Mr. Speaker, under leave to extend my remarks in the Record, I include the following poem by Horace C. Carlisle:

REPRESENTATIVE STEAGALL

In life's ever changing drama,

Strong in body, mind, and heart,

From the State of Alabama

Came a man to play his part,

At a time of perplexation,

When the great stage of the Nation
Was set for the whole duration,
Let the end be near or far

Of the other great World War.
Back when HENRY BASCOMB STEAGALL
Entered Congress no one thought
That he, watchful as an eagle,

Would attain the heights he sought-
For he longed to win the power
Of a statesman that would tower
High, when came the crucial hour,
And be leader in the fight

For his country and the right.
Three score years and ten had scattered
Silver threads among the gold,

But with him it little mattered,
For we all are growing old,
HENRY B. STEAGALL'S ambitions
Were to fulfill all conditions

Of this life's God-purposed missions,
So that, when the end should come,
He'd be welcomed safely home.

-Horace C. Carlisle.

Remarks by Representative Sabath

Of Illinois

"Like as the waves make toward the pebbled shore,

So do our minutes hasten to their end."

Mr. SPEAKER. Our deceased friend, Mr. STEAGALL, had a rugged honesty of motive and effect which none could dispute. His loyalty to his party was keenly appreciated, not only in his own State but throughout the Nation. He fought for his party and at times with excessive zeal; but high over all he had foremost in mind and purpose the highest welfare of the whole United States. And, happily, his political opponents could not criticize or find fault with his attitude toward them or toward the party they represented, because he was a diplomat.

Mr. STEAGALL was a born leader, and in his busy day filled the part admirably. He not only had the intelligence and breadth of view of a leader, but a personal charm of the highest type which attracted men to him. In his capacity as leader of the great Committee on Banking and Currency he continued to grow in the minds of this membership. No doubt it is accurate to say that no other committee in the history of our country has dealt with so many important questions in 10 years as has the Committee on Banking and Currency during the last decade. He, more than any other man, should be credited with evolving the important Federal Deposit Insurance Law. Many other laws dealing with our financial structure were initiated or perfected by the genius of this useful legislator; and these beneficial laws will ever be his outstanding memorial. I especially appreciated the valuable assistance he gave me in evolving the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act.

Incessant and arduous work of the last dozen years left its imprint upon our friend, but, despite advice of physicians and counsel of myriad friends, he could not slow his legislative activities. As a result, we have lost a dear friend, his district has lost an able representative, and the Nation has lost his wise counsel and the benefit of his exceptional attainments which preeminently qualified him to participate in consideration of all the great questions before the country in many years that exacted great strength of mind and body.

By the memory of our deceased colleague let us resolve to cultivate and preserve the qualities that made him great and useful; and let us determine to meet the call of patriotic duty in every hour of our country's danger or need.

Remarks by Representative Camp
Of Georgia

Mr. SPEAKER. During the year that has passed since our last memorial exercises the Grim Reaper has taken a heavy toll of the membership of the Congress of the United States3 Senators and 10 Representatives having been called by the Great Master of the Universe from their labor among us to their eternal home in that country

"From whose bourne

No traveler e'er returns."

The loss of these colaborers is being keenly realized each passing day as we feel the need of their wise counsel and words of encouragement, but especially do we mourn the loss of our leaders, tried and true.

Outstanding among the leaders of the Congress when I first took my seat here was HENRY BASCOM STEAGALL, of Alabama, chairman of the great Committee on Banking and Currency. He was as strong as an oak, a stalwart member of the Old Guard, fully informed on the great questions confronting this country, and unwavering in his devotion to duty. No man here had more dignity and power, and no man had a greater part in shaping and molding the beneficial legislation of the past decade of his life. He was the ideal committee chairman, studied the legislation before him, and gave to it the imprint of his keen and practical mind. The economy of this country, the banking and financial interests of our people, and the established position of America in world affairs all are stronger and richer by reason of the labor of HENRY STEAGALL.

No son of Alabama has shed more luster on her honored banner. No son of America was more of a patriot.

Although busy with important affairs at all times, he took time to encourage and advise younger Members and no one misses him more than I do.

He loved us all; he loved everybody. Scion of one of the oldest and best families of the Old South, he fraternized with men of high and low estate, saw their best qualities, shared their joys and sorrows. He enjoyed wholesome recreation. He was a true nobleman, noble in thought, in purpose and action, and appreciated that quality in others as few men can do.

His conception of nobility has been exactly expressed by these words:

"Howe'er it be, it seems to me

"Tis only noble to be good,

Kind hearts are more than coronets

And simple faith than Norman blood."