The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-08-21
COMMENTS OF NEWS
FROM WASHINGTON

i MONA V<AOAAAAvO1VN
(By Congressman Knutson)
Not Much Difference
Considerable publicity has been
given to q recent incident in west
ern Norway where farmer has
been sentenced to eighteen months
IN jail because he used some Of his
own hay to feed his starving
cattle, instead Of turning 1t over
to the Nazis. Naturally, such incid-
ents arouse righteous indignation
but I do not think that we are in a
position to criticize in this par
ticular instance.
Under the MIRA a small battery
was arrested for violating the code
which fixed prices Of batteries; in
New Jersey a dry cleaner was
arrested for cleaning and pressing
suits for 35c where the code had
fixed the price at SOC. Then there
was the famous chicken case in
New York was taken to the
Supreme Court where the National
IkeCOVcTy kACI was oCCidICu
Constitutional.
Today American farmers must
turn over to the Secretary Of Agric-
ulture all surplus wheat raised in
excess Of their quota, or pay a
penalty Of Acc per bushel. It is
also decreed that none Of such sur
plus grain may be fed to live
stock or poultry.
Personally I cannot see very
much difference between the Ger
mans action in Norway and the
New Deals program in this country
except that the Germans give
longer sentences.
Strains At Gnat
There are those who strain at a
gnat, and swallow a camel. My
authority for this Is the Bible. We
saw an example Of such perfor-
ance in the House on Monday, last
when the President sent to Con-
gress a veto on a bill that I had
introduced for the relief of small
boy living near Pierz, Minnesota.
The bill, which had passed both
Houses Of Congress, proposed to pay
the father Of the boy $4,000 for the
sons loss Of an eye due to an ex-
plosion of a cartridge which had
been left in a field near the home,
presumably by the Army in con-
nection 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 a nearby field. They fastened
the shell in a vice and struck it
with a punch and hammer. The
cartridge exploded and a piece of
the shell struck the little fellow,
who was standing nearby, in the
eye necessitating it's removal.
Would the President had been
equally economical in all matters
pertaining to government expend-
itures. When I think Of the humid
reds and hundreds of millions of
dollars that has been wasted and
squandered by this Administration
the action of the President in veto
ing this relief bill certainly looks
like a case Of straining at gnat
and swallowing camel.
House Republicans Show Dander
A large majority of the House
Republicans have become FESTIVE
under its inactive leadership. On
Monday evening Of last week So
Republicans, rpresenting all parts
of the North, held a meeting and
decided it was time to do some
thing about it. A committee was
appointed to draft declaration of
policy which on Tuesday afternoon
was adopted by the regular Re-
publican conference with but few
dissenting votes.
Republican members of the
House of Representatives, believ-
ing that the people of the United
States are entitled to a definite ex-
preston Of our views on national
defense and foreign policy, hereby
declare:
1. I'VE reaffirm the pledge Of
our 1910 party platform: The Re
publican Party is firmly opposed
to involving this nation in foreign
war We approve the restatement
of this principle subsequently
written into the 1910 Democratic
Party platform: We will not partic-
ipate in foreign wars, and we will
not send our army, naval or air
forces to fight in foreign lands
outside of the Americas, except In
case of attack We demand the
fulfillment Of these pledges.
2. I'VE affirm the declaration in
our party platform. We condemn
all Executive acts and proceedings
which might lead to war without
the authorization Of the Congress
of the United States
8. 1--WE affirm the declaration OF
our party platform, as follows:
Our national defenese must be so
strong that no unfriendly power
shall ever set foot on American soil.
To assure this strength our nation
al economy, the true basis OF Amer
ica's defense, must be free OF un-
warranted government Interior
ence.' We firmly believe in main
tanning and upholding 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 1easelend' policy was
presented to the American people
as a measure short Of war. We
insist that it be administered as a
short-of-war measure"
Rno~eveIf- Churchill ParIey