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John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States, serving from January 20, 1961, until his assassination on November 22, 1963. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in Massachusetts and is often remembered for his leadership during the Cuban Missile Crisis, which brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Kennedy also established the Peace Corps, promoting international service and cooperation, and he advocated for civil rights, laying the groundwork for future legislation in this area.

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Sep 4, 1960

The law says that you can only vote once on election day, but if you will go out and register one person between now and the time of election in November, then you can vote twice.

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Sep 3, 1960

This country cannot afford, nor can the whole free world afford, 4 more years of a do-nothing Republican leadership.

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Sep 3, 1960

No, we will have additional information as time goes on, but I have not enough to give you anything.

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Sep 3, 1960

In one ward in Baltimore, out of 1,028 people registered, the percentage was 6 to 1 Democratic.

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Sep 3, 1960

I think that in the SAC briefing of General Wheeler there was emphasis on the good.

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Sep 3, 1960

I think that the lesson we learned from this session was that you cannot possibly pass these bills unless you have the support of the administration, unless you have the affirmative endorsement by whoever is President of the United States…

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Sep 3, 1960

I am delighted to be here, to participate in the Labor Day ceremonies tomorrow.

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Sep 3, 1960

Well, we have a hopeful prognosis in Alaska, and we got - well, in California they felt it would be a close, hard fight.

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Sep 3, 1960

Yes. I talked on Thursday morning to General Wheeler from the Department of Defense.

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Sep 3, 1960

But I can assure you that if we are successful in the election in November that the depression for this country will be over.

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Sep 3, 1960

We used to say in Massachusetts when there were over 2 million votes, this was 1952, that we were going to secure 3 out of 5 of every one over 2 million.

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Sep 3, 1960

I would judge that, but there have been notorious exceptions to that.

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Sep 3, 1960

I think that registration is an element of success, but not the key to success.

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Sep 3, 1960

In the cities, of course, there is a higher percentage of Democratic supporters than Republican and a higher percentage that are unregistered, relatively.

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Sep 2, 1960

I don't see how one can say that there are no longer any major issues.

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Sep 2, 1960

I want to thank the Governor for being here, and I will be glad to answer any questions anyone will have.

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