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Evening star., 1936-02-28
|MRS. ROOSEVELT
HITS TOWN PLAN
Industrial Home Saps Initia.
tive, She Says in Mine
Paper.

The so-called company town Of in
dustrial regions sets up a harmful"
system that saps the initiative Of work.
ers and their families, ir the opinion
Of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The wife of the President airs her
views in the current issue of the
United Mine Workers Journal, in
which she calls on the women Of
these communities Ito do all within
their power to do away with this
planned scheme Of living, which, she
points out, does not leave people free
to develop themselves.
after the Napoleonic wars" Mrs.
Roosevelt writes, "it was found that
Europe was overrun with itinerant
peddlers, because soldiers who were
discharged had spent 50 many years
in the army under direction that they
really could not organize themselves
into any kind Of existence where In
itiative and management were neces-
sary.
Initiative Destroyed.
Much the same thing, it seems to
me, occurs when human beings live
Evening star., 1936-02-28
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Dance, Ben Murch Community Cen
ter. $50 pm.
Dance, Langley Community Center,
First and T streets northeast, 1880
pm.
d. Dance, Kentucky State Society, VIII
lard Hotel, 9 pm.
Dinner, National City Christian
Church, La Fayette Hotel, pm.
Dance, Missouri State Society,
shoreham Hotel, $50 pm.
Dance, Progressive Club, Mayhower
Hotel, 8 pm.
= Card and bingo party, John Quincy
Adams Parent t-Teacher Association
Adams School, 8 pm.
Bingo and card party, Naomi Chap
ter. No. 3, o. E. S., 66l1 Second street
SPIN.
Meeting, Academy of World Eco
nomics. United States Chamber OF
Commerce Building. Connecticut ave-
nue and H street, $3.50 pm.
Meeting, District Department, A. F.
&. E., Hamilton Hotel, 8 pm.
TOMORROW.
Dance, Washington Community
Center, Eastern High School, Seven.
teenth and East Capitol streets, 8:3t
pm.
Dance, Progressive Club Of Peoples
Life Insurance Co., Shoreham Hotel
ep.m.
Banquet and dance, 1ota Sigma
Upsilon Sorority, Shoreham Hotel,
7:30 pm.
Dance, Alpha Gamma and Chi
Sigma Sororities, La Fayette Hotel, 10
pm.
Meeting. 1zaak Walton League,
Raleigh Hotel, pm.
Meeting, Texas State Society, May
flower Hotel, 8 pm.
Dinner, A. A. A. Five-Year Club,
Mayfower Hotel, pm.
Dinner dance, Graphic Arts Associa-
ton, Maynower Hotel, pm.
Dance, Tau Phi Sorority, Wardman
Park Hotel. 10 pm.
Bingo party, Past Councillors Asso-
citation, 2407 Minnesota avenue south
east, $50 pm
Bingo party. Pythian Temple, 1912
Ninth street, 8 pm.
Banquet. George Washington Uni
versity Medical Society, Willard Hotel,
7:30 pm.
Supper meeting, Washington Branch,
I'd Division Veterans Association. VIII
lard Hotel, 8 pm.
Dance, Theta Alpha Chi Sorority,
Willard Hotel, Q pm. -... /.
Evening star., 1936-02-28
treams feeding the reservoir at Burnt

streams feeding the reservoir at Burnt
Mills.
Hall declared that while it Is diff
cult to correct the condition imme-
diately, the water is perfectly safe
and pure, despite the unusual taste
and smell. Reports from the Burnt
Mills plant this morning indicate the
condition has been virtually elimi-
mated, ne said. ..-
The engineer said that the COM
mission has been in touch with sew
eral neighboring water plants and
found that the same condition usually
prevails at those plants during tlaaws.
Evening star., 1936-02-28

for too long time in company towns,
whether they be mining towns or mill
towns. The mere fact that they have
no choice as to where and how they
will live, that they have no real choice
as to where they will buy, destroys
initiative.
If the employer is q good one and
thoughtful they may get their wages
on time and have q little extra cash,
but II the mine Is poor their wages
are always behind hand aud the
amount Of extra cash that ever filters
into anybody's hand u apt to be
pretty small, 80 budget making and
the management Of money is really
not a part Of the workers lives.
Again, If the employer is interested
he may provide a certain amount Of
recreation, some extra educational
facilities, but the mere fact that these
are given and not planned for and
arranged by the workers themselves
does in the long run harmful thing,
until gradually this type of life saps
the people,s initiative.
Evening star., 1936-02-28

medal
him by the Carnegie Hero for
Bethany post
humous Sterling Calhoun lost his vain attempt
lives white children Anaoa last Summer
Evening star., 1936-02-28
Difficulties for Women.

