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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-01

Gov. J. E. Erickson or Chair
man Worden of the State Highway
Commission were not available for
a debate with Sen. Tom Kane of
Ravalli county, republican senate
floor leader of the last assembly,
a man of distinguished ability, as
proposed by Hans Rasmussen, sec
retary of the Progressive Farmers
of Montana, at the Farmer-LabOr
Temple, PlentywoOd this week.
Sen. Kane was available and
ready and willing to come, but
Gov. Erickson did not have the
time and Chairman Worden was in
New York City. Secretary Hans
Rasmussen received the following
kilograms in reply to his propos-
ing the debate.
The first reponse came from the
Great Falls Tribune for Worden,
last Friday morning.
TELEGRAM
Great Falls, Mont,
Apr. oath, 1891
Hans Rasmussen. Secys
PlentywOOdI Montana.
Answering your wire o. 8.
WOrden is in New York and
will not be back in Montana IN
time to consider your offer.
The Tribune. 9 am.
Gov. Erickson responded SatuF-
day, after taking couple of days
to think the proposition over that
time prevented him from meeting
Sen. Kane at PlentywOod>
TELEGRAM
Helena, Montana.
2:24 p. m. Apr. 25th, 1881
Progressive Farmers of Montana
Hans Rasmussen. Secy.
PlentywOOd, Montana.
Time will not permit me to go
to PlentywOOd. Effort win be
made to have some Dne else
meet Senator Kane of which you
viii be advised later.
]. E. Erickson. Governor.
2:4O p. m.
Continued on last page.)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-01
JOHN OPTIMISTIC AGAIN

Sen. John Schnitzler, the presi-
dent Of the Schnitzler Corporation
Of Froid, which said corporation
own the Froid State Bank and the
Bank at Culbertson and which has
lots of money on deposit in beth
OF those banks as a guarantee to
the depositOrs, bonanza farmer and
republican national committee. nan,
known far and wide as the Flying
Dutchman," who emanates sun
shine" as the poleykat lily ooze
perfume,and can find brightness
where others see only gloom, was
over in Minneapolis the other day
cheering up the bankers and grain
gamblers and seeing everywhere
tmngs to be happy over.
He dropped in over at the Capt.
tOl at st. Paul and gave the Min
neSota legislature the once over
Somebody who had been told by
the Incorporation boys that Johr
was coming noticed him and the
Minnesota senate then and there
recessed out of honor for the Mon
tana solon and asked him to radi'
ate little sunshine to the Mime
ota boys who were in dire need o.
It.
John, the Froid Tribune says. il
an exultation of permissible loca
Prlde. was equal to the occasion
The Senator said:
They call me JOHNNY Schnitz,
Unt in the Wide, Wild West
Where ] radiate sunshine
and do it the best
when chuck full of sparkling
Schlitz.
~ no use to be gloomy,
us ~ the way of the looney-
% I'LL up with good foamini
~. Schlitz,
Ill tanked up and rheuny
linen given the sunshine for fits
| IL have here some slots,
MMhlch slipped into the Sits
M ThlccIs the Stats to tire Schlitz,
men slip the Schlitz into the slot
W wnen you can't find the Sits
Vvhere you slip in the slots,
LOU can still slip the Schlitz
the slots
Nontinued on Page Two)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-01

Washington-FP- That the So
Wet Union is so rapidly forging
ahead in radio that it win soon
lead the world In the use and de-
velopment of this newest means of
transmitting intelligence, is indi-
Gated by Martin Codel, head of the
Radio News Bureau at Washing
ton, in an article dealing with the
radio phase of the Soviets' Five
Year Plan, in the current issue OF
ElectrOnics magazine.
Unhindered by private quarrels
over patents and by the dead hand
of fixed investments in obsolete E.
quipment, the Soviet state propos-
es to have ID million receiving
sets in use by 1888, and to do what
American capital has never per-
mitted-allowed users of telephone
to receive their radio programs
over telephone wires, free from
static and all other interference.
One of the two largest broadcast
ing stations in the world-its twin
has Just been opened In Rome-is
the 100000 watt station "Komin-
tern" at Moscow. The Soviets
have 46 other broadcasting stations
and are building so more. They
are developing a complete system
of "audfble journalism" for the
education of the $50 million people
of the Union, they are employing
long and short wave radio teleg
raphv for transmission Of news
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-01
Bethlehem Steel Company
to Lay off Huge Number

