[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 24, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H725-H726]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING IRVING DILLARD'S 94TH BIRTHDAY

  (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

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  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, on December 5, the residents of 
Collinsville, Illinois, had a celebration honoring Irving Dillard's 
94th birthday. Although he was born and raised in Collinsville, his 
service to society does not stop at the Collinsville town border.
  As a patriotic American, Irving Dillard first served in the U.S. 
Federal administration and in the Army during World War II. It is for 
this distinguished service that he received American, French, and 
British war decorations.
  He also wrote for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from the Great 
Depression to the Eisenhower presidency, where he is most noted for his 
speech regarding the advancement of civil rights and the protection of 
the Constitution. In fact, Justice William O. Douglas acknowledged him 
as ``the one journalist who stood head and shoulders above all others 
when it came to the work of the Supreme Court.''
  After his distinguished career, he also lectured in Europe and spent 
a decade teaching journalism at Princeton University.
  Despite his many worldly accomplishments, Mr. Dillard still considers 
Collinsville his home, and we are glad he does.

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