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The Washington times., 1932-10-19
ROOSEVELT 7
HITS FEAR
CAMPAIGN
Accuses Hoover and Coolidge
of Attempting to lnStiIl
Voters With Panic

WHEELING, W. Va, Oct.
19 (I.N.S. ).-Without mention
ing them directly by name,
Gov. Franklin d. Roosevelt to-
day accused President Hoover
and Former President Calvin
Coolidge of holding "the spec
ire of fear" before the voters
in a desperate, last-minute ef-
fort to scare them from chang
ing Administrations at Wash
ingtOn. He said:
you have placed before you
the spectre of fear by the Re-
publican candidate and the Re
publican speakers. You have
been told that things might
have been worse, and win be
worse If arm elected 10 office.
MIGHT BE BETTER"
But say to you: Yes,
things might have been worse;
indeed, we might all Of us have
been destroyed. But on the
other hand. remember that
things might have been better.
should have been better. and
will begin to get better with q
change Of administration on the
fourth of March,
Striking out straight from the
shoulder, he added:
"TO attempt to instilI panic
into the electorate at a time
when we must all have courage
and a firm belief that the Am
erican characteristic Of finding
answers to problems will bring
us back on the upward trail, Is
a method of campaigning which
does little credit to leaders still
at this time entrusted with the
welfare Of the United States"
Roosevelt said he refused to
believe that the American people
"can be made to fear false
bogieS," and he asserted that the
choice which the voters have on
November 8 is between restored
order and dangerous drift, be.
tween constructive planning and
the forces of mismanagement."
Pledges Protection To Labor
After reviewing various pro-
posals which he has made during
the campaign to restore pros.
perity, Governor Roosevelt EN-.
phatically declared he would
never advocate a tariff policy
which will withdraw protection
from American workers against
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The Washington times., 1932-10-19
ASKS
TRIAL To
CLEAR
NAME
Widow of Tobacco Heir Is Not
Satisfied to Have Case
NoIIe Pressed

WINSTON SALEM, n. c.,
Oct. 10 (I.N.S.).-Libby Hol-
man Reynolds will seek COM
plete exoneration" through
trial of the murder charges
pending against her in the
fatal shooting Of her husband,
Smith Reynolds, 20 year old
heir to the tobacco millions.
Spurning the dramatic request
of w. N. Reynolds, uncle of the
dead youth. to District Prosecu'
tor Carlisle Higgins to nolle
PROSE- the murder indictment,
the beautiful former Broadway
torch singer asked today that
she be placed on trial. She said:
II want the cloud over me-
lifted permanently, not temper
arily. 1t is my earnest desire
to obtain complete eXOneratiOn
through the trial"
No Compromise
Her decision was disclosed by
Benet Polikoff, her attorney here,
who revealed to her by telephone
the move to have the indictments
against Mrs. Reynolds and Alb
Walker. Reynolds young chum.
dropped because the evidence
fails to prove conclusively that
Smith was murdered Polikotf
then said:
"The case is just where 1t
was. There has been no
change. We are going right
ahead with our plans for the
trial"
Higgins said today he had
reached no decision and probably
would not until next month when
court convenes, November 2l.
Higgins May Agree
Higgins admitted, however, that
he would be strongly guided"
in his decision by the wishes Of
the Reynolds family.
The trial of Mrs. Reynolds and
Walker is scheduled to be placed
on the calendar for that term.
The move to have the indict.
ments nolle pressed. made in
Reynolds letter to Higgins, made
public last night, raised peculiar
point of law.
Should Higgins decide to drop
the indictments, the trial could
not be held, despite the de-
PENDANTS wishes, legal authori'
ties pointed out. However, the
charges could at any time be re-
newed should the prosecutors
office again bring them before
the grand jury.
1t is to- avoid such a situation
and obtain complete vindication
that Mrs. Reynolds is determined
to stand trial. Polikoff said.
The attorney explained to her
that by nolle pressing the
charges they would be dropped
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The Washington times., 1932-10-19
Farmer Help Seen
In Fertilizer Loan