Washington FTP News that
the Bethlehem Steel Co., is pre-
pairing to lay off a large number
of workers, due to reduced orders
for production, has reached Wash
ington on the heels of the fore
cast, by Sloan of General Motors,
that wages in the automobile in
dustry are to be cut. These two
developments contradict the state
ments issued by Col. Arthur Woods
the chairman of the Presidents
emergency committee ON unem-
ployment, that the steel industry
is holding up remarkably well. It
was Bethlehem Steel that recently
announced that business was again
on the up grade.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-01
Mooney Hearse on Tour

San Francisco -FP- The fam
GUS Mooney Hearse," which
caused the arrest of its driver in
Los Angeles, and which was the
grim feature of Gov. Rolph'E in
auguration4 has started on a ma
tion-wide tour from San Francis
CO.
Byrd Ke1so and David limerick
are driving the hearse to Portland
and thence east; when they reach
Washington they hope to uso it in
a demonstration to get the Moon
ey and Billings cases before the
senate.
The hearse bears coffin pla-
carded, California Justice is
Dead" "Tom Mooney Is Inno-
cent" and Pardon Tom Mooney"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-01
Comertown High School
to Present Class Play

The Senior class Of the Conner
town high school will present 'sTne
Eighteen Carat Boob" on Friday,
May 9th at p. m. at the Conner
town gym.
shows plenty Of action.
The cast has worked hard on the
different parts and Is sure TO give
Won a treat. Remember the date
MAY 9Th. Admission IS and so cent.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-01
Squirrel Food
Somewhere,
Day Before Then.


Dear Squirrel: ,4.,
Inst why a certain type of youth
Insiders it the smart thing to get
JyInk or pleasantly jingled before
showing up at a dance is a conun-
d S--n Can you give US the key?
porbaps it is because they think
tolks will think they are reckless
owls full of "prunes" and "bull
Toeat" potential bad men likely to
Weak loose any moment and smear
I'D the scenery.
IF they could see their silly
selves as a sober citizen sees them,
+bev would retire to the wilderness
and seek a new set of brains!
'' DISGUSTED DAME.
Dear Miss Dingbat:
l know just how you feel. feel
that way myself, too, now that l
am growing old. But you will re-
call how we used to behave when
we were sweet sixteen. That was
= long time ago. But boys will be
bows and girls will be girls as long
as there are boys and girls which
will be for a spell vet. They
think that its smart and they like
to "regust" the old timers. But
Dmgie, did you ever hear a flock
of these "sappies" together giggl-
ing and pinching each other and
making wise cracks like we used
to do when we were full of juice
as a frosted potato? If you have,
then you know that there are
things one has to endure worse
than having the buckeroos jingled
up. In that condition they seem
to me to talk more sensible than
when in the condition you might
call sober. Don't worry too much
IT'S natural! The boys will grow
up as the DAYS go by. We did.
Optimistically,
ALONZO MUTT
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-01
Minnesota Cuts the Price
of Prison Made Articles

MinneapOlis-FP- The Min
nlesOta senate has passed a bill
cutting the price OF farm ma
chinery produced at the state
prison Is per cent and of Irvine
produced there 2 cents a pound.
Internatiol Harvester Lobby
lists put uD a hard fight against
forced labor competition but lost.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-01

Ed Ferguson and son of Westby
were visitors in PlentywOod We'd
nesday of this week. Mr.. Ferguson
had the misfortune to lose his
house and barn by fire recently.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-01

Helena Montana, April 80, 1881
Special to The Producers News:-
The Butte MissOula and Helena Trades and Labor
sembes have passed resolutions against House Bill 49, Ref
erendum No. 35 and have called upon organized to Op
the at the special election May 5th reforming
the the "Crme of May 5th 1881" alleging that
the provides for 10cen gasoline that it
does benefit labor and nimica the
people of sponsored and promoted by parties
financially interested In the putting of the scheme
pecaIy road contractors who getting
building Montana roads.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-01
o. T. Dance at Homestead

There will ben an old time dance
at Homestead Saturday May 9th
sponsored by the Community Club.
Tickets will be so cents. Supper
will be served in the hall at 25c a
plate.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-01
''That which the Organized Few
Have Stolen from the
IInnrOanized Many.

