Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-01-23
Labor act, which has worked uni

formly well.
In short, the Ball bill proposes
that either party to labor dispute
must serve written notice and ne
gotiate 10 days before taking fur
Their action After a strike is voted,
formal notice must be given to an
official conciliator 10 days before the
strike goes into effect. Added to this
the President may invoke an addition
al 3O-day waiting period. In all, that
would give a 50-day cooling period
and the chances are that fundamental
differences could be adjusted in that
length of time. 1t is almost certain
that this Congress will pass some sort
of strike legislation and to date have
not heard of anything better than
Senator Balls proposal. Congress
can 60 further and do worse, and it
probably will.
Now It's "More Hogs.
Claude R. Wickard, the new Sec
rotary of Agriculture, is a practical
''dirt farmer" and he evidently be-
lieves in the gospel of plenty, rather
than in that of scarcity. Where his
predecessor, Henry Wallace, hoped to
find the solution in killing off and
blowing under, Mr.. Wickard takes
the opposite position. In a recent
statement he advised raising more
hogs in 1941. AS his advice comes
rather late in the season it will
probably not have as much effect as
if it had come six weeks earlier, for
in the corn belt, where most of our
pork is produced, the number of
breeding sows was fixed before the
holidays. However, it shows hope
full sign.
Wendell goes to Europe.
Wendell Willkie has thrown up the
leadership of his majesty's loyal OPP
position and is going to Europe to
see for himself, or maybe he wants
to confirm his own worst suspicious.
When Wendell gets to London-that's
where he is going-he will be wined
and dined and he'll hobnob with
royalty and nobility. His worst sus-
picions will be confirmed and then
he'll hasten home to take over the
leadership of the scheme plotted and
Matched by the international bankers
to put America into the war. While
Wendell sees eye to eye with Frank
lin on his foreign and domestic poll
cies I understand he's going to be
against a fourth term. Alta boy!
Here's Something Else, Again.
Many of us have labored under the
impression that only belligerents can
fix peace terms but it now looks
as though we may have to revise
our conceptions along that line.
America is yet at peace but it seems
that our President is in the war up
to his ears At least that is the way
it looks to many and here are the
terms upon which he is willing to
make peace: Freedom of speech and
of worship, social security, and the
end of all wars through disarma-
ment. Until he can write these terms
into the peace treaty we are told
that the war must go on.
Well, suppose, for the sake of ar
gument, that England and Germany
were to make peace on terms that
do not include the Roosevelt die
tum. Will he then continue on like
Don Quixote to fight a one-man bat
tie? Of course, it would not be
strictly a one-man affair because
there are always those valiant stall
warts, Jimmie and Elliott, to fall back
on, not to mention Harry de hop,
Tommy de cork and few lesser but
not less ardent pay-rollers. With
such backing what may he not &C
complish in remaking the world?