Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-06-05
STATE PRIMARIES
DRAWING CLOSE
Issues Are Bigger Than Any One
Class, Says knud Wefald,
Senate Candidate.
BY H. G. TEIGAN

BY H. G. TElGAN
Knud Wefald, Farmer-Labor en-
dorsee for United States Senator. ad'
dressed a letter to the Minneapolis
Journal in reference to the endorse.
ment given Tom Schall by William
Green, president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor. Mr.. Wefald states
that the endorsement given Schall
does not worry him in the least.
Il fail to see why any member oil
organized labor who has affiliated
with the Farmer-Labor party of Min.
nesota should forego his intentions oil
voting in the Farmer-Labor pri-
maries," says Mr.. Wefald. Between
the primary and the general election
they will have time to look up both
my record and Mr.. Schall's record
both as to direct votes on labor issues
and support of them, and upon other
correlated issues and whole general
record.
Il am willing that labor should de-
eide on the strength of our records
which one is the more entitled to
labor support. That is, of course, in
case Mr.. Schall and 1 shall be the
nominees; we may not be-"
Mr.. Wefald calls attention to the
fact that the economic pinch is hit
ting every element of society and is
not merely being limited in its eff
fects to organized labor.
Issues Bigger Than One Glass.
Continuing he says: "The issues we
are facing are bigger than any one
class, be it labor, or farmer, or bust
ness or industry. The interest of or
ganized labor is the same as that OF
every other class of people who per-
form honest, useful labor as against
exploitation. The wealth of the land
is being swiftly concentrated in the
hands of few people who own the
machines of industry. But organized
labor is not any longer the only class
who work with machines they do not
own. The farmer is in the same class
his machines are mortgaged for more
than they are worth and the return
for his work with his machines is not
sufficient to pay his interest charges
and the taxes imposed upon him for
the privilege of operating the ma.
chimes"
The Farmer-Labor endorsee then
goes on to analyze the effects of the
machines displacing the workers
Each year the machines of industry
are being made more efficient and
more perfect, with the result that more
and more men and women are thrown
out of employment and the soup lines
get longer. The small business man car
see the handwriting on the wall. Sc
the fight is a fight of men against
machines or rather a fight of those
who can perform useful labor against
the owners of the machines of in
dustry. Therefore, it behooves or
ganized labor to take broader view
OF the situation, to stand with the
toilers outside of their own ranks
in order that from their own ranks
the bread line may not be recruited
Finally Mr.. Wefald makes it plain
that he does not care to ride into
office on the coat tail of some other
senator, obviously referring to Sen
ator Schall's plea for votes on the
ground that his record and that OF
Shipstead arc parallel.
Griffith Organizes Mower and Dodge
George H. Griffith, who is doing or
ganization work in southern Mime
sofa, reports that Mower and Dodge
counties have been completely can
vassed and an excellent campaign or
ganization built up. Mr.. Griffith be-
gan work in Freedom about five
weeks ago and since then has COM
pleted the work of building up a
campaign organization in Freeborn
Waseca, Steele, and within the past
two weeks has added Mower and Dodge
to the list
There is no question about senti-
ment being favorable to Farmer-La-
Dor victory this year." says Mr.. Grit
fifth. Economic conditions are bad
and are getting worse. Business men
are as-much on the warpath against
the Republican national administra-
tion as are the farmers in the terri
tory that l have canvassed. But while
conditions are favorable we need not
have any illusions as to winning the
election unless practical organization
work is done.
Il dare say that the Farmer-Labor
ticket is today so per cent stronger