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Robert N. Stanfield
The recent sudden death of Ex-Senator Robert Nelson
Stanfield, 68, at Weiser, Idaho, brought few comments from
Oregon newspapers, and some of those so uncomplimentary
that they had better never have been written. As, because
of prejudice and partisanship, "now we see through a glass
darkly" instead of objectively, a proper appraisement will
have to be left to the better perspective of the future. How
ever the record reveals a man of unusual ability, with the
courage of his convictions, who in his one term in the senate
accomplished as much or more for Oregon than any other
single termer for under senate rules of precedence as they
existed a quarter of a century ago, a freshman congressman
received scant opportunity.
Stanfield was a native Oregonian, born at Umatilla land
ing. His father was a California pioneer of 48 who in the
early 50's took up one of the first cattle ranches in Oregon.
Young Robert learned ranching from the grass roots and
got his education from distant country schoolhouses and
completed his schooling at the state normal school.
After the cattlemen finally gave up the Umatilla country
to the sheep men, Mr. Stanfield entered the sheep business
and by 1920 his sheep holdings numbered 350,000 head and
he was acclaimed the largest sheep owner in the world. Mean
while he had been elected a member of the Oregon legislature
for three terms, and speaker for one term. In 1920 he was
elected to the United States senate but failed of reelection.
In 1926, at the risk of his life, he saved a woman from drown
ing in a heavy undertow off Ocean City, Md.
During his term in the senate Stanfield attained promi
nence and had the people of Oregon given him another term
would have become a power in the national legislature. He
is best remembered for passing the Stanfield act which
brought millions of dollars to
requiring the federal government to pay to counties sums
they had lost with the reversion of the O. & C. land grant
to the government a real accomplishment for a first termer.
He was afterwards an unsuccessful candidate for the repub
lican nomination for the senate. Neglect of his livestock
interests because of his absorption in public business, com
.bined with the depression lost him his fortune but he was
still carrying- courageously on to the last.
The people of Oregon have always been ungrateful to their
hard working senators, which is one reason the state has not
had more influence in Washington, where powerful com
mittee assignments hinge on length of service. In recent
years they turned down Jonathan Bourne, who had in one
term attained national prominence as father of the parcel
post law; George Chamberlin, who was chairman of the
senate military committee during World war I, and won
national fame by his courage in exposing conditions and
forcing reforms, and Rufus Holman who rendered valuable
service on the appropriations committee. Charles McNary
was the only exception and he became the most powerful
influence in Washington and nomine of his party for vice
president, as a result. , ,
Wartime Discourtesy
Recognizing the fact that the war has brought about an
entirely new attitude between retail establishments and their
customers, a group of Hempstead, Long Island, merchants
cooperating with their local newspaper have launched a
campaign to restore courtesy to their dealings with the public.
Their motivating thought is the elimination of the sales
clerk whose attitude toward customers is summed up in the
now familiar expression, "Don't you know there's a war on ?"
in reply to some unusual request. They seek to restore the
nearly forgotten maxim "the customer is always right."
As a result of their self-examination 260 retail merchants
in Hempstead are cooperating in the publication of 12 full
page advertisements addressed to their customers, one of
which reads in part as follows:
"Because ours is a role of service, we cannot let our tenmwnrlc
slump to a routine level, since perfunctory service to the public all
too rapidly degenerates into discourteous service. . . . We on the
service front are human, just as you are . . . with no additional
physical and emotional armor to withstand the strains and stresses
of war. Occasionally our patience may wear a little thin and
unwelcome impulses break through before we realize it. Such
lapses from good form are excusable in all of us. can be expected
once in a while. But a constant lack of courtesy ... an attitude
of superior indifference to customers' problems ... a readiness
with short answers and ultimatums . . . must not be tolerated at
any time."
