The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-08-07

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seven stories high ana occupying
q fun city block. Now the Ad-
ministration IL asking for an ad-
ditional building for the War De-
partment that Is to cost S5 million
dollars. It Is to be the biggest
office building in the world and
will house As thousand workers.
I often wonder what we are going
to do with all these buildings II
and when sanity returns.
Incredible Follies
On July 8 the Department of
Agriculture put on a program ov-
er the Red Network of the Ma
tional Broadcasting Company and
do you know what 1t was about I?
The entire program was devoted
to promoting the sale and con-
sumption Of oleomargarine, which
was pronounced just as good as
butter and much cheaper. Incl
dentally, one of the speakers TAX
ing part in the dialogue called
attention to the fact that uncolor-
ed margarine was cheaper and
that anyone could add the color
ing, which accompanies the pack
age. Another thing that was stress
ed is the fact that under new
standards promulgated by the De-
partment Of Agriculture margar-
inc would henceforth carry just as
many vitamins as butter.
The New York Times for We'd
nesday Of last week carried a story
to the effect that firm Of Bri-
tish manufacturers and importers
Of steel window frames and SASH
es had leased 10 thousand square
feet of space in that city. Evi-
IDENTIFY British manufacturers are
not experiencing the same Difficult
ty in getting raw materials that
the American manufacturers have
to contend with. Here, the use OF
steel, aluminum, copper, rubber
and other strategic metals and ma
terials in non-defense production is
being curtailed and discouraged.
Several days ago I saw letter
written by a Canadian manufactur-
er Of rubber goods to an Ameri-
can retailer, wherein it was stat
ed that the Canadian was in posi-
ton to fill the Americans need.
understand that South America
is being flooded with letters from
Britain guaranteeing delivery of
products made from materials that
we have placed on the restricted
list.
All this reminds me of the World
War when we were compelled to
eat bread made from bin sweep
ings and at the same time they
had more American wheat in Eur
ope than they had ever had in
normal times. When I add up the
whole thing it doesn't make sense.
Again we are being taken for a
ride.
Another Lease-Lend Bill
It is rumored that it won't be
long before the President asks for
another 7 billion dollar lease-lend
bill to be given to Britain and Rus
sia. Harry Hopkins, the Presi-
dents right hand man, is now in
Moscow, presumably to arrange the
terms upon which we are to fin
ance Russia.
That will make IA thousand mil
lion dollars because it is not many
months ago that similar sum Of
money was appropriated by Con-
gress for like purpose.
Why should we finance Russia?
Her combined resources in mater
ials are almost as great as ours.
When we recognized her back in
1884 she entered into a solemn
agreement with our government
that she would discontinue all pro-
paganda work here. Did she keep
her promise? She did not. The
Dies Committee has produced evil
dence that the Communists in Mos
cow have been at the bottom Of
nearly every strike in America and
the agitators were financed by the
Russian government.
We should let Germany and
Russia fight it out. If they ex-
haust each other, as they will, it
will be a fine thing for the rest
of the world. Personally, am
as much opposed to giving help to
Russia as I am to giving help to
Hitler. If we are smart we will
stay out of it and let them fight
it out between themselves. Would
it not be a fine thing If Hitler and
Stain bumped each other off?
Compromise on Draft Extension
Democratic leaders in the Senate
have proposed a compromise plan
under which selectees, National
reserve officers and
enlisted men may be held in camp