Mr. BYRD was excused from attendance The Senator from South Dakota [Mr. SENATE on the• sessio:1s of the Senate this week MUNDT] is absent on official business. because of illness; The Senator from Utah [Mr. WATiCNR] TUESDAY, ANDARY J 8, 1952 Mr. LoNG and Mr. McCARRAN were ex and the Senator from North Dakota U ..~r. The 8th day of January being the day cused from att::idance on the sessions YOUNG] are absent by leave of the Senate. prescribed by Public Law 244, Eighty of the Senate this week, and the week The VICE PRESIDENT. A quorum is sccond Congress, first session, for the beginning January 14; and present. meeting of Congress, the second session Mr. PASTORE was excused from attend of the Eighty-second Congress com ance on the session of the Senate today LIST OF SENATORS BY STATES menced thic C:.ay. because of a death in his family. On request of Mr. SAL'llONSTALL, and Alabarna.-Lister Hill and John The Senate assembled in its Cl:amber by unanimous consent, Mr. WATKINS was Sparkman. at the Capitol. excused from attendance on the ses Arizona.-Carl Hayden and Ernest \V. ALBEN W. BARKLEY, of Kentucky, sions of the Senate through January McFarland. V'ce President of the United States, 15, and Mr. YOUNG was excurnd from Arkansas.-John L. McClellan and J. called the Senate to order at 12 o'clock attendance on the sessions of the Senate William Fulbright. meridian. for 2 weeks. California.-William F. Knowland and The Chaplain, Rev. Frederick Brown Richard M. Nixon. Harris, D. D., of the city of Washington, CoZorado.-Edwin C. Johnson and offered the following prayer: CALL OF THE ROLL Eugene D. Millikin. O Thou Companion of the pilgrim Mr. McFARLAND. Mr. President, I Connecticut.-Brien McMahon and years, our help in ages past: With re suggest the absence of a quorum. William Bznton. newed powers and with restored souls, The VICE PRESIDENT. The Secre Delaware.-John J. Williams and J. returni~ 1g to the high tasks of this na tary will call the roll. Allen Frear, Jr. tional chamber of deliberation we pause The Chief Clerk ' 1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE .7 bore no rancor, and his most vigorous are a little happier and a little wiser by illness. This first contact seemed to battles did not interfere with his per our association with him. be the beginning of a golden but all too sonal .friendships. I think each of us Mr. President, if I may at this time I brief friendship which I shall always regarded him as our close personal ask unanimous consent to place in the cherish. friend, and more Senators mourn his body of the RECORD at the appropriate We of the freshman dass whom our loss than would probably mourn the loss place a telegram which I, as acting mi friend and colleague has left behind can of any of us who remain here. It is in nority leader, received from the National draw upon the rich experiences of our deed tragic that he should be taken from Federation of Independent Business, brief association with him to sustain us at the very height of his career, in commending and eulogizing the late Sen us in the task that lies ahead. the full vigor of his faculties, and with ator WHERRY for his efforts in behalf of Mr. President , the people of our coun a future as promising as any man could small business. try bave lost a faithful and tireless serv have. His death is an irreparable loss There being no objection, the tele ant; this Senate has lost a hard-working to the Nation, to the Senate and, above gram was ordered to be printed in the and f.earl3ss leader; his loved ones a all, to all those of us who counted our RECORD, as follows: IOving husband and father; and an' of selves among his friends. WASHINGTON , D. C., January 8, 1952. us a good and dear friend. Mr. SALTONSTALL. Mr. President, Hon. LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Pres when Senator WHERRY died I lost a real Acting Minority L eader, Senate Office B uilding: · ident, it was with profound sorrow that friend. While friendships made in later my wife and I read in the newspapers, life eome more slowly and less easily Speaking in behalf of independent business and professional men of this Nation, this seg- . during our recent mission to the Far than in boyhood, yet I like to think ours men t of our economy has suffered a tre East, of the death of our beloved col was truly a close one. mendous loss in the passin g of our late league, Senator KENNETH s. WHERRY, of We worked together as minority champion, Senator K ENNETH WHEaRY. As we Nebraska. leader and whip for 3 years. When review the situat ion it is the unanimous I saw Ken last on October 21. It he called on me to take his place I tried opinion it is a loss to our cause that seems almost impossible to replace. It's a great was a Sunday, and my wife and I were never to fail him. He took the post of starting to drive to our home in Prince minority leader with a determination tribute to the late Sen ator to hear com to ment s from the other side of the aisle that ton, N. J. I had previously seen perform its duties conscientiously. He he was "a tower of strength in support of him at the hospital and I wanted to say tried to understand the points of legis small business and the free enterprise sys good-by before we left for the recess. lation he considered to be undesirable tem." He has established one record that He seemed very much encouraged over and debated them vigorously. In this will be lasting in the interest of small busi ness of this Nation when he championed the his condition and he expected to leave manner he often started discussions that the hospital and go home within a week. ended in amendments that vastly im creation of the permanent Small Business Committee in the United States Senate. It He expressed a touching appreciation proved the final bill. is our hope and trust that this message which of my coming to see him, and I thanked Senator WHERRY liked people. He be carries the universal expression of thanks God that I had acted on the impulse of lieved that he should be the friend of all and appreciation to the late Senator's efforts a deep affection. the Republican Members and in matters in our behalf be read on the floor of the I have been with Ken in the Senate · in which they were concerned to protect Senate. May I respectfully request your co operation? for 7 years. I have differed with him them to the bzst of his ability. That frequently on issues of foreign policy; I concern went to problems outside the GEORGE J . BURGER, Vi ce President i n Ch arge Washing was and am an internationalist. He Senate as well as inside its doors. ton Office, Nat ional Federation of frequently opposed my position. But As the years went by his methods in Indepen dent Business. through all these differences we came to debate grew more incisive and his quick Mr. BUTLER of Maryland. Mr. Presi respect and love each other as warm ness in questioning as well as his style in personal friends. fundamental argument