The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-05

cost from 112 to $50 million dollars
before completed. Indeed, such an
outstanding New Dealer and a
friend Of IVA as Chairman Mans
field Of the Rivers and Harbors
Committee, spoke against it as he
said it would totally destroy navi-
cation" The House by a vote CT
1877 to 157 rejected the amendment
and the bill was sent back to the
Senate. That body voted to insist
upon its amendment and one day
last week the measure came back to
the House where another vote was
held upon the proposition. Due to
effective work on the part Of pro-
ponents Of the raid on the Treasury
the House reversed itself and by a
vote Of 159 to 152 accepted the
amendment which called for an in
itial appropriation Of forty millions.
Here was a proposition that had
been declared unnecessary and des-
tructive and you can imagine my
surprise when some of the Farmer
Labor members from Minnesota,
and Progressives from Wisconsin
voted for the expenditure.
Again, en- the following day some
Of these same gentlemen voted to
transfer 729 million dollars from the
federal treasury to the reclamation
fund to be used in bringing more
agricultural land into production
through irrigation. Here we are
spending nearly 1000 million dollars
a year in controlling crop produc-
ton SO as to avoid crop SURPRISES
and yet vote an additional 729
million dollars to be made available
for reclamation which will bring
100000 acres Of new agricultural
lands into production. That Is smart
business isn't it, especially when we
stop to consider that an irrigated
acre will produce from three to four
times as much as an unirrigated
acre? On that basis 1874 members Of
the House voted for the raid on the
treasury and $50 against.
These gentlemen call themselves
Liberals" For many years I have
been unable to make up my mind
just what a liberal is but now
know. It Is a public servant who
is free and easy with the peoples
money.
PUTTING ON PRESSURE
The relief agencies of the New
Deal have already begun to apply
pressure in order to get votes for
the Presidents new pump-priming
program. A short time ago re-
ceived long distance telephone
call from a prominent county offic-
ial in enc of the larger counties in
the Sixth District, saying that they
had just received telegram from
the Omaha office of the PWA ask
ing If they were still willing to
accept the $250,000 grant that they
had applied for last year for local
public Improvement but which they
did not get at the time because the
fund was exhausted. The telegram
caused them to believe that money
was already available, hence the cali
to me. In checking up found that
the whole thing is contingent upon
the passage Of the Presidents Az
billion dollar public expense, when
3 cent letter would have answered
the purpose fully as well, I was told
that they wanted to bring their ap-
plication list up to date so as to be
ready when and if the appropriation
was made. No doubt the New Deal
opposition to several features of the
opposition to several features of thi
new spending program and these
kilograms are being sent out to let
the communities know that the
money will not be available unless
Congress makes the appropriation
so you can see that indirect press
ure Of the most powerful sort is be-
ing applied in order to get the
necessary votes.
HAND PICKED LEGISLATORS
David Lawrence is one of the
outstanding Democrats in the
country. During the Wilson Admin
istration he was probably closer to
the President than any other man
with the possible exception Of Col.