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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-03-07

The Agricultural Adjustment Act,
passed by the 73rd session of Congress
on May IL, 1888, declared that in
creasing disparity between the agri-
cultural prices and the prices of in
dustrial products had broken down
the orderly exchange of commodities
and periled the national structure by
undermining its agricultural founda-
tiOn.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-03-07

The several changes, now proposed
by amendments, are claimed by their
advocates to have the backing Of a
majority of the leaders Of National
Farm Organizations. The principal
amendments are contained in H. R.
$685. introduced by Hon. Marvin Jones,
chairman of the Committee on Agri-
culture.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-03-07

Great criticism will be made Of
these provisions on the ground that
they give immense powers to the sec
rotary of agriculture.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-03-07

The AAA favors specific provisions
to recognize and encourage producer
owned and producer controlled Co
operatives.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-03-07
Preserves American Rights.

The Farmer-Labor program does
not infringe on basic American rights;
it breaches evolution, not revolution;
it is not constructed of vague, vision
airy philosophy: it is pragmatic. IT
its entirety it is not new. although it
is radical in the best meaning of the
word. 1t has borrowed here and there
of the applicable and better features
of several programs. Something ap-
preaching it is working with remark
able success in the Scandinavian
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-06-01

Business nearly always jumps
before election. That's on ac-
count of its being propped up by
candidates promises. After cleo
ton business bounces. That's on
account of candidates promises
are like rubber checks: not so
good.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-06-01

Governor Olson has been out
of the limelight lately. That's on
account of the FL organization
has had to turn all its efforts to
making Latimer shine.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-06-01

took up the fight for free
press. i. even though you
had nothing in common with
the weekly newspaper order
ed shut down under the So
called gag law. You knew
that some day this same law
might be used to close down
the liberal and labor press.
The United States Supreme
Court declared the law un-
constitutional. and the
principle of liberty of the
press was preserved in this
country"
In another paragraph of that
letter, c. D., at present devoutly
Olsonite, goes on:
i, "'The Last reactionary
State Legislature opened
lot of eyes. The needs of
! Mr.. Common Man meant
nothing. the prime object of
the reactionaries was to dis
credit Governor Olson and
the Farmer-Labor Admins
tration."
c. D. is so careful not to men,
ton that it was against Floyd
Olson that Tom was making the
fight for free speech and he is
careful not to allude to the ex-
ceedingly warm discrediting that
Tom handed Floyd in the rec
ords of that case Floyd, who is
now c. DIS and Toms mutual
Let's dig out just a few of the
voluminous Latimer illusions to
Floyd and his use of that injunc-
ton, as they run thru a 377 page
brief:
"Here, as in every case
where similar methods have
been adopted, the principle
of suppression and censor
ship was invokedto maintain
a certain group in po70er;
when agovernmentr esorts to
such measures it is at one
and the same time a danger
signal that must not be ig-
nored by those who love
freedom, and a sad COM
Mentary on the condition to
(Which that government has
fallen; and the people along
with it if they are too apa-
thetic to resist the encroach-
ment.
when our Constitutions
were drawn up, it was wise
ly decided that this power
Ito use such injunctions)
could not safely be trust
ed to any agency whatso-
ever, it being a weapon
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-06-01
freedom of speech.

liScuoiii u speech.
"A decision by this court
that a government may en-
join defamation would put
into the hands of corrupt
rings in the future the ma
chinery for accomplishing
the complete subjugation of
critical opponents.
"The worthy government
does not prosecute or perse-
cute its traducers.
"And though all the winds
of doctrine were let loose to
play upon the earth, so
Truth be in the field, we do
injuriously, by licensing and
prohibiting, to misdoubt her
strength. Let her and False
hood grapple; who ever
knew truth put to the worse,
in free and open encount-
err"
Quoted by Tom from Mil
ton referring to the tyranni-
cal use of injunction to cir
cumvent facing the truth.
"Selfishness, Unjust &c,
cruelty, tricks and jobs of
all sorts shun the light; to
expose them is to defeat
them.'
Referring to Olson's use O
:ivil injunction, the gag law
,ather than facing The OIL
Mars proofs before an An,eri
an jury, Tom quoted:
"A despotic or corrupt
government can more easily
stifie opposition by a series
of civil actions than by
criminal prosecutions.
"It is recognized by every
American that without free
dom of speech the govern
ment could not exist as a
peoples government"
And so on, ad in6nitum.
After those TRADES on Olson.
:haracter by Tom, which met a
he time with c. DIS approva,
he was then on the Pioneer
'resS) it is small wonder thai
;. d. is careful not to go very
leep into Toms fight for free
peech against corrupt" Olson
low that they wish to exhibit
oyal fealty to the master who
controls the granting of FL
arty favors.
"The prime object of the reac-
ionaries was to discredit Gov
olson and the Farmer-Labor
administration" quoting c. D.
gain. Deah me! How terrible
And now Tom is being back
! by Olson and his crew as their
for mayor of Mime
polls. And Tom has accepted
nat backing.
There are strange bed fellows
I the FL camp!
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-06-01
By Nonnad

