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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: First, of course, we must make immediate and fruitful use of surpluses we now have - through an expanded food-for-peace…

On the recordSeptember 5, 1960
First, of course, we must make immediate and fruitful use of surpluses we now have - through an expanded food-for-peace program to halt famine and malnutrition abroad - and through an increased food surplus distribution program for the hungry here at home.
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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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