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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, September 26, 1940
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Official Paper for Morrow County
Mr. Willkie, American
A ITER hearing considerable cam
paign propaganda, we wondered
if a country of 135 million people
were not truly capable of producing
more than one man big enough to
be president. We saw Wendell L.
Willkie and the question was answered.
Like millions of other Americans
we had heard little of Mr. Willkie
before the Republican convention at
Philadelphia named him to head
their ticket. We had read that he
was once a democrat, had in fact
voted to nominate Mr. Roosevelt for
president as a delegate to the demo
cratic national convention- eight
years ago, and not trusting the pol
iticians too far we suspicioned that
a trade might have been effected to
bring out a compromise candidate
whom anti-New Deal democrats
could support with a clear con
science. Having doubts like these in mind,
and still wishing to see administra
tion of the federal government re
moved; from hands that have played
all too freely with destinies of the
people, we welcomed the opportun
ity that became ours last Sunday to
meet Mr. Willkie face to face. It
was but a moment ... A cursory
handshake ... A gracious smile ... A
large bulk of healthy, vibrant hu
manity . . . But we were satisfied.
Wendell L. Willkie was man enough
to be president, by all the standards
we had learned to judge men.
The opportunity to meet Mr. Will
kie came through courtesy of the
state republican central committee
in answer to request of the presi
dential candidate that he be permit
ted to meet newspapermen of the
state while en route through it on
the train. Our group boarded the
train at Salem and was privileged
to ride to Portland. Mr. and Mrs.
Willkie came into the car together
and, stayed but a few momenta to
shake hands with the newcomers.
Any opportunity to converse with
the candidate was immediately ob
viated by presence in the group of
a man who once played football with
him in high school and a lady who
was his high school English teacher.
Former teammate and teacher had
been chatting for some time before
Mr. Willkie came in. Their appear
ance as regular every-day Ameri
cans was not belied by their greet
ing for Mr. Willkie. They started
kidding him about things that hap
pened in school, and "Wendell," as
they addressed him, stood much like
a bashful, over-grown schoolboy
munching peanuts the while and
exchanged ready repartee in the
same vein. It was easy to see that
all were reared in the typical Am
erican school ... It assuerd us that
Mr. Willkie had his feet on the
ground; the ground of red-blooded
Americanism.
Mr. Willkie had been through sev
eral gruelling days of campaigning
before he reached Salem, and a few
minutes before we saw him he had
stood in the hot sun for five minutes
to address the throng who greeted
him there. In spite of it all, he ap
peared fresh and relaxed. He might
have been on a busman's holiday
from appearance, and it led us to
believe that he really was thorough
ly enjoying the work cut out for
him.
Mrs. Willkie impressed us as being
a very sweet, typically American
wife who had taken good care of her
figure. She was a breath of frag
ranee as she passed, wearing gar
denias. Her blonde smile reflected
a depth of true friendliness. In her
appeared real reason for the enthu
siastic, impromptu singing of "Let
Me Call You Sweetheart" by the
crowd packing the Portland audi
torium to whom she was introduced
the next morning.
Passengers from the Willkie spe
cial were, caused to worm their way
along a narrow aisle, walled by hu
mans, as they passed through the
Union depot. Police had difficulty
in keeping the passageway from be
ing entirely ciosea oy the. many
people, anxious to glimpse the Will
kies. The crowd extended on along
the street many blocks from the sta
tion as the Willkie caravan went
through to the hotel. Anxious faces
were seen all along the line. It was
a quiet crowd showing little display
of ribaldry. Three raucous voices
only were heard to shout the name
of Mr. Willkie's opponent.
Through request of Mr. Willkie
himself no seating reservations were
made at the ' auditorium. That ev
eryone believed it would be neces
sary to get there early to get a seat
was verified by the auditorium be
ing filled a full hour before his
scheduled appearance. We thought
we would be there in plenty of time.
but arriving ten minutes before the
doors were closed we had to search
assiduously for the lone, isolated va
cant seat that we were privileged to
fill.
People seated in the auditorium
knew they had a long wait ahead of
them and all were orderly. They
entered into the spirit enthusiastic.
ally when Tommy Luke started to
lead them in community singing:,
Their patience was not shortened by
announcement that . Mr. Willkie
would be fifteen minutes late, but
they evidenced plenty of pent-up
energy in the cheers that greeted
his arrival. Governor Sprague's ap
propriate and forceful introduction
received an ovation, which was pro
longed as Mr. Willkie arose.
It was to be expected that those
in the auditorium were enthusiastic
supporters, and they showed their
enthusiasm for the message at point
ed intervals. Mr. Willkie attempted
no oratorical heights. He spoke
straight from the shoulder as man to
man. He hesitated not at challenge,
and he effervesced the vigor with
which to back it up.
Before seeing and hearing Mr,
Willkie we wondered if much of
the "build up" about his having the
trait tor understanding the American
heart like that possessed by Will
Rogers were not just so much build
up. Now we are sorry that our ability
to portray him is incapable of suf
ficiently emphasizing our opinion
that such build up has been all too
conservative.
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U.S.
farmers in 1940 have
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AUCTIONEER and
REAL ESTATE
Phone 452 Heppner, Oregon
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HORSE SHOW
and RODEO
PORTLAND, OREGON
October 5 to 12
19 Shows In One
Elsvsn acres undsr
on roof. Exhibits of
purs-brad Livestock,
Dogs, Poultry, Pat
Stock, Wild Life, Man
ufactured and Land
Products, 4-H Club
and Smith-Hughes
Vocational Education
Work; also Combined
Horse Show and thrill,
lng Indoor Rodeo.
Large Premium Lists
feed grains, including
supplies, to produce enough
to feed eteUjone in
the GEt as muchxS as
each ate in 1939, with enough
left over for 23,000,000
other people.
OBICULTURAi. ADJUSTMENT DMiNlSTnN
Winter Pears of
Northwest To Be
Free Lunch Food
Close to 200,000 boxes of Pacific
northwest pears will find their wav
to school houses throughout the na
tion where they will become part
of the school lunch program pro
vided for some three million young
sters of low-income families. The
Surplus Marketing administration
has recently agreed to purchase 194,
400 boxes of pears from Oregon
Washington growers' this year, who
are facing a serious situation as the
result of the elimination of foreign
markets.
The administration will purchase
U. S. No. 1 Bosc pears, not wrapped,
at $1.05; Anjou, U. S. No. 2 or better,
standard wrap pack, $1 in the mid
Columbia area, 95 cents in Wen
atchee and Yakima; Cornice, U. S.
combination grade, standard wrap
pack, $1.15. Bosc and Cornice vari
eties will be purchased in the Med
ford area only, in accordance with
recommendations of growers, says
Morris J. Robb, SMA purchasing
agent at Portland, who- completed
the details of the purchase program.
Through its surplus removal pro
grams the department of agriculture
will distribute many carloads of
fruits, vegetables, dairy and live
stock products to every state in the
union this year, in connection with
the school lunch project. More than
43,000 schools in low-income sec
tions of the nation served free lun
ches last year under a similar plan.
Three million youngsters out of nine
million considered eligible were
reached last year, while this year
the department hopes to assist five
or six million of them. '
The school lunch idea has been
made possible through the coopera
tion of rural women who, in local
communities, parent-teachers associ
ations, women's clubs, church and
welfare groups, have planned and
served the lunches after materials
were supplied.
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