"The Post Freeze-Economic Stabilization Program"
Press conference
By: John B. Connally
Date: October 8, 1971
Source: Connally, John B. "The Post Freeze-Economic Stabilization Program." Transcript of Press Conference, October 8, 1971, Washington, D.C., 2–4, 4–5, 5–6, 6–7, 8–9, 11, 12–13, 15–16, 19–20, 22–24, 26–27.
About the Author: John Bowden Connally, Jr. (1917–1993), legendary Texas governor, served from 1963 to 1969. He is perhaps best known for being wounded during Lee Harvey Oswald's assassination of President John F. Kennedy (served 1961–1963) in 1963. Connally survived his wounds to become President Richard M. Nixon's (served 1969–1974) secretary of the treasury. In a highly publicized political maneuver, Connally switched parties from the Democratic to the Republican Party in 1973.
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