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On the recordAugust 29, 1960
While I naturally wanted to see the Senate version of the minimum wage bill enacted into law, I and the colleagues supporting me were willing to accept a reasonable compromise.
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Joseph Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Statement of Senator John F. Kennedy on the Minimum Wage Conference

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