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parties had been guilty of deliberately
boarding the wheat. In admitting the
mistakes that the food administration
had made he stated that mistakes had
been made by other people also and that
it was best under the circumstances
to look at the matter from a charitable
viewpoint. Mr.. Wilson impressed the
farmers as being very sincere and honest
in his views and opinions.
Getting Justice Slow Process.
In the matter of doing justice to the
farmers, Mr.. Wilson suggested and adj
vocated that the funds should be turned
back from the Red Cross Chapter to
the farmers wherever it appeared that
there was no evidence of boarding and
MIR. Johnson who had been president Of
the local Red Cross Chapter at the time
the moneys were turned over to the
Red Cross treasury made the statement
that he felt at the time that the money
was turned over to him that it was a
forced and therefore wrong contribution
to the Red Cross fund and should have
never been received.
Mr.. Erickson, the present head of the
local Red Cross Chapter was then
called upon to state his attitude in the
matter and he said that personally he
was not opposed to turning back the
funds but was in doubt whether the
local chapter would have authority to
do so and promised to take this matter
up with the higher authorities and would
be guided by their decision He inn
mediately wrote to headquarters and on
Friday received letter in which the
division manager says that it is not
possible to do this according to the
policy laid down by national headquarters
as all the moneys are considered to be
the property of the American Red Gross
and while arrangements have been made
for the chapters to retain certain
amount of collections from war drives
and to retain moneys collected by sales,
entertainments, ETC., the moneys thus
received really belongs to the American
Red Cross and cannot be diverted or
returned to donors except thru such
channels as are authorized for Red Cross
work and expenditures.
Still Unsettled.
This leaves the matter up in the air
and what the next steps will be cannot
be stated positively at this time. This
much is certain, however, that the
farmers are entitled to reimbursement
for the moneys that were taken away
from them by force. Whether it is to
be turned back thru the Red Cross OF
whether the government should make
provision to reimburse them is i'm
material It is however of Importance
that it be done speedily and that the
money be paid back without their being
forced to pay any attorneys or collection
fees. The citizens Of New Ulm owe
it to themselves to do everything in their
power to protect the farmers who do
their trading here and who are their
friends and it is really surprising that
there has not been more cooperation on
the part of the citizens to assist the
farmers in getting JUSTICE in this matter.
At the meeting the neighboring towns
were represented as follows: Milford,
John Mack, Robert Runck; Sigel, John
T. Stadick, Ed. Flor; Cottonwood, Jos.
j. sperl, Frank Guth; West Newton,
Jos. Altman, Math. Walser; Lafayette,
Emil Glonick, John Huelskamp; Court
land, Mic. Reinhart, Herman Mueller;
NicolIet, Rudolph Compart, Fritz Bode
and Martin Eahms; Ridgely, George
Palmer.
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