Eulogy Delivered at Funeral Services for J. Edgar Hoover
05/03/1972
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This was a serious act of omission for which I take full responsibility and which I deeply regret.
I take this occasion once again to urge prompt and final action on the Trade Reform Act.
I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. But ...
I do hereby proclaim October 29, 1974, as National Student Government Day.