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Statement by Senator John F. Kennedy on the Report of the Urban Affairs Conference

October 20, 1960

I have received today a report from Mayor Richard C. Lee, of New Haven, Conn., on the proceedings of the Urban Affairs Conference held in Pittsburgh on October 10. It is a far-reaching and comprehensive report which examines in detail the vital problems for our cities and suburbs throughout America.

I endorse the report and the program it contains. This program ties in with the 10-year Federal-local action program which I presented in Pittsburgh.

I urge that it be given careful study not only by urban officials but also by all others concerned with the life in our cities.

John F. Kennedy, Statement by Senator John F. Kennedy on the Report of the Urban Affairs Conference Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/274380

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