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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-27
GREETINGS OF
vel STUDENTS
Revolutionary Apprecia-
ton of Farmers Support
Editor Producers News.
Dear Comrade:.

Editor Producers News.
Dear Comrades:
Thru the Producers News, our
fighting organ, the students of the
Young Communist League Train
ing School extend their revolu-
tionary appreciation to the farm
ers of North Dakota. South Dalo-
ia and Montana, particularly of
Sheridan county, for the support
which has made our school pos
sible.
The support which the militant
poor farmers of the northwest
have given the school is the SYM
boil of the rallying Of toiling farm
ers in solidarity with the work
ers of the cities behind the mill
tant leadership of the party Of the
toiling masses, the Communist
Party. In the Northwest the
United Farmers League, the fight
ing organization of the poor and
middle farmers has been the or
ganizer of the support for our
school.
In order that the farmers who
have given their support so will
ingly and with great sacrifice
may know something more about
the, school we will mention few
facts. The student body of the
school now contains 81 sons anC
daughters of poor and middle
farmers from North Dakota, South
| Dakota and Montana.
! The students have, without ex
ception, found in the school the
greatest spur to further activity
in the struggle of the oppressed
masses. The theoretical training
has opened to them world view
of the struggle of the oppressed
against the exploiters. 1t is pro
viding them with a very soun'
understanding of their place i
the vanguard of the exploite
masses, and particularly in tn
struggle of the farm youth q
Z gainst the misery and exploitatio
of this robber system.
}. With comradely greetings,
5 The Student Council of tn
e Young Communist Leagu
! Training School.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-27
National Hunger March Nears Washington
Danish Industrialists See
Great Progress in the
Soviet Five Year Plan

A party of Danish industrialists
have just returned from the Soviet
Union. On their way through
Stockholm the members of the
party were interviewed by Stock
holm journalists. The leader of
the party, Director H. Blache of
the Copenhagen shipyard Burmeis-
ter & Vain, the biggest shipyard
In Denmark, declared:
II received the impression that
the Soviet Union is on the march.
The Russian people are at work
under a firm leadership. They
have made great progress since
was there last. We saw great
electrical plants, impressive steel
works, factories for the production
of airplanes, tractors. etc. All of
these factories and works have
been built with the assistance of
the best experts to be had in their
respective fields. Personally, am
convinced that the Soviet Union
will garry out the five year plan
In my opinion it is already we'll OF
the way to having done So"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-27
TAYLOR SPEAKING IN
MOUNTRAIL COUNTY

Charles E. Taylor, now state or
ganizer of the League in South
Dakota will speak at F'laxton for
the United Farmers League, Mon
day, Nov. 80. From Flaxton he
will go thru Mountrail county
speaking every night for the UFL
before returning to South Dako-
ia.
Mother Bloor is now in Montana
for an intensive campaign but will
return in a few DAYS to help in
organizing the meetings for SEN
der Garlin, editor of the Labor
Defender, who has Just returned
from the Soviet Union and will
give a series of illustrated talks
thruout the district. He will be-
gin his tour in Frederick, S. D.,
Dec. 6, then go into North Dakota,
beginning Dec. 8 at Grand Forks
A complete list of Garlin's lecture
dates will be published next week
in the Producers News.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-27
Civil Aviation Makes Big
Strides In Soviet Russia
Many New Air Lines

In accordance with the appeal is
sued some months back by the So
Wet authorities and by the Com
munist party, a great drive is be-
ing made in the Soviet Union to
develop the civil aviation service.
Last year the civil air lines total
ed $4,000 kilometers. This year
they total Al, 1000 kilometers.
Next year 40 new air lines are
to be opened up with length of
10000 kilometers, so that the to-
tai length of the Soviet civil avia-
ton lines will be 1000 kilometers,
so that the Soviet Union will take
pride of place over all capitalist
countries. Still more important is
the extraordinarily high safety
percentage in the Soviet civil avi-
alton service. 1t is by far the
highest in the world, thanks to the
elimination of the capitalist prof
it-grabbing element.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-27
ION TO WASHINGTON
By Hans Rasmussen