BY Nonad
"The history of the strug-
gle for freedom of speech
whose path has lain through
lakes of blood whose way
has been Uttered with noble
sacrifice and mean coward
ice, with acts of vicious
tyranny and pusillanimous
little despotisms, is so preg-
nant with warning, so por-
tentous of the dangers of re-
straint that were it written
with a needle in the corner
of a camel's eye, yet would
it prove a lesson to the cir
cumspect.' !"
That was the language of Tom
Latimer a few years ago, before
Floyd Olson bumped the heads
of c. D. Johnston and Latimer
together and made them his cring-
ing puppets. The reference to
noble sacrifice meant the Old
MaN,s lone h an d e d and
courageous exposure of Toms
present lord and master, said
Floyd Olson, thru the columns
of The Saturday Press. Floyd
was Toms target at whom he
filings those remarks about mean
coaCordice, acts of vicious tyran-
ny, busillanimons little despot-
is,ns. Floyd, as county attorney,
was then deeply involved with
city of Minneapolis officials in
what Tom called a vicious ami
corrupt government"
To prevent widespread expo
sure of this corruption Floyd
petitioned a friendly judge to
issue an injunction under the So
called gag law restraining fur
Their publishing of The Saturday
Press.
Here's how Tom tells it:
I'm fact, this statute was
invoked against the defend
ant largely because he was
attacking a. government
which could not bear close
scrutiny and it had begun to
look as if either the defend
ant would have to be sup
pressed or the government
reformed. So, of course, the
defendant was suppressed"
c. D. Johnston, who edits the
FL campaign sheet, The Mime
sofa Leader, printed a letter in
his primary Lotimer Special en-
titled "A Scribe-On Tom"
(which letter was of c. DIS own
authorship altho he stopped to
make it appear anonymously. Ad-
dressing Tom in it, he said:
"A few years ago you
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-06-01

which only a bigoted, intol-
Grant and corrupt govern
ment would have any need
to employ.
whenever corrupt pow
er has sought to perpetuate
itself, its first step has been
to prevent revelation of its
corruption.
GIVE me liberty to know,
to utter, and to argue freely
according to conscience,
above all Liberties.
THE greater the truth,
the greater the libel.
ut is only by regular and
!, customary publications that
a point can be hammered
home, the people awakened,
and the corrupt government
ousted."
Apropos Olson having used
the gag law, "Thus what we
have learned to consider an in
alienable right-the right to
criticize the government and the
public .servants-has been OBJ
liberated"
at is our contention that
this statute will never be
used, nay that it is absolute
ly unfit to be used, for any
other purpose than to sup
press some well-meaning,
public-spirited citizen who
Presumes to libel a corrupt
government "a good govern
ment would not proceed in
this manner-it has ample
time to present an indict-
ment if criminal libel has
been committed, and pro-
coed with jury
Speaking of friendly judges,
as Olson found for joining him
in this case, Tom wrote:
"If the courts had been
interrupted all this would
never have happened. That
is why corrupt governments
always seek above every
thing else to control the ju-
dietary" Comparison with
Boss Tweed case.
Tom said President Lincoln
disdained to suppress the press.
"Thus does an upright
government conduct itself.
Prosecutions are not neces-
sary, in fact they are I'M
polite, to assist the honest
government in keeping the
confidence of the people.
whoever would overturn
the liberty of the nation
must begin by subduing |
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-06-01

The state income tax office IS
ready for the annual rush.
A lot of citizens hope for a
chance to lose themselves in the
rush, but the only time citizen
is forgotten is after and between
elections.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-06-01
Paragraphs
By Seth

