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prOIOunuly SOrFy OVeE hAS
DEATH"
SPEAKER BANKHEAD Of
the House of Representatives.
"Mr. Brisbane was a man
everyone admired. His death is
deeply distressing to me person
ally and / shall miss his column
which 1 read every morning for
many years. His millions Of read
ers appreciated his fine philOS-
Ophy and tolerance of opinion"
BORAH MOURNS DEATH
SENATOR BORAH, (R) OF
Idaho:
Mr.. Brisbane was q genius
and millions of his readers will
feel that they have lost an inti-
mate friend. 1t was q sad mes
sage for Christmas"
SENATOR ASHURST, chair
man of the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee:
"Mr. Brisbane was the most
luminous Of American reporters.
He mastered the art of building
threads of his narrative and at
the same time keeping gorgeous
word pictures spread before his
readers. He was an accurate
and painS-taking historian and
his death is a tragic loss to
journalism"
SENATOR NYE, (R) of North
Dakota:
"Ve who have read his col
umn almost daily are going to
be at a distinct loss and the
front pages of newspapers are
not going to be the same"
SENATOR OMAHONEY, CD
of Wyoming:
without question he was one
of the greatest genius in the
newspaper world. He will be
irreplaceable."
"LOST GREAT FRIEND"
SENATOR CLARK, Cd of Mis-
souri,:
"He was a great journalist
and a great citizen. 1 person
ally regret his death for 1 lost
a great friend"
COL. EDWIN A. HALSEY, Sec
retary of the Senate, was reading
Mr.. BriSbane's column when in
formed of the editors death. He
said:
"I'm distressed beyond words.
I've always admired him. In
my estimation, he had one of
the most intellectual minds in
America"
GOVERNOR LEHMAN of New
York:
II am deeply sorry to hear
of the death of Arthur BriS-
bane, whom / have known for
many years. He was an out
standing figure in American
journalism. His wisdom, his
courage and his power Of sound
and construction criticism made
him national figure, and he
will long be remembered by the
American people. His passing
Is a great loss to the country"
AN INSPIRATION
| MAYOR LaGUARDIA Of New
York City:
american journalism has lost
one of its pioneer and Outstand.
ing characters. Mr.. BriSbane'S
editorials were an inspiration
to me. We were friends for
many years. Mr.. BriSbane'S
passing is a great loss to the
country"
WILLIAM DEWART, publisher
of the New York Sun.
arthur Brisbane was one of
the extraordinary men of his
generation. AS a reporter on
the Sun, where he learned jour-
naliSm IS youth, and later in
far different fields, he showed
brilliance which amounted to
genius. / shall miss his COM
ment on the passing show"
DAVID SARNOFF, president
Radio Corporation of America:
~We shall all mourn the irrep-
arabic loss of Arthur Brisbane.
He was a true friend, a great
journalist and an outstanding
American"
FRIEND rs YEARS
BERNARD GIMBEL:
arthur Brisbane was my
friend for more than rs years.
We saw much Of each other yet
close association never dulled
the brilliance of the man, for he
was truly gifted. He had the gift
of industry. I saw him lead the
New York Evening Journal to
the greatest evening newspaper
circulation in America by sheer
grinding industry. He had the
gift of versatility. He was at
home in any society and with
any type of mind. He had the
greatest gift of alI-humanity.
His column this mOrning-his
laSt-carries a tradition of that
humanity in its work. He
wrote: Another Christmas has
cOme-a birthday that means
kindness and hope for so many
millions of human beings Those
millions of human beings have
lost friend and counselor"
FORMER GOVERNOR SMITH
"NOt only the newspaper pro-
feSSiOn but the whole COM