JFK Rhetorical Summary

As prices grew higher in the steel industry, former President JFK worried about them being too high and possibly affecting many of the American people. Not only would it make matters worse at home. but also overseas. With a war going on it would also affect the material needed to supply the troops. Wanting a lower price for steel, John F. Kennedy uses pathos, logos, and repetition to let the executives know that change is needed to help the economy. In the second paragraph John F. Kennedy appeals to the emotions of the steel executives by saying how it is affecting the families and the people who went on to the war leaving everything behind. He wants them to know that everybody is making change to their life and giving up parts of it to be able to help the country recover and gain stability back “..at a time when restraint and sacrifice are being asked of every citizen” (14-15). Kennedy believes that the executives should not be the exception of that and they should find a way to be able to lower the steel prices because it is not going to do anybody good with them being so high.
He informs them that it would be difficult to compete with other foreign markets which in this case affects them too. Other countries are not going to buy something that they can get for a cheaper price somewhere else. Kennedy also informs the American people that “there is no justification for an increase in the steel prices” (46-47) making it an extremely important point. Having this piece of information out there makes it more difficult for the executives not to lower their prices because now the people are going to start to question them and the decisions being made. The people will be more involved knowing that the prices should be lower and can be lowered. Kennedy provides a different way of looking at the situation by using