Mayor cambridge was quite
right in turning down a Anti
War parade permit for Memorial
Day, holding that the day is one
of reverence for the dead, not for
demonstrations.
A lot of people can't under
stand why Latimer keeps picking
on Chief of Police Johannes. But
we can. Latin,er is making play,
for the communist vote. The
reds hate Mike because they
couldn't bluff him.
Somebody has been calling
Latimer a machine controlled
politician"
Which means somebody has
been reading the Saturday Press
and found out the truth
The conservative and FL
groups can be hkened to baseball
teams. But so far the Elites
have thrown all the bean balls.
c. l.. Indahl, chairman of the
Farmer-Labor campaign commit
tee in the general election, re-
quested that campaign contribu-
tons to the FL fund be given
only to persons carrying creden-
tials from the campaign commit
tee.
If the F-Lrers have to solicit
funds, the taxpayers must Ger
tainly be in a bad way financially.
The FL organization is taking
no chances that Latiner might
decide to do something on his
own if and when he is elected
mayor. The organization is bend
ing its effects to secure enough
liberal aldermen so that, in case
of mayoral veto, the veto can
be over-ridden.
Not that majority of radicals
in the council would be a bad
thing for them in case Reyes is
elected.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-06-01

President Roosevelt, in his
bonus veto speech, made our own
argument anent the merits of
passing the bonus bill seem rather
futile and drab, but we still In
sist an immediate bonus payment
would do the country a lot of
good. What if the money is
spent now and we'll be broke in
1886? The chances are we'll be
broke in 1896 anyway.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-06-01

The only thing missing from
the mayoralty campaign is the
Townsend Plan. There are sup
posed to be thousands of Town
send supporters in the city, yet
they couldn't even nominate a
mayor. Which merely proves that
the Townsend plan was more q
fad then anything else. AS soon
a. the first flush of its newness
faded, the more sensible people
discarded il.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-06-01
Latimer beIabors Olson

In Now Famous Saturday Press Fight Against Applic
ton of Minnesota Gag Law" Latimer Brief Lashed
Olson in Language Like Scorpions Stn Declared The
odd Man. Would Have to be Suppressed Reign
County Attorney "WouId Have to be Reformed" And
Olson Took Refuge in Gag Law
In Lamers Language at That Time Despotc or Corrupt
Government Can More Easily Ste Opposition by Series
OF Civil Actions T h by Criminal Prosecutions" And
Again: whenever Corrupt Power Has Sought Perpet-
ate ITSELF It's First Step Has Prevent Revelation oil
Its Corruption And Now They Sleep in Little Trun-
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-06-01

The conservative and FL
groups can be hkened to baseball
teams. But so far the Elites
have thrown all the bean balls.
La opinión., 1935-02-14

cudidas revolucionarias de la Repdb'ica, son la consecuen-
ca Iogica de la intoxicacion que, con su so preseacia,
produce Carrido Canabal.
Y no hay que cerrar los oJos a la realidad: Mexico ha
entrado de Ileno en- csc ciclo de agitacion espiritual que
precede a las grandes Commissioners socia es. Hay revo-
lucion en- los corrilos de los teatrcs, en- las tertuias de
los cafes, en- la intimidad de las faniias y, aunque pa
rezca p~aradoiico, hasta en- las esferas mismas del Go.
bierno. Ell ambiente Sc ha lenado de los rumores mas
absurdos, de las versiones mas fantasticas, de noticias
que, aunque falsas, contribuyen a ayivar ell incendio So
cial. va entr6 en- ell alma del pueblo la conviction de que
"esto no puede seguir asi" y estan esperanto "grandes
cambios' hasta los mismos funcionarios del Cobierno.
Al traves de las indiscreciones de los empleados p1bIcos,
Sc palpa la inquietud official. Mientras crece ell moyinien-
to rebeIde, la Administrator Sc debHita.
Enfrente de esta situacion gravisima, un Gobierno
cIarividente podia hacer dos cosas: soItar lastre, y ade-
La opinión., 1935-02-14
PQIOS de CieQO

Los tales espias no descubricron NADIA; pero sus decla-
raciones sirvieron para que ell Ministerio de la Guerra
denunciase hechos pueiIes ante ell Ministerio P1bico Fe-
deraI. Este no Sc quiso quedar atras en- ell "iueguito de
la %pihata", y armada de un garrote vindicador, dejo caer
sobre algunas personals inofensivas la acusacion furibun-
da de que eran "~traidores a la Patria".
Ell pdbIico ha Redo de esta acusacion, como re de los
nihos que PECAN en- ell aire cuando Green estar hacienda
ahicos la pihata. TODD mundo esta viendo la pihata, es
decr. la revoIucion; pero TODD mundo Sc da cuenta que
ell Gobierno, en- vez de ir hacia ella con vaentia, prefiere
vendarse y echare la culpa al Lie. Pedrero. Esto no es
serio, senor General Cardenas.
Contemplate la situaci6n desde Ieos, Sc We que la Ad-
ministracion esta r%ecogiendo la cosecha de desorden que
sembro al i%ntegrarse ell primero de diciembre, con ee-
mentos irnpusivos y perturbadores. FL que mete veneno
dentro de un ORGANISING, no debe a%sombrarse de que csc
ORGANISING responda con Commissioners. Pues bien, las sa-
La opinión., 1935-02-14