improved enor dent, we of the freshman class have in mously. He was very effective in put our short service in the Senate witnes£ed KEN WHERRY was an ideal minority ting over his points on the floor as well the passing of three of our senior col leader. He could fight hard for what he as in committee. leagues. All well loved, respected and believed to be right. He was keenly alert faithful servants of our great country, to the issues of the day and to the Above all he loved to work out unani proper relationship of the minority to mous-consent agreements. He was pa The first to die, the Honorable Virgil M. Chapman, of Kentucky, passed so soon the majority. He could tangle with tient; he was imaginative; he had a keen the majority, but always in an atmos sense of timing the moment to strike. after the junior Senator from Maryland had taken his seat that I had not the phere of dignified hilarity and with ef He was proud of being what he liked to fective and alert come-back. He treated call himself-a good mule trader. opportunity to know him, although he was so well loved by my colleagues here his Republican colleagues with absolute Underneath he was more sensitive than impartiality and with an eager regard he appeared to be. After the close of that I could not help but experience a sense of loss. for the opportunities on the floor for the last session in October I stopped at each one of us. the hospital. I told him we had just The second to die, the Honorable finished the work of the session and de Arthur H. Vandenberg, of Michigan, was We shall miss him as an able and scribed to him the eulogies and the good mortally stricken before we juniors came hard-working leader, never sparing him wishes that flowed to him from Members to the Senate and while I and others of self. I shall personally _miss him espe on both sides of the uisle. He showed my class had never met him before we cially, because I was privileged to dis in his happy smile his pleasure at the came here, his service as a Member of cover, under a forceful and persuasive thoughts of him by his colleagues. this great body had so endeared him exterior, a gentle, impressionable char He was a great family man. He put to all Americans that we all instinctively acter who really believed in God and who much confidence in the judgment of his paused to pay him honor. understood the inspirations of abiding wife, whom he dearly loved. He fol But, Mr. President, we as freshman friendships. lowed the affairs of his son and daugh Members, and particularly the junior To his beloved wife and children, my ter closely and was as pleased as were Senator from Maryland, have suffered wife and I extend our deepest sympa they when grandchildren appeared. a great personal loss in the passing of the thies. At social functions he was always the third of our distinguished senior col Mrs. SMITH of Maine. Mr. President, life of the party and loved to be the leagues, our friend and floor leader the Senate will not be the same with toastmaster. He was a good, humorous KENNETH S. WHERRY. ' KEN WHERRY gone. Although no one one always. I had not yet been sworn in as a Mem in the Senate could more vigorously ex I shall miss his jovial smile and quick ber of this body when I first came in con press his disagreement in sharp speeches wit. I shall miss his political shrewd tact with him. He had a speaking en here than KEN WHERRY, he had the rare ness and legislative ability. Above all gagement in Texas which he could not trait that so few of us possess, the abil I have lost a true friend. conveniently keep and which he asked ity after bitter debate to disagree agree The citizeru; of Pawnee City and of me to relieve him of. I willingly ac ably and ~o smile and exhibit genuine Nebraska and of all the United States cepted, but in turn was unable to keep friendline~s to those with whom he had are rightly proud of his record. We all the engagement for him on account of taken such sharp issue. 8 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE January 8 I have written a column expressing my thing which is so tragically absent in our was majority leader, he would turn to tribute to KEN WHERRY, and I ask unan country and in the entire world. me for confirmation and say, "Didn't I imous consent that it be inserted in the Mr. CHAVEZ. Mr. President, when a tell him and his group where to head RECORD. good citizen passes to the Great Beyond in?" and as he said it one could feel the There being no objection, the column we cannot too often repeat the words of affection tpat he personally felt for so was ordered to be printed in the RECORD. Shakespeare when referring to the dead many of the opposition on the other side as follows: · king: "After life's fitful fever he sleeps of the aisle. WASHINGTON AND You well.'' Senator WHERRY particularly liked to (By United States Senator MARGARET CHASE I was glad to hear the senior Senator be on hand a few minutes before the SMITH) from Nebraska [Mr. BUTLER] refer to beginning of the Senate sessions to meet WASHINGTON, D. C.-The Republican Party the great contribution made by Senator with the newspapermen. He told me has lost one of its best fighters--one of its WHERRY in obtaining funds from the upon several occasions that he thought most effective fighters-in the death of Committee on Appropriations for can they were the nicest group of fellows he Senator KENNETH WHERRY. To say that he cer-cure research. The same could be had ever been associated with. "You was a thorn in the side of the opposition said with respect to funds for research know," he said, "you can tell them some whether they be the Democrats in the Senate activities in connection with heart dis thing that is going to happen weeks or the Democratic President in the White ahead of time and I have never known House, is putting it mildly. He was nothing ease, mental illness, in the dental field, and, indeed, any form of research that one of them to violate my confidence." less than a terror to them. Occasionally, a member of his office But though he was a political terror to the would help humanity. He had a heart opposition, they respected and liked him as a of gold, a vigorous mentality, and he was force would come to the Senate Chamber friend. They admired the vigorous Ameri all American. He was my friend. on some matter which would compel him canism that he displayed. They praised his Knowing the history of the political phi· to leave the floor temporarily and he sincerity of purpose and his adherence to his losophy of our country, I could and did would say, "Just take over while I go ·deepseated convictions. Perhaps what the appreciate and respect his Republican in to talk with some of the citizens of Democratic opposition thought of KEN ism, and I never once doubted his sin the best State of the Union, Nebraska." WHERRY is the best tribute to his role in the cerity of purpose or his integrity. I believe the greatest speech he made American