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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “This Congress under Democratic leadership has passed a widespread housing bill, an increase in the minimum wage to…”

On the recordSeptember 26, 1962
This Congress under Democratic leadership has passed a widespread housing bill, an increase in the minimum wage to $1.25, an area redevelopment act for depressed areas, a manpower retraining act to make it possible for those who are out of work to find new training and a new job, a bill preventing the distribution of harmful drugs, a farm act, relief for children of unemployed workers, and a trade bill, and these other bills which are important.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks at the Wheeling Stadium, Wheeling, West Virginia

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