Memorial Services

Held in the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States, together with tributes
presented in eulogy of

Everett McKinley Dirksen

Late a Senator from Illinois

Ninety-first Congress
First Session

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 1970

Compiled under the direction

of the

Joint Committee on Printing

Biography

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Proceedings in the U.S. Senate_____

Announcement of death by Hon. Mike Mansfield, of Montana___

House resolutions received by the Senate_-_-

Prayer by Rev. Edward L. R. Elson, Chaplain of the Senate_

Resolution of respect--

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Senate Resolution 254–

Text of news broadcast, WRAD, Radford, Va., Sept.

8, 1969--

Goldwater, Barry, of Arizona____

Telegram from German Embassy, Sept. 9, 1969‒‒‒‒

Hollings, Ernest F., of South Carolina____

Hruska, Roman L., of Nebraska___

Funeral service for Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen,

National Presbyterian Church, Wednesday, Sept. 10,

1969

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Graveside services for Senator Everett McKinley Dirk-

sen, Pekin, Ill., Thursday, Sept. 11, 1969---

McGee, Gale W., of Wyoming_--

Mansfield, Mike, of Montana__

Miller, Jack, of Iowa___.

Poem composed by Dr. Godfrey S. Bruland, pastor of

the First United Methodist Church, Hawarden,

Iowa

Murphy, George, of California_.

Editorial from San Diego, Calif., Union, Sept. 9, 1969-

Pastore, John O., of Rhode Island__

Scott, Hugh, of Pennsylvania.

Spong, William B., Jr., of Virginia___

Editorials from:

Richmond, Va., News-Leader, Sept. 8, 1969-‒‒‒‒

Richmond, Va., Times-Dispatch, Sept. 8, 1969--

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