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The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-02-23
Just Waiting

We're Just Waiting for Some
Activity on the Part Of
Our" Public Officials and a
Resumption Of the Old Hours
of Labor.
While we are waiting for
spring to appear, we might as
well take a look-see at and pom,
der the matter of why our city
and county officials spend so
many precious minutes waiting
for the clock to announce it
time to lock the doors and va
cate the premises?'
Almost without exception all
Offices close sh APPLY and
promptly at four o'clock and
one cannot help suspecting that
the P. M. section of a daylight
saving" schedule is observed as
ell-but not made public.
The average man or woman,
whether an employee or employ
err, finds it difficult to finish a
days work and get to City Hall
or Court House before all but
the janitors and night watch
men have left-under the pres
emit schedule of "late to work
and quick to quit.
Some months ago, a bit more
than a dozen if I recall Alright,
the excuse was offered-and
evidently accepted-that as
matter of economy during the
winter months and humanity
during our few summer months,
it might be well to close up a
few moments earlier and thus
gyp the gas, light and fuel COM
panies out Of few shekels for
their products.
The suggestion seemed inno-
cent enough and it might have
worked out to the advantage of
all except for the usual percent.
age Of chiselers in Office. These
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-02-23
/ note that the old and form

/ note that the old and form
erly efficient "gimme boys are
in evidence around the Capitol
where they stand in line or
nervous huddles waiting for the
fund chest to spring a leak.
This is no time to play cheap
politics or crack any pork bar
rel and the first cash-hunger-
ling who makes the attempt is
due for a lovely drubbing.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-02-23


the great increase in the number
of communists in this city (and
state)-none at all. The won
der is that there are no more
That communism has grown so
slowly! There's been nothing, or
little, done to impede its growth !
The public is too apathetic to do
anything to oppose the progress
of this real threat to our demo-
cratic form of government. AS
an illustration:
At the regular council meet
ings, the room is packed with
agitators, demagogues, barkers
and what have you, of the COM
munist and radical breed. And
not enough conservative citizens
to count The conservatives care
so little about their government,
they don't even attend meetings
of their several aw-making
bodies. The radicals and COM
munists are always ont IN fMt
force.
There is bill in the process
of coming up" before the legis-
lature, known as HF l2O. 1t is
plainly communist measure and
as plainly will have the endorse
| ment of the Governors Own
stalwart guards. 1t was first
brought to the attention of the
city council-through radical al
dermen. 1t was sent through
the usual channels. Up for hear
ing before the committee COM
| posed of five conservatives and
three radicals, it could have been
killed. And here's what happen
ed:
Five conservative votes could
have killed it, but the cOnserva-
fives sat quiet, said nothing until
the cote 7vas counted-and the
vote to send the bill out to the
entire council 7Vith Favorable
report, was adopted fve to three;
Communist Frank was there
with all his blatant oratorical
power to talk in favor of the bill
and not conservative there to
talk in opposition! Is it any
wonder the radicals laugh with
scorn at mention of their defeat
at the soon election? They un-
derstand, not only their own
strength, but the cursed indifer-
ence of the conservatives!
The committees favorable re-
port will result in the bill being
voted on at the council meeting
Thursday, Feb. Fl. 1t could
have, and should have, been kill
ed in committee!
One half-asleep conservative
alderman was lazily scanning the
pages of some classic piffle when
he suddenly discovered that the
communist agitator, Frank, was
delivering learned discourse"
The conservative piped up with a
very small and decidedly timid
question. The orator looked at
him with a sneer and snapped,
III, you'd listen to what I'm say
ing and stop reading, you'd learn
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-02-23
sABoTAa1NG OUR SCHOOLS


