Nev., to pay the respects of the Senate at both church and State services. In connection with our visit to Nevada I may say that never before in my life have I witnessed the people of a State more deeply grieved or more reverent in their respect for a devoted son. I was honored, as President pro tempore of the Senate, to be called upon to make a few remarks at the State services. I believe that my statement at that time will adequately express my own personal feeling toward the late Senator. I also believe it will reflect, too, the views of many of our colleagues who were unable personally to pay their tribute to PAT MCCARRAN during his funeral services. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record as a part of my remarks the brief address delivered by me at the State services for the late Senator MCCARRAN. There being no objection, the address was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: REMARKS BY SENATOR STYLES BRIDGES, PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, UNITED STATES SENATE, DURING STATE TRIBUTE TO THE HONORABLE PAT MCCARRAN, LATE A SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF NEVADA Last Tuesday, the 28th day of September, was a tragic day for this Nation. It was a day that marked the passing of a very great American-one of our greatest. It was the day on which United States Senator PAT MCCARRAN put away the gloves he had used for so many years to fight for the America he loved so much. It was a sad day for a long trail of friends and admirers he left across the broad lands of our country and a day of relief for some of his enemies who opposed his fight for America. Any person with a personality can acquire friends, but only great men with the characteristics of PAT MCCARRAN can acquire enemies. I admired him for a great many things, not the least of which was the cluster of enemies he had. He was a kind and gentle person, but he was also a man of forceful conviction and fine principles which made him so great. It was a privilege and an honor for me to travel these 3,000 miles to pay homage to a man who had accomplished so many great things for his State and his Nation. The State of Nevada and the people in every city, town, and hamlet in America have lost a devoted and fine son. He had been a close friend of mine for many years, and I feel his loss deeply. I worked with him closely on legislation. He was a valued member of the Appropriations Committee, of which I have the honor to head as chairman. He was too valuable a friend and public servant to lose. Senator MCCARRAN not only knew his Government but he had a great faith in our kind of government. His life was dedicated to its preservation and its betterment. His beacon was the Constitution of his country; his objective, a better life for his fellowman. To paraphrase Emerson, governments have their development in moral integrity and the character of men. In his death there has been taken from the arena of public service a vigorous and a vital mind, a stalwart character, a courageous soul. PAT MCCARRAN was a stanch, strong Democrat, but he was an even greater American patriot. When we left Washington Friday afternoon the American flag was flying at half staff atop the Capitol and atop all Federal buildings. It meant not only the passing of a United States Senator but also the loss of one of America's greatest leaders in our time. It meant, too, the loss of a patriot whose devotion to his country brought to mind the burning desire of our founding fathers for a land of the free. America will never forget PAT MCCARRAN and all that he has done for her people. America will remember, too, that he was always foremost in the fight against communism. I could go on in detail and describe his many feats to make his country even greater and safer for you and me, for our children. There was something else about PAT MCCARRAN that made him great. Those who knew him in Washington, in Nevada, and elsewhere knew Senator MCCARRAN in his role as a husband completely devoted to his wife, as a proud and considerate father and grandfather, as a humble man deeply devoted to God and to his church, and as a man whose friendship all were proud to have because with him friendship was something deep and personal. Perhaps, in a measure, I can express the philosophy of PAT MCCARRAN in these words: Teach me, Good Lord, to serve Thee as Thou deservest. To give and not to count the cost. To fight and not to heed the wounds. To toil and not to seek for rest. To labor and not ask for any reward save that of Mr. JOHNSTON of South Carolina. I rise to pay humble tribute to one of our most beloved colleagues, PAT MCCARRAN. He became a Member of the Senate in 1933, and has served his State and Nation with honor and distinction. Many honors have been bestowed upon PAT MCCARRAN, both in private and public life, but I wish to say something about his work in the Senate. He served as chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary from 1943 until 1946, and from 1949 until 1953. He was the author of the Internal Security Act of 1951, and served as chairman of the Internal Security Subcommittee until 