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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-08
AS GERMAN AMERICANS SEE IT
(The Atlanta Georgia Journall

The most widely-read and perhaps
most influential German-language
newspaper published in the United
States, the New York Stats Zeitung,
has unsparingly condemned the Nazi
persecution of Jews and Catholics.
In recent editorial, commenting on
the recall of Ambassador Hans DECK
hoff, that potent daily says: accord
ing to cabled accounts from Berlin,
the people over there do not seem to
want to believe in the gloomy pic
ture the ambassador has painted in
his reports. DR.. Dieckhoff knows
that the picture cannot be painted
in colors gloomy enough. He knows
that as well as we know it. 1t is to
be hoped that he will succeed in
convincing the Foreign Office of the
seriousness of the situation, and it
is to be hoped that his description
will receive the attention it deserves
from the Foreign Office and the party
authorities. The people over there
should not entertain the hope that
the storm will lose its force in a little
while. Those irresponsible advisers
to whom the Wilhelmstrasse appar-
emily often listens cannot change the
true picture by painting it in gay
colors or by self-righteous pronounce
ments." r
The Stats Zeitung may have few
readers or none in the official quar-
tiers of the Third Reich. But it un-
doubleday voices the judgment and
sentiment of the great rank and file
of German-Americans. The secretary
of that paper, Victor F. Ridder, in a
recent address pleading for a full
measure of racial tolerance and good
will in our country, declared, 81 know
that outside of a few fanatical Bund
members, this is the attitude of the
German-American element F.. Our
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-08
Former Wade Woods
!. People In Oregon

The following letter from Marc
Paulsen, former manager of Wade
Woods on the shores Of Sturgeon lake,
who left there about October l, was
received this week:
"After $500 miles of sightseeing
and visiting over a period of eight
weeks, we are genuinely glad to settle
down once more.
"We have this small place, Rest
Haven Auto Court and service sta
ton, on highway 80 right in the foot
hills leading into Eugene, Ore, four
acres in all, not to forget gurgling
trout stream running through the
grounds not 20 feet from the back
door. Don't let this get you DOWN.
MAY we at this time wish the
House of Conway and all our Pine
county friends very Merry Christ
mas and a prosperous New Year."
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-08
Discrimination?

Is there discrimination in various
fields? Sometimes we are inclined to
think that the almighty dollar is
mightier than right.
Just recently an insurance sales
man, in speaking about auto in
surance rates, stated that he has adj
vance knowledge that rates will rise
Not because there are more and great
er accidents, not because people are
becoming more insurance-conscious
but rather because some trial juries
in awarding verdicts, when insur-
ance companies are involved, think
in terms of thousands of dollars.
In other words, if his words are
correct and honest, there is intended
discrimination against insurance COM
panies. We are not hurting the in
surance companies; we are paying
the bill ourselves. A jury does not
tax the insurance company $4,000 fol
a damage award; it, in reality, taxes
every mothers son who carries in
surance as protection to himself
and his fellow-being.
We are not forever taxing the in
surance company when we are care
less with our fire hazards and cause
a fire of our home and furnishings
The loss may eventually be passed
onto U.S. And that is the only way
it can work.
Discrimination works, many time:
against those who would discriminate
Don't discriminate; be honest!
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-08

