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On the recordSeptember 5, 1960
It is time for a program which views the farmer as a great national asset - not an unwanted burden on the taxpayer.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Statement of Senator John F. Kennedy on Wheat Program, Spokane, WA, Caravan Inn

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