The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-02-27
FARMER-LABOR
Nv A. I Harris

FARMER-LAbOR
BY A. /. Harris
The Governor was at the Capitol
last week clearing his desk Of a
mass of accumulated business, pre-
paratory to his departure for a
months stay in the southern sun
shine to recover his health.
Cheered on by the report of his
physician that his health Is being
restored, and gaining in weight and
strength rapidly so that he already
Is close to his normal self, Cover
nor Olson Is preparing to wage his
campaign for the United States
Senate with all his old-time zeal
and fight, asking no quarter and
giving no quarter, but conducting
a clean and intelligent fight on
real issues. His political enemies
who have been hoping for an Oh
son let-down are due for surprise
and disappointment.
During his convalescence, the
Governor kept a close tab on both
state and national events. He de-
clared his satisfaction with the old
age pension bill passed by the
special legislative session, believes
its provisions adequate and refer
ring to it as IAN old age relief
bill rather than an old age pension
bill" He called the special session
in the hope that real old age pen.
sion bill would be passed, and he
was able to force only a semb-
lance Of such a bill through re.
dictionary Legislature. This is Ger.
tain to be an issue in the next
state campaign, which the Cover.
nor will find time to aid despite his
campaigning for a national office
The Governor already has indi.
Gated some Of the issues on which
he will make his national fight. He
will ask for curbing the power Of
the United States Supreme Court
in declaring unconstitutional socia
and economic measures passed by
Congress. He will also bring his
plan of production for use instead
of for private profit to the people
and fight for a neutrality program
which will actually keep this coun
try out of war and make it impos
sible for any individual to make
personal profit of human butchery
when nobody can make any pro
fit out of war we will soon fine
war scares, which are generally al
officially created, a thing of tn
past" he said. The Governo. also
is outlining a constructive program
for youth.
| This column has always main
tanned that the so-called Minnesota
Law and Order League is a fruad
carrying out political plan under
cover of lofty sounding name
Unquestionably, many who belong
to the league are motivated by hon
orable intentions, but there seem!
to be little doubt that it's real pur
pose is to discredit liberal move
ments.
Last week AL Hanson, chairman
of the Hennepin County Farm La
Dor association, demanded an in
vestigation of the League. Amons
other things he charged that it's in
tentions are political and not civic
that it's origin springs from the la
bor-baiting Citizens Alliance, which
has demonstrated that it is NOR,
interested in continuing strikes
than in promoting industrial peace
and that it uses as figureheads {
few unsupported dupes to give i
the appearance of genuineness.
Demands of investigation of al
legged subsersive activities of Ger
tain groups generally springs from
the same reactionary crowd tina
created the league, but it is tim,
that the spotlight of investigation
be turned on the activities of suci
organizations as the league.
|
Quietly, without fanfare of pub
licity, the Minnesota State High
way Department has conducted
one of the most gigantic battle
against nature in her most intrac
table mood in the last ten days
A record breaking snowfall, plu
the coolest spell in the history o
the state, plus a strong west wind
buried roads under drifts that il
many places were more than 2
feet deep and so solidly packed tina
dynamite for the first time in tn
history of the state was necessar,
to dislodge them. Railroads wer
blocked, trains stalled, village
short of fuel. And all the time tn
thermometer flirted with 80 below
Yet highways were opened befor
railroads, and in less than IL hour
in most cases they were in bette
driving condition than city streets