opian conquest; it wants TuniS on
the rather flimsy ground that about
a hundred thousand Italians live
there; it wants Corsica, and it wants
Nice, but since a discreet whisper
went out from London to Rome as a
result of the demonstrations and
clamorings of the last few days, it
is supposed that Mussolini will, for
the present, soft-pedal his demands.
There is no indication that he will
abandon them.
ROumanian Roughness.
Roumania has its fascists, and
their principal organization was the
Iron Guard, dissolved by royal de-
cree some time ago; its leaders were
jailed and the movement believed
crushed. But few days ago four
teen of these leaders were shot to
death, shortly thereafter three more
met the same fate. The official ex-
PLANTATION was that they were killed
while trying to escape" An I'M
official version has it that King Carol,
while not definitely fascist himself,
has dictatorial aspirations, and that
the killings may be-directly or in
directly-an attempt to get rid of
rivals. That cannot be said with any
certainty; nor is it insisted that the
king actually had ordered the death
of the seventeen, but he has made
it quite clear during recent months
that ''the king is the state" and that
no coordinated power can be toler-
ated
RepercussiOns.
Many queer things happen in the
Balkan states, and the world but rare
ly is told about them In this par
ticular case more attention than usual
was bestowed on the bloody drama,
for the exceedingly alert German
government, expert in the art of
jumping at conclusions, Immediately
made it known that the killings in
Roumania, 'quite certainly could be
blamed on the Jews" Nobody else
had discovered that amazing fact,
but leave it to Hitler!
The result was that new anti
Jewish penalties were imposed: In
Berlin no Jew may ever enter a gov
eminent building; no Jew may be
seen in the principal thoroughfares
of the city; Jews who live in the fash
ionable sections must at once vacate
their homes and move to the squalid
ghetto-like slum districts, and Old
Testament history must not be taught
in public schools because sit glori-
fies a race from which criminals
spring" But-and that is a stroke
of genius-Germany will graciously
allow certain Jews to leave the coun-
try for other lands if these lands will
contract to increase their importa-
tons of German goods; in effect,
Germany says to the rest of the
world: "You are welcome to our
detestable Jews, but you must pay
for them; you must pay us cash for
the purchase of ever increasing
quantities of German goods!"
Thus the essence of the idealism of
modern dictatorship!
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-08
WHY DON'T WE INVITE
THEM HERE?
Mortified NeWSl

\A$Oi liiilclu INCWSI
For three hundred years America
offered a refuge to the oppressed and
prosecuted peoples of Europe. Now
we have closed our doors. We will
pray for them and send protests to
their oppressors. But we will not
| take them in. Why?
A primary reason for the paradox
ical attitude is the fact that we have
ten million workers and another ten
million of their dependents who must
look to charity for their support
because we seem to have no place
for them in our economic life today
Yet immigrants from Europe, who are
unfamiliar with our language and
customs would find it even harder
than do our own people to find jobs
at good wages. Living on low eco
nomic level, therefore, they would
add to our problems of poverty and
inequality, slums and sweatshops.
Moreover, we have two racial prob
lens of our own. The Jews and
Negroes in America are feared, hated
and Disseminated against by large
sections of our nation. In number
of states the Negroes are virtually
disenfranchised, barred from most of
the institutions of higher learning,
hotels, and many public places, and
are forced to live in segregated areas.
They are Disseminated against in
many employments, and in various
ways kept in state of near-Servitude
The Jews are Disseminated against
in higher education, in the profess
sions, and by many business concerns.
And wherever they 60 both Jews
and Negroes are liable to petty Sights
and insults if they stray from the re-
stricted orbit decreed for them.
A third reason for our attitude is
that we fear the refugees would form
new centers of conflict in America.
Gratitude wears off, and alien ref
ugees have often been leaders of dis
content or eager followers of radical
agitators when they found that the
streets of America are not paved
with gold, as they had been led to
believe.
These are excuses, or reasons, for
not inviting the prosecuted peoples
to our shores. Are we proud of
them? For the most part they con-
Stitute failure on our part to do
our, best in helping to solve human
ity's problems. ~
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-08

element is having a difficult time
They find it hard to believe what
they are now slowly being compelled
to believe, and that is that things
are going on in their old Motherland
which shock them and which they
would have believed impossible" If
the whole truth were known, this
probably would be found the case
with many Germans now dwelling
under the Nazi dictatorship. Ger
tainly, those who have cast in their
lot with our republic and are loyal
to its ideals of freedom and human
ity have no sympathy with the hor-
rible things being done in the land
of their birth or of their forbears.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-08
ECONOMIC FACTS
Editor ASkoV American:

Editor Askov American:
To try to straighten out friend
Rasmussen as to what and why we
advocate government to do its duty,
collect what rightly belongs to it,
namely, pay for services it renders
along with increasing of population
there accrues to special locations,
special values.
One must understand what is mine,
what is thine and what is ours.
What I produce is mine, what you
produce is yours. We don't produce
the land, but its social or community
value we collectively create, therefore
it is by divine order the correct place
to draw from to pay the community
expense with.
Not long ago the largest office build
ing in New York was built at a cost
of SIS, 900, 900, yet the value of the land
underneath it was 100000 more
Now, Mr.. Rasmussen, this land value
we want in the public treasury instead
of foolishly giving it away to the
Astors, one of them living in Eng
land, taking 100000 a day out OF
New York and not giving back one
red cent. Did you ever know of a
bigger piece of folly?
True, you can't pay anything with
out labor products or money, its rep
resentative, but we don't want to pay
things twice-our own earnings to the
tax-eating government and then pay
again our socially created value to
the parasitic landlord.
You probably can't realize this,
but you must know we have under
our present system bad condition
of affairs and there must be a cause.
A study of Georges book, Social
Problems" will show the road to
equity.
EMIL KNIPS.
FairhOpe. Ala.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-08
Scouting Will Be
Discussed At Meet

Jack Hurley of Hinckley, district
commissioner of the Pine-Kanabec
district of the North Star Council of
Boy Scouts of America, will be one
of the speakers at meeting of the
Birch Creek Community club Friday
evening, December 9, at the Maple
Grove schoolhouse. His subject will
be "Boy Scouts of America"
Anyone interested in forming
Scout troop is urged to attend this
meeting.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-08
DEFENDS CONSTITUTION
EDITOR AskoY American:

Editor Askov American:
My old friend, Harold Knutson,
said in his 'Observations" that the
American people want the traditional
American system of constitutional
government
That is what am in favor Of The
adopters of the Constitution had it
in mind that amendments to it would
be needed in time to come, so it con-
tains the way and manner of how to
amend it. We had some amendments
added to it and more are needed,
but it should be respected and fol-
lowed as it is until amended.
Therefore, when I read the long
bill which President Roosevelt pre-
sented to Congress as soon as he be-
came President of the United States
and asked to be given all the power
that bill contained, ! made up my
mind that he intended to be an I'M
constitutional dictator. If that bill
had been in conformity with the Con-
stitution, he would not need to have
such bill passed, but just 60 ahead
with his debating He and Congress
(every one of the members) should
know that nothing in the Constitu-
ton gives the Congress power to give
to the President any more power than
that which is given to him in the
Constitution. Could any of them
think of their official oath, and then
have anything to do with such an
action? I only ask for others opin-
ions on this.
Mr.. Knutson said: "The tWo-party
system assures ample protection for
the rights of the minorities." Yes, a
small minority has taken possession
of nearly all the wealth. That is a
proof that they had protection: 1t
can not mean any other minority, as
all the rest. have lost nearly every
thing, so they have not been pro-
tected.
A continued operation of such a
democracy which led us into the panic
1 am not in favor Of I am in favor
of such democracy which will bring
us out of the panic; that, which the
old democracy brought us into
Democracy is the right kind of gov
eminent, as it is government by the
people, but if the people are duped
so they don't know what they are
doing, then it makes bad democracy
but nevertheless it is democracy.
So everybody with common sense
should do their best to teach people
to look out for the dipping, by call
ing their attention to plain facts
That is all that is needed.
The dupers are having bad case
to defend. Why should we get into
such panic with so many millions
of needy people, with too much Of
everything on hand of what they
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-08
Set A Coal.
Follow 1t,
FOrResults I!

