Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1942-06-04

the Willkie-Stassen political ma
chine. It is a machine which is in
alliance with and financed by small
group of wealthy and selfish men.
1t gets its campaign contributions in
large amounts from these men and,
in return opens the door for the spe-
cial privileges they want.
Willkie and Stassen have worked
the thing down to system. There
are the Class A contributors, as they
are called. They are the men who
give very large sums, several times
what most of us earn in a year.
Then there are the Class B contri-
butors. Their payments are less,
but still very large, as most of us
are compelled to figure money. And
so it goes on down the line, but not
too far down the line, because the
gentlemen, Willkie and Stassen, are
interested only in big money, and
they waste no time on men and
women who can contribute but a few
dollars.
In Minnesota, all of this money,
colossal sum, goes into one pot
and is controlled and paid out by
one man. He is the go-between, the
man who talks to the big contributors
one day and to Mr.. Stassen the next
day. He tells Mr.. Stassen what they
want if the big money is to be kept
flowing.
Mr.. Stassen tries, but sometimes
he fails to deliver. It looks as if he
fell down badly on his attempt to
purge the Republican national COM
mittee
The committeeman, it seems, got
himself elected despite the COVER
nor's opposition, and ever since, the
governor has been trying to force
his resignation. The big contribu-
tors have joined hands with Mr..
Stassen and apparently have threat
ened to withhold the big money un-
less the national committeeman turns
in his resignation.
quote from the st. Paul Dispatch
of May Is, 1912, as follows:
Governor Stassen and Roy E..
Dunn of Pelican Rapids, Republican
national committeeman and majority
leader in the Minnesota House of
Representatives, are the two spot
lighted figures in the internal party
turmoil.
"The two have disagreed over
party matters many times, but have
been maintaining a truce, at least
on the surface in the interest of
party harmony.
''Now, however, friends of Dunn
and the group supporting his ideas
of party action, believe Governor
Stassen and his group have double
crossed them.
"For many months Dunn has been
under pressure from Stassen sup
porters to resign as national COM
mitteeman, so that DR.. R. G. Rada-
baugh, chairman of the State Central
committee, could take over that post,
presumably to use the position to
boost Stassen for the presidential
nomination.
Heavy financial contributors to
the Republican. party are said to
have threatened to withdraw their
aid unless Dunn would resign"
There you have a true picture
of Mr.. Stassen, working hand in
glove with the financial powers be-
hind the throne, trying to use the
public service of this state to fur
Their his own political ambitions, and
the demands of the invisible govern
ment behind him. Progressive Re-
publicans, as well as Democrats and
independents will not stand for this
sort of thing any longer.
Mr.. Stassen's efforts to deliver the
goods in return for the large contri-
buttons made and to be made, have
not been confined to the national
committeeman. He has worked in
other fields. A large number of
county chairmen have not been COM
plant enough to suit the governors
rich hackers and from time to time
he has undertaken to defeat and re-
place them with men who would be
more amenable to the demands of
his hackers.
The governor has his own man
Friday, DR.. Radabaugh, as his state
chairman. He is the doctor who at
$40 o'clock on the afternoon of
Monday, Dec. %, 1941, called a
group of men at Hastings whom he
was to examine for induction into
military service, "a bunch of buns.
Although this has been given to the
public in affidavit form and pub
lished in the press the doctor has
not had the decency to apologize,
nor has the governor reprimanded
his state chairman for this insulting
remark about our service men.