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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “The proposed bill gives full recognition and protection to the substantial interest which the National Government has…”

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

Editor's note · Context

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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