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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JULY 23, 1950
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
News of the death of Mr. Mackenzie King, so long the
leader in Canadian public life and a commanding figure in world
affairs, will bring sorrow to his legion of friends in the United
States among whom I was privileged to be numbered. His tenure
as Prime Minister of Canada - exceeding twenty-one years - was
not only the longest in the history of the British Commonwealth,
it was as distinguished as it was extended. He brought his
country to a new stature of greatness. His passing marks the
close of an epoch in the life of our neighbor to the north.
In the recurring international conferences growing out
of two world wars he exercised an ever increasing influence. In
him freedom loving people and democratic institutions found an
unwavering champion.
Happily relations between his country and our own
grew ever closer as our two peoples recognized their mutual
interest and made common cause on the side of freedom in the
conflict between democracy and dictatorship which rent the
world through most of the troubled years of Mr. King's long
public service.
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