentions the price of homes, cars, appliances and copious amounts of other aspects of a typical American families life would increase. He also mentions American businessmen and farmers would lose machinery and tools, so he can connect with a vast range of people. Kennedy even mentions that a raise in steel prices will affect senior citizens’ pensions. By doing this, Kennedy is being straight forth with the steel executives; if they want to raise their prices, they will see our economy and our people crumble as a result of their greed. The most effectively driven pathos guilt ridden sentence is one that comes toward the beginning, “ the American people will find it hard, as I do, to accept a situation in which a tiny handful of steel executives whose pursuit of private power and profit exceeds their sense of public responsibility can show such utter contempt for the interests of 185 million Americans”. This section of Kennedy’s newscast directly guilt’s the steel companies into knowing in their conscience that they demoralize millions

We see this when he brings in the Secretary of Defense to speak of the implications that will come. She says that the rise in steel would add 1 billion dollars to the cost of defenses, it would deeply affect foreign markets with America, and even further damage America’s position on improving its balance of payment position. Kennedy bringing in Secretary McNamara adds credibility to his claims as they are not all coming from him, rather someone whose position well acclimates him to make these claims. Yet Kennedy does bring up facts on his own through which he is extremely confident. He brings up the fact that there is no need for steel companies to raise prices. Now, he could have stopped there and continued, but instead he mentioned why they did not need to. By doing this he is convincing the American people and possibly the steel companies that there is not definitive reason as to why the executives are doing this aside from personal gain. He mentions that the cost of their materials has declined, furthering his cause to attack the reasoning of the steel companies. His use of dates, specific information, and other realistic possibilities effectively conveys his credibility and more importantly, his