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House honors Mariner S. Eccles; resolution to place statue advances
Summary
The House passed SCR 4 to place a statue of Mariner S. Eccles in the Capitol; family members and business and civic leaders were introduced and speakers recounted Eccles’s role in Depression-era banking policy and philanthropic contributions.
The House took up SCR 4 (Senate Concurrent Resolution 4), a resolution urging placement of a statue of Mariner S. Eccles. Members introduced family and invited guests from banking and philanthropy, including Harold Steele and Max Evans of the Historical Society. Max Evans provided a brief historical overview of Eccles’s national role in banking policy and financial reforms of the 1930s.
Members from across the chamber offered tributes, recalling Eccles’s role in establishing federal banking reforms and the Federal Housing Administration and noting the family’s philanthropic contributions. Representative Arendt urged support for the resolution and described the family’s private fundraising commitment for statue funding. The House approved SCR 4 (71 yes, 0 no) and the resolution will be sent back to the Senate for signature.
