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Askov American., 1941-10-16
What About The
Scandinavians?

Radio address by Hjalmar Pc
tersen given over KSTP, st.
Paul, and stations at Mankato,
Rochester, and WEBC, Duluth, on
October IL, 1941.
A few days ago Congressman
Charles L. Faddis of Pennsylvania,
stood upon the floor of the House of
Representatives and attacked the
Scandinavians of Minnesota. He
claimed the Scandinavians of this
state are "pro-German" and "apa-
thetic toward the threat to the world
today"
It is quite apparent that Congress
man Faddis has little knowledge of
the historical background of the Scan
dinavians, and little understanding of
the viewpoint of our citizens of Scan
dinavian ancestry.
To answer a charge of disloyalty
against some of our good citizens I
want to spend the next fifteen minutes
in discussing Congressman Faddis'
challenge of whats wrong with the
Scandinavian people of Minnesota"
The Scandinavian people are not
anti-German. We think we'll of the
German people, but we are definitely
anti-Nazi. The people in Germany
are perhaps no more responsible for
the rise of Hitler than some other
nationalities. The causes that
make for dictators like Hitler must
be removed.
When a man infers on the floor
of Congress that certain nationality
is lacking in patriotism he is making
a substantial contribution to national
disunity.
There is no nationality in America
that is lacking in patriotism. That
has been demonstrated so often that
even a Pennsylvania congressman
should know it.
The Congressman does not seem to
understand our form of government,
or if he does, he appears to disap-
prove of it, for he takes the position
that when people disagree, one side
or the other is disloyal. Nothing
could be further from the truth. De-
bate and discussion is of the essence
of democracy. Washington was just
as patriotic when he fought to keep
us out of the European war of his
day, as he was fighting the British to
secure our independence.
The Pennsylvania Congressman
might call the roll of Scandinavian
heroes in all our wars. Many of our
leaders tried to keep us out of the first
World war. One of those who op-
posed American entry, Congressman
Knutson, is still in Congress. But
when war came, the Scandinavians
and Germans, and people of the other
nationalities in Minnesota, did their
full share to insure victory. Let the
Congressman read the roster of the
famous 151st Field Artillery and other
units from Minnesota and the North
west.
Askov American., 1941-10-16

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Askov American., 1941-10-16
ditional American policy Of avoiding

ditional American policy Of avoiding
European entanglements.
Our people move slowly, cautious
ly, and within the limits of the con-
stitution and the bill of rights. They
are opposed to war because they know
that it brutalizes, destroys, and i'm
poverishes, and solves little or moth
ing. They have paid too high price
for liberty, freedom, and self gov
ernment to do otherwise.
We are seeing new and strange
things these days. For years we have
been shocked by the religious in
tolerance in Russia. We have read
how thousands Of priests have been
tortured and massacred in Russia,
the land of boasted atheism, fostered
and supported by the Communist
government. Suddenly there is dis
covered a promise of doubtful mean
ing about religious freedom in the
Russian constitution, which has never
been put into effect and now Russia
becomes land of tolerance and re-
ligious freedom.
Congressman Faddis apparently is
irritated because war hysteria is not
taking hold. It ill behooves any
Congressman to become irritated
when the sovereign people speak.
The lawmakers need constant con-
tact with the people in order to re-
fleet their will.
It is not always easy to oppose
war, but as Washington said in his
farewell address, it is our patriotic
duty to stand for that which we be-
lieve is best for our country and our
people. We are not pro-British, not
pro-German, and not pro-Scandinavi-
an. We are Americans, and many of
us feel that the last World war proved
the truth of Thomas Jefferson's fam
Gus statement. "That for us to seek
to reform Europe by force would
only prove us to be maniacs of an
other kind"
Some day this war, too, must end.
This war to end dictatorship in
Europe may even result in more die
tatorships and more terrible tyranny
because the people are impoverishing
themselves by war. The crushing
costs may snuff out the flames of self
government in more countries. Let
us have the good sense to stay out of
this war and save in one country at
least, the flame of liberty, freedom
and democracy.
AS the late Lord Lothian, former
British ambassador to the United
States, said: "The lesson of the last
war is that we get neither democra-
cy, nor liberty, nor peace out of a
world war, however noble the end
for which it is fought"
Let us have national unity and stop
nationality and race hatreds. We will
not promote national unity in another
futile war in Europe, but we can
achieve it through our efforts to
make self-government work in this
country so that government of the
people, for the people and by the
people shall not perish from the
EARTH"
Askov American., 1941-10-16
Fact And Opinion
HOW INCIDENTS" ARE
CONTRIVED
BY E. C. Stengelsen.

