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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-15

powerful mass struggle against
foreclosures, evictions, against tax
burdens, for immediate relief and
for confiscation of land of the big
landowners. While the robbery
of the capitalist class cannot be
stopped under the capitalist sys-
tenn, we have witnessed in many
cases that through organization
and mass struggle, the toiling far
mers have been able to prevent, at
least temporarily, sheriff's sales
and evictions, they have also COM
PEELED officials to halt tax collec-
tons and to give temporary relief
TO destitute farmers.
But the organization and strug-
gle of the toiling farmers for their
immediate demands has a greater
value in that through these strug-
giles they will gain valuable ex-
perience and strength which will
prepare them, in alliance with the
workers, to prepare for the final
struggle for the overthrow of the
capitalist system of robbery and
exploitation and replace it by the
workers and farmers government.
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CLEAN OUT THE COUNTY
AGENT RACKET

Throughout the country the farmers are realiz-
ing in ever greater numbers that the county agent
racket is only means to mislead the farmers
and soft parasitic berth for some insolent agent
of the implement trust and the bankers. Last
week the farmers of Sheridan County, Montana,
under the leadership of the United Farmers
League, demanded that the County Agent be fired
and the office abolished On the same day the
farmers of Goodhue county, Minnesota, who are
organized into taxpayers association, demanded
that the County Board of Supervisors fire the
Goodhue County Agricultural Agent.
One of the farmers of Goodhue County express
ed the horrible inconsistency between the tasks
that the County Agent is supposed to perform
and the actual situation that the farmers of the
country are faced with as a result of the crisis.
Henry Gerdes of Hay Greek Township pointed
this out:
''The County Agent tries to tell me to
raise more, bigger and better corn. The
Farm Board tells me to pillow down ev-
cry other row. l have to pay taxes to
support both of these inconsistencies"
This inconsistency is the inconsistency of farm
ing under capitalism. For years and years the
federal and state departments of agriculture have
been telling the farmers about better seed and fer
tilizer new methods of planting, new implements
and machines,-all in order to raise larger crops
on the same piece of land. They have handed to
the farmers, to degree the results of the scien-
tific research in agriculture.
Even before the present crisis the greatest part
Of this scientific research and advice handed out
in tons of leaflets, pamphlets and books was a
mockery of the conditions of the farmers The
vast majority of them could not take advantage
of this research, crushed as they were by the ag-
ricultural crisis which has lasted over a decade.
Those who attempted it went into debt that much
more.
The present crisis has shattered this capitalist
research, has shown its brazen mockery.
AS Henry Gerdes points out, while the county
agent has told them how to raise more crops the
Farm Board has told them to pillow under every
third row. The Federal Farm Board demands that
the southern share troopers and small land own
ers cut their cotton acreage next year under the
threat of having the huge supplies of the Farm
Board dumped on the market.
The capitalist class thru its Farm Board tells
the farmers that since millions are unemployed
and hungry, since they have produced millions of
bushels of wheat and hundreds of thousands of
bales of cotton that cannot be sold to the unem-
ployed Masses they should cut their acreage.
The Farm Board tells the farmers that the Hoover
Hunger government has refused to give the mil
lions of unemployed relief and that the farmers
should therefore destroy their crops. The Farm
Board tells the farmers that they should DESTROY
the only cash crop they raise.
While there is this external inconsistency be-
tween the county agent and the Farm Board, they
are in basic agreement-One with the other. Both
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10 YEAR
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pressed opposition" to the bill.
Not because he was opposed to
the preparations for the attack on
the Soviet Union or to the huge
amounts that the capitalist class is
spending on war preparations, but
because the psychology of such a
bill is not good at this time"
He opposed the bill because it
revealed to the American workers
and farmers that the capitalist
class which refuses to give them
one cent for relief has millions to
spend on war. Britten favored
pushing the naval program on q
one year basis because the sum OF
money which the toiling masses
would hear about would be about
one tenth of that involved in the
ten year program.
81 think the country would be
for one-year program or fol
one-tenth of the 10-year program
contemplated in the BILL" Mr.
Britten stated, adding that in hi.
opinion the committee can more
readily agree on a one-year pro
gram than on a 1O-year program.
While they refuse to give on'
cent to the unemployed workers
and the destitute farmers tn cap
italist class is spending nearly
$70O,0OO,OO0 for war preparation
during the coming year.
Demand that these. funds. b,
turned over to. the. unempIoye,
workers and destitute farmers a
relief. Demonstrate on ..Februar,
4th for unemployment insuranc
and against the Hoover Hunge
and war program
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KENTUCKY
Continued from Front Page)

