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On the recordApril 18, 1961
We also have a serious problem because of technological and structural changes in coal, steel, basically, and, even if we have a recovery this summer, we're still going to have serious problems in some of our coal fields where the demand has been lessened and where the new machinery has produced extraordinary productive feats with very few people working.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Transcript of Remarks During an Interview for British Television.

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