June 02, 1978
With the death of Senator James B. Allen of Alabama, the Senate has lost one of the great masters of parliamentary procedure in the long tradition of Southern Senators.
He was an honorable and indefatigable fighter for his beliefs and a man of great personal integrity. I extend my deepest sympathy to his family.
Jimmy Carter, Statement on the Death of Senator James B. Allen Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/245283