Robert B. Chiperfield

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An out-and-out pre-Pearl Harbour Isolationist. One of the four Republican members who constitute the real Opposition in the committee. Suspicious of the President and of the executive's alleged attempts to bypass and undermine Congressional authority. A sour and intransigent figure. In close relations with the Chicago Tribune . A Congregationalist; age 44. Nationalist.

—  Isaiah Berlin, Dispatch No. 292, British Embassy, Washington, D.C. to the London Foreign Office, April 19, 1943.

In an article published in The Reader's Digest in 1951, Chiperfield presented evidence for his belief that the U.S. had been "the principal source of supply for Iron Curtain armament," through the Lend-lease program and the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, and indirectly through funds allocated to Europe under the Marshall Plan. He contended that public opinion was "aroused and indignant" at this state of affairs, and that Congress should effectively declare: "Not one dollar for any country which supplies, directly or indirectly, an iota of military potential to the Kremlin's arsenal of aggression." [18]

In 1953, Chiperfield published his perspective as committee chairman on the history, composition, and role of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. [19] In this article, he emphasized the increasing role of Congress in foreign relations during the period following World War II, which he pointed out was inevitable given Congress' "constitutional power over 'the purse.'" He also stressed the "need for closer Executive-Congressional collaboration and participation in basic decisions affecting foreign policy."

Later life and death

Following his years of service as a U.S. congressman, Robert Chiperfield returned to Canton, Illinois, where he resided with his second wife until his death from a heart attack on April 9, 1971. He was interred in the Chiperfield plot in Greenwood Cemetery in Canton. His memorial reads in part: "Lawyer-Statesman-U.S. Congress 1938-1962."

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  2. 1 2 Chiperfield, Mrs. Robert B. (1988). "Chiperfield, Robert B.". In Bordner, Marjorie R. (ed.). Fulton County Heritage. Dallas, Texas: Curtis Media Corporation. pp. 77–78.
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  4. ↑ "Illinois Congressman Takes Speaking Course". Evansville Courier and Press (Evansville, Indiana). October 31, 1941.
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  6. ↑ "Former Legislator is Married". Evening Star (Washington, D.C.). March 22, 1963.
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Robert Bruce Chiperfield
Robert B. Chiperfield (Illinois Congressman).jpg
From 1959's Pocket Congressional Directory of the Eighty-sixth Congress
Member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois
In office
January 3, 1949 –January 3, 1963
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the  U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 15th congressional district
1939-1949		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the  U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 19th congressional district
1949-1963		Succeeded by
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