BODY OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY LIES IN EAST ROOM AS LBJ RUNS THE GOVERNMENT
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On Saturday, November 23, 1963, President Lyndon B. Johnson ran the government of the United States "from his old Vice-Presidential office across from the White House."
The body of his predecessor, John F. Kennedy, lay in repose in the East Room of the Executive Mansion.
Mr. Kennedy, the youngest elected POTUS, was felled by assassin's bullets yesterday afternoon in Dallas, Texas as he rode in an open car through the city streets.
LBJ was sworn-in as president on Air Force One at Love Field in Dallas. After arriving at Andrews AFB, he said...
"This is a sad time for all people. I know the world shares the sorrow that Mrs. Kennedy and her family bear. I will do my best. I ask for your help, and God's."
SOURCE
"President Johnson Takes Over, Kennedy Lies in White House," by Garnett D. Horner, The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., November 23, 1963, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
