John Kennedy actually said...

A Democratic administration will guarantee that this will be but the first in a long - and long overdue - series of measures to be enacted into law which will give American farmers what they have not had in recent years: prices and income which are comparable to those received by other segments of our economy and in keeping with the farmers' contributions to our national welfare.

Context

Statement by Senator John F. Kennedy Upon Passage of the Kennedy-Proxmire Bill Increasing Dairy Support

08/30/1960

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