Lakota, N. D., Nov. 25. = Ar
rived in Minot Sunday evening,
James Allen waiting ready TO go.
Report that truck load from Sc
attic, Wash, went thru Bismarck
on way to Minneapolis.
Late Monday evening young Su-
10 Mayala from Belden arrived
ready to go.
Left Minot Tuesday morning
for Grand Forks where we are to
pick up one or two more dele
gates.
Ran into blizzard. the further
we went the bigger the snow
drifts. One big truck had hun into
snow drift and turned over. No
body hurt-men helped us push
through.
Storm getting worse, bitterly
cold, windshield covered with ice
Jim is at the wheel. Forgot tt
turn corner and went over int
the ditch but made it.
Run INTO more snow, got SCuck
and had to borrow shovel from ;
farmer. Got stuck again. Had Il
borrow more shovels. Jim is a
the wheel, shivering-it is cold an,
l without overshoes. But outsid,
that young Mayala is digging a
way in the snow with the borrow
ed shovel-snow and blizzard ar
his delight-he is life saver. Hi
father just left for Russia. That
the kind Russia is looking for.
It's getting dark. ran into an
other snow bank outside of Lake
ia and Pete Fay, living next t
town pulls US out with horses
did it without asking. That's tn
kind of North Dakota we are go
ing to tell Hoover about. Send hir
Producers News and millio
. more if he wants them.
Had to stop over at Lakota, z
miles from Grand Forks. Slept
three in a bed last night. 1t wa
an emergency bed.
Snow plow went thru last nit
so on we go to Grand Forks an
J Minneapolis. We will have a Il
of things to tell Hoover by Il
! time we get there.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-27
FARMERS RALLY
In BIG MICHIGAN.
MASS MEETINGS
RESOLUTIONS ARE PASSED
DEMANDING THE IMMEDI-
ATE RELIEF OF BOSSES

Hancock, Mich, Nov. 18.-Here
as elsewhere the farmers are be-
ginning to move toward organiza-
ton. In Ontonagon, Baraga and
Houghto counties, all bordering
each other, seven big farmers
mass meetings have been held.
At these meetings the poor and
middle farmers have passed reso-
lutions containing the immediate
demands for which they are or
ganizing to struggle. lin another
place in this issue we print in full
one of these resolutions.-Ed.)
We have elected Farmers Com
mittees of Action at every meet
ing and on Dec. 9Th all these COM
mittees gather at the Houghton
count court house, backed up by
hundreds Of sympathisers, to pre-
sent their demands to the super
visors.
Copper Trust Closes Mine
One would think that there is no
such thing as farming here in the
north country were tie Copper
Trust rules, but there is. In the
last six weeks about 800 farmers
have attended mass meetings pro-
testing against high taxes and
+, mortgage foreclosures. The first
copper deposits were found in 1867
and it was about that time that
the Calumet and Hecla Co, was
organized. 1t is estimated that
1876 million dollars has been paiC
as dividends to stockholders. This
company has never been taxed &C
cording to its real value because
the company's henchmen and tooli
have always been in the officia
leadership in Houghton count!
where most of the mines are. On
of the biggest copper mines closes
down completely about two month
ago. This affected, not only thes
industrial centers but thousand
of farmers were hard hit as re
, suit.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-27
Marchers Coming In
4COlurrlns Represent
100000 Jobless
National Civic Federation Attacks Marchers DemanGk
as Impossible" for Capitalist ExplOiters
1900 DELEGATES WILL PRESENT THE
DEMANDS OF UNEMPLOYED MILLIONS
AND TOIING FARMERS TO CONGRESS

Five delegates started last Tuesday from Grand
Forks participate together with 500 other delegates
in the National Hunger March to Washington, D. c.
These five delegates Hans Rasmussen farmer, of Plen
tywood; James Allen, unemployed farm worker; SubO
Mayala farm youth from Belden, N. D.; Bill Deluxe,
member of the Unemployed Council of Grand Forks;
and farmer from South Dakota, were chosen by the
farmers and unemployed workers of the northwest to
represent them in this gigantic demonstration and de-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-27
Mother" Bloor's Lecture
Dates In Montana for the
United Farmers League