Continued from page q
of our educational system means
an almost immediate control of
our government.
They were yelping all over the
state last fall, about saving the
taxpayers thousands of dollars by
rewriting, editing and publishing
school text books, but they neg
lected to state that the actual cost
of supplying these text books
equals barely three per cent of
the total school operating costs.
They wanted to save" that
three per cent, possibly, so they
could add it to the three per
cent they have gouged out Of
state employees monthly pay
checks for five years!
Rep. Amundson of Taylors
Falls, has introduced a bill
which, if enacted, will give the
Rockwell gang-the state depart
ment of Education" full and abb
solute control of the public school
system of this state. And the
trick works out thusly:
The State Department of "Edu-
cation" under the Amundson
bill, will be the purchasing
agent for all school books used IN
the state!
Cute little racket, Ell? Every
school district in the state would
be compelled to accept all text
books selected by the radicals or
60 without books!
There would be no appeal, no
choice. The board of which
CDR" Rockwell is the mouth
piece, if not the head, would have
full power to purchase such
books as it deemed proper-and
believe it or not, my slow-think-
ing friends, those books would
teach the lessons being taught
the communist pupils of Russia.
If this bill goes through, and
the Farmer-Labor radicals 7vill
put it through If possible, the
threat of Rockwell to "tear ont
the orthodox system" avll haze
become a reality! That bill must
be defeated.
The gods know there is enough
sedition being taught in our public
schools and universities today
without tearing out the ortho-
dox system" entirely and turn
ming our educational system over
to the camouflaged and uncam-
ouflaged communists.
Keep our school system
clean! Keep it from further con-
tamination! Cleanse it of the
communist scum that has oozed
too far through it. Let's get be-
hind this SCHOOLS Protective
Association"-not so far behind
it that OUR presence can't be felt
or our war-whoops heard, but
solidly backing it up - and
through it, serve notice on the
"I'm a radical" governor and his
henchmen that the schools of
Minnesota asiN not be surrender
ed to any communist mobl
Don't shake your head, brother,
and mutter, that 'the Old Mans
r,,1ttuO have no kiddias in
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-02-23

That man, Al Frost, of the
Hennepin county juvenile court,
sure does wear his well-made
clothes in attractive manner
and seems to get quite a kick
out of kidding the girls.
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-02-23
"I'M REGUSTED"

Communists Pack Council Committee and Force Favorable Re-
port HF $780, While Conservatives Sleep Shore and Hide
Out Radicals Out in Full Force and Never Conservative
Visible. Small Wonder We Have Communists Riding Us
The Saturday press. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1936, 1935-02-23

Now girls" said the restau-
rant manager, II want you all
to look your best today. Add
a little dab Of powder to your
cheeks, and take a bit more care
with your hair"
Something special on?"
asked the head waitress.
NO." informed the manager.
The beef's tough"
John Strachey, English au-
thor, while a member of the
British parliament, and avowed
communist, said in a speech be-
fore the Minneapolis Women's
Club that Communism is the
only cure for capitalistic ills"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11
BIG BUSINESS
PLANS new RA
Wants a Law Where Indus
trialists VIII Completely
Dominate Labor, Have
Consumers at Mercy.

WASHINGTON, d. C.-Big
Business is planning a drive to
revive the NRA, but in such a
form that employers would COM
pletely dominate the new setup,
it was indicated this week by Har-
per Sibley, president of the U. S.
chamber of commerce.
In a rather guarded address to
meeting of business men at
Chicago, Sibley disclosed that what
the chamber has in mind is a
scheme under which employers
would write the codes themselves
and then have the government Ell
force them.
This is virtually the same plan
proposed on various occasions by
Henry I. Hartman, former presi-
dent of the chamber, and also by
Gerard Swope, head of the Gen
eral Electric company.
Would Write Own Ticket
Under il, labor and the con-
sumers would have no voice in
drafting codes. Business would
write its own laws and Uncle
Sam would be obligated to act as
the policeman" to see that they
were obeyed.
An example Of what the workers
would get under such a schere
was shown this week by the "vol-
untary code" drafted by wholesale
tobacco employers ard approved BY
! the Federal Trade Commission
There is not one solitary labor pro.
vision in the whole code.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11
FRIDAY, oCToBpO
OhK Il ID.
MOONEY HAS POSITIVE ppoo,
ALIBI PICTURES PUT IN RECON- Tr,

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5.-Tbr..
photographs, tinged a faded voli tnree Sn2
years preservation, were Offered @'es o.
erior judge of California todav W ~ ~
ing proof that Tom Mooney had p az cllts
the 1916 Preparedness dav bomb; ~ paFti
Maxwell McNutt, attorney for M
and Warren K. Billings in their frs, t' %
now superior Judge of San Mata -0. IN NJ
submitted the photographs to A F 0S S
referee for the state superior con n. No 7
hearing on Moneys habeas cornns !. !
ton. puS psS
1t was the first. time that origin., .
tact prints from negatives taken hv ne =
Hamilton had been exhibited. va
The pictures showed Mooney and bi,u
Rena, watching the 1916 parale from N. W .
top. Across the street from them es =
large clock. va
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11
LEWISTOWN HUNTER USES
PLANE TO GO FISHING

