he could also act with the strength and determination of a man who knows no fear.

His life epitomized the essence of America—a free land where opportunity is open to all and where there are no limits to the goals. which an individual can achieve. He was a living example of what can be accomplished by hard work and individual initiative in this great country of ours.

From a humble beginning, he rose to become one of the Nation's outstanding legislative leaders. His keen judgment, his colorful personality, and his sparkling oratory will be missed in this Chamber for many years to come.

I shall always remember EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN as a sagacious, resourceful, and compelling public speaker; as a gracious and eloquent colleague in the Senate Chamber; and as an experienced and capable tactician in the legislative arena. My life was enriched by having known and served with him for many years in Congress.

Mrs. McClellan joins me in extending our heartfelt sympathy to all members of the family.

ADDRESS BY HON. HERMAN E. TALMADGE

OF GEORGIA

Mr. President, the Senate today honors the memory of Senator EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN. We all miss EVERETT DIRKSEN very much.

His passing took from the Senate a legislative leader of great talent and tremendous charm. We were not always together on every issue, and the same could probably be said of every Member of this body. But one could not serve in the Senate, on either side of the aisle, and not be very much aware of the presence and the influence of Ev DIRKSEN.

He possessed a nimble mind and lively spirit that enabled him to be a captivating and colorful speaker. He was in my estimation the last of the Senate's old-fashioned orators, and it is not amiss to regard him as somewhat of a legend in his own time.

Senator DIRKSEN was a gentle and thoughtful man. I was recovering from an operation the first weekend of September, the weekend that our colleague passed away. That Sunday night I received at my home, carnations, that had been ordered sent to me prior to his death as a token of remembrance and good wishes.

Even as he lay critically ill at the hospital, he was not remiss in this thoughtfulness of others. I was deeply touched by this gesture of friendship.

I join the Senate today in mourning the passing of EVERETT DIRKSEN.

ADDRESS BY HON. CHARLES McC. MATHIAS, JR.

OF MARYLAND

Mr. President

One generation shall praise Thy works to another and shall declare Thy mighty deeds.

These words from the 145th Psalm epitomize the role of the great men, whom President Nixon has described as "the common property of the country."

Quoting a eulogy of Daniel Webster and delivering one for EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN, the President was himself participating in that historic sequence whereby one generation teaches another, and succeeding generations draw upon the wisdom of the ages. This process-using the light of the past to create the future is a kind of photosynthesis of historical change. In recent years in America, perhaps the leading figure in this immemorial process has been EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN.

A man of Illinois, he was intimately familiar with the heroes of his State and particularly, of course, with its paramount sonAbraham Lincoln.

There were occasions when Senator DIRKSEN received almost universal acclaim, and other occasions when he seemed to stand as the only bulwark, or the only obstacle, depending on one's point of view, against some change which the rest of the country seemed to want.

But whether he was riding the crest of the wave of popularity or bucking the tide, he acted with a sense of the past and a consciousness of the scrutiny of history, strengthened in daily association with its symbols in the Capitol and in the Senate Chamber.

Now his death leaves a grand canyon in the memory, in the Senate, and in the Nation's politics. It cannot be filled, for he cannot be imitated or replaced. There is no reasonable facsimile. Nor does his career and personality easily submit to the conventional language of eulogy.

For all his wide popularity and his senatorial following, DIRKSEN ultimately stood alone, outside the political catalog, evoking laughter and indignation along with his honors-but always secure in the dignity of the mystery of his land. Looking back into the canyon of our loss, one sees a marvelous shifting of light and shadow, clouds and colors across the variegated bedrock of America. DIRKSEN's mellifluous rhetoric, his endless repertory of maneuver was a play of hues and chiaroscuro on rocks of principle, evolving, almost geologically, from the national experience.

Certainly no text of political science could have predicted or explained him. He was a product and a voice of some political and cultural alchemy of that region of the country now sometimes called the Heartland. More than a geographical area, it is a region of the national consciousness. When it changed, DIRKSEN moved, and history-in cumulative majesty—shifted. A civil rights revolution, a test ban treaty, a new internationalism were ratified. But until he moved, change stood in precarious suspension and looked back over its shoulder, nervously, at the senior Senator from Illinois, through whose bloodstream the current of our history seemed mysteriously to flow.

