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On the recordSeptember 29, 1962
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN F. KENNEDY, President of the United States, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do command all persons engaged in such obstructions of justice to cease and desist therefrom and to disperse and retire peaceably forthwith;
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Executive Order 11053—Providing Assistance for the Removal of Unlawful Obstructions of Justice in the State of Mississippi

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