The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-07-11

est, would not stoop or sink in the
SllIne TO do-they have sent out ey
pafCe, circular, misrepresenting the
acCua! facts in the controversy
pleading Tor their retention in pow
er, along with the primary ballots
IL the very same envelopes if Won
please, to the entire membership of
the organization: in order that the
member may have their story before
nm when he voted This circuIar
was signed by nine of the present
Board of Directors, men who eneyo
to be under the complete donoinafio,
at this time of Cresap and Straw
man. There was no circ1ilar bo,v
/ ever, sent out along with these hal
ioCS setting out the facts Of the CON
IIoVefsy from the viewpoint of Di
TectoTs Clair Stoner and Herbert
DIcfKlund, who are leading the oppo-
Sltlon to Cresap and Strawan. Cresap
ana StraWman use both the paper
ana tins circular to attack Sen. J. w
anderson, OF Sidney, who is a candi-
qaJe Tor member of the Board of
directors In the district in which he
resides, and who is a very caDahIe
man, and who has spent much time
ahQ personal fortune promoting the
cooperative idea: the man, Cresan
ana StraWman, particularly fear.
Every real man believes in a souare
deal. The above act of Cresan and
OGraWman are mean, and underband-
Ed. dirty and unsportmanlike-h
clean, efficient, and honorable men
never resort to tactics of this kind !
NO man or men, without sometime
10 hide, vital to themselves, would do
Things Of this kind These acts and
tactics are the acts and tactics of |
desperate men; of men who are afraid /
TO turn over the association to a new /
set OF officers: who are afraid to fare
q fair and impartial examination of
their stewardship.
Members Will Ponder Facts
Every member of the Wheat Crow
ers Association will ponder these acts
and will vote for the candidates foT
directors who are pledged to a house
cleaning, who are pledged to an and
It, who are pledged to run the Asso-
Tor the benefit of the member
ana not as an adjunct to the Mime
ap0lls Chamber of Commerce.
Inc names OF these men and their
respective districts can be found in
5DI column of this paper.
Inc membership wants and needs
men who are not aods to run and
manage the AssOciatiOn-its time IN
ind such men.
Red Betting Factors
Cresap and Strawman. and tba;r
battery of speakers, paid out of As !
ioclatlon funds, when on the stunn ,
n their extremity for iustifcatiop ;
ghofe the real issue of the contro- /;
,ersy. namely THEIR STEWARD
SHIP OF THE ASSOCIATION and I
.e9sort to shameful prevarication. de- y
lDerate falsehood and slanderous ner- r
,Onal attacks, calculated to prei,dice E
ne voters against the men opnosino !
mem, and to confuse the issues h9 4
raWlng a red herring across the ),
a Isll Oh uner own shortcomings, in :
u lpeIency and mismanagement II
1, IKE Daugherty, and Mellon, and h
eilS' ana burns, and the rest of the II
-oOAS' tney defend themselves bv +
req batting" by yelling communists n
drown out the criticism of Their +;
thus injecting politics ~
10 the controversy, alleging that y
lose VINO are opposing them are Il,
'riner-labonte, instead of republi- II
ms OF democrats. and therefore have
terror motives. That Stoner and
aylor attended the st. Paul CONVEX 90
On which LaFollette denounced he ~ II
use he thought it would be GOO W ~
q, besides other attacks along fbe ~ ~
me line, Every person, lacking de- Ct Ct
ase for shortcomings, resorts fo ~
IS kind of defense. These state.
ents should be dismissed without do
nsideratiOn. uo
= Premeditated Falsehood WI WI
Cresap and Strawman allege that wi
+, tarmer-labortes want to oct con. o.
i OF the Association for political 80 80
rposes. This is a premeditafed So
4 unsubstantiateG falsehood NJ
knows better than Andersen ;s
'ner or Taylor that politics cannot wo
mixed with a cooperative enter. -
Sc IN any form, shape or manner t5.
sSrs. Cresap and Strawman are t rt,e
men who are injecting politics in tbe
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