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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: I believe that a further Federal effort is necessary, both to provide immediate useful work for the unemployed and the…

On the recordMarch 25, 1962
I believe that a further Federal effort is necessary, both to provide immediate useful work for the unemployed and the under-employed, and to help these and other hardpressed communities, through improvement of their public facilities, to become better places to live and work.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Letter to the Chairmen, House and Senate Public Works Committees, Proposing a Capital Improvements Program for Depressed...

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