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On the recordSeptember 6, 1960
This can and should be accomplished as completely as possible through private enterprise, using both private financing and private construction.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Letter from Senator John F. Kennedy to Mr. Larry Blackmon

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