The miners are refusing to give
up their homes in many cases. In
many others neighbors have told
constableS eve wont let you evict
good union people" But the oper-
ators have been successful with
running out of Lenarou, three
men, for organizing the union.
The operators are lining up their
forces, using every means to force
the miners back into the mines
and back into slavery.
At Cary they have evicted mil
itants. But the miners have not
been stopped. There can be no
answer but strike, when working
means receiving, like Mat Prague
at Cary, one cent afte months
work. He earned $40.91 and the
company charged $4,000 against
him. One cent for months
work. The miners all over Ken
lucky and Tennessee have answer
ed: STRIKE, STRIKE, SOLID.
Until we win our demands in spite
of evictiOns and other attacks OF
the operators.
The working class must not al
low the miners to face the attacks
of the bosses against their strike
with only their militancy.
Food, funds, clothing must be
sent at once. This must be the
answer of the workers and farm
ers outside KENTUCKY and Tennes
see to the attacks against theil
fellow miners by the operators!
Fill to the caves the warehous,
at 145 Pine Street, Pineville, Ken
lucky.
| SUPPORT! STRENGTHEN tn,
MINERS STRIKE!
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Lenin Memorial
Meets Planned
By UFL Locals

Superior, Wis, Jan. 7.-Ac-
cording to the reports received
at the central office of the
United Farmers League humid
reds of poverty-ridden farmers
will participate in the Lenin
memorial meetings that will be
held Jan. 21st throughout the
country. In upper Michigan,
Northern Wisconsin, Minnesota
and the Dakotas, scores of Len
in Memorial meetings will be
held.
In almost every community
where the United Farmers
League has organizations, Len
in Memorial meetings will be
held January 21st to commem-
crate the death anniversary of
Comrade Lenin, one of the
great working class leaders. 1t
was under the leadership of
Comrade Lenin the Bolshevik
party of Russia was able to
lead the workers and peasants
successfully through the Octo-
Der Revolution and establish
the first workers and farmers
Government in the history of
mankind. So it is no accident
that the militant farmers are
participating in the Lenin me-
mortal meetings with the pro-
letariat of the cities.
The Lenin Memorial meet
ings are being organized by
the Communist Party and the
United Farmers League as
well as other mass organiza-
tons are participating in the
organization of these meetings
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-15
By H. PuRo


The rapid transformation of the
former independent farmer" into
tenantry is taking place as the
agrarian crisis deepens in conjunc-
ton with general economic crisis
of American capitalism. Even the
Federal Bureau of Agricultural
Economics is compelled to admit
this fact in publishing the results
of its nationwide survey.
The figures of the Bureau Of
Agricultural Economics reveal
that forced sales of farms through
financial default rose to 26.1
farms per 1000, compared with
POS in 1929-3O. At the same time
there was a marked decrease In
voluntary sales of farms and an
increase in the demand for farms
TO rent.
This means that 26.1 farms out
of every thousand went through
foreclosure, tax sale, sale in bank
ruptcy or other loss of ownership,
1t should be understood that these
figures include only those cases
where the sheriff has actually
conducted the forced sale. In adj
dition to these, the so-called "vol-
untary" sales are actually, in a
majority of cases, forced sales.
That is, a farmer whose position
has become increasingly impos-
sible, is compelled to dispose OF
his property whenever he sue
ceeds in finding q buyer.
But even taking into account
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state and federal governments thru
capitalist politicians who have
promised to take up their griev-
ances in the legislatures and in
Congress. But their appeals and
demands have been turned down
every time, while the government
has refunded billions of dollars in
back tax payments to the big
bankers and industrialists and has
been busy increasing the railroad
rates, giving hundreds of millions
of dollars to the bankers in order
to enable them to tighten their
hold upon the toiling farmers in
the form of loans. And while the
taxes of big bankers, corporations
and rich landowners have been
continually lowered, the taxes Of
the toiling farmers have gone con-
stantly upward.
Nothing else can be expected
from the capitalist government. II
is the government that ALWAYS
guards the interests of the capi.
talist class. It is the government
that does everything TO assist the
capitalist class to rob and Cypress
the toiling masses of workers anG
farmers.
The only course for the toiline
farmers is to organize themselves
to fight and struggle st this
robbery and oppression. ~ oroa.
nlzlng into the United Farmer,
League, which is fighting orga.
nizatiOn of tOiling farmers, the
toilers of the land can put I'M ,
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independent Farmer" Transformed
Into Tenantry