We have learned in the past that
if goal is set and the inclination
to reach it is strong enough, then
either it will be finally attained OF
a good start will be made in its direc-
ton. The reason for that tendency
is, we suppose, the incentive and the
dissatisfaction with our present status
the willingness and anxiety to pro-
gresS.
A start in the right direction to
attain high goal is the recent move
ment to increase the price of butter
and dairy products by taking up or
disposing of the surplus. The Ma
tional Cooperative Milk Producers
Federation seems to have been the
moving spirit behind this move but
be that as it may, there is a move
ment and that movement has set q
worthy goal and if reached only
partially will insure higher standard
of living for a large class of Amer
lean citizenry-the dairy farmer.
The campaign started in mid-No-
vember and it is to continue through
December and January. One week
during these months is to be given
over to ra-intensive effort to move
butter. We hope that this effort will
continue, not only through December
and January, but through February
March and on into the future so that
never again will the price of dairy
products bring privation and hard
ship to the dairy farm.
There has been an intensive cam
paign of advertising, sales-promo-
tional aids, store displays, pamphlet:
and word of mouth suggestion t.
the consumer 1t is pointed out anc
rightfully so that butter is one o.
the most valuable of foods, and ir
the light of its nutritive value, i:
cheap.
If the effort, which is so far dem
onstrated is continued, the movement
will be successful and to keep its sue.
cess will be up to us in the future
A speeding train cannot hold it
progress if the engine is. taken off
nor can the airplane continue il
flight if its motor drops from its moor
ings, and neither can worthy under
taking continue to success without tn
leadership-the will to win.
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INTERNATIONAL
:. IN NEWS REVIEW
Continued from Page u

main if it became necessary; he also
had made it clear that any organized
laborer who refused to work would
be considered a rebel, a mutineer,
and that participation in the general
strike would mean condign punish
ment. The workingmen backed
down in the face of military force
and terrible threats, and .Daladier
thereupon told them that those of
them who had been pretty good might
escape punishment and permanent
loss of jobs
That sudden magnanimity did not
allay the popular opposition to him,
for even though the general strike
was crushed, number of smaller
strikes broke out, notably in the i'm
portant shipping port of LIE Havre.
But, by and large, Daladier gained
his point, and that was to show that
he was the strong man of France, and
that he was the one who gave orders
orders which must be obeyed, or
else =!
Today he goes before his parlia-
ment without which he has ruled
France for several months. He will
report what he has done, and he
will ask for a vote of confidence
Doubtlessly he will get it, for in the
French world of democracy it is, as
in the English, fact that the con-
Servatives possess the essential pow
er in the parliament-Whi does not
necessarily, in literal sense, rep
resent the actual sentiments of the
people as a whole.
Italian Demands.
And when Mr.. Roosevelt Monday
spoke at Chapel Hill, he may have
reflected upon the strange ways of
dictators. A little more than two
months ago he witnessed the parti-
ton of Czechoslovakia perpetrated
by dictators like Hitler and Musso-
lini with the benevolent assistance of
democrats like Daladier and Cham
berlain, and he may have begun to
think that perhaps, after all, the
British prime minister was right
when he consistently maintained that
the peace of Europe was contingent
upon the close cooperation of auto
cratic and democratic powers.
Those who love illusions and pre-
fer them to facts usually experience
a rude awakening, as Mr. Chamber
lain must have done, for just as he
had gleefully rubbed his hands in
satisfaction at the thought of the
successful bargain he had made-at
the cost of Czechoslovakian national
unity-and just as he had caused to
60 into effect treaty of friendship
between Great Britain and Italy, Mus
solini, the Roman dictator, permitted
disappointing things to happen. 1t has
not been reported that he in any way
criticized the action of the Italian
chamber of deputies in offending the
French ambassador by crying for the
cession of Tunis to Italy; nor has it
been denied that the Italian press took
up that demand in bitter invective di-
rected against France, but it was
merely said that the demands for
Tunis were sporadic and ''unauthor-
lied by the government"
Nobody believes that, for the rea-
son that no one has ever heard of
an Italian newspaper dealing with
foreign policies during the age of
Mussolini without his express COM
mand or sanction.
Italy is not satisfied with it's Eth
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-08
Al CapOne Free?

