CONTENTS Proceedings in the House-Continued Tribute by Mr. Robert Hale, of Maine....... Tribute of Mr. John P. Newsome, of Alabama..--- Tribute by Mr. James A. Wright, of Pennsylvania.. Tribute by Mr. George M. Grant, of Alabama....... Tribute by Mr. A. S. Mike Monroney, of Oklahoma.-. Tribute by Mr. Sam Rayburn, of Texas.. Tribute by Mr. Thomas Rolph, of California............ Tribute by Mr. Michael J. Bradley, of Pennsylvania_--- Tribute by Mr. Augustine B. Kelley, of Pennsylvania.......... Tribute by Mr. Chester H. Gross, of Pennsylvania-----. Tribute by Mr. Richard M. Simpson, of Pennsylvania....... Tribute by Mr. John M. Coffee, of Washington.. Tribute by Mr. Harry R. Sheppard, of California.... Tribute by Mr. Earl C. Michener, of Michigan.. Tribute by Mrs. Frances P. Bolton, of Ohio.. Tribute by Mr. William P. Lambertson, of Kansas_ Tribute by Mr. John H. Folger, of North Carolina_. Tribute by Mr. Daniel H. Reed, of New York.......... Biography HENRY BASCOM STEAGALL was born in Clopton, Dale County, Ala., May 19, 1873; attended the common schools and the Southeast Alabama Agricultural School at Abbeville; was graduate from the law department of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1893; was admitted to the bar in 1893 and practiced; county solicitor 1902–1908; member of the State house of representatives in 1906 and 1907; member of the State Democratic executive committee 1906–1910; State district prosecuting attorney 1907-1914; delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Baltimore in 1912; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth and to the 14 succeeding Congresses, and served from March 4, 1915, until his death in Washington, D. C., on November 22, 1943; interment in City Cemetery, Ozark, Ala. In the House of Representatives TUESDAY, May 9, 1944. Mr. MURDOCK. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for the immediate consideration of House Resolution 231. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: Resolved, That on Wednesday, the 31st day of May 1944, immediately after the approval of the Journal, the House shall stand at recess for the purpose of holding the memorial services as arranged by the Committee on Memorials, under the provisions of clause 40-A of Rule XI. The order of exercises and proceedings of the service shall be printed in the Congressional Record, and all Members shall have leave for sixty legislative days to extend their remarks in the Congressional Record on the life, character, and public service of the deceased Members. At the conclusion of the proceedings the Speaker shall call the House to order, and then, as a further mark of respect to the memories of the deceased, he shall declare the House adjourned. The resolution was agreed to. |