NEW YORK, Oct. 10 G.N.SO.
Americas agrarian ills from which
farmers suffer today could be
cured through a Federal fertilizer
loan of 10000, 900, according to
Horace BoWker, chemical manu-
facturer, Such aid, he told
meeting of the American Statisti-
cal Association, would help farmers
to reduce crop production costs
through increased output per acre.
The Washington times., 1932-10-19
Cut in Tariff Rates
Called Imperative

NEW YORK. Oct. 10 G.N.SD.
The greatest requisite today to re-
store the impaired financial struc.
lures of the United States and the
world is resumption of interna-
tional exchange of commodities,
in the opinion of Senator Claude
A. Swanson, ranking Democratic
member of the Foreign Relations
Committee. A Democratic victory
in November and a consequent re-
duction in tariff rates, he said at
Democratic national headquarters,
were imperative.
The Washington times., 1932-10-19
What Is O. Baritone?
Court ESCAPES ReDLu

NEW YORK, Oct. 10 G.N.SD.
Legally, the question of What is
a baritone?" remained undecided
today. Supreme Court Justice
Frankenthaler was spared the
necessity of ruling on the prob
lem when Walter Woolf, singer,
settled his $50, 1000 breach of con-
tract suit against Warner Broth
erS, film producers, out of court.
The company said WooH had mis-
represented his voice to them.
The Washington times., 1932-10-19
Socialism to Prevent
Revolution Urqed

NEW YORK. Oct. 19 GN.SD.
The violent overthrow of the capi-
talist system through revolution
can be averted only if the present
economic system is peacefully
transformed through Socialism,
A. Fenner Brockway, national
chairman of the Independent
Labor Party of Great Britain,
said today. He is visiting the
United States for a lecture tour.
The Washington times., 1932-10-19
Gale Wrecks Boats
On YUcdtGn Coast

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 10 0.N.SO .
Loss of life was feared today in
the wake of a tropical storm
which caused eight vessels, includ-
ing the cuban fishing boat Nando
Palmer, to pile up on the rocky
coast of Yucatan near Ocie.
The Washington times., 1932-10-19
TIUO MGrOOned Boys
Rescued by SQuad

Richard Evans, driver of the
Alexandria Rescue Squad wagon
yesterday rescued two small boys.
Jack Rodgers, IA, and Sidney
Rodgers, II, who we're marooned
in house near Four-Mile Run
when the stream overflowed and
surrounded their house.
The Washington times., 1932-10-19
MISS VIRGINIA DAWES

MISS VIRGINIA DAWES
ADMITTING that She has
broken her engagement to En-
sign John Gardner Tenant, U.
S. N. Miss Virginia Dawes, 10,
adopted daughter of former
Vice President Dawes, today
said they were still friends
but I do like Jimmy" The
Jimmy" is James Martin, work
ing his way through college as
a gas station attendant whose
fraternity pin is being worn by
Miss Dawes, a Northwestern
University. student.
The Washington times., 1932-10-19
WILL ROGERS Saus:


let. l9.-Say, you talk about a
city! This Buenos Aires is as
big as Chicago, as live as Paris,
as beautiful as Beverly Hills
and as substantial as Claremore,
Okla.
Like all countries, the presi-
dent is just in from day to day.
He may be on the same plane
with me going out. [ have met
'em going and coming down
here so much that the travelling
man you meet is not a drummer;
he is an ex-president escaping
to the brush somewhere.
To be unemployed nowadays
is terrible, but it's not as bad
-I
The Washington times., 1932-10-19

as 1t is to be employed if you are workin
people.
Copyright 1882, by McNsuEht syndicats)
The Washington times., 1932-10-19
SAYS G. O. P. NSTILLS PANIC
THE WEATHER

Cloudy and slightly cooler tonight; Thursday
partly cloudy; moderate north winds.
Temperature yesterdsy--Hghest "a; lowest,
So. (l931: Highest, So; lowest 4I.)
Humidity yesterday-Highest 81; lowest 79.
Full Weather Report on Page s.
The Washington times., 1932-11-30

Adorable crepe de chine frocks with
hand shocking and embroidery de-
signs. Deep hens. Dainty pastel
shades. Sizes l to 3.
The Washington times., 1932-11-30
'$195
Introductory Price

