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Nov 6, 1963

I hope that we will define handicapped so that we do make a major effort on all those who are handicapped.

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Nov 6, 1963

So the central responsibility, of course, is to try to develop a climate in this country where there is as close to full employment as we can get it, and then to give particular attention to those who are handicapped.

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Nov 7, 1963

We are attempting, in cooperation with the State and the city, as Reverend Potter described, to carry out a pilot program here in the city of New York, but it is only a beginning, and there are hundreds of thousands without resources, and…

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Nov 7, 1963

But there are other troubles besetting the human family. Many of its members live in poverty and misery and despair.

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