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Askov American., 1943-07-08
WATCH CONGRESS
(Northfield independently

If Congress insists on continuing
its policy of blocking the administra-
tons efforts to hold down the cost
of living, and makes available no
other adequate program, then in
evitably it will have to assume re-
sponsibility for the initiation that
is sure to follow. The argument that
high and easy war earnings have en-
abled consumers to meet higher
cost of living applies only to about a
third of the population of the coun-
try. The remaining two-thirds, who
have had no substantial increase of
earnings, whether workers, white
collar people, or small independent
businessmen, will feel keenly the adj
vance of prices, and the result will
be renewed and justifiable demands
for higher wages and wider margins
of profit on their part. That would
complete the cycle of initiation, and
the identical process of raising wages
Askov American., 1943-07-08
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holstered with the cream-soil of the
basin states and extends, fan-shaped,
for so miles out into the gulf. A
new land is being formed out there
and people, following their precious
soil, have settled it. Meanwhile farm
ers scratch the red ribs of eroded
lands up the rivers.
Here is job that, in magnitude,
would make the Pyramids break
fast spell in comparison, to say moth
ing of its value to the country or
even the furnishing Of employment to
men.
Clean out the river down to the
original bed, even the tributaries up
as far as they need it. Go out into
the gulf with great dredges and pumps
and gather up the silt-composed is
, lands and send them back to the
farms from whence they came. Ter
race all waSh-lands so such calam-
I! ity will not befall us again. The
increased value of the land for tax
purposes alone, would more than
pay the cost.
ALI the streams in the great basin
should be under human control, not
left to the fickleness of fate. The
water should not be left to run wild
taking the soil with it. It should be
conserved and utilized over and over
to power industry, for irrigation,
as "seed" "-moisture in arid regions.
Hydroelectric plants should dot the
rivers and power-transmission lines
enclose the country like net.
We have done very little such
constructive work. IVA, Grand
Coulee, Boulder and Shasta are only
guide posts pointing the way. All
we've done is rape and ravish the
face of nature We need about 10
fve-year plans on end. We need
not only to stop erosion but to re-
store the soil with cover crops, rota-
ton and fertilization.
If it be said that such an idea is
foolish the answer is that it would
be the acme of wisdom compared to
some of the jobs we do, and do not
do Non-work is the greatest of
all destroyers. In the decade of 80
to 40 we destroyed" 200 billion
dollars worth of possible wealth by
standing in breadlines.
This idea opens possible job as
big as the earth. The reconstruction
and construction, the demonstration
and reclamation and the full utiliza-
ton of the potentialities of the earth
is only prelude to the great SYM
phony of scientific deveOpment which
science holds out in many hands.
o. M. THOMSON.
Askov American., 1943-07-08
MIRACLE OF PRODUCTION
minnesota Union Advocate)

While Congress was passing the
Connally-Smith bill over the Presi--
dents veto last Friday afternoon,
every mothers son of them had a
copy of Donald Nelson's latest report
on production in the vital war in
duStries. But congress was too much
engrossed with the job of showing
its hatred of John L. Lewis and its
contempt for Franklin D. Roosevelt
to give any thought to what Amer
ican Labor is actually doing in the
war of production.
Describing this war of production
as little short of miracle, the War
Production Board chieftain said
American factories are turning out
nearly as much war material, meas
ured in dollar value, as was ever
produced for national peacetime
needs.
The total value of war goods turned
out in 1912, he said, was placed at
fifty-nine billion dollars During the
coming fiscal year war material to
the value of S106,000,000 1000 will be
produced and transported to the
fighting fronts. The value of air
craft increased from % billions in
l941 to go billions in 1912, and will
hit the twenty billion mark in the
coming year. The combined output
of battleships, cruisers, destroyers
and submarines surpassed that of any
previous year in American history.
A total of 47,694 planes was built in
1912 compared with 19,4O3 in 1941.
This miracle of production" was
not wrought by the Hans Won Kalten-
borns, the Westbrooke Peglers, the
Eddie Rickenbackers or the Fulton
Lewises. None of these planes was
built by all-wise editors, omnipotent
congressman, strutting politicians or
dollar-a-year experts. Only the gen.
ius and loyalty and stamina of Amer
ican workers could have wrought this
miracle-and congress showed its ap-
probation by borrowing page from
Mein Kampf and incorporating it into
the Federal statute books as an insult
to the patriotism of millions of nazi-
hating, God-fearing American men
and women.
Askov American., 1943-07-08
THE ECONOMY PROGRAM
FOR VOTES

