The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-06-27

a vote OF $50 to AZ passed a bill
ordering the immediate deporta-
ton of Harry r.. Bridges, CLIO.
maritime labor leader. The action
taken by the House sets bad pre-
cedent and it was with reluctance
that I voted for the resolution
However, the circumstances in
this instance are unusual and re-
quire drastic action. Bridges Is an
avowed Communist whose deport-
alton has been recommended by
several inspectors Of the Immi-
grafton Bureau. For years he has
fomented strikes and labor trouble
on the West Coast. His activities
have cost labor and industry mil
lions Of dollars in lost time and
production. He should have been
deported six or seven years ago
by Ma Perkins. Secretary Of Lab
or, herself a little on the pink ord
err, has used her position on sew
eral occasions to prevent his de-
portation, hence it is necessary for
Congress to act.
Finland Continues Payment
One day last week Uncle Sam
wrote to twelve European govern
ments to remind them that pay
ments on their war debts would be
due on June Is. AS usual, Finland
was the only one that promised to
meet the payment. On Saturday
Hjalmar j. Procope, Finnish Min
lister, personally delivered to the
Treasury Department $159,398, the
full amount due. Finland is the
only European debtor nation that
has never defaulted on a payment
to Uncle Sam. AS a result, her
credit Is AL.
How much better would ii not
have been for the Allies had they
been equally prompt in meeting
their obligations to the United
States. Then they would be in a
position to ask for further loans
now that they sorely need help
They began defaulting eight or
nine years ago, using the plea
that they were not able to meet
the payments. Since that time
each one has spent for prepared
ness and war several times the
sum on which they defaulted, SO
they can hardly expect us to fall
all over ourselves in granting them
additional credits which we know
will never be repaid.
Will Not Adjourn
The plan of the New Deal lead
ers to force adjournment Of Con-
gress on June 22nd has gone awry
and all because the folks back
home have said, "stay on the job
so long as the emergency contin-
ues." I think it is well for the
country that Congress has decided
to remain in Washington through
out the summer, and If neces-
sary right up to January when the
new Congress will take over.
Emissions Bright Future
In these days when so many sing
paeans of gloom as to Americas
economic future it is heartening
to have an outstanding economist
paint the road before us in bright
colors. DIR. Harold G. Moulton
president Of Brookings Institu-
ton, and one of Americas out
standing economists, had the fol
loing to say at recent gathering
of economists in Washington.
att Is abundantly evident that
our economic system has not yet
developed to a point where it can
provide the great masses of the
American people satisfactory mini.
mum standards of living, let alone
the requirements for the good life
with a rate of economic adj
vancement equal to that prevailing
during the great period of expan-
sion from 1900 to 1880 it ould take
until the year 1000 simply to
double the existing standards OF
living"
Other authorities have expressed
similar views. Last winter one OF
the country's outstanding chemists
told me that if all our people were
to be supplied with the things they
require we would have to go on a
twenty-four hour production sche-
uul6 HeAL lllty yCoio. ooi
national income last year was a.
bout So billion dollars. This scientist
contended that it can be doubled
and trebled, which would make
our debt problem a comparatively
simple matter.
me hlgnt spirit
I have long been an admirer OF
Congressman Hamilton Fish. He
Is frank, fearless and usually
pretty level headed. During the
debate last Friday on the Rogers
resolution, calling upon the State
Department for information as to
commitments that we have with
belligerent countries, Mr.. Fish said,
II propose to introduce immediate
ly legislation to do away with any
restrictions which prohibit Amer
lean citizens from fighting in for
eign armies under penalty Of los
ing their citizenship.
II feel that those who want to
fight should be permitted to do SO
at their own risk. want to make
it easy and feasible for such prom
inent interventionists as President
Conant of Harvard University
Walter Lippmann, other well
known columnists, newspaper edi-
tors, and internationalist bankers