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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “For the first time since 1938 the protection of the minimum wage law was extended to millions of workers who are not now…”

On the recordOctober 9, 1962
For the first time since 1938 the protection of the minimum wage law was extended to millions of workers who are not now covered.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks in Baltimore at the Fifth Regiment Armory

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