Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-12-12

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read it. It seems
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government has lodged a vigorous
protest with the Vichy government
over a sign that was erected at a
strategic spot along the Franco-Italian
frontier which read as follows: cat
tention: Greek Soldiers! You are ap-
preaching the border of France"
A Necessary Measure.
During the past seven or eight years
Congress has created large number
of new commissions and conferred
upon them practically dictatorial
powers. These commissions can and
do issue rules and regulations that
have all the power of law In the
enforcement of such regulations they
act as judge, prosecutor and jury,
and there is no appeal from their
mandates. Conditions have become
so bad that Congress has found it
necessary to pass the so-called Wal
ter-Logan bill, which will permit any
person or corporation feeling ag-
greived by an order issued by a gov
eminent bureau, to apply to federal
court for relief.
The measure was stubbornly fought
| by administration leaders in both the
Senate and House and it is reported
| that the President will veto the meas
ure. This l very much doubt as the
purpose of the legislation is to cor
rect glaring abuses of bureaucratic
power. Charges that the operation
of the law would hamstring the New
| Deal program are not warranted. The
measure would merely restore to the
American people certain rights which
have been taken from them by SER
vile congresses.
Defense BOOmS Business.
| According to news item from
Minneapolis, the defense program is
booming business all along the line.
A buying summary recently made by
the Northwestern National Life In
surance Company of that city, showed
that Americans so far this year have
bought billion gallons more gaSo-
line, 600 thousand more automobiles,
25 per cent more entertainment, Is
million gallons more liquor and six
billion more cigarettes than they did
in the corresponding period last year.
Unfortunately this osperity is
temporary. The shoe will begin to
pinch when the time comes to pay
the bill.
Would Drag America Into War.
Arthur Sears Henning, Washington
correspondent of the Chicago Trib-
une, is easily one of the best informed
Washington correspondents. He re-
Gently wrote an article for the Trib-
une wherein he called attention to
the vigorous campaign being put on
by the William Allen White Com
mittee to Defend America by Aiding
the Allies. Mr.. Henning's article says
in part,
civilian Allen Whites Committee
to Defend America by Aiding the
Allies has undertaken a nationwide
propaganda drive to get the United
States more fully into the war.
Senators and Representative are
being deluged with letters, kilograms
and editorials, chiefly from the rural
press, urging them to vote for repeal
of neutrality and other legislation
interfering with the extension of full
physical aid and war loans by the
United States to Great Britain"
1t is generally believed that the
advocates of direct intervention in the
war have overplayed their hand and
it is rumored that the propaganda
work of the White committee is dis
turbing the administration.
Mr.. White openly boasts that his
committee was responsible for so
average deStroyers being transferred
to Britain back in September and he
has no hesitancy in proclaiming that
his committee is out to get this coun-
try actively into the war.
The American people are not being
given full information as to exactly
what is going on. The Department of
Commerce recently made public fig
ures showing that we have furnished
Britain with about 100 planes. Fig
ures made public in London disclose
that we have to date furnished to
England be tween 240O and $500
planes. Why does not the administra-
ton give us the real facts, and just
what is the purpose in deceiving the
American people?
believe the time has come to
make a full and complete investiga-
ton of all propaganda activities in
this country whether they be British,
German, Italian or Russian. Our
people have indicated that they wish
to keep out of the war and any &C
tivity to thwart their will should be
exposed and suppressed. We recall
how America was dragged into the
first World war by the skillful use
of propaganda. At that time we
were told it was necessary for us to
get into it in order to make the world
safe for democracy and to make it
war to end all wars. On that basis
We went in and, as I recall, our
casualties numbered about $4,000.
Today we have more than 100 veter-