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Peculiar deal Involving emigre. iionnl war profiteering revive simiin the WNU By BAUKIIAGE EMERINE By EDWARD Sru i Feature balance has been struck in group Wisconsin where the happiest past Alxiut a $2o0,0U0 borrowed of business rnen combination of farm and faci the Central Pacific and tory has been found! the 2'0t lar shenanigans legislators century ago a by A l t iiicnri-orat- j railroad Then they used The state is rural in appear to bribe congressmen to steal railso wideroad franchises The 20()Gs eventu- nnce, its industry 9 for land secured far never grants ally spread that it is acres and a federal loan of from a a to factory dairy barn $27,000,000 The truck and garden plot, The swindlers became rich and door. the orchard and the country hou powerful railroad owners without are but a step from the gears of m- own Investing a penny of U eir In Wisconsin, the neighUrdustry. money! Lr.ess ami friendliness of the small town is never lost The milk of huThe Tweed Ring was the most man kindness is never evaporate.! corrupt gang that ever afflicted In the fiery ovens of a factory. A Tweed filched Bo New York great industrial state, with none millions via bribery and legalistic factories and mills than you can until he was finally count. Wisconsin remains the land put behind bars. But Tweed beat of milk co a s, ciieese, butter, apples After one the rap many times and more milk cows' enough failed to jury up dig grand Everything grown in the north evidence to indict Tweed, an editozone is produced m Wistempeiate him rialist wrote that it reminded in consin grains, vegetables urn! of the man who had been discovered So varied is its agriculture fru.ts as was dead and the Jury puzzled that the state produces corn, wheat, to what caused his death. The Jury finally issued this re- rye, barley, hay, fiaxsecd, potatoes, sugar beets, tobacco (for cigar port: "It was an act of God under " wrappers), hops, peas, sorghum and very suspicious circumstances maple syrup. More peas are canned there than in any other state, and Capitol Hill now is burdened with more hemp is raised. The state But the too many demagogues. in cranberry production ranks high current batch aren't gifted with and also produces apples, cherries, Huey Longs evil talent. He was plums and other fruits. Wisconsin once A a wily rat. reporter remains a leader in the number of saw a page from a Huey Long adcows, in cheese production dairy dress. Various Instructions were and in the output of condensed nulk as penciled in the margins. Such products "pause here, and "use angry fist Industries Are Varied. gesture, etc. Wisconsin" in "Made stamps At the end of one long paragraph, the following was scribbled in capi- thousands of articles used all over tal letters: "Argument weak here. the world, from the smallest radio - o " ' WILWAU o I L tunate of states in transportation facilities. Steamboats ply the Mississippi and other rivers. Lake ships dock at Superior, Green Bay, Milwaukee, Racine and other points, and Great Lakes traffic is considerable. Fast, modern railroads speed across the state. Truck traf-- 'fic from city to city, and from Wis- No one ever has estimated how much money grafting officials have filched. But the sum reaches astronomical figures. One fact will give you a faint idea of the rooking that the public has taken and still is When Tammany was ridtaking. ing high its take during one year was $75,000,000. L I N O along the shore (and whose descendants still live in Wisconsin). Territory Organized. In April. 1886, over 200 years after Nicolet's visit, the "Territory of Wiskonsan" was organized to include what is now Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and parts of the Dakotas and Illinois. The townsite of Madison, the capital, was surveyed and platted that year. Gradually, how. ever, the territory shrunk in size after long and bitter boundary quarrels. To give Illinois an outlet on the Great Lakes, the boundary was moved northward and Chicago was lost. The northern peninsula, a region rich in copper and iron, was given to Michigan to replace territory taken from Michigan by Ohio. Other boundary adjustments followed as the drive for statehood was accelerated. On May 29, 1848, Wisconsin became a state. The years following Wisconsin's admission as a state brought a great influx of German and Scandinavian immigrants. Population doubled and trebled each decade. Railroad.s opened the rich interior of the state to farmers and lumbermen. Wheat became a basic with flour and grist commodity, mills springing up everywhere. livestock brought Wisconsins noted dairy inof TWO CANOES . . . Wisconsins lakes and forests are never ending, and are always a source of pleasure for those who love the outdoors. All is fair in love, war and poliearth-movin- g consin to the rest of the United tics. Sen. George Norris political part to the greatest The state has miscel- States, is increasing steadily. opponents