Behind this novel campaign lies the fact evidenced in al
most every city that common decency and courtesy have dis
appeared to an alarming degree in this wartime seller's
market. So widespread is the complaint that women's groups
throughout the country are talking of retaliation against
offending merchants when business returns to normal. This
attitude of independence is due in the small shops to the pro
prietors themselves. In the larger stores it can be laid to
inexperienced and overworked help. In either case it can
be explained largely by the handicaps which merchants must
contend with these days shortages of help and merchandise
and the myriad government rules and regulations designed
to develop short tempers and lack of patience.
Where They Have Gone
Here are the answers to frequently heard question as to
what has become of the plentiful supplies of every day ar
ticles which the American people have come to take for
granted, and the absence of which they unthinkingly resent;
articles ranging from fuel oil to cigarettes.
These answers are contained in a list of stores used by
Service Squadron 10, the "floating naval base" which sup
plied fighting ships of the U. S. Fifth Fleet supporting the
Okinawa landing, as prepared by the information division
of OPA. Illustrative of the heavy demands of war on ci
vilian supplies are these articles and quantities used in that
single invasion:
"Enough fuel to make a train of tank ears 238 miles long,
with enough left to heat 10,000 homes for a year; enough
gasoline to run 30,700 American automobiles for a full year
enough to run one car for 300,000 miles; sufficient lubricat
ing oil to allow for complete change of oil in 466,000 auto
mobiles ; enough explosives to blast Tokyo out of existence
the equivalent of 480 freight cars full; nine million gallons
of water to ease the task of distilling plants carried by each
ship for converting ocean waters to fresh ; enough food to
feed Portland for 30 days; enough spare clothing to com
pletely clothe more than 1,500,000 persons; enough tooth
powder, candy, stationery, shaving cream and razor blades
to fully stock 6000 drugstores; two hundred seventy thou
sand pounds of soap and 5,000,000 packs of cigarettes."
Student Leaders
Meeting in Seattle
Seattle, April 21 W) Student
body presidents and delegates
from 18 Pacific northwest col
Ore., Saturday, April 21, 1945
Editor and Publisher
western Oregon counties by
leges are meeting In the Uni
versity of Washington. The
gathering, which will close Sun
day is the first meeting of the
Pacific Students' association,
northern region.
11 'feaLffi&Wy"?' Arf
'Authoritative military quarters believe the President's death will seriously af
fect the enemy's conduct of the war." Tokyo Radio
The Fireside Pulpit
Reverend George H. Swift
Rector, Saint Paul's Episcopal Church
Your Part In World Security The fate of a nation of a people is
often determined by the decision of a few men to act at a given
time in a certain way. When Napoleon and his advisors decided
to send the armies into the heart of Russia to conquer Moscow,
the fate of Napoleon's empire was determined. When Hitler and
his advisors decided to strike'
east Into Russia instead of west
into England, they changed the
course of German history for a
possible thousand years. When
the Japanese war lords decided
to stab the United States in the
back at Pearl Harbor they start
ed something which will change
Asiatic history for centuries.
When the Dig Three and
their advisors decided on "un
conditional surrender" for Ger
many, they took the first step
toward future world security.
Other steps were taken in the
same direction when confer
ences such as Dumbarton Oaks
were called and held. These
preliminary conferences paved
the way for the United Nations
conference about to be held in
San Francisco. According to
an article in the Saturday Ev
ening Post (April 21) this con
ference aims to provide legal
and consultative machinery for
Novelties
hi the News
(By th Associated PrtAA)
The Door, Suh! .
Santa Fe, N. M. Farmer A.
F. Schrader'said he didn't mind
obliging when a stranger open
ed his front door, walked in and
asked for a match but
When the man crawled Into
bed and dropped off to sleep,
Schradcr lost little time in
yanking the intruder out and
showing him the door.
Achtung, Adolf
Topeka, Kas. The Germans
may be supermen but they ap
parently aren't very tall.
Lt. Nels A. Anderson, Jr., six
foot, one inch lieutenant, wrote
his parents here that he looked
all over Germany while with
the first army and still hadn't
found a bed long enough for
him.