1953. He has made an outstanding record in his fight against communism. His distinguished record of service on the Judiciary Committee proved that it can truly be said that he was a lawyer's lawyer. He was a student of the law and a stanch believer and defender of our great Constitution. He never wavered from his belief in that great instrument, even when the popular clamor was otherwise. For the past 2 years I have served on the Judiciary and the Internal Security Subcommittee with PAT MCCARRAN. In this connection it has been my privilege to observe and admire the sincere patriotic principles always followed by him, whether in discussing complex legislation or exposing those who would substitute communism for our American way of life. The death of PAT MCCARRAN, senior Senator from Nevada, has removed from public life a distinguished and beloved figure in Nevada and the Nation. PAT MCCARRAN did not belong alone to Nevada; while his love for his native State was real and passionate, his death is a distinct loss to a Nation which so much needs his wisdom and leadership. Senator MCCARRAN held many high offices during his lifetime. He was a member of the Nevada State Legislature, and an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada; chief justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada; vice president of the American Bar Association, and as I have already stated, a Member of the United States Senate since 1933. I have had the great opportunity of serving with PAT MCCARRAN on many committees in the Senate, the most recent being his favorite, the Judiciary Committee. It was during this committee service that I grew to respect his keen legal mind and his ability to grasp a situation and speak upon the subject under consideration. I sought the wisdom his words contained. It is impossible to measure our loss. The Nation has lost a leader who has been weighed in the balance and found not wanting. His influence will remain indelibly stamped upon the destinies of Nevada and the Nation. I have lost a friend, and the country has lost a great man. Mr. EASTLAND. Mr. President, words are great forces in the realm of life, but upon an occasion such as this they are inadequate to express fully the sentiments which dwell deep in our hearts. Although we who knew PAT MCCARRAN most intimately are grieved at his passing, he has left us and the Nation a rich legacy which will long endure. The shadow of PAT MCCARRAN will lengthen with the passing of time, and only in the generations to come will the full stature of the man be measured. We shall do well in these ominous days to appraise, even in our limited perspective, the man and his monumental achievements because his life and his work may serve as valid guideposts for us and the Nation in the troubled days ahead. From humble origin of immigrant parents he climbed the ladder of success step by step in both private and public life. Ranchman, lawyer, legislator, district attorney, judge, United States Senator-in each position he devoted all his energies and talents to the tasks at hand with a resoluteness which characterized his life. Early in his life there was firmly fixed a sensitivity to injustice, a piercing insight which could detect fraud and sham, and a love of the freedom which is the foundation of our Republic. These attributes are enough to bless any man. But PAT MCCARRAN was endowed with still another attribute which gave force to his life-a zeal and determination which could not yield or compromise that which he felt was right. He was a fighter who did not first consider the odds. As a result, he was himself a free man— free from any shackles of political restraint. He did not hesitate to cross swords with anyone, regardless of station or power; and, impelled with the belief that he was serving a just cause, he usually obtained the objective. Such a man attracts others to his banner even as he is sure to make enemies. PAT MCCARRAN was complimented, not only by his friends, but by his enemies as well. No man in this Nation was more roundly hated by those who would destroy our way of life than was this stalwart fighter who loved his country as his very life. I shall always treasure my personal friendship with Senator MCCARRAN. Never was he too engaged to lend a hand to one who came to him for guidance. In other ways too personal and sacred to discuss he was to me a dear, devoted friend. I shall never forget the numerous little kindnesses, the words of encouragement, the steady handshake, the sound advice, and the inspiration which he gave to me as well as to countless others who moved within the orbit of his life. PAT MCCARRAN was a family man who treasured his wife, children, and grandchildren with a devotion which is an example to us all. Could it not be that from the sweet waters of his happy family life came the springs of his noble deeds? And what of those deeds? Historians will record them fully. It is enough to mention his authorship of the Administrative Procedure Act, which clothes the humblest citizen with certain rights so that he can deal with the most powerful agency of Government in full parity; his establishment of |