Minnesota, to look after such matters as, principally, inheritance problems. The Finnish immigrants, of course, welcomed such a move, for up to the time of Finnish independence they had been almost like abandoned orphans in a strange land, for they were represented only by the Czarist Russian government, to whom no one turned for help of any sort, and which was in any case completely uninterested in problems they might have had. Duluth was seen as the logical site, and it has not been until after World War II that there have also been vice-consuls in Minneapolis and Virginia. The Duluth consulate was responsible originally also for Wisconsin and North and South Dakota. The first consular official was Carl Henrik Salminen, with appointment as Vice-Consul in 1921. He held the post for five years, with an ever increasing work load, until Finland sent A. J. Jalkanen to succeed him, and added a consulate secretary, F. A. Mustonen. Jalkanen was succeeded in 1930 by E. A. Aaltio, and at that time Mustonen was also promoted to rank of Vice-Consul. In 1932, when the Consulate in Seattle was closed, Duluth had the only

Mrs. Jutila pnis Finland's Order of the Lion Honor Medal, First Class, onto
the lapel of Consul Kyyhkynen. Matti Lepisto of Finland, Alex Kyyhkynen,
Mrs. K. T. Jutila and Ambassador from Finland K. T. Jutila.

Finnish Consulate in addition to the office of the Consulate General in New York. Consul Aaltio began his tour in Duluth by undertaking an extensive trip throughout the area of his official responsibilities, making many speeches in which he out

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