National Affairs: No Poltroon

Recently U. S. Senator Robert N. Stanfield of Oregon walked the beach at Ocean City, Md., suddenly, startled, heard a scream. Mrs. J. E. Swanson of Florida was struggling feebly against buffeting combers. No poltroon, Mr. Stanfield swam lustily to her, fought undertow for 15 minutes before he could make the shore. Said the Senator: “This experience was the most harrowing of my life. . . . “*

*The Senator’s experience must indeed have been harrowing to merit the superlative, for last September he had the trying ordeal of being arrested in Baker, Ore., for drunken and disorderly conduct. Official versions charged that a) he was drunkenly throwing things around in a restaurant, b) he was being fed by two buxom friends at the time of his arrest. (TIME, Sept. 28 THE CONGRESS).