A novel gift idea! Six
ways to be comfortable
there's no end of times when
this unique new pillow will
be a blessing. Sides of 3
different lengths-3 different
angles-giving six restful
positions. Think it over!
The Washington times., 1932-11-30
Rough Crepe Blouses
$5.9s

These beautifully tailored blouses have an ex-
pensive dressmaker look. Very smart and thorough
ly practical-a gift any girl or woman would appre-
ciate White, beige and soft pastels-that wash
beautifully. Sizes SO to "a.
SPORTS sHOP-sECOND FLOOR
The Washington times., 1932-11-30
Rayon Satin
Pillows
$.3>95

Comfortable and attractive
pillows make charming gifts
Lustrous rayon with velve-
teen applique designs. Black,
red, green and rust.
FIFTH FLOOR.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-15
CORBIN, MIMI, U.F.L. LEADS
FARMERS IN REAL STRUGGLES

shouldn't get so hot for Mr.. Muir
ray to go out to cool himself, but
we shall see.
The county agent out here has
been getting busy. He is organic
ing some calf clubs, etc. Perhaps
he is beginning to feel the pre-
seriousness of his position and
wants to make some efforts to
make himself appear necessary. I
was at one of his meetings Mon
day night and it seems to me that
he only succeeds in making himself
appear very ridiculous. Just a
word of his. He said, "there are
thousands of people coming to the
country from the cities. They get
a few chickens, cow or so. That
makes so many more pounds OF
butter and eggs for the market
that it cuts down the prices Oh
farm produce. So the farmer
must sell at lower prices, and il
order to be able to sell at Low
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-15

price, the farmers must get rid
of all their scrub cows because
they are not worth two cents at
St Paul market, and get more
and better purebred stock. The
farmers must raise more crops
per acre, etc."
To me such advice is preposter-
Gus and inconsistent. The farm
ers are paying for such humbug
With their tax dollar, only they
will not continue it always. They
are starting to see thru it.
The U. F. L. will have a social
1t the Corbin Workers hall on the
evening of the oath, which will be
a splendid occasion for new mem
bers to join and have a good time
together with the old ones.
There will also be two speak.
ers who will tell about the u. F
L. and its work of helping tbs
toiling farmers in their battle fo
Iexistence.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-15
FRIDAY, APRIL 15n 1882
FARMERS CORRESPONDENCE
WHAT, WHY AND HOW

comrade from North Dakota writes us as
follows: "The Producers News is fine but there
is not enough of local news in it. More farmers
letters would make it more interesting to the
farmers to read. That is the only criticism l
have" While we think there other features
of the paper that could be criticized, we agree
with this comrade that the chief criticism of the
paper is the insufficency of farmers correspond
ence.
What is farmers correspondence, what is its
Importance and how we get it?
We just want to know all of US, what the con-
iitions are under which our fellow farmers
living in all parts of the country.
The content of farmers correspondence is so
simple that it is hard to explain. 1t is just
simple sketch of the life of the individual farmer.
Seeding time is here. We want to know how the
farmers in the various communities are getting
their seed. Did they have enough left over from
the harvest last year to buy oil and gas for their
tractors In what sort of condition is the stock.
Did you make your last tax payment. How many
other farmers in your township county have
rot paid their taxes. How many foreclosures
have there been, and how many sheriff's sales
What has the Farmers Union or the Grange been
doing in your territory. What do they tell the
farmers about the way out of this misery. What
are the price of milk, eggs, butterfat, cord-wood
etc., in your territory. What do the farmers think
about the Wall Street-Hoover government, about
the Democratic party, about the Farmer-Labor
party the Socialist party, the Liberty party, and
other third fourth and fifth parties of capitalism.
Do they know that the Communist Party is the
only party of the working masses. Are there any
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-15

timony that since 1919 the insur-
ance companies engaged in the
most intense competition to force
the farmers of the west to take
loans. He admitted, further, that
the insurance companies had used
all means in their power to dis
courage the farmer from repaying
his loans even when he could. The
plundering of the farm masses OF
the west was so profitable that
the insurance companies forced
them to maintain their debt bur-
dens and to increase them.
The representatives of the in
surance companies stated, when
asked, that a lower rate of inter.
est was not possible. This viii
satisfy the Saskatchewan legisla-
ture. The delegation of plumber.
ers' representatives included the
following:
Robert Henderson, superintend
ent of investments, Canada Per
manent Mortgage Corporation, To
ronto; S. E. Cork, Confederation
Life Assurance Co., Toronto; r
Charles Young, Trust and LOAF
Company, Montreal; J. G. Gum
National Trust, Montreal; H. R
Mcconnell, Canada Life Company
Regina.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-15
DOings Of the
Advance Guard

