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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

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

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Nov 4, 1963

Let us therefore proclaim our gratitude to Providence for manifold blessings--let us be humbly thankful for inherited ideals--and let us resolve to share those blessings and those ideals with our fellow human beings throughout the world.

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Oct 30, 1963

This is a 1200 percent improvement over the one day lost out of each 96 worked before the Commission was set up.

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Nov 7, 1963

Dear Mr. Chancellor: The news that it has been possible to rescue more of the miners who were trapped underground in the disaster at the Mathilde Mine in Lengede has been received with relief in America.

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