these so-called voluntary" forced
sales, we do not get full figures
on the process of this transform
alton of independent farmers into
tenantry. For we knew that tens,
perhaps hundreds of thousands of
farmers are allowed to stay on
their farms just because the credi-
tors of these farmers find that
due to the declining value of
farms, they are not able to realize
enough money by forced sales. In
many of these cases, farmers are
allowed to remain and the credi-
tors try to get whatever they can
from the farmers. 49,.
This driving of the independent
farmers from their lands is ac-
complished by the increasing rob
berry of the toiling farmers by the
bankers, railroad companies, i'm
plement companies; in the form of
usuriOus rents; high interest rates
on loans; exorbitant railroad
freights; high prices to farmers
for the commodities they have to
buy; manipulating the prices OF
farmers products; added tax bur-
dens imposed on the Shoulders OF
the toiling farmers by the County
State and Federal Government.
What shall the farmers do in
this situation? Capitalism is fore
ing them, together with the work
ers, to carry the whole burden OF
the economic crisis.
For years the American farmers
have appealed for assistance from
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-01-15
By RUDOLPH HARJU
National Secretary, United FARM
ers League.

Driven by the force of the acute
capitalist breakdown and particu-
larly by the deepening agricultur-
al crisis, the poverty-ridden farm
ers of st. Louis county, Minnesota
staged farmers hunger march to
the county seat at Duluth Septem-
Der 81 last, under the leadership
of the United Farmers League
and through their elected dele
gates presented certain specific
demands for relief. Over 1900
farmers participated in the march
and they were received by a mill
tant reception demonstration of
over 1880 workers on the Court
House Square. The board of coun-
ty commissioners at that time re-
ceived the delegation and arrange
ments were made to hold a joint
conference the following Wednes-
day, where the demands were to be
gone over point by point. This
was done and the board of COM
missioners promised" to act upon
the demands and to report their
decisions to the county secretary
of the United Farmers League.
Commissioners Let Demands Lie
Over Three Months.
Now after almost three and a
half months had passed the st.
Louis county United Farmers
League delegate conference passed
a resolution condemning the COM
missioners for their inaction and
elected a committee to go to the
county board meeting. This was
done. The committee insisted up
on an answer regarding the de-
mands presented last Sept. 21st.
And now the county board of
commissioners have been forced
out of their silence. The county
board has Offered sympathy" in.
stead IOf relief. The day after the
United Farmers League delegation
had been at the board meeting fol-
the third time the local capitalist
press had this to say:
The board this morning
adopted a resolution expressing
sympathy with unemployed far
mers and workers of st. Louis
county, which action followed
hearing on a petition presented
by the United Farmers League
The board pointed out that it
was limited in its powers but
that it would do all that is pos
sible to aid farmers and work
! ers."
: 1t took almost three and a hal
4 months for the st. Louis count
board of commissioners to pass
4 resolution expressing sympathy
to the poverty-ridden farmers
a They think that by offering sym
3 pathy they are able to quench tn
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do many times better. But we can
do that only by spreading our pa
per to the fullest possible extent.
Especially at this time must the
Producers News be made a mass
paper for the st. Louis county
farmers who are ready and willing
to struggle for their rights under
the leadership Of our organiza-
ton.
The St. Louis County United
Farmers League appreciates the
FUN significance of the situation
and will accordingly intensity its
activity by developing local strug-
giles arising out of demands sub
mited to the county board, by en-
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rolling hundreds of new members
into our organization by develop
ing local leadership and last but
not least by getting hundreds of
new readers for the Producers
News.
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BUILD THE OFFICIAL TI,n FARM N
GAN OF THE UNI raE NORTH.
Frs LEAGUE IN innnuCEBS
WEST = THE PROV
NEWS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-18
COLLEGE CHOIR
TO BROADCAST

The Choir of Wells college,
an ensemble of forty-two voices
under the direction of Prof Arthur
II. Egerton and Prof Paul II. Lang
of the Music department OF the
college, will be heard in a program
of sacred and secular music to be
broadcast over wABC and a coast
to-coast network of the Columbia
Broadcasting system. Monday,
March 81. from 3:45 to 400 p. m.
Originating in the studios Oh
WFBL, Columbia's outlet in SYRIA
cuse, the program will open with
the "sanctus" from the German
Mass" by Martin Luther, TO be Iol-
lowed by "Ipsa te cogat by Or
lando di Lasso, contemporary Oh
Palestrina and next to MIN tne
greatest composer of the 18TH Cen
tury.
Turning to secular airs, the choir
will present a jolly French cnan-
son, III est un homme en- no Viile,
by Pierre Certon, 10th century
choirmaster of the Royal Chapel
in Paris. A frottola, ~ Grlllo,
an early Italian song akin to the
ballad, will next be heard. Two
catch songs, a variation OF the
traditional round, "Hark, Harry
'Tis Late" by Eccles, and II Gave
Cakes" by Henry Purchell, the
greatest of early English compos-
ers, will complete the secular part
of the program.
other selections TO be heard DUR
ing the broadcast will include
chorale, "How Shall | Fifty Meet
Thee" BY Bach and 20 Vos
Omnes," responsorium by W.T.
toria.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-18
m sss WIZ k,,o ,sS
New York

