The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-07-29


and sentenced them as follows:
COmrade Hannah, 80 days, or sus-
pended sentence if Comrade Han
nah would not take part in street
meetings for one year. He gave
Hannah time to decide.
Comrade Tanttila, organizer for
the United Farmers League of st.
Louis county was found guilty by
the Judge and given 80 days in
jail or get out of Beltrami county
for one year.
This shows that the boss class
of Bemidji is afraid of the farm
ers organizing into their own or
ganization.
Mrs. Hanna Given 80 Days
Comrade Mrs. Hannah was given
80 days suspended sentence, but
was taken to Jail to serve her SEN
tence that she got for fighting for
food for the unemployed on May A.
The county attorney Jones, of
Beltrami county conducted the
case for the bosses of Bemidji. He
browbeat the workers on the wit
ness stand and tried to intimidate
them by asking about the red flag
and information about the Com
munist party, but the workers just
Laughed and told him that the
Communist party was a party of
the working class.
In his plea the county attorney
upheld the rotten laws that today
are denying the workers rights.
He used the American flag to COW
er up this frameup of the working
class. He told how the American
flag had been born from the bloed
of soldiers that had fallen in the
Revolutionary war in 1776, and
asked the young people to come to
that fountain of blood in defense OF
the laws that today are denying
the young and adults the right OF
life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness.
Workers Defend Selves
The three comrades defended
themselves and had the state wit
ness all mixed up and contradict
ing themselves.
Comrade Ed Hannah made the
first statement before the court
pointing out that the case was be.
, ing tried on class lines and pointed
out that he was not guilty of any
, crime, only the crime of being &
worker and standing for the right:
of the working class.
, Comrade Mrs. Hannah gave on,
, of the greatesttalks before thai
crowd in the court room that haC
been heard in the city of Bemidji
/ She exposed the capitalist system
from one end to the other. Sh,
\ told the judge she was not there al
y a criminal but as a worker. Sh
i openly exposed the states cas-,
o and pointing to the county attor
ney Jones, said, "Mr. Jones yo1
e ought to be ashamed to ask younI
e boys and girls who are CROWNS
4 into manhood and womanhood t
: come to the fountain of blood tina
f is used by the capitalist system O
n today to starve them to death. Yo
s ought to be ashamed to ask ther
t to that capitalist fountain of bloc
S which wrecks the lives of the wor
/ ing class that fountain of bloc
e that forces women andgirls int
e prostitution; that fountain of bloc
e that makes criminals of the worl
: ing class, that fountain of bloc
v that makes one worker shoot al
e other worker in their imperialis
lie war.
# Shows Case Is Frameup
Turning to the Judge she sal,
Attorney Jones should be asian
ed to make such q plea before Il
court and the mass of workers tn:
4 are in this courtroom" Then 81
told the Judge in plain words tn:
. it was nothing but a frame-u
which could be easily seen and TIL
20 she and the other two defendan
were the victims.
- Comrade Tanttila in his pl,
W pointed out that the Communis
AZ party was party for the worki1
class and because it stood for Il
ba working class and would give the
81 life, liberty and pursuit of hapr
n ness which was rallying the wor
4 ers to its standard, that it wa
) necessary for the boss class
as Bemidji Of Beltrami county to e
0s feet the arrests. He showed u
- the states witnesses, how they hi
= contradicted themselves. He al
y showed that they were all in sor
az way living on the backs of {
4 working class. He showed thel
n were only one common wage wor
er on the stand. He showed th
all the rest were police officel
the Mayor of Bemidji, employee
le- of labor or connected with bu
I'm mess and made profits on the wor