Askov American., 1936-07-16


strong advocate Of peace. and
has held positions of prominence
in several peace organizations for
many years. His article follows:
By c. A. RYAN
jenkins, MINI.
An unparalleled situation continues
to exist here in the state Of Mime
sofa. Never before in the history of
the United States has the people OF
any state in our Union thrown off
the yoke and shackles of capitalistic
system that was so completely depriv-
ing them of their right ito life, lib
erty and the pursuit of happiness"
as has been done by the people Of
Minnesota Here in Minnesota we
have the unprecedented action Of the
people of a great state rising en-
masse and giving battle to the Wall
Street gangster-led political machines
heretofore masquerading under the
guise of the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties. These machines oper-
ating on the same old grab-it-all basis
that they have operated on in all of our
forty-eight states for years brought
the people of this nation to the verge
of starvation and had it not been for
the foresight and leadership of that
great humanitarian and statesman,
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, this coun-
try in all probability would now be
in the thrOeS of a revolutionary war;
Importance of Ballot.
At this time the gangster leaders
of these old political machines are
centering their Infamous attack on
the Farmer-Labor party now in con-
troll of Minnesota's state government
and it is of vital Importance that
every believer in a better world order,
whether he live in the state of Min
nesota or not, use his influence to
the utmost in helping to make the
election to be held on November 3rd
a smashing victory for the Farmer
Labor party. The election means
something more to the people of this
country than the usual political sham
battles where the voters deluded by a
prostituted press and the howlings Of
political jackals are merely given an
other opportunity to register their
own ignorance. This time it means
that the voters have a new and clean
political machine of their own and
that the farmers, workers and masses
generally are united and definitely ar
rayed against the forces of greed and
plunder. This time the Wall Street
controlled Republican and Democratic
party machines stand revealed in all
their naked hideousness-the arch
criminals of all time. The past quar-
ter century crime record of the gang
ster leaders Of the Republican and
Democratic party machines and their
henchmen is unparalleled in all world
history. In the years prior to 1914
they fostered conditions that led to
the World war in order to strengthen
their economic stranglehold upon the
throats of the common people and to
create sale for munitions and man
killing devices. Thirty-five thousand
new American war-made millionaires
is sufficient proof of this. They
helped to murder ten million men.
War Brings Despotism.
They forced the American people
into the World war against their will
and made them buy so-called Lib
erty Bonds" at the point Of a gun
They filled the prisons with men
and women who refused to join them
in their orgy of murder and those
who had the moral courage to de-
nounce them for the murder-planning
grafters that they are.
They hypnotized a large portion of
the clergy into becoming their CO.
partners in crime and with their help
they turned the churches into re-
cruiting stations and the world into
a slaughter house and covered it with
blood and tears.
They have tried to block the road
to world peace and to prevent estab-
lishment of democratic world gov
ernment for years to come by organ
izing the warmakers Of the world into
the so-called League of Nations "
They are still trying to poke this
Shiny snake down the throats of the
American people.
They put a forty billion dollar wal
debt on the backs of the citizens OF
this country and over three hundred
thousand American boys in their
graves.
They have sown the seed for future
wars by repeated insults to the peo.
pie of Japan, Russia, Germany, Mex.
leo and to every other nation on the
face of the earth.
They have incurred for the Amer.
ican people the hatred of the entire
world.
They are seeking to put the affairs
of this nation, both at home and
abroad, more and more into the hands
of the military clique. Their SO.