INVASION TAKES GAIETY OUT OF MAY 17TH OBSERVANCE
InvasionTakesGaietyOut Of May 17th Observance Relief Activities to Replace Usual Joyous Celebration EDGERTON. Wis.—Because of the invasion of Norway by Germany. Norwegians in southern Wisconsin...
...R«-tor said, "there's no claim on the part of the state that any one of these employes was discharged for cause...
...Dismissal of the employes was ordered by Elmer Barlow...
...Other lodges represented were from Beloit...
...Funds for the project will be supplied by the federal government tinder the Ptttman-Robertson act which levies a tax on fire arms and ammunition...
...Reporting on plans of the Stoughton Sons of Norway lodge for the 17th of May celebration in that city, Stokstad said the membership of his lodge felt it would not be proper to have a gala celebration...
...Public Hunting Is Favored At Horicon Marsh The state conservation commission at its monthly meeting in the capitol last week gave tentative r.pproval to the establishment of Horicon marsh-Dodge county, as a game refuge and public hunting ground, objective ot Wisconsin sportsmen for many years...
...Ultimately the state will acquire another 12.000 acres...
...Moving pictures of Norway, obtained from the Norwegian-American steamship line, were shown at the meeting Rector Admits No Just Cause For 61 Firings THE startling admission that discharged employes of the state tax department were not laid oH for "just, cause" was made to the Dane county circuit court by Deputy Atty...
...Rector, who is defending Barlow in the court proceedings, contended that Barlow is responsible to no one in dismissing department employes and reorganizing the division, "So far as we're concerned...
...Twenty members of the Madison Sons of Norway lodge were present at the meeting...
...J. Ward Rector...
...The meeting then voted to advise all Sons of Norway lodges to "observe" instead of "celebrate" the Norwegian Independence day this year, and to sponsor events on that day which would raise money for war relief in Norway...
...Carl H. Juergens, Milwaukee, counsel for one of the discharged employes, argued that the discharges were "unwarranted and illegal" and were promoted by "mere political reasons...
...Janesville, Edgerton, Stoughton, and Deerfleld...
...Commissioner William J. p. Aberg, Madison, suggested that the commission ask the U. S. Biological Survey to approve the purchase of 18.000 acres of the "primary" inner marsh...
...The question of whether it would be improper or inappropriate to celebrate the day with parades and rejoicing—as customary in former years— was raised at the meeting by John Stokstad...
...Norwegians in southern Wisconsin will "observe" instead of "celebrate" the 17th of May this year...
...So far as layoffs are concerned we admit the people were not laid off on the basis of seniority...
...That date is Norway's Independence day...
...Stoughton...
...The admission was made during legal arguments in the court fight of 61 state emp'.oyes to regain their positions in the state tax department...
...The decision to change the character of 17th of May observances this year was voted unanimously by 150 Norwegians at a joint meeting of Sons of Norway lodges from six southern Wisconsin cities in the Edgerton city library hall last night...
...Heil's new $7,000 a year head of the "reorganized" tax department...
...Rector argued that the legislaure Intended to give the department a free hand and to free it from the restrictions of civil service...
Vol. 10 • April 1940 • No. 16
