Jam es W. Mott
In his 13 years of service as repre
sentative of the first Oregon district in
the congress of the Untied States, James.
W. Mott grew steadily in prestige and
in influence. He entered the house of
representatives when only a handful of
republicans had survived the democratic
landslide of 1932. So he was fortunate
in obtaining assignment to such import
ant committees as naval * affairs arid
roads. As his seniority mounted he be
came ranking minority member of the
former committee and second minority
member of the latter. He was particu
larly effective on these committees, not
only in behalf of his own district, but
in the national interest, supporting as
he did a strong navy and a comprehen
sive program of natiorial aid in road
construction.
It is therefore highly regrettable from
a state and national standpoint that
Mr. Mott’s service is cut short by his
untimely death. It may have been has
tened by the strenuous labors imposed
on members of the congress in these
later years. Congressman Mott traveled
widely on business of the naval affairs
committee particularly; and devoted
much time in his short vacations to
touring his district and keeping in
formed on local interests and needs.
As a public speaker, Mr. Mott was
very forceful. He prepared his material
with care, and his delivery was very
effective. He had given some attention
to dramatics in his earlier years and em-
ployed his native dramatic talent skill
fully in his public career, though there
was nothing artificial in his elocution
ary manner. Given a cause he believed
in, he was persistent in his work to
make it succeed.
Mott was not a politician of the hail-
fellow-well met type, but he had many
close friends and many more warm ad
mirers. To them his passing is an occa
sion for personal grief.
Oregon has lost one of its most able
public servants in the death of James
W. Mott, and the genuine sympathy of
this his home community is extended
to his bereaved family.
T H E PRESID EN T’S MESSAGE
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