The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-28
Harry Polk is
"COdfather Of
Liberty Party

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defeated as the same party's can.
didate for the State Senate. Out
side of Bob Larson who has proven
a plain renegade Com
munist and 1. w. W., who is now
for the purpose of aiding Harry
Folks Economy League elect its
ticket, secure the printing contract,
maybe accidentally a job for him
self. Nothing can be said per
sonally against the Liberty slate
of candidates.
The Liberty candidates are all
farmers, sincere and h5nest men
who stand high among their neigh
bors, who actually believe that the
Liberty party proposals provides
a way out of the present crisis
men honest but confused by the
quack nostroms of old "Coin" Har-
vey, and misled by renegades like
Bob Larson and other fly-by-nite
Adventures at Plentywood who
work together under cover in be-
half of the Wall Street Hoover out
fit for the few nickels they can
pick up, and in revenge for not
being nominated for an office by
the Communist. These nominees
and the rank and file of the Lib
erty party are all sincere men,
farmers and workers who have
broken with the old capitalist par
ties and who will align themselves
with the Communist party as soon
as they understand the Commun-
list program and that the Commun-
ist party is the only party of the
toiling farmers and the Industrial
workers, and that the liberty par.
ty is just another capitalist party
with inadequate and ridiculous pro-
posals.
No County Platform
The Liberty candidates however
have no county platform. They
make no promises to the bankrup
farmers and starving workers
They do not promise as do tn,
Communist candidates:
"No forced collection of rents O
debts; no foreclosures or evictions
"For Emergency relief for tn
impoverished farmers without re
striction by the government and
banks; exemption of impoverishe,
farmers from taxes and no force
collection of debts. And
For Unemployment and Socia
Insurance at the expense of tn
state and employers"
Candidates Make No Promises
For instance, Andrew Dahl, Liz
erty candidate for sheriff also
democrat Committeeman for hi
; precinct, does not promise that
case of eviction orders being issue
that he will refuse to evict, no
: that he will positively refuse t,
carry out foreclosure sales, an
, that he will fight against force
! collection of debts, as does Har
. Hardersen, the Communist cand
date for sheriff. And Peter Glei
l liberty candidate for county con
missioner does not tell the farm
ers positively that he will not pl
the resolutions on the minutes {
the county borad to sell any res
dent farmers land for taxes, bl
will only enter such resolution fl
the sale of lands owned by tt
mortgage companies and other nc
resident land owners, and then
the farmers and workers, actui
' tillers of the soil for such price
and on such terms as they ma
: under the circumstances be able
: pay.
= These candidates do not promi:
to protect the farmers and worl
ers. They promise only to a,
minister the county affairs an
enforce the laws, which mean
= they will foreelose and evict, ar
look after the interest of the e:
ploiters and capitalists. In, 9th.
{ words they have exactly the san
q county program as the fusion (
Economy League candidates whit
Y the Liberty party organ refers
9 as "old gang" candidates. AS f;
as the candidates and the count
programs are concerned, the ii
ertY party candidates and Il
t Economy League candidates,
= easily seen, if they read their oW
program and statements stani f,
2 identical programs.
[ The difference is between Ii
s erty and Economy League pla
form and candidates and the Con
munist platform and candidates.
In short the first two parties a
capitalist parties and the las
party is the Workers and Farme
party; the first are parties of Il
exploiters and the latter is th
party of the exploited.
And that difference makes 6
of the difference in the world, al
that difference makes a great di
ference in the candidates .ther
selves as far as the farmers al
the workers are concerned. II
first two list of candidates a
under no discipline while the Coz