The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-06-05

became president. Each time that
he has declared an emergency q
supine Congress has very gener.
ously voted him additional powers
until today he ranks with Stain
Hitler and Mussolini in the things
that he can do without consulting
emergencies and If we may judge
the future by the past we will have
plenty more emergencies before
he leaves the White House. Well
may we express with Madam Ro-
land, what crimes are committed
in thy manner"
There Is no question but what
the Administration Is daily taking
us nearer to war but the powers
that be do not quite dare to get in
to it just yet because various polls
show that more than 800 of the
American people are opposed to
our becoming involved in foreign
wars. Then, too, the President
realizes that the Army is wholly
unprepared and, while our Navy Is
stronger than ever, 1t Is not strong
enough to fight in two oceans.
A number home have written me
expressing disappointment that he
did not take a firmer position re-
garding strikes in defense in
dustries. That is also my view.
Hillman Stimulated Strike
An American liberation Of
Labor Official, Harvey Brown, Pre-
sident of the International Mach
NESTS Union, in testifying before
the Senate Defense Investigating
Committee recently, charged that
Sidney Hillman, Co-director of the
Office Of Production Management,
had a part in promoting the strike
in the Vultee Aircraft Manufacture
mig plant in California last month.
Hillman, born in Russia, is for
mer vice president of the CLIO and
is considered pretty radical.
It will be difficult for loyal
Americans to understand why the
President placed such a man in the
most important key position in our
national defense program. If he
is not an out--and-out Communist,
he is at least as pink as a salmon.
The Senate Sneezes
The United States Senate on last
Thursday refused to consider a
resolution by the peppery Pepper
of Florida, to give President
Roosevelt a vote of confidence on
the foreign policy he announced
two days previously in his "fireside
chat" Even Senator George,
Chairman of the Foreign Relations
Committee, opposed it. Pepper is
an all-out advocate Of Intervention.
He lives and breathes American
participation. In fact, he is 1907
interventionist Young and in
good physical condition the Sem
ator should betake himself to Can
ada and enlist in the Empire for
ces. Such as he have no business
sitting in the nations law making
bodies.
The Public Pays
The other day Representative
Jones of Ohio told the House how
Howard o. Hunter, recently NOM
mated to be Administrator travels
at government expense. Mr.. Jones
said that Mr.. Hunter had collected
travelling expenses totaling $S,55S
and had spent $9,172 for transport
alton in addition to his salary.
1t seems that brother Hunter
never misses anything in the way
of sports. During the time that
he was Assistant Administrator
he managed to attend the New
Orleans Mardi gras and the foot
ball games that were held there.
Also, he has always managed to
attend the annual Kentucky Derby
and to be in other places in the
United States when important
sporting events took place. Mr..
Jones' report shows that Hunter
spent 1,416 days as a traveller be-
ween August 1, 1884, and January
81, 1941,-71% of the time.
Brother Hunter undoubtedly was
looking for the forgotten man"
that we have heard so much about
the past eight years, but accord
ing to last reports he has not sue
ceeded in finding him. Evidently
he expects to find him at a race
course or a football game. Maybe
he has something there.
It Makes A Difference
At one of her recent press con-
ferences Mrs. Roosevelt was asked
why her son, Franklin Delano, Jr.,
had been assigned to the Supply
Corps of the Navy. To the in
quiry she is reported to have re-
piled that Franklin, Jr., could not
stand the idea Of killing human
beings and was therefore placed in
a branch Of the service where he
will be immune.