The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-23
FARNIER-LABOR
By A, /. Harris

the CTlIue bureau ldSL week plaCeO
one of the nations most dangerous
criminals behind the bars. Richard
Franseen, 30, Of Oregon, for the
last ten years has left burglaries,
train robberies, bank holdups and
counterfeited bills In his wake. He
has also been accused Of murder.
His career ended on q Mortified
farm to which Melvin Passolt,
chief Of the crime bureau, had
traced him. Two bureau operatives
arrested him there without a strug-
gle. He will be turned over to the
federal government for prosecu-
ton after being questioned by state
authorities in an effort to clear up
countless crimes.
The sentiment on the hill Is the
AAA supreme court decision is in
tense, not so much because 1t was
believed that the AAA was a good
program but because 1t Is the gen.
eral belief that the supreme court
has usurped power which it does
not possess constitutionally. At pre-
sent 1t appears that the supreme
court Of nine men Is more powerful
than congress, and the president
together.
Senator Elmer Benson's first Of.
fetal act in Washington has been
to introduce Youth Bill modelled
on that program first conceived
by Governor Olson and later adopt
ed by President Roosevelt. The bill
provides system Of vocational
training and project employment
for young men and women out Of
work and also it will contribute to-
ward the high school and college
support Of needy students. Young
people have an absolute right to
useful employment and education
al opportunities" Senator Benson
said when he introduced the bill.
In a report Of the Division of
Women and Children, Minnesota
Industrial Commission, for the year
ending December 81, 1895, mini
mum wage adjustments paid to 245
minors amounted to $6,325.86, COW
ering 238 firms and 40 towns. Dur
ing this 12-month period, 10 firms
were prosecuted for serious viola
tions Of various labor laws relating
to the employment of women or Of
minors. In the classification Of these
violations the nature Of the various
offenses Is as follows: firms for
violation Of the 54-hour law for
women workers, 2 valuations for
illegal employment Of minors, 8
night clubs for use Of minors under
Is years as entertainment features,
z firms for violation of various
child labor laws, and one for fall
ure to keep the premises Of a man.
ufacturing establishment in a SAN
itary condition. Although the ma
jority of prosecutions were in Min
neapolis and st. Paul, there were
prosecutions in 6 towns outside of
the Twin Cities.
1t is not generally known that
the liquor control commissioner
has nothing to say in the granting
Of ION sale" liquor licenses. That is
the exclusive job Of the municipal
governing bodies. The ION sale"
mess in Minneapolis reflects in no
way on commissioner Arundel as
he approved none Of the licenses
in question.
Numerous problems of immediate
concern face the Division of Game
and Fish, Of the Minnesota State
oy.tv ~ rno
quiring prompt study and research.
Included in the many controversial
subjects that must be solved with
the aid of the Conservation Com
mission are winter fishing, uniform
regulations of commercial fishing
on the Great Lakes with other
states that are concerned, trapping
of muskrat and beaver, the first in
open season and the second of
special trapping permits, and i'm
provement Of fish lakes through
removal Of rough fish. The setting
up Of flying squadron" compos-
ed of four men will become effect
i've February 1. More efficient law
enforcement Is expected to- result
following this new departure as re-
commended by a resolution recent
ly adopted by the Conservation
Commission.
In the last year the states work.
mems compensation insurance
board has reduced compensation
insurance rates in Minnesota 2.8
per cent without reduction in the
compensation paid to employees.
The hold which certain interests
have upon the relief policies and
monies of our country is well illus
trated in the case Of Minneapolis.
Although many politicians like to
shout from the housetops against
government spending, their sup
porters apparently have no preju-
dice against profiting by these ex-
penditures. In Minneapolis the
Community Chest gang, in this
case called the Council of Social
Agencies, have for years dictated
relief policies. The list Of members
is identical with the Board Of Dir
ectors of the Citizens Alliance. At
the last city election, the elector-
ate repudiated the rule Of these
men. They elected new men and
women who were not the tools of
the Citizens Alliance. But their hold
has not been easy to break, and,
to date, they have attempted to
thwart the will of the people who
demand a new deal.
Another feature of relief under
the old regime was case work
which actually was a means of
prying into all the private affairs
of clients life. BY properly hum
iliating an applicant for relief
they hoped to force him to accept
starvation wages. Under this sys-
tenn certain firms in Minneapolis
were having a man onlv about six