The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-06-11
FARMER-LABOR
(By A, I. HarriS)

training camp to be opened next
month by the American Legion,
with the cooperation of the state
highway department and other
governmental agencies, should
prove a constructive piece Of traf-
fic safety work.
At this camp 1t is proposed to
give a free week of vacation activ-
tiles to two boys from every school
patrol in Minnesota. While enjoy
ing themselves at Big Lake in Bel
trami county, the youngsters will
also receive a course in traffic
safety methods from officers of
the state highway patrol. They will
be taught uniform, effective meth
DDS of helping get thousands of
school children back and forth to
school with the least hazard from
motor vehicles on the highways
and streets.
Minnesota's experience with the
school patrol system has proved It
is successful in saving lives, both
in city and rural districts. The
training camp should increase the
efficiency of the patrols and at the
same time provide vacation reward
for boys who win places in the
school. Financing will be handled
By the Legion and cooperating civ
ic groups. The instruction in pa
troll work will be supervised by the
highway department through its
highway patrol.
The proposed constitutional
amendment introduced in the Sem
ate by Elmer A. Benson curling
the power of the Supreme Court,
declaring unconstitutional legisla-
ton of social and economical i'm
port, will perhaps now be the rally
ing point for liberals throughout
tie nation. With the Supreme
Courts decision multiplying New
York States minimum wage law,
the reactionaries of that court have
thrown down the gauntlet to all
those who believe in progressive
government. In effect these reac-
tionaries say; You may legislative
to your hearts content to bring
about betterment of social and
economic conditions in the United
States, but you are just wasting
your time your efforts are all
for naught. This court constitutes
ali effective barrier against any
Democratic expression of the peo-
pie"
If the challenge is not accepted
now, real progress and democracy
in America is dead The National
Administration, which has failed
to take a positive stand against
the Supreme Court in decision af-
ter decision nullified virtually ev-
cry progressive measure the adj
ministration succeeded in putting
on the statute books, must now
take a stand. If it fails, it will have
forgotten Forgotten Men" that
our president talks so much about.
From all parts of the country
comes evidence that liberals are at
last aroused to a fighting pitch
over the autocratic powers the SUI
preme Court has usurped. The bat
tie on the court can no longer be
delayed.
The Benson proposal would give
Congress power to pass laws with
out court interference limiting
child labor; regulating working
conditions in industry; regulating
agricultural and industrial produc-
ton; providing security against old
age and unemployment and sick
ness, and providing for govern
ment ownership of monopolistic in
dustries and banking, except indie
pendent banks whose stock is 10
cally owned and who are financing
independent merchants and farm
ers. Here is a specific program for
liberals to campaign on; discour-
aged public will render thanks.
Dividends double those of last
year were announced by the Co
operative Oil Association of Min
neapolis to its members last week.
The annual fuel oil patronage divi-
dend checks to be mailed shortly to
300 members will be five per cent
on the purchases they made last
winter. Gideon Edberg, president,
announced sales as 100000, earn
ings as $1,000, and a 30 per cent in
crease in business. He pointed out
that the mass entrance of the con-
sumner into the market is beginning
to have an effect in bringing down
the price of fuel oil.