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Edmund S. Muskie Edmund S. Muskie LATE A SENATOR FROM MAINE MEMORIAL TRIBUTES IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES E PL UR UM IB N U U S HON. EDMUND S. MUSKIE ÷ 1914±1996 [2] [3] (Trim Line) (Trim Line) S. Doc. 104±17 Memorial Tributes Delivered in Congress Edmund S. Muskie 1914±1996 Late A Senator from Maine ÷ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1996 [ i ] (Trim Line) (Trim Line) Compiled under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate by the Office of Printing Services [ iii ] (Trim Line) (Trim Line) CONTENTS Page Biography .................................................................................................. ix Proceedings in the Senate: Resolution of respect ......................................................................... 15 Tributes by Senators: Baucus, Max, of Montana .......................................................... 4 Biden, Joseph R. Jr., of Delaware ............................................ 2 Boxer, Barbara, of California .................................................... 24 Cohen, William S., of Maine ..................................................... 16 Conrad, Kent, of North Dakota ................................................. 23 Daschle, Thomas A., of South Dakota ...................................... 11 Dodd, Christopher J., of Connecticut ....................................... 15 Domenici, Pete V., of New Mexico ............................................ 9 Hollings, Ernest F., of South Carolina ..................................... 2 Mikulski, Barbara A., of Maryland .......................................... 13 Nunn, Sam, of Georgia .............................................................. 20 Pell, Claiborne, of Rhode Island ............................................... 1 Sarbanes, Paul S., of Maryland ................................................ 21 Snowe, Olympia, of Maine ......................................................... 5 Proceedings in the House: Tributes by Representatives: Baldacci, John Elias, of Maine .................................................. 26 Longley, James, of Maine .......................................................... 25 Moran, James P., of Virginia .................................................... 26 Message from the Senate .......................................................... 27 Memorial Services for Edmund S. Muskie: The Church of the Little Flower, Bethesda, MD ............................ 31 Eulogies by: Stephen O. Muskie ............................................................. 34 The Hon. Leon G. Billings .................................................. 35 The Hon. Madeleine K. Albright ....................................... 36 Letter from President Bill Clinton ............................. 38 The Hon. George J. Mitchell .............................................. 38 The Hon. Jimmy Carter ..................................................... 41 Edmund S. Muskie, Jr ........................................................ 43 Reading the prayer written by his father for the Presidential Prayer Breakfast ................................ 43 Bates College Chapel, Lewiston, ME ............................................... 45 Memorial reflections: Mr. Donald W. Harward, president, Bates College .......... 49 Remarks, Statements and Speeches: Bates College Memorial Minute for Edmund S. Muskie ............... 57 Remembering Ed [Bates Magazine, Summer 1996] ................ 58 What Might Have Been, What Wonderfully Was, [Bates Magazine, Summer 1996] ...................................................... 60 Why Ed Muskie Mattered, The Policy Journal of the Environ- mental Law Institute .................................................................... 63 [ v ] (Trim Line) (Trim Line) Page Testimony of the Honorable Edmund S. Muskie, before the Com- mittee on Environment and Public Works .................................. 69 NEPA to CERCLA, The Environmental Forum Journal ............... 73 The State of the Union, A Democratic View, remarks by Senator Edmund S. Muskie, Washington, DC .......................................... 81 Statements from the Congressional Record: S. 1359, April 7, 1975 ................................................................ 89 Freedom of Information ActÐAmendment No. 1356, May 28, 1974 ................................................................................... 92 Amendment No. 1356, May 30, 1974 ....................................... 92 S. 1142, March 8, 1973 .............................................................. 95 Our Failure to Plan for Our Nation's Growth, November 20, 1973 ................................................................................... 96 Liberal Party Dinner, New York City ............................................. 103 Remarks by Senator Edmund S. Muskie, Cape Elizabeth, ME .... 109 Remarks by Senator Edmund S. Muskie on S. 3708 ..................... 113 Inaugural Address of Edmund S. Muskie, Governor of Maine to the Ninety-Eighth Legislature ................................................. 119 Inaugural Address of Edmund S. Muskie, Governor of Maine to the Ninety-Seventh Legislature ............................................... 133 Roosevelt Campobello Park Commission Tribute to Edmund Sixtus Muskie ................................................................................ 145 Letter to Senator Muskie establishing Franklin D. Roosevelt Campobello International Memorial Park ............................ 146 Articles and Editorials: Edmund S. Muskie Dies at 81; Senator and Secretary of State, The Washington Post .................................................................... 150 Edmund Muskie Dies, Senate Stalwart Was 81, Boston Globe .... 154 Edmund Muskie Dies at 81, Revered Statesman Personified Maine, Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME) ................................... 156 Lofty Tributes Honor Solid, Humble Man; From Around the State, People Fondly Recall Memories of Ed Muskie, A Man Most Often Described as Lincolnesque, Portland Press Her- ald ................................................................................................... 161 Edmund Muskie Dies of Heart Failure; Distinguished Senator Brought Zeal to Office, Baltimore Sun ........................................ 163 A Leader in the Best Sense; Edmund Muskie, U.S. Senator, Statesman, Dies at 81, Portland Press Herald ........................... 165 Presidents, Politicians Remember `Legend,' `Hero', Sun-Journal .. 170 Ed Muskie, Bangor Daily News ....................................................... 171 Muskie Brought Glory to His State and Nation; Maine Shaped His Voice and His Character and Never Let Go, Portland Press Herald ................................................................................... 172 Maine Mourns Loss of `Giant,' Sun-Journal ................................... 173 Muskie Remembered for Service to Public, Ex-Secretary of State Dies of Heart Failure, Des Moines Register ................................ 178 It All ended in Tears, Guardian Newspaper Limited .................... 179 Edmund S. Muskie, Washington Post ............................................. 181 [ vi ] (Trim Line) (Trim Line) Page U.S. Loses Its `Mr. Clean,' Newsday ................................................ 182 Muskie's Legacy: Clean Air, Water, San Francisco Examiner ...... 184 McGovern, Muskie Bonded by New Hampshire, Bangor Daily News ............................................................................................... 185 Muskie's Tears Were Ahead of Their Time, Dallas Morning News ............................................................................................... 186 The Man Who Showed His Emotion Too Soon, Baltimore Sun ..... 187 Ed Muskie of Maine Gave Politics a Good Name, News & Record (Greensboro, NC) ........................................................................... 188 Edmund Muskie, The Economist ..................................................... 189 To Senators and Clerk, Muskie Special Person, Portland Press Herald ............................................................................................. 191 Muskie's Gift, Washington Post ....................................................... 192 Muskie Coveted the Trust of Mainers, Bangor Daily News (Ban- gor, ME) .......................................................................................... 194 Muskie Buried Amid Tributes to Environmentalism, Washington Post ................................................................................................. 195 Edmund Muskie, Our Engineering Officer, Dallas Morning News ............................................................................................... 197 `Great Man' Laid to Rest; Muskie's Integrity, Legacy Honored, Portland Press Herald ................................................................... 197 Muskie Eulogized as Environmentalist, Negotiator; Carter, Mitchell Speak at Funeral, Washington Times .......................... 199 Muskie: Reason to Weep, Washington Post .................................... 201 As Sportsman and Statesman, Ed Muskie Was the Finest Kind, Portland Press Herald ................................................................... 202 Nation Honors Maine's `Greatest'; Jimmy Carter, George Mitch- ell Eulogize Muskie, Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME) ............. 203 A Cleaner Androscoggin Is Muskie Monument, Bangor Daily News (Bangor, ME) ....................................................................... 205 Ed Muskie and the
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