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On the recordSeptember 6, 1960
It is time for a program which encourages the construction of decent homes for all Americans - rather than a program which retreats from growth and progress.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Statement of Senator John F. Kennedy at Salem, OR, On National Forests Management

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