4322 · CONGRESSIONAL RECORD~HOUSE APRIL 12 Robert L. Johnson, Medical' Corps, ploration, location, entry, and disposition And this I shall do not as a· partisan­ 01765673. under the general mining laws. not as a eulogist-but in the greatest of · Robert L. Koenig, Medical Corps, 01776396. On April 9, 1948: capacities in which one man can speak James E. Lancaster, Dental Corps, 01774949. H. R. 2298. An act to amend the Interstate Arthur E. Levy, Medical Corps, 01717757. Commerce Act, as amended, and for other of another-that of his friend. Robert C. MacDuffee, Medical Corps, · purposes. · To all he was the soul of humanitarian 01718300. On April 10, 1948: sociability. Stephen G. May, Medical Corps, 01706067. H. R. 718. An act for the relief of Clarence His dynall)ic ·personality and the in­ William H. Meroney · III, Medical Corps, J. Wilson and Margaret J. Wilson. spiration it engendered had an electric 01734844. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE quality which radiated the courage and Harry J. Misch, Medical Corps, 01746105. confidence of his great soul to the lowly Francis D. O'Brien, Medical Corps, 0481635. A message from the Senate, by Mr. and the mighty in our society. Ralph H. Potter, Jr., Medical Corps, Frazier, its legislative clerk, announced His-concern for the fate of his fellow 01756664. that the Senate had passed, with amend­ man and his urgent desire that his lot Robert K. Quinnell, Medical Corps, ments in which the concurrence of the 01727160. in this life should be constantly bet- · Donald H. Robinson, Medical Corps, House is requested, a bill of the 'House of tered marked him indelibly with the 01725784. the following title: stamp of the true philanthropist. Ernest A. Sarao, Medical Corps, 0476341. H. R. 3484. An act to transfer the Remount The broad range of .his sympathies P almer H. Warren, Medical Corps, 01736530. Service from the War. Department to the was never limited by partisan consider­ Ralph D. Wright, Medical Corps, 01775834. Department of Agriculture. ations of either creed, race, politics, or Thomas C. Wright, Medical Corps, 01735045. The message also announced that the social standing. Paul G. Yessler, Medical Corps, 01726505. Senate agrees to the report of the com­ These natural sympathies found out- To be second lieutenant mittee of conference on the disagreeing . lets, through his tremendous energy, in . votes of the two Houses on the amend­ the championship of all the causes of the Karl H. Borcheller, Infantry. ments of tlie Senate to the bill (H. R. common man. His faculty for construc­ 5214) entitled "An act making appropri- tive action and · the exercise of his dar­ CONFIRMATION ations for the Executive Office arid sun­ ing vision were combined ·with .his gift Executive nomination confirmed by the dry independent executive bureaus, for leadership to attain gradually the Senate April 12 (legislative day of March boards, commissions, and offices for the only goal and ambition of his earthly 29), 1948: fiscal year ending June·30, 1949, and fo.r life-the better ordering of our society FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM . other purposes." for all segments of the body politic. T'nomas Bayard McCabe to be a member The message also announced that the Wholehearted devotion to the cause of of the Board of Governors of the Federal Senate agrees to the amendment of the the people-the masses he loved-was Reserve System for the unexpired term of House to Senate amendment No.1 to the joined with an overwhelming good will, 14 years fr~m February 1, 1942. above-entitled bill. a keen sense of soci~l responsibility, and FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT an unquenchable thirs for justice. For the people whom he served, he Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, I stood as a symbol of the \vorth of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ask unanimous consent to address the human individual; · and, through the House for 1 minute. practical application of his own humani­ MoNDAY, APRIL 12, 1948 The SPEAKER. Is there objection to tarian philosophy of government, he ·the request of the gentleman from Mas­ gave the utmost expression to the prin­ The House met at 12 o'clpck noon. sachusetts? ciples of freedom and justice without The Chaplain, -Rev. James Shera There was no objection. which democracy is but a hollow and Montgomery, D. D., offered the following Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, in lifeless aspiration. - prayer: rising to note the' anniversary which this In all of these qualities-in all of these Our Father, Thou who art slow to day commemorates, it is with no thought things-the greatest <;haracteristic was anger and plenteous in mercy, of