Senator A. j. Rockne, the veteran
Zumbrota legislator, and Senator K
c. Neumeier of Saltwater, deserve
the thanks of the taxpayers of the
state for exposing an administration
scheme to furnish soft jobs for three
men connected with labor organiza-
tions. They were appointed by Gov.
Stassen and each is now drawing
S315 a month and liberal expense
account besides. Their jobs are sup
posed to be to travel around the
state to urge labor unions to parti-
cipate in the war effort.
"The senators asked Gov Thye
why the taxpayers should have to
pay men to contact labor organiza-
tions and urge patriotism. They
pointed out that no one is hired to
go around to urge the farmers and
other groups of our citizens to be
patriotic 4 don't see why union
members have to have special in
vestigators and prodders. If 1 were
a union man that would be an insult,
Senator Neumeier said.
'The exposure occurred at meet
ing of the legislative war emergency
committee and the two senators made
motions to drop the group from the
states payroll. They were outvoted
by the other members of the COM
mittee, however, and Gov. Stassen's
three favorites will continue to ride
high, wide, and handsome at the
taxpayers expense"
(The foregoing is from the Waseca
Herald. To that w. F. Schilling in
his column in the Northfeld Inde-
pendent adds this comment):
"But the senators must have for
gotten that Ole Flat of the badge
and button fiasco was the farmer
who was brought into the Stassen-
Thye kitchen cabinet to shoe the
farmers in line. The fact is if the
Farmer-Laborites or Democrats were
in the saddle and had their hands
on a few things like this, the major
portion of the states papers would
say the whole matter fairly STUNK."
Askov American., 1943-07-08

Mr.. Cheney suggests, then how is
the ordinary man on small income
or salary going to keep himself hon
est and ''unapproachable?"
Possibly we need constitutional
amendment in order to remove the
need for this type of legislation. AS
the matter stands now, so far as
we know, the state and federal judi
ciary is the only group of our popu-
lation that asks for this sort of
favoritism.
The vital question and the crux
of the whole matter is why should
we give pensions (retirements) to
any of these we'll paid officials, and
then deny it to the miner, the farmer,
the doctor and the businessman?
Why should the justices have pen
sions of about $500 per year, and
the rest of our people only old age
assistance of about $500 per year?
The miner mines his coal to keep
the court room warm. The farmer
milks his cows, and raises food pro-
ducts to feed us all, and so on down
the line. Why put Stassen lien on
the home of the laborer, the farmer,
the businessman and others, when
they get old age assistance, but put
no liens on the homes of the justices?
Is this fair and just? Can anyone
rightly defend such one-sided legis-
latiOn?
The pity of the whole mess is that
the judges and the lawyers say and
do so very little to obtain general
old age pension, free from lien,
for all the rest of the people. Their
efforts have been mainly devoted to
securing such pensions for their own
group, regardless of whether the rest
Of our people have pension or not.
So far as we know they have passed
no resolutions in favor of a general
old age pension plan, equal for all,
and available for all. They have
passed no resolutions against the
Stassen lien law.
How can people be expected to
follow the leadership of the bar
when it sponsors and supports such
one-sided and grossly unfair legisla-
ton? Why do bar associations in
their conventions persist in talking
about their leadership in the affairs
of society and of the world, and then
go out and sponsor such selfish and
one-sided legislation in favor of their
own group. 1t is quite apparent that
neither the judiciary nor the bar is
willing to stand on the same equal
footing as the rest of the people, but
rather prefer to seek and obtain spe-
cial privileges for their own group.
H. o. BERVE.
Thief River Falls, MINI.
Askov American., 1943-07-08
CONTROL THE MISSISSIPPI
Editor ASkov American:

