Speech #860064620

Senator Herbert H. Lehman. for 10 years Governor of New York before coming to the Senate. in his own manner proved himself the untiring and eternal guardian and defender of human rights. He was an effective and eloquent opponent of social and religious discrimination. an advocate of a more liberal immigration policy. and an unrelenting champion of civil rights legislation. Senator Robert F. Wagner. a Justice of the New York Supreme Court before his election in 1926 to the Senate. was a chief sponsor of much of the legislation introduced during President Roosevelts early years in office. which sought to bolster and strengthen the American economy.