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Western Union Telegram from JFK to Hoover
In March, 1961, President John F. Kennedy asks Herbert Hoover to be the honorary chairman of National Advisory Committee to the Peace Corps.  Hoover declines, writing that, at 86 years old he is not taking on anymore commitments, but is honored to be asked.
-from the Hoover Library
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Western Union Telegram from JFK to Hoover

In March, 1961, President John F. Kennedy asks Herbert Hoover to be the honorary chairman of National Advisory Committee to the Peace Corps.  Hoover declines, writing that, at 86 years old he is not taking on anymore commitments, but is honored to be asked.

-from the Hoover Library

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