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Show When J was cal led to tun fot the Senate of the United States and to enter poUtlcs actively, Senator Borah cUd not come IAto my , Gfthough he repre- santed _ opposing politte. party. That w• ., aet of frlen<&hip which I shaH never f.rget, and it eeunted fot mueh. I, by accideAt ,1 hed ben., change the:t \VOrd-by circtJmltGnCe, became ChaIrman .1 the Committee on Educotion and labor in my fjt$t tetm A very much fr.nmon ,Senator In every SeNe .f the _rd found Mm self preiiding ever the dean of the Sencihlf Q Man who head nearly 30 years· experlenee there. It WGS hurd ot times to· make reqW$ts .f Senator lorah, which i had to mee; btl' he w. CflwGyS gracious, oJwQ)'S foir, and .ve ..... aU, always friendly. w. served Oft both the Foreign RelotioM Committee GAd the Committee on EducEltion and Lebor. It was ROt my I,o,t to be in agreement wifh him en the 'oreign lei_10m Committee' and 1ft actIvities, but very often in opposition. It feU my lot iUlt a few months asp to aMW., eote great points which Senotor hrGh put forword in his great $peeeh in epposition to the present Neutrality Ad. 1ft cnwering his points cGtegoricoUy, soricoll)", seven SeftGtor Borah ... Iel me afterward in Q most friendly way that thad QltSwer.d him and thot probably we were not very for aport.. We could not be very far aport, exce.pting in this way: Senator Borah will be spoken of as a comtltutionol I awyet and (I student and advocate of internoti,onat law and will be remembered for these two things, and these are the things which characterized his life and his approach. I study and interpret government from government it sel f Senotor Borah studied m4 interpreted government from the law under which the Government operates. Senator Borah, if we tm:f)f view his activities In the light of American constitutional development, hoi definitely remained in that school and under the influ ence of that school and under the inflvence of that • school of thought which accepted our Constitution os lega' document, setting the bounds of conflict between the two legal entities which make us our great Nation, o the States, and the Federal Government. He remained in |
