The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-11-10
CANDIDATES VIE
FOR SUPPORT in
VOTERS MEETING
Aldrich Attacks Goldberg Record,
Kramer DisapprOves of
QueStiOnnaires

Candidates for the legislature
showed their platforms and exchang-
ed sharp words at meeting arrang-
ed by the League of Women Voters
and attended by crowd which pack
ed the courtroom Friday night.
In the chief encounter of the eve
ming, DR.. F. H. Aldrich of Belview,
aspirant and L. J. Colberg, defend
ing champion, went extra rounds.
The doctor declared his opponent
was elected two years ago on a plat
form of mo bond issues" and later
voted for $5O,OOO,OOO bond issue to
put the state in the light and power
business. The second blow was an
attack on Mr.. Goldberg for alleged
voting against taxing national banks.
He called attention to the fact that
Redwood county, has no national
banks and remarked that 100000
due from national banks is needed
right now. AS the bell ended his at
tack the doctor was adding list OF
other allegedly foolish votes by Mr..
Goldberg.
Mr.. Goldberg reviewed his record on
measures sponsored by the league
and then launched a counter attack.
He declared the bill referred to by
DIR. Aldrich was not to put the state
in the power business, that he did
not vote for the bill but for minor
ity report which would place it on
the calendar and that it was not to
bond the state but to put the issue on
the ballot to be settled by the people
at this election.
On the tax issue, he declared his
vote was not to kill national bank
tax but to discontinue committee
which spent $4,000 to send its mem
bers and their families to Washing
ton to tell Congressman FRANK
Clague and other Minnesota con-
gressmen what to do. He said the
committee wanted to make return
trip.
The meeting was then thrown open
TO questions and Leon Brown asked
DR.. Aldrich if he was attempting TO
criticize Mr.. Goldberg for agreeing TO
the bank tax settlement ian issue IN
the state campaign in which Mr.
Brown supports Governor Olson) IN
view of the supreme courts OPINION
that the bank taxes cannot be col
Iected under the law. Mr.. Brown
chided Aldrich for setting his OPINION
above that of the court and the DOC
for in turn charged Brown with pc
ing asleep during his talk. 1t was
brought out that $1,5OO,OOO OF tne
tax "needed now" has been collected.
In milder prelim;naries, Albert
Pfaender answered questions put 10
candidates by the league prior to the
meeting and his opponent, Mike
Kramer, representative at-large 1or
fen wears, condemned such question:
naires for not containing the biisl IN
their final form when voted on by the
legislature and consequently Unfair
to the candidate. He urged consider
alion of his record.
Mrs. w. B. Richards of st. Cloud
chairman of the efficiency in govern
ment committee of the league, crit
icised Mr.. Kramer for his stand on
ouestionnaires which she SAID were
of vital Importance to the voter IN
deciding between candidates.
Mrs. Richards discussed the income
tax amendment prior to the presenta-
tion of the candidates, urging us
adoption as a method of broadening
the tax base and reducing the tax on
property. She charged selfish IN
terests" on the part of the Mlnneapo-
lis Journal and others fighting the
measure and declared they failed to
give a true picture particularly con-
corning Wisconsin, in an effort TO de-
feat the measure. Wisconsin, she
stated, is thoroughly pleased with its
income tax measure as are 20 otner
states, mostly industrial ones, when
have taken this method of relieving
the farmers and other oppressed tax
PAYERS. She declared the Chevrolet
plant at GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin, which
has been pointed to as an example OF
income tax driving out industry mas
been grossly misrepresented; that
the plant has not moved but has been
closed because the company can, IN
depression, fill its orders from the
Michigan plant. She pointed to WIS
consin's industrial development which
has far exceeded Minnesota in recent
years.
Mrs. C. v. Everett presided at the
meeting and urged every voter TO
vote. Mrs. Joe Green explained the
purpose of the league and its meet