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The Washington times., 1936-06-12
.G0NzAGA HIGH
AWARDS TO 19

Four boys have been awarded
full scholarships and Is boys half
scholarships to Gonzaga High
School as a result of the COM
petitive examinations held last
Saturday for parochial and pub
lie school graduates, the Rev.
P. ]. Clarke, ST., headmaster of
the high school, announced to-
day.
Full scholarships go to Walter
Drinks, of st. Aloysius School;
John Hammett, of Holy Com
forter; Frederick Rice, Of Sacred
Heart, and Raymond Fitzgibhon,
of Sacred Heart.
Winners Of the half scholar
ships are John Noone, of Holy
Name School; Francis Litz, Of
st. Joseph's; Ralph O'Brine, Of
Nativity; Robert Yetter, of St.
Martins; jerome Tarleton, Of ST..
Peters; Jack Walsh. of ST..
Gabriel's; Joseph Saunders, of ST..
Martins; Allen Garland, Of st.
Gabriels; Richard Gott Of st.
MichaePs, william Nichols Of st.
Aloysius; Cleveland Barry of st.
Charles; Alfred Grigg Of Sacred
Heart; Jack Birdsel Of st. Pauls
Academy: Charles Redman of
Blessed Sacrament and John How
ley Of Nativity.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-09-17
EXPLAINS BILLS

Editor AskOv American:
In your last issue you published a
letter which was supposedly an an
swer to letter from John Percy,
but was indirectly aimed at me, and
therefore l would like to have you
publish this answer. This seems to
be new way of political campaign
ing, that is, publishing mud-slinging
letters in the columns of the press
under Opinions of Others" or other
headings. and knowing the expense
connected with the publishing of these
letters to the newspapers l want to
say that l would not bother you with
this one except that l think the vOt-
ers of Pine county are entitled to
know just what it is all about and
hope that this will be the end of this
non-paying political advertising.
The interest bill that Mr.. Dickson
speaks of provided that the legal rate
of interest on loans over $500, should
be five per cent. What would that
mean? If you went to the bank to
borrow $500, and would get it, you
would pay $40 per year interest. But
on $500 loan you would pay only
$50 a year interest. Do you think
the bank would loan you over five
hundred? And how many people in
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-09-17

ticket for governor. In 1882 he was
elected Congressman-at-large and de-
feated in 1894 for congressman in the
Sixth district. He had filed as can
didate for governor on the Farmer
Labor ticket this year but was de-
feated at the June primaries.
Mr.. Johnson was one OF the most
popular men that ever served in pub
lie life. He was popular because he
knew how to mix with people and
was one of them. He never high
hated anybody and had a cheerful
disposition. Many good stories have
been told about Magnus and he en-
joyed hearing them as we'll as any
body.
Changes have taken place in Min
nesota's political life very suddenly
within the last few months. 1t is but
a short time ago that U. S. Senator
Thomas D. Schall was killed in an
automobile accident; Governor Floyd
B. Olson passed away in August. and
now the death of former U. S. Sena-
tor Magnus Johnson.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-09-17

He says that no charges have been
made for meals for more than a
year. Yes, when the county board
called his attention that the Law re-
quires that he must furnish the re-
ceipt for meals, he refused to do this,
thus avoiding to show where he was
or what territory he visited so the
board could not check more closely
on his mileage.
He says that these letters are not
approved by the other three commits
sioners. Why then, if the three COM
missioners are in your favor, didn't
they allow your bills and raise your
salary as you wanted it? They had
the majority on the board. He again
repeats his request for check-up by
neutral committee on this matter.
This was welcomed by Gebhardt in
his last letter SO why ask the same
question again? Your letters are just
lot of hooey, talking about some
thing else than the issue and there
by fooling the public to set them
thinking about something else.
F. w. STEFAN.
Willow River, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-09-17
DOESN'T AGREE WITH PERCEl

