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Anyway, so here I was caught between Johnson on the one side, who was my leader, I was his whip, and here was my dear friend, personal friend, Kennedy, and they're going to go into my state and ruin it. What am I going to do?
George Smathers
George Smathers
George Smathers
Born: Nov 14, 1913
Died: Jan 20, 2007

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