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On the recordMay 1, 1962
to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Proclamation 3472—United State Department of Labor Fiftieth Anniversary Year

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