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should be determined, q long
run program formulated, and
execution begun without undue
delay"
The Federal Government should
lead the way in an advisory and
investigatory capacity, said Mr..
Roosevelt, but States and local
communities must help. He con-
tinued:
Whatever program is adopted
must be cooperative, and will re-
quire complimentary lines of ac-
tiOn by the Federal Government,
State government and all the
citizens of the region individu-
ally. Each has material inter-
ests at stake, and can no longer
afford to defer constructive &C.
tiOn.
DRAFTED BY COOKE
The program submitted was
drafted by the Presidents Great
Plains Committee, headed by
Morris L. Cooke, resigned chair
man of the Rural Identification
Administration. In general the re-
port asked, first, a Federal agency
to promote readjuStments between
State, Federal and local action,
and to coordinate work in all
fields, was proposed for the Great
Plains program.
Summing up the work ahead,
the Great Plains report declared: !:
"a new economy based on con-
servatiOn and effective use Of all
the water available is called for.
Intelligent adjustment to the
ways of nature must take the
place of attempts to 'conques'
her."
Points Drafted
Specific points were:
/. Lines Of Federal action
should include Cd a 10.year
program of additional investiga-
tions and surveys; (2) the con-
tinued acquisition Of land in
range areas and the control and
use of publicly owned range
land in accordance with the OBJ
jectives of general rehabilita-
ton as well as of existing prior
tiles; Cd measures to increase
the size of farms too small for
efficient operation; "a the
development of the water re-
sources of the region, including
small irrigation systems; 90
resettlement both within and
without the region, when and if
detailed readjustment plans in
dicate the necessity; (6) COM
pensation to local governments
where Federal land acquisition
results in a Shrinkage of the
local tax basis; CD the control
and possible eradication of in
sect pests; and finally, 90 the
exploration of the possibilities
Of developing other resources
such as the vast Ignite deposits
The Washington times., 1937-02-10
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The Washington times., 1937-02-10
DR.. Lowell 10 Talk
On Court Reforms

BOSTON, Feb. 10 G.N.SO.
Breaking his four-year radio
silence to express his views on
President Roosevelt's proposed re-
organization of the Suprem e
Court, DR.. A. Lawrence Lowell,
president-emeritus of Harvard
University, speaks over a coast-to-
coast radio hookup tonight.
DR.. Lowell, an authority on gov
eminent and law, has published
books on these subjects which
have been characterized by lead
ing historians as the most au-
thoritative in existence.
The Washington times., 1937-02-10
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ADVERTIsEME MENT
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-21

1t is at this point. and often even
before it is reached, that the idea
of strict neutrality breaks down and
becomes little more than legal fic-
ton. In miniature the United States
presents the problem which confronts
Europe and it's several governments
today. Representing the point of
view of strict neutrality is Great
Britain. and tentatively cooperating
with it is France. On the other side
of the fence stand Germany and Italy.
which would intervene on behalf of
the Spanish rebels, and Russia, which
would come to the help of the Loyal
lists. The conflicting national inter-
ests of these nations results in estab-
fishing the kind of neutrality that ex-
lists in name only. In a very similar
manner, conflicting group interests
within the United States could ulti-
mately make the same kind of mince-
meat of our own neutrality under eX-
listing conditi ms. American Social
lists, German Nazis, Italian Fascists,
all fighting for a cause which they
feel convinced is right, would appear
to be preparing the way for another
clash of the old imperialisms under
new banners.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-21

city. while generally they suspicioned
that all was not we'll with Governor
Olson's health.
By the accident-of-fate sentiment
expressed by Editor Harris, it is seen
by many readers that his great per-
sOnal hatred for Governor Hjalmar
Petersen and his fear of losing a
good lucrative job caused him to hide
the true facts from the readers of his
newspaper.
In the last paragraph, in his de-
Tense of the politically minded Con-
servation department, The Leader edi-
tor talks of federal agencies recog-
nizing the value of the Minnesota Con-
servatiOn department, but did it ever
occur to Editor Harris that the peo-
pie of Minnesota. after all, are the
ones who must be satisfied with the
department. Many of them would
prefer to have a little less politics
played and more conservation so that
i'm the future northern Minnesota
woods will not be studded with the
rOtting bodies of dead fawn as un-
fitting monuments to the intellectual
virtues of the State Conservation De-
partment.
VIM. WERNER.
Laporte, Mimi.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-21