FL crimen. por bochornoso, por inhumano Y por estu-
pido, cast no merece comentario, sino la condemnation full
minante en- unas cuantas p~alabras, a fin de que la prensa
haga acto de presencia en- esta bora de atentados sin
nombre.
Lo verdaderamente importante, va 10 dijmos, es que
ell gobernador Viveros, selaado por los testigos como ell
hombre que armara la mano de los criminales, continue
gozando las d eicias del poder, y embria gandose en- los
deleites de todas las impunidades. Este, que no encuen-
ira ejemplo nj ell epocas de estrecha d~ictadura, Sc nos
presenta como un ~indice que acusa no solamente a los
directamente responsables, sino a toda una administra-
con que Sc jacta de arrancar del seno del pueblo, y lu-
char por su elevation, pero que en- la reaidad lie ha qui-
tado todas sus libertades.
Solo ahondando en- las condolences a que ajusta su
actuacion la maquinaria Official, es que puede uno expli-
carse estos fenomenos de criminaidad impune. Los hon.
bres, ha dicho la ciencia, son Ell una gran parte %producto
adaptable a las condolences en- que Sc uneven y desarro-
Ian, y 81 aplcamos esta teoria al case de Viveros, y al
case de tanto y tanto hombre publico que Sc empena en-
borrar de Mexico la libertad de pensar y de expresar ell
pensamiento, veremos que no han sdo eIlos sine ell re-
sultado l6gico de este ~paradojico motin que estamos vien-
do, en- que las propias autoridades asaltan las libertades
del pueblo.
Dentro de esta situac6n de constantes violaciones,
pedir justicia en- la muerte del p~eriodista Vazquez seria
tanto como clamar en- ell desierto, o pedr la clasca pera
al DINO del p%royerbio. Viveros continuara en- ell poder,
por 10 mismo que en- ell poder continuan los Garrido Y los
Osornio. Sus atentados no tienen sine diferenciaciones
de matices, pues unos pecan contra la lbertad de Green
cia, otros contra la ~propiedad privada, y Viyeros contra
ell derecho que todo hombre tiene a la exstencia.
va no es possible, en- estos momentos, aislar respon-
sabilidades. Todas caen, en- una confabulacion de SOM
bras, sobre ell aquelarre de los detentadores de la lbertad.
Ell crimen de Pachuca no es sine otro eslabon en- una lar
ga cadena. Y su sombra Sc eXtlende, macabramente,
hasta ell Castillo de Chapultepec.
La opinión., 1935-02-14

Iantarse a las justas demands de la opinion pubica.
Porque nj GGberto Valenzue.a, nj Jose Vasconc5.os, nj
Antonio Villarrea, nj ninguno de los enemigos de la ac-
tual Administra 2ion han exhibido los tamahos para in
cendiar por 81 solos, a nueVe Estados de la Repdblica.
EIIos, cuando mucho, podrian encauzar ell descontento p1-
blico, como 10 cana izo Madero en- 1910; pero la reyoiu-
cion, hoy como hace 25 amos, es ell pueblo quien la esta
hacienda; csc pueblo que parecia resignado a aguantar
a perpetuidad los caprchos mas atentatorios; pero que
Sc esta sacudiendo el letargo para incorporates en- una
actitud de resurrection y de vida.
Antes de que Sc consuma la ~catastrofe, ell General
cardenas puede reconciiarse con la nacion. Para clio
debe purgar su Gobierno de todos los elementos morbo-
SOS. ST quiere vivir tiene que reformarse radicalmente.
Cualquera cosa que haga debe ser sobre la reafdad;
ppes NADIA resulta tan risibIe nj tan absurdo, como supo-
nr que Sc va a apagar ell incendio porque ell Mfnisterio
Pdbico acusa al Lie. Pedrero de traidor a la Patria. ESQ
es 'iugar a la pihata' no conjurar una revolucion!
La opinión., 1935-02-14
=

