Evening star., 1933-03-02
COUNTRY GR|EVED
AT WALSH DEATH
Roosevelt Declares Hi:
Friendship Can Never
Be Replaced.
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of Senator Walsh. I extend my most
sincere sympathy to his family. The
new administration has lost a very
| valuable man and the Nation has lost
an outstanding legislator and man
of wonderful ability.
ATTORNEY General Mitchell:
THE death of Senator Walsh is
great shock to me. We had been good
friends for years and had recently been
conferring together to arrange smooth
transfer of responsibility for the De-
partment of Justice.
Il had the highest respect for his
great abilities and rugged honesty. Just
at this time. when quick decisions are
| necessary, Senator Walsh's knowledge
of the operations of the Federal Gov
ernment would have been of inestimable
| value as legal adviser to the incoming
| administration"
Speaker Garner, the Vice President
elect:
I'm the death of Senator Thomas
| Walsh the country has lost brilliant
statesman and able lawyer. Few men
have been closer to the hearts of the
American people, and no man has been
more conscientious and diligent in pro-
i tecting the interests of the people as a
whole. His death leaves void that
will be difficult to fill"
| Senator McNary of Oregon, the as
sistant Republican leader:
| "He was one of the conspicuous men
in the public service, great lawyer
and would have made an able Attorney
| General"
| Senator Borah, chairman of the
Foreign Relations Committee, of which
Walsh was a member:
1T is not only a deep personal
tragedy, but I look upon it as ma
tional calamity. With all due respect to
| the other members of the cabinet, he
was the man who had been tried and
tested in public service and who stood
out as an able and patriotic public
servant"
Senator Copeland of New York, a
Democratic colleague:
THE American people lost great
champion"
Senator Nye of North Dakota:
"As chairman of the Public Lands
! Committee, it was my pleasure to know
| at close hand the admirable qualities
/ of Senator Walsh. He was a most
able and reliable man, most thorough
and conscientious"
Senator Ashurst of Arizona:
! He was one of the ablest lawyers
I ever knew"
Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin:
He has been a splendid public serv
ant"
Senator Bratton of New Mexico, a
colleague of Walsh on the Senate
Judiciary Committee:
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entire Nation Senator Walsh was one
of our outstanding lawyers and one of
our foremost Senators over long and
useful career"
Frank X. McNinch, vice chairman of
the Federal Power Commission, char
acterized Senator Walsh's death as a
| great national loss" He praised the
| legal ability of the Montanan and add
| ed that he was "one of the sincerest
men I've known in public life"
Senator Joe T. Robinson of Arkan-
sas, the Democratic leader:
Senator Walsh's death comes as a
great surprise. He was an outstanding
| leader in the Democratic party and a
man of undoubted integrity and notable
ability.
Il am overwhelmed at this news of
the passing of this great friend of
mine"
Senator Wheeler, Walsh's colleague:
II am grieved beyond words. He has
been almost as a father to me. Sen
ator Walsh's passing is real loss to
this country. His advice and counsel
was so much needed in this time of
stress. He was one of Americas really
, great statesmen-intelligent honest
and courageous. He was devoted to
Montana and her people, and was ever
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! be in the interest of the underpriv-
ileged men and women of this country"
Representative Rainey, the Demo-
cratic leader:
His death comes as great shock.
1t will be difficult, indeed, to fill his
place"
Chairman Byrns Of the House Ap-
propriations Committee:
| He was one of the ablest members
of the United States Senate and would
have further distinguished himself as
Attorney General"
Representative Buchanan, Democrat,
of Texas:
His passing is distinct loss to the
Representative Cannon, Democrat, of
Missouri:
1T is one of the greatest misfortunes
that could have overtaken the admin
| istration'
Henry A. Wallace, Secretary -desig-
nate of Agriculture:
"I did not know Senator Walsh per-
sonally, but knew him as one Of the
great men of our day. 1t will be most
| difficult to fill his shoes as Attorney
! General in the new cabinet"
Charles G. Dawes, former Vice Pres
| ident:
Senator Walshs death brings a loss
| to the country and to his party that
will be universally mourned. His loss
| is irreparable."
Melvin A. Traylor, president Of the
First National Bank and leading
Democrat:
Il considered Senator Walsh one OF
| the ablest Senators. His sterling in
| tegrity, his intense Americanism and
his eloquent and incisive mode OF speak
ing made him a striking character. His
| loss is not only matter OF personal
| grief but blow to the Nation.
Senator Hull of Tennessee, who VIII
be the next Secretary Of State:
II served with him in Congress for
! nearly 20 years and know him most
| intimately. No finer patriot or abler
| statesman has come into our national
| life during my time. His untimely death
| is a colossal loss to the Nation. am
distressed and grieved beyond measure" !"
George II. Dern, Secretary of War
| in the Roosevelt cabinet:
Senator Walsh was one Of the great
| men of the country. He would have
| been a strong man in the cabinet. HIS
death is great loss to the admins
| tration."
william H. Woodin, Secretary OF the
Treasury for the new administration:
IT am inexpressibly shocked and
| grieved at the news. His death Is
/ great loss to the country"
Josephus Daniels, Secretary Of the
Navy in the Wilson cabinet:
I'm the period that ne served in the
Senate no one else rendered such DIS
| tinguished service as Senator Walsh.
II he had been in Great Britain he
would have been knighted for his
championship of natural reserves and
his punishment of wrong in high places.