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On the recordFebruary 14, 1963
I am asking the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to be of every possible help to the District in this important endeavor.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Letter to the President, Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, on Mental Illness and Mental Retardation.

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