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EXTENSIONS of REMARKS, Vol October 27, 2011 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS, Vol. 157, Pt. 11 16249 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS TRIBUTE TO HOWARD H. ‘‘TIM’’ tive contemporaries. His memos were to his community in which you live. I think you HAYS ‘‘Fellow Employees.’’ can contribute more with time and energy But his reserved manner was matched with than with dollars. But I guess the money can a steely resolve. be pretty dandy, too.’’ HON. KEN CALVERT He stood up to pressure and confrontation Retired appellate court Justice John OF CALIFORNIA to lead his newspaper to a Pulitzer Prize. He Gabbert said Mr. Hays, similar to his broth- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES took two open-government cases to the U.S. ers, developed his sense of community en- Supreme Court, winning both. gagement early in life. Thursday, October 27, 2011 Media attorneys use shorthand to refer to ‘‘He was motivated by the very strong Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to two landmark cases won by the newspaper, civic background that he probably inherited recognize and honor Howard H. ‘‘Tim’’ Hays Press-Enterprise One and Two. from his father,’’ Gabbert said Friday. ‘‘They In January 1984, the newspaper won a case were all there, out in the community, mak- who recently passed away at the age of 94. establishing the public’s right to attend jury ing it better.’’ He will be deeply missed. selection in criminal trial proceedings. In a Contemporaries of Mr. Hays said he was Mr. Hays spent 51 years at the Riverside 1986 case, the court asserted the right of the less likely to deliver a fiery speech, and Press Enterprise, the sixth largest newspaper public to attend pre-trial hearings in crimi- more likely to argue his points over lunch or in the state of California. Before coming to the nal cases with few exceptions. in a casual conversation. Former state Sen. newspaper, Mr. Hays was an FBI Special Mr. Hays oversaw publication of a series of Robert Presley said each time he would meet Agent during World War II. In 1946, he joined articles in 1967 that exposed malpractice in Mr. Hays at the same downtown Riverside the paper as an Assistant Editor and also the conservatorship program for Agua restaurant, the publisher would prod him for Caliente Indians in Palm Springs. Editorials support of downtown Riverside projects. passed the California bar exam. The Riverside combined with more than 100 stories, mostly ‘‘He didn’t seem to have a lot of ego, al- Press Enterprise wrote an article detailing the written by reporter George Ringwald, earned though he could be vigorous and persuasive many accomplishments of Mr. Hays and the the newspaper the Pulitzer Prize for meri- in his arguments,’’ Presley said Friday from incredible contributions he made to the news- torious public service in 1968. (Ringwald died Sacramento. paper, the community and the country. in 2005.) ‘‘He was a very special person,’’ said [Oct. 14, 2011] During the newspaper’s reporting of that Marcia McQuern who worked for Hays at The issue, a judge who was under investigation Press-Enterprise and eventually became the FORMER P–E PUBLISHER AND EDITOR TIM became infuriated by a Press-Enterprise edi- paper’s publisher. ‘‘He had a true journalist’s HAYS DIES torial and ordered Mr. Hays arrested. heart. He always tried to live up to his Howard H. ‘‘Tim’’ Hays, Jr., the Harvard- The publisher stood his ground and was not standards and ideals.’’ educated lawyer who chose a newspaper- jailed. McQuern remembered Hays being well tied man’s life and led what became The Press- Mr. Hays also stood by his reporters, even into the community. So much so that he Enterprise into national prominence as a as advertisers took their business away in often knew what was going on before his re- Pulitzer Prize-winning advocate of open gov- protest over investigative pieces. porters did. ernment and defender of the First Amend- Despite national recognition, Mr. Hays ‘‘I would come to him with a story and he’d ment, died Friday in St. Louis. He was 94. kept his community at the foreground of his say, ‘You finally found that out,’ ’’ she said. Mr. Hays had been struggling with Alz- work. He was among the civic leaders who ‘‘But he never would kill anything.’’ heimer’s disease, his son Tom Hays said Fri- worked to get a University of California Even when it may have been unpopular day. He said his father died in the afternoon campus established here. UC Riverside among the community leaders he mingled at Barnes-Jewish Hospital following a brief opened in 1954. with. acute illness. ‘‘Tim had a very active mind that saw be- ‘‘He took a lot of heat. He really stuck by Mr. Hays spent 51 years at The Press-En- yond the ordinary but was able to bring it the newsroom. That’s where his heart was,’’ terprise. He was an FBI special agent during down to earth,’’ said his former executive she said. World War II and joined the newspaper as as- secretary, Jean Wingard. ‘‘He was an excel- McQuern remembered one instance where sistant editor in 1946. He passed the bar the lent newsman, and had the respect of those the paper wanted the name behind a large same year but never practiced law. who worked with him and for him.’’ anonymous donation to UC Riverside. His subsequent roles included editor, co- Mr. Hays established the Hays Press-En- ‘‘We fought for access,’’ she said. ‘‘He let publisher, publisher and chairman. He con- terprise Lecture in 1966, which was under- us go fight for the information. We were tinued as chairman until 1997, when The written in 1998 by a $100,000 endowment after about to file suit and he finally admitted it Press-Enterprise was sold to the A.H. Belo the newspaper was sold. was him.’’ Co., ending 67 years of family ownership of The free lectures, open to the public, fea- Howard H. ‘‘Tim’’ Hays, Jr. was born in the Riverside-based newspaper. tured leaders in news media, including re- Chicago on June 2, 1917, the son of Howard H. The news organization’s five-story office tired Washington Post Executive Editor Ben Hays, Sr. and Margaret Mauger Hays. He on Fourteenth Street was named in 2006 as Bradlee; Gene Roberts, former managing edi- came to Riverside with his parents in 1924. the Howard H. ‘‘Tim’’ Hays Media Center. tor of the New York Times; and W. Thomas A graduate of Riverside Polytechnic High ‘‘Tim was a rarity, a man whose moral Johnson, who was then president of Cable School, he was editor of the school news- compass was set on true,’’ said Mel News Network. paper, Poly Spotlight, during his senior year. Opotowsky, the former managing editor of Mr. Hays also undertook the cause of pre- Mr. Hays earned a bachelor’s degree in so- The Press-Enterprise. ‘‘That is especially serving the Mission Inn. cial sciences at Stanford University, grad- important as a newspaper owner because of He and other civic leaders maintained uating in 1939. the obligation as a public trust. There are their effort during a seven-year stretch in In 1942, he received a law degree from Har- many instances of Tim’s beneficence, not which the state and national historic land- vard Law School. After his service with the only to his employees, but to his readers and mark in downtown Riverside was closed—at FBI, he briefly served as a reporter at the to principles of quality journalism.’’ one time surrounded by a chain-link fence. San Bernardino Sun before joining the fam- Mr. Hays once joked that his choice of Several attempts to reopen the Inn failed. ily newspaper and beginning his leadership journalism over law and his ‘‘semi-meteoric Some suggested the land was a prime spot role in American journalism. rise’’ at the newspaper were due to ‘‘dili- for a parking lot. In 1992, Duane Roberts Mr. Hays moved to St. Louis part time in gence, and the fact that my father was co- bought the hotel and invested millions of 1989, and began living there full time after owner.’’ dollars in renovations. his retirement from The Press-Enterprise, Courtly, soft-voiced and with a penchant The Press-Enterprise under Mr. Hays also his son Tom said. for remembering anyone’s name, from civic quietly helped to underwrite local cultural In a message read at the 2007 dedication of leaders to cleaning crews in the hallways of and arts organizations. the news building named after him, Mr. Hays his newspaper, Mr. Hays’ personality con- ‘‘I’m not married to any cause,’’ Mr. Hays noted that he still read every day the news- trasted sharply with flamboyant news-execu- once said. ‘‘I believe in generosity to the paper that he had led for so long. ● This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. VerDate Sep 11 2014 09:38 Dec 11, 2014 Jkt 099102 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0689 Sfmt 9920 E:\BR11\E27OC1.000 E27OC1 rmajette on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with BOUND RECORD 16250 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS, Vol. 157, Pt. 11 October 27, 2011 Survivors include wife Susie Hays of St. Briggs moved to Nashville and worked on over tion of North America for two terms. He is also Louis, sons Bill Hays of Corona Del Mar and 200 number one hits.
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