Editor Askov American:
l am surprised at the attempt of
John Percy to defend the record of
Mr. Mann of voting to retain high
interest rates.
If Mr. Mann represented the rich
peoples ward in a large city where
the voters live on interest from mort
cages and bonds there would be some
excuse for it. But when represen-
tative from a poor mans county like
Pine county comes out in favor of
such a bill there must be something
rotten in Denmark. l am very much
disappointed in the way Mr.. Mann
voted on many important bills.
Take, for instance, the bill that
would give tax relief to the Farmers
Cooperative Telephone companies.
When you tax a Farmers Coopera-
tive Telephone company it just adds
another tax to the farmers who are
already paying more than his just
share of taxes considering his income.
Why should Mr.. Mann vote against
bill designed to give tax relief to
Farmers Telephone companies when
he knows that there are many such
organizations in Pine county strug-
Cling along trying to give telephone
service at a reasonable cost.
If Mr.. Percy, as chairman of Mr..
Mann's advisory group, advised Mr..
Mann to vote the way he did think
that Mr. Mann should have had a
different advisory group and may be
we would have had better represen-
tation in the last session of the .leg-
islature.
ALFRED WALBERG.
Route 2, Braham, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-09-17
ALSO RAPS PERCY, MANN

Editor Askov American:
l wish to congratulate o. R. Dick
son on his expose of the letter OF
John Percey's, who only short time
ago was leading the farm strike
movement in Pine county and in some
cases because of his rough tactics,
disapproved by many Pine county
farmers, his actions came in for a
great deal of condemnational criti-
cism.
Yes, it is strange indeed to see in
print letter by this same John Per-
cey, defending higher interest rates.
l might also ask John Percy how
he can defend the record of MIR. Mann
in his vote against the increase in
inheritance tax rates.
The increase proposed in this
amendment was only slightly over the
present rate proposed. No one dis
putes the justice of tax on inherit
ance; such tax cannot injure bust
ness on an individual, who receives
large lump of accumulated wealth
he has not earned. Every tax expert
in the country believes that an in
heritance tax is a fair and just tax.
Also, Mr.. Percy or Mr.. Mann,
why did Mr.. Mann fail to support
tax relief for the small telephone
cOmpanies?"
This amendment provided for
tax exemption of the first $4,000
of gross earnings of telephone COM
panies. This measure was chiefly
for the benefit of the Farmer Coopera-
tive telephone companies, similar to
those we have in Pine county.
The nationwide telephone trust is
the largest monopoly in the United
States, and controls 80 per cent of all
the telephones in the country. The
slight tax exemption provided by this
amendment would mean little to the
telephone trust; but would be a great
help to the small cooperative COM
panies These cooperatives are owned
by the users and are providing cheap
er service.
If we are ever to get cheaper tele-
phone rates and break the telephone
monopoly, we must all support legis-
lation of this type.
Representative Mann failed to sup
port same; and the members of the
different cooperative organizations in
Pine county are entitled to an expla-
nation.
MRS. PETER STULEN,
Sandstone, Mimi, Sept. Is, 1886.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-09-17
MAGNUS JOHNSON

The colorful Farmer-Laborite, Mag
nus Johnson, who was injured in an
automobile accident on January 90,
and who afterward recovered from
double pneumonia as a result of the
accident, suffered a relapse several
days ago and passed away early Sun
day morning in a Litchfield hospital
where he had been confined. Being
a very aggressive man he apparently
overtaxed his strength and this led to
the fatal recurrence of pneumonia.
Magnus Johnson was known far and
wide. He had served few terms in
the Minnesota Legislature, after
which in a special election in 1923,
he was chosen by the people to fill
out the unexpired term of the late
u. S. Senator Knute Nelson. He was
defeated in the 1924 election for the
full term. Following that he was can
didate twice on the Farmer-Labor
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-09-17
INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION
(St. Louis County independently

NSSs AOoio SOuhty
The differences between President
Green of the A. F. of L. and John L.
Lewis, chairman of the the Commit
tee for Industrial Organization, might
develop into long drawn out contest,
but it is becoming more and more ap-
parent that industrial organization is
necessary in order that the thousands
of unorganized workers be brought into
the organized labor movement. At the
last A. F. of L. convention proponents
of the industrial organization plan
were Outnumbered by only a small
margin, and unless the matter is set
tied before the next convention to be
held in Tampa, Florida, in Novem-
Der, there is every indication that it
will carry by a wide margin. More
and more unions are flocking to the
side of industrial unionism and it is
a sign of progress. Craft unionism
was adequate to secure justice for the
workers when industry was in its in
fancy, but with the rapid growth in
mass production, industrial organiza-
tiOn is necessary to keep the pace set
by industry.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-09-17
THE FEDERAL BANK GUARANTY
LAW