that cooperation is just another scheme
or plan for lettering social conditions.
1t is nothing of the kind, but merely
an attempt upon the part of man to
adapt himself to a changing environ
ment.
Just as organic life is adaptation
to environment, so human institutions
are subject to the same law. These
human institutions are always, in tine
main, determined by the prevailing
mode of wealth production. There
fore, when numbers of human beings
realize that living in an environment
of competition motivated by the de-
sire for private profit, that they suffer
want and deprivation, and that even
though they escape this that they lose
their freedom to express their own
being and must be subservient to their
economic masters, it is natural that
those sufficiently intelligent will seek
to create an environment more in the
significance of the cooperative move
ment, harmony with their needs and
desires.
Critics will do well to bear this i'm
mind and in so doing they will I'M
derstand that shortcomings of cooper
alton are merely the result of human
fraility and inability to successfully
meet every condition as it arises, ard
that such failures in nowise affect the
necessity on the part of mankind to
adjust itself to changing methods of
wealth production. The trend of hui
man progress is and always has been
toward democracy, and cooperation Is
but another step in that direction.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-21
FROM EXCHANGES
editorial Comment From Other News
papers, Which May or May Not
Conform With the Opinions
of the AskOv American
THE PETERSEN ADMINISTRATION
Duluth Herald)

Duluth HeralO
AS Hjalmar Petersen steps down
from the gOvernorship he has occu-
pied for 13O-Odd days. the state owes
him cOmmendatOry word.
The death of Governor Olson last
August promoted the lieutenant gov
ernOr to the office which he held I'M
til yesterday. 1t might have been a
mere marking of time, but it was not.
Governor Petersen met emergency de-
mands in a decisive way. He handled
difficult situations in a manner TO
win for him the confidence of Min
nesOtans, regardless of party. He
showed that he had the courage to
make enemies within his own party,
and he exhibited a willingness to fight
i'm the open.
Governor Petersen's administration
has been a credit to the state and to
his party. AS he steps down to the
post of railroad and warehouse .cCm-
missioner, the party and the state
should keep him i'm mind as a man
who made good showing as governor
in the small time given him.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-21

Hennepin county has this wage
scale and Victor Christgau has the
authority to grant it.
From Commissioner Eklund of Bru-
no, came these statements: Farmers
and labor have nothing in common,
and, cost of living has not gone up.
Commissioner Patrick of Hinckley,
made statement something to this
effect: 1T is far more sad for a man
to have lost home he once owned
than to be hungry and unable to OBJ
tain job" Could not these be one
and the same person?
After much discussion and several
insults from the commissioners the
county board of commissioners drew
up and adopted the following resOlu-
ton:
After full and careful discussion OF
the matter Mr.. Eklund offered the fol-
lowing resolution and moved its adOp-
ton:
Whereas, in view of the resolution
that was passed by the county board
on Jan. ., 1897, relative to drOuth
relief and WPA, we feel that the
county board has already stressed the
Importance of measures embodied in
said resolution.
Nov, therefore, be it resolved:
That the demands made upon the
county board by the Workers Alliance
and the Farm Holiday for definite
work allowances and relief be and the
same are hereby denied
Vote being taken on said resolution
there were four yeas and no nays, as
follows: Pearson, yea; Ausmus, yea:
Patrick, yea; Eklund, yea; Greenwald
recorded as not voting.
The resolutions of January re-
ferred to by the county board were
printed in the AskOv American Of
that week, and i'm no wise referred to
WPA wages, relief officials, trans
pOrtatiOn or distance travelled to and
from work, as surely you'll agree if
you will read same.
In view of the attitude taken by the
board toward WPA workers in this
matter the Workers Alliance in me ct
ing on January II went on record
adopting the following resolution:
Whereas, on Jan. ~, 1887, duly
elected representatives of many groups
of citizens of Pine county appeared
before the county board of commits
siOners protesting matters of grave
Importance affecting many people of
the county and
Whereas only after continued pre-
sure did the board grant a hearing to
these representatives of the needy
citizens, and then not in the spirit of
public servants but in the spirit of
bigOts and puppets of some superior
force who are seeking to crush the
people.
Therefore, we condemn the boards
lack of interest in the welfare of all
the citizens of the county and demand
that if in the future similar cOndi-
tions and circumstances present them
selves, their conduct be more in
keeping with the position of trust and
which they hold"
MRS. PETER STULEN.
Sandstone, Mimi. -,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-21
A TASK WELL PERFORMED
(UniOn AdvOcate)

