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On the recordOctober 6, 1960
A presidential campaign in 1960 is too important and too critical to permit confusion concerning the record or the views of the candidates
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Statement by Senator John F. Kennedy on Vice President Nixon and Civil Rights

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