(The Minnesota Union Advocate)
The American Bankers Association
has consistently opposed the federal
bank depositors' guarantee law, a
measure under which all bank depos-
it's up to $4,000 are insured. The Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers
and the U. S. Chamber of Commerce
has also opposed this wholesome law.
1t is interesting to note how this act
has operated since its adoption two
years ago.
Exactly So banks have failed since
its passage, affecting 62,23O deposit
tors with a total of $9,170,840. On
May 81, 1886, the date of the last re-
port of the Federal Deposit Insur-
ance Corporation, SO per cent of the
frozen assets" of these bank depos-
itors had been returned to them. Ex-
actly $8,552,99S has been paid back to
the depositors and the rest will be
paid as rapidly as official machinery
can function.
Under the old order, glorified by
Hoover, Landon, William Randolph
Hearst, the national Republican COM
mittee and the U. S. Chamber of Com
merce, the small depositOrs in many
instances would have received but a
few cents on the dollar-if they were
lucky. Under the old regime of Hoo
yer, Mellon, Mills and few others,
the small depositors in these banks
would have been stalled off, year after
year, with the claim that tie receivers
had not been able to liquidate the
frozen assets. Under the new order
the New Deal, if you please-bank de-
positors are guaranteed full payment
on all losses up to $4,000.
Yet there are those well-meaning
folks who, having no money of their
own, insist that everything sponsored
by President Roosevelt is all wrong
and that this nation ought to turn
back the clock of time and elect a
man like ALT Landon to the presi-
dency.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-09-17

Senator Elmer A. Benson,
416 Federal Courts Building
st. Paul, Minnesota.
Dear Sir:
Thanks for your announcement of
opening of your office in St. Paul and
invitation to discuss matters pertain
ing to the Federal Government.
Allow me friendly criticism of
your radio address of May 81, 1886, a
copy of which you kindly forwarded to
me.
l most heartily agree with most of
what you in that splendid radio ad-
dress said; but 1 beg to call your
attention to the title of your measure
U461O), bill to make it a criminal
offense to deliberately circulate false
propaganda designed to incite the
American people into wars between
foreign powers.
In column five you say, eff we real
ly are to prevent war, we must guard
not only our shores but our sentiments,
our passions, our intelligence from
war propaganda. For ages we have
imprisoned men and women for truth
fully preaching peace in time of war.
l propose we shall imprison those who
falsely preach war in times of peace
l contend that too many laws are
made to be broken, so was our prohi-
bition law, because they are contrary
to common sense and the United
States Constitution which is supposed
to guarantee freedom of speech.
Voltaire seemingly hit the nail on
the head. ITO laugh and to let laugh"
had been the motto of his early ca
reer. Later he changed it to the more
enlightened One-"To think and to let
think" 81 do not agree with a word
that you say" he wrote in one of his
letters, ''but 1 will defend to the death
your right to say it." These words
are probably the greatest contribution
of the eighteenth century to the civil
lization of mankind.
Our reactionary Red hunting only
makes more Reds" 1t is always
safer to let the surplus steam out than
to risk bursting the boiler. Restrict
Another matter: l was told yester-
day by one of my neighbors that he
had seen real hornets nest of a
military camp south of Brainerd sew
eral miles long and more than four
streets wide covered with tents hous-
ing military in all branches, with
their artillery, cavalry, airplanes, can
mons etc., and with signs-"No park
ing, keep moving" 1 am wondering
if that is a federal institution or our
Minnesota Farmer-Labor government
playing war.
l shall be pleased to have your
opinion on these two points.
LUDWIG MOSBEK.
| AskOv, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-09-17
ALFRED WALBERG,
Route 2, Braham, Mimi.
JUST PLAIN FACTS