Another gone by Somebody has been resting bit
and the result all ready again.
We are getting from of the country telling how
they put organization and drives bigger
and better than
Spring and with hopes of big crops better prices
and better conditions Don't fool yOueeDOwn in
the State Mississippi sixty thousand farms were sold for taxes late
w. One-fouth of land in the state.
The farmers all other states better off, They are
facing very thing The made by somebody else not
tectug The only the farmer will get pOec-
ton il by organizing and protesting Wherever doing
that we are getting must have their
uar ~ thew can other doing The Producers
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-15
FARMERS MUST ORGANIZE FGR
ACTION IN TOWN MEETINGS

nushed thru. 1t is quite needless
to state that the farmers must
cooperate with the workers III the
towns in these matters. If pos
sible. workers must be present IN
the preliminary meeting IN which
plans are made, and they must
havega part in the program Ot &C
ton.
The political machine of Hop
kinton revealed the effectiveness
of organization. Four men i'm
Guiding the MODERATOR railroaded
items thru the meeting in a way
that one cannot help but admit
was efficiency itself.
The wealth of the town (Hop-
lxinton is a town of private es-
tates and bourgeois commuters)
arrived early. They filled the
seats and the moderator ruled
that all left standing could not
vote. So well is the machine or
ganized and so powerful is it that
no one made any objection. Most
of those standing were workers in
the town who are afraid either of
their jobs or of the displeasure OF
the church.
The hypocricy of the town poll
! ticians was revealed when the
: matter of their salaries came up
: The appropriations committee had
) recommended a cut of ten pei
i cent. The salary items were al
: the head of the list, so were con.
t sidered first. With the help Of
S the moderator, these politicians
railroaded thru a return to las
: years figures before the audience
: knew what it was all about. Thel
e the town treasurer, a cheap stat'
e politician, got up and stated tina
e the town was broke and must saw
t money, so why no take it off tn
d appropriations for salaries o
$ school teachers. (School teacher
g have already had to pass up sew
le eral weeks salary.)
# 1t is important to learn, how
1t ever, that in these meetings tn
d farmers and workers should b
r prepared for dozens of tricks Xix
this. If possible they should NOV
n that items of vital Importance |
n their welfare be considered earl
r in the meeting. This insures thes
III items a greater chance of gttin
a. passed. Items against which Il
r. farmers have a grudge should |
he moved to a place late in the pr
gram of business. In this wa
d. funds which are available can
r. appropriated for desirable item
o. and shortages will fall upon Il
on items supported by the politician
R. The farmer and the work
an must learn TO take control of su,
IN, meetings as this. We must lea,
r. even from our enemies, the car
~, talist politicians. We must be
least one think ahead of them.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-15
WESTERN CANADA

insurance companies have plum
dered not only the farmers thru
exorbitant interest rates but the
policy holders whom they now use
as a screen for their attack on
the farm masses.
Bowman used the report of the
debt adjustment commissioner of
Manitoba as a basis for the lie
that high interest rates were not
an important factor in the wretch
ed conditions of the farm masses
at the present time. He admitted
that the bans to farmers In the
wesern part of Canada had been
made at eight per cent nEsvr-st
rates.
This plundering he tried to GOV.
er up by the statement that these
loans had not returned the insur-
ance companies as much as loans
at much lower rates in the eastern
part of the Dominion. This was
shown to be a lie by his own tes-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-15
TOUivG COMMUNIST
LEAGUE UNIT FORM
ED AT POWERS I.A Az

