A Question of Character
A Life of John F. Kennedy
by Thomas Reeves
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Civil Rights
Encouraged federal offices to hire blacks.
Push to register black voters to help Democrats in 1964.
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Corporations
Threat of price-fixing probe got Big Steel to lower prices.
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Education
1950s: Supported federal aid to parochial schools.
1960s: hasten school desegregation; integrate public places.
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Foreign Policy
Immunized himself from suspicion of being "soft on Reds".
Food for Peace: $1.5B shipments annually.
Peace Corps: highest response to "ask not" request.
Alliance for Progress: $500M for Latin American cooperation.
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Homeland Security
Increase military spending to fight domino effect in SE Asia.
Bay of Pigs intended to liberate Cuba; ended as fiasco.
1963: Test Ban Treaty: no nukes in space nor oceans.
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Immigration
1950s: Voted for liberalized immigration laws.
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Jobs
Got union to lower wages; got Big Steel to lower prices.
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Principles & Values
Ambassador father pushed JFK into politics.
OpEd: 1952: wins Senate seat with dazzle but not substance.
1960: Give direction to our traditional moral purpose.
Won 1960 election over Nixon by only 0.1%.
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Social Security
1962: Increased minimum wage and Social Security benefits.
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Welfare & Poverty
Area Development Act: public works in low economic areas.
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The above quotations are from A Question of Character
A Life of John F. Kennedy
by Thomas Reeves.
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