Editor Askov American:
Mr.. Gustafson surely stumbled when
he said the letters Gebhardt and
wrote are lies and Misrepresentation;
that his salary is not in question, and
says that the letters are political at
tacks on him. l will quote from his
own letter that he wrote June II,
1886. In part he says, my salary for
1895 was about $3.50 less than aver
age of previous years." In another
part he says, "The Pine county board
of commissioners still owes me about
5000 of my 1895 salary and refuses to
pay this" Signed-Arthur e. Gustaf-
son. This was the letter that Mr..
Gebhardt answered, thus starting this
political barrage," as Gustafson now
calls it. In all my letters 1 never
even mentioned politics. don't think
that Gebhardt has. AS for the lies,
the statements we made in all our
letters are of record in the court
house at Pine City so this needs no
reply, and there's no need for pub
lie debate.
You have yet to explain, Mr.. Gustaf-
son, to the taxpayer why it was nee
essary to make SO trips to District
No. 81 or the Bruno school, and 10
trips to Willow River school, both
of which have superintendent and
need not your assistance; and why the
% trips to No. 40 in Sturgeon Lake.
OF course these schools are on gOOd
roads and your son went to school at
Willow River that year so you might
explain. The public might be inter-
ested to know all about this. You
have not answered a single question
we put before you.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-09-17
MISTAKES AND IMPORTATION

Editor ASkOv American:
l think that the American took an
unfair advantage of its readers some
time ago in printing such a (sob
story in regards to the Union party
by Lars P. Jensen. If something is
not done, this period of tear shedding
for the money changers might have
a tremendous effect upon the crying
towel business, in fact it may even
out step Roosevelt's boondogling bust
ness.
Mr.. Jensen stated that the failure
of the Farmer-Labor party to take
the lead in the formation of third
party for 1886 may prove to be a big
mistake. Since Mr.. Jensen and others
thing it's big mistake. let us see
how it all came about. First the
ms made a deal with the Democrats
and sold the Farmer-Labor party
down the line to them; next in order
to offset the loss of thousands of in
formed voters, they changed the name
of the Farmer-Labor Leader to Min
nesota Leader in order to get among
other classes of people. The total alb
sence of any criticism in the Mime
sofa Leader of Roosevelts boondogling
business with the International bank
ers proves that the above is correct.
Extraordinary sham-battlers, Roose-
welt, the Farmer-Labor party, the
Progressive party of Wisconsin, and
for a good measure let's throw in the
co-ops, will not raise finger in
protest against the money chang
ers nor will they try to restore to
congress its constitutional right to
coin and regulate the value of money
and credit.
Some years ago Herbert Hoover
stated that billions of dollars in the
hands of few money changers will
accomplish more than if it were in
the hands of millions of idiots. The
above statement will answer the rea-
son why Roosevelt for the last 31a
years had close connections with the
money changers in the temple, whose
deeds if placed on a pile for the peo-
pie to see, would be CHASTITY sight to
look at.
JOE HAMPEYS.
Brook Park, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-09-17
Pine county can go to bank and Dor

Pine county can go to bank and bor-
row even five hundred? Is such a bill
of any advantage to any one without a
great deal of credit, or in other words
to anyone who did not have the re-
sources necessary to borrow large
sums of money? Would you have
voted for such bill? l think not.
And as Mr.. Percy says. the bill was
introduced in the first place so people
like Mr.. Dickson, who. as we have
said before, is campaign manager for
the Farmer-Labor party in Pine coun-
ty, can get up and zap, Mann voted
against bill to reduce the rate of
interest" without explaining what the
bill was. l probably pay about three
times as much interest as Mr.. Dick
son so anything to cut that would be
perfectly agreeable with me.
Perhaps Mr.. Dickson expects to get
the job of door man at the capitol if
the man he is campaigning for is
elected. Mr.. Percy made so much
money at it that he lost his farm to
the mortgage holders.
And now in conclusion l would like
to explain my vote on the Omnibus
tax bill. This measure, all reports
to the contrary notwithstanding, was
only one half sales tax, and that not
a general sales tax. The sales tax
was on everything except foodstuffs.
all foodstuffs being exempt. 1t was
a sales tax on clothing, dry goods,
drugs, hardware, implements and ma
chinery, and in counties like Pine
would have worked out exactly as the
gasoline sales tax does, in that we
would have received considerably
more than we put in. However,
have never been in favor of sales
tax, and when Mr.. Barker introduced
an amendment to wipe the sales tax
from the bill, l voted for the amend
ment, or against the sales tax.
But as l have said before, that was
only half the bill. The other half
consisted of increases in the net in
come tax with a reduction of the ex-
emptions, an increase in the inherit
ance and telephone gross earnings
taxes, removed many of the faults in
the present income tax law by which
much wealth is escaping taxation, anG
had gift tax with the same rates
as the inheritance tax to prevent
people from signing over property be.
fore death to escape the inheritance
taxes.
All these measures that progress
sives have been working for for many
years, were included in the Omnibus
tax bill. Would you have voted fol
it? With the interests of the majority
of the people of Pine county at heart
believe you would.
AS Mr.. Percy says, l organized the
rural members of the House to pas:
my repeal bill, House File No. 10
through the Senate where a numbel
of city members were sitting on it.
c. G. MANN.
Hinckley, Mimi.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-09-17

