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Intaftfield Tried ut Governor's Chcafic When a Student By ZAN STARK United Preti International Salem, Ore - lUPH - When Mark O. Hatfield was a stu dent at Willamette univer sity, he worked week ends as guide at the Oregon State Capitol across the street. He admits he once sat down in the governor's chair when no one was looking. Now, at 41, Hatfield is in his second term as the elect ed occupant of the Oregon governor's chair and he is quietly gaining stature in na tional Republican circles. He is one of the party's bright young men - one to watch during the GOP nominating convention in San Francisco next summer. The young, handsome for mer college professor is gov ernor of a state with little bargaining power (only six electoral votes). But from the obscurity of academic life he rose like a meteor in Ore gon politics, more than once bucking strong Democratic statewide tides. His successes in Oregon brought him na tionwide attention. Presidential Timber Hatfield has been mention ed as a possible Vice Presi dential running mate for Nel son A. Rockefeller should the New York governor win the Republican presidential nom ination. Some political ob servers say he would happily accept the No. 1 place on the GOP ticket himself if the con vention was unable to decide between the frontrunners -at present Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater and Rockefeller. In recent months, Hatfield has improved his relationship with Goldwater. Hatfield was 28 when he was sworn in for the first of two terms as a State Repre sentative, 32 when he was elected to the State Senate and 34 when he won an upset victory as Oregon Secretary of State in 1956 when Demo crats pulled the rug from under most Republicans in Oregon. Two years later, when he was 36, Hatfield was elected governor by a 65,000 - vote margin despite another state wide Democratic tide and a registration deficit of more than 50,000. In 1962, he was reelected by 80,000 votes. Not Spectacular A former high school friend described Hatfield as a serious, quiet type who didn't mix much. He's been that kind of politician - ser ious, intelligent and probing but never spectacular. During his first term in the Legislature in 1950, he taught classes at his Alma Mater. Willamette, in the morning, ran to the House chamber for the day's session and then spent his evenings speaking to civic, social or service clubs. It seemed no one paid much attention - except the voters. Hatfield doesn't drink, doesn't smoke, doesn't party and he's anything but a hand wringing, back - slapping pol itician. As governor, he re mains rather aloof from leg islators. The slim, dark -haired gov- 23 Teachers From Foreign Countries To Study at OSU ! Corvallis Twenty-three teachers from 11 foreign' countries will come to Ore gon State university in Sep tember for three months of special classes and seminars under the International Teacher Development pro gram supported by the De partment of Health, Educa tion and Welfare. The 23 are from Iran, Po land, Korea. Singapore. In dia, Chile. Norway, Nepal. Mexico, Hong Kong and Italy. OSU was one of 10 U.S. institutions of higher learn ing chosen to offer the train ing for a total of 265 teach ers from 73 other countries. The program is designed to improve education around the world and bring greater understanding and respect among educators in free countries. George Storm of the school of education will coordinate the program at OSU. Emphasize Science The teachers coming to Oregon State will emphasize science subjects. Seminars scheduled will include objec tives of U.S. education, his torical development of edu cation in this country, sci ence curriculum in secon dary schools, philosophies of education, administration of American schools and meth ods in secretarial science. Other work will cover oceanography, agriculture and soil science, food science, chemistry, plant culture, radiation studies in micro biology and plant virus dis eases. Each of the foreign teach ers selected has had at least three years teaching experi ence in his or her home coun try and been judged an out ending educator. ernor has an excellent speak ing voice and shows up well on television. He knows how to charm a crowd. Attends Conventions Three times Hatfield has been a delegate to the Repub lican National conventions and in 1960 he nominated Richard Nixon for President. In Oregon. Hatfield's poli tical supporters emphasize the campaign slogan "groom ed for government." Hatfield is the only child of C. D. Hatfield, a retired railroad blacksmith, and Dove Odom Hatfield, a former school teacher Mark was born in Dallas. Ore., but grew up in Salem. He graduated from Willam ette in 1943 and served as a navy officer during World War 11. commanding a fleet of 10 landing ships during the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. In 1948, Hatfield earned his master's degree from Stanford and returned to Wil lamette as an instructor in political science. He rose to the rank of associate profes sor by 1949 and. in 1950. was named dean of students. That was the year he began his first term in the State House of Representatives. While Dean at Willamette, Hatfield met Antoinette Kuz manich. daughter of a Yugo slav - born Portland long shoreman. Miss Kuzmanich was at the time Counselor for Women at Portland Slate college. Both Baptists Between the primary and general election which first put Hatfield in the governor's office, he and Miss Kuzman ich were married. They now have two children - Eliza beth, 4, and Mark Jr., 3. Religion plays a strong part in Hatfield's life. He served three terms as moderator of the First Baptist church of Salem, has been a speaker at the Easter sunrise services in the Pasadena bowl and is ac tively sought as a speaker by religious groups. On automo bile trips he has been known to stop for a roadside prayer. His wife, a former Roman Catholic, became a Baptist during their five - year court ship. As governor, Hatfield has had to battle a Democratic -controlled Legislature. There is no rigid party discipline in Oregon, which has an open primary and no patronage system to keep parly mem bers in line. Hatfield's record in control ling the Republican minority is no better than the Demo crats in controlling their ma jority. But in the legislative free-for-all Hatfield has won more than he lost. In