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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 25, 1966

They were always confused and I found out that after I got through explaining it, I was confused.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 25, 1966

But I think if your friends on the Washington Post and New York Herald Tribune could have observed what happened over there yesterday with almost 300 Members of Congress, when one Congressman said, `Mr. President, I want to tell you that…

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 25, 1966

I would not believe that the Washington Post and the New York Herald Tribune would be in the business of either predicting or nominating my Secretary of State.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 25, 1966

After long thought and much consultation, I have selected Andrew F. Brimmer to join the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 25, 1966

I will have a swearing in this week for Mr. Lee White, who is Counsel--maybe this week or the next week; he has been confirmed-as Chairman of the Federal Power Commission.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 25, 1966

I am today announcing my intention to appoint Mr. William W. Sherrill to the Board of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 25, 1966

I think very generally that organized labor is going to follow a course that is in the national interest.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 25, 1966

I am naming three men as Assistant Attorneys General in the Department of Justice today.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 25, 1966

Several days ago I announced the appointment of Mr. Elmer Staats to be Comptroller General.

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Lyndon Johnson
@lyndonjohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 25, 1966

The Congress is free to act, and I am not going to try to direct or force one course of action over another.

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