Editor ASkOV American:
Some people are worried lest when
the orgy of destruction ends, or halts
for a new start, there'll be no work
to do. 1t is even suggested that
many men should be kept in the army
while industry is regearing for civil
ian production. Yet the world will
need to be rebuilt.
Take just one little job, the Mis-
Sissippi river. Each year streams drain
the great basin. The water thick (but
each year getting thinner) with the
soil of score of states goes racing
to the sea. Each year the valleys
are evacuated and the Red Cross
rushed to the rescue and each year
millions of dollars in crops and prop
erty are lost
The lower Mississippi does not
flow Gin" a bed. Like the Pc of
Italy it flows atop dixie, held there
by levees-except when the levees
break. That upraised bed is up
Askov American., 1943-07-08
INTERNATIONAL
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withdraw his troops from some
of the countries he has occupied,
because he sOrely needs soldiers
at points where he expects the
Big Invasion to begin. He is
said to be convinced that the
United Nations intend to attack
and march into Germany itself,
and for that reason he is reported
to feel certain that he must con-
centrate his forces around their
own homeland.
The best that can be said about
these and similar rumors is that they
really may have vague foundation,
for it is very evident that the Nazis
are in far worse position than at
any other time But for the time
being, it is wise not to believe stories
of this kind too definitely-at all
events, to await events which con-
firm them
Invasion.
For purposes that have not yet
become quite clear, Berlin last week
broadcast definite reports to the eff
feet that the United Nations had
planned to begin their long-awaited
general offensive and land war
against Hitler in Europe on Satur-
day, July 3.
1t so happened that that day was,
relatively, one of the most quiet on
the European continent, and that the
United Nations continued their war
in exactly the same way as before.
There was no report from any point
indicating that they had begun to
land troops.
But although the story was
premature, it seems to be GER
tain enough that the invasion will
begin in not very distant fu-
ture-"some time before the
autumn leaves fall" Churchill
said in London the other day.
Everything which now takes place,
leads up to that general offensive
which is likely to become the final
drive against the Axis powers in
Europe and which, if Russia finds
occasion to turn upon Japan, may
be linked up with a simultaneous
general offensive in Asia But, ev-
erything is guesswork, so far. All the
plans are laid-and are considered
the most precious secret in the world.
At all events, Hitler and Mussolini
will know when the general often
sive starts-and that's soon enough
for the public of all countries to find
out.
Askov American., 1943-07-08

and prices would be repeated over
and over again
In Great Britain, where the gov
ernment has firmly applied price
stabilization methods and where sub
sidies-the means condemned by con-
gress-have been used to pay pro-
ducers of II basic food products, the
cost of living has advanced only one
per cent in the 19 months in which
the program has been in force. In
the United States, on the other hand,
where efforts to control prices have
been thwarted at every turn by an
obstructive congress, the cost of liv-
ing has advanced nearly IS per cent
since January, 1941.
Askov American., 1943-07-08
JUDGES AND PENSIONS
Editor ASkov American:

Editor ASkOV American.
In Chas. B. Cheney's articles of
June 18th and 9th, in the Mime
apolis Tribune he apparently over
looks the fact that good judges are
born with judicial mind They are
not made by reason of appointment
or via the ballot box except in name
only.
The people are not advised, many
times, of politics and the lodge affili-
ationS used for endorsement by bar
associations.
I agree with the attitude of Mr..
Cheney that the people have been
sheep long enough by electing judges,
who by reason of age or other in
firmities would not be able to per-
form the duties of the office for the
term. In such cases, the retirement
fund or pensions at full salary for
term, is nothing but an imposition
on the public. Some of the states
have already stopped the practice.
This state is going to need every
cent that the coming generation of
taxpayers can pay. The excess re-
ceipts from ore taxes, due to war
conditions, will not last. Hence
money should be spent for necessities
only and that does not mean for in
creases in salaries or. for paying pen
SionS.
A. P. RICKMIRE.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI.
Askov American., 1943-07-08
Willernie, MINI.
TT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT
Editor ASkov American:


I sincerely hope the right people
read the following: It concerns John
L. Lewis and his staff. Honestly, it
doesn't seem right. The people over
here try so hard to get this war
over; they asked for scrap iron, and
they got more iron than the average;
they asked for tires and they got a
big pile.
Mind you, little girls and boys work
in canefelds from early morning
until late at night Summer vaca-
ton doesn't mean much to them.
They just keep on working. Hawaii
makes good on her war bond cam
paigns. Japanese-Americans work
just like all of them.
I admire them all. I can see why
they are confused. They read about
strikes back there; they began to
wonder if the people over there know
there is a war on, and mind you, it's
hard on the servicemen too. They
wish they would put the whole bunch
Askov American., 1943-07-08
What Self-COvernment
Did For Turkey

