[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 102 (Friday, July 29, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 29, 1994]
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                        ABOUT SENATOR HUGH SCOTT

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, there is a particular facet of Hugh 
Scott's life and conduct which is most dear to me as a Virginian 
representing our Commonwealth in the U.S. Senate.
  Throughout his political career in Pennsylvania and his private life 
after leaving the Senate, Hugh Scott was proud of his Virginia 
heritage, as a graduate of Randolph-Macon and of the University of 
Virginia Law School. Coincidentally, he roomed there 1 year with 
another distinguished colleague, John Stennis, of Mississippi.
  In addition to his personal attachment to Virginia and its 
institutions, Hugh Scott was dedicated to fostering the reality of a 
viable Republican Party in Virginia. He was a great personal help to 
our first Republican Governor, Linwood Holton, with whom he always 
stayed closely allied over the years. Together with Governor Holton, 
Senator Scott was a key adviser to me as I assumed the positions of 
Undersecretary and Secretary of the Navy. He always found time to help 
me as a patient mentor and a trusted resource as I began to explore my 
own interest in elective office.
  No one has ever given me better or more thoughtful counsel. And no 
advice I have taken has ever been more valuable than that he gave me 
over these many years.
  Hugh Scott was a gentleman in the best and most classic sense of that 
word. His personal code of honor was beyond reproach and his partisan 
advocacy was based on fact and principle--not on conjecture or 
personality. His firmly grounded civility was matched by ferocity in 
pursuit of his objective. And the appellation affable tiger was his 
personal favorite.
  Hugh Scott possessed tremendous energy from which we, in the Senate, 
benefited mightily. And that energy characterized his private life as 
he pursued deep and scholarly interests, particularly in Chinese art.
  And running as a thread through all these activities, public and 
private, were his deep-seated love of Virginia and his devotion to the 
enduring themes and values he formed as a young person.
  During his service as Senator Republican leader, there was on his 
inner office door a small hand typed ``Prayer of a Breton Fisherman: 
Oh, God, Thy Sea is so great; and my boat is so small.''
  On the inside of that door was a metal plaque showing the University 
and an excerpt from a famous poem about the gentlemen who attended it:

                             The Honor Men

                        (By James Hay, Jr. '03)

       The University of Virginia writes her highest degree on the 
     souls of her sons. The parchment page of scholarship--the 
     colored ribbon of a society--the jeweled emblem of a 
     fraternity--the orange symbol of athletic prowess--all these, 
     years hence, will be at best mementoes of happy hours--like 
     the withered flower a woman presses between the pages of a 
     book for sentiments sake.
       But--

     If you live a long, long time, and hold honesty of conscience 
           above honesty of purse;
     And turn aside without ostentation to aid the weak;
     And treasure ideals more than raw ambition;
     And pursue no woman to her tears;
     And track no man to his undeserved hurt;
     And love the beauty of noble music and mist-veiled mountains 
           and blossoming valleys and great monuments--
     If you live a long, long time and, keeping faith with all 
           these things hour by hour, still see that the sun gilds 
           your path with real gold and that the moon floats in 
           dream silver;

       Then--

     Remembering the purple shadows of the lawns, the majesty of 
           the colonnades, and the dream of your youth, you may 
           say in reverence and thankfulness:
     ``I have won the honor of honors. I have graduated from 
           Virginia.''

  Mr. President, I cite these two highly personal vignettes because 
they illustrate the manner in which Hugh Scott lived his life: Each and 
every day; trust in God, and conduct yourself as a gentleman.
  Mr. President, I also request permission to insert further pertinent 
material in the Record at this point. This includes the statements of 
two valued friends: his longtime chief aide, Martin G. Hamberger, and 
Richard G. Quick, who served the Senator in many ways.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

                                               Lipsen & Hamberger,


                              Attorneys and Counselors at Law,

                                    Washington, DC, July 22, 1994.
     Letter to the Editor.
       Dear Editor: The death of former U.S. Senate Republican 
     Leader Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania ought to serve as an 
     occasion to remember his national leadership as a moderate 
     Republican who fought vigorously for the center from his 
     position as Republican National Chairman in 1948 and 
     continuing through his service as Senate Republican Leader 
     from 1969 through 1976. Hugh Scott's spirited defense of the 
     Office of the Presidency during the Watergate Era has tended 
     to identify him with that time in a way he does not deserve.
       It is far more productive and relevant today to understand 
     Hugh Scott in terms of his dedication to the highest 
     principles of public service and personal ethics. During the 
     Vietnam Era he stated he was neither Hawk nor Dove, but 
     rather an Owl. And it was wisdom which guided him throughout 
     his career. He was a fighter for Civil Rights beginning in 
     the 1940s; and through the federal legislative struggles of 
     the 1960s, he was always in the forefront of achieving Civil 
     Rights goals. Senator Scott was a leader in making Eisenhower 
     the first modern Republican President.
       Hugh Scott was in most ways a ``pre-media'' Senator, but 
     his sharp wit and excellent turn of phrase made good copy and 
     great sound bites. And in times when bringing federal dollars 
     home to Pennsylvania projects was not criticized, he didn't 
     hesitate to make a reality of this 1970 campaign theme: ``The 
     Most Powerful Senator We Ever Had!''
       The fundamental characteristic of his public service was 
     his dedication to making government not just responsible but 
     also responsive to the needs of the people. And I am certain 
     that Hugh Scott's last words for all of us would be as he 
     often said:
       ``Face the future with an eye for excellence, a hand for 
     the helpless, a head for the truth, and a heart for the 
     People.''
           Sincerely,
                                               Martin G. Hamberger
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                      Remarks of Richard G. Quick

       Those of us who were privileged to serve U.S. Senator Huge 
     Scott as he represented the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are 
     indeed fortunate to have had such an experience in our lives. 
     His example of leadership and compassion, demand and 
     understanding, was a great tool in shaping our own 
     perspective and choices about who and what we would become.
       For me, a non-political person from a small town in Central 
     Pennsylvania, association with ``Scott of Pennsylvania, the 
     most powerful Senator we ever had'' opened an entire new 
     vista of recognition and possibilities. I was but one of many 
     who enjoyed this vista because of him. And he inspired us to 
     do our best to perform for him and Pennsylvanians in a way 
     worthy of his and their trust.
       There was no doubt about why he was the first Pennsylvania 
     Senator to be popularly elected to three terms--every day was 
     a work day on which to get something more accomplished for 
     the People. And he worked at those tasks with great patience 
     and foresight. He was willing to accept political risks and 
     to act boldly because he believed that the good judgement of 
     the People would result in good government being the best 
     politics. Having the opportunity to help in that work and to 
     enjoy the benefit of his teaching as we progressed was the 
     most profoundly satisfying experience of my life.

     

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