JFK LAUGHS WITH THE RICH, COMMISERATES WITH THE POOR
New York City (JFK+50) On May 21, 1962, Mary McGrory reported in The Evening Star that "Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, (President John F. Kennedy) laughed with the rich at a...show staged in honor of his 45th birthday" and on Sunday afternoon "in the same place he commiserated with the poor at a rally in aid of medical care for the aged."
At the first event, JFK told the audience that he could retire from politics having had Marilyn Monroe sing "Happy Birthday" to him while at the second, a gray-haired lady said the President "was never old...never poor but he still understands the situation."
SOURCE
"Kennedy Rallies Rich, Poor," by Mary McGrory, The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., May 21, 1962, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
