Statement by the President on the Death of Representative John E. Fogarty of Rhode Island.
January 10, 1967
JOHN FOGARTY was a great leader and an effective Member of Congress. I am shocked and saddened by his death. He was a major architect in the fields of health and education. Lady Bird and I extend our deepest sympathy to his wife and daughter.
Note: The statement was read by Tom Johnson, Assistant Press Secretary, at his news conference at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 10, 1967. It was not made public in the form of a White House press release.
Lyndon B. Johnson, Statement by the President on the Death of Representative John E. Fogarty of Rhode Island. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/237470