his supervision in 5 years.

He corresponded with many of them, and sent them little interesting things through all the years. He will be buried out there tomorrow among the boys and girls who were closest to his heart.

In the House Memorial Service April 21, in 1936, he spoke for the minority. These were his opening words:

Veneration for the sepulcher and reverence for the dead belong to the most ancient instincts of the human race. To respect and to honor the memory and dust of our ancestors is common alike to the savage and the civilized. This inclination to consecrate the grave and to enshrine the memory of our departed ancestors may have been and doubtless was the beginning of the worship of Diety, for in that black night of prehistoric darkness the human soul reached out toward the only symbol of Diety it possessedits earthly parentage.

Thus today, both in harmony with the precedents of the House and the customs of mankind, we meet to honor those who have gone to that "undiscovered country” and who for a brief time were associated with us in this forum fashioned by our fathers in the Constitution. This day the discord of party passion divides us not. Individual interests and personal ambitions are forgotten. The battle for supremacy and the struggle for precedence sleep for the moment like those we mourn. All that is sordid, all that is ignoble in this game of politics retreats in silence from the presence of death.

There are no minority views in this committee's report. It is accepted by unanimous consent without debate. That report constitutes the epitaph of the seven strong men who are the objects of this memorial. Their work in this forum is finished. Their record is completed. Their roll calls have all been answered. Their speeches have all been uttered. Their offices have been vacated by the decree of fate. Soon others will occupy their places and the current of life will resume its accustomed course.

It is one of the inexplicable mysteries of life in which one surrenders his peace of mind, his tranquility of soul and life under his own vine and fig tree for a disappointing, disillusioning ignis fatuus in the morass of public life. Yet, arduous as the duties are, we are loath to leave its unrivaled associations.

I think the expressions of my friend and yours are more interesting to recall now than anything that I might say myself. Mr. GUYER seemed to be at his best not only on that

memorial occasion but also that same summer when they dedicated the beautiful new courthouse in Kansas City, Kans. I close, quoting him further on that occasion:

Who built this symbol? The pioneer who came in the yesterdays of turmoil and danger. The pioneer here on the edge of the Santa Fe and the Oregon Trails, the two most romantic trails that ever blazed the path of empire. The built it in the campfire where danger haunted their bivouac. They built it in the fields where disappointment mocked and gaunt famine stalked. They built it in the little red schoolhouse where the children loved their books. Thousands who sleep beneath the sod of the soil they loved so well built it in the sweat of their brows and in the fiber of their brain. They and more built it. The workman in the factory on the river brink built it and made it sacred with his sweat and possible with his labor. They and more built it. The mother's at the hearthstone and at the cradle built it; built it in the fathomless blue of their babies' eyes. They and more built it. Generations yet unborn built it in the hopes of their fathers and mothers that are to be, for they, too, by and by, will help to pay for it. The past with its struggles built it. The present with its problems built it. The future with its hopes and fears built it, built it in love of country and mankind.

Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Martin].

Mr. MARTIN of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, the death of our beloved colleague, Judge ULYSSES S. GUYER brings universal regret and sorrow. For 20 years, he was a conspicuous and valued Member of this House, and during this long period of service, he commanded our respect and admiration.

He was a scholar, jurist, statesman, and public benefactor. He was an ardent advocate of many causes, like women's rights and prohibition, which stirred deep controversies and emotions. But he was ever the perfect, courteous gentleman, who recognized the sincerity of those who found themselves in opposition to his views.

Judge GUYER had a vast fund of knowledge of the history of our country. He was a close student of the great men and women, whose genius and sacrifice made possible this great Republic of ours.

He knew intimately the story of the building of the great West; the pushing back of the frontiers of our country. His story of Lincoln's trip through Kansas, a year before he made his Cooper Union speech in New York, was a fascinating revelation of a part of the life of Lincoln not generally known. He was an outstanding authority on the life of the Great Emancipator, as he was on many of our other great American men and women. It was always an intellectual treat to listen to his stories and recitals of the early days of our national life. He was an outstanding member of the legal profession and a sturdy supporter of the Constitution and the American way of life.

