John Kennedy actually said...

I stated to the AFL-CIO national convention that the efforts which the AFL-CIO have made around the world to strengthen the free democratic trade union movement, I believe, represented one of the great contributions in the struggle against the Communist advance which has been made in the last 15 to 20 years.

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Remarks to the Policy Committee of the Communications Workers of America.

02/13/1962

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