[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 26 (Thursday, March 9, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E258-E259]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   IN MEMORY OF NEW YORK TIMES MANAGING EDITOR E. CLIFTON DANIEL, JR.

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 8, 2000

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, it is with deep sadness that I inform the 
House of the death

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of my friend Clifton Daniel, of Manhattan, New York. He was 87.
  Mr. Daniel was born in Zebulon, North Carolina, in 1912. During high 
school summers, he worked behind the soda fountain in his father's drug 
store and contributed stories to the local newspaper. In 1933, he 
graduated from the University of North Carolina and was hired by the 
Raleigh News & Observer as a reporter, editor and columnist. After 
three years, Mr. Daniel went to New York to find another journalist 
position. The Associated Press hired him to report from Washington, 
Switzerland and London during the next six years.
  In 1944, Mr. Daniel joined the New York Times, beginning his 33-year 
career with the newspaper. He developed a reputation for graceful 
writing and tireless reporting while in Britain covering the Supreme 
Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force. He left London to cover the 
Allied ground forces in Europe until the fighting ended. After the war 
was over, the New York Times named him the chief foreign correspondent 
in the Middle East, where he reported on the birth of Israel, the rise 
of Arab nationalism and the collapse of a Soviet Azerbaijani puppet 
state in northern Iran. He then returned to London, where he covered 
the death of King George VI and the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. 
In 1954, he served as the Times's Moscow correspondent, winning an 
Overseas Press Club award in 1956 for his Moscow reporting.
  Mr. Daniel continued his career at the New York Times and was named 
managing editor in 1964, the second highest editorial position at the 
newspaper. During his five years in that job, he is credited with 
injecting renewed life into the paper, seeking improved writing and 
expanded coverage of arts and society. Mr. Daniel then served as an 
associate editor and worked in New York Times broadcasting ventures 
until he became the Washington bureau chief in 1973. In addition to 
supervising the bureau, he wrote articles that chronicled the fall of 
President Nixon's administration and covered the new administration of 
President Ford. Upon announcing his retirement in 1977, Mr. Daniel 
spoke highly of the variety and excitement he experienced during his 
distinguished career at the New York Times.
  On 21 April 1956, Mr. Daniel married Margaret Truman Daniel, former 
President Truman's only child. They met during a dinner party in 1955 
and kept their romance a secret until a month before their wedding in 
Independence, Missouri.
  Mr. Speaker, Clifton Daniel was a true friend and great American. I 
know the Members of the House will join me in extending heartfelt 
condolences to his family: his wife of more than 43 years, Margaret; 
his four sons; and five grandchildren.

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