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On the recordApril 3, 1963
The proposed bill gives full recognition and protection to the substantial interest which the National Government has, and must continue to have, in its capital city.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Transmitting the District of Columbia Charter Bill.

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