This week marks the close of the
administration of Governor Hjalmar
Petersen, and in relinquishing the Of
flee to his successor he can take up
his new duties as a member of the
railroad and warehouse commission
with consciousness of having per-
formed his task with honor and dig
nifty.
Governor Petersen had several op-
portunities to play to the gallery, but
instead of taking advantage of his
role as chief executive he chose the
less spectacular course. Almost as
soon as he was given the oath of Of
flee he faced the necessity of settling
a major strike in the Mill City. He
worked tireleSSly to bring that dis
pute to close, and in adjusting the
controversy he won the respect and
admiration of both employers and
employees.
1t was no easy task to take over the
governOrship. He accepted the per-
sonnet which had been named by his
former chief; he made no effort to
disturb department heads with the
one single exception of the conserva-
sion commissioner. He could have
upset the apple cart and in the light
of the landslide of Nov. 3, it is not
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-21
APPLES FOR MINNESOTA AND
PINE COUNTY

Editor Askov American:
received letter this morning
from a travelling plant salesman work
ing in Pine county for the Stark Nurs-
cries of louisiana, Mo-, recommending
me to buy and plant a blight resisting
apple called "Stark's Golden Deli
oious." Evidently this salesman is
honest and well meaning in recon-
mending this apple, stating that there
apples for local sale as apples are
mighty scarce "Of course" he says,
you could not raise the trees.''-
Why?-because Stark has patent
and therefore is able to charge an
eXhorbitant price for the trees.
The Stark Nurseries issues a cata-
log with glowing pictures and de-
scriptions of this apple that can al
most make everybOdy's teeth water,
furthermore Delicious apples sold in
AskOv during Christmas at Sc per
pound, so why shouldn't people in Pine
county not buy such trees and get
rich in few years?
In their literature Stark claims
fruit farmers are prosperous and gen.
eral farmers are pinched for money.
Delicious apples made $25 land worth
$1,000 an acre. Select Golden Deli
ciOus because it bears when all others
fail. Golden Delicious has never
failed. Twenty-Five acres Stark trees
bring in $4,000 crop, etc.
The only trouble with that variety
is that it cannot be grown in Mime
sofa or Pine county. 1t is not hardy.
The Minnesota State Horticultural
Society issues a list of hardy apples
that can be grown in the different
parts of Minnesota. This list can be
had by request on a postal card free
of charge addressed to horticultural
Department, University Farm, st. Paul
MINI.
The State of Minnesota maintains
fruit-breeding farm where all vari-
cites are tested for hardness and
quality. Don't buy any variety of
apples not recommended on this list,
and furthermore Minnesota grown
plants do better in Minnesota than
Missouri grown.
LUDWIG MOSBEK.
Askov, Mimi. Jan. 20, 1887.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-21

likely that his own political fortunes
would have been hampered or cur
tailed. Instead of making the thor
ough housekeeping conditions justi-
fled, Governor Petersen yielded to the
entreaties of party leaders. There
was no housekeeping.
In the closing days of his admin
soration, despite the urgent pleas of
practical politicians who were more
interested In building soapboxes for
1888 than In safeguarding the in
terests or thousands of humble work
ers, he called a special session of the
legislature to enact an unemployment
insurance law. For that, Labor will
never forget him.
Governor Petersen has acquitted
himself with honor and dignity.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-21
BOARD CRITICISM

Editor Askov American:
At a mass meeting of the Workers
Alliance of Minnesota held at Pine
City Jan. 8, 1887, a committee OF
five members was elected to go be-
fore the county board of commission
ers to obtain the endorsement of that
body to the demands and protests of
the Workers Alliance.
At this mass meeting it was also
board of the Workers Alliance at a
meeting to be held at Sandstone Jan.
II, 1897, representatives to this to be
elected from all locals.
AT the meeting January II it was
agreed to release to the press of the
which had gone before the county
board of commissioners.
Following is the report of the COM
mittee: On January II, after making
several requests to the Pine county
board of commissioners to be heard,
an interview was granted, Mr.. Patrick
stating, Now we'll hear the outlaws"
The committees representing the
Workers Alliance of Minnesota, pre-
sented their resolutions which follow:
1. Demand restoration of WPA
work relief.
2. That at least IS per cent of re-
lief officials be elected from WPA
workers and unemployed in mass
meetings of same.
3. That all WPA workers be en-
ployed within limit of three miles
of their homes, or free transportation
i'm heated busses be furnished.
4. We demand the $6O.50 minimum
wage scale be statewide plus 90 per
cent increase. Also 30 hour week.
5. Direct relief for all unemploy-
ables be equal to WPA; that same be
paid from federal funds.
6. (By Holiday Association). We
demand direct relief for all drouth
stricken farmers to meet their needs
for family and livestock and that
WPA work be provided for drouth
stricken farmers.
Our personal opinions are that these
demands are urgent and should be
considered.
To sign this was the only request
made of the county board of commits
sioners by the committee.
To this Commissioner Ausmus of
Pine City, made this statement: Il
FOR one will not go on record favorine
y S72 per month wage scale for
| WPA."
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-21
MORE LIBERALISM