LEWISTOWN, Oct. Perhaps the ~
unique way to fish is the method used
Bert Walker of this city. Walker, g.
eminent employe and a former avlaIo
the World war, has his own ship "
fair day he flies into the Belt mounIS,.
lands his plane on small meadow, =.
his fishing, and sometimes hunting, ano !
turns home as though it were just as =.
monplace as an atuo trip to the same p
Walker has had a good many houn
the air and is considered an excepuOD-
fine pilot.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11
RUSSIAN CAPITOL TO BE REBUILT
WILL BECOME A MODEL CITY

LENINGRAD, Oct. IA reconstructed
Leningrad, intended to house 35 million
people, allowing each of them 1O.6 square
meters of floor space, is embraced in plans
which have recently been drawn up here.
Average living space for each person in the
old Petersburg Slums was from one to Is
square metres. The new plans, despite the
spaciouSness of the living quarters, do not
include the erection of gigantic skyscrap-
erS. They provide for a socialist city, with
rational distribution of its apartment
houses, factories, schools and transport ia
cilities. The average height of all build
ings viii be five or six stories. The density
of the population will be considerably less
than today; not more than 500 persons per
hectare as against 1,5OO at present. With
regard to the expansion of the city. the
building of workers houses some miles out.
the plans, looking into the future, discount
transport difficulties, since Soviet automo-
bile factories, in ten years time, viii have
made it possible for most workers to own
cars.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11
GETS LOCKED IN FOR NIGHT
DID WHEY BELIEVE HIM?

NEW YORK, Oct. Charles Bick v
probably be little more careful in 4
future about when and where he does
telephoning.
He went into a cigar store telephG
booth to make a call and came out to
cover the clerk had closed the store for
night and locked him in.
He finally attracted the attention q
passerby who called the police They
to remove glass panel from the door
get him out.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11

that he can hope that some time
prices will come down far enough
so that he can buy one.
Some time he'll answer for him.
self-"We1l raise cotton, not plow
it under: we'll open the gin and
run the cotton mill until we have
clothing enough. And if the mil
ionaires viii keep out of the way,
they can keep their silk shirts"
The same government clerks who
worked long hours of unpaid over
time last spring IN building up the
program which the president final
ly put before Congress as his AS
billiOn-dOllar WPA bill are now
working night and day in unpaid
overtime trying to get thousands
of projects through the red tape
they planned last spring. Truly,
IT'S A GREAT SYSTEM!
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11
Stop Profits Only Way
to Maintain Neutrality

There is no 4such animal
as nOn-military materials to q
nation at war, Bernard Bar
UGH, Wall Street banker, told
reporters at Washington re-
Gently.
Raw materials, of all kinds
cotton, metals, fuel, wool,
wheat, and meat-are as much
; munitions" as are bullets, he
said.
BarAch called for an end to
the hypocrisy surrounding the
trade in war materials, brand
ing it psalm singing neutral
> ity." In the interview, he ex-
pressed his preference for an
embargo.
; Sanctions against Italy," he
4" said, "are more than a test of
the sincerity of the nations in
: vOlved in the dispute. Above
. all it is a test of the SINGER
E ity of the people within neut-
raj nations.
: You have to fOrego profits
: from the sale of lethal instru-
: ments, but if you really want
: to observe neutrality, you've
3" got to stop selling anything to
notions at war"
Baruch expressed a personal
" prefereRce for a complete en-
. barge on all trade with war
. ring nations.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11
GERMANY AND AUSTRIA PATCH
UP THEIR FAMILY QUARRELS

BERLIN, Oct. 5.-New efforts of the
third reich to patch up its strained rela-
tions with the Vienna government and
wean Austria from fascist support were
discernible here today.
Franz Won Papen, sent to Vienna as min
lister to evolve some scheme for bringing
the two Germanic countries together, is
playing the leading role in this new devel-
Opment.
A foreign office spokesman explained,
however, that the matter has not gone be
yond the exploratory stage and that no
pacts have been suggested to Austria But
German officials admit the question is in
the wind
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11
GENEROUS LIKE ROCKEFELLER
PAYS 10 CENTS FOR $4,000

