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Staff, said:
Gen. Marshall was unques-
tionably one Of the greatest
Americans Of this century. His
long and outstanding career as
an Army officer and his vital
contributions to our Nation as
a statesman are almost with
out parallel in our history
I'm Gen. Marshalls death,
the Nation has suffered a great
loss. But his contribution to
country and to our armed
forces should remain inscribed
in Americas memory for all
time"
Senator Mansfield, Demo-
crat of Montana, said "a great
man has gone to his reward"
Treasury Secretary Anderson
said: 1T is difficult to find
words to fit the stature of Gen,
Marshall. In war and peace
he was truly one of the greatest
men in history"
Labor Secretary Mitchell
said: Gen. Marshall was one
of the greatest men ] have had
the privilege to know. A kind,
gentle man, he combined
superb military leadership in
war with magnificent contribu-
lions to peace. He will be
mourned by millions through
out the world"
Nimitz Tribute
At Berkeley, Calf, Fleet
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz
called Gen. Marshall capable
of carrying on in almost any
capacity for his country's
good"
The retired former Pacific
commander in chief said:
"He was the architect of
the great armies that stemmed
the advance of the Germans
in Europe and raised the
troops that helped US win the
war in the Pacific. His postwar
services as Secretary of Defense
and Secretary of State marked
him as a most unusual and
able man of great value to his
country"
Army Secretary Brucker
called him "one of the most
illustrious leaders of our time"
whose greatness will be pre-
served by posterity because of
his "selfless devotion" to hu-
mainly.
Senate Majority Leader
johnson said in Texas:
Gen. Marshall was one of
those very lonely and very
great men who believed that
duty is one of the most COM
pelling words in the English
language.
"As a soldier, he was one of
our finest men. AS a statesman,
his name will exist for centuries
to come. This is a melancholy
moment for America"
House Speaker Rayburn said:
George Marshall and I were
great personal friends. He was
one of the ablest men ever
met in the Army or out of the
Army. I considered him one of
the great generals of the world.
He was not only a general, he
was a military statesman"
At Columbia, S. c., former
Secretary of State James F.
Byrnes said, Il have lost a very
dear friend" and "the United
States has lost one of its most
efficient public servants"
Mr.. Byrnes was in close asso-
citation with Gen. Marshall
while serving in the Senate and
as director of war mobiliza ton
during World War II, and later
as Secretary of State.
In Albany, N. Y. Gov. Nelson
A. Rockefeller said Gen. Mar
shall's wisdom, experience,
dedication and capacity helped
save America and preserve
freedom in the most critical
days of our history.
LAS soldier and as statesman,
George MarShalls name will go
down in our history as meriting
the old Roman phrase he de-
served well of the republic.
Greatest Organizer"
In New York City, Bernard
Baruch said Gen. Marshall
"epitomized to me the soldier
statesman. Gen. PerShing said
that Gen. Marshall was the
greatest organizer in the Army,
and when Roosevelt made him
chief of staff, Marshall would
prove himself. He did. He
drove relentlessly his plans for
ultimate victory, always hav-
ing in mind the weapons with
which to shorten the war, and
having in mind always the
most meticulouS care for his
men. Those who were privi-
legged to know him well saw in
him also the most tender and
ever thoughtful man"
Field Marshal Lord Alan
brooke, wartime chief of the
British Imperial General Staff.
described Gen. Marshall as "a
very great man and a very
great soldier"
Danish newspapers praised
Gen. Marshall'S record in peace
and war. The liberal Politiken
declared:
"a great American has now
passed away. But he won his
spurs in the Argonne and to
him, Europe was always the
central front of peace"
Milan's independent Corriere
Della Sera said of the soldier
statesman: HE was a man
whose austerity of character,
stiff sense of the duty and
nobility of ideals deserved the