Mr. Speaker. on June 3. 1956. in Collinsville. Ill.. Sister Katie Day was held to honor the Good Samaritan of the Coal Fields. The Good Samaritan is Mrs. Catherine DeRorre. of DuQuoin. Ill.. wife of an immigrant and daughter of immigrant parents. "Sister Katie" is a legend in the lives of Illinois miners and their wives. For more than 40 years sheserved the cause of the miners and other working people. Her home was always a haven for the afflicted. The miners. I believe. are a special breed of men. In every nation of the western world. even in the nations behind the Iron Curtain. miners have been in the forefront of every struggle for social justice.
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