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Extensions of Remarks 2425 January 31, 1969 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 2425 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS ELECTION REFORM MOTTO OF "FATS" EVERETT WAS Institution, aided farmers In obtaining per­ WORK lll.!.ssion for them to hay and graze restricted land during periods or drought, and ob· HON. HUGH SCOTT tained federal appropriations for hospitals, nursing homes and libraries throughout the OF PENNSYLVANIA HON. OLIN E. TEAGUE district. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF TEXAS Because he was instrumental In getting Friday, January 31, 1969 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the federal government to transfer owner­ Thursday, January 30, 1969 ship of the airport to Obion County, its Mr. SCOTT. Mr. President, on Janu­ name--Everett-Stewart Airport-has become ary 23, 1969, I propased a constitutional Mr. TEAGUE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, a monument to his labors. And in Dyer amendment to abolish the electoral col­ Mr. Bill King, staff writer for the Daily County, a. lake created by a drainage project lege and provide for the allocation of Messenger, Union City, Tenn., has writ­ he promoted is called Everett Lake. electoral votes by oongressional district. ten a most memorable tribute to our late These will help to perpetuate the memory of Congressman Everett but the Individual An editorial published in the Harris­ colleague, Congressman "Fats" Everett. things he did for indlvidual persons make burg Patriot of January 24, 1969, further As you all know, "Fats" served on my it certain he will never be forgotten as long exemplifies the need for this amend­ Committee of Veterans' Affairs and he as these people live. ment. was a real worker. It is only fitting that He was never too busy to talk to anyone I ask unanimous consent that the the press has recognized this great at­ and it didn't matter if his visitor was dressed editorial be printed in the RECORD. tribute of "Fats." in overalls or a business suit. A letter to There being no objection, the editorial The article referred to follows: him often was answered in less than a week. It was a rare occurrence when he couldn't was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, Hrs MOTTO WAS "WORK" be reached by telephone. as follows: (By Bill King) "I will always be as near to you as your ELECTION REFORM: SCOTT'S PROPOSAL MAKES There were many thousands of friends he telephone or mailbox,'' he said thousands of SENSE called by name--there were countless other times whlle addressing civic or service clubs The bolting last month by Dr. Lloyd W. thousands who called him "Fats" and who and other special groups in the Eighth Dis­ Bailey, the North Carolina maverick who considered him their friend. trict. And he meant every word. voted tor George c . Wallace in the Electoral Perhaps this is the best way to remember Asked by a reporter a few years ago how College even though the Republicans carried that unusual and gifted man whose love he managed to handle so many different his state, reinforced the popular notion that tor people turned him Into one of the finest problems for so many dltrerent people, he the nation's 18th-Century election system and most dedicated civil servants that Ten­ laughed and said: "If a man don't want to requires some careful tinkering to accom­ nessee--and perhaps the country-has ever work, he hadn't ought to hire out." modate It to 20th-Century demands. known. Working for his people was his philosophy This does not necessarily mean the entire Robert Ashton "Fats" Everett was a man in life. Truly, we shall not see his like again. system should be consigned to the scrap heap. of simple yet great heritage. He sprang from What is needed Is cautious reform, not revo­ the fertile soil of Obion County, a son he lution. carried proudly on his massive shoes the rest The "district plan"-proposed in a consti­ or his life. tutional amendment by Sen. Hugh Scott His booming and infectious laugh, the THE MILITANT VISION yesterday as a Senate Judiciary subcommittee voice that could be heard for blocks and his opened hearings on election reform-would native and homey wit enhanced the "country seem to fill the bill. It promises to preserve boy" role he enjoyed and never sought to HON. HERMAN E. TALMADGE the best in the Electoral College system while abandon. OF GEORGIA avoiding the pitfalls of a direct popular vote. But beneath the sometimes brash exterior IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES Under the Scott approach, which would was an astute and canny politician. A continue the Electoral College in the federal man who got things done, red tape was no Friday, January 31, 1969 tradition, each state would continue to have match tor the scissors he wielded when he Mr. TALMADGE. Mr. President, Mr. a number of electoral votes equal to its rep­ sought the core and the cure of a problem. Francis Merchant, of Demorest, Ga., has resentation in Congress. A candidate would The secret of his success was simple and win one vote tor every congressional district direct-Just llke the man. forwarded to me an article by Mr. M. A. he carried, plus two tor every state he carried. "Let's Just go to the head of the stream," Larkee entitled "The Militant Vision." Each vote would tally in the national count. he was fond of saying when confronted by a Although written in satire, many of the The plan would thereby help to underwrite problem involving one or his constituents. very good points made by Mr. Larkee are the two-party system by encouraging politi­ This meant going directly to the man, no more truth than fiction. There is no need cal efforts in all districts and states, es­ matter who he was, who would most likely to comment further on this article, which pecially perhaps In those areas where minor­ be able to solve the problem. And he knew speaks eloquently by itself. ity parties now tend to have a defeatist atti­ personally hundreds or such persons. tude. Republicans in Mississippi are a case Those who worked with him soon learned I wish to bring the article to the at­ in point; it is conceivable they could muster he was no prey tor the "city slickers" despite tention of Senators and ask unanimous enough popular votes in some districts to his country boy exterior. consent that it be printed in the RECORD. earn an Electoral College vote under the Scott Mr. Everett, It he was anything, was a There being no objection, the article proposal. reallst, an earthy but lovable man who saw was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, Thus the plan would also overcome the things like they were. It was this quality that as follows: unfairness of the present scheme or win­ enabled him to accomplish so much during THE Mn.rrANT VISION ner-take-all. And since It would block dele­ his relatively short Ufe. gates to the Electoral College from defecting He grew up in a county which suffered (By M. A. Larkee) as Bailey did, it would assure the "little man" annually from the ravages of floods and he, The mllitant spirit abroad in the land 1s or a more direct voice. Uke other Obion Countlans, heard the oft­ transforming society under our very eyes. The The chief drawback to the proposal is that repea ted promises that something would be full implications are as yet not clear, but It no candidate were to receive a clear ma­ done. But it wasn't untll he reached the halls already It has done much. Our educational jority, the House and Senate in Joint session of Congress that the red tape surrounding system is in turmoil, and our cities are tom would choose a President from the top three the flood control work was snipped away and by dissension and demonstrations. All this tickets. the project undertaken. is but a foretaste, however, of what is to But even so, unlike a direct popular vote, Because of his membership on the House come. The drift of the times will produce it would safeguard the fundamental Ameri­ Public Works Committee he was able to even more radical changes than any we have can concept or a federal republic whereby the make sure his people in the Eighth Congres­ seen-and It behooves us to be prepared for people are "citizens of the United States and sional District were not left out when it coming upheavals. or the state wherein they reside." came to projects tor their benefit. The fundamental principle of the new radl· This concept Is too intifnately associated In addition to his flood control projects calism is that all rules, laws, and regulations with the American idea or states' rights and and the vital role he played in making the are man-made, and hence, ought to be chal­ citizens' rights to be abandoned in a stam­ Reelfoot-Indlan Creek Watershed District lenged. Society has been created by men, and pede brought on by the Bailey defection or project a reality, Mr. Everett helped indus­ therefore it is right and proper for those who the recent fear that Congress might have had tries In his district obtain federal contracts, find its demands oppressive to change its very to break a presidential vote deadlock because used his influence to help the University of structure. This principle may be called the or Wallace's candidacy. Tennessee at Martin to become a four-year inversion of values. 2426 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 31, 1969 For example, we have long held that stu­ There are some persons, it is true, who WILLIAM AVERELL HARRIMAN dents go to school to be taught by teachers.
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