The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-10-09
Would You Be WiIIine
to Turn Government Of
State Over to this Crowd

as American citizens.
The Poucher Printing Case
On July 49,, 1928. the city. council
city, printing OF every kind should
be handled only in shops employing
union labor. In October. 1928, the
Poucher Printing company gave esti-
mates on some printing jobs for the
city and was low bidders on two of
them. The company was then notified
that 1t could not have the work unless
printing company, however, went
ahead and did the work without meet
ing the demand that the shop be un-
ionized. The city then refused to pay for
the work. AS in the cases of the Mic
olett Hotel and the Demos cafe, the
Poucher Printing company had to go
into court to establish it's rights and
the District Court of Hennepin county
on November II issued a formal order
restraining the city council from put
ting into effect it's resolution Of July
13, 1928, requiring all city printing to
be done in union shops.
The First National-Soo Line Building
the Nicollet Hotel. The project was a
very large one, running up to over a
million dollars. Its building license
was held up because workmen on the
structure were not of the union. 1t
took court action to secure the license
The Ringer Case
In July this year the city council
passed resolution giving to the fire.
men of the city two full days vaca-
ton each month in addition to other
vacations they have. Chief Ringer OF
the fire department, protested against
was unnecessary, that it would demon
alize the department lower it's efficien-
cy and increase it's cost. Because
Chief Ringer protested, his protests
being based entirely in behalf of the
welfare of the city, a resolution was
introduced in the council to dismiss
him from office. 1t is interesting to
know that this resolution to dismiss
erman Scott, who is Mr.. Olson's per-
sonal representative on the State Cen
trail Committee of Mr.. Olson's party
fore the councils resolution, to fifteen
days vacation each year on full pay
to thirty days sick leave on full pay
each year and to one years leave OF
is necessary on account of inquiry sus-
tanned in the service. 1 am not famil-
lar enough with fire department condi-
tions in Minneapolis to comment on
opposing the effort Of the council to
extend vacations two extra days each
month or the business of extending the
vacations. | refer to this incident, the
facts of which are not disputed but
are matter of record to show how
arbitrary is this Socialist-radical labor
n,A,.. itv of the cry council. Merely
because Chief Ringer, acting only for
what he regarded ~ the best interest $
~ the cIty, venturei &c pros.st the he
ticn CT the council the 60, list radi-
cal labor leaders sought TO dismiss
him. Their action. howetcr, created
such Juror in the city mt the reso-
l.iiion L. dismiss hi .. was lnt pushed.
The extra vacations authorized by the
council. however, stand. AS indicating
tao Chief Ringer was correct in his
warning that the aat'o, W ,I'1 mater
tally increase the expense Of n" de-
partment to the lily, the department
is now asking the Board having in
charge the tax levy for 1925 for $72,-
900 more for operating expenses the
coming year because of extra firemen
needed to keep up the efficiency of
tn department due to the extra vaca-
tion absences.
Why Socialists Control City
1t may be asked why the socialist
radical labor element are able to elect
majority on the city's governing
body when the city as a whole elects
an anti-socialist like George Leach as
Mayor The reason is found in a dis
tricting of the city into wards which
plays directly into the hands of the
radicals. Efforts have been made to
correct the unfair representation from
the radical wards, but of course the
radical leaders naturally refuse to
sanction change which if made would
prevent their control of the city. The
following l found to be the population
of each of the IS wards. The wards
have equal representation, two alder