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Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963 [Portion of an address on the containment of Communism]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02313 Author/Creator: Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph manuscript Date: 1952/08/12 Pagination: 11 p. ; Height: 23 cm, Width: 16 cm Order a Copy

Incomplete draft of a speech Kennedy delivered 12 August 1952 to the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Federation of Labor. Reflects on Communist expansion and America's need to contain it. Working manuscript with many insertions and deletions. Written on stationary of the House of Representatives.

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963

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