Powers Lake, N. D., Apru =
Young Communist Leaens "a
was organized at Powers mn
March %. Five joined tho v :
L. at that meeting. = y
COmrade Little John fror. y,
den was here to organize The .. Ds
H gave a brief talk on tba v I'M I
L. and why the WORKING y
youth should join the Onlv uo, - |.
class youth organization.
We know that we should ID
utmost TO double the membe,, y.
of the Y. C. L. and we will i -, mp
unit! ''''a
Our plan of action at ucessn. ,
to bring a new member ea.h : :
cur next meeting, which will :
the 18th of April. "
COmradely greetings to al,v =
Lers. Y
MARIE MENHoLT.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-15

gainst this frightful attack on the
lives of tens of thousands of farm
ers in Mississippi and hundreds of
thousands more thruout the coun-
try only one power is effective
the massed resistance of the small
and middle farmers to sheriffs'
sales and to evictions. Sheriffs'
sales and evictions can be stayed
by the united resistance of the
toiling farm masses. This is the
only way in which they can be
stayed. The capitalist demagogs
in Congress and in the state legis-
latures talk about "farm relief"
about refinancing at lower inter
est rates for the farmers, while
the agents of the bankers in the
taxpayers associations talk about
tax relief, and while the small and
middle farmers continue to be
plundered and robbed of their
lands.
Refusal to pay taxes until tas
relief is given the toiling farm
masses is the only way in which
tax relief can be won. Exemp
ton of taxes for small farmers
lowering of taxes for middle farm
ers, increased taxes for the rich
Cancellation of all delinquent tax
es for the small and middle farm
ersl Prevent tax sales and sefz
ures by mass actionl Mass actiOl
in the struggle against the capt
talist classl This is our power
the power by which we can repe
the brutal attacks of the plumber
ers who would coin our life bloc
and that of our children into mill
ion more profits TO make us bes
the burden of their crisis.
Build the massed organized n
! sistance Of The toiling farm mass
Z 1, 80 D:.:l5 Committees of Actio
n every farm community for mil
7 tant struggle for our every da
I needs and demands. Join Il
I United Farmers League. Sprea
L the militant word Of the toilin
; farm masses into every farmir
d community - BUILD A MAS
9 CIRCULATION FOR THE PRO
: DUCERS NEWS.
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Continued from Front Pagel
middle farmers of all life blood
except that which permits them to
drag out their existence. 1t is
this that the capitalist leeches now
hunger for.
When the life of the toiling farm
masses and the profits of the cap
italist class come In conflict, when
out of the racking toll of the
small and middle farmers there is
no longer enough to grant their
families a decent living, let alone
pay the robber demands of the
bankers and their state, then the
capitalist class DEGREES that the
lives of the small and middle farm.
ers shall be sacrificed to capitalist
greed.
The entire history of agriculture
under capitalism has been one Of
increasing debt burdens through
which the capitalist class has tax
en- an ever greater toll from tn,
sweat and toll of the farm masses
Thousands of toiling farmers hav
been robbed of their homes an,
land and driven into slavery a
tenants. The increased debt bur
den Of the farmers who still owl
their land has meant that the car
italist class was robbing them o
az increasing sAaFc Sst their soi I
tlat x..hila 4ha.- v--a~a laooIl., ~.
4 owners" of their land they wer
actually being robbed of It. Tn
last stage of the looting of th
capitalist class on the farms Ia
been robbing the farmers of eve
the judicial fiction of Ownership.
The capitalist class which has bee
robbing them under the leg;
tlmeans Of Increasing mortgage
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-15

N&WB ~ SnC@A P0R
E. F. Lowell, Long Island City,
N. Y, sends us dollar to pay
for the subscription for an Arkan-
sas farmer. We want more to do
as he is doing. This Arkansas
farmer did not know there was a
farmers paper called Producers
J News. He might never have found
| IL out, had it not been for the man
living in Long Island. Now the
farmers in that part of Arkansas
have something to talk about.
They have the paper.
Jack Meadows, Negainee, Mich,
wants to know the price Of $50
copies. They have a good local
story and want the farmers to
read it-sOmething in that line
should be done in other GOmmuni-
ties from which we get interesting
articles. It is always easier ia
create interest for the paper if you
have some local articles in it. Bnt
you should order the papers wher
you send us the article, we otter
run out of back copies.
Stanford Altpeter, Hillsboro, N
Hafpshire, orders ten copies Of
back issues.
John M. Marshall, Leetonia, o.
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Mimi, sends two subs.
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readers are real boosters to-
When they have read it a coup
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