Evening star., 1936-06-05

presided over q great parliamentary
body. These things we're part and
parcel of the daily life of our late
Speaker. There was no vanity in
him. There was no retribution In his
spirit. There was no littleness in the
man. His portrait will be hung in
the lobby of the House of Represent
atives along with those of other
great Americans who have presided
throughout the years over the des-
TIMES Of Federal legislation, and his
portrait well deserves to be placed
alongside Of those other great Amer
leans. He earned his distinction. 1t
was not in any wise a gratuity.
Spiritual Courage.
"One other reference-and I trust
that I will not violate the clustered
environments Of the grief-stricken
room where I heard these words fall
from the lips of his lovely and devoted
companion, with so many years of
married happiness. when in speaking
of the spiritual courage of Joe Byrns,
she told me that they had been
married 35 years and that never under
any circumstances had her husband
failed to kneel at his bedside every
night to pay his devotion to his maker
and to invoke upon himself the bless
ings that always come to an humble
and contrite heart. To such a man
the grave cannot be a charnel house.
It must be a lighted thcroughfare
whereby one must pass into happier
and better world. believe that Joe
Byrns has gone that way"
When Bankhead finished his ad-
dress, Rabsut sang again and Minority
Leader Smell followed with his tribute.
MY personal friend and colleague is
gone" he said. "He has entered that
great beyond from which no voyager
returns"
Rev. zebarney Thorne Phillips,
chaplain of the Senate, closed the SER
vices with benediction.
The President, who described Speak
er Byrns as his "steadfast friend Of
many years. fearless, incorruptible, un-
selfish" planned to journey to Nash
vile for the burial services. The body
was to leave here by special train in
late afternoon after lying in state in
the chamber.
President Roosevelt put aside many
Government matters and made his
own plans for attending the funeral
and the burial services. He expected
to go on the second section of the
funeral train and, after attending the
funeral services in Nashville at pm.
tomorrow, leave in time to reach the
Capital about noon Sunday.
The Chief Executive cancelled a
scheduled cabinet meeting and dis
cussed the funeral plans with Gar
ner, Secretary Hull, a native of
Byrns' own State, and Bankhead. He
also ordered flags at half staff on all
public buildings in the Capital and
in Tennessee.
Selection of Bankhead.
AS the majority floor leader, Bank
head was selected without preliminary
caucus to fill the vacancy. For many
months recently he had been kept
away from legislative duties by
heart ailment, and somewhat tired
from his sad duties, he rested in his
office yesterday before calling at the
White House.
Bankhead, native Of the West
Alabama hill country, Is 50 years old.
He Is a stanch supporter of the New
Deal and an able parliamentarian.
One Of his first official actions as
Speaker was to appoint the following
committee of so to represent the
House at the funeral of Byrns in
Nashville.
Speaker Bankhead, Alabama, and
Democratic Representatives Mitchell,
Tennessee; Turner Tennessee; Pear
son, Tennessee; Cooper, Tennessee:
Chandler. Tennessee; Taylor. Tennes-
see; Oliver. Alabama; Steagall. Ala
bama; Fuller, Arkansas; Martin, Col
orado; Stanley, Connecticut; Lea,
California; Vinson, Georgia; Cox,
Georgia; Clark, Idaho; McAndrews,
Parsons, Illinois; Greenwood,
Indiana; Gillette. Iowa; Houston,
Kansas; Spence, Kentucky; Wilson,
Louisiana; Granf1eld, Massachusetts;
Cole, Maryland; Dingell, Michigan;
Cannon, Missouri: Doxey, Mississippi;
Wilmington, Mississippi; McLaugh-
lin, Nebraska; Scrugham, Nevada;
Rogers, New Hampshire: Norton, New
Jersey; Dempsey, New Mexico; Cul-
len, New York; Bloom, New York;
Doughton, North Carolina; Crosser,
Ohio.
johnson, Oklahoma; Pierce, Ore
gon; Boland, Pennsylvania; Walter,
Pennsylvania; McSwain, South Caro-
lima; Hildebrandt, South Dakota; Bu-
Texas; Rayburn, Texas; Muir
dock, Utah; Robertson, Virginia:
Wallgren, Washington; Smith, West
Virginia; Reilly, Wisconsin; Greever,
and the following Repub- |
lican Representatives: Treadway,
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