Speech #870273844

Mr. President. 8 years ago this month the Senate of the United States lost the services of one of the great legislators of this century when Senator Pat McCarran. of Nevada. died suddenly in his home State following a heart attack. Senator McCarrans accomplishments included the Administrative Procedure Act. the Internal Security Act. the Immigration and Nationality Act. the Federal Airport Act. and a great many other monuments to his skill as a legislator. his capacity for hard work. his dedication to the welfare of this country. and the esteem in which he was held by his colleagues. I introduce. for appropriate reference. a bill which would grant a congressional charter to the McCarran Foundation. a proposed nonprofit educational and patriotic foundation which would honor the name and the memory of our departed colleague by seeking to carry forward some of the objectives which he always held close to his heart: development of a better knowledge and understanding of the philosophy and basic principles of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. development of ways to make patriotism. Americanism. and good citizenship more effecitve. and broadening of the knowledge and understanding of all the people of the Nation of what it means to be an American.