technical breach of discipline. His mother was feared to be on her deathbed and dearly wished to see the boy from whom she had been long separated. Senator BORAH was sent a telegram explaining the circumstances with assurance I would undertake personally to see that the young man did not break his parole if released for a home visit. The very same day I had a reply from Senator BORAH saying that the youth was released and that the balance of his sentence was remitted.

I could add numerous other occasions when this outstanding Member of the United States Senate and chairman of its most important committee gave time and attention to your and my welfare in far-off Idaho.

And so we say good-bye to our benefactor and good friend who has so suddenly left us at the height of his fame. “Well done, good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of Thy Lord."

In a brief summation of the great work and brilliant career of Senator BORAH, President R. L. Brainard, of the Kellogg, Idaho, Chamber of Commerce, stated in a glowing tribute:

"We are too close to current events to fully appraise Senator BORAH'S great contribution to America's national life, that will be the work of future historians. Senator BORAH championed many lost causes. They were worth fighting for, and some day America will catch up with them. In his death every good cause lost a fearless champion. He passed away in the full flower of his usefulness, and yet his life was peculiarly complete. When the summons came he left us the blessed memory of a life of great and lasting usefulness and a character rich in all the manly virtues."

Mr. WHITE.

Mr. Speaker, under leave to extend my remarks in the Record, I submit a poem entitled "The Lion of Idaho," which was written by Horace C. Carlisle in tribute to the late Senator, Hon. WILLIAM E. BORAH:

THE LION OF IDAHO

The Lion of Idaho sleeps in his lair,

His roar in the Senate no longer is heard-
When BORAH arose every Senator there,

In worshipful silence, imbibed every word.
Those mem'rable speeches of his, all designed
To help make the Nation what it ought to be,
Are in the archives of the past now enshrined,
A heritage there for the brave and the free.

The Lion of Idaho sleeps in his lair;

But long may the echoes of his words resound
With increasing eloquence, sweet as a prayer,

That right, sacred honor, and truth may abound.
Today our best statesmen in Congress revert

TO BORAH'S great speeches, enshrined in the past;
For fearlessly he, ever on the alert,

Fought wrong, in the open on down to the last.
The Lion of Idaho sleeps in his lair,

Watched over by spirits dispatched from above,
As guardian angels in anwer to prayer

From thousands of hearts to the Father of Love.
The throngs who revered him pass silently by-
The life that he lived has made sacred the sod-
Where his peaceful ashes will hopefully lie

Till called into action anew by his God.

-Horace C. Carlisle.

Mr. WHITE. Mr. Speaker, yesterday at Fairfield, Ill., the birthplace of the late Senator WILLIAM E. BORAH was dedicated as a shrine, and many thousands of people paid their respects to his memory by attending the ceremony. In connection with this event, under leave to extend my remarks in the Congressional Record, I include my sincere tribute which was forwarded to the dedicatory committee:

IN TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM E. BORAH

(By Compton I. White, Member of Congress)

At a time when the United States of America girds for defense, while the greatest upheaval of governments in the history of the world shakes the very foundations of civilization, it is fitting that we pause to reflect on the philosophy of that beloved national and international personage, the late Senator WILLIAM E. BORAH, and pay tribute to his memory.

To us he left for guidance the heritage of his faith in representative government, his hope for comity between all nations, and his love of social justice.

We do well to honor him whose intense patriotism, independence of thought, courage of conviction, and fearless leadership need emulation in these troubled times. He exemplified his ideals of

citizenship by sacrificing a lucrative legal career to serve his country as a Member of the United States Senate for 36 years; he refused to adopt ideas and practices simply because they had been established by usage or were orthodox in theory but ever sought knowledge and truth from the highest authorities of history and literature and from his contemporaries; his conclusions he announced with calm conviction when he knew excoriating criticism would be his lot; if the mantle of acclaim fell on his shoulders after his ideas had been tested in the crucible of debate and public opinion, he brushed it aside with the simplicity and serenity of a great soul. Senator BORAH once said, "Time and time alone, unerring and remorseless, will give us each our proper place in the affection of our countrymen and in the esteem and commendation of those who are to come after us."

