Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-03-11

or old.
The basic fundamentals upon
which this social reform must be
built in this new super-structure of
economic freedom and welfare for
all the people, is plan for a ma
tional social security that must be
based on a plan similar to the Town.
send plan, which should provide
social monthly security or payment
of about $50, more if possible-or as
much as such a plan when fully de-
veloped will provide, be it $40 or
500 per month, payable to women
beginning at the age of so, and men
at IS, and to all the people in the
land, rich or poor, regardless of race,
color or creed.
The present social security act is
o. K. as far as it reaches, but it is
partial and laundering political
makeshift measure thrown upon the
people in order to favor the few at
the expense of all the people. So
cial security as practiced in our land
today is unfair, selfish and an in
direct tax upon all the people in
favor of a special group, which only
creates confusion, despair and SuSpi-
cion, and places our government in
a position which reflects partisan
legislation in favor of power groups,
detrimental to the nation as whole.
Our soldiers when they return
home from this global war should
not be compelled to walk up and
down our streets, highways, by
ways the land over in order to beg
for work. True, industry will take
up many of them, but the sudden
release of 1000, 900 men or more from
the army with other millions from
our defense plants. will create an
emergency which will tax the powers
of congress to the utmost to meet
and conquer.
Public work must be provided for
these men until industry and other
vacations again absorb these men,
and national security has taken the
65-year old men out of competition
with the brain and Drawn of our
nation.
These public works must be
guarded against Fascism or organi-
cations with Fascistic, Nastic or Com
munistic tendencies. These heresies
must not be allowed to creep into
our economic set-up, if personal lib
critics are to be maintained in our
Observation-Disclosures form of gov
eminent. Autocrats and autocracies
under whatever name and color will
not be tolerated.
Let us resolve today-not tomor-
row-that peace questions need be
worked on now" as promulgated by
Raymond Clapper. If we are plan
ming, and we should be, a postwar
nation on the basis of freedom from
want, depressions and poverty, we
must begin now-becauSe poverty
and want cannot and must not be
tolerated in this magnificent super
abundant land of ours, especially now
when we have and are sponsoring
and fighting for the preservation Of
freedom and the feeding Of all peo-
Piles on the globe.
Remember, that the war will not
bring relief to the, old and people
in need in our land. If anything it
will only increase and multiply such
conditions everywhere.
Poverty and want is the basic
structure for. evil among mankind
everywhere and can and must be
alleviated. Progressive minded citi-
zens must unite regardless of race,
color, religion or politics on plan
for a postwar national security re-
constructive act, without discrimina-
ton between man and man.
This is not panacea! It is a
sound business program, based upon
the welfare of the country as
whole, for a continual and perma-
nent spiral of peace, happiness and
contentment by every citizen in the
land, based on the spirit of true
democracy and the blessings of God
Almighty!
ALBERT ANDERSON.
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