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On the recordOctober 8, 1960
By expanding highway programs, housing programs and school construction programs we will increase directly the existing market for steel products.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Excerpts of Remarks by Senator John F. Kennedy, Public Square, Youngstown, Ohio - (Advance Release Text)

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