both the 1961 and 1963 legislative ses sions, more than two thirds of the Governor's program was passed, each time with Democratic help. Detractors say some of Hat field's biggest requests were among the losses. This is part ly true. His proposed reorgan ization of state government failed in 1961. But Hatfield is patient and the first phase passed in 1963. Hatfield has battled hard for traffic law reforms, some of which have been passed. His interest in traffic safety stems from an incident in his youth when a child darted from some roadside brush in to the path of his car and was killed. Hatfield was absolved of blame and an attempt to use the incident as a political smear in his first gubernator ial campaign backfired. Hatfield's record as an ad ministrator is good and most of his appointments have been excellent. He has had strong labor support and led a bat tle to repel the state's anti picketing law. Oregon recently became the first state to throw out its ciivil defense program entire ly. Hatfield went to the peo ple in an effort to save civil defense but found there was no grass roots support. Hatfield denies he's a can didate for national office. But he takes his politics seriously and never lets up. Already this year he has made a num ber of out of - state speaking tours. I .. . r7?-' -17 -J 'r At the Young Republican National Convention in San Francisco in June, the Oregon Governor was In good form. "A few months ago," he said, "A Kennedy victory (in 1964) seemed to far too many Re publicans as inevitable. There was talk of sacrificial lambs. "But today we are looking for lions and we have a num ber who can spell out the is sues for what they are. We have had two and a half years of Hesitation Waltz, of government by guess and by gum ..." That's campaign talk and, observers say, Hatfield means every word of it. He warns of intra - party squabbling and reminds fellow Republi cans victory is the result of hard work. Hatfield is reported to be disturbed by Rockefeller's di vorce and remarriage which apparently cost him the front runner role in the GOP nom inational derby. Should a compromise can didate be necessary at the San Francisco convention, some Republicans think Hatfield might have more campaign appeal than either Michigan Gov. George Romney or Pennsylvania Gov. William Scranton. And neither Rom ney or Scranton appears eager to battle Kennedy. Hatfield might gladly be come a "sacrificial lamb" just so he could fight like a lion. SECTION E MEDFORDf PAGES 1 to 8 Tribune MEDFORD. OREGON. THURSDAY, AUGUST 22. 1963 BOMB BLAST-A bomb tossed at the home of Negro in tegration leader Arthur Shores Tuesday night blew in garage doors and damaged two cars inside. Four windows were also blown out and portions of the second floor were damaged. Shores, watching television at other end of the house, was unhurt. (UP1) Religion in America Big Congregations May Cause Sub-Surface Church Problems By LOUIS CASSELS United Press International The Rev. Louis H. Fracher is a tough - minded pastor with a rare capacity for view his own parish with detach ment. His parish is St. John's Episcopal Church in Waynes boro, Va. To an outsider, it looks extremely successful. It has 550 baptized members and 400 communicants on its rolls. Attendance at worship is so heavy that three serv ices have to be scheduled each Sunday morning. The Sunday School is overflowing with children. Parish organizations are bustling with activity. But the Rev. Mr. Fracher looked beneath the surface of institutional success. He saw a parish which had grown so large that many of the members didn't even know one another. People could gel sick or die without their neighbors hearing about it in time to show their concern. It was a far cry from the New Testament concept of the church as a close-knit fel lowship in which each mem ber gave and received love, acceptance and understand ing. Thousands of other Ameri can parishes have the same problem. Some of them have tried to overcome it by hold ing "coffee hours" after serv ices, or by including social functions in the parish pro gram, or by setting up organ izations to promote fellow ship. The Rev. Mr. Fracher de cided that his parish already had plenty of organizations, and that what it really need ed was a little "disorganiza tion" or decentralization. He told this idea to his vest ry, and last May the parish was divided into 12 "zones," each containing from 20 to 25 families. Each zone is head ed by a member of the vestry, who serves as a lay minister, watching over the material and spiritual well - being of the families in his zone. Every few weeks, the fam ilies in a particular zone meet at someone's home to wor ship together, get better acquainted and talk over the affairs of the parish. The members of the parish are enthusiastic about the zone system. They no longer feel like strangers to one an other. They find that commu nication in the parish is not a one - way affair. Through the zone meetings, every back - bencher has a chance to speak his piece about par ish policies, instead of wait ing to be told what the rector and vestry have decided. But the most important re sult of the zone system, in the eyes of the pastor, is that it has made St. John's parish ioners aware that "the church is not bricks and stained glass windows - the church is peo ple." "It is in small groups that men and women can truly learn to be the Body of Christ at work," says the Rev. Mr. Fracher. "We are confident that the zone meet ing will prove to be an effect ive way to demonstrate what the 'ministry of the laity' is Location of Branch Office Is Announced The proposed Grants Pass branch of the Jackson County Federal Savings and Loan as sociation will be located at 409 Southeast Sixth st., ac cording to J. H. Pletsch, exec utive vice president and man ager of the association. Final approval of the loca tion was received this week from the Federal Home Loan board in Washington, D. C, which last month authorized the establishment of the branch office. The authorize tion was subject to final ap proval of the location, it was noted at that time. Pletsch said that immediate steps have been taken to ren ovate the inside of the build ing and to obtain the neces sary office equipment, furni ture and supplies for the branch office. The opening date will be announced later. all about. 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