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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “It will make unnecessary the temporary stop-gap legislation sought each time a crisis develops, and modernize the system…”

On the recordMarch 11, 1962
It will make unnecessary the temporary stop-gap legislation sought each time a crisis develops, and modernize the system to better meet the needs of the worker, the community and the nation.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House on the Unemployment Compensation System.

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