The affection of the people of his native State of Illinois is attested by the preservation of his birthplace so that posterity may visit the spot and reflect upon the American concept of equality of opportunity. It was at the close of the Civil War that Senator BORAH was born in the simple surroundings of an average American home; his childhood days in the environment of a Christian household, his education without the panoply of wealth, his determined effort to establish himself as a citizen of worth in his adopted State of Idaho, and his rise to national fame and international importance exemplify the American way of life.

Before the sands of time had run their course in the life of Senator BORAH, the people of Idaho bestowed upon him the honor of having the most majestic mountain within its borders named Mount Borah. They honored him for the better part of half a century with the highest office the State could bestow, a seat in the United States Senate. He sleeps in hallowed ground in Idaho. The name of Borah the Nation over connotes a brilliant intellect, an illustrious record, a polity of justice. He bears the esteem of countless masses in this country and abroad. As it has been said of another great man of Illinois, so it may be said of Senator WILLIAM E. BORAH, "He belongs to the ages."

Remarks by Representative Bender

Of Ohio

Mr. BENDER. Mr. Speaker, WILLIAM EDGAR BORAH, spokesman of the United States Senate, worthy successor to Webster, Hayne, and Stephen Douglas, has spoken his last words in the Nation he loved so well. For more than 33 years, from 1907 until his death, Senator BORAH served the State of Idaho and the people of the United States in the upper House of Congress with the greatest distinction.

Few men in the history of our Nation have wielded the influence or commanded the respect which were granted to Senator BORAH. In every assemblage his word carried the weight of earnest conviction and careful consideration. Senators and Representatives throughout the Nation listened attentively to his views on any subject. The people back home came to regard him as one who spoke for them more eloquently and persuasively than any other Member of Congress. They gave him their support, as he gave them the breadth and wisdom of his mind.

Seventy-four years ago, on June 29, 1865, WILLIAM BORAH was born in a small town of Illinois. The moving spirit of the generation in which he grew to manhood called him west, and in his first days as a practicing attorney he settled in Boise, Idaho. The only public position he ever occupied in his long career of service was the post of United States Senator. He was first elected in 1907, and never left the Senate, despite the shifting tides of American politics throughout the years. In 1916 Idaho went Democratic, voting for Woodrow Wilson, but the senatorial contest of 1918 found Senator BORAH returned to his seat by a large margin. In 1936 President Roosevelt carried Idaho with 125,683 votes, the largest number ever gained by a Presidential candidate in Idaho. Yet despite the 2 to 1 victory

margin of the President on the Democratic ticket, Senator BORAH, on the Republican ticket, rolled up the unprecedented total of 128,723 votes, to defeat his opponent, the former Governor of Idaho, by a margin almost identical with the President's.

This amazing popularity was due entirely to the personality and integrity of WILLIAM BORAH. For many years in the early days of his public career the activities and beliefs of the Mormon Church were a recurrent issue in Idaho politics. Senator BORAH eliminated the religious controversy as a matter of political concern. His complete belief in an acceptance of the Bill of Rights amounted to a passion with him. He once wrote a constituent, "I am a believer in the fundamental principles of religious liberty. If the time ever comes when I have to sacrifice my office for those principles, I shall unhesitatingly do so.”

Senator BORAH was happy in the Senate. There he found the opportunity to reconcile his views of the growing Pacific Northwest with the development of the entire Nation. The development of cheap power, the reclamation of land, subsidies for farming, the curtailment of monopolistic practices were part and parcel of the vast new empire he saw rising about his State.

Yet his greatest fame came to him because of his stand on matters of international concern. Curiously, this distinguished Senator, representing a State landlocked on all sides, hemmed in by vast mountains, became the Nation's greatest authority on international problems. His strong isolationist views were part of his patriotism. The United States belongs to a group apart, he told us. Our ideology, our hopes, our position in the world do not depend for their success on anything which takes its origin in Europe. Stand clear of foreign entanglements was Senator BORAH'S solemn warning.

He did not speak for himself alone. Millions of people throughout the Nation shared—and still share the views he advanced. At the special session of Congress which met last