St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-08-20
Minnesota Eyewitness
BY BRENDA UEI.AND

interesting endearng family
old boy CPrince so slim
and handsome shakes hands and prince
fairy talel They here from Germany
Hopkins says lively slender laughing aristo
eraticoong mani: again for the fourth my
gin at the bottom with my first dollar
astonshngly imports loose leaf books
from Germany emboses them gold
country for Else Korn
fuehrer she beautiful be-eyed darky
tanned and with with style distinction
Kornfuhrer is the graduate of four German universities
Rostoel jena Ke and Gewad he
Of economics In Germany he barer
chairman of chemical machinery plant Sutga general
manager of huge chemical machinery company
the Germany ministry of economies ministry
economies
and oomprehended the appalling disease
and fanataeism that Nazsm And then
he found that he So they
mmgrated TO America
day the ghost town of picsoyn
South Dakota is the broad and shining yellow
River working the huge Ran
dali damenough houses buildings for more
han thousand families 1t cost nine million dollars But America
wise it is be demolished newspaper
This distressed lively way he to Governor
sgurd Anderson of South Dakota destroy
Ficstown Give 1000 European home
and future and twenty years ourishng community
will be the prize To his surprise back
thank newspapers began telephonn
him about it, and Chicago newspapers
Well DR. Konfuehrer notion would
attract But how TO
accomplish it? How really says would be such
families Europe and for South Dakota
too He there millions Germany-inigen vigorous
skilled highly trained who live in
penniess squaor six to room with no space no tools no
iy, no happiness II could bring families
PcsstownWhy thinking the general human happiness
energy usefulness has kept him awake ever
hopefully thinking how Senator
Fubgh Aver Hartman or Chester Bowes might see the
sioes that lie in it, Or perhaps
says this
would be the careful selection Of the peoe
Europe who would settle Pckstown political past
their skill and stability strength carefully
checked This would be done Europe cooperation COM
thOTitiA tbara
Gently hrstrae people be found This my
perience
doctors teachers mechanics
watch makers II would all carefully the
size Of Pcso"n and the dwellings desirable to
admit people who land have proved businesses
and trades for example glass grinders. on
Il would start first with 500 families that-pcrhaps
ong over the rest Only families should be taken that U.s.
people who willing to undertake great because
they have each other Every family The
"hoe property of Pcsown would be appraised and divided
equal shares Every house would city
and municipal expenses
And the whole plan panstaIngy worked out that
there would be terrible gaps in eff
essential thing that it all be financed adequately This
The of money 500 families would run up to S.
100000 This would include all of selecting
their transportation would guarantee the fun sup
rms WI" give them time to start and to adjust themselves to
can assume that each family will be
able 10 their living Therefore figure that the fun
cash investment Of St5OOOO would be used
The financial outlook might be something like Say
average income Of family will Multiply
500 the income of the Ptstown year
But the Of the families steadily Therefore est
mate that after ten the
$2 100000 which mostly will spent
ings
And the whole think SO
600 And each family will $500
to pay all bac-interes the reasonable
speed.
And believe project win be less expensive
than
And depends things: extremely careful selection
to
and unhappness and mistakes cooperation
the United States
Service and other interested institutions
societies or the Rockefeller Foundation Quak-
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And most important Of the general spirit
project must not only be practical but ntegeny