Kennedy Addresses Garment Workers. Democratic Presidential candidate Senator John F. Kennedy speaks from a raised dais to a vast crowd of garment workers during his tour of the garment district of this city on October 27th. Crowds Estimated at about 200,000 welcomes Kennedy to the rally at 37th Street and Seventh Avenue. The Democratic candidate called on the workers to help sweep "the Republicans all the way back to California." New York, USA. 27 October 1960.