I want to express my thanks and appreciation to Ed Muskie, my friend and colleague in the U.S. Senate, and I am delighted that I have had a chance to come here in this State on the opening day of a long campaign.
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Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy, Portland, Maine, Portland Stadium
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