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On the recordOctober 24, 1960
The question we have to ask ourselves is: What kind of children, what kind of future men and women, are we raising in our new American homes?
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Joseph Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks by Senator John F. Kennedy, Meadowdale Shopping Center, Carpentersville, IL - (Advance Release Text)

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