political scene. It ls perhaps a was the one he delivered championing better gage of his effectiveness as a leader I also offer his family the sincere con of his party than would be the partisan dolences of my family. the cause of the farmer and small praise to be heaped upon him by myself and Mr. ROBERTSON. Mr. President, in business man of his home State of Ne others of his Republican colleagues. · the death of KENNETH WHERRY I have braska. This was a long speech and in Those of us who were his associates in lost a personal friend. I know that the it he showed the great love he had for Washington sensed that KEN WHERRY was not senior Senator from Virginia [Mr. BYRD] the people of that State. well long before he was stricken and before regrets very much that illness keeps him No one knows better than I, from my he had his operation. He didn't look well. association with him, his utter fearless Apparently he went through mental strain from the Senate today, as he would wel come this opportunity to express his ness, unswerving devotion to duty, his as well as physical pain in the last several stalwart republicanism, and, above all, weeks or months of his active and alert warm attachment to our former col work on the fioor of the Senate as minority league and his sincere appreciation of his great love for the United States of leader. But he never talked about his physi the support which Senator WHERRY al America. cal condition. He kept that to himself and ways gave him in his economy program. This Christian gentleman considered never mentioned it to his colleagues. We Mr. President, Senator WHERRY was his oath of office sacred, and, to my guessed from his physical appearance. able, courageous, and diligent in the dis knowledge, he never violated it. I am sure that KEN WHERRY'S devotion to charge of his public duties. He was a Mr. KEM. Mr. President, the deep his duty in the Senate in the face of his feeling of personal friendship which I physical condition cut many years off his life. man of high integrity, with a capacity for friendship. He was loyal to his felt for KEN WHERRY compels me to say The job of minority leader is a heavy and a few words. tough assignment. The minority leader has friends and fair to his political foes. He to be on the Senate fioor practically every had a sense of humor, and he had no de KEN WHERRY was a leader through day and for all of the many hours of the lusions of grandeur. He was a typical and through. His sturdy shoulders daily sessions. That, in itself, is something American patriot, with an ambition to with no trace of bend, showed what kind that only a rare few Senators do. serve his day and generation. The un of a man he was. His attitude on the But the strain of the job is more than con timely ending of a political career which Senate floor was described once as that stant attendance. The greater depleting fac was rapidly growing in usefulness to his of a boxer in the ring. A wise French tor is that the minority leader must be ever State and Nation is deplored by all of us. man has said: "The more one ap watchful for maneuvers that the opposition proaches great men the more one finds might attempt on legislation and parlia Personally, Mr. President, I shall miss him very much. that they are men." mentary situations. That places a constant Senator WHERRY brought to his job mental strain. And I can tell you that Mr. LANGER. Mr. President, for 3 mental strain takes more out of you Mi the of minority leader the zeal of a mis years I had the great privilege of being sionary. He fought with an unalterable end of the day than physical strain. the seatmate of the late leader of the And the job of minority leader is more determination in any cause in which he minority party, KENNETH WHERRY. This became enlisted. He offered implacable than one of attendance and watching the offered me the rare opportunity of opposition. It is just as much a job of trying resistance to movements with which he to keep your own side happy and organized. watching his strategy to defeat the op disagreed. He was determined to pre KEN WHERRY worked hard at this. He did an position and to hear his remarks, serve, at all cost to himself, for this gen admirable job of handling the varioUs fac usually murmured beneath his breath, eration, and those who come after us, tions of the Senate Republicans. He showed when some Republican strayed from the American way of life. His sturdy everyone the fullest consideration-even what he considered the strict party vote frame and strong voice made a rallying those Republicans who were considered in on important measures. He had such point for many of us who thought as he factions opposed to him. On the fioor of a fine sense of humor that one could not the Senate and in committee meetings, he did. defended some of his Republican colleagues be angry with him when he said, "There KEN WHERRY had a genius for friend when no one else would defend them-and you go again," or "I thought sure these ship. He liked people. He was genu when the very ones he defended sometimes mavericks would stick this time": or inely fond of those about him, and in not only showed no appreciation for what when some staid reactionary Senator stinctively those about him responded to he was doing but even rebuffed him before would sometimes vote against a measure his warm spirit. other Senators at the very time he was com· he strongly argued for, I could hear him Constitutional government of the ing to their defense. whisper "Now who in blazes would have United States has lost one of its stout Regardless of whether one agreed or dis believed that guy would ever vote that agreed with the views and opinions of KEN est and ablest defenders. We shall WHERRY, it must be recognized that he was way?" sorely miss his wise counsel, his vigor one of the most capable and diligent minor· Occasionally he would be discouraged ous leadership, and his genial comrade 1ty leaders the Senate ever had. and would say, "Bill, what is the matter ship. "A great man has fallen in Israel:• To me his outstanding attribute was that with my leadership?" Sometimes when Mr. SCHOEPPEL. Mr. President, I rare ability to disagree agreeably-something he had made a good telling point, es feel a deep personal loss in the death of possessed by too few people today-some- pecially when Senator Lucas, of Illinois, Senator KENNETH WHERRY. He lived in 1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE 9 our neighboring State of Nebraska. We Mr. President, KENNETH WHERRY was pated in the relentless attack upon the Kansans bad knowledge of his untiring a real gentleman, honest, and straight criminal elements in this country. I am energy, his outstanding' ability, and his forward, and he loved his country, his now prepared to devote every energy great capacity for leadership, years be home, and his family. He was a true that is in me in all-out warfare against fore he came into national