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On the recordJune 16, 1963
I have long believed, as you know, that the quality of America's cultural life is an element of immense importance in the scales by which our worth will ultimately be weighed.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Letter Accepting Resignation of August Heckscher as Special Consultant for the Arts.

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