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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-04

shared the ticket with, this conserva-
tive leadership does not hesitate to
strike out against some of his major
policies.
One small item in the deficiency
emergency relief appropriation bill,
for example, was almost overlooked.
Then the group of liberals in all par
ties hurriedly and frantically pointed
out that, by refusing Congressional
investigating committees the permits
sion to loan experts and employees
from other branches of the govern
ment administrative offices, they
would virtually be crippling the
Wheeler and LaFollete committees, in
addition to limiting sharply the in
vestigating functions of Congress. And
readers of these letters in former
years may recall the vast Importance
of this legislative function and the
untold millions it has saved the coun-
leaders were able to defend the pro-
vision and send the bill to the Senate
including it. and minus TIE added
funds which Minnesotans and others
had endeavored to secure for WPA
and relief
Happily, the President had the cour-
age to administer an immediate and
singing public rebuke, and to urge
that none of this work be crippled
or slowed down, and that the item be
eliminated in the Senate, the House
then agreeing to that action when the
bill went to conference. That appears
likely now to be done, although there
is desperate need for the immediate
availability of the funds the bill car
ries, and which cannot be authorized
or expended until the bill is made
law. And with the dire flood emer-
gency, with Harry Hopkins scraping
the corners and crannies of his bin
in an effort to keep his agencies
going, every days delay is disastrous.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-04
MORE PHILOSOPHIZING
Editor Askov American:

Editor Askov American:
Mr.. Mosbak's article in the Askov
American of Jan. %, 1887, contains
many good points. l agree with him
in most of it; but | would like to take
exception to one or two points Of his
statements.
1t appears from perusal of the
article that Mr.. Mosbak does not be-
lieve in taxes of any kind, nor in i'm
port duties or any kind of licensing
fees. 1t would be enlightening to find
out just how Mr.. Mosbak would de-
fray the expense of government. He
evidently believes that some regula-
ton is necessary.
In his examples illustrating how
criminals are made, he says in para
graph Z: School is a dead end for
YOUTH" and he gives as a reason
for this terse statement that the mar
ket is closed for their labor, conse-
quently crime increases"
From that statement | get the in
ference that Mr.. Mosb8k believes that
our schools, colleges and universities
are, by teaching our youth. turning
out criminals on society. This is
rather a strong indictment against
our institutions of learning
/ believe for my part that we, in
this day and age, are very much in
need of our schools, that instead of
ruling them out of the picture and
condemn them that we should try to
perfect those that we now have, and
that we should build more and at
the same time work for conditions
that would enable every one to utilize
them to tie fullest extent. If our
present system is causing an increase
in the criminal class it is not be-
cause of too much schooling but rath-
err of too little and too superficial
methods. Mass production of autOmo-
biles may be alright; but when it
comes to education and schools that
turns out so-called graduates" by the
tens of thousands annually, l believe
society should stop to ponder cause
and effect Schools should not be SO
big that the personal touch between
the teacher and the pupil is elm
mated.
We are all talking New Deal
these days. Why not new deal fol
our schools? The aim of the present
system is to educate the young fOlh
away from manual labor. Thirty OF
forty years ago the aim was the same
| but at that time Only a very small
percentage had the means and tht
inclination to attend school longer
than the minimum time required b!
law, and consequently there was room
for the educated few at the top. 1
is different now. Everywhere in Ou
Land the common school has an at
tachment called high school. This in
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-04
Is GOLD WEALTH.
Editor Askov American:

Editor Askov American:
Recently a train of nine carloads
of gold valued at 200 million dollars.
was shipped from the mint in Phila-
delphia to the newly constructed
vaults at Fort Knox, Kentucky. That
makes only small dent in the SILL
300. O00,0 900 of monetary gold in the
United States. and it will require So
more trainloads like it to finish the
job. leaving 106 million dollars for
change.
Orr government says this gold is
worth S35 an Ounce-anyway Uncle
Sam takes it from all corners at that
price.
1t would be interesting to know by
what method of reasoning this value
on gold is arrived at. If all the ma
tions on earth divorced their money
from gold. what would gold he worth
then?
Only France and two or three other
small nations are still clinging ten
aciously to the treacherous gold STAN
dard. When they are forced off,
Uncle Sam will be holding the bag of
gold and without any monetary value
legislated into it by any other nation,
it's value will be questionable.
The privately owned Federal Re-
serve banks own $S.S50,OOO.O0O of the
monetary gold stock. in the United
States. and the privately owned banks
of England, France and other leading
world nations own the balance of the
worlds monetary stock of gold out
side of the United States.
The one great objective of the. in
ternational bankers now is to stabi-
lie the dollar with the currencies of
the other leading nations of the world
on a gold standard basis, redeemable
in gold.
Money. instead of principle, has
ruled the world most of the time, and
if the United States allows itself to
be inveigled into stabilizing the dol
lar with foreign currencies on gold
standard basis, we will enthrone the
international bankers and money
changers to continue their despotic
rule as never before in the history of
the world. 1t will be the most dam
gerous of all foreign entanglements.
S. o. SANDERSON.
Rochester, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-04

comfortables retaliateS those who live
in comfort at the expense of them
selves. More equalization is the only
solution to make contented people.
My constructive advice is the dis
posal of the township roads. Let the
county or state take care of them.
These bodies have wider resource
to draw upon and divide the expense
more equally. And for the time
being try to get a township owned
pillow, if this is too expensive for one
township, consolidate for this purpose
with two or more townships.
JOHN NIEBOER.
Hinckley, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-04
BIG OLE SHOW WILL BE
SHOWN AT DUQUETTE

The Big Ole Show company will
present three act play, "The eth
Commandment" at the Duquette hall
Friday, Feb. 5. There will be vaude-
vile between acts and Scandinavian
song. Following the program the Big
Ole 6-piece dance band will furnish
the music for a free dance to the
patrons, and will play both old and
modern music. For further details
see their ad elsewhere in this issue
The troupe gives daily broadcasts
over radio station WEBC, Duluth;
from 1 p. m. to 1:15 p. m.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-04

murderer and he had no sense of re-
sponsibility at that time. He could
have killed a whole family and of
course would not have known the true
tragedy of his deed until the intOx-
icant wore off.
How long will safety loving citi-
zenry tolerate such a menace? How
long will we pass up drunk without
taking his license number and report
him to the patrolmen? 1t is about
time we assist in clearing the high
ways of drunken and reckless drivers.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-04
ANOTHER MENACE

Saturday, it is reported, two mo-
florists were asked to help a young
man from the ditch who had gone
on across the pavement from a side
road The mishap occurred near a
neighboring village and on a thickly
ton it was found that the young fell
low who had gone into TIE ditch, was
drunk. 1t was not his fault that two
or more cars were not travelling along
the pavement when he came onto 1t
with force enough to run all the way
into the ditch.
That young man was a potential
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-04
ROAD DISTRACTIONS
GRATING.
Editor ASkOv American:

