John Kennedy actually said...

I AM PLEASED to receive the report of the Governor of Illinois and the Members of the Illinois congressional delegation on the heartening progress being made in the southern section of Illinois to solve the difficult economic problems that have beset that area for such a long period of time.

02/20/1962

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