The need for a lift is tremendous
in the Middle East, where, as Wen
dell Willkie says in his book, Zone
World" he found archaeological
backwardness along with poverty and
squalor."
In Teheran, the capital of Iran,
"the city's water supply runs through
open cutters along the sides of the
streets. . :. Only one out of every
five children born in Teheran lives
to the age of Six"
Turkey, however looked good to
Mr.. Willkie, because he saw in it
"a nation which had found itself
sign that the ideas of increasing
health, education, freedom and de-
mocracy are as valid in the oldest
portions of the world as they are in
the newest" He saw there indus
trialization and the most advanced
type of building construction.
"Not a single man in Turkey"
writes Mr.. Willkie, gave me the
slightest hint that there would be
anything other than bitter, deter
mined, savage resistance to any
threat which jeopardized their peace
and safety"
The Republic of Turkey grew out
of the ruins of the old Ottoman en-
pire. And here Mr.. Willkie makes
strong argument for self-govern-
ment in his interesting book:
"For something less than two dec
AIDES the phenomenal struggle of
Ataturk and his friends has chan
neled the energies and ambitions of
their people into new ways of living.
Like the Arabs of the Middle
East, like the peoples who live
around the borders of China or on
the islands of the Southwest Pacific,
like the Indians, they had no exper-
fence with self-government until a
generation ago.
They had almost no education,
wretched standards of public health
and sanitation, and long history Of
exploitation and poverty and misery.
''In a few brief years they have
completely transformed their habits
of life, their ancient customs and
their ways of thinking"
Askov American., 1943-07-08
AN ATTORNEY ON PENSIONS
Editor ASkov American:

Editor ASkov American:
Charles B. Cheney, like some lone
champion, rushes to the defense of
the judges pension law, against the
attacks of the 'pack" as he calls
them, and made rather shallow and
superficial argument in the Mime
apolis Tribune, in his efforts to de-
fend the law. We wish to voice our
dissent, and make an effort to clarity
the situation as we and many others
see it,
In the first place why try to make
a martyr out of Justice Hilton, or
any other justice or public official
who accepts such pensions. They
are human clay like the rest of us,
and naturally they accept such pen
sions when legislative bodies see fit
to play Santa Claus to them. There
is not so much criticism of the Of
ficials personally. The criticism is
first of all against the system, and
against the legislators who make
such gratuities possible. Possibly
we need to start campaign of
bundles for the legislature" in order
to make them see the light of day.
The main trouble is that such leg
islation simply is not justice, regard
less of who gets the pension, be it
state or federal judges, or any other
public official. 1t never was right
and cannot be made right. Most of
these officials, and particularly our
judiciary serve all the way from ten,
fifteen and up to twenty years, or
more and draw tiptop salaries, for
a total of from $4,000 to $l50,00O.
We say they are well paid for their
work. They should not need any
gratuities after they retire and quit
work, in order to keep them Gun
approachable." If this is necessary as
Askov American., 1943-07-08
HOW TO WRITE POETRY

There are so many people who
think they can write original poetry
which the editors of the country
would like to publish, that the editors
got together and arranged some help
full hints for budding poets, and here
they are:
Hint borrow half a dollars
worth of stamps.
Hint 2.-Don't begin to write until
you feel you must. Such an attack
is heralded by dizziness, listlessness
and pains in the back.
Hint 3.-Then write down just
enough words to relieve your pent-up
emotions.
Hint 4-Erase every second word.
Hint 5.-Then carefully erase all of
the remaining words.
Hint 6-Sell the stamps.
Askov American., 1943-07-08

Failure to consider its paramount
Importance may result in repercus-
sions of international scope.
"If our country is to continue its
leadership position among the ma
tions of the world, it must begin at
once to plan future without those
practices which tend to disrupt ma
tional unity. Chief among such prac-
tices is discrimination because of
race, creed, color or national origin" :"
Askov American., 1943-07-08

in the service and let them come
back and take over their jobs.
What do you need, John L. Lewis,
bomb on your door step, which
might be congratulations from Japan?
PFC. LANCER WERNOWSKY.
Territory of Hawaii.
Askov American., 1943-07-08
Opinions OF Others

