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Proceedings in the House

TUESDAY, January 25, 1944.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Frazier, its legislative clerk, announced that the Senate had adopted the following resolution (S. Res. 245):

Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the death of Hon. FREDERICK VAN NUYS, late a Senator from the State of Indiana,

Resolved, That a committee of 10 Senators be appointed by the President of the Senate to take order for superintending the funeral of the deceased Senator;

Resolved, That the secretary communicate these resolutions to the House of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased;

Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased, the Senate do now take recess until 12 o'clock noon tomorrow.

Mr. LUDLOW. Mr. Speaker, it is with genuine sadness that I announce to the House the death of an honored son of Indiana and a valued servant of the Nation, United States Senator FREDERICK VAN NUYS. The news of his death swept over the capital like wildfire this morning and it came as a tremendous shock to friends and associates with whom he was in conversation only a day or so ago and who noticed that he apparently was in his usual good health, except for a slight cold. He was found dead this morning at 5 o'clock at his home.

A touch of pathos was added to the untimely tragedy of the Senator's death by the fact that Mrs. Van Nuys was in Arizona when it occurred. She left Tucson by plane at 12:30 o'clock today and funeral arrangements will await her return. Burial will be at Anderson, Ind., amid the surroundings of the Senator's early political and professional triumphs.

In his passing death has again found a shining mark. In Indiana his name was a synonym for honor and honesty. A Democrat, fundamentally grounded in the philosophy of Jefferson, he was, above all, a consecrated servant of the people. He had but one purpose and that was to do right, and he held to that purpose with inflexible determination.

In his earlier years he served as a public prosecutor and as United States attorney for the district of Indiana. He was a great lawyer, whose professional talents were recognized by his appointment to the high position of chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. As a Senator he was a worthy successor of Hendricks, of Fairbanks, Ralston, and Kern, and other illustrious Hoosiers who preceded him to "that bourne from which no traveler returns."

At a later time I shall have more to say about this distinguished son of Indiana.

Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Springer].

Mr. SPRINGER. Mr. Speaker, I wish to join with our distinguished colleague from Indiana in paying this tribute to the memory of Senator FREDERICK VAN NUYS. For many years I have known FREDERICK VAN NUYS. He was a loyal friend of mine. He was born in the county in which I now reside. There he attended the public schools. He was the son of a doctor and resided in the small village of Falmouth, Ind. I was greatly shocked when I heard of the very untimely death of Senator VAN NUYS. His service during his span of life has been outstanding. As a citizen and as a friend he was one of the most outstanding in our community. He was loyal as a friend and he was constant in his citizenship.

FRED VAN NUYS was a great lawyer. He served as prosecuting attorney of Madison County, and it was when he was occupying that high office that I first became acquainted with him. I was then engaged in the practice of law and we had tried at that particular time when he was prosecuting at

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