Evening star., 1955-07-23
CordeI Hull Dead;
Stroke Fatal at 83
Was Roosevelt
Secretary of
State II Years

the Tennessee mountains to serve
as Secretary of State longer than
any other American, died this
morning at 9 o'clock at Bethesda
Naval Medical Center. He was SO
years old.
In almost continuous ill health
since his retirement from Presi-
dent Roosevelt's cabinet in 1914.
Mr.. Hull suffered stroke yes
terday. Hospital officials, who
gave the cause of death as ad-
vanced arterio sclerosis, would
not disclose who was with the
aged statesman at the end.
Funeral services for the Nobel
Peace Prize winner, a tireless
champion of internationalism,
will be held at Washington Ca
thedral Tuesday at II am. He
will be buried beside Mrs. Hull,
who died in 1854, in the Cathe-
dral Cemetery.
DR.. Francis B. Sayre, dean of
the Cathedral. will fly back from
Martha's Vineyard, Mass, to
conduct the funeral services, ac-
cording to members Of the Hull
family.
Marshall Comments
The first comment on his
death came from Gen. George
C. Marshall, former Secretary
of State and of Defense:
"Mr. Hull served one Of the
most distinguished careers in
our Government. In every way
he was a man of the highest
principles and his passing will
be much regretted"
Mr.. Hull, who suffered for
many years from high blood
pressure, had been at the Naval
Hospital since last March 26,
when he suffered a stroke.
Until then, he had maintained
his lifelong interest in public
affairs. and from his apartment
in a Washington hotel had kept
in touch with the men and events
which determined the course of
United States policy. He always
followed closely the fortunes of
the reciprocal trade act. a meas
ure which he felt would do most
to lower the barriers between
nations.
The man who had to deal with
Axis diplomats during the trou-
bled years which led to World
War II never shed the simplicity
learned during his humble noun
tain boyhood. To a former State
Department associate, Carlton
Savage, he once said:
What we need today are lead
ers who commune with the rivers
and the mountains and the
stars"
Sc Years of Service
Mr.. Hull, a Democrat, left be-
hind him an outstanding record
of more than half a century of
public service that brought him
from a log cabin in Tennessee to
world recognition as the Father
of the United Nations"
He was successfully Tennessee
State legislator. circuit judge,
member of the House. Senator
and Secretary of State.
He helped, make history in
Congress by writing the Nations s
first effective income tax law
But it was as Secretary OF
State, during most of President
Roosevelt's administration, that
he played his major role in
world history.
Through the Reciprocal Trade
Agreements Act. he carried for
ward his lifelong fight for lower
tariffs to stimulate world trade
He promoted the Good Neigh
Dor" policy in strengthening re-
lations with Latin America. He
started bipartisan approach to
foreign policy.
Championed Aid to Allies.
When World War II broke out
Mr.. Hull championed aid to the
Allies and American rearma-
ment. He strove unsuccessfully
in prolonged negotiations dur
ing 1941 to keep Japan out o1
the war.
To climax his long career, Mr.
Hull laid the groundwork in the
midst of the fighting for organi-
zation of the United Nations
This work caused President
Roosevelt to call him the Father
of the United Nations" and wor
for him the 1945. Nobel Peace
Prize.
Politically. Mr.. Hull considered
himself a Jeffersonian Democra
and "Wilsonian Progressive"-s
liberal. but not semiradical. al
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