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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “When the farmer can’t buy cars, the autoworker loses his job, and steel mills go down to 50 percent of capacity, as they…”

On the recordOctober 22, 1960
When the farmer can’t buy cars, the autoworker loses his job, and steel mills go down to 50 percent of capacity, as they are today.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Excerpts of Remarks by Senator John F. Kennedy, Airport, La Crosse, WI - (Advance Release Text)

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