Eight days after Mr.. Roosevelt is
sued his clear warning to Berlin and
three days after the United States
navy took over the active protection
of all vessels plying between North
America and Iceland, the 6,850-ton
freighter, Pink Star, flying the Pan
amanian flag but owned by the
United States government, was sunk
southwest of Iceland, terse State
Department communique announced"
(Newsweek, September 20, 1941.)
The press headlined the sinking
and followed with extensive comment.
BY implication, indirection and omis-
sion, administration spokesmen and
interventionist newspapers related the
story in such manner as to create the
impression that an unarmed, Ameri-
can-owned merchant vessel, manned
by an American crew, was sunk with,
out warning in American waters
while peacefully on its way to Ice
land with a non-contraband cargo.
Since then, additional facts, there
tofore suppressed, have managed to
struggle their way to public notice.
They are
That the true name of the ship was
not "Pink STAR, but "Lundby" .
That its real owner was not the
United States. 1t was one of the
Askov American., 1941-10-16

They love this nation and they
want to see it protected and saved.
They believe the surest way to save
it is to remain at peace and to i'm
prove our political and economic
democracy while we build our de-
lenses so strong that no dictator will
dare to attack us. They do not be-
lieve we will promote the cause of
democracy by wasting our strength
on the bleak plains of Siberia or in
the jungles of the Congo. Democracy
and liberty can not be forced upon
people. They must yearn and strive
for it, and they have to achieve it in
their own way. We can, by example,
encourage people to climb the peaks
OF liberty, freedom and democracy,
but we can no more force those great
ideals upon people than we can make
them religious by the bayonet.
I appreciate that cannot speak for
all the people of Scandinavian an
cestry in this state. I know there
are some who would hurry us into
this war without considering the con-
sequences and without any regard to
constitutional limitations. But it is
generally conceded that by far the
greatest number adhere to the tra-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12

sents%giose upland places, those
woods and hills of cool retirement
where meditation may be so long
and so profound that the soul al
most leaves the body and the
city, that crowded ant-heap, is
forgotten.
This garden of Ii Flu occupied
only a small lot, but it contained
lake" a stream, a romantic
pile of big rocks to stimulate the
11n11r1ttaIn-preaks which
thrust into the sky almost as far
as heaven. There were ceremon-
ial gateways whose notices and
reliefs and paintings assured to
everyone who passed them a mo-.
ment of good fortune. There were
iifffifs.there was a shrine which
offered honor like an unending
silent prayer to the ancestors of
Ii Flu. There was even a little
Summer pavilion. with boat
shaped roofs rising one above
the other like a miniature pagoda.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12

YouH be on the wrong side
of the wall, won't you?" said An
nesley, and he laughed, weakly.
The girl peered curiously into
his face as he started to climb.
You're afraid" she said,
nodding. Good Lord, how you're
afraid of him. I know, I'm that
way myself But if we both
climbed over, what good would
it be? He'd only laugh You
know how M Is. He laughs at
anything he's a devil But if
you 90 on in alone, he'll be sur
prised He'll wonder how you
happened 10 find him And that
will give you a chance to talk
Go on. Annesley. Hop the wall
and 70 at him -
He was ashamed that she
should have seen through him so
easily. She was giving him beth
sympathy and the whip, so to
speak, as though he were
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12

ear Of Annesley as obscurely as
that garden under rain which
had inspired the poet, ended and
left about him only the mean
ingless sounds of life in the
streets. vague treH44 bling hing
element in the air.
Now go in" commanded the
girl
Go I'M, echoed Annesley.
But If try to get past the
front door of the house, / may be
told that Cabot isn't here. /
WILL be told that.
Who's talking about doors?
Jump the wall and go on till you
find him in the garden"
Annesley took a breath. II
thought. somehow L hoped
he murmured.
That Id help YOU I'm going
to. / don't know how. But some
how III manage TO help IN the
pinch. "
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12

