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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Therefore, I have asked Dr. Stafford Warren, my Special Assistant on Mental Retardation, to call a State-Federal…”

On the recordJuly 23, 1963
Therefore, I have asked Dr. Stafford Warren, my Special Assistant on Mental Retardation, to call a State-Federal Conference on Mental Retardation.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Telegram to State Governors Announcing a Conference on Mental Retardation.

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