prominence American, and I endorse every word the scourge of cancer that invades the as a Member and leader in the United which has been so beautifully uttered by homes of American people in all walks States Senate. other Senators today about him. of life and brings sadness, grief, and suf KENNETH WHERRY was a product of the Senator WHERRY had a friendly nature fering to the victims and their families. great Middle West. He rose to high rank and a delightful disposition. He was I am advised that more than one out of in national affairs in a steady, progres always in a good humor, always smiling, every three war veterans who enter our sive fashion, because he was fair, ag always kindly. I was never so shocked veterans' hc~ pitals with cancer c::Ee. I gressive, and loyal to the principles in in my life as when I learned of his death. now ask unanimous consent to have which he believed. He threw himself Mr. President, I deeply momn his printed in the Appendix of the RECORD with great vigor into the affairs of his passing, and at this time I extend to his the following documents which should own State and his own community, and widow, Mrs. Wherry, his children and be of interest to every citizen of our he followed that pattern in his work in grandchildren, my tenderest condo country, and of equal interest to every this great legislative body. lences. He was a sterling American, a Member of this body: Senator WHERRY was intensely patri great Senator, and one of the most de First. A letter from Mr. John W. Bart otic. His faith in America and the lightful men with whom I ever came in nik to me, dated November 9, 1951. American Constitution was unbounded. contact. . Second. Resolution passed by the na His motivation at all times was the pres Mr. TOBEY. Mr. President, I say tional executive committee of the ervation of this Republic and the Con amen to everything that has been ut AMVETS. stitution upon which it was founded. tered here this morning about KEN Third. A medical paper prepared by Senator WHERRY worked untiringly WHERRY. Dr. Lincoln and read to the Medford, until the last. He never spared him When the hearts of men are burdened Mass., Medical Society by A. Ernest Mills, self. We know now that there were oc with grief they look to the Bible, the M. D., of Medford, on December 12, 1951. casions when he appeared on the Senate sacred Scriptures, for strength, and I Fourth. A letter from Andrew J. floor while he was in great bodily pain, have found in my own bereavement that Cherry, of Chicago, Ill., to Dr. Richard but he carried on with great courage and it is well to look there for consolation. Ohler, president of the Massachusetts fortitude despite his sufferings. I quote at this poir!t from the B=:ati Medical Society. The American Republic was founded tudes: F.i.fth. A press statement made by me by men who had a deep faith in God, and Bleesed are they that mourn: for they shall on December 1, 1951. who steadfastly maintained that, under be· comforted. Mr. President, I should like to have unanimous consent to have these docu God, this Nation of freemen could be pre I have proven tbat is truth. served by succeeding generations. Sen· ments printed in the RECORD. KEN WHERRY was a real man. He be The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob ator WHERRY possessed such a faith. lieved in God and in his divlne power. I shall always remember, as one of jection? The Chair hears none, and it I now wish to quote from St. Paul, is so ordered. the new Members of the Senate, how something which KE:;.-l WliEJ\.RY lived and helpful he was to those of us who came [The documents referred to appear in treasured in his heart, and I pass it on to the Appendix of today's RECORD under the into this body, assisting us in his kindly my colleagues. Paul said: · appropriate heading.] and understanding manner, which en For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor deared him not only to those of us of Mr. SMITH of North Carolina. Mr. life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, President, I rise to pay my tribute to the younger school, but as well to those nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, KEN WHERRY, who had many friends in with longer service. North Carolina. When I became a Mem His tragic and untimely passing has shall be able to separate us lrom the love o! God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. ber of the Senate more than a year a~o. brought sorrow to every Member of the he was indeed most gracious to me. His Senate. He will be greatly missed by There is the note of triumph which we, first manifestation of that graciousness each of us, because each of us knew his who are in sorrow today, sound forth, was when he consented, with the then sincerity, his fidelity to conViction, his and believe. · majority leader, that I might be sworn courage, his integrity, and his great Therefore let us ·Comfort one another in as a Member of the Senate in antici depth of character. His memory will with these words. pation of the arrival of r.uy crEdentials. be cherished and respected by all who Now, Mr. President, if I may, as an From then on I observed him with a knew him. interlude, I shall speak a word about the great deal of attention, because I knew Our deepest sympathy goes out to his menace of cancer. he was a personal friend of some friends widow and family. KEN WHERRY was a victim of cancer. of mine in North Carolina. One day Mr. McKELLAR. Mr. President, the Our dear friend, the late Senator Van after I had observed his activities for moment I was first introduced to Sena denberg, was also a victim of cancer. So about 3 or 4 weeks I mentioned to one tor WHERRY, at the time when he took his we should be on the alert as we go along. of my colleagues that Senator WHERRY seat in the Senate 9 years ago, he and I On June 13, 1951, I spoke on this floor in his position always seemed to be try became devoted friends. I think he was and read a letter that I had received ing to act absolutely fairly to all those one of the finest characters who ever from my son and namesake, who had with whom he dealt. My colleague, served in this body. For that matter, been stricken with the second most viru whose name I do not recall, remarked he was one of the outstanding men of lent form of cancer known to man. This to me that that was the way Senator America. letter set forth certain facts concern WHERRY acted when he had the power For several ;years he served as a mem ing the antibiotic treatment for cancer of the majority leadership. ber of the Committee on Appropriations, of Dr. Robert E. Lincoln, of Medford, It seems to me that one of the tests of which I am the chairman. There I Mass., of whom my son was the first can of greatness is the ability and determi,na came to know him intimately, and I do cer patient 3 % years ago. tion of a man to be absolutely fair when not recall ever having heard an unkind Since then I have received