ged blindly along by a COVER
ness.
At last she stopped beside a
dragon wall Actually the SEM
blance of a dragon moved with
many ceilings and on a hundred
feet along the masonry. The
top of the wall stepped up and
down with that irregularity'
which delights a Chinaman and
annoys ali the evil spirits who
need smooth going.
This is the place." said Chin
Chan. LISTEN
CHE held up her hand for silent
- attention and Annesley obedi-
emily canted his head to the
sounds of the night. He heard
the cries of vendors in a nearby
market-street. People who know
their China recognize each ped
dler, even when the words can
not be distinguished, by the mere
pitch and cadence of the sing
song. Annesley was not so far
advanced. lie was on the verge
of entering upon more init
mate knowledge but had not yet
passed the threshold The night
sounds which he was hearing
contained somewhere the snarl-
ing and barking of dogs, the
sound of laughter, the noise of
musical strings. and a far-oft
hurdy-gurdy playing Occidental
songs, like an echo from the
old streets Of New York, Moth
ing is really a surprise in China
but Il hUrdy-guTdy made Amos
ley smile a little.
That's it there he is"
whispered the girl, pointing be-
You'd the wall.
a far-off voice was intoning
Chinese poetry.
DO you mean that Gene Cabot
is doing that?" asked Annesley.
No. but he's listening TO it"
The dim voice was chanting;
The rain is falling.
Like the brush of a great
painter
1t makes the hills harmoni-
Gus with the sky.
1t has thickened the air of the
valley
And furnished the face of the
river
So that now the great waters
flow unseen,
Their course is only through
the mind mind.
The gardeH. toe, is dying-in-
this false twilight.
Only The pomegranate tree
flameszaYith bright beauty
As though the sun had returned
To II aleHe.
Suddenly | am happy;
For | think 6fvcu'- dear friend.
through the darkness of
many years.
This verse. which came TO the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12

IRON the day it appeared, this 1871 Ford
I car has been big success with the ladies.
See it and you soon see why.
Most women like big cars, and this is one!
Wide seats carry in real comfort. Big wide
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12

DO you forget that hour in the
desert
When we listended to the
water from the pump
Falling into the great tank
With a brazen reverberation
n and a silver ringing sound?
You have walked through the
solemn hollows of the noun
tains;
You have heard the bird sing
ing at night;
You have watched the flight of
the doves
Dropping down through the
twilight;
We have listened together to
= the poets.
What more will you have Of
me?
If the horse cannot jump the
wall
Is it not foolish to feed him
the spur?
You should have chosen some
mighty poet or hero;
1t is not inNthe least my fault
That you chose to inhabit this
commonplace house"
A MIST from the river had
~ dimmed The moon over Shang.
hal. II made all the distances in
the little garden seem greater and
it almost covered the figure of
the bull-terrier which stood now
in the path of Annesley. He gave
the stranger a low warning and
continued to stand on guard.
He was built as solidly as the
horse of the Chinese sculptor
which stood in the niche in the
wall. His muscles were made
with even more care. From his
bulging jaws to the big knots
of strength in his thighs they
formed one beautifully inter
locking system that asked for
use. There was sixty pounds of
that white hero. To Annesley he
looked as dangerous as pointed
gun. The appearance of Man
chu meant that Cabot was not
far away but Annesley forgot to
be glad.
Bring it here, Manchu," said
the voice of the master.
The big terrier pricked his ears
and went stealthily toward An
nesley. You don't frighten bull
terrier away with a stick or a
stone. Besides, Annesley- knew
almost too much about Manchu.
Cabot" he called into the mist
and the bamboos, take off this
brute of a dog, will you 2"
There was a single instant of
pause, then Cabot said: Sorry
III too busy to see you, Annes-
ley. But the dog won't bother
you If you go back the way you
came"
But look - Cabot tive been
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bling her with nonsense.
He tried again. saying: THE
point is he doesn't care about 60
ing home: the States mean moth
ing to him."
They do, though. That's why
he's a savage. It's because he's
lost his country"
She dismissed the ideas of An
nesley again into a thin limbo.
At last she said: Whats the
song that he sings under his
breath when he's absent-minded?
The silly song?"
II never heard him." said An
nesley.
why should 1 expect you TO
know" she murmured with un-
conscious disgust But can 1
remember the words? Can /
piece them together.
Headlights had been shining
through the rear window; now as
the car swung a corner TO the
right they were gone. The girl.
aroused from her thinking. turned
her head sharply.
IF those lights hit us again
-. ?" she asked of Annesley.
Following us? D'you think
car may be following u.s."
why not They watch people
who have talked with Dr. Kung
Have you been trailed today?"
Il haven't looked behind me"
DO all Cinnamon seem the
same TO you. Mr.. Annesley?"
More or less.
They don't to Jing Cabot,
though And l almost wish they
did I almost wish they did"
A moment later the dazzle or
the headlights shone into the
taxi again from behind The
girl leaned forward and spoke
to the driver in a rapid sing
song of Chinese He came to~lifc
at once They had been running
along smoothly, before; now
they twisted into the traffic like
a frightened snake through grass. #.
Annesley saw Pickering NOV
ing picture of people leaping out
of the way, Of endangered port
ers with head-loads about to fall,
but chiefly of children scatter
ing with an cutlery like chickens
before a hawk.
Presently the girl sang out
70 the driver He pulled up in
the curve of a dark. twisting
allesA she vas instantly out
of the car and reckoning AnHes-
ley TO follow He was too late to
pay for the trip. She pushed
money into the chauffeurs hand.
slammed the door shut and then
led the way through a mAze-ef
crooked little streets with An
nesfey tagging hcfplcssly behind.
She had left him no mind; the
direction of everything was in
her hands.
lie felt like a little boy. drag
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12