How times do change and with it
pc pie. but not all of the people. One
yet frequently hears some make state
mentS in regards to individualiSm
which unless one would look at the
calendar one would think he is liv-
ing in the early nineties. President
Roosevelt, in his inaugural speech
stated, Il am justified in believing
that the greatest change we have wit
messed has been the change in the
neral climate of America" President
Roosevelt, himself, has brought about
some of this change.
He so crossed UP the old reaction
airy Democrats, such as Al Smith, the
Brown Derby man, that AL and his
kind of rugged individuahStS went out
and campaigned in the last campaign
against him for the presidency They
lust couldn't stand to see the man
reelected to the presidency, who was
bringing about a moral climatic
change in this country. They just
couldn't stand to see a little money
dribbled throughout the country so
that the humble might pick it up.
President Roosevelt sees nation in
which great national wealth can vast
ly spread human comfort and one in
which the lowest standard of living
can be raised far above the level OF
mere subsistence. I'll e president said
the nation is determined to make
every American citizen the subject of
his country's interest and concern.
The test of our progress, he said, is
not whether we add more to the
abundance of those who have much.
IL is whether we provide enough for
those who have too little.
1t is a heartening change from a
few years ago to have more liberalism
in our national government. 1t is
heartening to find a liberal change
spreading over the country and it is
heartening to surmise that this
change in gradual form is not so Sc
we're as many thought. 1t is likewise
heartening to vision that with more
liberalism in our national life that
the mass of our 130,000,0O0 people
will respond in full cooperation to
keep this the Land of the Free and
the Home of the Brave"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-21
REAL NEUTRALITY

Much has been said pro and
con about neutrality during the
past several weeks and the ac-
ton of MINES ta's Congress man,
John T. Bernard, in casting a
lone vote against the neutrality
bill which was passed to prevent
shipments of arms from this
country to war-tOrn Spain, has
been condemned and sanctioned
alternately, but it appears that
the only solution to the matter
is not alone neutrality in the case
of Spain but also in the case of
every other country who has in
ternal troubles or troubles with
another nation. An editorial en-
titled Fighting for A Cause"
appeared in a recent edition of
the Minneapolis Tribune which
deals in great deal of common
sense. The editorial follows:
Nominally a Socialist is considered
a pacifist, yet his party in this coun-
try is actively engaged in equipping
NOluHlctTS W Hclp llIt oPdHloH Lay
alists in their struggle. Despite eff
forts on the part of the federal gov
eminent to maintain a strict neutral
ity in relation to the dispute. this ac-
;tivity is to be continued. Whether
one likes this situation or not, social
ism, no less than democracy, has its
militant phase. More than anything
else, however, this militancy suggests
how easily a people may be drawn
into somebody else's fight even though
it be several thousand miles away
Having taken sides, neutrality disap
pears and the march toward war is
under way.
Nothing serious may come out Of
the fact that volunteers are equip
ping themselves in this country il
order to help SPANS Loyalists. Moved
by the conviction that they are en-
listing in just cause, the sacrifice:
these volunteers may be making are
their own. But if carried to its ulti
mate end, activity of this kind ha
a direct bearing on national inter
est. If it is the conviction of tn,
government that absolute neutralit.
is in the best interest of the cOuntr.
as a whole, anything that remOtel.
affects that neutrality runs counte
to the governments opinion of wha
constitutes the common interest.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-01-21
CRITICS OF COOPERATION
midland CoOperatOr)

We are witnessing more and more
criticism of cooperation these days,
all the way from silly TRADES against
it on the part of small minds who see
in it a menace to privileges now en-
jOyed by them, to intellectuals who
see in it certain imperfectiOns and
who conclude that it is merely an
other social reform destined to go the
way of such attempts and end in fail
ure.
The first class of critics herein al
luded to cooperators can we'll afford
to ignore, except as they derive
amusement from the nonsense uttered
by them. The second class deserve
some notice. To these we will state
that as long as human beings are i'm
perfect anything that is done by them,
either singly or collectively, will fall
short of perfection, and cooperation
is no exception. But where such cri-
tics make a mistake is in thinking