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On the recordJanuary 17, 1963
I again urge that the Congress restore to District residents the basic right to local self-government.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Special Message to the Congress on the District of Columbia Budget.

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