Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-03
Stassen's Duplicity Challenged.

The StaSSen administration has
plenty of money for its campaign.
1t is supported by big daily papers,
and other big business. But, as much
as lies within our power, we are going
to tell you voters the truth about the
present administration.
We are going to insist that the gov
ernor adhere to facts. I am not go
ing to let the duplicity of Harold E.
Stassen go unchallenged.
When you have heard the true
story of what the present administra-
ton has done to hurt the average
man, and what it has been doing to
help the big boys; how it has falsi-
fed the record of its 81 months in
office; the corruption that it has
tolerated and sanctioned; you will
likely decide that your welfare can
best be promoted by change. The
whole story of this administration
cannot be told tonight. But, let us
look at the record:
Graft at AnOka.
The governor is continually talk
ing about graft and corruption on the
part of former administrations. Let
us take a glance at the graft and cor
ruption in his administration, in con-
nection with the distribution of fed
eral, state, and local money in the
Anoka Tornado fund.
On June 10, 1889, the day after the
tornado, the governor told the people
of Anoka, with his arm around Ray
Milne, that Milne would be his per-
sonal representative in taking care
of the unfortunate. In reality, Milne
administered the fund. Technically,
the work was assigned to the Anoka
Welfare Board. The attempt by adj
ministration spokesman to try to fix
the blame on the Anoka Welfare
Board only serves to illustrate the
length to. which they will go to
squirm out of bad situation. The
truth is that money was squandered
scandalously. Forgery and embez-
zelment took place. Favored indi-
viduals received thousands of dol
lars more than they were entitled to.
All this was covered up by the
administration until August 25th,
when l exposed the rotten mess re-
sulting from the work of the COVER
nor's personal representative, Ray
Milne. Had Farmer-Laborites been
in charge, there would have been
headlines from the start. Ray Chase,
the administrations minister of prop
uganda, in a published article, says
that Milne was hold-over from the
Farmer-Labor administration. The
truth is that Milne was discharged
by Herman Aufderheide for padding
expense accounts, and after that, he
Joined the Stassen forces and was
later rehired in the relief set-up by
the S t a SIS e n Administration. Incl
dentally, Milne is the person who
still owes the state some $4,000 for
gas taxes.
Criminal Case Continued.
One of the administration men.
Vern Selseth, was arrested. In
desperate attempt to cover up mis-
oeeos, tney mad hlm examined in an
effort to have him committed as in
sane. The doctor, of course, found
him sane. The criminal action against
him has been continued until March,
when the campaign is over.
Let me give you an illustration of
the way the money was spent. The
Anoka tornado covered an area ap-
proximately 20 miles long and 500
feet wide. In this area, 1875 cases were
investigated, about 100 in the city
OF Anoka. Yet, the official reports
show that Ray Milne was paid for
travelling 18,847 miles from June Is
to December 81, 1889, on this work.
Two other individuals were paid for
travelling 1882 miles. So, the three
INDIVIDUALS were paid for travelling
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