The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-25

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Now what are the facts? We will
concede that the c. G. G. Is one OF
the best of the New Deal set-ups.
II has done q fine work In taking
young men off the highways and
putting them on constructive work.
However, the financial history Of
the c. C.. c. Is not so creditable.
That organization carries on its
paw roll an administrative force OF
81, 406 individuals, most of whom
are political appointees. That army
of supervisors will this year receive
in salaries So million 234 thousand
III dollars, whilst the ITO thousand
C. C. C. enrollees, and their fam
lilies, will receive but 101 million
1876 thousand 200 dollars In pay.
Here we have another instance
where one-third of the appropria-
ton Is used in overhead. WPA is
in the same boat. In seven years
Congress has appropriated for re-
lief and recovery more than 1900
million dollars, which Is sufficient
to have given each Of the 31a mill
lion families on relief over $4,000.
Where did the money got Some
day an audit will be made. Those
who oppose these excessively high
overhead costs are branded as tor
les and reactionaries who are with
out heart and soul. If those now on
relief would pay a little more at
tention to how the relief money
is being spent they would receive
a larger part of it and there would
be much less criticism of those
who want to see the money get
down to the grass roots.
Communists Given Preference
For a considerable period there
has been a suspicion that WPA In
large centers Is shot through and
through with Communism. One
day last week a man named Thos.
M. MCGOWAN, a member Of the
Communist party, testified before
the Dies Committee that he Is now
employed as Principal Research
Interviewer on a Chicago WPA
project at 73c per hour. MCGOWAN
further testified under oath that
he secured his position under the
alias of Thomas M. Stanley, and
that likewise his Social Security
card was under this false name
I will be interested to see If the
Department of Justice proceeds
against this man for getting gov
eminent money under false pre-,
lenses. My guess is that nothing
will be done about it as the Com.
munists seem to be fair-haired boys
these days.
Our Changing Diet
Are lard and to a lesser degree
butter losing their place on the
American table? Heretofore, each
of these two staple articles have
been source of unfailing revenue
to the American farmer. Butter
has held up fairly well, but not SC
with lard.
When I was a boy the hog was
called a mortgage LITTER" but at
present prices the animal hardly
raises the interest on the mortgage
During the past thirty years lard
consumption has remained station
airy while the use of substitutes
increased $50. The reasons ara
obvious. In a recent survey by the
Iowa Swine Producers Uowa Is the
greatest hog producing state in
the union) it was found that in
most Of the home economic lab
oratories. and in all cooking
schools, lard substitutes were used
and recommended because they
were donated by manufacturers OF
substitutes who largely finance
such schools. In looking into the
matter I find that another reason
for lard falling into disfavor with
the housewife is that it is moi
attractively packaged, neither is II
advertised as is the case with lard
substitutes. There are also a mum.
Der of grades, whereas substitutes
have but one grade.
Lard substitutes are extensively
advertised and their use Is openly
advocated in cooking school dem.
onstrations which are financed by
the manufacturers of substitutes.
1t Is well for our people to re
member that none Of the ingred
tents in lard substitutes are pro