Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-04-15

tion which drives the populace into
demonstrations such as took place at
the state Capitol last Monday.
And although every member of the
legislature deplores the, what we felt
to be, unnecessary overnight demon
stratiOn on Monday night. neverthe-
less most of us feel that the display
on Monday was entirely justified, and
hope that it will have the attempted
effect.
The Senate has been suffering and
storming practically all week since,
and not accomplishing much work,
but the House is going along as usual.
now meeting in the mornings and
continuing at least three evenings
each week. We have passed a large
number of revenue producing meas
ures in our attempt to somewhat bal
ance the income with expenditures
and tighten the load on property. We
understand that the Senate is now
going to lump all of our tax bills in
to an omnibus bill, and if such is
true, doubt very much that we will
finish in time, and necessitate spe-
cial session. We have felt that a
piece-meal program was better, be-
cause then if some of the measures
cannot be settled, some may, and thus
we will have accomplished small
part of our duties at least.
The Senate killing our bill to re-
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contribution to old age assistance was
a hard blow to many of us from the
northern part of the state, as we felt
that to be the best solution, but l
was assured by Senator Steining this
morning, Saturday. that revolving
fund to help counties with high de-
linquency would pass the Senate about
Monday. With the end of the ses-
sion only 10 days away it doesn't look
as though many other changes would
be made in that law at this session.
would almost bet money on spe-
cial session later.
We have heard rumors that the
plans for the Federal prison farm at
Sandstone may be abandoned, and so
Senator Johnson and myself succeeded
in passing a petition to officials at
Washington to continue those plans.
| understand that six of these are
being constructed in the United
States, and if plans are continued
this will be the only entirely Federal
constructed and maintained institu-
ton in Minnesota.
| have obtained the passage, first
through the education committee,
then through the committee on ap-
preparations, of $4,000 approximation
to relieve the bond...d debit situation
OF inc .Ioverton school. and hope to
/ pass it in this body early next week;
then Senator Johnson will pick it up
| in the Senate. Senator Johnson has
given me the finest of cooperation III
seeking the passage of legislation af-
| fecting only Pine county, and this is
by way of appreciation.
have been getting rather mean
| letters on my vote for an increase in
the gas tax, but felt that Pine county,
with a larger proportion of its roads
trunk highway than any other county
in the state, should be the last to
oppose an increase. However, | have
also received from business men in
villages particularly, endorsement of
this action.
With the urgent demand for liz
creasing governmental expenditures,
and the need of refunding existing in
| honestly believe that Mr.. Ost, chair
man of appropriations, and his COM
mittee, are doing their best to keep
the level of government expense down
as far as it is possible to so do.
| thank you.