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On the recordOctober 22, 1960
When the farmer can’t buy cars, the autoworker loses his job, and steel mills go down to 50 percent of capacity, as they are today.
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Joseph Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Excerpts of Remarks by Senator John F. Kennedy, Airport, La Crosse, WI - (Advance Release Text)

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