Evening star., 1936-10-23
BODY OF COUzENS
| WILL LIE IN STATE
Leaders Pay Tribute to
Senator as Funeral Is
Set for Monday.
AZ the Associated Press.


motive capital moved today to pay
public tribute to James Couzens. whose
poor boy-to-millionaire career was
ended by death late yesterday.
Henry Ford, with whom Couzens |
Joined to produce a motor colossus,
described the United States Senator |
today as a man moved by desire to
see things right in order that he
might do them right"
For four hours tomorrow Couzens'
body will lie in state in Detroit's City
Hall, in the mayors Office. which he
occupied from 1918 to 1922 and which
his son now holds. Black crepe and
American flags will drape the front
of the structure.
Only a week ago the Senator, III
with a kidney malady that had trou-
bled him for several years, left hos
pital bed to appear on a platform
beside the City Hall with President
Roosevelt, whom he had crossed party
lines to indorse for reelection.
Ford Issues Comment.
Ford, whose company produced the
wealth that made Couzens' personal
fortune, issued the following comment
today:
THE much regretted death Of
Senator James Couzens closes an active
and useful life. He was closely
associated with me in the Ford Motor
Co. for 13 years, and for or 4 years
longer, he remained as a stockholder
of the company.
MIR. Couzens was of great help to
us in the beginning OF things. He
developed political aspirations and in
that field he found. I believe, con-
siderable satisfaction. He was always
a hard worker and a man of strong
convictions. upright in his dealings,
and moved by desire to see things
right in order that he might do them
right. He was a congenlaI host and
I always liked to be with him. He Will
be greatly missed by all who knew
him."
Couzens, after appearing with the
campaigning President week ago,
returned to his hospital room.
Died After Operation.
There he died at 4:30 pm. yester-
day, shortly after an emergency op-
Grafton. The Ontario-born multi
millionaire, who had served in the
Senate as Republican since 1922. was
"a years old.
Public funeral services will be held
at Q pm. Monday at the Couzens
home in Bloomfield Hills. Burial will
be in the family mausoleum in Wood
lawn Cemetery.
In Washington, Senate attaches
said a committee of four Senators.
headed by Senator vandenberg, Re-
publican, of Michigan, would be
named to represent Congress at Sen
ator Couzens' funeral. Other MEM
bers of the committee will be an
nounced late today or tomorrow.
Speaker Bankhead named a COM
mittee of four Michigan members to
represent the House at Couzens' fu-
neral. They were George G. SadowsH
and Prentiss M. Brown, Democrats,
and Carl E. Mapes and Earl G..
Kitchener, Republicans
Senator Couzens entered politics
after seeing an original s2.500 invest
ment with Henry Ford pyramid to
millions. Although q Republican, he
alienated himself from many party
leaders by his persistent independence,
and was defeated for denomination last
month after giving an unqualified in
dorsement to President Roosevelt.
Out for Roosevelt.
In a statement typical of his man
her, Couzens said then "the most I'M
portant matter confronting the Nation
Is the reelection of President Roose-
welt. I intend to support him. The
outcome of my own candidacy for the
Senate is neither important to the Ma
ton nor to me-"
Philanthropies of the Senator
amounted to millions of dollars much
of it devoted to crippled children. His
charitable bequests recently were esti-
mated at s25,000,000.
Senator CouzenS supported much OF
the New Deal legislation in the last
Congress, and when President Roose-
welt visited Detroit week ago insisted
on leaving the hospital to dine with
the President and be with him at two
apprehension speeches.
President Roosevelt, informed of his
death, said: In the death of Senator
Couzens the Senate of the United
States and the people of Michigan and
the Nation have lost leader whose
convictions were part of the best that
America aspires for and whose courage
was a match for his idealisn.'
CouzenS' death came as a shock to
his friends in Washington despite the
recent reports of his serious illness,
because of the frequency with which
he had pulled through similar crises
In the past.