UnOrganized Many.
Count Leof Tolstoi, born OF the
Russian Nobility, reared In the
Palace, trained for a Military and
Diplomatic career, gave away
much of his inherited wealth, and
led a life of rural simplicity. he
clothed an economic philosophy
IN enchanting novels and other
literary classics. His work was a
real effective cause OF the pres.
ent Russia. His definition OF
large accumulations of property
was "That which the Organized
Few have stolen from the Unor-
ganized Many" :. =
Like many startling definitions
it has much truth, and good
deal of error in it.
My grandfather owned many
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-01
Gov. Erickson or Chr. W0r-
den no Time for Debate

Montana Automobile Association Resorts to Corruption
to Hang Six Million Dollar Bond Issue Upon Debt
Budened Public for Benefit of Gouging Alien Road
Contractors Nobody Signs PubEcity-Press of State
Suppresses News of Opposition to Referendum.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-01

Grand Forks.-Definite severance of all connection
with the Federal Farm Board has been announced by the
North Dakota-Montana Wheat Growers Association
Geo. E. Dus president of the wheat pool organization
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-01
100000 S|uSh Fund Behind "CFineof MAY !"
DAKOTA MONTANA WHEAT POOL
QUITS The FEDERAL FARM BOARD

Cooperative Files Claims for $500 SO5 SO on Wheat De-
hvered Under Farm Board Instructions Organization
VIII Continue to Function as an independent Group
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-01
Donovan Calls Deben-
ture Highway Hip no ray

Tooe Senator Says Special Election is Itself Illegal and
Calls the Referendum Measure "Monstrosity" -
Trades and Labor Assemblies of Missoula Helena and
Butte Denounce the Scheme as a Fraud
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-01

One of Two Largest Radio Broad
casting Stations in the World
Will Have 100000 Sets of Re-
ceivers in Use by 19S3-AllOws
Users to Receive Over Telephone
Wires to Prevent Static.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-01

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
FRANCE USUALLY SKATERS
AMERICAS PLANS ABROAD
Government Confronts Same Attitude in
Debt Program as in Naval and
Treaty Negotiations.
BY FRANK H. SIMONDS.

v YHAT was the explanation of
M the sudden and unexpected
wv explosion of French press
and public opinion over the
IYonrnt. r,rnr,ncnl "a cn,rn Car
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milton and classification. He always re-
minds me Of a fourteenth-century arch
priest. suppose this Is due to his bald
head and sharp noSe-and yet the
baldneSs-noSeyneSS concomitants fail by
themselves to produce the ecclesiastical
aroma, chemical or ensemble, which
have in mind.
Hat Characteristic.
It must be the hat, that episcopal
headgear of irresiStibly upturned brim
and helmety casque. have often won-
dered where Madariaga buys his hats.
The unforgettable miterlike bonnet
which impressed me so wildly was mis-
takenly given to him Il like to say)
during one of those inevitable check
room scrambleS which take place every
evening in all the great capitals of the
world. 1t has been my fortune to see
Madariaga indoors, hatless, in Geneva,
London and New York, but was never
able to diSasSociate him from his origi-
nal archpriestly hat.
And yet, despite the deceptively defin-
ing headgear, there is nothing ecclesi-
aStical in Madariaga's attitude toward
life. He is just a competent mining
engineer who lectures on Wordsworth,
dislikes the Monroe Doctrine, takes the
League Of Nations seriously, and writes
onomatopoeic poems about the sea. And
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28

