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Edited This Week by Vince Bow
itz. Chatfield News)

Edited This Week by Vince Bow
itZ, Chatfield News
Prudent housewives indulge in
wholesale housekeeping in the
spring and fall, but not so with the
state administration. Any day in
the year is entirely suitable for
sweeping out of office of men who
do not see eye to eye with the pow
ers that be in every detail.
This housekeeping, or purge"
as some call it, continued with even
greater fury last week. The "res-
ignation" of L. p. Zimmerman as
state relief administrator brought
forth charges and counter charges
when the state executive council
met to receive his resignation. The
storm broke when Auditor Stafford
King said, II think it's shame
Zimmerman has been driven out of
SRA" Governor Benson vehement
ly decided that the relief admins
traitor has been forced out and call
ed up Zimmerman to back him up.
This he did, but it has been we'll
founded capitol news that thinner
man has contemplated resigning
ever since the appointment of K. A.
Lundberg as assistant administra-
tor September list. Benson-ap-
pointee Lundberg, it is stated, has
continually undermined the work
of Olson-appointee Zimmerman,
which has resulted in several flare
ups and the resignation of thinner
man. Succeeding him as titular
head of the Minnesota relief Is
Herman Aufderheide, of New Ulm,
who has been prominent in Farm
er-Labor circles for several years.
Carlgren for Prison Warden
It is now generally accepted that
C. r. Carlgren will get the post Of
warden of the state prison of Still
water, succeeding the late ]. j. Sui
Ivan. Thus the Governor Benson
and the Farmer-Labor leaders de-
finitely have shelved their much
heralded belief in the merit system
in the administration of state Of
fairs. Acting Warden Leo F.
Utecht, who has been in virtual
control of the prison for the past
five years, evidently does not
measure up to Farmer+Labor stand
ards and must be pushed aside to
make way for Carlgren. Slated to
succeed Carlgren on the board of
control Is Howard Y. Williams,
long connected with radical move
ments in the twin cities.
Party bosses are rumored as con-
sidering another housekeeping
which may result in serious compli-
cations and one whose very men,
ton everyone admits its packed
with dynamite. 1t concerns one of
the best-known men in the entire
state-Frank Mccormick, director
of athletics at the University of
Minnesota, and who is directly res
ponsible for the very efficient and
capable administration of athletic
affairs for the University. Who Is
to supplant him? None other than
Kenneth Haycraft, recently defeat
ed Farmer-Labor candidate for ma
yor of Minneapolis.
Mccormick Is undoubtedly one of
the most popular men in the state
at the present time and when the
Farmer-Labor bosses begin putting
the pressure on him to force his
resignation, they will discover that
football fans will shout them down
with a rousing 'Rah! Rah! McCor-
mick!"
Governor Benson continues on
the trail of John p. Arnoldy, chief
Of the state highway patrol, and he
has demanded his resignation by
November LIST. The reason for seek
ing his dismissal is the contention
that Arnoldy, another Olson ap-
man. Ergo, he must be kicked out
Slated to succeed him Is Bert Nor
ton, Of Minneapolis, now In the
highway patrol.