ASK DISMISSAL OF FOREST CO. LAND SALE SUIT
Ask Dismissal of Forest Co. Land Sale Suit Attorney to Seek Ruling In High Court to End Action / Atty. Allan Classon, Oreen Bay, said last week he would petition the supreme court Apr. 12 for a...
...We must have a decision on whether or not the county board is greater than the man It elects—its chairman," Classon said...
...A bi 1 calling for a 12-man committee of students and legislators passed the assembly but was sidetracked in the senate according to Guiterman...
...executive editor of The Daily Cardinal, pointed out yesterday that early in 1939 a student-legislative parley plan had been killed by senatorial aetion, "While I do not doubt Mr...
...Pres...
...If he wou d just suggest to the most militant propagandists of his staff that while they have a legal and ethical right to engage in these controversies, the wisdom of such a course is hiphly questionable...
...Forest county filed suit against the two men and the bonding firm for $30,000 damages, alleged to have been sustained through sale of county lands to the federal government...
...It appears that the senator has either forgotten or was never appraised of the fact that in May, 1939, even as the university's 1939-40 budget was being weighed on the floors cf the state legislature...
...The damage action was started last fall...
...to promote education for the maeses...
...Freehoff Comments Following are part of the comments made by Freehoff: "I would suggest to faculty members, student leaders, politicians and others having a genuine interest in the university that they stop spreading the impression that the present state administration is hostile to the institution "I would like to make a suggestion to Pres...
...The question is merely this: 'Has the county board the right to direct Its chairman to dismiss a law suit?' " Classon referred to, a recent action by which the Forest county board voted to dismiss the suit for a nominal settlement of $1...
...In his charges, Freehoff quo'.ed from comments made by William Lochn'er, former columnist of The Daily Cardinal, student publication, which assailed Republican interest in education...
...Dykstra...
...After all the eitize \s nf Wisconsin still de'tire their university to be an educational institution, not nn instrument ot political p.npa-ganda...
...The Daily Cardinal had launched a plan for a capitol-campus parley," Guiterman went on...
...Deny Move At U. W. to Belittle Heil's Regime Dykstra, Sellery, Others In Reply to Sen...
...Carter and Albert J. Hess, former county supervisor, have been acquitted of criminal charges growing ou of the same deal...
...If it is decided in favor of Carter, Samz and the bonding company, it will save considerable time and money...
...Lochner was editorial chairman of The Daily Cardinal last year...
...It is their interest to keep the people ignorant...
...Judge Graass held, however, that prosecution of the suit to a judgment is a duty of the chairman of the county board, and that any move by the board to settle must follow completion of the suit...
...The Cardinal editor further pointed out that the column cited by Freehoff represented solely the opinions of Lochner and not of the student news-papev or tnv student body...
...Freehoff's statement was made at Waukesha today...
...In one of his columns, Lochner was qucted as having said: "Educators and friends of education in this state should realize that it is not and never will be in the interests of the Republicans...
...It is quieter here then it has been in a long time...
...A fine understanding exists between the university, including the board of regents and the stale government...
...Freehold's Charges Members of the university faculty and student body denied last week charges by State Sen...
...Says Parley Killed Richard L. Guiterman...
...Speaker Vernon Thomson (R), Richland Center, of the assembly, and Dr...
...Clarence A. Dykstra, in commenting on the charge, said: "I haven't heard of such a thing...
...Waukesha, that an "active, insidious propaganda campaign" is being conducted at the university to "belittle the present state administration...
...We can shorten the litigation by having the supreme court, settle this one point...
...12 for a writ of mandamus to compel Circuit Judge Henry Graasa to dismiss damage suits against Lester A. Carter, former Forest county treasurer, Leo Samz, former Forest county clerk, and the Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Co...
...Freehoff's sincerity, it appears that in this case the pot is calling the kettle a very dark grey," Guiterman said...
...There is just one question of law that has to be decided," Classon said...
...Freehoff called the statement by Lochner "nonsensical drivel...
...William A. Freehoff <R...
...Sellery »n Reply Dean George C. Sellery, of the college of letters and scier.ee, declared he had heerd "no propaganda around the university to belittle the governor...
...The purpose of the proposed parley was to enable students and legislators to arrive at understanding of their common problems," Guiterman said...
...Heil...
...He said he had conferred with Gov...
...Citing Lcchner's column as proof that there i.s "an active insidious propaganda campaign to belittle the present state administration...
...F. L. Gullickson, West Salem, chairman of the Republican state central and voluntary committees, and they had all pledged cooperation...
Vol. 10 • March 1940 • No. 12
