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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “To work for the progress of the arts in America is exciting and fruitful because what we are dealing with touches…”

On the recordDecember 17, 1962
To work for the progress of the arts in America is exciting and fruitful because what we are dealing with touches virtually all the citizens.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Magazine Article \The Arts in America.\

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