Tributes * Address by Senator Gerry Of Rhode Island Mr. GERRY. Mr. President, recently I prepared an address which I expected to deliver when the memorial addresses were made in the Senate a few days ago on the life, character, and public service of the late Senator from New York, Hon. ROYAL S. COPELAND. However, I was unavoidably detained from the Senate on that occasion, and I now ask unanimous consent to have inserted in the Record the remarks prepared by me as a tribute to the late Senator. There being no objection, the remarks were ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Mr. GERRY. Mr. President, I wish to say a few words in tribute to Senator ROYAL S. COPELAND, who, in a life of public service, represented the State of New York for 15 years in the Senate. Before being elected to that office he had gained distinction as a physician. The human sympathy and the understanding of men necessary to the physician, and the industry and determination of the legislator were so merged as to make him, with his pleasant disposition, a valued friend. He was by nature human, friendly, and simple, admirably equipped to be a family counselor. He was well able to meet the larger responsibilities that came to him when he was made health commissioner of New York City, and later, when he represented his State in the Senate. He never ceased to be concerned for the health of those about him. Time and again he admonished individual Senators and the Senate collectively against overwork. He, in his zeal for accomplishment, did not spare himself when his own health was not robust. In the later years of Senator COPELAND's life several items of legislation in which we were both closely interested brought us together. I learned how painstaking he really was, what patience he brought to a task, and how willing he was to study details. He was a stubborn fighter and persistent in his advocacy, but he knew how and when to compromise on matters which he did not regard as vital to his main objective. The task of a Senator from New York is, by its nature, a heavy one. Senator COPELAND also bore the burden of the chairmanship of one of the most important Senate committees. The weight of his own duties made him no less willing to champion the issues sponsored by his colleagues. His knowledge of life and his wide experience gave the touch of humanity to what he said. He had, as he told the Senate, seen young men and women marry, he had watched them establish homes, make gradual improvements on the property, build extensions as children came, and plant the trees and shrubs that would help make the home place the center of a family's life. Such things as these were in the background of his thinking on legislation. He realized the importance of the primary things. Knowing and loving a way of life, he fought for what he thought sustained it. Senator COPELAND was not a lawyer, but when grave constitutional questions confronted the Congress his knowledge of men and his understanding of American institutions gave him what he needed to know. Where did he learn these fundamentals? The outlines of his career suggest the answer, but they do not tell the full story. We see him as a patriotic citizen, participating in the public life of his country, serving successively as mayor, as president of the board of education and president of the park commissioners of Ann Arbor, Mich., and later in New York as a member of the city ambulance board and as health commissioner, before being elected to the Senate. The recital of offices held and responsibilities fulfilled indicates his record as an official and as a citizen. It does not explain the man's deep-seated tolerance, nor the broadness of his vision. It does not explain why Senator COPELAND, an active and prominent adherent of one religious faith, stood fast to defend the rights of others to worship in accordance with the dictates of conscience. He himself told us more. Addressing the Senate, he was able to review incidents of his career and to declare without fear: "Let no man say I am a convert to tolerance." As he went on there emerged the picture of him as a boy and young man, instructed by his father in respect for the beliefs of others. Then, while a young physician, he observed the attacks being made by an un-American organization on those professing a particular religious belief. It did not matter to him that he was not the object of the attack. He denounced the organization; he sponsored public meetings in opposition to it, for, as he said: The political activities of that organization and its acts of oppression, discrimination, and social indecency caused indignation in my soul because of the spirit of tolerance given me by my father. The attitude of mind that he showed then entered into what he was to do later. He brought the same spirit with him to the Senate. It was apparent in his personal dealings with his fellow Senators; it was a part of his approach to public questions. Born and taught to respect the ideas and opinions of others, his life as an individual and as a public servant was free of hatred and prejudice. It was this spirit that ran throughout the performance of all his work that gave warmth to the friendship we had for him when he walked among us and gave us cause to revere his memory today and always. Address by Senator Bilbo Mr. BILBO. Mr. President, I prepared an address which I expected to deliver when the memorial addresses were made in the Senate a few days ago on the life, character, and public service of the late Senator from New York, Hon. ROYAL S. COPELAND, but on account of lack of time on that occasion did not do so. I therefore now ask unanimous consent to have inserted in the Record the remarks prepared by me as a fitting tribute to the memory of the late Senator from New York. There being no objection, the address was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Mr. BILBO. Mr. President, the law profession possibly has contributed more men to Government service than any other of the professions. It has fallen to the happy lot of Senator ROYAL SAMUEL COPELAND, more affectionately known as Dr. COPELAND, to furnish incontrovertible proof that the knowledge of jurisprudence is no more essential for high achievement in the affairs of government than a corresponding knowledge of the science of medicine. Dr. ROYAL COPELAND was the incarnation of a great physician. It was with the eyes of a man skilled in the treatment of the frailties of the human body that he looked upon the physical and economic ills of society. His analysis of the provisions of any proposed measure for congressional consideration was not from the viewpoint of a practiced and experienced attorney, but from the higher vantage ground of a sympathetic and inquiring physician. He diagnosed rather than analyzed by first seeking the cause of the ailment or maladjustment to be treated and then applied the remedy, which he already knew. His powerful intellect represented |