Memorial Tributes Mr. RAYBURN. Mr. Speaker, my tribute to Mr. CHRIS TOPHER is contained in a telegram which I herewith ask to be my remarks: The FAMILY OF HON. GEORGE H. CHRISTOPHER, Washington, D.C.: JANUARY 26, 1959. In the loss of your fine and distinguished relative, you have my deepest and sincerest sympathy. He really served well and faithfully his day and generation. Sincerely, SAM RAYBURN. Mr. BOLLING. Mr. Speaker, the following fine editorial on our late colleague, the Honorable GEORGE H. CHRISTOPHER, of Missouri, appeared in the January 30, 1959, edition of the Kansas City Daily News-Press: GEORGE CHRISTOPHER: HE SERVED THE PEOPLE It's hard to believe that Congressman GEORGE H. CHRISTOPHER is gone. The leathery visaged Shakespeare quoting man of the soil served well the people he knew best—the farmer and the workingman who comprised the majority of his constituents. Because farming is often a complicated business in this day and age, Congressman CHRISTOPHER could also grasp the problems arising for the businessman, especially the small businessman. As a Democrat he always found the time to lend his services and presence to any party group or gathering, no matter how large or how small. It was this common touch, this willingness to serve all the people and the party he represented, that endeared him to so many, and paved the way to victory for him when the chips were down. Always a fighter, he overcame the handicap of an amputated leg to make a strong and successful bid for reelection. In a way it was fitting that his life should end after passing the biblical mark of three score and ten, for he was a God-fearing man and knew the Good Book and lived by its principles. For GEORGE CHRISTOPHER the end came in the Capital City of the Nation he loved. His body is now interred where his heart forever was-in Bates County, among the people he loved. Mr. CARLSON. Mr. President, Kansas was selected as the site of the home of the proposed Agricultural Hall of Fame. It is truly fitting that this hall of fame should be located in Kansas, which is the geographical center of the contiguous land area of our Nation. It is also fitting that the site selected is near Kansas City, which is the center of the great agricultural Midwest. Kansas City is truly the crossroad of our Nation-east and west, north and south. It is the home of the American Royal; it is the annual convention meeting place of thousands of Future Farmers of America. The location of the Agricultural Hall of Fame at Kansas City further closely associates agriculture and its allied interests with this great metropolitan center. Many organizations and people in Kansas City worked diligently to secure the hall of fame for this area. After numerous proposed locations in both Missouri and Kansas were eliminated, Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kans., jointly sponsored the new location. Farm leaders, industrial leaders, and civic leaders of both Missouri and Kansas were united in support of this location. One man I believe can be singled out for his untiring and unselfish interest in securing the location of the Agricultural Hall of Fame in Kansas and Kansas City, Kans., and that is Harry Darby, a former Member of this body. The Kansas site is a tract of 365 acres of land, about 11 miles west and about 15 miles from the downtown area of Kansas City, Mo. It is near Bonner Springs interchange on |