[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 143 (Monday, September 9, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1112-E1113]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          IN RECOGNITION OF THE LIFE OF JAMES JOSEPH McCARTHY

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                            HON. MIKE ROGERS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 9, 2019

  Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Madam Speaker, I ask for the House's attention 
to recognize the life of James Joseph McCarthy.
  Jim was born in Boston to Joseph and Anne McCarthy and sister, Louise 
(McCarthy) Faulstich. He was an allstar-football and basketball player 
in high school. He graduated from Suffolk University and served in the 
United States Army from January 1946 through June 1947.
  Jim worked as a successful insurance executive and was best known for 
his 29 years on ``The Sports Huddle.'' This weekly radio show was a 
raucous, call-in program with up to 20,000 callers on any given night.
  One of many memorable antics was when he and his two partners, life-
long friend, Mark Witkin and Eddie Andelman, placed a live call to 
Buckingham Palace to ask if the New England Patriots could exchange two 
of their guards for two of theirs. ``The Sports Huddle'' also publicly 
accused President Nixon of ``first degree oversight'' after he 
neglected to congratulate the Bruins for their Stanley Cup Victory. 
Thousands of listeners sent letters to the

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White House demanding action and shortly after, the Bruins received a 
congratulatory telegram from President Nixon along with a declaration 
that the Boston Bruins were number one.
  Jim was also part owner and president of Foxboro Raceway which was 
eventually sold to become part of Gillette Stadium.
  He loved to read, run on Nantasket beach, travel with Patricia and 
play tennis with his buddies. He was handsome with blue eyes that 
twinkled and was always impeccably dressed. He loved the saltwater and 
his idea of bliss was a hotdog, a cold beer and the sea. He was a 
devoted and adoring husband, father and grandfather and will be missed 
dearly.
  One of his seven grandchildren, Ethan, works for me in Washington. A 
celebration of Jim's life will be held September 11th.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in remembering the life of James Joseph 
McCarthy.

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