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On the recordJuly 21, 1963
This Nation stands on the brink of a nationwide rail strike that would, in very short order, create widespread economic chaos and distress.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Special Message to the Congress on the Railroad Rules Dispute.

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