many hun he has the power to be unfair. So I rise word said by him or an unkind word ut dreds of letters from all sections of the to express my tribute to him, and to say tered about him. He was faithful in his country. As time went on and cancer to the Senate and to his family and to attendance on the meetings of the com patients and their families wrote me con others who revere his memory that I mittee, and, even though there were cerning the encomaging results that shall always treasure my short associa· other and larger duties incumbent upon .they were receiving under the Lincoln tion with Senator WHERRY, and it will him, be served as a member of the Com treatment, I began to more fully realize ever be one of the pleasant memories mittee on Appropriations faithfully and the importance to the Nation of this of my service in this body. well, and every vote be cast in the com work. Mr. BRICKER. Mr. President, any mittee was recorded in response to his In the past 2 years, as a member of Member of the Eenate would be glad to honzst convictions. the Kefauver committee, I have partici- have said about him. at the end of his I ' 10 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE January 8 service here, the good things which al good man. He was a great fighter, but I thought that Ken was somewhat de ready have been said about the late KEN with it he was wholly free from person pressed by that experience, because of NETH WHERRY. They are well-deserved. al animosities, though animosities were his love for Stefan, and the knowledge One characteristic which I think has all about him. We loved him, and we that Stefan had gone so quickly. He not been mentioned was his devotion to shall miss him greatly. was in a reflective mood although vigor the cause of fairness among Members As individuals we have lost a friend. ous in his expression and courageous who agreed with him as well as among As Republicans we have lost a tower of as usual. His Bible was at his bedside those who disagreed with him. Many strength. Senator WHERRY came from and it was evident he had been reading times I have heard him call to one of the almost the geographical center of the it before I came in. pages or to a colleague and ask him to get United States, and he never lost the As we visited, he finally said, "As a in touch with some Member who had in deep and vigorous feeling of American matter of fact, Francis, I am getting the past expressed opposition to a certain ism in which he was reared. He under ready for an operation myself tomorrow. measure, to insure that he might have an stood American principles in his heart, They have found one little spot with opportunity to have his say on the floor and he never was confused by confusion. their X-rays and say now is the time to of the Senate. He knew that our Republic was in dan have it taken care of. But it's not ma My acquaintance with KEN WHERRY ger, and he knew that the s.truggle lignant and I can get fixed up and be dates back before the beginning of his against absolute government was going ready to go in the new session in Janu service or my service in this body. It to be lost or won on the floor of Congress. ary." Then in a reminiscent and reflec~ was my privilege to call him friend in He put all his strength and courage into tive mood he spoke of his family and of the years before he became prominent the fight to save our country, ahd died his work. He asked about how things and noted. He had a capacity for friend a martyr in that fight, as truly as if he were going on the floor of the Senate. ship which was unexcelled, I think, in had died for his country on the field of I said, "We are getting along pretty this body. Every Member of the United battle. well. LEVERETT SALTONSTALL is carrying states Senate today can say, I think Mr. CASE. Mr. President, it has al on fine. The boys are all pitching in and honestly and sincerely, "KENNETH ways seemed to me almost beyond hu doing well, but we do miss our quarter- · WHERRY was my real friend." man comprehension that a man who back." Many men have erected monuments lived a life as clean as that which KEN A twinkle came into his eyes and per to their own meraory. Great founda WHERRY lived should be called at the haps a tear. He said, "It is nice of you tions have been created to satisfy the zenith of his powers. It has seemed to to say that, Francis." deepest yearning of life, which is to live me almost beyond comprehension that Ken appreciated the love that his immortally and to have one's influence a man so loved by the people who know friends had for him but he himself was among his fellow men extend beyond him as was KEN WHERRY should be called a great friend to others. He had the the grave. In his great patriotic public at such a time. ability to take a deep personal interest in service in the Senate, KEN WHERRY The love which Members of the Sen others and to make them feel that their erected a monument to himself in the ate bore for him has been evidenced problems were his problems and their hearts and souls of his fellow Americans. here today. It was evidenced in the concerns his concerns. He was thought He will not be forgotten. The effect of adoption of the resolution prior to ad ful of others even when in great per his services will be felt throughout the journment to which the majority leader sonal discomfort. years, and the inspiration of his life will has called attention. It was evidenced This was so well illustrated by what I be a source of strength to all of us. very beautifully in a dinner which was understand occurred only a few shor!i He was a man of great faith. He had given for KEN WHERRY a short time be minutes before he passed away. While great faith in himself. He had faith in fore he was taken from our midst. I he was receiving oxygen one of his a~sist his fellow me:::i. He had a deep and abid believe the dinner was suggested by the ants said, . "We are doing everything ing faith in the Almighty God to whom very able secretary to the minority, we can, Ken." With his characteristic he had devoutly dedicated his life. To Mark Trice, and provided by the chair smile, he said, "That's fine." And a mo day in paying tribute to a great man, a man of the Republican conference and ment or two later he was gone. fine friend, and a loyal patriot, may we the -chairman of the Policy Committee, It was that smile on his face we saw all hope and pray that the good God to the distinguished Senators from Colo when we looked at him for the last time whom he consecrated his life may cher rado and Ohio, Mr. MILLIKIN and Mr. in Pawnee City. That smile, KEN ish and strengthen those beloved who TAFT. It was a fortuitous circumstance WHERRY'S smile, will be remembered by live after him; and may the example of that that tribute was paid to him before every Member of this body. his life ever be an inspiration to them, anyone suspected that he was sick. It As he talked to me that day before