Saturday evening, Nov. %, Fair
view.
Sunday evening. Nov. 20, Sid
ney.
Monday evening, November 80,
Plentywood.
Tuesday evening, December l.
McElroy.
Wednesday evening, December 2
Outlook
Thursday evening, December 3
Richwine School, northeast Of
Medicine Lake.
Friday, December A at Navajo
Saturday afternoon. December
at one o'clock, Quitmeyer at th'
Franklin school house.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-27
OUITMEYER COUNCIL OF UF.L. TO
MEET SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5 S"

The Quitmeyer council of the
United Farmers League will hold
its next regular meeting at the
Franklin school house, Saturday
afternoon at one o'clock.
There will be an interesting and
worthwhile program. The mem
bers will carry on an impromptu
discussion based on the "corrup-
ton of the capitalist system"
Every member is urged to at
tend. The matter of dues will re-
ceive special attention.
At this meeting Mother Bloor
will speak on the conditions of the
toiling farmers in the United
States.
The last meeting, Saturday, No
vember 18th was splendid onel
most of the members of the COM
mittee being present. Folmer
Christensen is executive secretary
of the committee, which holds
meetings twice a month without
fail. The committee is large
one and still gaining prestige as
the bankruptcy of the capitalist
farmers organization is becoming
more and more obvious. :.
At the next meeting the commit
tee will take up for consideration
the inadequacy Of the Red eros
relief. the coal needs. there belnt
many farmers who are sorely Il
want of fuel. Also the feed loal
applications reflections will be IN
vestigated to discover if posslbl
the reasons for the reflections an
} the source of these reasons.
The Quitmeyer committee ma
taken up the matter of subscriT
lions and reports that it has Sc
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-27
.UFL SPREADS in
NORTH DAKOTA
SENDER GARLIN TO SPEAK
ON FIVE YEAR PLAN

In the last few weeks the Unit
ed Farmers League has entered
new territory-away up on the
Canadian border. We held a
rousing meeting in Northgate
community hall with Ash Ingerson
and Mother Bloor speaking on
"The Farmers's Struggle for Elk
istence." The crowd was so big
that one farmer said 81 guess
there isn't a farmer in the district
staying home tonight"
In Flaxton the UFL was on the
job to protest against the build
ing and dedication of an expensive
war memorial building-paid for
by the farmers of the county-a
memorial to a war for profits.
The occasion of the dedication
was also used by the leading cit
izens," especially the banker and
the American Legion, to stir up
"patriotism."
The United Farmers League or
ganized an anti-war meeting the
next night after the dedication.
The American Legion threatened
to run Mother Bloor. the speaker,
out of town-but when the meet
ing opened many husky farmers
appeared on the scene. The
American Legion faded out of the
picture and a rousing protest
meeting was held right in the sha
dow of the war memorial.
800 FARMERS MEET AT MAY
In Minot and Max the Leagu,
is coming forward in great shape
In Max the schools and halls wer,
denied US and the meeting had t,
be held in a pool hall granted u
! by a sympathiser.
Over 800 farmers crowded tn
place. A good deal of literatur
Twas sold, and much interest wa
shown, especially among the farr
youth. These farmers have sen
two young farm boys to tn
Young Communist school at Pler
tywood and were the first ones i
J the district to raise their quot
for the National Hunger March.
The northwest district is senC
ing five delegates to the Nation;
Hunger March and when they n
= turn they will visit the UFL locaI
to tell of their experiences.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-27
United STATES ARMY OFFICERS
IN MANCHURIAN WAR COUNCILS
rhip of the United States In the Attack on the So
N'N' Wet Union Shown In Soviet Press

