In 16 years with the Department of Justice. where he was special assistant to five Attorneys General. he prosecuted cases against the Ku Klux Klan and against those who would deny laboring men the right to organize into unions. He served as an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. was executive trial counsel during the Nazi war trials at Nuremberg and served two terms in the House of Representatives before being elected to the other body. He supported legislation dealing with civil rights. welfare programs. hofising. medicare. unemployment compensation. social security improvements. relaxation of restrictive immigration laws. drug abuse prevention. and gun controls. He was also a man who knew adversity and its heartaches and we shared some of these with him. for he was a friend. Mr.
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