his as it is to us. was literally a case of giving flowers to operation he told me of his affection for Mr. CAPEHART. Mr. President, I had the living. I know that everyone who his family and of his pride in their ac the opportunity of attending Senator was present will always be glad that he complishments. He spoke of his wife, . WHERRY'S funeral at Pawnee City, where was there on such an occasion. The love their son, and their daughter. He said I found many hundreds of people from in which he was held was evidenced by that when he got out of the hospital he all walks of life attending the last sad the outpouring of people in Pawnee City, wanted to go to his home across the river rites. They were his neighbors and to which allusion has been made by the in Alexandria, and spend the time there friends, and those with whom he worked. Senator from New Hampshire and the with his family until the opening of th~ I had the opportunity of talking' with Senafor from Indiana. It was apparent present session, and be fresh and strong many of them. In every instance the to all of us who were there at that time. for the work ahead. remark was made that KEN WHERRY was It was my privilege to have more than He wanted to carry on his work. That a good man. No man can have a greater an hour's visit with KEN WHERRY the work was so admirably described by the tribute paid to him tlian to have his day before he was operated upon. I senior Senator from Nebraska [Mr. neighbors and friends and those who happened to be in the part of the city BUTLER] as he reviewed the causes fol· know him refer to him as a good man; where the hospital is located, and it which KENNETH WHERRY gave his energy and no man need ask more. KEN occurred to me to drop in and say hello and strength. WHERRY was a good man. He was a re That was his ambition and his hope ligious man. He was a courageous man. to Ken. I had no knowledge when I went in that he was to have an opera to carry on. The only thing for the rest We have lost a great friend and a great of us to do is to dedicate ourselves to leader in the Senate. The Nation has tion. I do not . think it was generally known. A day or two before, there from carry on the fight for the courageom: lost a champion of that which has made Americanism which KEN WHERRY so well America great. his hospital chair, Ken had seen that expressed, and hope that when our sum My sympathy goes to his family. May other noble Nebraskan, Karl Stefan, · mons comes to join- God bless them, and may we have more a Member of the House of Representa The innumerable caravan, which moves Ken Wherrys. tives for many years, moved ·from the To that mysterious realm, where each shall Mr. JENNER. Mr. President, his room immediately across the hall · take friends grieve for KENNETH WHERRY as a moved for the last time. His chamber in the silent halls of death. 1952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE 11 We, too, may go many friends who came to pay their last the Senate of the United States, I shall Sustained and soothed respects to the memory of KENNETH always hear that voice say, "Watch that By an unfaltering trust • • • WHERRY. chair"; and as I hear again and again Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch As has been related by my colleagues, those words, I shall ever try to be a bet About him, and lies down- we went to beautiful little Pawnee City. ter Senator. As KENNETH WHERRY did There we heard America speaking in Mr. President, I have been inspired tribute to that noble statesman and great today by the great, fitting, and well to pleasant dreams. friend. I would that all of my colleagues earned tributes which have been paid to Mr. CORDON. Mr. President, when could have been there. They would be KENNETH WHERRY. As I think of these I think of one word-"American"-I greater Americans and better Senators as tributes, I hope·that over the years ahead always think of KENNETH WHERRY. His a result. all of us will remember every word of country was not only first in his To Pawnee City came the people who them, and then will translate into a thoughts; it, on~y. was in his heart. He had known Senator WHERRY. All of course of positive constructive action the was wholly of and for hi::: homeland. them wanted to be of help to Mrs. fine expressions of emotion which were He had its weakness and its strength; Wherry. America was really speaking. responsible for these inspiring utter he had its bubbling vitality, its open We went into the beautiful church, which a.1ces. hearted generosity, its optimism, its Ken helped to build. There we witnessed I know that what KEN WHERRY would simplicity, its frankness, its capacity, its the greatest funeral service I had ever have us do as we pay these tributes is conceits, and its deep abiding faith. attended in my life, conducted by the to have us go forth from this session The world is a finer, fresher place to me Reverend Dr. George Docherty, of the resolved that in all the sessions in the because I was given to know KENNETH New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. future all of us will be better Senators SPICER WHERRY, American. I may say, Mr. President, to best iden because of our associations with this very Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. President, I tify KENNETH WHERRY and his thinking great American. should like to ac;;.d my voice to the well and his spirit, that those of us who heard I, too, join my colleagues in express deserved tributes which have been paid Dr. Docherty will never forget what he ing my deepest sympathy to that great to one of the greatest Americans and said when he related that only 2 days lady, his widow, who has suffered with us Senators I have ever known. There is before the death of Senator WHERRY he and with the country this tragic loss. very little that can be added to what had gone to his bedside, and as he viewed As my colleagues have loved KEN has been said. Su 1ice it to say that the the pain-wracked body of our great WHERRY, I, too, loved KEN WHERRY; and Senate has lost heavily, America has lost friend, had said, "Senator, you are look I shall ever love his memory. heavily, and the free world has lost ing fine." Mr. CARLSON. Mr. President, I do heavily by the death of Senator WHERRY. KEN WHERRY replied, "Thanks, Rever not like to let this opportunity pass by Mr. WELKER. Mr. ~es i dent, to have end Docherty. You are looking like a without expressing my sincere and deep known KENNETH WHERR:." was a pleasure, million dollars yourself." regret for the death and loss of our friend and to have his trust and respect was Then I like, too, the words of the and neighbor, KENNETH WHERRY. an honor indeed. KENNETH WHERRY Reverend Docherty in his last tribute to I learned to know him many years ago, was well-loved by my people in Idaho, Senator WHERRY, when he related the and I observed his rise in national poli among whom he had frequently visited. message of the President