[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 62 (Wednesday, May 18, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 18, 1994]
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                      TRIBUTE TO ROBERT T. SECREST

  (Mr. APPLEGATE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. APPLEGATE. Mr. Speaker, this week a giant of a man passed this 
scene: Robert T. Secrest, age 90, former Democratic Member, former 
Federal Trade Commission member, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower, 
former member of the Ohio House of Representatives and the State 
Senate, and a former Ohio Director of Commerce.
  Bob Secrest came to this Congress in 1932 with Franklin Delano 
Roosevelt, elected with Jennings Randolph of West Virginia. These were 
the two oldest former Members. Jennings Randolph still lives.
  Bob Secrest was the first Member to leave Congress to join the 
service in World War II, joining the U.S. Navy. In Ohio, he was known 
as the veterans' veteran. He was called Mr. Veteran, and when he was a 
Member of this House, he served on the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  He was the only person in the history of this Congress ever to be 
elected three times, one of the most admired and respected gentlemen 
that I have ever had the chance to meet. He was a confidant and a very 
personal friend.
  He was preceded in death only recently by his beautiful wife, 
Virginia ``Dutch'' Secrest. He will be missed by all who knew him.

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