that his counsel was sharply honed by introspection and circumspection.

We shall miss WINSTON PROUTY and his quiet but effective voice of guidance.

Mrs. McClellan joins me in extending our heartfelt sympathy to all members of the family.

Mr. HOLLINGS. Mr. President, it is an honor for me to join today in tribute to our esteemed colleague, WINSTON PROUTY. We served together on the Commerce Committee and I knew him as a dedicated and able public servant in this very Chamber. WIN PROUTY was devoted to the interests of the people of Vermont and, indeed, of all the American people.

In reading the news stories that accompanied Senator PROUTY'S passing, I found a note of bewilderment that the Senator from Vermont had attained his success without a well-oiled political machine and without the dramatic bombast we are all so familiar with. I am more bewildered by the stories than by the success of the man. In a career that included the speakership of the Vermont House of Representatives, four terms in the U.S. House, and three elections to the Senate, WIN PROUTY demonstrated that honesty, dedication, and a oneness for the people are still the traits most admired by the citizens of America. He was not a man of many words, but the words he did say carried weight and substance. Too often in recent years, rhetoric and bombast have been substituted for the real sinews of statemanship.

We have lost not only a good Senator, but a good man. A sincere friend. It is with sadness that I speak. But also with pride—pride in WIN PROUTY, pride in the people who sent him to us, and pride in the Nation whose best traits the late Senator from Vermont exemplified.

Mr. CHURCH. Mr. President, the Senate, as well as our Nation, has suffered a major loss with the untimely passing of our good friend from Vermont, Senator WINSTON L. PROUTY.

Senator PROUTY was a devoted and effective public servant for more than 30 years. During his illustrious career, he served as mayor of Newport for three terms and was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives three times. In addition, he served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and was elected three times to the Senate.

As chairman of the Senate Committee on Aging, I was able to observe in a very personal way his deep and unstinting concern for the elderly in our Nation. He was a strong and forceful advocate for the aged, and will be missed deeply. He was also a skillful legislator with a long list of impressive accomplishments, such as the Prouty special age-72 payments for persons with little or no social security coverage. More than 1 million low-income aged persons have now received vital assistance from this far-sighted provision.

With his Older Americans Income Assurance Act, he was in the forefront in calling for an innovative income supplement program to lift large numbers of aged persons out of the depths of poverty. Several of his concepts in this proposal have been incorporated in the 1971 social security-welfare reform legislation, H.R. 1.

And as the ranking minority member of the Senate Committee on Aging, he helped to strengthen the bipartisan approach that our committee has taken with regard to problems affecting older Americans. He was an effective ally and was a major force in the adoption of

measures to:

Pay for the elderly's travel expenses to the White House Conference on Aging to assure that this conference will be broadly representative of all income groups;

Increase funding for several successful programs under the Older Americans Act, such as the community programs on aging and the foster grandparent program; and

Rescue the section 202 housing program for the elderly.

Mrs. Church joins me in extending our deepest sympathy to his wife, Jennette, and their family.

Mr. TALMADGE. Mr. President, I join my colleagues in the Senate in expressing the sorrow and deep regret over the passing of WINSTON PROUTY. Senator PROUTY was a man of the highest character. He served his Nation and State with deep devotion and high integrity. WINSTON PROUTY served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 8 years and he served 14 years in the Senate. During his more than 21 years in Congress, he became a leading spokesman for the older citizen of the Nation. As the ranking Republican member of the Select Committee on Aging, Senator PROUTY devoted much of his time and effort to bettering the lot of this almost forgotten group of people. I know of no other Member of the Senate who endeavored harder or with more zeal to initiate change and improvement in areas

where he felt a pressing need existed, especially in the areas of program for the aged and in education.

The people of Vermont sent an able, dedicated, and devoted public servant to the Senate. Vermont and the Nation will miss his leadership and I personally will miss his friendship.

Mrs. Talmadge joins me in extending our sympathy to Mrs. Prouty and the family.

Mr. JAVITS. Mr. President, with the passing of WINSTON L. PROUTY, the Senate lost one of its most distinguished Members and I have lost a friend and colleague with whom I served since he first came to the House of Representatives in 1951.

WIN PROUTY, though a taciturn Vermonter, sparing in his speech, had a special instinct for justice and the right. He assumed a leadership role on behalf of the aged and on behalf of the handicapped, areas in which his contributions will be long remembered, to cite but several of his interests.