We suspend today our legislative battles, we lay aside our struggles that we may unite in doing honor to a great statesman and an outstanding public servant.

We join with his good wife in mourning the loss of this fine American statesman. With sadness we bid U. S. GUYER farewell. But our sorrow is somewhat eased by the knowledge that the worthy life he led will bring him happiness and contentment in the other world to which all of us must go eventually.

Mr. LAMBERTSON. Mr. Speaker, I now yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. McCormack].

Mr. MCCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, the death of our late friend and colleague, ULYSSES SAMUEL GUYER, leaves another gap in our ranks, taking from our midst one of our ablest, most experienced, and beloved Members. A man of character, of sincerity of thought and purpose, of devotion to duty, a gentleman at all times, his sweet, charming personality will be missed by all who knew him. During his years of service in this body he made many contributions to the progress of our country. He has left his favorable imprint upon the pages of time.

One of his greatest contributions as a legislator in this body was his service as the ranking minority member of the special

committee of 1934 that investigated subversive activities, of which committee I was chairman. His contribution to the work of that committee and its legislative recommendations was an important factor in the success of the committee. Out of that committee's investigations came a bill compelling propagandists of a foreign government or foreign principals in this country to register. That bill has been termed the most important legislation of its type in the past 50 years. The country is indebted to Judge GUYER for the effective contributions he made in the drafting and passage of this important legislation.

This illustrates the constructive mind he possessed, and further that he exercised his mind in a constructive manner. It will take a long time for those who knew him to adjust themselves to his permanent journey into the Great Beyond. His death is a great loss to the Nation and to his State, both of which he loved intensely.

His passing is also a great loss to the people of his district that he represented so ably, as well as to those who served with him in this body.

In the irreparable loss that Mrs. Guyer has sustained, I know that all of the Members of the House join with me in expressing and extending to her our profound sympathy in her bereavement.

Mr. LAMBERTSON. Mr. Speaker, I yield now to the gentleman from Kansas [Mr. Carlson].

Mr. CARLSON of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, in the death of ULYSSES SAMUEL GUYER we have lost a true and real friend. He will be missed greatly in the House of Representatives, of which body he was a valued member for 16 years. I will especially miss the Judge, as he was commonly called by his friends. My office is located only a few doors from his and seldom did a day pass that he failed to stop in for a few minutes' visit. He was a good visitor and always did I find his conversations interesting and instructive. Although Illi

nois was his native State, most of his life had been spent in his adopted state of Kansas, which he loved with the utmost devotion, and which he watched and helped develop into the great State that it is today. He knew Kansas history as few men know it, and when my memory needed brushing up on early-day history of our State it was Judge GUYER with whom I consulted.

While he was a friend to all, he was especially kind and considerate of the new Members. Well I remember when I first came to Congress. I was acquainted with the functions of the State legislature but knew little of the procedure of Federal legislation. He seemed to take a great deal of satisfaction from taking me under his wing and helping to analyze the situation, and for his suggested courses of action and rounded advice I am deeply grateful. Through his many acts of kindness he endeared himself to all.

A few days previous to his death I chanced to meet the young lady who has been in his employ for several years. In discussing the condition of his health, which we knew was precarious, she remarked, "The country cannot afford to lose men like Mr. GUYER." She knew him for his sterling qualities; how he had always been found fighting for the things that mean so much for the betterment of humanity. The morning following his death an employee of the House Office Building, not a secretary or a clerk in a congressional office, but an employee of the building, stopped me and said: "How I regretted to learn of the death of Mr. GUYER. I come to work at 7:30, and nearly every morning I would meet Mr. GUYER On the way to his office. He was never in too great a hurry to stop and exchange greetings with me. He was always the same friendly, lovable man, and I deeply regret his death." Everyone who met him felt the influence of his good will, of his great desire to render to each one the courtesy and recognition of his right as a member of society to which he was entitled.