once persuaded a grocer machinery. Lived Like Badgers. named George Norris to enter the laneous mining and quarrying, sawmills and paper mills The pioneers found Wisconsin a primary against the U. S. senator. and wood lumbering, products factories, brew- vast wilderness. They cleared it, The Big Idea was to confuse voters flour mills, cheese fac- broke and eries balnames on the by having similar it, and built upon it. They Manufacand creameries. tories lots. But the scheme was called off dug deep into lead mines and often metalinclude tured sheet goods when it was spotlighted by the lived in holes in the ground like work, foundry products, farm masaid. (That is why some press. badgers, chinery, electrical goods, engines it is often called the Badger State.) and plumbing supplies, But the people of Wisconsin, for all Mark Twain used his pungent pen tools pumps, and hardware, automobiles their to attack the shady schemes of Tamindustry, always have loved to and tractors, refrigerators, precimany. The death of a Tammany sion instruments and countless oth- play, to enjoy life, and to find releader inspired one of Twains er articles. During World War II freshment in the state's great playfamed quips: "I refused to attend its hundreds of factories grounds. produced his funeral. But I wrote a very nice tools of war for the army and navy, a The northern half of Wisconsin is letter explaining that I approved of great forest, smelling of pine backing U. S. fighting men on evit!" pitch and brush fires. Rivers thunery front. ledges or flow Wisconsin is one of the most for- - der over trap-roc- k : New York quietly on clean sand beds. There lie are hidden ponds, many swamps started working for a Wall and uncounted lakes. A third of Streeter nearly a year ago. . . . the northern boundary juts out into Under the impression his emLake Superior, and the entire eastHe ployer was wealthy. ern length of the state is washed by practiced forging the boss sigthe waters of Lake Michigan. nature. . . . After 10 months or In the southwest sprawls the coulee so he tried passing a check i country, often steep and irregular, signed" with the employers veined by streams and rivers, tribname to see if it worked. . . . to WO 2 utaries of the Mississippi. He wrote it out for only $50. . . . Apple orchards smother the ridges with It came back marked "Insuftheir pink and white blossoms while ficient Funds! the slopes are covered with sugar bush and abandoned gingseng beds. Mussolinis daughter, Edda, who Wisconsin has 8,500 counted lakes, has been "amnestied" by Italy, has 10.000 miles of trout streams, 500 applied for entry into Argentina bemiles of Great Lakes shoreline, in4 cause theres no spot in Italy where j"W she would be welcome But the passnumerable rivers and springs. It has lakes for swimming, port hasnt been okayed yet. . . . boating, Belgian monarchists are perturbed fishing and all water sports Lake over the crown prince Winnebago, Lake Geneva, and the of Belgium, who would prefer enterlakes around Madison, to name a few. On the Great Lakes, trim sailing a monastery to assuming the throne, if the king (as expected) ing craft course out to the horizon, while outboards and racing boats abdicates. . . . The most quoted gag (in the foreign bars in Shangsplit the water near the shores hai) goes this way: "The Russians Jean Nicolet was the first white will probably obtain the atomic FISHIV . . . Two Great I.akes, man known to have set foot on bomb in the Shanghai market. Superior and Michigan, and hunWisconsin soil. He came to the . . . Los Angeles, they say, is bedreds of small ones lure fisherGreen Bay area in 1084 and visited men to Wisconsin. ing flooded with phony ten spots. the Winnebago Indians who lived about dustry. By 1880 many towns were offering inducements to industry, and manufacturing was begun. Paper and pulp mills began operating, and meat packing was introduced. Shoes and leather products followed natThe metal industry, now urally. one of Wisconsins greatest, grew rapidly because of the states location halfway between Minnesotas iron ore deposits and coal fields in Illinois and Indiana. The land of green woods and cool waters continues to grow and Its industry, agriculture and good homes make life better. Wisconsin is a serene and balanced land. pro-gres- rf Side-Show- I MM r . Mrs. M. Falkenburg (Jinxs mothwill follow in her daughter's footsteps and become a Con ever model! . . . Irving Berlin ha? two songs on the Hit Parade at once! Doris Duke shoves off for Honolulu shortly, accompanied by a boogie-woogi- e teacher. Sne will spurn the offer of a fashion mag pest in Paree. A famed photo mag is dropping 20 p. c. of its roster, as is a big N. Y. ayem paper. A mobster, who tells the underworld the mayor "crossed him," threatens to erase him when he gets outs. Editor Credited with Major Role in Dairy Promotion the agricultural cair: is of university of Wisconsin at Madison is a bust of William Den pster On Board A