M. first American army OBJ
lle y. has reached Mukden for a
El1S os If the battle scene in Man
EaIvS . Lieut.. Col. J. G. McIlroy,
s Sl1."S states military attache in
T Jill has already reached the
lOn co Of conflict. This is an open
s sssn Of the United States in the
~. .;.sirg of the ring of imperialist
' .tss around the Soviet Union.
W. While McIlroy is in Mukden,
-" ether United States army of
~. E.s,s are now in Chinchow to
W.. I've a tour of inspection" This
. .,a of inspecian is the planning
J. ~ The imperialist war stats of
sso attack on the Soviet Union.
reese M officers, Col. Nelson E.
T vL and Lieut.. Harry S. Al
5yieS. his assistant - conferred
nth officers OF the stafts of the
french T,slr and British armies who are
already there.
The leadership of the United
States capitalist class in the at
isrk on the Soviet Union has been
"ointed out clearly in the chief
Soviet papers, according to the
caDitaliSt press reports which
state the following:
"The newspaper Izvestia and
Pravda laid down an editorial
hrage today, charging the
United States is trying to drive
the Soviet Union into war with
Jauan for the 4-fOld purpose of
undermining the Swear plan,
getting orders for military e.
Ouipment, weakening Japanese
competition in the Pacific and
setting up a Manchurian buffer
state against BOlshevism.
"The charges were based on
dispatches from Shanghai, New
York and Washington. They in
GUIDED an attack on Secretary
Of State StimsOn and upon the
authors Of the Kellogg pact
who while they declare that they
strive for peace are now reveal
ed as the open instigatOrs of
war"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-27

With this issue the Produceds
News appears as the Official
organ of the United Farmers
League in the Northwest. The
farmers who have so long sup
ported the Producers News, re-
alizing the necessity for spread
ing the work of the United
Farmers League offered the
Producers News. thru The di-
rectors, to the United Farmers
League for its use. The Unit
ed Farmers League has accept
ed the offer of the farmer
owners of the Producers News,
and the United Farmer, form
erly the official organ of the
United Farmers League, is
amalgamated with the Produc-
ers News with the present is
sue. Those farmers who form
erly subscribed to the United
Farmer will now receive the
Producers News to the expira-
ton date of their subscription.
AS the official organ of the
United Farmers League the
Producers News takes on fur
Their tasks. 1t becomes the
fighting organ of The militant
farmers thruout the North
west.
The rapid growth of the
membership and the influence
of the United Farmers League
has made a weekly organ rec
essary. The Producers News
assumes that function in the
United Farmers League activi-
ties. In the struggles that the
United Farmers League leads
against the robbery of the
farmers by the bankers and the
capitalist class the Producers
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-27
Labor Sports Union
Pledges Solidarity With
Men on Hunger March

New York City The National
executive board of the Labor
Sports Union has given its unre-
served endorsement to the Nation
al Hunger March.
The L. S. U. calls upon all its
members and all worker sports
men to support the National Hun
ger March and join in the fight
for unemployment relief and I'M
employment insurance.
The L. S. U. also pledged itself
to help organize trained, disciplin-
ed marching in the National Hun
ger March.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-27
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF The UNITED
FARMERS LEAGUE In NORTHWEST

News will be not only an agi-
tator but one of the chief or
ganizers in the fight. 1t will
not only report the news of
the struggles of the farmers
thruout the Northwest but will
give as much guidance and
leadership 10 these struggles as
is possible.
With the constant worsening
of the world economic crisis,
which means ever greater mis-
cry for the toiling farmers and
the city workers the entire cap
italist press is intensifying its
attempts to mislead the toiling
masses. In the agrarian sec
lions of the country as in the
industrial centers all manner
of demagogs and takers are in
creasing their vicious activities
in order to divert the masses
from determined struggle. This
is especially true of these fax
ers in the agrarian sections.
The Producers News, as Of
ficial organ of the United
Farmers League in the north
west will carry on a constant
exposure of these demagogs
and takers. The aim of these
takers is to prevent a consist
ent struggle of the toiIing
farmers against those who ez
plot them.
The only possible way for the
farmers to repel the attack OF
the capitalist class and to wiz
immediate concession from TIT
ruling class is by organized ant
determined struggle. Tn,
United Farmers League is lead
ing that struggle aided to tn,
fullest extent possible by tn,
Producers News.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-27

cured several new subscribers and
several renewals have been taken.
The committee will make can
vass of the members for the pa
per, especially now that the Pro-
ducers News has been designated
official organ of the United Farm
ers League.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-27
BANK CLOSED

