Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-08-14

posed to pay the father of the boy
$1,000 for the sons loss of an eye
due to an explosion of cartridge
Which had been left in a field near
the home, presumably by the Army
IN connection with the maneuvers of
the Fourth Army in the vicinity of
Little Falls during July and August
of 1910. The little boy and an older
brother had picked up the cartridge
IN nearby field. They fastened the
shell in vice and struck it with a
punch and hammer. The cartridge
exploded and piece of the shell
struck the little fellow, who was
standing nearby, in the eye, necessi-
tating its removal
Would that the President had been
equally economical in all matters
pertaining to government expendi-
lures. When 1 think of the hun
dreds and hundreds of millions of dol
lars that have been wasted and
squandered by this Administration
the action of the President in Veto
ing this relief bill certainly looks
like case of straining at gnat and
swallowing a camel.
House Republicans Show Dander.
A large majority of the House Re-
publicans have become FESTIVE under
its inactive leadership. On Monday
evening of last week SO Republicans,
representing all parts of the North,
held a meeting and decided it was
time to do something about it. A
committee was appointed to draft a
declaration of policy which on Tues
day afternoon was adopted by the
regular Republican conference with
but few dissenting votes.
Republican members of the House
of Representatives, believing that the
people of the United States are en-
titled to definite expression of our
views on national defense and for
eign policy, hereby declare:
l. eve reaffrm the pledge of our
1910 party platform: The Republican
Party is firmly opposed to involv-
ing this nation in foreign war; We
approve the restatement of this prin-
ciple subsequently written into the
1910 Democratic Party platform: we
will not participate in foreign wars,
and we will not send our army,
naval or air forces to fight in foreign
lands outside of the Americas, ex-
cept in case of attack We demand
| the fulfllment of these pledges.
2. ''We reaffrm the declaration
in our party platform. we condemn
all Executive acts and proceedings
authorization of the Congress of the
United States
3. eve reafirm the declaration
of our party platform, as follows:
| Our national defense must be so
strong that no unfriendly power shall
ever set foot on American soil. To
assure this strength our national
economy, the true basis of Americas
defense, must be free of unwarranted
government interference We firm
ly believe in maintaining and up
holding the Monroe Doctrine and
safeguarding this Hemisphere from
foreign invasion. We insist that our
national defense be strong enough
to accomplish these detectives.
4. ''The 1end-lease' policy was
presented to the American people as
measure short of war. We insist
that it be administered as a short-of-
war measure"
Roosevelt Churchill Farley.
AS this is written the President
is enjoying vacation trip on Coast
Guard cutter somewhere in the North
Atlantic. High state, Army and
Naval Department officials are also
out of the city, all of which gives
color to the rumors that are going
about town and in the press that
Roosevelt is meeting Churchill for
parley somewhere at sea. If such
a meeting is taking place it will
establish a new precedent in Ameri-
can diplomacy. 1 cannot recall a
similar incident.
If such parley is actually being
held 1 am wondering what commit
ments, if any, are being made. Some
with whom I have spoken think that
it presages more vigorous policy on
our part in the Orient where our re-
lations with Japan are already
strained.
Draft Extension Bill.
The Sena tie on Thursday, last,
passed the bill to extend the term of
National guardsmen and selectees to
80 months. An amendment to the
measure was also adopted to increase
the pay of those in the service by
$40 per month. On Friday the House
began consideration of the measure
and early in the week the final vote
will be taken.
There is considerable opposition to
this legislation. With but few ex-
ceptions the Republicans will be a
unit against its passage on the theory
that the world situation is not near
ly so critical as it was year ago
when the original Act was passed.
Then Stain was a pal of Hitler; the
Suez Canal was threatened; the Nazis
were laying the British Isles waste
by aerial attacks and were getting
ready to invade England. Today
Stain is fighting Hitler; the pressure
on Suez has been relieved; Germany's