Memorial Award
Goes to Ernie Pyle
Chicago, April 21, U.B Sig
ma Delta Chi, national profes
sional journalistic fraternity,
announced Friday award of the
Raymond Clapper memorial
award to Ernie Pylo. It was
the second consecutive year the
prize was given the famed war
correspondent.
He was chosen April 2, 16
days before he was killed.
In announcing the award.
John S. Knight, publisher of
the Chicago Daily News and
papers in Detroit, Miami, and
Akron, O., said the selection
was made "for human interest,
down-to-earth reporting of the
war."
"More than any other report
er, Pyle had the gift of bring
ing the horrors and realitiet of
war close to home. His articles
have been magnificent," Knight
said.
mwmmsm
dealing with disputes among
nations," looking to world se
curity from bloody wars.
If the United Nations confer
ence can make decisions and
set in motion forces which will
prevent even one more such
conflict as World War II, then
all families in America (and
Sips for UQpcir
By Don Upjohn
Temperature went up to 86
degrees at Medford Tuesday
which we'd call good sweatin'
weather up this way.
Sheriff Denver Young who
lives out on Croisan creek got
up early enough this a. m. to
drop out into the back yard
and snake himself out a coupla
trout for breakfast. This is one
of the principal reasons why
city chaps like to be gentlemen
farmers especially if they can
find a gentlemanly farm situa
ted on a creek.
Says an exchange, "Three
cows at Rockford city farm gave
birth to litters of 8, 11 and 13
pigs, respectively." This is either
a don't you believe it item, or
else times are changing.
Announcement is made that a
school for sheep shearers is soon
to be established and in a few
days turn sheep shearers out of
men who've never had their
hands on a pair of clippers. But
they probably won't pull the
wool over the sheeps' eyes when
they get to work in earnest.
Steve Stone, our compatriot
who was brought up on an east
ern Oregon ranch and learned to
shear sheep the hard way when
he had to stand on a soap box
lo reach the sheep just grunted
when he heard about this new
course in the curriculum.
"B-a-a," he said.
Belated Proof
(Lebanon Express)
Sodaville Last Friday prov
ed so disastrous to C. W. Rey
nolds he says he Is considering
spending the day in bed when
ever Friday falls on the 13th
of the month. First he broke
some ribs while working at his
job at the mill. A few minutes
after he arrived home from the
doctor's office where he was
treated, he cut his hand while
splitting wood. The gash, a bad
one on the back of his left hand.
Ben Clagget's frog which went
on exhibition downtown yester
day and at first displayed a
seemingly supreme contempt for
the folks who began to crowd
around his glass cage and look
him over, begun showing indi
cations today he was beginning
3 Tune in Sundays
The Old Fashioned
Revival Hour
KSLM, 10-11 P.M.
Intcrniuonu oospu
BrMdcan
Cbtrlea B. roller DlrccUt
the world) should lend what
aid they can to insure its suc
cess. There is something every fam
liy can do. Every family can
pray for the success of the con
ference. If we believe in the
power of prayer at all, (hun
dreds of millions do believe in
the power of prayer) and if we
pray to God at all now is the
time to do it. Now is the time
to make a practical application
of our belief. The words of
Philips Brooks on prayer should
reach the ears of those whose
votes, will spell success or fail
ure, "If you would have God
hear you when you pray, you
must hear Him when He
speaks." The conclusions of the
conference must reflect the will
of God!
to enjoy the admiration of the
humans who crowded around.
We saw him this a. m. just after
a little group of ladies had ex
claimed over him in excited
tones. One of the ladies had re
marked so the old boy could
hear her that he was the largest
and handsomest specimen of
bull frog she'd ever seen. When
the girls had turned and gone
away the frog very distinctly
winked one eye at us and we're
quite sure he grinned. Looks
as though he's going to do all
right for himself.
The mother of the C. Chaplin
baby protests that she can't
suport same on $75 a week. But
we haven't heard many other
mothers worrying about her.
