The Bismarck tribune., 1937-12-20
Same to You Says Dad
Whose Pants Are TARGET
authorities here had turned against
him. They told his wife that he was
not fit to live with and to kick him
out II he came back.
He's resentf,l1 ~ that foo

He's resentful Of that, too.
Not Really . Drinker
Just why the relief authorities sait
such mean things about him didnr
appear from the questioning.
Blank denies that he could b
called q drinking man. He's off the
stuff for good-now. The reason L
that two months ago he became drunk
In Mandan and got into fight. HI
was tossed into jail. Some other fel.
lows started the fight. He was more
or less an innocent victim Of circum-
stances.
But to get back to his complaint.
He didn't desert his wife and fam
lily. Despite the suggestion Of the re-
lief office, his wife took him bacl
and he has been living with them
Oft and on. for some time. The rest o1
the time he has been living with hi
mother IN Mandan.
When his wife called him before
going to the hospital he hurried back
to the scene and took charge Of af-
fairs at the house. He has been do
ing the cooking and looking after
the family rs . good father should
He was q cook In the army.
The only trouble was that when the
American Legion committee called at
his place to investigate, after an ap-
plication for help from his small son
he had gone over to Mandan to get
some bread. His mother bakes bread
for the family.
Didn't Ask for Help-Much
His story Is that Mrs. Blank. lying
in the hospital, sent the boy to ask
for Q Christmas basket and to say
she would be short Of coal the last OF
the month.
"Dahlen came to the house to In
vestigate and asked me II we had food
and I told him yes, she had bought
food He said well, how's your
coal2' and I told him there was 500
pounds Of coal there yet.
Il didn't ask him for anything. l
sent the boy later on to ask for shoes
and clothes but they refused to give
him any. Said there were none.
No. The shoes and clothes were for
myself, not for the boy.
"Dahlen looked on the beds and
sent up some quilts and food. What he
did was on the complaint Of ll-year-
old boy. The children didn't 90 with
out their meals. I cooked for them
regularly. Sure, can cook. ! learned
how In the army.
my kids are all healthy and In
good shape. invite the public to come
and see them.
"Dahlen made some awfully false
statements and I want him to correct
them. called him at noon Saturday
and asked him to come to. the house,
but he said he didn't have time, that
I should come to see him.
HE made me out man without .
heart and that isn't fair. Mrs. Wenzel
came to the house after my wife went
to the hospital and said we were get
ting along just fine"
The text Of the letter, signed by
William and Alma Blank follows:
Who's Gonna Be TIT
'Yes, agree very much with Mr..
Da1len on the article published In
The Tribune Friday, Dec. II, and the
partly false statement published Dec.
II, for II . man needs his pants
kicked he Oahlen) sure needs his
pants kicked and kicked damned good
for making false statements.
II. Dahlen said five children were
living alone in tar paper shack. A
lie, as !, the father, was here with
them.
q. The mother in hospital with
newborn baby. True.
"3. The father had disappeared
after the relief office had decided to
give his wife the small allotment. This
Is one Of the biggest lies ever told.
Investigators for the American Le-
gion saying that . nine-year-old try
ing to do the washing Is another lie,
as the washing was all done before
mother went to the hospital.
"And another lie that the children
had only one meal In four days. as
they had three square meals day, be-
sides lunching between meals.
"And another, that Ill there was In
the house was flour, dried milk, po-
tatoes, salt and baking powder and
that there was no fat for shortening
and no syrup, as there's still syrup and
shortening to last the rest Of the
month which was purchased out Of
the check received Dec. I.
"And another, that the boy was
sleeping In the coal shed, when there's
two large bedrooms In the house, with
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