Twin Falls, Idaho. Nov. 2.3-
The Twin Falls National Bank
was closed today by E. M. Wright
national bank examiner. The di-
rectors issued a statement declar-
ing the suspension was temper
ary."
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-27

terested in the struggles of the
farmers and we must keep on sus-
tanning this interest and arousing
new forces to spread our militant
program.
Rally around the Producers
Newsl
Build the subscription list!
Order bundles for every town
shipi
Send in your news!
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-27

DEMAND GOVERNMENT RE-
LIEF IN CASH TO ALL FARM
Frs AND THEIR FAMILIES
WHO ARE IN NEED.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-27
TEAR REVOLUTIONARY RISE
OF MASSES

YOU S,SikOmIs o.: writer for the New
bs k Times. recognizes that while
ala i9perialists have secured the
tbs,O VI the corrupt Koumintang
6Sis YET have to reckon with the
e. anger Of the Chineses mass
tho out ut. that does not mean that
tSo;.| ILLNESSES people. will. take
cS;rr defeat lying down. The
~on nese peOple-nOt the govern
=" which is a different thing
"0neinued on Last Page)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-27
TRY TO MISLEAD
FOR
TAX REDUCTION
Meeting of N. d. Taxpayers AS
ISOLATION Shows Clearly that the
Businessmen Propose Farmers
Should Suffer In Budgets.

The meeting of the North Da-
kota Taxpayers Association which
was held at Devils Lake on Nov.
IL showed. clearly the attempt on
the part if the shopkeepers and
businessmen to prevent any real
struggle on the part of the ex-
plotted masses for tax relief. The
character of the meeting came
out clearly when G. A. Lamb, of
Michigan City, a Farm Implement
Dealer, was elected to head the
association. The tax station was
explained" by liver Acker, State
Tax Commissioner, the representa-
tive of the state government which
is squeezing the last drop out of
the poor farmers in order to save
the profits of the bankers and the
rich farmers.
Acker gave the main purpose of
the meeting in his speech in which
he stated that,
"The state organization will
undoubtedly conferred its interest
and efforts toward REDUCING
STATE EXPENDITURES. In
order that it may function in
diligently, capable committee
of the association should attend
the hearings of the state budget
board and the association should
of course be represented at Bis
marck when the legislature con-
venes. If a TAXPAYERS AS
| ISOLATION FUNCTIONS AS
A FACT FINDING BODY and
works to effect fair and intel
ligent elimination of unwise and
unnecessary public expenditures
and functions to promote eff
cheney and economy in admin
istratiOn of all governmental
affairs, such an organization
will render the taxpayers of this
t state a service of inestimable
2 value"
t What this agent of the stat
' government wants is "fact find
: ing body" in order to cut those e1
! penditures of the state which ar
. for the benefit of the poor an
= middle farmers and the workers 9
n the state.
: They want reduction in exper
: ditures for new schools and fC
" school transportation for the chi
dren of the poor farmers. The
want taxes cut by forcing on tt
farmers children the worst poss
It BILE in the way of educational Fl
a cilities. They want to deny tt
It farmers children even the mise
# able pittance that is given to Il
" children in the cities.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-27
CIVIC FEDERATION ATTACKS
JOBLESS

The National Civic Federation,
the most vicious enemy of the
toiling masses in the United States
has come out with a demand that
the National Hunger March and
the militant workers organizations
supporting it should be suppress
ed by the capitalist state. The
National Hunger March, which rs
approaching Washington is max
ing the agents of the capitahSe
class and its agents quake with
fear, not only because of the LIDO
determined unemployed workers
and poor farmers in the march,
but because behind these fifteen
hundred marchers, the capitalist
class realizes, is the mighty mass
movement of the oppressed miIl
ions thruout the country.
The National Civic Federation
begins its attack by trying 10
throw up Red Bogey around the
hunger march. The demands of
the millions of unemployed thru
out the country are impossible
demands for the capitalist class
and its Natiinal Civic Federation.
The demands for immediate relief
to prevent the working masses
from starving by the millions are
impossible demands" for the cap
italist class which is spending ev-
er more millions on war prepare
tions.