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On the recordSeptember 7, 1960
We cannot possibly afford not to make a maximum effort to get fresh water from salt water, if this State and the country is going to move ahead.
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Joseph Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Rear Platform Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Redding, CA

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