CARL MAPES was not spectacular. He maintained no publicity bureau. He hired no build-up writers. His record was built on service. The most trivial request from a constituent received meticulous attention. Among his constituents he maintained a reputation for careful efficiency. Not a detail was overlooked. He ofttimes remarked that it was not the speeches a Member made on the floor of the House nor the number of times his name appeared in the newspaper that kept a Representative in Congress, but rather it was the record on the roll call. It was the manner in which the job was done. He considered himself the hired man of his constituency, and believed in traditional representative government. His office was always open to receive counsel and advice; yet it was CARL MAPES who reached the conclusion after the evidence was all in, and no one could divert him from the conclusion which in his own mind he thought was right and just.

There was no better Member was better

His position in this body was unique. parliamentarian among us, and no known. Although he was slow to reach a conclusion, and immovable when he had reached it, yet with it all he was tolerant and never gave offense. As dean of the Michigan delegation, as Michigan's Representative on the Committee on Committees, as the ranking member on the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, and the ranking member on the Rules Committee, in addition to acting as assistant minority leader, his sphere of influence in the Congress was greater than that of most Members. His place will not only be difficult to fill it will not be filled. When the news of his sudden passing reached the Congress all were genuinely shocked and grieved. CARL MAPES is gone, but the memory of this splendid public servant will linger with us long.

Remarks by Representative Culkin

Of New York

Mr. CULKIN. Mr. Speaker, the Congress and indeed the entire country was deeply shocked and grieved at the death of the Honorable CARL E. MAPES of the Fifth Congressional District of Michigan. During his long service in Congress he had come to be one of the outstanding leaders on the Republican side of the House. His service was not showy, but was based on a thorough knowledge of the subject matter under discussion. It was probably more effective for that reason.

CARL MAPES, better than any man I have known in Congress, had a thorough knowledge of democratic processes. Better than any man I have known, he could separate the wheat from the chaff and no public clamor could deviate him from the course that he had decided upon. He was little concerned about his own political fortunes, but was ever desirous of doing sound service, not only to his constituency but to all of America.

I wish to stress his great modesty which sometimes caused him to be underrated. Those in the House who served with him know that back of CARL MAPES' modesty was high ability, unceasing industry, and an unyielding devotion to what he believed was for the best interests of the country. The Congress and the country have suffered a great loss in the passing of this fine American.

Remarks by Representative Romjue

Of Missouri

Mr. ROMJUE. Mr. Speaker and Members of the House, when I first became a Member of Congress one of the Members who had preceded me here was Hon. CARL E. MAPES, Representative from the State of Michigan. I very early formed an acquaintance with and a warm friendship for him. For a time we were members of the same committee, and during the time I served with him, as a member of the same committee and forever afterward until the hour of his death, I found him to be a perfect gentleman in every respect and a man in whom one could fully place his trust. He was a gentleman of most excellent character and a most faithful Representative of the people of the district which he represented, as well as a trustworthy and most honorable Representative of his Nation's best interest.

It was indeed a pleasure to know intimately and to enjoy the respect and friendship of CARL E. MAPES. He always gave most earnest study and consideration to the legislative matters pending during his time in Congress. While he and I were members of different political parties there was no time at which I ever found him unfair and unreasonable or unwilling to confer and counsel together in regard to that which was deemed to be for the best interest of our country. He always took an active interest in the fundamental principles of his party and was loyal to his beliefs and convictions. He was one of the most kind and considerate men I have ever had the opportunity of serving with in this body and my belief and conviction in regard to him was such that I am sure he was always open-minded and ready to give fair and due consideration concerning any problem or legislative matter with which he was dealing. He was kind, sincere, generous, and honest; and he commanded, I am sure, the

respect of all who formed his acquaintance while a Member of this body. He is much missed-his State and the Nation have lost a most faithful Representative. The life he lived and the service he rendered while a Member of this body has made a valuable and lasting impression. It was my privilege to enjoy his very sincere and warm friendship from my first acquaintance with him, as a Member of this body, to the end of his long and useful service.

His character, service, and life were such as to need no eulogy. Those of us who knew him best and enjoyed a close friendship with him could not add anything in the way of admiration or affection that his life and character did not merit. In his passing I have lost a warm personal friend— one whom I always enjoyed meeting and conferring with. The great State which he represented and the Nation as well, in his passing, has sustained a great loss as he was truly a Representative worthy of the honor which his constituents bestowed upon him. He loved his country and was intensely patriotic, and he came to the end of his earthly life full of honor and much beloved.

I cannot say I will not say—

That he is dead. He is only away.

With a cheery smile and a wave of the hand

He has wandered into an unknown land

And left us dreaming. How very fair
It needs must be, since he lingers there.
And you-oh! you who wildest yearn
For the oldtime step and glad return—
Think of him faring on, as dear

In the love there, as the love here.

Remarks by Representative Crosser

Of Ohio

Mr. CROSSER. Mr. Speaker, when the news of CARL MAPES' passing was brought to me I was stunned for I had an affection for him which it would be hard to overestimate.

CARL MAPES and I first became Members of Congress on the same day, March 4, 1913. We served on the District of Columbia Committee during my first three terms in Congress. We were associates on the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House of Representatives from December 1923 until the day of Carl's death. It was a joy to work with him, whether in committee or on the floor of the House.

I regarded him as a man of high honor and ability, but more important than that he was conscientious in the extreme, and never in the slightest degree tried to take an unfair advantage of a colleague, nor indeed of anyone else. In order to get his viewpoint or counsel one could unfold to him perplexing problems and puzzles, and in so doing never have the slightest fear that any advantage would be taken by him of such guilelessness. I was always impressed with the fact that earnest devotion to his highest conception of right was the governing force in the life of CARL MAPES. He spurned the course and tactics that would give him reputation for mere cleverness and craft. He had the spiritual insight which enabled him to differentiate between substance and mere sheen. CARL MAPES, therefore, sought satisfaction in doing what he felt would result in good for his fellow man rather than engaging in an acrobatic display of so-called intellectual talent. No man on any of the committees on which I have served had sounder judgment or broader understanding than did Carl. He had great moral courage as well as exceptional mental