The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-04-21
Announces Detectives To
Build Mlnnesota-Filed
Monday Morning, April Is

Harold E. Stassen of South st.
Paul filed Monday morning, April
18th, for the Republican nomina-
ton for governor. Stassen, who is
county attorney Of Dakota County,
was the first candidate to announce
his intention to oppose Benson
when he spoke in a statewide radio
broadcast at a dinner in his honor
sponsored by the people of his
home county at Hastings last No
vember. In filing he issued ten
point statement of his detectives
for building Minnesota.
Stassen has forged to the front
as a candidate for the Republican
nomination during the past few
months with f orceful fighting
speeches which were broadcast
from overlooking meetings at Ro-
chester, St. Paul and Duluth. Fol-
lowing Governor Benson's Lincoln
Day address, Stassen challenged the
governor to joint public debate on
the record of his administration to
clear up the half-truths and decep-
ton of that address. The governor
evaded the challenge, but Stassen
has proceeded to carry the fight di-
rectly to the people in his radio
addresses.
He has branded the present ad-
ministration as a strange mixture
of the three RS" Reactionary,
Radical and Racketeering. In COM
menting on the governors WAR
of the Weeds" with the WPA, he
urged that the first thing that
must be done is to pull the weeds
out of the State Capitol, and de-
clared, 1.-THE greedy tentacles of
the present political machine would
put the creeping jenny to shame.
Let us join in a crusade to pillow
straight furrow through the
weeds on Capitol Hill" In his re-
cent speech at Duluth, he exposed
the Farmer Labor Convention as a
'Puppet Show" and said that it
''in a room in st. Paul hotel with
seven chairs and a table to pound
on
In his speeches he has continual
ly emphasized the need of a sound,
constructive and progressive pro-
gram for the state and has been
developing phases of this program
which are included in his statement
of detectives.
Dr.. r. C. Radabaugh of Hast
ings, and M. J. O'Toole of South
st. Paul, Co-chairmen of the Stas-
sen-for-Governor Volunteers Com
mittee of Dakota County announced
that they have received a splendid
response from all sections of the
state las more and more people
are recognizing Stassen as the
candidate who can win in Novem-
Der because of his campaigning
ability, colorful personality, and
sound judgment. Stassen has put
the bosses of the Farmer Labor
machine on the defensive for the
first time in years." An active cam
paign is planned, leading to the
primary election on June Goth.
Speaking engagements for Mr..
Stassen in every county in the state
and a number of additional major
radio broadcasts are being ar
ranged.
Stassen is a tall young man, six
foot three in height. He was born
on farm of Dakota County pio-
neer parents of German, Scandi-
navian and Czech descent. He
worked his way through the Uni
versity and Is now serving his sec
ond term as County Attorney of
Dakota County. He was reelected
to that office in 1884 by the larg-
est vote ever received by any can
didate for national, state or local
office in Dakota County. He served
two years as president Of the Min
nesota County Attorneys Associa-
ton, position held by the late
Floyd B. Olson while county at
torney of Hennepin County. He
also served two years as president
or the Young Republicans League
Of the state and recently received
the almost unanimous support of
that organization in the campaign
for the governorship. Since open
ing the campaign, he has received
strong support from the rural
newspapers Of the state, many of
the editors hailing him as the ag-
gressive, statesman-like leader
Minnesota has been seeking.
In filing. Etassen declared, THE
progress we have made in this
campaign is due In large measure
to the splendid volunteer support
Of men and women In all sections
Of the state whose enthusiastic
work II gaining momentum not
withdrawing our limited campaign
funds"