The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-01-16

partments and bureaus having to
do with national defense, with view
| to securing more of the prepared
ness business for our state.
Mayor Leach called a meeting of
the manufactures Of the states to
be held at his office in Minneapolis
on Wednesday, January 22nd, at
10 am. for the purpose 70 devising
ways for Minnesota manufactures
getting a proportionate share. It
is thought to have the group name
a manufacturers agent, who Is
well acquainted with departmental
procedure in Washington, to re-
present all Minnesota manufacture
ers in going after the business. l
would suggest that manufacturers
in the Sixth District, such as foun-
dries, creameries, cheese factories
and other activities arrange to be
represented at this meeting. On
Friday last the delegation wired
the Governor and recommended
that he name some individual to
work along the same lines.
Billions are being spent for
national defense. AS we will have
to pay our share of the bills we are
entitled to our share Of the bust
ness.
Times Whirligig
When the new Congress was
sworn in on January 8 There was
present to take the oath Of office
a lady member who had been out
for twenty-five years. I refer to
Miss Jeanette Rankin Of the First
Congressional District of Montana,
who was the first woman ever
elected to Congress. The voters
denied Miss Rankin a second term
because of her having voted
against Americas entrance into the
World war.
During the time she was out Of
Congress Miss Rankin devoted her
self exclusively to the promotion
of international peace and probably
knows as much about the subject
as any living American. To those OF
us who served with her twenty-odd
years ago, her election last fall
seemed a merited vindication. She
returns to Congress gray-haired
woman, ripe in experience, who
will be able to do much to keep
America out Of the present war.
Probably no member Of the House
took greater pleasure in her cleo
ton than I, who since the late Sen
ator Lundeen went to the Senate,
have been the sole remaining men,
her in the House of Representa-
tives of that little band OF fifty who
voted mo" on April 6, 1917. Now
again there will be two of us.
Another change in times whirli-
gig is the retirement to private
life Of John Nance Garner, Vice
President of the United States
during the two Roosevelt admin
istrations. Mr.. Garner Is an in
stitution in Washington. First cleo
ted to Congress in 1904, when Theo-
dore Roosevelt was president, he
soon attained a prominent position
in that body, finally becoming
Speaker Of the House in 1881. At
ter two years in that capacity he
became President of the Senate
and I may say that he filled both
positions with distinction and abil-
ity. While a sharp "horse trader"
he was uniformly fair to the min
ority.
Mr.. Gamers lot has not been q
happy one the past few years as he
has disapproved Of much Of the
New Deal program and on more
than one occasion has acted as adj
visor to insurgent Democratic Sem
ators and Representatives. News
paper reports last fall had 1t that
he went fishing on election day and
for the first time In his life fail
ed to vote. No doubt the President
will be happy to have Garner back
in Texas but those Of us who serv-
ed with him for any length Of time
and know the man for what he
really is, feel that his withdrawal
from public life Is a great national
loss. AS a matter Of fact, he was
more of a Republican than a Dem
ocrat because he believed in pro-
lection for the American producer.
Mrs. Roosevelt Chides COP.
The First Lady recently told a
press conference that she exper-
fenced profound shock" when the
minority members of Congress did
not even applaud the four points
raised by her husband in his state
of the Union" message which he
delivered in person before a joint
session of Congress on January 8.
/ do not know how my col
leagues felt about the Presidents
message but in my opinion 1t
amounted to a personal declara-
ton of war. I feel that he should