Evening star., 1953-07-26
Senator Iobey Rites
To Be Held tuesday
In New Hampshire

Senator who starred at tele-
vised crime hearings by mix
ing Biblical quotations with q
thunderous denunciation of rack
eteers, will be buried Tuesday
afternoon in the quiet Of a GEM
etery at Temple. N. H.
The body Of the T3-year-old
Republican crusader will be
borne to his home town today for
funeral services to be attended
by some Of the Nations best
known legislators.
Senator Tobey died Friday
night at the Bethesda Naval
Hospital Of coronary thrombosis.
Entered Hospital Friday.
Although aides knew he had
not been feeling well for several
days, his death was unexpected.
He entered the hospital late
Friday after an attack in his
Office.
The Senate. which had Sched-
uled session yesterday to help
speed adjournment, recessed out
OF respect to Senator Tobey i'm
mediately after he was eulogized
by colleagues.
One of the first to pay him
tribute was a Southern Demo-
crat. Senator Kefauver, the
Tennesseean who headed the
famed crime-busting inveStiga-
ton two years ago, said:
Senator Tobey was unique in
American life, always on the side
of doing as he saw the right
thing. His contribution to
inspiring people to clean up cor
ruption was outstanding and win
have a long-lasting effect.
There will never be another
Senator Tobey. His contribu-
tion on the (crime) committee
will be remembered around the
Nation. People always responded
to him after his stern lectures"
Praise from Bridges.
Senator Bridges, who had fire.
quent political differences with
his Republican colleague from
New Hampshire, said of Sena-
ator Tobey: "He was a cruasder
for what he believed in
After the Senate adopted q
resolution expressing sorrow at
Senator Tobey'S death, Majority
Leader Knowland announced
that Senate memorial services
will be held for the departed
member Thursday afternoon.
The messages of coincidence to
Mrs. Tobey included one from
President Eisenhower. He said:
81 was shocked and grieved at
the passing of your husband. My
knowledge of Senator Tobey's
tireleSS efforts in the public
service prompts me to pay trib-
ute to the contributions which |
he made throughout q long and
useful career. He gave of him
self with devotion and self1ess-
ness. Mrs. Eisenhower joins me
in heartfelt sympathy"
Lineup in Congress.
Senator Tobey's death elm
mated the Republican majority
in the upper branch of Congress. !
The lineup now stands at AZ
Republicans and ~ Democrats.
plus one Independent.
Senator Tobey was a native of |
Massachusetts,. He was born
at Roxbury on July %, 1880, the
son of william H. and Ellen Hall
Parker Tobey. He attended Rox-
bury Latin School but ended his
formal education at the age of
Is to earn his own living.
He got into politics as a mem
ber of the Board of Selectmen in
Temple and later was elected to
three non-conSecutive terms in
the New Hampshire House. He
served as its Speaker and subse-
quently went to the State Sen
ate and became its president.
Aided Herbert Hoover.
In 1929 and 1880, he was Gov
ernor of New Hampshire. He
then served three terms in the
House of Representatives. He
was elected to the Senate in 1898.
His first Federal service, how
ever, came during World War I,
when he was in Washington with
Herbert Hoover's food admin
tstration.
BY modern standards, his SEN
ate service was uneventful until,
in his third term, he became a
member of the Kefauver Senate
Crime Investigating Committee.
Almost overnight he won ma
tional fame because the new
medium of television carried his
sulphurouS remarks and Biblical
illusions to viewers from coast
to coast.
Showdown With O'Dwyer.
A highlight of the crime probe
for Senator Tobey was a show
down with former Mayor William
O'Dwyer of New York, who later
was chosen by President Truman
as Ambassador to Mexico.
Mr.. O'Dwyer had accused him
Of accepting New York campaign
contributions in 1850. Senator
Tobey denied the accusation and
proved his point. Then he turned
the tables on the New York poll
tician. He demanded to know
why the powerful Democratic
mayor had visited Frank Costello,
the notorious gambler. during the
war.
The bald-headed Senator, who
wore q green eye-shade above
rimless SpectacleS when facing
the television cameras, made this
typical remark:
81 want to say in my behalf
that I have lived long years and
God has been good to me. I am
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