I'm nuevo atentado precisa anadir a la va larga lista
de los que viene sufriendo en- Mexico la prensa. En- esta
OCCASION quedo tinto en- sangre, pues en- vez de teas in
cendiarias o del clasico candado de clausura, tan usuales
en- esta clase de delitos, Sc emp!earon ell punal del asesino,
y ell negro crimen de encrucjada.
Ell case sucedio en- Pachuca. La victima, don Fran
cisco vazquez, Jefe de Reduction del %perodico "Hidalgo
Libre". Los matadores, cuatro agentes confidenciales
del %gobierno del Estado, segdn declaration de varios tes-
tigos.
Vazquez, dicen los informes de prensa, venia atacando
al gobernador de la %entidad, un tai Viveros, cayendo ell pc
riodista en- ell objectionable error de segur creyendo EN-
la cacareada y utopica hbertad de prensa, que nuestra
Constitution garantiza, como garantiza tambien tantas
otras cosas que nadie respeta y mucho menos los encar-
gados de hacerles r%espetar. GQue por que atacaba Vaz-
quez a Viveros? Nj 10 sabemos, nj interesa gran cosa
averiguarlo. Lo real, 10 inconcuso y 10 importante. es
que Vazquez esta muerto, y Viveros contnia en- ell 60
bierno del Estado de Hidalgo. Pasando a segundo ter
mino de importancia la sangre derramada, 10 verdadera-
mente importante es que Viveros esta aun en- ell gobierno.
Ell %periodista, amparado en- los derechos constitucio-
males, criticaba a la autoridad maxima del Estado. o ex-
tralimitandose en- esos derechos, lanzaba SUI ataque vio-
lando los de un tercero, con 10 que sc coocaba dentro
de las excepclones que la misma Constitution fila. En-
Ell primer case, su punto de vista, su posici6n, eran inata-
cables, pues que no hacia otra cosa que valerse del am
paro legal para hacer esa critica saludable que es con-
siderada como la mas alta mission de la prensa indepen-
dlente. Y en- ell segundo case, al traspasar las fronteras
de la legalidad, Sc colocaba en- la condicion ineludible de
REQ, suJeto a la accion Gle las autordades judiciales, pero
NADIA mas. Por encima de estas autoridades no podia
existir otra. Ningun hombre, por elevado Que fuese su
range en- la administration publica, poda juzgar la acti-
tud del %periodista, condenarlo cavernariamente a Ia iiti-
ma pena, y ejecutar la sentencia por mano de rufianes
o en- ninguna otra forma.
La opinión., 1935-02-14
La FundQCi0n de Roma
CRONICA DE ITALIA
Por HUGO

Sc estan hacienda infinidad de
p~reparativos en- la ''Ciudad Eter-
ma para conmemorar solemne
mente ell 2460 %aniversario de su
e%xistencia.
Benito Mussolini, con su pro
verbal actividad, no descansa pa
ra que las fiestas tengan ell esrlen
dor adecuado a tan remota efe
meride: al efecto, acopla presu
puestos, dicta leyes, revisa tropas.
alecciona "balillas" etc. Todo ma
ce presumir que las fiestas con.
m~emorativas tendran un relieve
exceptional. iPero esta SECURE ell
DICTATOR fascista &c que la fecha
de la fundacion de Roma fue ell
ano remote de 535, antes de Je-
sucristo?
Porque sc da ell case de cue
dicho punto historico es un Santo
obscure, borroso Cast por la lie
yenda en- la noche insondable de
los tiempos. Seguramente Musso
lini sabe, tan bien o mejor que
nosotros, 10 dudoso de esa conme
moracion; pero Sc agarra a ella
como ell naufrago a una tabla de
salvation. Con este motive Ell
"duce'. de cuyas dotes de inteli-
gencia Y trabajo no cabe dudar.
levantara ell espiritu un tanto de
caido de sus huestes fascistas, re-
cordandoles los fastos g~loriosos de
la historic romano.
Para ell gran Benito, habil ter
giversador de toda clase de doctri-
mas, ell cambio o justification de
ina fecha apenas tiene i'm ortan-
cia; aunque a sofas recuerde con
toda precision de hombre entera
do a fondo de la historic de su
pals. que los Antiques p%obladores
de Italia. con la valiosa ayuda de
los eruditos griegos, procuraron
entonces fijar la fecha de la fun
dacion de Roma. Despues de mu.
chos tanteos aceptose oficialmente
para ''nacimiento" de la ciudad
del Tiber ell dia 81 de abril del
ano 1853 antes de j. c..
La llamada "leyenda real tam
bien asegura que la fundacion de
Roma Sc debe a Romulo Y Reno.