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 5.-For retuniD,
$4,000 bank check he had found W.
Robinson, 19-year-old messenger how y
ceived dime reward. :
AS the youth was crossing the street !,
an errand, he noticed a slip of paper -
erel with tire marks. Picking it m I
saw it was a Mississippi Valley TuSSt' =
check for $4,000 Endorsed David E. VS;
IL Garrswold park"
The man seemed awfully happy n :.
the check back" Woody said. He 4
down in his pocket and pulled out nici,
then told me he thought it was worth mn
than that and handed me dime. Ihsri
knew what to say"
Woods declined to comment.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11
MORE TROOPS CALLED IN GREECE
GENERAL MOBILIZATION TALKED

ATHENS, Oct. 5.-The Greek govern
ment today called up three military classes
to report for service as a precautionary
measure in view of the international situa-
ton.
The war minister was said to be conSid-
ering a mobilization, but it was announced
mo decision has yet been made"
Greek shipOwnerS instructed their cap
tains not to take cargoeS either to or from
Italy.
They also cabled instruction to their mas
tiers in the far east not to return by way
of the Suez canal but, instead, to round the
Cape of Good Hope.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11
CRAIG NOW HEADS ARMY
BECOMES FULL GENERAL

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.-MajOr CEN
Malin Craig, commandment Of the wal y y
lege and a veteran of two wars, t0da!,
named by President Roosevelt to hs0" :
United States army. -,
He will take over the post Of e 1Ia.s
staff Immediately, succeeding
Douglas Macarthur, who is now !. =
way to become military adviser TO us
Philippine commonwealth. IA. a
With the new offices goes the uu'
full generalship.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11
BRITISH LABOR FOR SANCTIONS
POLL NEARLY UNANIMOUS

BRIGHTON, England, Oct 5-The Brit
iSh labor party backed by an overwhelming
majority today its executive committees
policy of urging use of military sanctions,
if necessary, to restrain Italy's East Afri-
can campaign.
The vote, taken by a card ballot at the
partys annual conference, showed LES, 900
for sanctions to 100000 against
The vote was greeted with reSounding
cheers from the convention floor, which had
been for day the scene of bitter contest
by relay of speakers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11
HARLEM AND BROOKLYN
RIOT OVER ITALIAN WAR

NEW YORK, Oct. 6-Fighting, wiz
threatened to attain riot proportions, bns
out in Harlem and Brooklyn late today
tween negroes and Italian sympathizeE
odds over the Italo-E Ethiopian conflict
So tense was the situation that hS
pressed police officials went into confere,
at headquarters late in the day with :
outcome pointing to establishment Of hssI
police reserves in each precinct Of the ml
ed neighborhoods.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11
BULGARIA DECLARES SIEGE
ARE AFRAID OF MASSES

SOFIA, Bulgaria, Oct. 5.-The govern
ment today decreed a state of siege and
placed the country under immediate mar
ital law.
The order was issued after cabinet ses-
sion called by Premier Andre Toscheff. The
government said the action was taken to
insure peace" and make certain the defeat
OF conSpirators who planned coupe d'etat
tomorrow on the anniversary of the acces-
sion of King Boris.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11
DAKOTA FARMERS
GET SOME RELIEF
Due to Mass Action and
Pressure, F arm Credit
Administration Adopts a
Less Hardboiled Program

