SENATE APPROVES NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY DECISIVELY
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On September 24, 1963, the United States Senate ratified the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty* by a vote of 80 to 19. 25 Republicans joined with 55 Democrats to push the treaty through. Only 8 Republicans and 11 Democrats voted against it.
The treaty, negotiated by the United States, Great Britain and U.S.S.R., was signed in Moscow on August 5, 1963.
President John F. Kennedy said...
"I congratulate the Senate for its action and...the leaders of both parties in the Senate and Senator J. William Fulbright (D-Arkansas) for bringing the treaty to this...vote."
*The Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty prohibits testing of nuclear weapons under water, in the atmosphere or outer space. JFK signed the ratified treaty on October 7, 1963.
SOURCES
"Nuclear Test Ban Treaty," JFK Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, Massachusetts, www.jfklibrary.org/
"Senate Ratifies Test Pact, 80-19," by J. A. O'Leary, The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., September 24, 1963, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
