John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “We cannot, with the expiration of the present Temporary Extended…”

On the recordMarch 11, 1962

We cannot, with the expiration of the present Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation program, abdicate our responsibility to these workers.

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Democratic · Massachusetts

Source

Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House on the Unemployment Compensation System.

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