The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-07-24

national commander of the Amer.
lean Legion, In a address before
a convention of Christian women
in Springfield, Illinois. Mr.. Hayes
pointed out that more magazines
containing Topographic literature
are published In the United States
than In any other country on the
face OF the earth. More than one
hundred of our magazines are
banned as indecent" I'M Canada.
Communism seeks to destroy
all three of the basic pillars of
civilization: constitutional govern
ment, the home and the church.
To accomplish this goal, the re-
volution Is carried forward on all
three fronts. The revolt against
the government is coordinated
with the revolt against religion
and the revolt against decency.
Youth is the cannon fodder out
of which the revolution is created.
The widely heralded revolt Of
youth has been a revolt against
decency as well as against God
and Constitutional Government"
President Messages Congress
On last Friday the President
sent identical messages to the two
Houses Of Congress dealing with
the sinking of the Robin Moor a
month ago. There was nothing
in the message that we did not al
ready know and many expressed
curiosity as to what prompted the
Presidents action. He did not
mince words in describing the
incident, even going to the extent
of terming it an act of piracy"
which if persisted in will result in
our using force. The President was
not quite frank in his message in
that he failed to inform Congress
that the Robin Moor carried con-
traband at the time of her sink
ing which under International
Law subject her to capture OF
destruction. 1t becomes increas-
ingly clear that the President is
determined to take us into the
war.
PrOperty-Seizure Bill
Daily the opposition to the
Presidents property-seizure bill
grows. Congress is beginning to
realize that its enactment would
mean Facism for America. AS has
been explained in a previous letter
there Is no limit to what the Pre-
sident could do under the provis-
ions Of the measure as it would
empower him to seize property
Of all descriptions if he so desired.
1t is my guess that the measure
will be completely rewritten or
rejected. We are not yet ready
for Facism in this country.
Ends Year in Red
The fiscal year 1941 came to an
end Monday of last week and on
the following day Uncle Sam cele-
brated his New Year. In the year
1871 Uncle Sam spent about. 12,-
600 million dollars which is about
the same amount as was spent in
1918 when we were at war. The
receipts of the government for the
past twelve months were 1900
which leaves us about
5000 million dollars in the red.
Expert estimates for 1912, based
on passage of the new tax bill be-
fore Congress, include:
Receipts 81 900, 000,0 900
Expenditures .$22, 900, 100000
Deficit ....................$ 11 900, 100000
Most Administration leaders hope
the $4,000 million dollar spending
estimate for fiscal 1912 will be
too conservative. Analysts at the
Office of Production Management,
find little to support these
hopes.
Defense spending alone next
year will amount to about $4,000
million dollars, according to the
Budget Bureau.
A Sizzling Report
The House Military Affairs Com
mittee made public recently a
report on production of national
defense material that does not Of
fer much encouragement to the
people and certainly none
at all to those who are rarin' to
get into the war. Not only is there
a serious shortage of skilled labor
in key industry but also bottle
necks in production because of in
ability to secure raw materials, and
necessity for clearing everything
over the Presidents desk.