of the United tics. I always felt that so long as we have He was loved by the junior Senator from States to Senator WHERRY. After a bitter in places of authority, in places of public Idaho. Few people will ever know of debate upon a controversial bill President trust in this Nation, men of the type of the many acts of kindness, consideration, Truman said to KENNETH WHERRY, "Sen Senator WHERRY we need have no fear respect, and love that he evidenced to ator WHERRY, politically we are as far for the future of our great country. ward me. apart as the poles, but I am never bitter Ken was not olliy a neighbor; he was I may say, for all the younger Mem when I know that I am opposed by a a very close personal friend of mine. The bers of this great body, that in the per man who is as honest as you are and be announcement of· his death came to me sonality, character, and attainments of lieves in his cam:e as you do." by radio as Mrs. Carlson and I were on KENNETH WHERRY there were many Yes, the Nation has lost a great ser the Atlantic Ocean returning from a trip things to admire. vant. Nebraska will never replace him. to :Curoi;>e. We were shocked and grieved, As has been st:-. ted by my colleagues, He will never be replaced in this body. of course, beyond words, because when he was a very deeply religious and pro As I have stated, Senators will never we left we did not realize the seriousness found man. E\•ery Member of this body know what a friend.the younger Members of his illness. and every other man who knew KENNETH of this body lost in the death of Senator There are many things in this life that WHERRY respectA~ d him for the deep and WHERRY. we do not understand. Among them is abiding faith which he had in the great May God bless and comfort his lovely the passing of KEN WHERRY, his being Supreme Being. widow, his children, . and his grandchil taken from us at a time when it seemed Mr. Pre:;ident, I was honored to be dren. They know that they have strong a .... though his life was at its zenith and one of the Members of this body to be friends on whom to rely in the Members when he could be of the greatest service designated to go to Pawnee City, Nebr., of this body and the working people of to his Nation. to attend as a representative of the Sen the United States oenate. I think it can be said of him that truly ate the last rites for our great friend. Mr. HENDRIC.1....::SON. Mr. President, the world is a better place for his having We left Washington on a beautiful, the junior Senator from New Jersey has •passed through it. I wish to say, Mr. rnnny day. The weather report stated known many great figures in public life, P::-esident, that my associations with him that we would have sunny weather all but I am sure that I never knew any were most pleasant and I am going to the way to Nebraska. After we stopped public figure who possessed as many fine miss his fine personality and his helpful in Indianapolis, :.:> pick up the senior qualities as did KENNETH WHERRY. advice. Senator from Indiana [Mr. CAPE-iART], Like all my colleagues, Mr. President, To Mrs. Wherry and to the children and again flew toward Nebraska, it was I mourn his loss today; but I take com and grandchildren of this great man I necessary for us to fly through the over fort in the fact that he has left behind express my sincere and deepest sym cast by instruments for the remainder him so much love, so much a1fection, and pathy. of the trip to Offutt Field, Nebr. It so much inspiration. As long as I sit in Mr. CAIN. Mr. President, it is not seemed to all of us in the airplane that this body, I shall always see KEN WHERRY possible to join this company today the world had indeed become overcast. as he flashed back and forth from his without feeling keenly and very deeply P.s we arrived in the beautiful city of desk through the main doors, to attend the absence of KENNETH WHERRY, a Omaha, and met face to face and man to the needs of other responsibilities off friend for whom I held a full measure of to man the friends of KENNETH WHERRY1 the fioor; and ·1 sh~ll ever hear his voice respect, admiration, and affection. I do a deep sadness came over us all. as he said to me on frequent occasions not miss him primarily because he was It seemed to us that Nebraska had over the past 3 years, "Watch that chair." the distinguished junior Senator from received a stroke from which it could Mr. President, that will always be a sym Nebraska and the leader of the minor never recover. We visited with the bol to me. As I continue my service in ity. I miss him ~ost because of what 12 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- SENATE January 8 he was;-a-real man and a singular-indi-· his dear family,·I close my brief ':"emarks SEATON, were ordered to be transposed victual for whom there is no replacement. with this po:;m, which expresses my faith · to this point in the RECORD.) KEN WHERRY was a great ·American about the subject c'.1lled death regard Mr. SEATON. Mr. President, it is with because he could be trusted and because ing which we sermonize so much. There deep emotion that I take the ft.oar and he was unafraid. is no death. The real man, the soul of - speak for the first time as a Member of I shall ·always remain grateful to KEN man, does not die; -he merely lays aside this-distinguished body. WHERRY for the precious memories he · the outer ·shell. Here is what Nancy The grief which Members of the left to mf. and to countless others. There Byrd Turner said: United States Senate experienced over was the warmth of his friendship, the DEATH ls A DOOR the death of Senator KENNETH s. boldness and strength of his convictions, · Death is only an old door WHERRY is shared by myself and all who the fearlessness of his assaults against Set in a garden wall; knew him by personal association or the opposition, the graciousness with On gentle hinges it gives," at dusk merely by name· and record. It is my which he suffered defeats, the .fairne3S When t he thrushes call. wish to be associated with the tributes with which he treated friend and enemy Along t he lintel are green leaves, which are being paid today to the mem alike, and his devotion to his family and Beyond t he light lies still; ory of KEN WHERRY. to his God. V;,ry willing and weary feet. ·senators, he was your colleague and KEN WHERRY was taken from us in the Go over that sill. earned the abiding affection which you prime of his capacity, but he had lived a Th ere is noth ing to trouble any heart; hold for him with no regard for party full and honest life. His energy was of Nothing to hurt at all. label. We Nebraskans were proud to such a character that he shared his Death is only a quiet door claim him as one of cur own; one, who every virtue with all of those with whom In an old wall. by his dynamic energy and his unselfish he came in contact. I am privileged to service will always be known as among have been his friend. Through this in Oh, yes, in