In his speech, President John F. Kennedy discusses the issue of the price of steel increasing. Kennedy felt the need to address this to explain to the nation how they will be affected if the United States’s largest steel companies do not decrease the price of steel. President Kennedy approaches the nation by using logos, scapegoating, and pathos to achieve his goal. President Kennedy appeals to logos to show how the rise in the price of steel will further damage the nation’s economy and the nation as a whole. Kennedy claims that there is no justification for an increase in the price of steel. He addresses how it -the increase in steel prices- will raise the costs for the country’s defenses and it will not benefit the nation in the trade industry.