He was very hungry, so he pushed
open the swinging doors of the res
taurant and entered. 1t was a rough.
ill-smelling place, but he thought he
would try a. cup of coffee and some
thing to eat.
The waitress brought coffee in a
thick, heavy cup.
where's the saucer?" inquired our
fastidious friend.
I'VE don't give no saucers here"
replied the girl. eff we did, some
ill-bred ignoramus would come blow
ing in, and drink out of his saucer,
and we'd lose a lot of our SWEETEST
customers"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-09-17
THE STATE FAIR

The Minnesota State Fair is now
history and it established, as 1t so
we'll deserved, record for all-time
attendance. The turnstiles clicked to
the staggering total of 633,457 as COM
pared to the previous high OF 5S1.53S
in 1919. The fair management mer-
tied this wholehearted response to its
efforts because if there ever was
deserving period of entertainment Of
fered the public anywhere. it was
the one which occupied the past week
at st. Paul.
The most particular tastes in the
type of exhibits and entertainment
were taken care of in an uncanny
manner. More and better machinery,
transportation, livestock and personal
exhibits were shown; the midway was
the best and the grandstand perform
ances have no peer. 1t is difficult
and even impossible to please every
one of over six hundred thousand with
everything on a weeks program, but
the various types of tastes were eff
GENTLY taken into consideration and
we venture to say that not one who
attended any one of the days could
truthfully go home and say that his
or her visit there was not worthwhile
in at least one or more ways.
A masterpiece in itself was the
grandstand performance on Friday,
and we presume this held true on the
other days also. If there were some
items on the program not enjoyed by
some, other and many items were in
terspersed which filled the bill. For
instance, the writer did not and does
not care so much for such thrills as
seeing a man balance himself and
needlessly risk his life on the top of
an exceedingly high pole, but there
were some in the audience who liked
and demand this type of entertain
ment. On the other hand the ones
who like the high pole stunts maybe
do not care so much for the dancing
and singing of the Revue, but this
part of the program was there for the
amusement of those who do like it.
In fact there were enough items on
the program to so pleasantly enter
tain every one that each person could
go away knowing he had been enter
tanned and also had received much
of educational benefit from visiting
the fair.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-09-17

for the overflow population every
whereof they will give him a hear
ing. 1t is no use trying to run ship
without compass. Henry George is
our pilot, and nature is the star by
which he steers. Just as surely as the
house must fall when the builder fg-
nores the law of gravitation, nation
must go down that ignores the law
OF supply and demand. And that is
what we are doing now.
P. w. SCHWANDER
121 Pierce Ave. Houston, Texas.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-09-17
FROM EXCHANGES
TO REDUCE THE SWINGS

An ambition of most planners these
days is to reduce the violence of eco
nomic swings-to make the peaks low
er and the valleys shallower. There
is one way of doing this in a prac-
tical fashion. 1t is to restrain the use
of debt. Our land boom in 1919 would
not have reached such extraordinary
proportions, if all deals had been
made on a cash basis. And if land
the subsequent tumble would not have
been so sharp. In a debtless world,
progress might be bit slower, but it
would be more certain and more
stable.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-09-17
OPINIONS OF OTHERS

(Short timely letters on topics
of public interest are welcome
whether or not the writer's opin-
ions conform with those of the
American. All letters must be
signed with the writer's name for
our information. Signed articles
always are more effective. but II the
writer does not wish to have his
name used. 1t will be withheld.)