Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-04-09

port weekly on the progress of the
group that is fighting for a show
down vote on the Frazier-Lemke farm
refinancing bill. And the story each
week is about the same. The verge of
victory, then a setback, then repe-
tition of the whole thing. This week
it is no different. Today Lemke has
signers and pledges that he can rely
upon which mean that if he can Sc
cure one or two additional Members
on Monday, the petition will be COM
plete and operative, and vote will
be forced within a month.
Of course time is getting short.
While early adjournment seems I'M
likely in view of the issues confront
ing Congress, all admit that leaders
are driving assiduously for closing
well ahead Of the time set for the ma
tional party conventions, and they are
not much over two months away. For
that reason, Lemke and his friends
are rebuilding their efforts in the
House, and despite the discouraging
developments that follow one upon the
OIHeT, the DdlIle goes on.
One thing operates against us. AS
price levels have bobbed upward, the
support that would normally have
come from areas interested in expan-
sion of currency and credit has fallen
away. These representatives have
lost much of their interest in bills
that are based on this theory, and for
that reason they look on bills like the
Frazier bill with lack-lustre eyes, and
fail to realize the Importance 1t has
for the agricultural regions. Pas
sage of the bonus bill, so-called, ma
turally dimmed their ardor to some
degree, and as stated the restoring
prices and Industrial conditions have
contributed to this frame of mind. AS
one observer put it, "Inflationists are
definitely dying on their feet" But
those interested in the Frazier-Lemke
bill deny they are inflationists, in the
hateful sense of the word, insisting
that they are only anxious to expand
currency and credit to legitimate de-
gree, to the benefit of the entire ma
ton as well as for the revival of the
basic industry of agriculture.
The Investigations continue. Ameri-
can Telephone and Telegraph corpor-
alton is under continued scrutiny.
The Senate'S lobbying committee is
proceeding deliberately. The House
committee on chain stores and allied
subjects is going forward. Likewise the
House special committee to investi-
gate the Townsend old age pension
plan. In the last case, the committee
is recessing its Washington hearings
for while in order that it's members
and experts may undertake an inves-
tigation on the West Coast, where
the movement had its birth and where
it has been most active. The Nye
committee will resume it's work with
his return after much-needed rest,
committee of the Senate in bringing
in some measure with teeth in it
which will attack the basic problem
of industrial profits in war time. 1t
may come in as a rider on the tax
bill that is soon to face the Congress.
Organizations of sportsmen, civic or
CARNATIONS, public-spirited groups,
might do we'll to send to the Ameri-
can Forestry Association, 1913 K
Street, Northwest, Washington, D. c.,
for a copy of the March issue of it's
publication titled american Forests"
that contains an excellent summary
of the proceedings of the recent Wild