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Kennedy, John F. (1917-1963) to Lewis L. Strauss

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00162.24 Author/Creator: Kennedy, John F. (1917-1963) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Typed letter signed Date: 01 August 1962 Pagination: 1 p. ; 26 x 18 cm. Order a Copy

President Kennedy praises the career of Herbert Hoover and congratulates Admiral Strauss, who was scheduled to dedicate the Hoover Presidential Library on Hoover's eighty-eighth birthday. Written on White House stationery.

Admiral Strauss Strauss headed the Atomic Energy Commission from 1953-1958.

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963
Strauss, Lewis L., 1896-1974
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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