John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “But our loss from excessive unemployment in recent years has been 20…”

On the recordSeptember 17, 1963

But our loss from excessive unemployment in recent years has been 20 times as great as our loss from strikes.

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Democratic · Massachusetts

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Radio and Television Address to the Nation on the Test Ban Treaty and the Tax Reduction Bill

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “But our loss from excessive unemployment in recent years has been 20 times as great as our loss from strikes.”