[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 89 (Friday, May 26, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1142]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                          TRIBUTE TO HUGH HART

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                           HON. MARTIN FROST

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 25, 1995
  Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, after a long career of public service with 
the House of Representatives, Hugh Hart will retire as House Journal 
clerk in June. A native of Texas, Hugh came to work for the House when 
John McCormack was Speaker 28 years ago.
  I first met Hugh when he was administrative assistant to the late 
Dallas mayor and Congressman, Earle Cabell. Earle and his popular late 
wife, Dearie, were very warmly welcomed by the Texas delegation in 
Washington when they arrived in 1965. Earle had been a dynamic and 
energetic Dallas mayor after having a successful business career. He 
brought that enthusiasm with him. Hugh came along to work for him later 
that year.
  Hugh has had close ties to Dallas through the years. While attending 
Southern Methodist University and its law school, he came to now its 
distinguished late President Willis Tate. Dr. Tate recommended Hugh to 
Earle Cabell for a summer job. After completing his U.S. Army Reserve 
training with the Army Intelligence Branch, he started to work for 
Earle.
  The late Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Tom Clark, was fond 
of administering oaths of office to young Texans who passed the State 
bar examination and could not be present for the Austin swearing in 
ceremony. He gave the oath to Hugh. Later in retirement, justice Clark 
moved Hugh's admission in person to the U.S. Supreme Court.
  When Dearie and Earle returned to Dallas, Hugh practiced law there 
briefly before returning to Washington. He joined President Gerald 
Ford's Clemency Board as a Staff attorney. Later he was on the staff of 
the Commission on Information and facilities headed by former Texas 
Congressman Jack Brooks.
  In 1978, Speaker Thomas P. ``Tip'' O'Neil presided over the House and 
Hugh was appointed House Journal clerk.
  In addition to his professional duties, Hugh has been very active in 
community service. He has worked diligently in his parish, St. James 
Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill, for nearly 20 years. For several 
years, he has been a member of the Washington Episcopal Diocesan 
Personnel Committee. A trustee of the Canterbury Cathedral Trust in 
America, he has assisted in its programs with Canterbury Cathedral in 
England.
  A cause which has especially interested Hugh is the Most Venerable 
order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. This is an organization 
in England and the United States which supports an ophthalmic hospital 
in Jerusalem. The hospital serves 60,000 patients a year in one of the 
most troubled areas of the Middle East. Hugh has worked to expand the 
order's outreach and membership in Dallas and Texas, as well as the 
Washington area.
  Like any good Texan, he has also put his shoulder to the wheel for 
the Texas State Society of Washington as treasurer, board member and 
chair of various committees. No one who was there can forget the early 
society picnics.
  As Hugh moves on to the next stage of his life, his friends in the 
Texas delegation and the House of Representatives wish him well and 
thank him for a job well done.


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