Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-11-01

Der 5th. Free adult art instruction
will start then as part of the SIERRA
emergency education program. The
main art studio will be in the old
postoffice building. Others will be
opened later in various parts of the
city.
Some person with little sense of
responsibility and a cruel turn of
humor last week inserted an adver-
tisement in a Minneapolis paper cal
ling for telephone operators for the
Capitol switchboard, giving the name
of -. Y. Peterson" custodian, (whose
initials are ]. L.. Some three hun
dred girls, eager for work of any kind
swamped the custodian's office. and
were told that the ad was fake.
Many of them had tears in their eyes
as they realized that there was no
job. Check with the newspaper that
ran the advertisement showed that
the ad had been telephoned in and
was thoroughly INSCRIPTIONS at
tempt to embarass Mr.. Peterson and
the Farmer-Labor administration at
the expense of 300 jobless girls.
Announcement was made last week
by Commissioner John G. Rockwell,
newly appointed commissioner of edu-
cation, of the names of the persons
engaged to write the supplementary
material for the schools. In the list
are such prominent people as DR.. c..
A. Krey, of the History Department
of the University of Minnesota, H. S.
Quigley, head of the Department OF
Political Science at the University,
and international authority on far
eastern problems, F. w. Rarig, chair
man of the Department of Speech
at the University, b. E. Lippincott,
associate professor of Political Sci
ence at the University and graduate
of Yale University and the University
of London, and others of equal prom
inence in their fields. "And these
are the people that are accused of
being communists" DR.. Rockwell
said.
Recognizing that there are unlim-
tied opportunities for work in the
conservation of forests, waters, soil.
fish, game and other wild life and on
the other hand a pressing need for
providing outlets for the unemployed,
Governor Olson in statement urged
that the great program OF national
welfare be continued as a permanent
rf Of no federal
government. Minnesota was ready for
this broad program and as conse-
quence shared we'll in the plan to
rehabilitate men, accomplish social
relief and to secure needed public
work in the conservation of our nat
ural resources the Governor said.
A statement has been made that
pamphlets had already been issued
by the Department of Education and
that they contained political propa-
ganda." Check with the Department
of Education showed that the only
material issued so far is pamphlet
on the Effects of Alcohol on the
Human Body sent out by the order
of the Special Session of the Legisla-
ture and prepared under the direction
of former Commissioner of Education
f. M. Phillips.
Rural credit farms as we'll as farms
leased from private owners are ex-
empt from foreclosure under the Fra
zier Lemke bill, according to ruling
issued by Attorney General Harry H.
Peterson. In reply to question OF
the Rural Credit Bureau, Attorney
General Peterson stated that the state
has no priority rights and has no
privileges not granted private parties.
While the United States District
Court of Maryland has found this act
to be unconstitutional, we believe that
it is constitutional and that it will
ultimately be declared so by the
United States Supreme Court" the
opinion signed by Matthias N. Orfield,
assistant attorney general read.
State and federal forestry officials
urge Minnesota voters to vote for
Amendment No. at the general cleo
ton November 6. Adoption of this
amendment will permit exchange OF
st ate-owned lands for federal or pri-
vately-owned lands making it possible
for both state and federal forest areas
to be consolidated. More efficient
and economical management will thus
be accomplished in both instances.
The state would retain all mineral
and water and water power rights OF
| land exchanged and land received