The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-06-18
1913 Contention Awarded
to StiLLlUdter; Bdrfuss
Named President.

Minnesota's municipal Off
Gals concluded their annual
convention yesterday with the
largest attendance ever re-
corded.
There were 632 delegates
registered, compared with 618
at Two Harbors in 1910.
Eighty-seven women registered
here for another new mark.
League officials and visitors praised
the local committee and city officials
for the manner in which the con-
clave, far surprising any previous one,
was handled.
High point was reached Tuesday
evening, when Governor Stassen in
the banquet address called upon the
nation to plan now "for winning the
peace that must follow winning the
war;"
"Let us realize" he said, shat a
war can be lost by what happens
after a war as well as by what hap
pens during war"
Saltwater was given the 1912 con-
vention. officers elected follow:
G. H. Barfuss, st. Paul public safety
commissioner, president; Mayor F. r.
Simon, Winona, vice president, and
Clerk F. j. Indihar, Gilbert, Mayor
w. j. Kirkwood, Crookston, and City
Engineer Al Kercher, Mankato,
trustees. DR.. r. r. Price of the Uni
versity of Minnesota, one of the
leagues founders, was reelected to his
30th term as secretary-treasurer.
Clerk A. o. KnutSon was named
secretary of the clerks association,
and served as chairman of the
auditing committee.
"The peace must be won at the
peace tables by our approach to the
problems that affect the family OF
nations" Stassen said.
He urged that discussions of the
peace be stimulated now, and said
that "the rank and file of Americans
must be determined to win the
peace"
He emphasized the Importance Of
building up postwar plans and
reserves to soften the shock of the
readjuStment from wartime TO
peace-time economy.
Minnesota, he said, now has over
five million dollars, which may grow
to ten million dollars before the year
is out, in reserve for postwar state
projects. He will ask the state legis-
lature to officially hold this for such
program.
Speaking of civilian defense in
Minnesota, the Governor warned that
"we must be thoroughly prepared for
any eventuality."
eff there is anything that stands
out in the conduct of this war;" he
said, lit is once a danger becomes
probable it is too late to prepare
for it."
He said that if the JapS ever
secured foothold on this continent,
the range of modern bombing planes
would make the iron ranges of the
state and industrial centers of the
middlewest targets for bombing raids.
Danger of fire is the primary
threat to civilians, he said.
"Firemen are the frontline troops
on the home front in modern war;"
he declared. He urged that exrta
attention be given to fire protection.
Minnesota's civilian defense pro-
gram, he said, "rests upon the local
levels of government, and the state
does not seek to operate any local
programs"
Mayor Charles E. Lee, Decatur, Ill,
in addressing the gathering, said it
was up to the people of Minnesota to
do their own civilian defense field
work
"No Santa Claus will come to get
the civilian defense job DONE" he
said
He commended the state for be-
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to working out a cooperative program
between state and local governments
to solve local defense problems. Mayor
Lee is president of the American
Municipal association.
/ Presented at the banquet were
league officials and staff members,
Mayor and Mrs. John Kapsch of Ely;
former senator Michael Boylan, 81,
Virginia, who as league president in
1919 is the youngest living ex-
president, and Chairman Knutson of
the local committee. Mayor Art Evans,
Ortonville, was given birthday cake
Professor Ole Halverson and Frank
and Esther of the WCCO artists
bureau appeared as entertainers.
The banquet was served by the
Catholic Women's council, the Mon
day luncheon by the Luther Guild
of the Suomi Synod Lutheran church
and the pasty supper Monday was
courtesy of the City of Ely. Women
visitors were entertained at a bridge
party and luncheon.
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