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1930 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 5803 Floyd E. Birkhead, Winfield. holding memorial services as arranged by the Committee Charles H. Oney, Wright City. on Memorials. NEW JERSEY Accordingly, the House stood in recess to meet at the call William J. Dugan, Greystone Park. of the Chair. Thomas E. Downs, Jr., South Amboy. MEMORAL SERVICE PROGRAM Robert Freeman Kearse, Vauxhall. Prelude, Sacred Selections (11 :30 to 12) __ United States Army Band Presiding O.l:ficer ______ The Speaker of the House of Representatives OKLAHOMA Invocation ___________ The Chaplain, Dr. James Shera Montgomery George J. Martin, Guthrie. There Is No Death---------------------------------------O'Hara Dorothy Reddish TENNESSEE Scripture Reading and Prayer-----------------------The Chaplain Roll of Deceased Members_ The Clerk of the House of Representatives William Davis Dulaney, Blountville. Devotional silence. H. Woodruff Booth, Knoxville. Address ___________________________________ Hon. ULYSSES S. GuYER William L. Moore, Selmer. Representative from the State of Kansas Out of the Night a Bugle Blows ______________________ constance TEXAS Dorothy Reddish Oliver A. Hale, Abilene. Address __________________________________ Hon. JoHN J. O'CoNNoR Representative from the State of New York Annie K. Turney, Alpine. Cornet solo-Nearer My God to Thee ______________ Ralph Ostrom Pearl Knox, Anson. From the United States Army Band Angus G. Vick, Belton. BenedictioiL-------------------------------------The Chaplain Wilson Bradley, Bryan. IN MEMORIAM Eunice C. Burroughs, Buffalo. Senate Erin M. McAskill, Edinburg. Han. HUEY PnmcE LoNG, a Senator from the State of Louisiana. Daisy E. Billingsley, Eliasville. Died September 10, 1935. Robert B. Truett, Franklin. Hon. THOMAS DAVID ScHALL, a Senator from the State of Minne Kirby J. Preston, Gladewater. sota. Died December 22, 1935. Crown Dickson, Kilgore. House of Representatives RogerS. Guyton, McCamey. Han. CAP R. CARDEN, Fourth Congressional District of Kentucky. Died June 13. 1935. William E. Thomason, Nacogdoches. Hon. CHAnLES VILAS TRUAX, at large, Ohio. Died August 9, 1935. Elbert L. Tubb, Oakwood. Han. HENRY MAHLON KIMBALL, Third Congressional District of John E. Cooke, Rockdale. Michigan. Died October 19, 1935. Nora B. Starnes, Winona. Hon. WESLEY LLoYD, Sixth Congressional District of Washington. Brett Hargrove, Woodsboro. Died January 10, 1936. Han. STEPHEN A. Runo, Ninth Congressional District of New UTAH York. Died March 31, 1936. Robert H. Barton, Layton. MEMORIAL SERVICES The Speaker of the House of Representatives presided. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Chaplain, Dr. Montgomery: TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1936 Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid, cleanse the The House met at 12 o'clock noon. thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of Thy Holy Spirit, The Chaplain, Rev. James Shera Montgomery, D. D., that we may perfectly love Thee and worthily magnify Thy offered the following prayer: holy name. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed by Thy name. Dorothy Reddish sang There Is No Death, by O'Hara.. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in The Chaplain, Dr. Montgomery: heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. The Lord is my shepherd,· I shall not want. He maketh And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, still waters. He restareth my soul: He leadeth me in the forever. Amen. paths of righteousness jar His name's sake. Yea, though I THE JOURNAL walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; tar Thou, are with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they Mr. BANKHEAD. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent comjart me. Thou preparest a table be/are me in the pres that the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings ence of mine enemies; Thou anointest my head with oil; my be dispensed with and the Journal stand approved. cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the me all the days ot my lite; and I will dwell in the house of gentleman from Alabama? the Lard jarever. Amen. There was no objection. By unanimous consent, the Journal of the proceedings of Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, yesterday was approved. and have not love, I am become as sounding brass, ar a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, ORDER OF BUSrNESS and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though Mr. BANKHEAD. Mr. Speaker, before proceeding with I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have the memorial services, a change in the parliamentary situa not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods tion makes it necessary for me to submit a unanimous to teed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, consent request on account of the indisposition of the chair and have not love, it profiteth me nothing. Love sutfereth man of the subcommittee in charge of the Interior De long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not its partment appropriation bill. self, is not puffed up. Doth not behave itself unseemly, Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that on tomorrow seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; it may be in order to consider omnibus bills on the Private reioiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth. Beareth Calendar under the rule. all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the all things. Love never jaileth: but whether there be prophe gentleman from Alabama? cies, they shall jail; whether there be tongues, they shall There was no objection. cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. RECESS For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when The SPEAKER. Pursuant to House Resolution 467 the that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part Chair declares the House to be in recess for the purpose of shall be done away. When I was a child, I spake as a child, 5804 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE APRIL 21 I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I WESLEY LLOYD, SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OJ' THE STATE OF became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see WASHINGTON through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know Lawyer; elected a Representative to the Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses; assistant Democratic whip of the in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. House; member of the Committee on the Judiciary. Died Janua.n'j And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the great 10, 1936. est of these is love. (I Cor. xili.) STEPHEN ANDREW RUDD, NINTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF THE STAT!: Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, OF NEW YORK Lawyer; alderman, city of New York; elected a. Representative to Lead thou me on! the Seventy-second, Seventy-third, and Seventy-fourth Congresses. The night is dark, and I am far from home- Died March 31, 1936. Lead thou me on! Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see Then followed 1 minute of devotional silence. The distant scene-one step enough for me. Hon. ULYSSES S. GUYER, a Representative from the State I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou of Kansas, delivered the following address: Shouldst lead me on; ADDRESS OF HON. ULYSSES S. GUYER I loved to choose and see my path; but now Mr. Speaker: Lead thou me on! Leaves have their time to fall, I loved the garish day, and spite of fears, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath Pride ruled my will. Remember not past years. And stars to set, but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own. 0 Death 1 So long Thy power hath blest me, sure it still Will lead me on Veneration for the sepulcher and reverence for the dead O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till belong to the most ancient instincts of the human race. To The night is gone, respect and to honor the memory and dust of our ancestors And with the morn those angel faces smile, is common alike to the savage and the civilized. This in Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile. clination to consecrate the grave and to enshrine the memorY of our departed ancestors may have been and doubtless was Hear us, Infinite Spirit, while we breathe the chant of the the beginning of the worship of Deity, for in that black night ages: Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty; heaven and earth of prehistoric darkness the human soul reached out toward are filled with Thy goodness; glory be unto Thy holy name. the only symbol of Deity it possessed-its earthly parentage. Hear us and lead us to repose our confidence in Thee. We Thus today, both in harmony with the precedents of tbe thank Thee for the blessed gift of life; inspire us to live House and the customs of mankind, we meet to honor those wisely, labor industriously, and at the last hand it back to who have gone to that ''undiscovered country" and who for~ Thee without a blemish. Guide us by Thy law, rule us by brief time were associated with us in this forum fashioned Thy love, and lead us in the pathway of a just and honor by our fathers in the Constitution.