Askov American., 1932-09-29
Ru1nors Spiked
By Olson Aide
Vince A. Day Issues Denfals to WINS.
perers Charges Against the
Governor.


by Governor Floyd B. Olson and his
aids, Vince A. Day, the executive sec
retary, struck back at alleged ac-
cusers in letter made public in a
recent issue of the Farmer-Labor
Leader.
The answer was addressed to Ny
strom Brothers at Worthington who
wrote the following letter to H. G.
Creel, managing editor of the Farmer
Labor Leader in st. Paul:
I'VE have a few people out in our
neighborhood who are doing their ut
most to boost the Republican party
and in turn sling mud at the Farmer
Labor party. What we would like to
have is an answer to this letter so
we could show them and use it to
smother their arguments and keep
them quiet.
HAS the State of Minnesota more
paid employees under Olson's term
than before?
Did Governor Olson appoint two
more game wardens at Austin, Mimi,
which makes 1t three now?
HAS Olson the right to sell state
property below what is against it. and
has he been dividing it among his
friends at almost nothing?
when Olson was at the Governors
meeting out east, and at the Presi-
dents banquet, he failed to appear
Was he later found drunk in a hotel?
HAS Olson been in trouble with
woman and had to pay a large sum
to keep things quiet?
500 Reward Offered.
H. G. Creel, of the Leader replied
to the Nystrom letter in the follow
ing words:
Your letter is exactly the kind
we like to receive. You will find
enclosed an affidavit form for you to
present to the next whisperer who
approaches you. We will gladly pay
the notary public fees and probably
shall burden the state with the whis-
perer's board bill for term of years.
You will receive detailed reply
to your letter from state official.
But do not wait for that. Get some
of your Republicans on record with
an affidavit, or make them admit
they do not know what they are talk
ing about"
Governors Secretary Answers.
Mr. Day, the governors executive
secretary, answered the questions in
the order they were addressed to the
Leader in the following letter:
1.-The Farmer-Labor Leader has re-
hn
contained in your letter.
81 am glad to do so because
realize that you are not being de-
ceived or misled by the whispering
campaign now being conducted
against the Governor. The same kind
of a campaign has been waged
against every outstanding liberal in
American politics. 1t was made
against Cleveland, Lincoln, and Theo-
dore Roosevelt. l do not believe that
our people are susceptible to such
campaign methods. They realize that
public officials should be judged by
their public acts and not subjected to
personalities
ITO answer your questions in the
order given:
$50 Fewer State Employees.
"In January, 1880, according to fig
ures furnished by the State Auditor
there were 10,942 permanent employees
on the State payroll. In March, 1882,
at which time our present Budget
Commissioner compiled statistics on
this, there were 1888 permanent en-
fo%a nf
course, answers any charges to the
effect that under the present State
administration several hundred addi-
tional people have been placed on the
payroll.
Only One Game Warden.
There is but one game warden at
Austin. His name is Herman Baudler
No Sales to Friends.
Your inquiry concerning the sale
of state property evidently relates tc
the sale of lands taken under fore.
closure proceedings by the State
Rural Credits Bureau. The law pro
vides that such lands cannot be solo
except upon the recommendation oi
the Bureau, and with the approval o
the Governor. The last session of the
legislature recommended that these
lands be sold at their fair present
value, and sales are being made OF
that basis. The Governor does no
make the sales, but after receiving {
report from the Bureau, and making
an examination Of the files, he ap
proves such sales for such sums a!
the land is actually worth at thu
present time. This policy is sound
1t places the land back upon the tal
lists and gets the State out of th'
land-owning and land-operating bust
ness. There have been no sales t.
any friends or relatives Of the Gov
ernor. These farms which are beini
sold in this way represent loans tina
were made by former Republican ad
ministrative officials in charge o
the Bureau. They do not represen
loans made since Governor Olson ap
pointed two members of the Board