The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-04-28

AS this is written, the Victory Re-
call Campaign fund has climbed close
to the. $4,000 mark and by the time
this reaches the readers Of The Cour-
ant it is hoped that the total will have
advanced well along towards $50, 600.
For the benefit Of those who may
not fully understand the situation in
which the League now finds itself,
the newly elected State Executive
Committee, consisting Of five farmers,
Messrs. Liederbach, Kaldor, Levang,
Maddox and Walker, desire to review
the situation briefly as follows:
In January Of this year League
State Convention was held at Bis
marck at which ten candidates were
nominated, the above mentioned five
Of whom were chosen by a mail ref
erendum vote Of the Nonpartisan Lea
que members Of the state held during
February. These five farmers have
taken active charge Of the Nonparti-
san League work in North Dakota.
Senator Liederbach has been elected
chairman Of the State Executive Com
mittee and divides his time between
the office and field work. Ole Kaldor
has been elected treasurer and has
charge of the League funds. The other
three members of the Committee are
devoting such time to League work
as seems necessary. All, office expens-
es have been cut to the minimum.
When the new Committee took
charge they found that the League
had number of unpaid bills scattered
throughout the state. These remained
unpaid because over hundred thous-
and dollars worth Of post dated checks
given in payment for membership by
the farmers Of North Dakota, which
were sent out thru the banks for col
lection during the last November and
December, were returned to the Lea
que Headquarters at Fargo marked
"No Funds" Naturally the League Of
ficials had counted on collecting a
large percentage of these checks and
when the checks were returned unpaid
the League of course, was unable to
meet it's outstanding obligations at
that time.
Briefly stated, the foregoing is the
reason why the League has been un-
able, to pay its bills and this is one Of
the main reasons why your newly
elected State Executive Committee
has found it necessary to call for i'm
mediate financial assistance from the
rank and file throughout the state.
We are now facing a recall election
which my be forced on US any time
ION OR BEFORE" November s Of
this year. Persistant rumors are cur
rent to the effect that the election is
to be forced upon us some time in
June or during the summer. We must
pay our bills and we must raise CAM
paign fund to defeat the recall. The
money which is being raised now is
being used to defray the most urgent
obligations and in putting the Courier
News and North Dakota Leader on
their feet financially. It is the unan-
imous opinion of the State Executive
Committee that the Courier-News and
North Dakota Leader must be saved
at all hazards. County bills are also
being met as rapidly as possible.
The State, Executive Committee
has recently taken over the control
and management Of the Courier News
and North Dakota Leader from the
National Office and we are now work
ing towards the point where we can
get them upon paying basis or at
least to a point where it will be nee
essary to spend only minimum
amount Of funds towards their main
tenance each month. These papers are
being boycotted by the advertisers and
that in spite Of all opposition it is
necessary that the League should keep
Clip this out and mail with you
OLE KALDOR, Treasurer,
Nonpartisan League, Box 91s,
Fargo, N. D.
I herewith inclose $--------
(Chack purpose for
Campaign Donation !: "
Payment p. d.. Check !: to HI
Membership renewal
(Your name,