The Sauk Centre herald., 1940-02-22

The Forestry Bureau belongs in
the Department of Agriculture
where it is now. It would be just
as logical to place the Bureau of
Education in the War Department
as to move the Forestry Bureau in
to the Interior Building, and evil
IDENTIFY a vast majority of the people
were of that mind.
DENOUNCE SPENDING
The Central Cooperative Associa-
ton Is one of the leading agricul-
tural organizations in the North
west. Last week two thousand
delegates of this organization met
in st. Paul for two day session.
The resolutions adopted at the con-
vention call for reputation of New
Deal spending and business policies.
One resolution asked the President
and Congress to remove restrict
ions from industry, trade and COM
merce that have prevented their
functioning in a normal manner"
The resolutions also asked for an
end Of unfair taxes" encourage
ment of expansion on a sound basis
and discrimination of "unneces-
sary government expense" to per-
NIT employment of the unemploy-
ed in gainful enterprise"
The resolutions also called upon
the Senators and Representatives
from the Northwest to work for
several amendments to the Recip-
rocal Trade Act. They include:
Cd To prevent any tariff ccncess-
ions which would tend to hold farm
products below parity; (2) to pro-
vide full hearings for producers of
any product, farm cr industrial, be-
fore adopt ng a pact affecting them
The resolutions also demanded Sen
ate approval of all pacts before
they shall become effective. These
are some of the things that have
been fighting for throughout the
hearings held by the Ways and
Means Committee at which scores
of witnesses testified both for and
against.
very much doubt if any of the
suggestions made by the Central
Cooperative Association will be
adopted because Roosevelt and Hull
are opposed to Senate ratification
and they do not want any restric-
tions placed upon their activities in
negotiating future treaties. under
stand that a number of mid-western
Democratic Senators and Represen-
tatives are going to vote with the
Republicans to make these changes
but I doubt If the number will be
sufficient to incorporate these
safeguards in the measure.
965 MILLION FOR NAVY
The largest Naval Appropriation
bill in peace-time history was pas
sed by the House last Friday after
noCn after striking out the three
million dollar project which the
measure carried for the improve
ment of the harbor at Guam.
AS passed by the House the bill
provides 295 million dollars fer
starting work on 10 warships and
carrying on construction of 79
others. Sufficient money is provid-
ed fer preparing llans for two
$4,000 ton battleshlps.
The Administration evidently
fears coalition of the totalitarian
states after the present war ends
This government has done every
thing possible to build up the
strength of two of these powers
To Japan we have sold unlimited
quantities of scrap iron, steel, aero
planes and oil. From Russia we
have bought millions of ounces ot
gold for which we paid $35 pei
ounce. Out of these transactions
Russia has netted clear profit o1
$23 on each ounce. Probably al
this enormous profit is being used
by that country to suppress and
destroy the Republic Of Finland
I hate to think of the hundreds OF
thousands of Chinese whose murder
in cold blood was made possible by
our sales to Japan. Just what kind
of a good neighbor" policy are the
New Dealers carrying on? It's in
consistencies leave me cold and be.
wildered.
SAI . FINNISH LOAN
GOOD RISK
Last Friday Jesse jones. Fedora,
Loan Administrator, appeared be,
fore the House Banking Committee
in support of a bill to increase
the capitalization of the Export
Import bank by 100 million dollars
Under the proposed increase, al.
ready voted by the Senate, the
bank could loan to Finland UP tc
20 million dollars. Mr.. Jones ex.
pressed the view that Finland
would survive its war with Russia
and pay eff it's debts. He also
gave it as his opinion that the
other scandinavian countries would
likewise survive the war.
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