Evening star., 1946-01-30
Harry Hopkins Rites
Set Friday; World
Leaders Pay Tribute
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSs.
NEW YORK, Jan. 30.-Funera
services for Harry L. Hopkins, spe
cial assistant to the late Presiden
Roosevelt, will be held at pm. Fri
day at st. Bartholomew Protestan
Episcopal Church here. DR.. Georg,
PAUL T, Sargent, rector, will con.
duct the services.
The place of burial has not beer
announced.
President Truman today des-
ignated David K. Niles, one of
his administrative assistants, to
represent him at the funeral.
Mr.. Hopkins, SIS, died yesterday al
Memorial Hospital where he hae
been patient since November. TIL,
formal announcement said 9Th,
nature Of his illness was obscure anc
final determination cannot be made
until further facts are available"
His wife, the former Louise Macy
was with him when he died.
One Son Will Attend.
David Hopkins, a son, and his
wife will be here from Hollywood
for the rites, but another son, Rob.
ert, recently discharged Army lieu.
tenant, who also is in Hollywood
will not be able to attend.
Mr.. Hopkins also is survived BY
two brothers, DR.. Lewis Hopkins
Tacoma, Wash, and Emery Hopkins
Seattle, and a sister, Mrs. Adat
Aime, New York.
Word of Mr.. Hopkins death
brought expressions of sorrow from
many quarters. Those who joinec
in tribute included former Prime
Minister Churchill of Britain; the
present head of the British gov.
ernment, Prime Minister Attlee, anc
Britain's Foreign Secretary, Ernest
Bevin.
Russians Express Sorrow.
Russian newspapers printed the
news without comment, but private
expressions of sorrow came from
many Russians whose friendship Mr.
Hopkins won during his visits te
Moscow.
Mr.. Churchill, vacationing al
Miami Beach, expressed "profounc
grief" at Mr.. Hopkins death.
Few know better than l the serv-
ice he rendered to the world cause ,
he said. President Roosevelt had
the gift of choosing generous and
noble spirits to help him in peace
and war.
In Harry Hopkins he found a
man not only of wide ranging WIS.,
ion, but piercing eye. He always
went to the root of the matter.
Got Conference Going.
Il have been present at several
great conferences where 20 or more
OF the most prominent personages
were gathered together. When the
discussions tagged and all seemed
baffied, he would rap out the deadly
question: Surely, Mr.. President
here is the point we have got to
settle. Are we going to face it OF
not?'
Face it always was, and being
faced, conquered"
He added:
I'VE shall not see his likes again. ,
Prime Minister Attlee sent the fol.
lowing cable to Mrs. Hopkins:
Il am deeply distressed to hear Of
your husbands death. Please accept
my most sincere sympathy. VIZ
mourn great friend. The worl
which he did to further the common
cause during the war and to promot,
Anglo American friendship and CO.
operation will never be forgotten"
Spent Self for Victory.
Foreign Secretary Bevin said Mr.
Hopkins spent himself in achieving
the victory of right over wrong"
In London also, Edward r. Stit.
tinius, American permanent delegat.
to UNO, said there was no one "wht
was more misunderstood by thu
public" than Mr.. Hopkins
I'VE have lost a great citizen" hs
said.
In Canberra, Herbert v. Evatt