John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I request the Department of Agriculture and other appropriate Federal…”

On the recordSeptember 24, 1962

I request the Department of Agriculture and other appropriate Federal agencies, the land-grant colleges and universities, and the Cooperative Extension Service to cooperate with national, state, and local groups in preparing and carrying out programs for the appropriate observance of National Farm-City Week, including public meetings, exhibits, pageants, press, radio, and television features, with special emphasis on the interdependence of farm families and city families.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Democratic · Massachusetts

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Proclamation 3495—National Farm-City Week, 1962

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