The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-05-29
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Would Repeal Neutrality Law
BY Representative Harold Knutson
Of Minnesota

Would Repeal Neutrality Law
1t is reported that high Admin
istration officials will shortly open
a drive to repeal the Neutrality
Act passed by Congress in 1885 at
the request of the President to en-
able him to keep our country out
of war, 80 that it will be possible
for American ships to deliver
goods right to the British docks.
Foremost among the repealers are
Navy Secretary Knox and War
Secretary Stimson, who term the
law "a blunder."
A short time after the war broke
out the President prescribed the
war zones which the law forbids
American ships to enter. With the
repeal of the law, American ships
would be free to sail the Seven
Seas and that is what the inter-
ventionists want as they know it
will lead to Americans entrance
into the war.
More spending
The Navy Department has asked
for a six hundred thousand dollar
movie house at the Norfolk (Vir-
ginia) Naval Training Station, to
serve about eight thousand men.
AS I figure it, that is about SIS per
capita. Wouldn't it be cheaper to
distribute this money among the
enlisted men and let them attend
such movies as they prefer? This
mad race in ornaments cannot
continue indefinitely for when the
world has returned to sanity we
are going to find ourselves with a
lot Of surplus projects for which
there will be no need so it would
seem the part of wisdom to keep
expenditures down to the lowest
possible point consistent with nat
ional security. Some day we are
going to wish that we had the
money that has been frittered away
in non-essentials.
Treaty With Argentina
It won't be long before the new
treaty with Argentina will be
ready for signature. Report has
it that the document is in the final
stages of preparation. Under its
operation we will sell automobiles,
planes, farm and other machinery
to that country and in return we
will buy her farm products, consist
ing of cattle, corn, hogs, and
wheat. Last year we imported 56a
million dollars worth of compel
tive farm products most of which
we then had a surplus. Certainly,
no one can justly accuse Uncle
Sam of not being neighborly.
Jimmie's In Egypt
Captain James Roosevelt Of
the Marine Corps, who is taking a
trip around the world at public
expense as a military observer for
this government, was last heard of
in Egypt where he is studying mil
itary activities. He has already
visited China where his presence
did much to cheer the embattled
Chinese. His return home will pro-
baby depend to a certain extent
upon the length of leave and abil-
ity to get Transportation.
Mrs. Lundeen Replies
hope that my readers heard the
radio broadcast last week by Mrs.
Lundeen in defense of her hus-
band, Senator Ernest L. Lundeen.
In her talk she severely took to
task the character assassins who
had assailed the memory Of her
husband by questioning his pat
riotism.
No one who knew Ernest Lun-
deem ever questioned his patriot
ism or sincerity of purpose. We
might have disagreed with him
and I did often-but never did 1t
occur to me to question his SINGER
ity. honestly and loyalty.
Ernest Lundeen and I came to
Congress together just before the
war. He voted against Americas
entrance into that conflict-so did
I. There our paths separated be-
cause I took the position that once
we were in the war we should
grant practically everything that
President Wilson deemed necess-
airy to its prosecution.
Ernest Lundeen served through
out the Spanish-American War,
was elected to the Minnesota Legis-
lature several times before he