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On the recordSeptember 4, 1960
I wish it were possible to report on this Labor Day that all is well with our democratic economy.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Special Labor Day Message from Democratic Presidential Candidate John F. Kennedy

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