Evening star., 1946-12-16

funeral at $3.50 pm. today in the
First Baptist Church Of Raleigh. At
the Senator's request, no pail
bearers were named. His Family
asked that no flowers be sent.
Nine Senators and the secretary
to the Senate, Leslie L. Bifde, were
appointed today to represent the
Senate at the funeral.
They are Senators Hoey Of North
Carolina, McKellar of Tennessee,
Byrd OF Virginia, Hatch of New
Mexico, Maybank Of South Carolina,
McC Clellan Of Arkansas and Gerry OF
Rhode Island, Democrats, and Wiley
OF Wisconsin, and Robertson OF
Wyoming, Republicans.
Senator Bailey was born at War
renton, N. c., September IA, 1878,
the son Of the Rev. c. T. Bailey,
who entered the Baptist ministry
after discharge from the Confeder-
ate Army. The Senator's maternal
grandfather also was preacher.
The family moved to Raleigh
when the future Senator was a child.
He attended Raleigh schools and
was graduated from Wake Forest
College. Elon College made him q
doctor Of literature and Wake For
Fest gave him the honorary degree Of
doctor Of laws.
Split With Simmons in 1912.
In 1916 he married Edith Pou Of
Raleigh. He first attracted political
attention in 1912 when he supported
the nomination of woodrow Wilson
for President. Mr.. Simmons had
supported Senator Oscar w. Under
wood Of Alabama. President Wilson
rewarded Mr.. Bailey by making him
collector Of internal revenue at
Raleigh.
Although North Carolina went for
Mr.. Hoover in 1928, casting Re-
publican electoral vote for the first
time since the Reconstruction, Mr..
Bailey's support Of Gov. Smith ap-
parently did him no political harm.
During the New Deal years, Sen
ator Bailey voted for the Civilian
Conservation Corps, the Tennessee
Valley Authority, oil conservation,
utilities regulation, control of stock
exchanges, social security and the
Hull reciprocal treaty program. But
he opposed the Guffey coal control
bill, the Government organization
bill and the wage-hour law, in addi-
ton to the controversial Supreme
Court plan.
Aided In address to People"
In 1887, Senator Bailey joined sew
eral other Senators in IAN Address
to the People of the United States" "
He was regarded as the principal au-
thor. The statement urged ball
anced budget, reliance on the profit
able investment of private savings,
the competitive system IN business.
tax reduction, and the economical
and nonpolitical distribution OF re-
lief.
Senator Bailey was a quiet, schol-
arly man. invariably courteous, and
popular with his fellow Senators.
At one time Senator Bailey was
b llGutSklA1lt Vi oC1atO4 SAAuAArO4Ac ia
State politics. But they broke even
before the 1928 presidential cam
paign. In 1924 Senator Bailey un-
successfully opposed Angus Mclean,
the Simmons candidate, for Cover
nor.
In the early years of the century,
as a young religious editor and a
Sunday school teacher, he was a
strong advocate of prohibition. But
when the Anti-Saloon League sought
Statewide prohibition, Mr.. Bailey
favored local option instead, and
in later years he was convinced that
national prohibition was failure
Byrd Praises Bailey's Intellect.
At his home in Winchester, Va.
Senator Byrd expressed his sorrow
at the death Of Senator Bailey, call
ing the North Carolinian "the most
brilliant and profound intellect in
the Senate" Senator Byrd added
"His speech in 1887 in opposition
to the packing of the Supreme