Mountain Iron as Prohibition inspector in the Duluth region in the 1930s, but Finns have also competed successfully for elective office in St. Louis County. There the most significant office which has come into their hands has been that of Superintendent of County Schools.

In 1930, there were 152 rural schools in the county, and about $700,000 per year were spent for them, a figure higher than that of any other county in the United States. When Arthur Lampe, aged 32, announced his candidacy for the position of Superintendent in 1930, his chances were considered very slim. The incumbent, C. H. Barnes, had been in the position for more than 10 years, and his qualifications were unquestioned. However, in the primaries Lampe received the second highest number of votes, almost as many as Barnes himself, and when it came to the election, Lampe received 19,902 votes, or 5,576 more than Barnes. It should also be noted, in reading these figures, that although the Superintendent's office is in Duluth, the voters of that city are not allowed to cast their votes for this position. Coming up for re-election in 1934, Lampe had but a slim margin over his opponent, Roy Norsted. Incidentally, during the campaign some of the Finnish press had supported Barnes, which caused the Päivälehti to scold `such Finns' and to point out American statements that Lampe had created an unique school system, the best in the world, something that could not even have been imagined a decade earlier. Lampe was elected to a third term in 1938, and after World War II the position has been held by FinnishAmerican Wilfred W. Salmi.

In 1939, Ellen Mäki of Duluth received the Washington Post

government in the nation's capital.

The following Finnish doctors have served in Duluth: Doctors of Medicine: Kalle Wilhelm Arminen, Henry E. Bakkila, E. Bergroth, John Jackola, Erkki Leppo, E. Ilmari Lindgren, William T. Niemi, A. A. Pesonen, and Roy Juntunen; Doctors of Optometry: Richard Bäckman, Raymond T. Jaakola; Doctors of Dentistry: Henry Johnston, Yrjö Järvin, Leonard A. Sarvela; and as Doctor of Naturopathy, Jarru R. Jurva. Dr. Arminen, incidentally, author of a Finnish-English dictionary, was granted the Finnish Order of the White Rose in 1928 in recognition of his work.

The Finnish Consulate: When the older Finnish generation began to reach an age when their mortality began to rise, the Finnish government decided to establish a consular office in

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