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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I WANT to express great pleasure in having Governor Lawrence come with this administration as Chairman of the…”

On the recordJanuary 31, 1963
I WANT to express great pleasure in having Governor Lawrence come with this administration as Chairman of the President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in Housing.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks at the Swearing In of David L. Lawrence as Chairman of the President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in...

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