Virginia, treasurer; Tom Hiltunen, Duluth, field secretary; and Jack V. Anderson, Virginia; Elmer Erkkilä, St. Paul; Matti Erkkilä, Cook; Arthur Forselius, Ely; Mrs. A. Halonen, Minneapolis; Herman Kortesoja, Virginia; Henry Mattson, Cloquet; Richard Silvola, Virginia; and Carl Södergren, Minneapolis. To the reception committee belonged Viena Johnson, Arthur Lampe, Leo Liiste, Jafet Marjamaa, Ralph Sistola, and, as chairman, Arne Sillanpää. The members of the festival committee were Robert Nylund, chairman, with Mrs. Reuben C. Haugen, Selma Jacobson, Mrs. V. A. Luttio and Mrs. Jafet Marjamaa. The staging committee was composed of Jafet Marjamaa as chairman, and serving with him, Herman Fischer, Eino Neittamo, and Ralph Sistola. In addition, there was a registration committee with Mrs. H. Fischer as chairman and Ellen Hiltunen, Mae Jokinen, Mrs. V. Reddenbaugh, Thomas Sillanpää and Joan Sistola as committee members. Arne Setälä served as program sales committee chairman, and he was assisted by Mrs. Elmer Erkkilä, Mrs. Reuben Haugen, Siiri Hiltunen, Mrs. W. J. Kortesmäki, Mrs. Harold Lehto and Arthur Lindeman. A salescommittee had Ralph Kokkonen as chairman, with Albert Haarala, Mrs. Leo Liiste, George Lugas, V. A. Luttio, Aili Sikkilä, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Ukura, and Leona Wallin, and an exhibition committee was made up of co-chairmen Mrs. W. J. Kortesmäki and Mrs. Herman Kortesoja and members Mrs. Harold Lehto, Mrs. Jafet Marjamaa and Mrs. Ralph Sistola. Finally, the Reverend Edward J. Isaac was in charge of religious arrangements, Roy Jackola in charge of accommodations and Harold Mickelson in charge of refreshments.

These committees worked tirelessly to make the day a success. In the course of their preparations, some 8,500 letters were written and mailed, thousands were received. About $10,000 was spent, most of it supplied from the sales of publications and advertising space in them, and through the sales of special buttons.

The Finnish Day program began in St. Paul on the evening of Saturday, 20 August, with a banquet and dance. On Sunday morning, a special religious service was held at Como Park, and that afternoon the festival program proper was given, and the day closed with a concert that evening.

In one of the principal addresses at the festivities, Alex Kyyhkynen devoted himself to the role of the Finns not only in the development of Minnesota but throughout America, to the facts that Finnish traditions first appeared on this continent in the Delaware River Valley over three hundred years ago in clearing the wilderness, building and developing this country from its

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