The Redwood gazette., 1939-04-06
MANY OF IT'S WHO LIKE TO RF

wised up on things were puzzled last winter
when the so-called Farmer r-Co-Op-Labor
council engaged a hall and announced
meeting in Redwood Falls. The organizations
aim, it's backing and most other things
about it were vague even after it's advance
man had spent the better part of a half hour
explaining to C and C members at their an
nual meeting. 1t was still vague after the
meeting was more or less successfully held
But it is all very clear now, about two
months later
Labor was several jumps ahead of us
boys in the country It's leaders knew, be-
fore We even suspected, that the legislature,
made up largely of rural conservatives, was
likely to clamp down on labor union activi-
ties. They were hopeful that such meet
lngs as the frankly experimental one here
would serve to relieve the pressure on repre-
SentatlveS and senator's and encourage them
to be more tolerant. They were anxious to
undo as much as possible the damage done
their cause by racketeering union heads
with no sincere interest in laboring mems
affairs.
Truly labor groups in this state have
some leaders with ability and foresight.
Their biggest handicap is rivals of the other
type
WE DON'T WARM UP VERY FAST
to the suggestion that Minnesota go back
to the "a" and "B" system of basketball
tournaments in which the big and small
schools competed separately, the winners
never meeting.
No two classification system would be
satisfactory for that matter. Towns of un-
der 1000 might be put in one group, 1000
to 10000 in another, 10000 to $4,000 in a
third and over $4,000 in a fourth, but much
OF the interest engendered by rivalries
among neighbor towns would be lost, and
a playoff of the four champs would hardly
be fair, each having risen in entirely diff
ferent competitive circles
Mountain Lake this year and Gaylord
in 1926 are towns of 1,4OO and 800 respec-
lively which climbed to the top in state
which has a city of more than 100000 and
two of 10000 population that have never
produced champion. 1t would have been
unfortunate had these teams been deprived
of the opportunity of attaining the highest
goal.
Innumerabe examples could be given of
teams from small schools which have stop
ped teams from big ones in their campaigns
for honors. That bigness is not a prime re-
quisite of success is proved by the fact only
nve Titles In 26 years OF state tournaments
have gone to Twin Cities teams.
Tournaments have been conducted more
wisely in recent years, particularly in the
general elimination of two-game-a-day
schedules for youthful athletes There per-
haps are other changes which can be made
to give the smaller schools better oppor-
tunity but it will be wise to avoid popula-
tlon classifications of all kinds
1T is SAID THAT A LOT OF THE
news we get from Germany is propaganda.
Probably some of it is. But the propaganda
lists can't get ahead of Hitler A salesman
who left Germany six months ago told the
salesforce at the Standard Store Tuesday
that from 5 to p. m. each day Germans get
government radio broadcasts telling about
gangster-ruled America and how terrible
conditions are in this country.-Sleepy Eye
Herald-Dispatch.
THE HEAD OF "A FAMILY IN AMERI-
ca works for 60 hours for radio. The
German, with all of his ingenuity, works for
l34 hours and the poor fellow in Italy.
where they really enjoy music, works for
333 hours.-Grand Rapids Herald.
THE NEW ULM JOURNAL WRITER
who penned this line: ''New Ulm has the
most modern appearing main street of any
small city in Minnesota" should take a good
look around Redwood Falls sometime.