THE men may not suffer quite as
much because in their daily work they
have to meet emergencies and make
certain decisions, but the women find
1t harder and harder to plan q life
or to make any changes, no matter
how much they long for them, in q
life which depends SO entirely on what
other people plan for them and give
them"
Evening star., 1936-02-28

Rail Program Increased.
China's railway expansion pro-
gram Is being increased.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-16
THE VOTERS BAIT

1t takes a free man or woman to
offer effective criticism. Vivian
Thorp, feature and political writer
on The Minneapolis Journal appar-
emily is given much liberty in writ
ing her candid opinions. And how
she does it! She views political party
platforms as bait to the voters and
expresses it humorously in the fol-
lowing words:
Political party platforms are rath-
er like the docks built over some Of
our small lakes. One sees them
adorned with rows of fishing poles,
one dangling a frog. another a worm,
still another a piece of red flannel,
and another a minnow. Their own
ers weight them to the dock and go
off and leave them, hoping for luck.
The party platform does about the
same sort of thing, a bit of red flan-
mel for the farmer. worm for labor.
etc., etc.
you never can tell for dead GER
tainty what any fish will snap at.
IT'S just a case of 'fisherman's
luck"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-16

Henry for good deal less. In giving
Mrs. Christensen what you call a fam
lily allowance and at the same time
revoked her mothers allowance you
put her in a position where she has
not as much as a red cent in cash
with which to buy anything. 1 don't
think anybody can exist nowadays
without some cash. "a hog is con-
tent with enough to eat and place
to Sleep.
l might add that Mrs. Christensen
has not asked me to help her get
support from the administration or to
criticfse the administration. 1t is all
voluntary from my side and that l
alone am responsible for statements
made in this letter.
Mrs. Christensen would under or
binary circumstances be able to sup
port herself and does not cherish to
ask for charity. Evidently she does
not know her legal rights as a citizen
and perhaps our county relief admin
stratiOn does not realize its duties.
l will be glad to know what you in
tend to do.
Sincerely yours,
LUDWIG MOSBEK.
Askov, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-16
PSEUDO COOPERATION

Editor AskOv American:
Mr.. Joe Hampeys of Brook Park,
wrote or criticised on cooperation,
to learn unadulterated cooperation.
This writing was commented on by
an anonymous writer who was trying
to defend pseudo cooperation.
These articles reminded me of two
persons; one cursing, the other pray
ing for something they need and want
but with no results to either one.
What is the use to condemn or de-
fend something that is not there.
There is no cooperation and there are
no cooperators. All we see and hear
about it is nonsense, it is not possible
to cooperate under capitalistic sys-
tenn.
Every cooperative business operated
and controlled by money interests un-
der constitution in accordance with
capitalistic principles is pseudo Co
operation. True cooperation and cap
italism do not mix; not before we
have abolished capitalism cooperation
can not flourish.
Some years ago, people got the en-
bryo of cooperation and wanted to
eliminate the middleman (parasite)
and his profit, bringing producer and
consumer closer together for their
mutual interest, dividing the savings
to both ends.
Now compare what we have today
The middlemen substituted with CO.
operative officialdom. Wages paid tt
headquarter bosses higher than we
ever paid middlemen. The middle
mems business was operated by Wal
Street. The cooperative business ask
ing for credit from patrons, borrowing
money from Wall Street and stock
holders against high interest.
Business always was controlled b!
money power and is still, regardless o
. smuggling the name of cooperation
. into it. The strong is still standing
upon the weak. The consumers O
Land O'Lakes" butter are paying /;
premium over centralizers products
Land O'Lakes" operate their bust
ness with a huge sum of money Dor
rowed from Wall Street and we'll pai(
employees. That's why the farmer!
can not achieve to bring producer an(
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-16

