The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-05-27

compromise where there are diff
ferences of opinion and viewpoint.
After all, life is a give and take
proposition and he who is unable
to adjust himself to that rule has
a hard time of it. In this instance
Mr.. Roosevelt should take heed of
President Wilson's League Of
Nations fight. He too, demanded
unquestioned submission from
Congress.
The Honeymoon Is Over
During the consideration Of the
relief bill by the House 1t became
very apparent to those who stood
on the sidelines that the honey
moon of the New Dealers is over.
OF late many New Deal Congress
men have heard from home and,
as get it, the general tenor of the
letters being received expresses a
demand that they exercise their
constitutional functions. The Tain
Congress was a rubber stamp Con-
gress for it merely registered the
will Of the President. When this
Congress convened most Of the
New Deal congressman were deter
mined to carry on but as the coun-
try began to take an inventory the
sentiment changed somewhat. The
bald and insolent statement Of
John l.. Lewis, head of the C. I. O.,
that he had contributed five hun
dred thousand dollars to President
Roosevelt's campaign fund and
that in return he expects Mr..
Roosevelt to give him free hand
in organizing the workmen of AM
erica, did not sit so well with either
labor or employer. Then came the
sit-down strikers and that served
to accentuate the feeling. The c. I.
o. is now the cock Of the walk in
the big industrial industries. They
expect to extend their operations
to the smallest hamlet where labor
is employed. Under the Wagner
Act, which was signed by the Pres
ident, working men will be forced
to join whether they wish to or not
and Mr.. Lewis will use the strong
arm of the Federal Government to
enforce MS QecreeS.
It is only a question of time I'M
til Mr.. Lewis will begin organizing
farm labor and when he COM
pletes his program he will hold the
country and our fortunes in the
palm of his hand. It is well enough
to say, give a calf enough rope
and it will hang ITSELF" but in the
meanwhile much harm is being
done.
I strongly believe in organization
and collective bargaining for Ia
Dor. In fact, I have carried a card
in the Typographical Union since
I was a young man but I am not
blinded to the pitfalls that lie
ahead for labor in the present
movement which, If continued, may
result in consequences that we
now little dream of. I do not wish
to see the organized labor move
ment destroyed but we should take
warning from what happened in
Italy back in 192O-21 and which re-
suited in placing Mussolini in the
saddle. My readers would do well
to study that campaign. AS I see
it, the organized labor movement in
America faces real and serious
test.
Relief And Roads
The House on last Friday voted
to sustain the President in his re-
quest for IN billion dollars for re-
lief. The more conservative ele-
ment in the House sought to cut
the sum down to a billion while the
so-called left-wingers wanted the
figure fixed at three billion. AS a
matter Of fact, no one has much of
an idea as to what the actual relief
requirements Of the country are as
we have had no census of the un-
employed and therefore do not
know whether there are three mil
lion or nine million idle. This is
merely another example Of govern
ment inefhciency that SO many
would impose on all industry and
activities. The more I see It, the
less use I have for 1t.
Under Mr.. Cartwright's amend
ment Minnesota would receive ST.
033,OO0 as regular Federal Aid; 81
$4,000 for secondary or feeder
roads and $672, 900 for grade cross
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