Press Conference on Anti-ballistic Missile System and Mayoral Election Endorsements

Mayor John V. Lindsay gives a short statement on his opposition to an anti-ballistic missile system being considered by Congress.

"So we confront a vital choice. We can go forward with the grim task of building a seven billion dollar monument to fear, while our hopes decay on every side. We can fatten the military establishment, while our cities starve and die. We can mortgage our future to the makers of weaponry, despite overwhelming evidence that no weapon is ever ultimate, that for every rung we climb on the nuclear ladder, another rung comes into view above our heads. Or we can, at last, turn away from the priorities of war and the pursuit of meaningless security that no weapon, offensive or defensive, can ever provide."

Next Albert H. Blumenthal reads a statement in support of Mayor Lindsay's re-election campaign on behalf of Manfred Ohrenstein, Andrew Stein, Carter Burton and himself. Ohrenstein also makes a statement in support of Lindsay's work towards low and moderate income housing.

This is followed by questions from the press.

Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection

WNYC archives id: 151129
Municipal archives id: T7171