The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-10-06

miniStration's activities. The people
are anxious to break the destructive
grip of that small group of radical
political bosses entrenched on Capitol
Hill. There must be a change in st.
Paul, said the speaker.
Continuing he said: 1.-The people of
Minnesota know that problems cannot
be solved by continuing to preach class
hatred, bitterness and intolerance, or
by Incorporate attacks on leaders of
labor or business, or by name calling
and table pounding, nor by bigoted
labelling of all who disagree as ignorant
or dishonest"
1--WE have taken stand that there
shall be home rule on the iron ranges.
The closer power is kept to the people
the less opportunity for abuse. We
must oppose the intrusion of state
machine and a governor into local,
county or district elections he said in
further speaking of the Dietz bill The
speaker then briefly told of range con-
ditions by stating your unemployment
situation is serious. Since the present
administration took office two years
ago, unemployment has increased 3d.
OO0 Two years ago there were $4,000
unemployed and today there are 100000
of our fellow citizens registered as seek
ing employment"
1T will be our first responsibility to
provide adequately for those thousands
/ af fol niti VII No
fault of their own, are in need of public
assistance. We promise to support and
promote WPA, PWA and other forms OF
relief. We shall not be niggardly in ex-
tending the helping hand of the gov
eminent to care for our fellow men
But when we have made these pro-
visions, we will not and cannot, con-
slider the problem solved. Then the
real problem begins. When we have
provided for the immediate needs, we
must then turn our energies to the task
of securing more jobs in private in
dustry.
"You cannot show me single in
stance where the present adminiStra-
ton has done anything to build ano
stimulate industry so that the unem-
ployed can find private work. We must
make the capitol the clearing house fol
helping labor to find jobs and industry
to get labor. The government must
build industry and create employment,
he said.
The speaker in a few brief words
tor OF
, of the unemployed compensation de-
: partment of the state. with thu
present machine run administration, IL
times like these, the machine come!
first AS an example I will cite the af.
fairs of the department under thu
present administration. Millions o.
, dollars had been collected and while
the people made application, they never
received benefits for weeks and weeks
Finally the federal government stepped
in and investigated. 1t found that the
present boSs-controlled machine hac
built up another great machine in.
stead of serving the people. More thar
600 people were on the UCD payroll
with over a million dollars a year fol
salaries"
The speaker was loudly cheered al
the conclusion of his all too brief adj
dress. He is of commanding appear
ance with a physique that draws an6
flawless language pouring out gooc
logic. He mentioned no names in his
talk and only drew attention to the
shortcomings of his opposition in words
without the customary rancor met with
in campaign talks, pointedly and un-
derstandingly. The impression created
j by Mr.. Stassen in Ely and on the
ranges, bodies him no i'll. He stated be-
fore leaving that he may possibly make
another trip to this county before
] election.