Most of them think the court
has just taken another step to
ward helping along inflation.
Silverton Mr. and Mrs. Mar
ion Palmer (Beth Sypher) of
Eugene and their small daugh
ter, Vicky, were visiting in Sil
verton Friday. Palmer, the son
of Mrs. Grace Palmer and the
late Marion Palmer, Silverton
residents for many years, has
completed his physical and is
on call for service in the arm
ed forces. He has been re
tained in federal employment on
the Columbia river projects
during the - first years of the
war and now hopes to be able
to qualify for radar prelimin
aries. First Presbyterian
Church
Chemeketa at Winter
Chester W. Hamblln,
Pastor
10:55 A.M.
"MENDING WALL"
7:30 P.M.
"THE BROTHERS
Zebedee"
rieVar Today
By DeWitt Mackenzie
An Interpretative analysis of
war development! by a fam
ous Associated Press war correspondent.
With the mighty Russian battle-front
again surging forward
the strategy to follow junction
of Moscovites with western al
lies becomes the question of the
day.
The reich is slashed in two
what then; well, we remain in
much the same position fore
cast by General Eisenhower
and his commanders within the
last few days. That is to say,
there still are a lot of isolated
pockets of Germans to clear up.
In short no man can put his
finger on the calendar and say:
"This is the date of V-E day."
That's a keen disappointment
to a lot of home-front folk who
jumped to the conclusion, from
the dazzling speed of the allied
tank columns, that the war was
over. However, we shall do
well to swallow this strong mus
tard and make up our minds
that there's still some distance
to go.
Fight to the End
Of course, if Hitler should
suddenly change his mind and
decide to surrender as head of
government, that presumably
would end all German resist
ance. However, up to now he
and his lieutenants have shown
every sign of fighting to the end
and there is no other body of
Germans who could speak for
the many pockets of resistance
in the matter of surrender. So
we must continue cleaning
house.
With the enemy divided Into
two zones the southern theater
will comprise Hitler's fortress in
the Bavarian Alps near his
Berchtesgaden home, the north
ern will be made up of large
pockets along the coast clear to
Norway.
Drive in Italy
We must link Hitler's last
stand in the Alps with that of
the German army which is
fighting in northern Italy. The
allied forces on the peninsula
are now in the full swing of an
offensive to annihilate the Hit
lerites. However, the latter
have a strong force some 25
German divisions and about
five Italian divisions and the
advantage of terrain which is
cut by numerous rivers. I
should say we have here the
prospects of a tough and bloody
battle.
Now as to the German stand
in the far north: there is no
doubt that the nazis intend to
defend the capital as long as
possible not an enviable task
in view of the way the allies
are closing in on both sides and
are threatening to cut the Ger
man corridor previously men
tioned. When the capital suc
cumbs, the defenders will do
their best to retreat to one of
the pockets on the north coast.
The measure of their success is
highly problematical, because
the Russians are driving hard to
cut the German line above Ber
lin and thus surround the forces
holding the capital.
Girl Reserve
Marion Carter, leader of the
Parrish 7th grade Girl Reserves,
is planning a "Spring Hike" as
Hear How the Spirit World Upset Europe.
Why Doesn't Houdini, t he Magician, Come Back?
THE MYSTERY OF DUNNIGER
The Strange Ra dio Character of
"KEM TONE"
an out-door event for their next
meeting. Last week they were
responsible for the gathering
of the decorations for the "Min
iature Convention" which was
held at the YMCA.
Mrs. Esther Little met with
the Parrish Bth G. "R.'s last
Tuesday in the absence of their
leaders, Pat Sears and Jean
Barham. Members were told
of the summer camp at Smith
Creek. Registrations are be
ing taken now at the YWCA.
Mrs. Little also led the group
in singing Girl Reserve songs.
The Girl Reserves of Leslie
9th enjoyed an afternoon of
playing croquet in the back
yard of the YWCA last Wednes
day. Next week they will have
an out-door supper, to be fol
lowed by games.
