Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-10-05

Now, 1t would appear to be safe
there for our own Admiral Byrd is
preparing to 60 to the South Pole
and all of our politicians are home
from their summers travel.
England had been accused of cap
turing the boat, but the Bremen COM
mander must have preferred to brave
the Arctic blasts than one bunt from
John Bull.
I see where Governor Stassen de-
clareS Minnesota is an isolationist.
He says indications are that the en-
tire state delegation to Congress is
against repeal of the Arms Embargo.
Well, by golly, that's in keeping with
our economic life 4. we have been
about isolated insofar as Congress
legislation is concerned.
Governor Stassen was talking be-
fore the National Association of Life
| Underwriters when he made the
statement, but he said he had not
| formulated his own position as yet.
Sunny our chief executive has not
formed his stand on the burning ques-
ton, especially since he seems to
make a practice of talking before
big fellows"
Almost every day I can look into
Congress doings and be reminded of
what Mark Twain once said: "The
politician thinks of the next election;
the statesman thinks of the next gen.
Grafton.
Ironically enough right now when
our liberty and freedom is in danger
of being jeopardized, the Freedom
statue atop the dome of the National
Capitol is being repaired. The dam
age to the 19-foot statue was caused
by electrical storms shock as it
were, and our freedom might be
shocked beyond repair if we are not
on guard.
The Republicans have many faults,
The Denis have only two,
Everything they say
And everything they do.
1 see where the postage stamp was
| first introduced in Great Britain by
a Scotchman ah, ha, have often
wondered why the bloomin' thing
could be bought for three cents.
This one isn't original but thought
it was good The best reducing
exercise is to shake the head violently
from side to side when offered q
second helping.
It's awfully difficult to get any
thing newsy in newspaper nova
days. Everybody is watching wal
developments The Democrats are
not doing anything; the Republicans
never did, and the Farmer-Laborites
l reckon, did too much while they
were doing.
| SCS WHICH, tilC y. ~. 1 cSlllS llCC'
engaged in battle practice. Approx
imately 100 ships and 400 fighting
planes took part. That's about the
number of Congressman who are now
tampering with the Arms Embargo
practicing for battle, as it were
Minneapolis Mayor Leach demands
that sales tax be enacted by spe-
cial session of the legislature as the
only solution of the relief problem
The mayor apparently is a believer
of the theory that if one wants any
thing done he must do it himself .
Reliefers would help immeasurably
in supporting themselves if sales
tax were enacted.
Those two fellowship Mayor and
the Governor-haven't even learned
the fundamentals of being a good
Republican . . my party, right or
wrong.
United States Senator Ernest Lun-
uSSIl, WIN ID OpPoSCo W Vic iSoi-
dents proposal that Congress repeal
the arms embargo act, has remarked
that the administrations neutrality
program is perfect blueprint of the
road to war" BY golly, we Amer
lean people sure like professional men
in the presidents chair . before
our present chief executive we had
a great engineer and now it seems
we have an architect.
| I wonder if the President can
pretty soon, draw plan of our eco
nomic structure so that all of our
unemployed can find work.
see where John D M Hamilton
of the Republican national commit
tee, believes the preservation of the
two-party system is the "best safe
guard" of American democracy and
liberty. BY golly I'm glad to hear
that statement, for one wouldn't think
it during campaign year between the
two parties .. OF course in the last
campaign we just had the two-party
system in two of our states.