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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “A vital expanding economy in the free world is a strong counter to the threat of the world Communist movement.”

On the recordOctober 10, 1962
A vital expanding economy in the free world is a strong counter to the threat of the world Communist movement.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks Upon Signing the Trade Expansion Act

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