News reports have it that Al
Capone, one time Chicago gang lord
and public enemy No. l, will be
free from Alcatraz prison off the coast
of California in about six weeks. He
will possibly then be returned to the
Cook county Jail to serve years
sentence for misdemeanor in con-
nection with his conviction for income
tax evasion.
Will Capone, when he is free, have
paid for his crimes past and come
back to society a good character?
Time only will tell. Too many times,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-08
Opinions of Others

(Short timely letters on topics Of
public interest are welcome whether
or not the writer's opinions con-
All letters must be signed with the
writer's name for our information.
Signed articles always are more eff
fective, but If the writer does not
wish to have his name used. 1t will
be withheld)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-08

need? The only answer there can
be to that is: The profiteers are hold
ing the buying power. If that is not
right l hope that some one will give
us an explanation of the Republi-
can party's governing for the :, last
70 years, as that is the result of that
party's deeds.
ANDREW RASMUSSEN.
5000 West River Blvd, Minneapolis.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-08

however, prison term for some of
our well known and hardened GRIM
inals has only embittered them against
the world and humanity. But, Capone
is not brave man. His punishment
maybe has been a lesson. We hope so.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-08
From Exchanges

Editorial Comment From Other News
papers Which May or May Not
Conform With the Opinions Of the
Askov American.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-08

You know, those fellows certainly
cannot remain on good, friendly terms
when one wants to trade something
which the other wants to destroy.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-08
Grow Shoot Dinner
Will Be Sponsored

This sections crow and vermin
hunters will be treated tonight in the
Madison Casino to dinner with sew
eral Finlayson nimrods being the
honored guests. The dinner has be-
come an annual event for each of the
past several seasons, two teams fur
nishing the winning team with the
treat.
The dinner will begin at p. m.
and there will be prizes given away.
All sportsmen are invited to attend.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-08

BY golly, 1 see where the chickens
have begun to come home to roost.
Now the FL. has decided, accord
ing to news releases, to Gust the
Communists from the party. That
seems to be a case of closing the barn
door after the horses have gone into
the swamp.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-08

1t is noted that there is a growing
GOODNESS between Cordell Hull, Sec
rotary of State, and Henry Wallace,
Secretary of Agriculture. 1t is
thought that Hull's reciprocal trade
agreements kinda irk Henry, and
maybe Secretary Hulls kindness to
dumb animals has had something to
do with it, too.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-08

The pathetic angle to the whole
thing is that the rank and file have
fallen in the landslide when we should
have been sitting right now on the
peak.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-08

Well, there is one thing sure, who
ever Farley aligns himself with is
sure to know pretty closely the out
come of any election before the votes
are cast and counted. 1 have often
wondered why that fellow didn't join
the Republican party for he could
make fortune guessing what they
are going to do next. No one else
knows.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-08

1t requires about SIS acres of an
average stand of spruce timber to
produce one edition of great city
newspaper. 1 wonder how much
was used for recent campaign litera-
ture and doggone it, those big Sunday
papers could just as well spare few
trees from the AK by cutting down
on some of the feature stuff, that
very few read and which clog the
furnace CRATES.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-08

A careful driver, have it figured,
is one who stopped, looked and lis
tened and all he heard was terrific
crash caused by the fellow behind
him crashing into his gas tank.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-08

A preseason warning to hunters
was: "Yell your head off if. some
one points a gun your way" Gosh,
one might as we'll save his voice for
his head would possibly come off
anyway.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-12-08

An item tells us that proof OF
prosperity's return is the fact that
WPA rolls show slight decrease for
the first time since last year; that
the total employment now is 3,257,
437 persons. Well, by golly that
number must just about represent the
administrative officials.