glance a ... ... was governor. In the little town ion about 1870 o! there was an editor who noted the of many wheat crops soil-deo- h ting results He believed that in time there would be no good farms unless farmers turned from wheat growing to raisirg of livestock. He argued that Wisconsin no longer could depend upon grains and that the future prosperity of the state lay ir, dairying. At first he devoted a column to his campaign, then a page and later a separate section. he Eventually g Balkan Influence itan Churchill probably foresaw difficulties which would arise with a Russia able to expand her influence up to the fringes of western Europe. Roosevelt believed that the war must be won quickly and he thought that by giving the Russians everything they asked for in the way of military support their suspicions would be remov 'and that they would play ball with the Allies in the peace and after. He helieved that Stalin reeded peace so badly that he would come around. General Eisenhower himself didn't achieve any more of a realistic viewpoint in regard to Russia than Roosevelt did if we are to believe his somewhat verbose Boswell, Mr. Butcher, in his diary. Butcher writes: "Ike said he felt that . . . the more contact we have with the Russians the more they will understand us and the greater will be their coThe Russians are blunt operation. and forthright in their dealings and any evasiveness arouses their susIt should be possible to picions. work with Russia if we follow the same pattern of friendly that has resulted in the great accord of allied unity. . . Roosevelt and the generals were proved right when they said Stalin needed peace. But they were wrong when they thought he would come around. The state department understands the situation now and, as the recently concluded meeting of the foreign ministers demonstrates, appeasement has been over for some time. We know Russia cant fight and doesnt want to. Russia knows we cant fight whether we want to or not. She is acting accordingly and according to historical precedent. 900-pag- No-Is- t, ... trouble-makin- e Tragic History Inspires ... er) ty grim about the situation in OP A Battle Hat Europe and into Political Side every few minWhatever one may think of utes of his con- intricacy of the economic theory crept hind the OPA, its versation political iir.nbel the word "Rus- tions are a thousandfold more T sia." ficult to assess. "I like to talk As congress battled over the u about Americas tered remains of the price contrt great mistake,"y law, many a congressman whoiG he said. detested the whole be' is tup-pose- d oughlyto worry a little as to to have gan might happen back home if he tn lest the war by making mistakes; held partially responsible invad-lrby attacking Russia, by not the agency. England after Dunkirk, by this It was all right for the represerj. and by that. I contend that Amerof farm communities. tives T:.t ica's great mistake w'as not staying farmer would reap the reward c! out of Europe until Germany had higher prices first. By the time he Inked Russia. I mean staying out felt the effect of higher prices oa Because without In every way. the things he had to buy, C?A would Russia American supplies probably would be forgotten, Bd have been beaten. from industrial congressmen I reminded him of the fact that in quite a different position were that a short war, America wanted These communities are heard froa we had opposed Churchill's plan the moment the missus encmi ters a the through fur attacking Europe markup at the corner grocery. That Balkans and thereby obtaining pos- is the reason that a number of strip session of the supported the administrnow Russians which the of territory ation stand on OPA. If the Repubj. dominate from the northern border can party is to capture the house of of Greece up through Berlin. We next November, it representatives leavwar wanted to shorten the by to will have up votes in fo pick ing the eastern front to Russia while cities. the smashed allies western the in Barbers to Boost entrenched German power and Countries Low the France, Vocabulary Too Italy. Thus, millions of American It is probably fitting that a.crg lives would be (and were) saved. with the dollar haircut which has Churchill Foreiau) made its appearance in metropolcm-ter- s vote-gettin- s ged. He was pret- g One machine in the East doesn't g miss a trick. The boss sends toys to children of voters. He uses expensive chauffeured cars to bring voters to the polls. And on Election day he sends nurses to take care of tots while mothers vote. frequently machine made. me the other set-u- p Yell like hell! The influence of corrupt political bosses on national affairs cannot be overestimated. Many lawmakers are merely errand boys for local ward heelers. A reporter recently snapped: "This is truly a mechanical age. Even public officials are A . Washington, An army officer, back from a long called on jr of duty in Germany, "Ger-man- hocus-pocu- s ... Of course, Cheng; Khm t take "no" for an answer is about the course the rut Z world can foil. , hope the process wont b M h N.W., V Sen Ice. 1616 EyeD.Street, C. day. OuO,-Oo- Analytt end Commentator. w VT Xlf f LIFELONG RESIDENT . . . WalS. Goodland, governor of Wisconsin, is a native son, born in Sharon December 22, 1862, He has been a lifelong resident of his native state, having been engaged successively as a school ter teacher, lawyer, newspaper publisher, mayor of Racine, farmer and lieutenant governor before becoming the state's chief execu- tive. H took the oath as governor Jaruary 4. 