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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “The controversy referred to in Sections 1 and 2 of this order is hereby found to constitute an emergency affecting the…”

On the recordMarch 23, 1961
The controversy referred to in Sections 1 and 2 of this order is hereby found to constitute an emergency affecting the national interest within the meaning of the provisions appearing under the heading 'Emergency Fund for the President—National Defense' in Title I of the General Government Matters Appropriation Act, 1961.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Executive Order 10929—Establishing a Commission to Inquire Into a Controversy Between Certain Carriers and Certain of Their...

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