Aeronautics Board, newsprint and paper shortages, consumer product labeling, railroad freight rates, and municipal bonds. In 1938, Boren told his fellow Congressmen, "The greatest problem in America today is to erase the question in the minds of men, 'What is the government going to do for me?' and replace it with the question, 'What can I do for my country.'" Later life, state politics After leaving Congress, Boren resumed many of his former mercantile business and agricultural pursuits. In 1957, he became a lobbyist for the railroad industry. He retired in 1969 and continued ranching in Oklahoma. He was also a spokesman and successful fund-raiser for the Oklahoma Democratic Party and worked tirelessly to help Democratic candidates win election to public office. Most notably, Boren assisted his son, David Boren's campaigns for Governor of Oklahoma in 1974, and U.S. Senate in 1978. Retirement and death Boren retired from public life due to failing health after approximately 50 years (in Congress and later as an advocate for other candidates). He moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where he remained until his death on July 2, 1992. References External links Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Boren, Lyle Lyle H. Boren Collection and Photograph Collection at the Carl Albert Center 1909 births 1992 deaths 20th-century American politicians 20th-century Methodists American United Methodists Boren family Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Oklahoma East Central University alumni People from Choctaw, Oklahoma People from Lawton, Oklahoma People from Seminole County, Oklahoma People from Waxahachie, Texas Schoolteachers from Oklahoma