Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-05-18
FARM STRIKE
is DELAYED
Farmers Wait for Effects of
Administrations Farm
Relief Plan.
Mill City Mayorality Race is
Between Republican and
Farmer-LabOrite.
BY HENRY G. TEIGAN.

The big news of the past week was,
of course, the illness of Governor OIL
son and the calling off of the farm
strike.
The Governor, though convalescing
at St. Andrews hospital in Minneapo-
lis after an operation for appendi-
citis, addressed a letter to Milo Reno,
national chairman of the Farm Holt
day movement, asking him to defer
calling of the strike until after the
Presidents, farm relief program has
had fair test as to its success.
Mr. Reno announced over the radio
on Saturday evening that lin con-
formity with the request of your
splendid Governor" the committee
which has been meeting in ST. Paul
during the day decided to call off the
strike.
Strike Delay Approved.
This action on the part of Reno
and other members of the farm strike
committee will no doubt meet with
general approval. While it may be
doubted by many of the workers in
the Holiday movement that material
results may be looked for from the
Presidents program, all are agreed
as to the unwisdom of precipitating
a strike unless there be complete
sympathy among the members of the
farmers of the country with the strike
plan itself.
Unquestionably, solidarity among
the farmers is stronger today than
it was a year ago when the Holiday
movement started. Undoubtedly, too,
the strike at this time would be more
successful than it would have been
last fall 1t is equally certain that
the strike will be more successful
three months hence than now, if the
Presidents farm relief program fails
to bring relief.
At the recent national convention
of the Farmers Holiday Association,
at Dies Moines, Iowa, a strike COM
mittee was chosen headed by A. c.
Townley, founder of the National
Nonpartisan League and the man,
who more han anyone else, was re-
sponsible for the creation of the pro-
gressive political movement in the
Northwest. Mr.. Townley was in Chi
cago at the time Mr.. Reno proceeded
to call off the strike.
Labor Federation Reports.
The legislative committee of the
Minnesota State Federation of Labor
has submitted its report on the re-
cent session of the Minnesota legisla-
ture. While several of the bills spon-
sored by the State Federation legisla-
tive committee and allied groups,
failed of passage, there were num-
Der of splendid measures enacted into
law.
Among the bills that passed, were
the labor anti-injunctiOn bill; the gar
nishment bill with a S150 maximum
exemption; "a hour week for women;
a statewide old age pensions meas
ure; plumbers code, and several meas
ures making the workers more Sc
cure as to wage conditions of employ
ment.
The unemployment insurance bill
passed the house after being so
amended as to make it imperative
until adjoining states had enacted
similar legislation The senate, how
ever, due to its tOp-heavy cOnserva-
tive majority, did not give the bill
chance to be voted upon at all.
Child Labor Bill Fails.
One of the proposals that failed
was the approval of the federal child
labor amendment. The bill to adopt
the amendment passed the house by
vote of "a to 46, but did not receive
the sanction of the Senate. Senator
NORM moved to make the bill spe-
cial order, which required a two
thirds majority of the members OF
the senate, or As votes. The motion
was lost by one vote, there being A
votes cast in favor of the motion to
q against. In this connection it is
interesting to know that several SEN
ators who had voted AYE" changed
their votes to mo" when they dlscov-
cred the roll call would show adOp-
ton of the motion. 1t is quite prob
able too, that others of those listed
as voting for the NORM motion would
have changed their votes to mo" had
necessity required it. In other words
1t should not be taken for granted
that all of the A senators who voted
for the NORM motion were friends of
the proposed child labor amendment.
Good Bills Passed.
On the whole the session was fruit
full of results for the progressive
cause-more so, perhaps, than any
previous session of our legislature.
1t is safe to state that had the senate
been as progressive as the house