John Kennedy actually said...

It is not a very good way to repay you for all your political services by giving you one of our most difficult assignments, but I really feel that in this case you and your own personal qualities, plus your experience, plus the sensitivity and the importance of the job at hand, have all joined together, like the three rivers around Pittsburgh, and the country will benefit.

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Remarks at the Swearing In of David L. Lawrence as Chairman of the President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in...

01/31/1963

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