consumer closer together for their
mutual interest.
Buttermakers of first quality Land
OLakes butter received for their
1000 work Loving Cup" What
does the farmer receive? For his ex-
cellent cream and care he received
in 1888 12c for a pound of butterfat
He was advised by officialdOm OF
Land O'Lakes not to strike.
Why -. :? it was against the prin-
ciples of the money changers and
would stop the income of officialdom
Farmers get the advice to cooperate
with the boss, but the boss did not
cooperate with the farmers. So ii
seems that farmers build cooperative
creameries for the interest of money
changers and their officialdom at the
cost of producer and consumers in
terest.
Mr.. Hitchcock denies the Farmer
Labor party the right to be the own
ers or founders of this cooperation
He claims it for the Republican party
In my opinion, he is right. True CO.
operation is doing unto others what
we want others to do for us.
JOHN NIEBOER.
Hinckley, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-16
If l WERE A MEMBER OF
CONGRESS

Editor AskOv American:
If | were a member of Congress,
my first act would be to introduce a
which the United States government
would take over the entire resources
of the Federal Reserve Banks and
assume all of their liabilities.
This simple process could easily he
accomplished by appropriating from
the United States treasury the sum of
81 80 ,699 900, which is the total amount
Of the paid-in capital stock of the
twelve Federal Reserve banks. This
money to be paid to the 5000 (mOre
or less) member banks of the Federal
Reserve system who own this stock.
In this manner the United States
government would become the sole
owner of the eight billion dollars in
sold and other cash together with the
S2,430,431 900 in U. S. government Sc
curities, also bank buildings and other
assets owned by the Federal Reserve
banks.
The government would assume all
Vi Tic cucIdl TcScTNS
banks consisting principally of 49,
IS1 100000 in Federal Reserve notes
and S6.471, 100000 in deposits.
While totally unnecessary, let us
assume that gold should be used as
a backing for our currency. In that
case this eight billion dollars in gold
would provide the customary forty per
cent backing for twenty billion dollars
in currency. With this we could re-
tire the $3,7S1 100000 in Federal Re-
serve notes outstanding, and also re-
tire SIG ,219, 10000 in interest bearing
ltaX-exempt U. S. obligations. The
S2,43O, 100000 in government securi-
/ ties held by the Federal Reserve
banks will have become the prop erty
of the government and could be can
celled. Thus the interest-bearing pub
| lie debt would be reduced to about
1919 billion dollars, and 500 million
dollars a year could be saved in in
terest.
Not so bad on an investment of
$130, 699 900.
OF course l would need the help of
300 Congressman and ga Senators to
pass the bill over the Presidents veto
| S. o. SANDERSON.
Rochester, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-16
CALLS FOR SUPPORT

Editor AskOv American:
The Pine County Farmers Holiday
Association will meet at Hinckley R.
N. hall Friday, April "a, at p. m
This will be very important business
meeting in planning our work for this
year and every 1856 member should
be present.
We must have progressive legisla-
tion. How can we secure it? We
must help fight to get the Frazier
Lemke refinancing bill through. Have
you written your congressman de-
handing his support? If not, do it
how. Have you paid the grievance
committee yet for help received in
settling your mortgage case? If not,
do so now. Don't be Rip Van
Wrinkle, there are too many of them.
Come on, let's get to work and make
this a year we can be proud of in the
future.
We serve lunch after the meeting.
H. SANDELL, Secretary.
Hinckley, Mimi.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-16
SPRING ZEPHYRS

While it is difficult to agree much
of the time with the outspoken editor
of the Fairmont Sentinel, Major Ar
thur Nj. Nelson, it is nevertheless
interesting and refreshing to read
his spicy comments.
Dwelling upon another political
convention or gathering to be held he
writes:
1T will probably be the biggest
circus of job holders. postmasters.
collectors. directors and pay-rollers
ever held under one tent in the state.
1t is travesty to call such an as
semblage representative of the peo-
pie, no matter what political party
it may call itself"
Then the Major cracks down with
sweeping but logical statement:
mo job holder or favor seeker should
be eligible to a seat in any party con-
vention."
But his concluding remark is dis
appointing to those who strongly up
hold democracy and desire its ad-
vancement. The Fairmont penpusher
fairly brushes the people to earth
with these words: Let the people
rule, if they can, which they can't;
and if they want to, which they
don't"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-16
JUST THE SAME
(The st. Paul Daily News)

