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On the recordNovember 20, 1962
I just want to say, because it dealt with a very sharp problem of the technological changes affecting the livelihood of a good many hundreds of people, which is a difficult matter to adjust satisfactorily, and was begun by long months of collective bargaining, and also by recognition by the few parties involved, particularly the pilots and flight engineers, some adjustment was necessary by each.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks With the Secretary of Labor at the Signing of Contracts Between Trans World Airlines and the Pilots and Flight...

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