Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-07-06
oppressed
Article In the
Courier News

III LIS suppressed eQltlOn OF the COur-
ier-News follows:
(The first paragraph of the article
constitutes the caption as it appeared
IN Inc Courier-News. The sub-heads
throughout the article are those pub
lished in The Courier-News.)
Victory fund mishandling by Lied
erbach and Kaldor necessitates con-
Vent1on to elect three men to serve
with Maddox and Walker. Send do
nations to Poindexter.
A situation has arisen within the
Nonparttsan league which demands
immediate action upon the part of the
mem bership.
"Distasteful as the task is, it is the
duty of The Courier-News to present
the facts as they exist.
"Over $4,000 has been raised by
the members and friends of the
league for the victory campaign fund.
Startling as 1t may seem, on Thurs
day, June 80. according to Ole Kaldor,
treasurer and custodian of the league
funds. Mr.. Kaldor had overdrawn his
account and was unable to issue more
checks until more money was re-
ceived.
"As the situation exists today, the
league is facing the coming campaign
empty-handed and it is necessary that
some immediate and drastic action
be taken in order that the hopes amt
, aspirations of the men and women
and children, who have sacrificed
| their savings and hard earned dollars
| may not be shattered.
send Future Funds to Bismar rex.
due to the fact that the funds have
SO far been grossly mishandled and
that A. A.. Liederbach and Ole Kal-
dor cannot and will not give an ac.
lcounLlng, it Is necessary that all funds
lshouM ains tha futl,Ee he ssntPt D. G.
tt'Esoihu sxter, state auditor, and treas
urer Of the victory fund campaign
committee selected by the league
members Of the legislature while IN;
session at Bismarck last winter. i
DO NOT SEND ANY FURTH.
ER CONTRIBUTIONS TO OLE
! KALDOR OR TO THE, NON
| PARTlSAN LEAGUE HEAD
ALL YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS
TO STATE AUDITOR d. G. PO-
INDEXTER AT BISMARCK,
Why This Action Is Necessary.
| Last March new state executive
committee the first of it's kind ever
elected in North Dakota took office.
1t was the hope of the membership
Of the league that with the election
i OF this committee the affairs of the
league would be handled in busi-
ness-llke manner and that everything
would be open and above board.
BY promising two of the members
! Of the committee, Ole Kaldor and
/ Chris Levang, salaried positions. Mr..
Liederbach succeeded in getting him.
self elected as chairman and by this
! means has since been able to main
tain his control of the body.
Regardless of their ability TO fill
the positions, these three merh bers
employed themselves as state man
ager. cashier and state organizer at
| $250.00 per month and expenses with
out limit. These positions were for
merly held by trained employees who
! have been discharged.
! Maintain Czarist Attitude,
Mr.. Liederback, since his election
| as chairman, has assumed the role Of
czar. Apparently laboring under the
impression that he was elected to
carry on fight within the league
ranks he has devoted his whole time
to shadow-boxing with imaginary
enemies inside the organization and
! has not taken one step to battle with
! the common enemy, the 1. ". A. boss
{ es.
"Mr. Liederbach has grossly sland-
cred and maligned many Of the most
faithful workers the farmers have
had-men who have worked at times
for months without pay and who
have fought the fight for the love of
humanity.
SANDERS League Workers.
| Mr.. Liederbach has ns1ligned
Fred Wing, former business manager
of the Courier News and destroyed
his usefulness to the paper.
Mr.. Liederbach charged T.. A.
johnson. former league cashier with
being Crooked without any grounds
for his assertion. Mr.. johnson was
forced to leave.
! "Mr. Lederbach called organizer
Papke a crook. Mr.. Papke is now
with the us. Grain Growers.
"Mr. Iederbach viciously maligned
Billican, Nonpartisan league cartoon
list for the past four years. apd he
has resigned.
"Mr. Liederbach has maligned
and slandered George A, Totten, Jr.,
business manager OF the Courier
News. who has also directed every
important election campaign the
league has been in during the past
four years.
'Mr. Totten, seeing that the victor,
fund was being misapplied built up
an emergency surplus fund OF $2,27O
IN contributions. which come to the
Courier and placed it in ere
liable Fargo bank where it lis intact.
Despite tn g fact that Mr.. Totten
told Mr.. Liederbach that he would
turn this money over to Walter Mad
dock, league publicity director, or any
other responsible party; Mr.. Lieder-
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