(The St. Paul Daily News)
Republicans have stolen some Dem
ocratic tricks by demanding publica-
ton of payments over $4,000 under
the defunct AAA.
Sec Wallace has agreed to give
this information, Withholding, how
ever, the names of individuals or con-
Germs receiving S1,0OO,000 in such
benefits His refusal to make all the
names public is a bad blunder and
subjects him to the criticism that
he really has something to hide.
On it's face there is no reason why
large agricultural firms shouldn't re-
ceive large checks under a program
of crop restriction. The indictment
does not lie here.
1t lies in all government payments
to promote industry, shipping or agrf-
culture by tariff, subsidies or AAA
benefits. This system is right or it is
be no complaints against using it to
aid any and every form of private
endeavor.
So the Democrats are making a
sound counter attack on the Repub-
licans by demanding that the tariff
commission disclose what industries
are enjoying huge benefits now from
the tariff.
Republicans and Democrats (de-
spite their lip service to tariff fol
revenue only have been aiding in.
dustry for years by a tariff. The
public pays the bill. Democrats lately
have been aiding the largest indus
try of the nation (agriculture) by
processing taxes levied bv crop cur
tailment to hold up prices. The
money has been collected and dis
bursed by the government but ha!
been paid by the public.
One is no worse than the other ant
both may be bad or good, dependins
upon the viewpoint. But let no on
demand with straight face that thu
government get out of business.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-16
CLAUDE MACKENZIE

The funeral of State Senator Claude
H. Mackenzie, who died suddenly in
a St. Paul hotel Saturday morning,
was held in his home community Of
Gaylord, Sibley county, Tuesday aft
ernoon. The services were attended
by many colleagues from the Senate
and other state officials, relatives and
long time friends and neighbors of the
well known senator.
Mr.. Mackenzie was elected to the
Senate in 1922 and had served his
district in that capacity since. His
father, still living, was a member of
the Minnesota Legislature a quarter
century ago and his grandfather had
also served in the Legislature way
back in the 70's. All three came
from the same section of the state
Claude Mackenzie was an able
speaker and very effective in debate
He had a keen mind and the reputa-
ton of being one of the best parlia.
mentarians ever to serve in the State
LEGISLATURE. His personality was
such that he numbered amongst his
friends not only members of the Re-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-16
OLE REGANSON

One of the purposes usually of a
state political convention is that of
endorsing candidates for nomination
at the June primaries. 1t is argued
that delegates from all corners of the
state, supposedly leaders from the
various counties, but a few hundred
in number, should be able to pick a
better slate than the hundreds of
thousands of voters in the primaries.
Since we got the primary election
law it has not been the intention, GER
tainly not of liberal parties, to make
the convention endorsement the final
word but rather guide for the pri-
maries. Anyone who knows a little
about the history connected with the
procuring of the primary election law.
knows that the nations greatest lib
eral leaders fought aggressively and
sincerely for that measure. The phi
mary election is, in other words. the
peoples convention. 1t is a check on
boss-controlled or machine-ruled po-
litical conventions.
AS inferred above, the convention
with its few hundred people is sup
posed to be able to take into consider
alton in endorsing candidates, nation
atty, geographical location, perhaps
even appeal to religion, and other fac
tors, while at the same time selecting
candidates who stand for the adopted
platform. The recent state Farmer
Labor convention, however, ran pref
ty strong toward the Scandinavians.
In fact, there is relief by but one lone
German name. The names run thus:
Olson, Benson, Lindsten, Peterson,
Hartig, Halverson and Petersen.
Not so long ago the Democrats of
Minnesota had their state convention
at Mankato. There it was Regain,
Moonan, Mullen, and Ryan who were
leaders. On the nationality score,
the two political parties might learn
something from amateur gardeners
who practice flower exchange.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-16
AND WHAT OF IT p?