Probability that the federal gov
eminent will adopt a more lenient
policy regarding collection of seed
loans has developed in North Da-
kota following a recent conferer &c
at Bowbells where seed loan Off
Gals, farmers and state officials
held a round-table conference on
debt problems.
The meeting, which was origin
ally to have been addressed only
by congressman Lemke and Bur
dick was held as an open forum,
with farmers from several north
west counties relating first-hard
their experiences with "hard-boil-
ed'' federal seed loan collectors.
Through the efforts of the con-
gressmen, two seed loan chiefs, B.
NJ. Christensen of Washington and
J. G. Eaton Of st. Paul, were III
duced to attend the meeting. Pres
ent also was Governor Walter Wei
ford.
B1rdiek Presides
: Presiding as chairman of the
meeting, Representative Lemke
called upon a number of farmers
in the audience who described the
meager wheat harvest in the north
western part Of the state and re-
lated their experiences with feder-
al collectors who attempted to
force them to turn over so per cent
OF their crops to apply on seed
loans.
Other farmers reporting similar
conditions in their respective coun-
ties included State Senator Ben
Lemke of Towner, Kristian Hall OF
Williams, Carl Erickson of Will
Hams, o. w. Hagen Of Mckenzie
State Representative o. F. Ander-
son Of Divide, Mrs. ]. r. Jensen OF
Burke, and former States Attor.
ney B. l. Wilson of Bowbells. vii.
son declared that in his belief
there were no farmers in that area
who could replay their seed anC
feed loans and still provide fol
their families.
Mr.. Christensen. the federal rep
resentative from Washington. EN-
phatically stated:
eve have been given instruc
tons from the headquarters to dea
with the farmers sympathetically
: and to understand their needs ant
that no one is to force their grail
upon the market.
81 have travelled through Nortl
Dakota and talked to many collec
tors. but l will go through agail
and leave these definite instruc
tons about dealing with the farm
ers. Where there is no crop Their
is no need of asking farmers 70
a part Of their crop. The farm
ers will pay when there is a Gro
and are able to do so. The farm
, ers, / feel, are the salt of tn
earth. 1 know this, that wher
: there is a crop raiesd the farmer
are only too glad to pay. But
we break down in one part we mus
5 break down in all parts. If Their
: Is a crop we expect some kind Q
2 a payment.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11
MINNESOTA FARMERS DEMAND
PROBE ON LONG ASSASSINATION

An immediate investigation by the 1
partment of justice of the assassination
U. S. Senator Huey P. Long of LouiEn
was asked in resolutions adopted by then
Kenzie County Farmers Union.
Characterizing Long as great and fE
less statesman" delegates approved rs
luton of sympathy to Longs widow a
family.
Governor Wexford was commended
his action in requesting the federal .
eminent to cancel old feed loans"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11
GREECE TIGHTENS UP WAR
MACHINE ACCOUNT OF ITALY

ATHENS. Oct 6.-RepOrts that Italy
was concentrating heavy forces of men,
bombing planes and war supplies in islands
of the Dodecanese group stirred apprehen-
sion here today. One report was that 49,
900 men had been secretly landed at night.
by mines and netting.
Twenty-Five large bombing planes, the
reports said, have arrived at various is
lands. All hospitals were described as full
to capacity with cases of tropical fever con-
tracted in East Africa.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11
NO ACTION YET
ON STRIKEDEATHS
Mpls. M ayor Assumes
Time for Investigation
But Does Nothing to Pun
ish Perpetrators of Indus
trial Outrage.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINI. More
than four weeks have elapsed since
the Minneapolis bloody Wednes-
day" when two persons were kill
ed-both innocent victims-and 80
injured when a blast of police bull
lets were fired into a crowd Of
people around the anti-union Flour
CITY iron plant.
AS far as any subsequent devel-
opments are concerned. the two
young men died in vain. They
just happened to be there, attract
ed by the crowd at the plant, and
were in the way Of the flying bull
lets.
Tetzlaff Defied Public
The crowd was there because
Walter Tetzlaff defied the world
by keeping his plant "open," hous-
ing scabs and hired armed thugs
within, contrary to a city ordin-
ance prohibiting the housing of
workmen in an industrial establish
ment.
Of course, Tetzlaff obtained an
Injunction against enforcement Of
the city ordinance, but both Mayor
Thomas E. Latimer and Chief of
Police Frank Forestal knew a dan.
gerous situation was brewing and
had been fully advised as to their
responsibilities. The one fact that
there was even a possibility OF
firearms within the iron plant was
sufficient to justify exercise Of pc.
lice action to prevent riot and
bloodshed. Discretion as to the
necessary steps rested with the en-,
forcing authorities, the mayor anC
the chief of police.
No Action Taken
The killing is history. Since
then, the chronicle is chiefly sig
nificant for its lack of develop
ments.
The grand jury investigated
Nothing was done.
No one has been reprimanded o,
disciplined.
The mayor started an investiga
ton of his own, and as far a
can be learned, it is still bein;
carried on. But there have beel
no announcements.
= Use the Producers News wan
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11
ONE HUNDRED CHINESE BURN
BOAT FIRED BY BANDITS

HONGKONG, Oct. IA passenger
launch plying between CONTAIN and Shek-
lung with 100 persons aboard burned late
last night with nearly all lives lost, the YER
nacular press reported today.
The Sunsun Co., owners of the launch,
believed the disaster was caused by bandits
from whom they allegedly had received
Matchmaking letters in April demanding a
large sum of money.