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public interest are welcome whether
or not the writer's opinions con-
All letters must be signed with the
writer's name for our information.
Signed articles always are more eff
fective, but if the writer does not
wish to have his name used. it will
be withheldD.
Askov American., 1943-07-08
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ASkov American.
Askov American., 1943-07-08

History records that st. Paul had
a meat shortage in 1853.
Askov American., 1943-07-08
DID NOT WAIT AND ASK
SPECIAL FULL PAY
(Springfeld Advance-PreSS)

The difference between Judge I.
M. Olsen, who died last week, and
Judge Hilton. who resigned when
the recent legislature changed the law
permitting him to retire on full pay
for the rest of his term and half
pay thereafter, was that Judge Olsen
quit the bench on half pay as soon
as he found that illness interfered
with his duties while Hilton con-
tinued to draw his full salary for
months after he was incapacitated,
leaving his fellow members to COM
plain that they had been saddled with
the extra work, and retired only after
the legislature voted him the full
salary pension for the remaining
four years of his term. Hilton
drew his full salary as public Of
fetal and the state didn't owe him a
cent. Half pay is ample security, as
it is over $4,000 year.
Askov American., 1943-07-08

Utopia is long way off and you
and I will never see it, but if we
are smart enough to carry out what
is envisaged under the Four Free
doms we will find material rewards
as well as social advancement. We
can help ourselves by helping others.
Sales MANAGEMENT.
Askov American., 1943-07-08

Mile Laos County Times: 1t seems
that the Charlie Chaplins and the
Jack Dempsies have considerable in
common. However, it isn't the kind
of thing our boys are fighting for.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-02-13

been successful in initiating a
school-at-war program. Under this
program they have accomplished
many Of their anticipated goals.
Some of which are:
The sale Of $1,000 worth Of stamps
and bonds; the studying of nutri-
ton and food preservation; the or
ganization and operation of farm
school: the study of growing and
preserving soy beans and hogs; the
making and repairing of farm i'm
plements.
The WPA grade "A" lunch is be-
ing served to the one-hundred
twenty-five students enrolled in the
school,
Ada B. Adams has cooperated
with the teachers in making the
program success. The leaders
hope to be able to accomplish
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-02-13

Congratulations to Principal A.
M. Rogers Of the Cameron street
high school upon the fine pro-
gram rendered Friday Of this week
IN chapel on the life of Mrs. B.
L. Johnson Of the Prentiss Insti-
tute. A splendid lesson on re-
speet for leadership in bringing
the life Of 50 fine a character as
Mrs. johnson before the student
body A true servant Of God and
country might wei be said Of
Mrs. johnson. She is at the pres
ent time, President Of the South
eastern Federation of Women's
Clubs.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-02-13
CARD OF THANKS

Mr.. Wade Randolph. 145 F.
Monument Street, wishes to ex-
press his sincere thanks to his
many friends, both colored and
white. who have shown him ey-
cry courtesy and kindness since
be became i'll several weeks ago.
Tor the lovely flowers and the
beautiful cards of sympathy sent
me while was in the Green An
mex and since I returned home.
say, thank you all and God bless
you.
WADE RANDOLPH.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-02-13
Sandhill Negro
School Sets Goals

The term 1928 has been a very
busy year for the teachers, stu
dents and patrons of the Sand Hill
negro school and community.
This year the general program of
work for the school was changed
SO as . meet the needs of the pres
ent crisis,
Zadie Harvey, principal, and B.
J. Norman, vocational teacher. have
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-02-13

and Miss Susie Mae Thompson
will be delighted to know that
the young couple were united in
marriage Saturday, February 6 and
wish for them much happiness and
success. The bride is a mem
of Whites Chapel Baptist Church,
Secretary of the Sunday School
and a graduate of Lanier High
School, class of AZ.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-02-13

A Baby Contest was held at
Whites Chapel Baptist Church re-
Gently. The contestants were:
Deveda Grayson, Ethel Berry,
Werner Wootson and Gene Tay-
lor. S4043 was reported from the
contest.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1943-02-13

ed superintendent of Mississipprs
first Race reformatory school this
week. Prof. Williams is widely
known throughout the state in
educational circles.