PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE SECOND SESSION OF THE THE UNITED STATES VOLUME 80-PART 10 JUNE 19, 1936, TO JUNE 20, 1936 UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1936 SEVENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION SENATE FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1936 (Legislative day of Monday, June 15, 1936) this afternoon. Every gift of mind and body Senator Fletcher gave freely for the pure love of his fellow creatures, not counting the cost so far as regarded himself. There is no point of our common everyday life as a country which he did not touch, no cause of charity he did not help, no kindness he failed to render when opportunity was his. Some of us wait so long before speak The Senate met at 11 o'clock a. m., on the expiration of ing the generous acknowledgment of kindly deeds, but Senator the recess. Mr. LEWIS. I announce that the Senator from Alabama [Mr. BANKHEAD], the Senator from Colorado [Mr. COSTIGAN], the Senator from Mississippi [Mr. HARRISON], and the Senator from Nevada [Mr. McCARRAN] are absent because of illness, and that the Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. COOLIDGE], the Senator from Ohio [Mr. DONAHEY], the Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. GORE], the Senator from Kentucky [Mr. LOGAN], the junior Senator from Louisiana [Mrs. LONG], the senior Senator from Louisiana [Mr. OVERTON], and the Senator from South Carolina [Mr. SMITH] are necessarily detained. Mr. McNARY. I announce that the Senator from California [Mr. JOHNSON] is absent because of illness, and that the Senator from Vermont [Mr. AUSTIN], the Senator from New Jersey [Mr. BARBOUR], the Senator from Iowa [Mr. DICKINSON], the Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. KEYES], and the Senator from Maine [Mr. WHITE] are necessarily absent. The VICE PRESIDENT. Fletcher had an insight into the hearts of men and women that was almost wonderful, and he never failed to give the word of appreciation, or to show by some token that he knew, when anybody had striven to do his best, in some little way that perhaps no one else would ever have noticed. Just little deeds of kindness all the day long, little considerate acts and words to the highest and to the lowest, a quick "thank you" for the tiniest service and a warm, quick pressure of his kindly hand when words were sometimes impossible. Never slow to see the good in all he met and always so quick to look for the upward striving in even the weakest of mankind and to give the sadly needed encouragement to a tired heart or overpressed brain. He lived every moment of his life to the full and touched life at every side. He loved the touch of human things, even while the Eternal was his unfaltering guide, and he loved the things of this world as a healthy minded man usually does, wisely and with a happy understanding which made him a most delightful companion. His individuality was charming, with its zest for joy and service. His passing is too recent for us to gage all that it may yet mean, but a thought comes to me of what a wonderful thing a man's life can be made, when devotion to duty is its ideal. "Like warp and woof, all destinies are woven fast, And the paining jar through all will run." He never let a heart become sad from want of a kind word, or waited to give the roses of joy till it was forever too late. The sweet savor of his life is fragrant in its influence on all our hearts. There are friends from afar who will mourn him with a passion of regret. My sincerest sympathies in your great loss is extended to you and the great State of Florida. A sincere friend of Senator Fletcher. GEORGE ALBERT INGHAM. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Haltigan, one of its reading clerks, announced that the House had passed without amendment the bill (S. 4464) to authorize the coinage of 50-cent pieces in celebration of the opening of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. The message also announced that the House had agreed to the amendment of the Senate to each of the following bills of the House: H. R. 9485. An act to convey certain lands to Clackamas County, Oreg., for public-park purposes; and H. R. 10356. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to convey a right-of-way over certain lands situated in Solano County, Calif., to the State of California for State highway purposes. The message further announced that the House had agreed to the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 9654) to Seventy-nine Senators have authorize the purchase by the city of Scappoose, Oreg., of a answered to their names. A quorum is present. TRIBUTE TO THE LATE SENATOR FLETCHER Mr. LOFTIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the RECORD a tribute to my late colleague, Senator Fletcher, written to me by Mr. George Albert Ingham, of Collingdale, Pa. There being no objection, the letter was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows: United States Senator LOFTIN, COLLINGDALE, PA., June 18, 1936. Care of the United States Senate, certain tract of public land revested in the United States under the Act of June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 218). The message also announced that the House had agreed to the amendment of the Senate to the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 58) affecting the enrollment of H. R. 12624, the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936. The message further announced that the House had agreed to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 8597) to amend section 13 of the act of March 4, 1915, entitled "An act to promote the welfare of American seamen in the merchant marine of the United States; to abolish arrest and imprisonment as a penalty for 10055 |