Lyndon Johnson actually said...

Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Sunday, November 28, 1965, as a day of ...

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows

Larry O'Brien will be the boss of a department that has 600,000 employees.

Our old friend Jim Farley is one of several Irishmen who have served this country with great distinction as Postmaster General.