Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-06-27

now enjoyed only by Hitler, MuSSolini
and Stain. Under Senator Peppers
plan the President could spend and
spend without regard to the legal
limitation placed upon our national
debt; he could set aside laws which
guarantee personal liberty, freedom
of speech, the press, etc. Then, too,
he could suppress mass meetings as
they did in our state back in 1917.
The powers that Senator Pepper seeks
to confer upon the president would
make the old Minnesota Safety COM
mission look like babe in swaddling
clothes. Any one expressing opposi-
ton to the policies or acts of Mr..
Roosevelt could be informed and per-
haps sentenced to Jail or prison. I'm
der its operation l would probably
have to discontinue my weekly let
tiers to the folks back home. Sena-
tor Peppers Seven-point program fol-
lows:
l. Confer upon the President full
wartime power to prepare and de-
fend America.
?. Universal defense service so that
every citizen may be best trained
and placed for the country's defense.
3. Confer upon the President power
to suspend all rules, regulations and
statutes, including army, navy and
departmental seniority regulations.
which in his judgment interfere with
the maximum speed in the produc-
ton, transportation or manufacture
of defense material.
+. Confer upon the President the
power to suspend the present debt
limitation, if in his judgment such
limitation interferes with the maxi
mum speed of the defense program.
D. Grant the President the author
lty to aid in material or credit those
countries and nations which in his
judgment at this time constitute
Americas first line of defense
6. The President and the Congress
to begin Immediately the preparation
and adoption of defense budget and |
tax program adequate to the national |
defense.
Z. Confer in the President the pow
er to take into custody for the dura-
ton of the defense effort all aliens
whose freedom would, in his opinion.
Jeopardize the defense program.
Came Here for Freedom.
Our fathers came to this country
to get away from the very things
that Senator Pepper would now in
flict upon us. All in all we have
been getting along pretty we'll in this
country and know of nothing that
has been offered to us as substitute
that begins to compare to what we
now have-politically, socially and
economically. There is little doubt |
In the minds of many that the sim
lister influences working behind the
Presidents shadow seek to impose
upon us system of RECOMMENDATION
that is autocratic and altogether for
elgn to our concept of representative
government.
The folks back home are aware of
the danger. The other day l received
letter from a prominent lawyer in
the central part of the Sixth district.
He and his family have been life
long Democrats, but he is very much
disturbed over the present trend. He
wrote me that he approves of the
Presidents domestic policies 100 per
cent but is unalterably opposed to the
Roosevelt foreign policy. Many 9TH
ers have written me along the same
line. 1t took the Presidents Char
1ottesville speech, which was all but
declaration of war, to bring to our
people a realization of the dangers
that confront us. Our people can
thank Almighty God that they have
sitting in Washington Congress that
will not plunge us into foreign war.
Billions for defense, yes, but not a
single American boy for the slaughter
pens of Europe.
My heart is sick over the plight
of brave France. Unfortunately for
her she placed her faith in the same
quarter as did Czechoslovakia, Po-
land, Norway, Holland, Denmark,
Belgium and Luxembourg.
The frightful carnage in Europe
VIII end some day and when that time
comes we must have a President who
Will be invited to sit at the council |
table and permitted to urge modera-
ton in the terms to be imposed upon
the vanquished. After all, we must
live together in this world when it
is all over. Harsh peace terms will
but breed future wars. 1t is most
unfortunate for all humanity that Mr..
Roosevelt and his advisors have from
time to time INDUCED in remarks so
Incorporate and abusive as to render
him ineligible to sit at the peace table.
Et Tu Brute!
"And they took the thirty pieces
of silver, the price on Him that was
valued, whom they of the children
of Israel did value"
President Roosevelt is by all odds
the most resourceful and agile poll
tician that 1 have ever known or
heard of. Up to the time that he
came out for universal compulsory
military training, and when he ratified
f1o I'll