IL.
Here in Dell Grove township we
have four systems of roads, state,
county. gasoline and township roads.
The roads which the township has
to take care of are often in deplorable
conditions, impossible during winter
and spring seasons.
l read yours and Mr.. Simonsen's
suggestions how to remedy it. Your
idea was to spend less in the summer
on the road upkeep to save balance
tc be spent in the winter months for
snOwz plOwing. That scheme cannot
be applied in Dell Grove. This writer
lives On a township road two and a
half miles long; the road was two
times graded last year. That has cost
approximately two dollars.
The approximate minimum cost for
one time snow blowing will be not less
than three dollars, it might take at
least three operations per season to
keep it free of snow, and will cost
nine dollars per year.
How much can there be saved on
blowing? Mr.. Simonsens idea is bet
ter, but will neither materialize in
Dell Grove as money from school dis
trict funds cannot be used fer read
purposes. The town donation and the
farmers private donation both come
from the same resources.
We who are in the care of the town
board cannot afford to appropriate
sufficient money for road purposes
to keep it in good condition. Our
earnings are too small, that's the rea-
son why many who are neck deep
town board to spend more money. So
there we are on the root of the evil.
That's why this local unit runs so
cheaply as often commented on by
the "Susanahs" of the "SunflOwer"
party. We cannot be extravagant in
spending even if we wanted to. l re-
peat, our low income does not allow
spending money for comfort, our
spending is kept low by force, but at
the same time we are the dupe of 9TH
ers' comfort, as we pay gasoline taxes,
auto license, real estate taxes just as
high as those who live on the high
way systems, but we don't dare to use
the power to vote ourselves out of
misery.
How long will it take Dell Grove
citizens who are in extreme need of
better roads, to make use of their
power by vote? OHe-third of their
citizens are living on the highways,
two-thirds on the bad roads. If
school bus and mail routes are added
into comfort, probably. the minority
has lost its legal power and become
subjects of charity for improvements.
Our county boards have already die
tated (pardon me, editor, for using
that word, it's next to communism) to
the town board if they rent their
plows to use them only on school bus
and mail routes. The Dell Grove
people are very fortunate, having in
their town board men who are liberal
enough to handle the situation diff
ferently as they almost were forced to
do by the county commissioners hav-
| ing decided to rent the state plOws
on those roads where they could not
get the county plOws. So they have
| provided the same sauce for the goose
as for the gander, equal rights fcl
all, this writer commends them fol
that.
1t is a very wise policy in these
turbulent days to use our head, be-
cause if the comfort from the one is
sacrificed to help the other, there i:
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-04
STATES NIGGARDLY ON OLD
AGE PENSION
(Mille Laos County Times)

(Mllle Laos county lllneS)
Why do 36 per cent of the old folks
in Colorado receive Social Security
pensions, but only per cent in Ken
lucky? asks Labor, Washington, ID. G.
Why is the average California pen
sion $31.45 a month, while in Missis-
sippi aged men and women are sup
posed to exist on $3.50? Why, so far,
is the old-age assistance plan bless
ing i'm some states and cruel hoax
in others?
The citizens of many states will be
asking their governments such ques-
tiOns as a result of report issued
this week by the Social Security
Board. 1t gives figures on the pen
siOns paid Last October in the Al
states which have old-age assistance
laws approved by Uncle Sam.
The Social Security Act was passed
by Congress 16 months ago. Under it.,
the federal government contributes
up to SIS to pension each needy old
person over the age of IS. Uncle Sam
asks only that the state or local gov
for dollar. Outside of that the states
are given almost a free hand to write
their own pension laws.
How they have measured up to this
opportunity and respOns Utility is shown
in the October report. 1t reveals
amazing differences.
Colorado leads with Sc FER cent of
its aged citizens gladdened each
month by a pension check. Next
comes Oklahoma with "a per cent,
Texas with 80 per cent, Idaho 80.
Minnesota %, and so on to California
with IA per cent. At the bottom of
the list are Kentucky with per cent,
Florida S, New Hampshire and Rhode
Island 6, and half-dozen others with
less than 10 per cent of their aged on
their pension roles.
1t will be seen that Colorado makes
the best showing. 1t is first in the
percentage of aged relieved, and a
close second on the average of pen
sions paid.
Right behind CALIFORNIA; $31.45
average monthly pension comes Colo
RADIO with S2759. Then follow Con-
necticut with $4,000, Massachusetts,
$25.S5, the District of Columbia $25.-
"A. Ohio S24.9O, Idaho $23.3S and
Utah $22.4O.
Not much better than Mississippi's
starvation $3.50 are OklahOma's So,
the SO of Arkansas and 1886 of Ken
tuckv Those pitiful cumc If ,nuct no
remembered, include the half contrib
uted by Uncle Sam.
The government of even the Stin-
giest states mentioned are at least
pretending to help, their needy aged
by cooperating with the federal gov
ever, which have not even passed APP
proved old-age assistance laws. These
are Arizona, Georgia, Kansas, Nevada,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Ten
nessee and Virginia.
Members of the security board re-
vast differences in the size of the
pensions and the proportion of the
aged receiving them in the various
states. A high official, however, COM
mented briefly.
"The difference" he said, lis not so
much in the state laws as in their
administration. A state, government
which really wants to help the old
people can find ways to do so. Passing
a law means little if poor old men and
women are forced to run the gauntlet
of merciless means test, and are
showed off on any relative who still
has a dollar
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-04
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 he
signed with the writer's name for
our information. Signed articles
always are more effective. but If the
writer does not wish to have his
name used. it will be withheldO
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-04

