07/17/1962
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"I want to express my thanks to you."
"I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week beginning May 6, 1962, as National Youth Fitness Week."
"I request officials of the Government, and I urge parents, young people, our schools, and interested national and local organizations, to use all appropriate means now and during that week to promote ..."
"The waste and distress which characterize these periodic recessions can and must be abated."