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On the recordFebruary 13, 1963
The logic and value of a National Service Corps has been demonstrated by the work and success of our Peace Corps overseas.
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Joseph Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Special Message to the Congress on the Nation's Youth.

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And to weaken and water down the pending program, to confuse and confine its flexibility with rigid restrictions and rejections, will not only harm our economy, it will hamper our security.

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Contrary to repeated warnings, prophecies, and expressions of hope, in the 17 years since the Marshall plan began, I know of no single officeholder who was ever defeated because he supported this program, and the burden is less today than ever before.

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But don't make it impossible for us to function by legislative restraints or inadequate appropriations.

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We are proud to have them here also because they are a Scottish Regiment, and that green and misty country has sent hundreds and thousands of Scottish men and women to the United States and they have been among our finest citizens.

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