5:15--StokeS orchestra.
5:30--The Singing Lady.
5:45--Little orphan Annie.
6:O0--Raising Junior--Skit.
6:15-Ponce Sisters, songs.
6:25-TallS--J. b. Kennedy.
6:3O-Artz orchestra; Ward Will
son, impersonations.
6.45--Topics In Brief--Lowell
Thomas.
7:00--Amos m Andy.
7.15-Elsie Janis, songs; Salter'
orchestra.
7:30--Stebbins Boys-Sketch.
7:45-Billy Jones and Ernie
Hare, songs.
S:00--Joy's orchestra; Bebe Dan.
iels, songs.
S:30--Scrappy Lambert, Billy
Ilillpot, songs; Novelty
orchestra.
S.45--Sisters of the Skillet.
Friendship Town-Sketch.
9:3O--Irvln $. Cobb. speaker:
Shields orchestra; Edna
Kellogg, soprano; maIe
quartet
! -Whiteman's orchestra,
/ 0:30-Ardens orchestra; Tom
Brown. tenor.
10:45--Plckens Sisters. songs.
] 1:00--Slumber music,
] t:30--Denny orchestra.
! 7:G0--Blue Rhythm band.
! AIS a. m.--Stoess orchestra.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-18
Meters etc WDRC x,i asss
Hartford

S:3O-Aunt Molly and Midge
Russell Wilson of Cincin-
natl.
s:35-Harold b. Smith, pianist.
5:45-The Lone Wolf Tribe.
6:00-John Kelvin. Irish tenor.
6:15-Charles Boulanger and or
chestra.
G:45-Ranny Weeks, Charles
Hector's orchestra.
7:00-Myrt and Marge.
7:15-Tune Blenders.
7:30-The Boswell Sisters.
7:45-Morton Downey, Anthony
Wons, jacques Renard's
orchestra.
S:00--1nterview; contralto, quar-
tet: orchestra.
S:1b-Sngln' Sam.
S:30--"To- day and Yesterday"
9:0o-Toscha Seidel, violinist;
Street Singer; Sam Lanin's
orchestra.
9:3O--Leon Belascos orchestra.
9:45-Bea and Natalie.
10:O0-Adventures of Beau Bach
elor.
10:f5-Dr Herman n. Bundesen.
Adventures In Health.
10:30--Music that Satisfies.
10:45-Vivian Ruth vocalist.
11:00-Columbi Symphony or
chestra, Howard Barlow.
conducting.
11:30-George Olson's orchestra.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-18

BLIZZARD SCENES
TO BE DRAMATIZED

Humorous and exciting scenes
from the blizzard of 1888, brought
to mind by the recent cold snap,
will be dramatized during the TO
day and Yesterday" program to be
heard over the WABC-Columbia
network from $3.50 to 900 p. M,
Est, Friday, March Is.
The re-enactments will include
the rescue of a group of people
stranded on q seaward-bound Ice
foe in the East River, the plight
of wealthy banker victimized by
a proflteering cab driver, and the
commotion caused by two burly
Fifth avenue policemen who
pounced upon unsuspecting pass
ers-by and pummeled their ears
with snow-filled hands to keep
them from freezing.
The program will also include
musical contrasts of to-day and
yesterday, played and sung by Don
Voorhees, and his orchestra, Gladys
Britain, soprano, and the, du Pont
Quartet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-18
Meters sss WABC k,,s ssS
New York

