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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: The people of the United States are entitled to know their candidates for public office and to be free of doubts about…

On the recordApril 29, 1963
The people of the United States are entitled to know their candidates for public office and to be free of doubts about tacit or explicit obligations having been necessary to secure public office.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Transmitting Bills To Carry Out Recommendations of the...

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