, property to the moujiks. In the begin
ming the industrial revolution was SINH
lar, in that 1t meant the taking over OF
the factories by the workers.
Everywhere Soviets were formed spon-
taneously. and even this seemed to be
an expression of old Russia. Then, SUBJ
sequently, the wartime Communism i'm
posed by the militants failed, and in
1921 1t was necessary to form the N. E
Pa concession to the primitive in
stinct for self-preservation which is de-
manded Of every state.
But a MARKHAM country-or at least a
country that wishes to be so considered
can adapt itself to neither a peas
antry nor an industrial economy which
| acknowledges (ss does the N. e. P.) in
dividual property as well as individual
initiative for profit.
Needed Working Class.
A reorganization was necessary, and
above all, there was the need OF a pow
erful working class to back the new
regime.
1t is only since 1925 apparently that
the orthodox reaction against the N. E.
P. began. The Five-Year Plan seems to
be the logical outcome Of this reaction.
OF what does the Five-Year Plan con-
sist? We know that its purpose is to
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his full name and title "Totor" is the
Honorable Victor lie Guen, one of the
Deputies from Brittany. Prior to q re-
cent occasion he had been known only
because of his fondness for hard cider
and for his stentorian ordinations
when he does not approve of a speech.
Then he decided to deliver the first set
grafton of his career and his friends in
the press gallery gave it the widest pub
licity.
Today all France knows ."Totor" as
ical passages:
William II. gentlemen, used to say
that Germany's future was on the
water. Well, gentlemen, do not hest
tate to say that the future of agricul-
ture Is not on land or on the water,
but under the water. (Roars of laugh
teri. Yes, gentlemen, under the water
Of the sea there lies untold agricultural
wealth. This wealth takes the form of
seaweed,. filled with fertilizing mineral
salts lacking in the soil on the coasts
Of our granite Brittany, be those coasts
on the north, on the south or on the
west. It is even probable that II Brit
tany had coasts to the east these coasts
also would be found lacking"
Makes Second Attempt.
Two days after his maiden speech
"Totor" made second attempt, this
time on behalf of the native sardine.
He said: 1--WE must be able to tell the
Portuguese, Your old Sardines. you can
keep 'em. We've got our own"
This statement having brought forth
storm Of ironical applause, "Todor'
retorted:
What are you grinning at It's the
truth, amt it?"
None of the eleven Communist Depu-
ties in the present Chamber is popular
with the press gallery. They speak too
long and too frequently. It Is an open
secret that their speeches are written
for them on orders from Moscow and
that as rule they do not even glance
at them before starting to read.
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all this is irreproachably done in three
languages mining exceptedD, for Ma
dariaga is a philosophical phenomenon:
he speaks and writes with equal ease and
elegance English, French and Spanish.
Educated in France.
In fact, he Is Spanish by birth,
French by education and English by
profession and choice. Bsn in Spain
As years ago, he studied mathematics
In a French school (the College Chap
tall, and later graduated from the Ecole
des Mines, After a few years practice
in Spain, disguised by his countrymen's
apathy and "tomorrowing" attitude, he
moved from the mines to the press. The
newspaper produced no ores, but at least
offered life in the raw.
Madariaga felt elated, glad to have
exchanged his mole profession for more
Protean landscapes. And just when he
was becoming Injured to the journalists
cave of winds he was asked to sit down
on the lofty, extremely comfortable Al
fonso XIII chair of Spanish literature
at oxford. He accepted, and for years
he has endeavored to show intellectual
England the number Of karats in the
so-called Spanish Golden Age. It was
perhaps the only precious instance In
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, create out of whole cloth a formidable
industrial machine which will triple
production and double the national rev.
enue It seems, therefore. to be a ques-
ton of a massive and systematic indus
trialization of Russia which will make
her a manufacturing power and enable
her to compete successfully with the
capitaliStic nations in this field.
According to the official data Of the
plan, workers will increase between
1928 and 1881 from $780, 900 to 49,
$50, 900 in number: the production Of
coal will rise from $4,000, 900 to 75,000,-
900 tons. iron from 100000 tons to
100000, smelling ores from 100000
tons to 10000, 900, and the number Of
tractors from mere 1000 to 10000.
Speed Surpasses Estimates.
According to the reports of the Soviet
government, confirmed by more than
one investigation on the spot, the plan
is being brought to realization with a
speed that surpaSses original estimates.
What should we think of all this?
In the first place, under its ultra
modern and even super American ap-
pearance, this grandiose plan makes us
think in the last analysis of certain
precedents out Of Russia's past A CO.
loSsal project such as this one would
have been to the liking OF Peter the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
Portugal Hastens
Fleet Renewal Plans

