Statement by the President on the Death of Adlai Stevenson.
President Lyndon B. Johnson read the statement in the White House Theater. On the same day he signed Executive Order 11233 ordering that the United States flag be flown at half-staff on U.S. buildings and facilities until interment (30 F.R. 8953; 3 CFR, 1965 Supp.).
Adlai E. Stevenson served as Governor of Illinois from 1949-1953, and as U.S. Representative to the United Nations from 1961 until his death. He was the Democratic candidate for President of the United States in 1952 and 1956.

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