Tri-Y Shirley" Liudahl, pres
ident of Ann Guthrie and her
committee members, are com
pleting plans for a Mother's
Day tea to be given in May.
Mrs. Harmon Garrett is the
leader of this chapter.
Cabinet members of Abbie
Graham met at the home of
Mrs. Neil Brown, with their
leader, Barbara Crawford, to
plan spring events for the re
mainder of the school year. Re
freshments were served follow
ing the meeting.
Committees were appointed
by Marjorie Lundahl, president
of Rhoda McCullough, Thurs
day evening during their meet
ing at the YWCA to plan for a
dance to be given in May.
Elcena McCune, president of
Margaret Meade, called her club
members together in the gar
dens of the YWCA Thursday
evening to discuss club offi
cers for next year and plan
events for the spring. An an
nouncement was made concern
ing the rummage sale which is
scheduled for the 27th and 28th
of April.
Marion Cuthbert chapter
members enjoyed an out-door
supper in the gardens of the
YWCA Friday after school,
which was followed by a thea
ter line party.
The monthly meeting of Tri
Y was held in the high school
auditorium Thursday of this
week. Grace Elliott and Abbie
Graham presented a joint club
talent show, featuring "Women
at Work in Wartime." Marga
ret Meade and Rhoda McCul
lough were responsible for a
two act skit, entitled "This Lit
tle Pig Went to Market, dram
atizing a family budget.
Harriet Huston, in Takoma,
Washington last month, gave a
report on the summer planning
conference which was held at
the YWCA.
There are 551 wooden bridges
and 41 completely concrete ones
spanning Marion county roads
exclusive of those on main or
secondary state highways.
STEVENS
THE TEMPLE OF PROPHECY
HOOD AND SUMMER
SAL EM
Sunday, April 22
7:30 p.m.
AMAZING DEVELOPMENTS
IN SPIRITUALISM
N EXAMINED!
What Connections Did Hitler
Have With the "Spirits"?
Halsey Deep in
Hatred of Japs
New York, April 21 (U.R)
Admiral William F. Halsey, Jt
commander of the third U. S
fleet, today charged the Japan
ese with vivisection, rape and
cannibalism and demanded that
after the war, one Japanese of
ficer be put to death in retali
ation for every one of "our
men" murdered in the Pacific.
Halsey's plan was. present
ed in a signed article in Col
lier's magazine. He urged that
no peace treaty be signed with
the Japanese and that a "pro
longed armistice" be substitut
ed. He said his staff Joined
him in "extremely violent hat
red" of the Japanese.
"Most of the Japanese atro
city stories you hear about are
not exaggerations," h e said.
"We have documented proof
that some of our marines were
vivisected, that some nuns were
subjected to 48 hours of con
tinuous rape, and definite signs
that the Japs practiced cannibal
ism on Guadalcanal and on
Leyte."
Halsey demanded punish
ment in payment of "all Japs
guilty of war crimes, without
respect for rank or high posri
tion," and singled out Field
Marshal Juichi Terauchi and
General Tomoyuki Yamashita
as deserving of special atten
tion. Outlining the military con
trol which he maintained was
necessary to handle the Japan
ese in the postwar period, Hal
sey said a United Nations su
preme commander with a free
hand should be placed in
charge.
He said we "must make the
Japanese race powerless, and
then keep it powerless." With
this in mind, he proposed three
restrictions: that no Japanese
ship should move without al
lied approval, that all Japanese
should be stripped of all arms
of any kind, and that "most in
dustrial material should be kept
away from them without forc
ing them into starvation."
Freedom of Press A
Action at Chicago
Chicago, April 21 m The
National Editorial association,
representing 5100 publishers of
smaller dailies and weeklies,
met today to act on a freedom
of the press resolution.
Association members yester
day at their streamlined, cur
tailed meeting, praised the ef
forts of Kent Cooper, execu
tive director of the Associated
Press in behalf of freedom of
the press the world over.
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