Recession Finished, Kennedy Tells Unions
28 (UPI)ÛÓPresident Kennedy said in a message to the AFL-CIO Executive Council today that ÛÏwe have now emerged from the recession.Û</br></br>Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg arrived by White House helicopter at this union summer resort to deliver Mr. KennedyÛªs letter to AFL-CIO President George Meany.</br></br>Mr. Kennedy said that ÛÏman economic problems will continue to confront us and demand our best efforts to find solution.Û</br></br>He thanked the labor leaders for their support of his AdministrationÛªs foreign policy and major domestic programs in the past.</br></br>Meany immediately pledged that the AFL-CIO would continue to back the President on international matters ÛÏso we can help keep America free.Û Goldberg, a former top adviser to the AFL-CIO leadership, began private talks with Meany shortly after arriving from New York.