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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “This is in the interests of our senior citizens and all those who will some day occupy that exalted station.”

On the recordMay 25, 1962
This is in the interests of our senior citizens and all those who will some day occupy that exalted station.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks to Members of the National Council of Senior Citizens.

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