5:15-Summary of days play at
mems national indoor SIM
giles tennis championship,
Seventh Regiment armory.
5:3O--The Glad Girl.
5:45-The Lone Wolf Tribe
Sketch.
6:00--John Kelvin, tenor.
6:15-Boulanger orchestra.
observation-disclosures talk.
6:45--Bing Crosby. songs.
7:00-1Myrt and Marge.
7:15--Voorhees orchestra; Lanny
Ross, tenor.
1870 Easy Aces-Sketch.
7:45-Morton Downey, tenor;
Renards orchestra.
S:00--Margaret Santry; Barbara
Maurel. contralto; Ven-
trees orchestra.
S:15--Slngin' Sam.
S:30--To-day and Yesterday
Sketch. Concert, orchestra;
Gladys Britain, soprano.
9:00--Street Singer; Lanin's Or
chestra.
9:30-Belasco orchestra; Tito
GUITAR, tenor.
9:45--Casey Jone, aviation news
HasheS; Larry Murphy ten-
or; Rich's orchestra.
10:00-Beau Bachelor-Sketch.
10:15-Adventur in Health
DR. Herman N. Bundesen,
health commissioner Of
Chicago.
Shilkret orchestra; Alex
Gray. baritone.
10: 45-Funnyboners trio.
/ 1:00-Symphony orchestra. d.
rection Howard Barlow.
| 1:30--Olsen orchestra.
12:00--Bernie orchestra.
1890 q. m.---Jones orchestra.
1:00-1Topkins' orchestra.
1.30--Arnheim orchestra.
Evening star., 1932-10-23
STURDY MICHIGAN
R|)UTS ALN|, $40
Smothers Big Ten Foe With
Bewiidsring Array OF
Passes, Plunges.
b. the Associated Pres.

b. the Associated Press.
mn ARBOR, Mich, October ca
~ Michigan, hot on the trail of
~ the Western Conference title,
Jumped another barrier today,
smotkering Illinois, 80 to 0. to win its
third Big Ten game Of the season and
remain, with Chicago, the only -unde-
feated and united conference foot ball
eleven
Twenty thousand spectators, the
smallest crowd CT the year. saw the
Wolverines loose an overwhelming Of
fense. both passing end plunging. to
score five touchdowns Place-kick
were successful for the extra point only
Oil two of the goals.
The pass-snatching of Capt. Ivan
Williamson and the line-srnashilg and
long sprints of TED Petoskey, made over
from end to fullback for the day were
too much for the IlIni. Harry New
man, Michigan's star quarterback
called for a mixed overhead and run
ming game which the Illinois squad was
unable to halt until the Wolverine reg
ulars were withdrawn fo- substitutes.
NEWMAN heaved a 25-yard pass tc
ly Williamson midway in the first
period. and the shifty ead ran 1C
yards for the first touchdown. Newman
place kicking the extra point. On the
kickoff that followed, Herman. Everhar-
Gus ran back Capt Gil Berry's boot SO
yards to the Michigan 44-yard line
Michigan forwards opened a hole and
Petoskey sprinted 56 yards on the next
play for the second goal, with two Illini
unable TO catch him. Newman failed
IN Kick the extra p0int
In the second period Newman's pass
went to Everha dis. who dashed IS
yard3 to the Him 30-ysrd line. ani
Patosisey and EVerl,atdus then alter
mated in rllnging Until E7erh7 rIus
went over the goal line On a fir | Il
yard drive. NeUman's kick vas COED.
NEWMAN spell rs yards to return
~ Berrys ck-of as the third'period
opened, and vas Cowpei On the
Hlinoir 49, He passed to Ward fer a
first down on the t-yard line and Pc
tcskey took the bsll ever tru fo-
placement by Newman filled. Ag2in
in the third psriod Newman cut loose
bcwi,dcrirg mixture of Dars1s s1i
line p'a-c. finally rsssilT twice to Will
hansen tn second cna Gcod for a
goal His plecc-sick was wide
The Him. il1adcd by E7Try mi PCT,
ysnusf1u5 h-ifea-k fh--c- ss-cc1 ci'l+ II
tho ln-l peri"d v',ler aoa Ha~r7
Ki5k1 sent in a flock cf Mctiiyt1 rub-
stit,ites Twice tl1cy g5t 70 n. ric,.i-
igsn I0-yard line, but couldn't carry
the bail over.
Evening star., 1932-10-23
L|FORN|A TEAM
winner BY POINT
Substitute Makes Touchdown,
Kick Wins 7-6 Tilt With
Washington U.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
w ASHINGTON STADIUM. Sc
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trampled the Pacific Coast
Conference championship hopes of the
University of Washington foot ball
team in the slippery sod in this stadium
today by scoring sparkling 7-to-6 vie
tory.
It was an inspired Bear. led by
demon halfbacE. hrleigh Williams, which
turned defeat into victory in the ninc-
tenth traditional contest between the
two elcvcns.
Late in the second period after Bill
Smith had tailed touchdown for
Washington in the first quarter. Coach
Bill Ingram sent Williams into the
fray to replace his brittle triple threat
star, Henry Schalda ch. and about 10000
Washington fans gave sigh of relief,
but the worst was yet to come.
Williams went through the line for
touchdown and. for the extra point,
passed to Gus Castro. quarterback.