a sense human existence is the great enigma, but to men of faith, the great statesmen to be produced by adequate but heartfelt word, I want Nebraska. Marjorie Wherry, his wife and the to men like KEN WH!!:RRY, this life is but mother of his splendid children, to know a link in the eternal chain. KEN WHERRY All who knew KENNETH WHERRY-and how an intimate friend and devoted is carrying on now, nobly and ably, as he those were of countless number~honor admirer from the State of Washington carried on here. his career of public service; his fair and feels about KEN WHERRY, l:er husband. Mr. MARTIN. Mr. President, I wish just dealing among men; his unswerving Mr. DWORSHAK. Mr. President, I to associate myself with the splendid loyalties to those things in which he be loved KENNETH WHERRY' and I shall tributes that h ave been paid in this lieved, and his exemplary life as a Chris always revere his memory because he Chamber to a grzat American statesman tian, a husband, a father, and a neighbor. was an outstanding American patriot and patriot, our colleague and my very The loss which h_as been sustained by who had dedicated his life to the service good friend, KEN WHERRY. the Nation in the passing of Senator of his God, his country, and his fellow I cannot emphasize too strongly my WHERRY has been shared in direct pro man. deep feeling of personal loss. In his portion by his own community of Pawnee This outpouring of tributes today by death the Nation has lost an able, loyal, City and by the State of Nebraska. his colleagues reminds us that what we and courageous soldier who gave his life Many who disagreed with KENNETH have done for ourselves alone dies with in battle for the principles in which he WHERRY will join together with his most us, but what we have done for others and believed and which he held dear. intimate political associate.:; in deploring for the world remains and is immortal. KEN 'WHERRY was a dynamic, energetic. that death cut so short the service of a Mr. WILEY. Mr. President, I rise to and tireless fighter on the side of real man who fearlessly and ably served his join with those of my colleagues who Americanism. He revered the sacred own honest beliefs. Men of honest con have paid tribute to a great friend and ideals upon which our Nation was found victions and ability to serve those con a great American. ed and the historic landmarks of our victions are a precious ingredient in the I was privileged t6 ·sit in this seat and Nation's greatness. formula of a free and representative watch KENNETH WHERRY perform his A little less than 3 years ago he gra government. · ciously accepted an invitation from my I· services as minority leader. As I stand To my mind, there can be only one here today, I seem to feel that ·he had friends and neighbors to come to Penn . Senator KENNETH WHERRY of Nebraska. much of the spirit of Lincoln. Lincoln sylvania and to address a dinner being : He cannot be replaced. One may suc had a sense of humor which stood him given in my home town of Washington. ceed h :i.m in the office of Senator from in good stead in every crisis. As has · It was my privilege to accompany sen Nebraska, but his record and career will _ been so well stated today by the Senator ator and Mrs. WHERRY on that trip and stand \.Ulique and complete. from North Dakota, KEN WHERRY had at his request we went a considerable For myself, I am humbly sincere when that humor. He never lost his mental distance out of our way to visit the bat I say for the :People of Nebraska that poise. His laugh was a tonic. tlefield at Gettysburg. KENNETH WHERRY earned in rh.:h meas KENNETH WHERRY also had another Again when he reached western Penn ure the accolade : quality of Lincoln's: K:m was as Lincoln sylvania he expressed a desire to visit the Well done, thou good and faithful servant. was, a praying man. I have talked with old Fort Pitt Blockhouse at Pittsburgh. him at times about the significance of He displayed a keen interest in the his It is my belief that the story of Sena prayer. Yes, Mr. President, as has been toric events which centered about Fort tor WHERRY'S service will be an ever stated here today so many times, KEN Pitt and the battles which not only de glowing source of inspiration. He dedi NETH WHERRY was a great Christian. He cided the future of the North American cated his life to public service, to the Continent but also the destiny of two problems of his city, his State, and sensed the vitality of the Christian Nation. principles and he lived them. European empires. KENNETH WHERRY had a third quality KEN WHERRY'S stalwart Americanism We need men who strive to maintain of Lincoln's. It has been stressed here was firmly established on a profound ap the dignity of the individual and the time and time again, so I shall not re preciation of our history and unswerv preservation of opportunity in individual peat that tribute, except to say that ing loyalty to the principles of social and enterprise as much today as we needed KENNETH WHERRY loved the Republic. political justice which are the founda those who founded this Republic on the He loved the Republic, and he sensed tion of the American Constitution. basic concept that men can only be free what that meant-a government with a His distinguished career will be an and equal in.a representative and limited constitution, a government with a bill of everlasting inspiration for future gen government. rights, a government functioning with erations. The wisdom of our founding fathers its checks and balances, so that power I join with his friends and colleagues and the contributions of other sincere was not centralized; rather, it was in extending my deepest sympathy to his and effective patriots i:7ho followed them checked. wife and his children. in the national public service, give us Mr. President, KEN WHERRY is not · The legislative clerk read as follows: - tbat the Congress .is ready to receive- any , ADJOURNMENT OUT OF RESPECT TO' THE communication he may be pleased to make. · STATE OF NEBRASKA, MEMORY OF THE LATE SENATOR ExECUTIVE OFFICE, Under the foregoing resolution, the WHERRY Lincoln. Vice President appointed Mr. McFARLAND · To the PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE OF THE Mr. BUTLER of Nebraska. Mr. Presi ' UNITED STATES: and Mr. BRIDGES the committee on the dent, as a further mark of re.spect to the This is to certify that pursuant to the part of the Senate. memory of our colleague, the late junior power vested in me by the Constitution of the Senator from Nebraska, Mr. WHERRY, I United States and the laws of the State of · move that the Senate adjourn until 12 Nebraska, I, Val Peterson, the Governor of NOTIFICATION TO THE HOUSE OF o'clock, noon, tomorrow. said State, do hereby appoint FRED A. SEATON REPRESENTATIVES The motion was unanimously agreed a Senator from said State to represent said Mr. McFARLAND submitted the fol State in the Senate of the United States to; and