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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I urge business, labor, agriculture, educational and civic groups, as well as the people of the United States generally…”

On the recordMay 6, 1962
I urge business, labor, agriculture, educational and civic groups, as well as the people of the United States generally, to observe World Trade Week with gatherings, discussions, exhibits, and other activities designed to promote continuing awareness of the importance of world trade and our policies toward it in strengthening our economy and the unity of the free world, and a better understanding of the vital new problems now confronting us.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Proclamation 3474—World Trade Week, 1962

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