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On the recordMarch 3, 1963
I come here tonight to express my thanks, and I think the country's thanks, to all the men and women who work in the Department of Labor.
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Joseph Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks at a Dinner Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Department of Labor.

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