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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I consider this meeting and the house of labor vital to the interests of this country and the cause of freedom in the…”

On the recordDecember 6, 1961
I consider this meeting and the house of labor vital to the interests of this country and the cause of freedom in the coming days.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Address in Miami at the Opening of the AFL-CIO Convention

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