The Chinese garden is given
not only a face but a voice only
dead and ruined gardens are ST.
lent. In the living ones there al
ways is a sound of water making
a small music.
There was only this whisper
ing of the water, for the moment,
and Annesley went carefully for
ward across one of those crooked
little bridges which give SO much
security to a Chinaman IN his
garden For although a Chinese
devil is a frightful monster he is
totally incapable, poor creature,
of walking anywhere except on
level ways. A Chinese bridge
with a hump in it's back leaves
myriads of devils crashing their
teeth in vain on the wrong side
of the water.
When Annesley had crossed the
bridge. he was close 10 the wall
Of the house OF Ii Flu which was
not a bit more pretentious than
the tiny garden. But small things
can be of great cnst-aHA- enc
could guess that this dwelling
was a jewel by the statue which
occupied a niche IN the outer
wall.
1t was a figure of an armored
horseman and it had been carved
in that early period when
Chinese sculptors still worked in
the vein of their Greek masters.
This horse had some of the
matchless beauty of those re-
liefs which Phidias put so high
up on the wall of the Parthenon
that only the goddess really could
see and enjoy them. The horse
of this unknown Chinese master
was of that same divine Phidian
breed and -Annesley- paused an
instant to stare at it. AT the
same time, the voice from the
garden began the chanting of
another poem.
why are you respondent, my
soul?
afE4a4a weary weary of these continual
reproaches
For most of my life is spent
in your service.
If have fed myself with roast
sucking pigs.
With tender bamboo shoots,
pastries, and sansui
Nevertheless you never were
forgotten.
Where was it, far away, that l
showed you the evening
Rushing upon the city like a
tide of gold?
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NNCE that was behind him. he
~ felt better. and the little gar
den in which he stood gave him
some of the peace for which it
was designed. All the goals of
Chinese culture have been estab-
hshed for a thousand years and
nothing is more conventionally
exact than their gardens, for TO
a Chinaman his garden repre-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12
Dead Mans PASSPORT

flinching child. A resentful
speech came into his throat, To
keep It from utterance. he had TO
turn and get himself quickly over
the wall.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-12

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the cab. When Henry did not offer
TO walk on his hands. the drivers
suspicious seemed to relax. He
turned his nervous gaze instead on
the huge ruins of the building.
Gosh. what joint"
Never been here before >" Jones
inquired in surprise.
Sure. but it was classy then.
Look at it now. Windows broken,
paint peeling, porch sagging. vines
growing owe the walls. No wonder
old man Ives got bumped off here
What do you mean by that q?
Why should anyOne-bump him off
here"
Il dunno why. But if someone
was soIn' to shoot him. this would
be the place to do it, wouldn't it,"
Theatrical, eh?" Jones looked
thoughtfully at Henry. MAY be
something to think about. The kill
ing of Ives certainly was staged"
Henry was impatient. "Vhy keep
guessing about it when in a few
minutes We'll have the murderer"
The eyes of the taxi driver
popped wide. Whats that"
Never mind" snapped Jones.
"Oh-of. Of course not" agreed
Pete. He rubbed his hands. We'll,
here we are. What are we waiting
for? Let's go in-and meet the
murderer"
They stepped down to the base
ment door. 1t opened inward be-
fore Jones touched the handle.
Sheriff Mcbride welcomed them in.
How Gomez" inquired Jones.
'One day the chief of police is in
charge. Next day the sheriff takes
over
Mcbride grunted. He really
isn't chief of police. The village
isn't incorporated. When things get
too tough for him I take charge"
INFORMAL" observed Jones. The
constable is a chief. His deputies
are lieutenants and sergeants and
captains. However, l suppose it
adds atmosphere to village life and
really doesn't matter as long as the
criminal is captured-if he is sap
tured."
GOSH" whispered Pete, wander
ing on into the depths of the big
room with its miniature landscapes
and tracks and trains.
Henry's mouth twisted. you
wasted five dollars paying that taxi
driver to stay here. You should
nave charged admission"
Jones ignored the comment. To
the sheriff he announced. Mem
bers of the model railroad club
s:ould begin arriving in a few min
utes, Mr.. Potter Will open the doc.
for them. You can stand behind
him in the shadows ard spot the