whose that any eulogy of rp.ine could add a cubit his love of his fellow men, particularly infinite bounty we all partake, calm our to the stature of Franklin Delano Roose­ the sick, the suffering, the underprivi­ spirits that we may find the way of un­ velt. leged, the exploited. His love of justice His niche in history, his place in the der~anding. was a commanding trait he possessed. -As life goes on, we beseech Thee that hearts and affection . of the American It was the warm, friendly, sympathetic, for the common good we may not heed people, and his universal recognition as a and considerate concern for his fellow the plaudits of the crowd, and that pru­ genius of statesmanship are already as­ man that carried him to the pinnacle of dence replace untried adventure. As sured. his political success, and from that-high Thou dost direct our ministry, may we No praise from those who loved him station he aspired to only .one further always place the value of ' truth above could possibly enhance the quality of his goal. That was to be a friend to all ' expediency. 0 move upon the minds of endowments. · mankind. men, lest our time become a weary waste No calumny from his detractors can I knew that friendship. Under its in­ of hours and our people be disappointed dim the magnificence of his accomplish­ spiration, I had the privilege of coming in their hopes.. Restrain us from idle ments. to know the man himself and to learn talk and hear our humble· prayer as we If he engendered passions in his fel­ the greatness of heart that prompted au ~ pray for peace and national unity. Be low men, it was because his greatness of his actions. It is that quality which he near us when the way is rugged, and hold soul partook of all of their humanity. so possessed with abundance that is the us with the spjrit of. a conquering faith. He himself lived passionately; and his crying need of the world of today. ·we pray in the name of Jesus Christ death, coming when it did, was but a States are soulless. It is the human our Lord. Amen. passionate surrender in the cause_of all qualities of the men who govern states mankind. which need improvement. The Journal of Thursday, April 8, 1948, Three years ago today God's messen'­ The friendly understanding of Frank­ was read and approved. · ger of death swept him from this earth lin Roosevelt, the concern which he con­ MESSAGES FROM TH~ PRESIDENT to the seat of judgment before which stantly evidenced for the fate of his fel­ Sundry messages in writing from the all of us must someday stand. I prefer low men,, and his humanitarian sympa­ President of the United States were com­ to leave his real appraisal to the judg­ thies are the qualities of statesmanship municated to the House by Mr. Miller, ment there and to the critical verdict of -which alone can solve the problems one of his secretaries, who also informed future history. which today separate brother from the House that on the following dates His public.rec.ord, therefore, the events brother. the President approved and signed bills of his Presidency, and ·the inspira:­ It is his exercise of those qualities in of the House of the following titles: tion of his masterful world leadership the world'::? affairs which, 3 years after On April 8, 1948: . shall not occupy me now. I would his death, deepens our sense of loss and H. R. 5049. An act to reopen the · revested speak, rather, of the man himself and makes poignant the realization that we Oregon & ·California Railroad a~d reconveyed ·his humanity to m·an, for therein, I think, ·have lost a friend and one of the world's Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands to ex- lie his real greatness. outstanding· figures of all time. 1948 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-I-IOUSE 4323 W'HO ARE THE REAL FRIENDS OF That opposition is based on the belief that Mr. BRAMBLETT asked and was· given BRITAIN? Britain should stand on her own feet and, permission to extend his remarks in the linked with the Empire, sho'!lld undertake RECORD and include an article on volun­ Mr. REED of New York. Mr. Speaker, the task of r~construction free from any I ask unanimous consent to address the external influence. tary help. House for 1 minute, to revise and extend True recovery, it is argued, must be based Mr. MILLER of Maryland asked an·d my remarks, and include an editorial and on a plan for Empire unity. was given permission to extend his re­ marks in the Appendix of the RECORD and extract from a speech I made in 1946. PRAISE AMERICA The SPEAKER. Is there objection to But the Nation has willed that the Mar­ include an article from the New Yorker. the request of the gentleman from New shall plan ~hall be part of the· foreign and HON.