ROME.-After having one of its bat
tleships" sunk by mere field gun in
the recent revolution in the Azores, the
Portuguese government has speeded up
plans for the renewal of its fleet" The
quotation. marks are necessitated by
the fact that the Portuguese navy now
finds its greatest strength in ships built
in 1897 and in a few rusty submarines
which are too anticipated to leave Lis
bon Harbor. italian shipbuilders, who
are already constructing fighting craft
for six different nations, will help little
Portugal out by building one 5,000-ton
aircraft carrier and two 2,000-ton de-
stroyers and two 750-ton submarines.
British shipbuilders secured contracts
for six destroyers totaling 1900 tons.
The 10 Franch firms comprising the
Union de dix Chantiers Francois de
Constructions, Navales,' as well as five
Dutch firms, also bid for the Job Of
refitting the Portuguese fleet, but were
completely unsuccessful in securing any
contracts.
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On the other hand, "Totor," favor
lite with the newspaper men, is on the
road to becoming celebrity. Under
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Great, who, without doubt would have
succeeded by very analogous means.
The conquerorS of ancient Asia
built cities in exactly the same way, and
we often see traces of their ruins in
India. China and elsewhere. Stain
who is a Georgian-that is, more Turk
ish than Russian-must. unconsciously
or otherwise, have absorbed an outlook
which Is not Occidental. Certainly no
head of a Western state would ever
have attempted, much less conceived,
the like OF this enterprise. We cannot
deny its hugeness.
Religious Fanaticism.
But we can discuss its chances of
success. The factors which are work
ing in its favor are, in the first place,
the passionate, religious fanaticism of
the organized militants who have sworn
to bring their extraordinary program
to a successful conclusion.
AS long as this enthusiasm lasts, this
system will have an inconteStably pow
erful motivation. To this may be added
the advantage of being able to force
passive laborerS to work-laborerS who
can be Unanswered as old Asia maneu-
vered her slaves, who work rather
badly, but who nevertheless do as they
are told. Then again, the revolution
Continued on Fourth Page)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
Fourth Estate Rules French Deputies,
Must Yield to 1t to Get Recognition

PARIS-Cries Of Give him the
hook" rose the other day in the French
Chamber Of Deputies. 1t was during a
tedious debate on tedious question,
and the speaker Of the moment halted
and coughed and repeated himself.
When he heard the cries he appealed to
the Speaker. for the interrupters were
in the press gallery. The upshot was
that the hating speech by the coughing
Deputy was not mentioned by a single
newspaper in France. The reporters
took their revenge.
Apart from score or so Of repre-
sentatives of the people who cannot be
ignored by the press, the fame of legis-
latorS in France, as in many other
countries, is in the hands of the men
seated IN the press gallery. Knowing
this, the reporters, especially Of recent
years, have developed the habit of COM
menting audibly on the debates.
Vaudeville Revives Hook.
A Partisan vaudeville theater having
revived the ancient custom Of the mon
ster hook from the wings which re-
moves the performer when the act does
not please the public, "Give him the
hookp Is the current catch phrase and
parliamentary reporters are using 1t
freely.
OF course it is against the rules of
the House for reporters to take part in
debates. even If only by way of inter-
ruption. But except In too fragrant In
stances no attention Is paid to 1t, for
Deputies and reporters are on very
friendly terms as rule. The reporters
have occasional need Of the Deputies,
while the Deputies have constant need
Of the reporters. So the legislator who
objected to being given the hook Is not
likely to find any Of his speeches re-
ported in the newspapers for some time
to come.
'Totor' Makes q Hit.
On the other hand, "Totor," favor
lite with the newspaper men, is on the
road to becoming celebrity. Under
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BY ANDRE SIEGFRIED.

N EFORE presenting my thoughts
- on the Five-Year Plan, as one
n who knows of it only through
IL others, thought it wise in last
weeks article in this newspaper
to recall certain attributes Of the Rus
sian character which, in my opinion,
will without doubt be more or less per
manent ones. These should not be lost
sight of in considering Stains gigantic
plan.
That Russia was the least prepared
Of all countries to serve as the scene OF
a MARKHAM revolution is admitted by the
BolsheYistS themselves.
Aim Collectivism.
In the MARKHAM system the last step
in the evolution of capitalism would
eventually lead to collectivism. In 1917,
of all the countries in the world, Russia
was the least developed along indus
trial lines. She was weakened and dis
organized by war. 1t would seem that
a collectivist revolution would be a
paradox in a country such as this. where
nine-tenths of the inhabitants are
peasants.
The fact of the matter is that the
revolution was. above all. revolution
Of the peasantry, which transferred