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On the recordSeptember 21, 1963
One of the oldest traditions in the United States has been the sense of responsibility which we have felt as a people for our less fortunate neighbors.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Message Recorded for the Opening of the United Community Campaigns of America

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