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Lyndon Johnson: “He viewed the world with tolerant eyes and his wit and humor always salvaged a time of crisis and made it endurable.”

On the recordJune 7, 1964
He viewed the world with tolerant eyes and his wit and humor always salvaged a time of crisis and made it endurable.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Message to Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby on the Death of Former Governor William P. Hobby of Texas.

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