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Lyndon Johnson: “I can't be happy over Walter Heller's departure from Washington, leaving the Council, and at the same time I am very…”

On the recordNovember 15, 1964
I can't be happy over Walter Heller's departure from Washington, leaving the Council, and at the same time I am very happy and, of course, couldn't be unhappy over the strength that he has left behind on this Council.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Swearing In of Gardner Ackley as Chairman and Arthur Okun as Member of the Council of Economic Advisers

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