Editor A. G. Erickson of the Spring
field Advance-Press makes note of
some Minnesota orators in the follow
ing lines:
What state in the Union can boast
of such political orators as Mime
sofa? There's Governor Olson who
can hold an audience spellbound for
two hours. Tom Davis can weep with
the innocent and suffer with the
downtrodden. Theo. Christensen can
pluck the tail feathers from the Amer
lean Eagle like nobody's business.
Nary-Haugen bill before the Repub-
Hcan convention of 1928 was one of
the greatest speeches delivered before
a political convention since Bryan's
Gross of Gold" speech in 1885, What
other state can produce a quartet like
those FOUR"
To which may be added: Where
does eloquence of oratory bring us?
Does it produce anything and does it
solve anything? For the moment it
may arouse enthusiasm, but enthusi-
asm is empty in the long run. Ora
torical ability is satisfying to the per-
son who glories in applause and who
yearns to be carried on the shoulders
of others. Political oratory may
bring fame and even riches to the
orator but little to the listeners. We
need action more than words.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-16

publican party of which he had been
lifelong member. but also persons
of different political faiths. He was
Republican national committeeman
from Minnesota but was not candi-
date for reelection this year due to
ill health.
Senator Mackenzie leaves a wife
and two children beside his aged par
ents and other relatives to mourn his
Minnesota senator to have died since
the converting of the 49th legislative
session early in January of 1885.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-16
THE DEMAND

The collective ownership and con-
troll of industry and its democratic
management in the interests of all
the people! That is the demand
The elimination of rent, interest and
profit and the production of wealth
to satisfy the wants of all the people,
That is the demand. Cooperative in
dustry in which all shall work to-
gether in harmony as the basis of a
new social order, a higher, a real
republic! That is the demand.-Eu-
gene V. Debs.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-16
OPEN LETTER TO PINE COUNTY
RELIEF ADMINISTRATION

In reference to Mrs. Sine Christen-
sen and our correspondence relating
to the relief accorded her and hel
to me there is a grave misunderstood
ing which cOnfuses the question in,
volved. In the first place Mrs. Chris
Jensen has not to my knowledge asked
for relief. Somebody, well meaning
called your attention to the condition
of her son, Henry, last fall. You &C.
corded her family allowance which
according to your letter of April 1
1886, amounted to: $3.50 for the
month of December, 1895, s32 for the
month of January, 1886; $50 for the
month of February, and $33 for the
month of March.
Mrs. christensen does not recall
that she ever received more than
some thirty dollars any single month
On November q, 1885, you wrote
Judge Wilcox of the Probate Court as
follows: Will you please close Mrs
Sine Christensen's case for Mothers
Pension, or allowance in your files.
Her case has been opened at our Of
flee for relief and we will take care
of her. Signed: John Manion, visitor
However, it is not Mrs. Christensen
who needed relief; it was and is her
30-year-old son, Henry, who cannot
move as much as finger, that needs
assistance. The minute this fact is
recognized it will be seen that her
mothers allowance was unlawfully
revoked.
The question naturally arises if the
State of Minnesota and County OF
Pine have any responsibility or duty
concerning care of helpless invalids
and if so, to what extent.
In December, 1885, l spoke to DR.
A. l.. Arends and requested him tC
find out if there might be any public
institution that could do anything fol
that boy. DR.. Arends wrote the State
Board of Control who turned the let
ter over to State Department of Public
Institutions. DR.. Arends received 3
letter dated Dec. 16, 1885, which in
substance says that as this boy is
neither insane nor feeble minded the
state can do nothing for him at pres
ent. 1t seems that the community
will have to put someone into the
home to look after the man and tC
assist the mother" signed by, Super.
visor, Department for Feeble Minded
If this contention is right, 1 de-
mand as citizen of the State OF
Minnesota, that Pine county do its
duty towards this boy and restore
mothers allowance to Mrs. Christen-
sen.
The question naturally arises, what
would it cost Pine county to put a
man into this home? l assume that
relief workers are limited to eight
hours a day. That would make a
three man shift at 45c an hour. There
is no doubt in my mind that Mrs
Christensen would be glad to care fol-