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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “If your organization did not oppose Social Security before its enactment--only afterwards--I will be glad to point out…”

On the recordJune 4, 1962
If your organization did not oppose Social Security before its enactment--only afterwards--I will be glad to point out this unique distinction at my next press conference.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Letter to the President of the American Medical Association.

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