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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “There should be no 'artificial and arbitrary barriers to employment based on age, race, sex, religion, or national…”

On the recordOctober 20, 1960
There should be no 'artificial and arbitrary barriers to employment based on age, race, sex, religion, or national origin.'
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Letter to Mrs. Emma Guffey Miller, Chairman of the National Woman's Party

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