All this, while bit disquieting to
say the least, is rather to be ex-
pected as a necessary consequence of
a record Democratic majority, flushed
with recent, overwhelming victory.
But more disturbing is it to find that
even while giving the most lavish
praise to the President whom they
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-04
KVALE AGAIN
STARTS WORK
Continued from Page y

in many columns could these stories
be covered.
Then, too, significant hearings have
already launched themselves i'm full
swing on both sides of the Hill. embrace
ing such a variety of subjects as the
new farm tenancy relief bill and con-
tinuatiOn of the Resettlement Admin
istration activities, the sO-called uni
versal draft bill designed in addition
to reduce profits in time of war, the
bill for continuation of executive pow
err to negotiate reciprocal trade agree
ments, and most important investiga-
lions by special Wheeler and LaFol-
lette committees i'm the Senate aim
ing at Illegal and criminal practices
in finance and industry as well as at
practices that are immoral and I'M
fair" even though legal.
Generally, however, this may be
stated, that the session will offer
more than enough for every consci-
entious legislator to study, if bills
stages beginning with their introduce
ton and continuing through hearings,
reports, discussions and votes on the
floor, and changes made in confer
ence committees. That applies equal
ly to thinking citizens in all parties
who make a genuine effort to follow
public events.
First indications of divisions of
thought on leading issues are reas-
surfing to the conservative groups in
both major parties, and decidedly dis
tressing to liberals and progressives
in all parties. In both Houses a tight
organization has been effected, with
leadership in key positions held al
most without exception by cOnserva-
tive Democrats. And it is not unfair
to them to say that they, rather than
the political Republican minority, are
the most effective opposition the New
Deal program has.
First indications of their determin-
alton to proceed along such lines
found themselves almost before the
session was well under way. They
ran rOughshOd over the requests of
Wisconsin Progressives and Minnesota
FarmerLaboli es for greater repre-
sentation of liberals on the major
committees of the House. Trey failed
to lend anything like a kind ear to
proposals for changes in the tight
rules of the House. They have al
ready demonstrated their ability and
will to rush major bills through with
minimum of debate and if possible
without record votes. .+----..-.- -..-.-....
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-04
WORKERS MEETING ANNOUNCED

There will be a Workers Alliance
meeting at the Clover town hall Sat-
urday night, Feb. 6, at $50 o'clock.
There will be a good speaker.
Lunch will be served after meeting.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-04
WORKERS ALLIANCE WILL MEET

Local 422 of the Workers Alliance
Will meet Friday, Feb. 5, at p. m.
at the Willow River hall. A dele
gate from the Washington demonstra-
ton will speak.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-04
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our friends and
neighbors for their kindness and SYM
pathy shown during our sad bereave-
ment in the loss of our beloved
daughter. Also for the many lovely
flowers and especially to Rev. Mikkel-
son for his comforting words.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Gustafson.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-04
FROM EXCHANGES

editorial Comment From Other News
papers, which May or May Not
Conform with the Opinions
of the AskOV American.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-04