Now his voice is still. The country moves in a widening gyre. DIRKSEN, who had held the center, is now at rest. But he retains his hold on our imagination and our memory. Looking into the canyon, watching the clouds and shifting colors, wondering about the mystery of the man, we ponder the mystery—and the greatness—of America. And in seeking an appropriate successor to his larger role in our politics, we are surprised by the dimension of DIRKSEN's shadow, the measure of our loss.

ADDRESS BY HON. GALE W. McGEE

OF WYOMING

Mr. President, EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN is gone from the Chamber-gone, but certainly not forgotten. Nor will he ever be, for his powerful influence over 32 decades of public service has been indelibly imprinted on the legislative history of this great Nation. His example remains fresh today and will be remembered so long as laws are made in Washington. Indeed, his actions as a leader in this Hall present an example to those who would follow in the hope that the Government of the United States might always be a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, to borrow the phrase of an earlier giant in our history from Illinois.

EV DIRKSEN's legacy to us, then, is an example of political leadership. He knew what leadership entailed. Sometimes it meant standing fast and stubbornly resisting. Other times it meant compromising-drawing together those with differing opinions and leading them to the acceptance of a common position. It even led to changing positions on matters of significant impact. For this, Ev DIRKSEN'S detractors were often wont to criticize him. But his shifts in such areas as civil rights, foreign policy, and economics were not undertaken lightly. Instead, they represented much agonizing thought and careful consideration. When he acted, it was because he deemed the national interest demanded such change.

"Stronger than all the armies is an idea whose time has come," is the famous line of Victor Hugo's. No one better understood the reason for its immortality than did EVERETT Dirksen.

We who knew Ev DIRKSEN as a leader of men also knew him as an individual. And what an individual he was. I believe that the chaplain of the Senate, Rev. Edward L. R. Elson, in his prayer at the services held last month at the National Presbyterian Church, expressed the thoughts of those of us who knew Senator DIRKSEN, when he said:

We thank Thee for Thy servant and our comrade, EVERETT, who has fought a good fight, kept the faith, finished his course and is at rest with Thee. For the nobility of his manhood, the magnanimity of his spirit, the hospitality of his mind, and the inclusiveness of his friendship we give Thee thanks. For his massive mind, his matchless speech, his powers of persuasion, and his parlia

mentary skills we give thanks to Thee. For his elevated patriotism and his manly piety, for his grace and dignity in public service we give thanks to Thee. For his prodigious energy spent in self-sacrificing public service, for his fortitude in suffering, and his witness to values which are everlasting, we give thanks to Thee. May the integrity of his manhood, the radiance of his character, the warmth of his personality, his gentle but subtle humor and his sense of the divine in all things human, remain as an abiding legacy for all generations.

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Mr. President, our eulogies cannot do justice to the memory of EVERETT DIRKSEN. In recent memory, perhaps one man in our midst was capable of that. But EV DIRKSEN is gone from our midst. And he was a humble man. Probably, he would have stuck with the words he used some years ago to describe his job and his life. He wrote:

It might be said that a Senator's work is never done. But he would not have it otherwise, for his is the privilege of serving not only the people of his State to the best of his ability, but also to serve the Nation.

EV DIRKSEN SO served, and his life's work will long be remembered. By his example, his work goes on.

ADDRESS BY HON. JOSEPH D. TYDINGS

OF MARYLAND

I knew EVERETT DIRKSEN as a master legislator, a skillful adversary, a determined advocate, and a warm and good friend.

It was our lot to oppose each other almost continuously for the past 4 years on one of the central national issues of our time. In Congress and in State legislatures from one corner of our Nation to another, the fate of the one-man, one-vote rule dominated our relationship. I supported this theory of representative government. The main effort to reverse it bore his name "the Dirksen amendment."

Senator DIRKSEN liked to win and he gave no quarter in legislative battle. But he was also magnanimous and generous. Despite our differences and our hard contests, I frequently sought his advice. He never begrudged it. He was a kind and thoughtful counselor, a gentleman, and a friend.