Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-11-01
House of Repre- sent atiiVes,
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rud; expired on March Il 9TH, 1922, and
SO Tar no action seems. to have been
taken to make a new appointm
Recently q matter. has come. to my
notice which ] wish to call, your atten-
tion to in a frank and candid manner.
Some two or three weeks ago a pettii-
ton was circulated in favor Of Mr..
Stensrud xclu;siVely among the ex-
service men Of the community; which
! petition was sent to you. Tt has also
come to my notice that you have writ
ten a personal lettertto some Of them,
1 intWhich you. state: you are very glad
to have their views and that you are
very. anxious to meet the wishes Of ex>
|service men in any reconmendat ton
that you make i1sthe appoin tment, and
also thank them for their kind, inter
est in the matter. Il s..
j. Now in connection with this petition
will say that up to this time two of
these ex-service men that you have
written to, as outlined aboye, and who
you say signed the petition, have come
to me Wi TIL our letter, and they state
that they never signed any such petit
ion, and T have their affidavit to that
effect IN my possession. .. s*5>-- - :
= Now 7 B am making mo charges
against any, enc in connection with
this matter, but have been open and
aboverboard in all that 1 have done in
connection with my aplication, and l
| not only expect, but do demand, fair
treatment and fair. shake ~. ..5.=
I Knight call your attention, MI. Vol
stead, to a fact that perhaps is not so
apparent and that is this, that in the
petition /, filed containing approx
mately> eight hundred names, I feel
safe. in saying that I have a great
number more ex-service men than
signed the petition filed in behalf, Of
Mr.. Stensrud. 80 4 ~
f. L also call your attention to the fact
that. at.a meeting Of ex-seryice men
here at Candy, which was largely at.
tended, I was unanimously endorsed
for the. appointment, and a. telegram
to that effect was sent by the chair
man of that meeting to you, but no
response was received and that some
time later another telegram containing
the>same facts was sent to you by
this same chairman, to which no re-
Spouse was ever received. It seems
very peculiar to me that you should
write a personal letter to each of the
ex-service men who signed Mr.. STEMS
rud's petition but that you have so
little to say in reply to any comn1uni-<
cation sent to, you by me or in my
behalf by ex-service men. f.. .7 Z
Your reluctance in acknoWled dying
receipt of any communications in my.
behalf was what, called forth; the
twenty OF more kilograms which you.
received from as many various
soldiers " organizations throughout
your district. a. g. - - I. sz.:5
II could file further, petitions signed
Exclusively by ex-service men, of the
community if I saw fit to- do so. have,
concluded that any such action on my
part is unnecessary. I feel that you
should have in your; possession at this
time, sufficient facts 10 be able to de-
eide who is the choice, not only of the:
Eex--service men Of the Candy co1nnun-
ity, but of Your district, and of the
patrons of. the. Cailby Post Office. 81
I also feel that this, appointment
should be: made before the 1st Of june
and feel that I am entitled to your:
Recommendation for: the appointment
in view Of the facts. S. I trust that I
shall have. the pleasure of hearing
from you with something definite: on
this matter before June 1st. g . s.*.
so ours very truly, szs 81:
Signed 1 ttoS T.. Peterson.
s No action and no.rep1y. Then Mr.:
! Peterson follows the above letter as.
per . .5.. s. j: ss: :. =.. SIS
Candy, Minnesota.
.::z.5 3. June ~, 1922.
Hon. Volstead 5 ss1 5s=. .t
Washing ton, D. c.. rs 4: = = 7.s..
Dear Sir: ss. zs 81. z ;2
May I not receive a reply to my
letter Of May II 81 922 regarding the
appointment Of postmaster at Candy,
Minnesota .s..=. 3sS s. 5. .s IS
Yours very truly, +.
! rs. s: ==z Otto. e. Peterson. sa
20 which the Hon. .A. } replies: 81
House Of Representative u. s..
s. Committee Of the judiciary
d .$ . h: @S.S Washing on, .: G: I.
.t.s July ], 1922.
! Mr.. Otto L. Peterson, 5.:s zs5s..Z=5
# Candy, Minnesota. SIS.
Dean, Mr.. Peterson: Ss:s $50
I-have your favor Of the 9th ult.s
asking for an answer to a letter writ
ten me some time ago.I didS5not. find
tanything in that letter that really
seemed to me to require an answer
However I am glad to acknowledge.
receipt Of it, sd
s. expect 70 be home in the near
future and shall then try; IS learn
what the Goo PEOPLE OF CANBYr
desire to- have me do III regard to the
Iapp continent of q postmaster.
very truly yours, ZSS. .=s
Volstead.
Copy Of The Soldiers Preference Act.
n Favor of5 Otto e. Peterson
!. 81 Civil. Service Commission,
ashineg TOT, b 800
9ct:st3 81 92l
Sir: .s
The following repor is made 8 on
tclaim Of. spreference in appointment
under the blowing atuttsa::
CROWDED & That the act. emit Tiled
lActstoSproYide for the Fourteenth5
and subseq,1el decennia censuses.,