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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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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

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

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