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Kennedy faces House leadership race a test for New Frontier
The piece argues the Kennedy White House must avoid simply backing seniority in selecting a new Speaker and urges clarity on candidates’ positions on school aid civil rights and trade. It profiles Sam Rayburn’s New Deal legacy and assesses Kennedy as a president shaping policy through the Berlin crisis Izvestia interview and a November 1961 press conference.
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