The Sauk Centre herald., 1940-08-08

who Is the ranking Republican
member. Senator Walsh, Chairman
of the Senate Naval Affairs Comm
ittee, likewise professed a complete
lack of knowledge on the subject
AS these three gentlemen were
members of the conference which
finally passed upon the measure
one can only conclude that the
provision was slipped in while the
bill was being engrossed.
Secretary Morgenthau has long
advocated such a provision and 1t
is generally believed that he and
his crowd would like to get con-
troll of the aircraft industries of the
country. Fortunately for us, the
whole thing came to light before
any damage was done, and on
Wednesday of last week the House
took steps to repeal the proviso.
Can It Be Possible?
Ten employees of a Chicago
manufacturing company will be
permitted to return to that concern
S2,6S5.29 in overtime pay awarded
them by the wage and hour divi-
sion of the Department Of Labor.
The employees held that they
had not earned the money and ask
ed the wage and hour people that
they be permitted to give back.
After losing $50 hours in hearings
and consultations they won their
point.
am Just wondering in how
many other instances employer
companies have been compelled to
pay unjust awards which the
workers did not feel were justified,
but where no steps were taken to
pay the money back to the people
to whom it rightfully belonged.
Would Draft Wealth
Senator Lee Of Oklahoma. has
announced tha he will try to amend
the compulsory military training
bill by providing for a draft Of
wealth. Well, why not? They did it
in Engand and France, in Germany
and Italy. If we are going to have
conscription let us make it applic-
able all along the line. If the law
were made to provide for the con-
scription Of wealth we would hear
little or no talk Of our getting into
the war.
WHOOPING 1T UP
On Wednesday. last, the House
rushed through, in one afternoon,
the 4 billion 963 million dollar de.
fense bill, which will provide funds
to start work on the twolocean
Navy and also for two-mililon'
man Army.
Just how much ground there is
for these enormous expenditures
Congress does not know because
the President has not taken us into
his confidence. It was with mis-
giving that I voted for this enor-
nous appropriation, but at the
same time I did not feel justified
remembering the fate Of poor
France, to vote against 1t. The re-
sponsibility for national security is
too great. Only the lone Socialist
member from New York City voted
NO" Was there ever such a period
Of confusion and uncertainty in all
the history Of the human family.
A Foxy Politician
Senator Shipstead's jumping
from the Farmer-Labor party to
the Republican party, in filing for
another term in the Senate indi-
Gates to me that the Republicans
are going to win hands down In
Minnesota this fall. Senator Ship
stead never fails to pick the win
ming side, neither has he ever been
known to let the band wagon pass
him by if he can help it.
"Pickings" Are Good
L. w. (Chip) Robert is secretary
of the National Democratic Com
mittee. He also is engaged in the
construction and engineering busi-
ness, with headquarters in Atlanta,
Georgia. Chip started in as ASST
slant Secretary of the Treasury
back in 1888, but soon discovered
that he could make more money
on the outside so he resigned that
lucrative job to devote his time
and talents in getting government
contracts for preparing plans and
specifications for Federal projects.
Mr.. Robert first came into national
prominence when Secretary Ickes
made him refund a $4,000 over
charge on a P.W.A. project. At the
time many thought the incident
would mark the end of his govern
ment connections but 1t evidently
did not as the Navy Department
has recently engaged him to do the
engineering work on two contracts
which will give him about three
million dollars in fees Verify, the
the New Deal taketh care of its