The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-08-26
HUNGER MARCH
DECIDED ON AT
BOARD MEETING
st. Louis County Organizer
Reports Tagging In Work
While Crisis Deepens
TO MARCH IN SEPT.
March VIII Include Work.
ers, Farmers In Mesaba
Range Section
TO MARCH IN SEPT.

Virginia, Mimi, August 16.-I
The United Farmers League board |
at its meeting held on August IL,
laid down plans to intensity the
organizational work of the United |
Farmers League, amongst the poor
farmers of st. Louis county. The
st. Louis county organizer report
ed that since the last board meet
ing was held, the United Farmers
League of st. Louis county has
not been making as much head
way in organizing the poor farm
ers to struggle for relief, and for
tax exemption, against evictions,
etc., as the present economic de-
preston demands of the United
Farmers League, that it is neces-
sary that an intensive campaign
be launched to build the United
Farmers League, and that the U.
F. L. must always develop new
methods of struggle so that more
members can be gotten into the
U. F. L.
Hunger March Set for Sept.
The United Farmers League
board laid down concrete tasks to
build the U. F. L. Plans were
laid to start an intensive campaign
to organize the farmers of st.
Louis county for the tax strike.
: The heavy tax burden is the big
gest issue facing the farmers of
st. Louis county. A farmers and
workers Hunger March was plan
ned to take place in the latter part
of September. This Hunger March
will be directed to the office of
the Sixth District Commissioner in
Virginia, Mimi, Dan Mckenzie.
The United Farmers League board
\ came to the conclusion to organize
Z the Hunger March because when
committee after committee, elected
t separately from the different To-
d calities at mass meetings had gone
to ask for work and relief, In most
leases the answer of the commits
I, sioner had been nice hypocritical
promises to the demands of the
d farmers. 1t is absolutely neces'
sary that we organize one big
n Hunger March Of the farmers anC
IS workers of the entire Mesabs
T. Range who are in the Sixth Coma.
! missioner's district to make the
Commissioner act upon the de
mands of the workers and farm
: ers. These plans of the board
n will be finally endorsed by q
y United Front conference that thu
J. u. F. L. board decided to call TO
h Sunday, Sept. IL at the Mesaba
ls park, staring at 10 a. m.
70 Call for Delegates to Conference
N The United Farmers Leagu
e board calls upon all the workers
: and farmers organizations in 81
5 Louis county such as the U. F. l
e locals, Co-eps., S. T. Y. Women
IN clubs, Young Communist League
p Unemployed Councils, and the In
- - dependent clubs, Farm Burea
4 clubs, etc., to elect delegates t.
ey the conference. The membershiI
as of these organizations must de
,e mand from the leadership of thes
organizations that delegates
|, elected The u. F. L. board asl
rs all these organizations to discus
.r- the tax strike and the Hungt
lie March and any other problem thi
To- they would like to take up at Il
IN conference and that a vote
taken upon all these matters b
M the membership and the decision
lst will be brought to the Unite
he Front conference by the delegat'
is TO the conference, take these pr
or blems up at your next meeting
o. Build the United Farmers Leagu
NJ RENO TANTTILl
st Organize