1942, and has served continuously since. lnde(! Hoards Dairyman, a magazine that circulated widely, even to--d He supplemented his writing touting the state and speaking he enti, hammered his gospel into e (.onsuousness of the people F'M Be farmers of 1870 were to resent being "tied to a c v After a while Hoard con-- v a Prup of German farmers W go into dairying, and many Scan-- a. means were to follow. Wheat production began to drop as the da.ry output increased. . j find the four-doil- Tri-Stat- e we had in Washington in participated in by many nuclear scientists, public men and women of note, and others who are tryirg to get the public to understand the importance of control of atomic oenergy. She took the barbers ffer quite seriously, and I believe, baproperly so. I hope that the basic rbers learn to broadcast the facts about the atom, not of course, from the standpoint of nuclear phyof the sicists, but from the standpoint five to like would who average man his life out in peace, and leave world in which his children can df mid-Jul- y the same. S Congress Scans Types of Closing to It took some time for congress make up its mind whether it would set adjourn sine die" (without date do usually for reconvening), as they when a session comes to an end, or whether they would "recess. i When congress merely recesses can reassemble without a special proclamation by the President. When the President calls congress into session, he has to issue a pro- Thats all the clamation. Constit- demands. He doesn t have deliver it. Out of courtesy, tcie the White House always ution the graphs the president ofhouse. and the speaker of the But the proclamation is notUnigood unless the Great Seal of the States is affixed thereunto. Nobody can do that but the secretary ot state, for he is the keeper seal. So along with the proclamto issue a ation, the President has secretary warrant, ordering the , state to do the affixing. I might say that the secretary state usually delegates this which reminds me of a story, I believe, never has been primen Hull When Secretary of State w there 12 office been in years, congratulation-Presidenlittle outburst of t Roosevelt, The moment the lid went off and places. as ,th.ey .S-- talking privately, remarked, dell, you are the sole guardian great seal, as you know, ' paused, and Mr. Hull replied. President, Then the Mr. President. m the looking him straight t asked: "Where is it?" It was Hulls turn to Pause;.r e dont know, he admitted, never seen it. . . by the long green was waved under their noses, the steaks and chops, the roasts and the bashful filets came romping out of their hiding Baukhage Each morning as I carb Lr spread a thin film of lot j on my undersized, dutifully remind myself lhat. f jd ica is eating more than it e'e off-col- before. Hired hands are going to work shorter hours on the farm, we hear. Probably the cows will move milking time up a little to be obliging. n we may s, presenting us Barbers long have been words. known for the quality of their verbal output and in some cases for the quality as well. Now they may have a chance really to reach the heights, for the leader of a barber's union has offered to enlist the a.d of 10,000 barbers in a campaign to some of the facts of atomic Ue across to the customer. Mrs. Lillian C. Watford, secretary Atomic Information of the committee, received this offer. Sre told us about it at a gathering which sens m But anyone who studies Russian history knows that the eternal "no, which seems about the only answer the Russian statesmen are allowed to make, comes from something far deeper than mere stubbornness. This "no-isis only one of the many typical characteristics which the Soviets have revealed. It has nothing to do with the fact that they believe in a theory of political economy which is opposed to our own. It is a deeply implanted quality which is Russian rather than merely Soviet or Communist. And so when you read "Soviet Russia evoked the veto for the sixth time in security council history. . . (maybe the 16th time by the time you read this) . . . remember its an old Kalmuck custom. Mother Russia has taught her children from the days of the invasion of Ghengis Khan, that when a stranger beckons, the only answer is no. no, a thousand times no!" In fact, a Russian seldom says no" once it is always "net, net, net! 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