Two years later he was corporation counsel of that city, 5 years after he arrived he was Democratic candidate for Governor of the State of Illinois, and 9 years after he became a resident of Chicago he was elected to the United States Senate. What greater testimonial to his ability and his versatility could be given than this rapid winning of the confidence of a diversified people of a great State wherein he had resided for so few years?

It would seem there were no new worlds to conquer, yet he followed these rare accomplishments with repeated triumphs in political, diplomatic, and military arenas. Then, in 1930, the people of Illinois again returned him to serve them in the Senate of the United States, and, by his reelection in 1936, he became the first man in Illinois to serve two successive terms as Senator after the origin of the direct primary.

His career in the great parliamentary body was filled with brilliant and constructive achievements. His suave urbanity and gentility of manner were ever at his side. His keen perception of human nature, his shrewd understanding of psychology, and his impeccable politeness sometimes caused his antagonists, and even his supporters, to lose sight of the steely strength, the fixity of purpose, and the daring which won for him so many objectives. Of no man could it more truly be said that even those who vied with him in debate or in political strategy felt naught but the highest admiration for his attainments. Every Member of the Senate knew Senator LEWIS to be a scholar, statesman, patriot, soldier, and gentleman.

It has been said that genius does what it must; talent does what it can. Nature endowed JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS generously with talents, and added a spark of genius. Mr. President, since the day our beloved Chaplain spoke so feelingly over the bier of our departed colleague, my thoughts have been focused upon this unusual combination. Talent inspired by genius may impel a man to scale the heights in various fields of human endeavor, but it must be tempered

by the great sense of tolerance and justice which Senator LEWIS possessed if a man is to hold the high position in the affairs of a nation which he retained for so many years.

His attitude toward his fellow man is best portrayed in a remark that was recently made to me by one who had been closely associated with him for years when he said, “In all the years I have known Senator LEWIS, and all the years I have worked by his side, I never heard him speak an unkind word against a man in public or private life." To me that is an epitaph which could well be inscribed over his final resting place.

In quiet contemplation I have pondered over the implication of that remark, and it occurred to me that the fullness and the richness of his life gave a perspective and a sense of relative values often denied to others of us who might not have had the experiences which he enjoyed. When one sees as much and does as much as he did in his crowded years, the transient nature of the passing moment is best appreciated.

Tolerance implies understanding. Thus, this same quality was the one which enabled him to be so truly representative of the people of Illinois during his three terms in the United States Senate, as well as in other assignments of responsibility. A man who possesses tolerance is one who has rubbed elbows with the throng, and who, through that close contact with humanity, comes to understand the simple human problems which, magnified a millionfold, are converted into national, even international, issues.

The Senator's rich and varied experience served him well in the United States Senate. As a member of the Committee on Foreign Relations, he exercised a potent influence on the role America has played in world affairs. He decried the despotism of those who, with the iron heel and mailed fist, stamp out the God-given rights of peoples. He was the bitter foe of oppression and tyranny wherever they raised their monstrous heads. Senator LEWIS never condoned mak

ing countless thousands mourn through the display of force and power. He believed in the solution of the complicated problems of international import through peaceful discussion, reason, logic, sacrifice, and arbitration.

He had firm conviction upon all fundamental rights of peoples, yet Members of this body will bear witness to the unerring fact that in his speeches, debates, and in his dealing with his fellow men, Senator Lewis not only personified tolerance but inspired it in others. No matter how acrimonious the speech, no matter how heated the epithet hurled against him, no matter how much interested he may have been in the subject matter before him, he never lost sight of nor failed to sympathize with the point of view of his opponent. In other words, his tolerant attitude was a recognition of that inherent principle of democracy, respect the rights of others.

It was the great Voltaire who said, "I wholly disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it." JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS was a disciple of that philosophy. Yes, Mr. President, if the tolerant attitude of this man toward all races and creeds and their inalienable rights could be instilled into the leaders of nations throughout the world, the universal cry for peace on earth and good will toward men would be transformed from a futile hope into a living reality.

Nothing that I have said here today can add to the luster of his fame or the glory of his career. His record has been written, and each of us would be proud to claim it for his own. His stature will grow with the passing of the years; and the historians of the future will best serve their generations by recording his life so that the principles of tolerance, faith, sympathy, and patriotism may provide inspiration for I generations yet unborn.

Senator LEWIS, we bid you a further and final farewell. Sleep well in your inn of immortality! And as the ages come to you, may these beautiful sentiments of Edwin Markham be with you forevermore:

Now in this hour, this high remembering hour,

I see the eternal Lord of Song bend down
With fragrant, fadeless laurels for your brow,
Lay them with reverence on your honored head,
And leave you in your immortality.

Address by Senator Austin

Of Vermont

Mr. AUSTIN. Mr. President, as we observe by the elegant and eloquent address to which we have just listened, JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS lives on. The immortal qualities of his character will develop from his mortal life, as a giant sequoia grows through the centuries from the tiny seed that perished in the ground.

What his colleagues here and now record of his loyalty to principle, to his country, to his family, to his fellow man, and, within these walls, to his colleagues, is but the recognition of his works.

Mr. President, I first met JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS when I came to the Senate in 1931. Already he had long served his country as lawyer, soldier, Representative at Large from the State of Washington, and United States Senator from the State of Illinois.

His intellect had sought satisfaction and exercise in the exploration of history, especially the record of the development of governments and the relationship between governments.

In 1912 Senator LEWIS, together with Albert H. Putney, another author of treatises on government and history and law, wrote the treatise entitled "Handbook on Election Laws."

In 1913, Senator LEWIS wrote a book entitled "The Two Great Republics, Rome and the United States," comparing conditions recorded in Roman history with those existing in America, which, he said in his preface, "should warn, by reason of the results at Rome." Although written more than a quarter of a century ago, this book might have been written under conditions in this country today.

In 1923, Senator LEWIS edited and published a textbook relating to removal of causes from State to Federal courts.