A man was talking to some friends
of fishing trip he was planning next
spring, and the men were trying to
find out more about the trip before
promising to go along. Are there
many trout up there near Eveleth?"
asked one of the friends. Trout?
Thousands of EN-" replied the man
enthusiastically. will they bite cas-
ily?" asked Frank. "Will they?' re-
iterated the man. why, they re alb
solutely vicious. A man has to hide
behind a tree to bait his hook"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-04

A Lady came into the Drug Company
Monday and handed Ben two prescrip-
lions and said: Nov write plainly
SO l can tell what bottle belongs to
my husband and which belongs to the
horse. l don't want anything to hap
pen to that horse
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-04

you mean to tell me your wife
wrote that 16-page letter to tell you
she needs SCOOP" asked a husband
of his friend Arthur, whose wife was
away visiting her relatives.
Yes, and that is Just scribble
compared to the one I'll get when
don't send it," replied Arthur.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-04

The American goes in the mail
each Thursday; want your message
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-04
A BIT OF HUMOR

Milton sometimes used more thar
800 words in a sentence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-11
Brain TWizzlers By Prot. J. D. Flint

A Small-time racketeer in big city was arrested and his alibi was: "The west side gang kidnapped me and took the out on farm to question me and I wasn't even in town the night you say I was in on that deal. On Friday two of them, masked and carrying guns, picked me up in a green car. They blindfolded me and after riding about an hour we stopped and went into a house and down into the basement. They removed the blind- fold and questioned me for while but didn't know anything. They repeated the questioning at inter vals, leaving me tider for hours at a time but they fed me so 1t didn't bother me much. Finally during one of the questionings one of them got mad and slugged me with the butt of q gun and I went out like a light. When came to my head hurt and it was dark. The place was so qulet I could hear my watch ticking so I pounded on the wall and the two men came and got me. Without a word they marched me upstairs blindfolded again, took me out, ana we started riding again. Finally they stopped and let me out right where htey had picked me up. That was Sunday evening so you see ! wasn't here at the time that deal came up."
 The police found one error in the story and so discredited the whole
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-11

WAR was brewing. Paris was " excited. Bitter feeling ran high. On the evening of July 3l, 1914, a group of influential Social- lsts, who had been opposed to war. sat down to dine in a restaurant in Paris. One of them rose to open 3 window and draw the curtain against the curious gaze ot passersby.
 Suddenly a hand pushed through the curtains and fired a revolver, and the leader of French socialism dropped dead He was August Marie Joseph Jean Jaures, scion of distinguished ancestry. who labored on behalf ot French workers both as politician and as founder and editor of the pop. ular Partisan newspaper. L'Hu- mantle. During the excitement of war. the assassin escaped trial Then m 1919, m the flush Of vic. tory, he was acquitted.
 Jaures, later, was honored by France for his efforts to achieve 9 peaceful solution to the troubles of Europe in 1914. In 1925 his body was placed in the Pantheon, where lie other great Frenchmen And in 1886 France issued two stamps bearing his portrait, One is shown here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-11
THE STORY SO FAR

MARTHA BRITAIN and BET TY HAYNES pick up GERRY NEAL, handsome young hitch hiker, on their way up the west coast to demonstrate the new Air speed tratiIer. At the Long Beach autO camp, where Neal was to meet . friend, one JACK SPED- DON, Neal disappears from the trailer and Speddon abductS Bet ty.
 After reported efforts to find Betty, Martha again meets Neal and agrees to return to San Fran cisco with him to search for Bet ty. Meanwhile, Martha has faI- len in love with Neal despite the fact she does not know whether she can trust him. In San Fran cisco, Martha finds that neither Betty nor SpeddOn are registered Rt the hotel designated for their meeting. Instead, Martha gets a letter, presumably from Betty, ex- pIaining that everything is all right.
 But Martha is increasingly dis furbed. She wants to call police but Neal tells her this move might mean Betty's death. That night Neal tells Martha he loves her. hints that if she didn't love him, she would have turned him in to the police long ago. And the next day, en route north with Neal Martha suddenly swerves her car into a filling station, while Neal is asleep, and tells the attendant that Gerry must be arrested. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY