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On the recordApril 17, 1961
discrimination because of race, creed, color or national origin is contrary to the Constitutional principles and policies of the United States
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Memorandum on Racial or Other Discrimination in Federal Employee Recreational Associations

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