As ranking minority member of the Education Subcommittee of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, he sought to follow in the path of his distinguished predecessor from Vermont, Justin P. Morrill, who was the author of the land grant college program which came into law in the administration of Abraham Lincoln. Most of the education statutes enacted in recent years bear the Prouty imprint.

WIN PROUTY was a Republican, governed not by partisan considerations but by conscience and reason. He earned the approbation of members of the opposite party during his service in the House and Senate and in the Vermont State Legislature. When he disagreed on issues, it was not through contentiousness but through reasoned thought.

I join my colleagues in conveying deepest sympathy and condolences to his beloved wife, Jennette, and family whom he cherished and to the people of Vermont whom he served so very superbly.

Mr. BAKER. Mr. President, it was with great personal sorrow that I learned of the untimely death of our colleague, Senator PROUTY. It was my privilege to serve with the Senator on the Committee on Commerce during the past 22 years, and as I worked with him my admiration and affection grew steadily.

It will be said that WIN PROUTY somehow captured the spirit of Vermont, and it will be true. His gentlemanly and self-effacing ex

terior concealed a leader of great strength and purpose, of principle and patriotism. The Senate, together with the people of Vermont and of the Nation, are greatly diminished by the loss of this excellent

man.

I join with other Senators in extending my sincerest sympathies to Mrs. Prouty and other members of the family.

Mr. MONDALE. Mr. President, the Senate has lost one of its most effective legislators with the passing of WINSTON L. PROUTY of Vermont. Both the Congress and the Nation will sorely miss his help in grappling with the vexing problems which confront us.

I had the privilege of serving with the late Senator from Vermont on both the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare and the Special Committee on Aging. In these committees I came to know well his dedication to improving the lot of the people. It was he who led the effort to add some 2 million older people to the social security rolls. In many cases, these were people who had practically no other means of support.

Senator PROUTY served on all of the principal subcommittees of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. He was the ranking minority member of the Education Subcommittee, where I worked closely with him. I know firsthand of his many contributions to education programs, which are so vital to the future of our society.

I also remember with admiration Senator PROUTY's sustained efforts to strengthen manpower training programs. As a fellow member of the Employment, Manpower, and Poverty Subcommittee, I often had the opportunity to work with him in developing these valuable programs.

Senator PROUTY had a long and distinguished record of public service. Beginning as an alderman and mayor, he later served at the State legislature, in the executive branch of his State, in the U.S. House of Representatives, and finally in the U.S. Senate. It was evident in all of Senator PROUTY's work that he brought to bear his rich experience on the issues before us. In doing so, he added an invaluable dimension to the consideration of legislative matters.

We will all miss the capable and dedicated efforts of WIN PROUTY as we continue to face the troubling issues which concerned him so deeply.

Mr. FANNIN. Mr. President, one of the good fortunes of serving in the U.S. Senate is to have the privilege of associating with sincere and dedicated men like our late colleague WIN PROUTY.

During my freshman term in this body I was a member of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare where I benefited from the guidance and assistance of the Senator from Vermont. I observed his deep concern for the welfare of the elderly citizens of our country. But he also was dedicated to our young people, and he strived for educational and social legislation to aid all our citizens.

WINSTON PROUTY believed in speaking with actions rather than words. He served his State and Nation well.

He and his lovely wife, Jennette, also contributed greatly to the leadership in many Republican activities in our Capital City.

For two decades he served in Congress, the last dozen of these years in the Senate. He put to good use his feeling for the needs of the people gained during his years in Vermont as a mayor and as a State legislator.

His passing is a loss to the Senate, to the State of Vermont, and to all the people of our United States of America.

Mr. HRUSKA. Mr. President, it is always difficult when we lose a colleague. It is especially so for me as I reflect on the death of WIN PROUTY. His unfortunate passing has deprived this body of one of its finest gentlemen and most able legislators. For me it has ended a very warm and rewarding personal friendship.

Many of our constituents, unfortunately, may not realize how much poorer our country is today without the services of this good, dedicated, and human public servant who spent the last 33 years of his life in the service of his community, his State, and his Nation. Many of his great achievements did not receive their deserved attention because he was quiet, modest, and unassuming. He was a composite of the classic New Englander-taciturn and not too talkative, wiry but tough. As we know well, his character was strong and resolute.

These qualities made him all the more esteemed to those who knew him well, however, because when he did speak he could be extremely eloquent and persuasive.

Meanwhile, I think we will all acknowledge his mastery of the most elusive legislative skills, a byproduct of his great dedication to his constituents and the countless hours he devoted to intricate legislative problems.