constrained to read from Holy Writ the beautiful language of the Twenty-third Psalm:

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Address by Senator Mead

Of New York

Mr. MEAD. Mr. President, we have but to wander through the Halls of this great building to learn at first-hand in what respect and admiration Dr. COPELAND was held by those who served here during his senatorial career. It is amazing that such an extremely busy man could have had the time to enlist the friendship of so many Capitol employees, even down to those in the most humble capacities. In every nook and cranny of the Capitol are men and women who found him their friend, and who took a real delight in paying him even the smallest service. The universal comment throughout the Capitol usually resolves itself into five words: "He was a great man."

Dr. COPELAND was a beloved man among the great and the small because he was intensely human, kind, and generous. While he and I served at opposite ends of the Capitol, I had many occasions to feel the strength of his friendship.

Members of the Senate know far better than I can hope to express the scope of his fairness and his kindness. He was a man who stood valiantly by his convictions-one who fought fairly in every debate. They know how indefatigably he labored and how unselfishly he served the causes he thought to be just.

As a devoted husband and father Dr. COPELAND lived an exemplary home life, and found his deepest happiness with his family, surrounded by those he loved, those who so dearly loved him. He gained peace of mind and strength to carry on his many official duties through the companionship and the inspiration of his good wife and family. He thoroughly enjoyed his home, and liked to return to Suffern, in Rockland County, there to be among his intimate friends

and neighbors. In the quiet restfulness of his farm he found a little time to relax, to cast aside his mental burdens, and to bask in the pleasantries that accompany a happy home. He found recreation in his garden, and he especially liked to engage himself in his workshop. He deeply loved the country and the out-of-doors. He sought no happier respite than to spend some time with his family, and to enjoy the beauties of the countryside about his home.

Serving in his stead, I have grown more deeply conscious of the services he rendered to the people of my State. He instinctively liked people. He liked to do things for people. He died working for his people-a martyr to detail and to duty. I find constant reflection of his many little kindly gestures, which certainly could have been inspired only by a heart that was warm and by a spirit that made public service a perpetual pleasure to him.

Dr. COPELAND's career was studded with one paradox after another, with a wealth of human learning and experience, and with achievements in several fields of high endeavor. He was born on a farm in the State of Michigan; he died as a citizen of New York, the largest city in the world. Educated in medicine, he became an outstanding physician, a noted teacher, a renowned statesman. He began his political life in his native State of Michigan, where he was elected mayor of Ann Arbor. His career came to a close in this Chamber as a Senator from the Nation's Empire State. was a pillar in his church, a college dean, a park commissioner, a board of education president, a mayor, a health commissioner, and a United States Senator. These varied activities gave him a broad range of training, and accounted for the depth of his fund of knowledge.

He

His ability, his perseverance, and his natural brilliance are attested to by his rise to fame in the profession of his choosing. He began practicing medicine in 1895 at Bay City, Mich., and by 1918 he had become a national figure in the medical world as he began his creditable record as commissioner of

health of New York City. His political rise to distinction was just as phenomenal and was actuated by the same earnest effort which characterized his devotion to every task to which he applied himself.

Senator COPELAND served powerfully in this body, and it is not for me even to try to record the extent of his legislative genius or the influence which he exerted in the passage of legislation to which he was particularly devoted.

The most important chapter in his legislative record was successfully written when his food and drug bill became law. He seized upon this subject because it was near to him and because he had a consuming ambition to protect by law the health of millions of persons from misbranded, falsely advertised, and at times injurious food and drug products. He labored over each and every section of that humanitarian law. He lent every ounce of his energy and enthusiasm to its passage. He was directly and, in most respects, individually responsible for this statute which today serves humanity so beneficially. He rightfully considered this his greatest legislative victory, and without question it was his crowning achievement in the interests of humankind.

He served as chairman of the Committee on Rules, as chairman of the Committee on Commerce, and as chairman of several special Senate investigating committees, including the Special Committee to Investigate Crime Throughout the Nation, the Special Committee to Investigate Subversive Influences in the American Merchant Marine, and the Special Committee to Investigate the Causes of the Morro Castle and Mohawk Ship Disasters.

In the merchant marine field Senator COPELAND sponsored numerous laws beneficial to the seamen, and time and again he pleaded their cause before this body. He was the author of the Merchant Marine Act, which set up the present Maritime Commission; he lent powerful influence to aviation legislation, notably the law to set up the Civil Aeronautics Authority; he was a relentless foe of the criminal, and just last

year successfully piloted the so-called firearms bill to enactment; he sponsored the Flood Control Act of national importance; and he endeared himself to the citizens of the District of Columbia by his annual efforts to promote improved civic, educational, health, and park facilities for the Nation's Capital.

I have touched but lightly upon his legislative accomplishments; but to the laborer, the farmer, the seaman, the veteran, and to many other groups he shall forever remain in memory a real and true friend. The advancement of their hopes and aspirations was always uppermost in his mind. He died serving them as a member of nine conference committees in the closing hours of a long and grueling session of Congress. He felt those duties to be obligations he must not shirk. The burdens proved too great for his tired and overtaxed body. His contributions as a lawmaker, like his services in the field of medicine, improved the living standards of the poor-they enriched the Republic he served so well.

Ordinary folk simply call ROYAL S. COPELAND a great man, and I presume no epitaph could express our thoughts more genuinely.

As such he shall always remain in our hearts.

The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to the resolution submitted by the Senator from New York [Mr. Wagner].

The resolution (S. Res. 138) was unanimously agreed to.

Mr. BARKLEY. Mr. President, as a further mark of respect to the memory of our departed colleague, I move that the Senate adjourn until Wednesday next.

The motion was agreed to; and (at 4 o'clock p. m.) the Senate adjourned until Wednesday, May 31, 1939, at 12 o'clock meridian.