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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-18
LEGISLATION ON
RELIEF FOR ALL
DEPOSITORS
There Is Angry Dispute
Over the Matter in Sem
ate and Bill May Not
Pass
By LYLE &. WILSON
litcd Press STAFF Correspondent.

United Press stan Correspondence.
Washington, March 1S.-(UP)-
Legislation for relief of depositors
of closed banks to-day Is involved
in an angry dispute which will de-
lay and may defeat the measure.
The relief project to create a
$500, 100000 fund for quick liquida-
ton of a closed banks assets fig
ures in the dispute only because 1t
is part of the General Glass bank
ing bill.
administrator senators and Sen
ator Glass, dem, Va, brought the
bill to the senate yesterday in
apparent amity. Within a few
hours they were battling in press
statements regarding the nature of
their agreement.
The United Press is informed on
unquestioned authority that the
administration will fight certain
provisions of the Glass bill on the
grounds that they would provide
ment of the federal reserve act.
The issue now is in deadlock.
Senators Townsenud, repn, Del.
and Walcott. repn. Conn, who
served for weeks with Glass on the
subcommittee which prepared the
final draft Of the bill. announced
after II was introduced that "a few
sections can be improved material
~"
sIt Is OF the utmost importance"
their Joint statement continued. sat
this time that no permanent chang
es IN the banking law OF the
federal reserve system be made
which might be construed as de-
flntIonary.
GLASS was angered by the at
fltude 70 his colleagues. He an
uounced their statement was "ai-
together contrary 70 my UNDER
standing" He said It had been
agreed By the sub-eommitee that
none Of rs members would nttempt
10 change any provision Of the bill
Debating 10 the used Of FEDERAL re-
rive purposes"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-18

man. Toomer Is listed In ''The
Negro Anthology" as q writer. His
novel Cain" published In 1898.
attracted wide attention.
Mrs Toomer mas published three
novels,
The producers news., 1932-01-01
PROSTITUTION Grows
Among Daughters of
Workers Thru Crisis

Inc worsening of the economic
eiSlS means more and more pros
u'uuon of workers and farmers
daughters thruout the country.
~ serious has the situation be-
'Oiae that even the agents of the
capitalist class that drives the
WI "Unen Of the toiling masses to
wi their bodies so that they can
.a' nave come out demanding that
SSSllethlng ~ be done. Patrick Car
n T,lai Hayes, Catholic archbishop;
~, u !. William I. Manning, Episcop-
- Oishop; Rabbi Nathan Krass
Anu S tne Rev. Harry Emerson Fos-
~ A joined in "plea for support
In tne committee of Id" whose OBJ.
yoI, ySosIve is elimination of New
'VrA underworld"
r., = recldng the "perilous posi-
~. H g. u women and girls who can
d., Ilna work." they said "the un
ta2rld seti,'3l is showing increasing
fSs fSi'ity y. in taking advantage O
N1S situation"
mo Is !; underworld which is exploit
ms,s Suese daughters of the toilins
svstsss sss Is part of the capitals
N;" Nsn Which has driven them I
who extremity. The preacher
Dart now - complain about this ar
en-. u the same gang of explicit
The producers news., 1932-01-01
Anti-Fascist Worker
Granted Bail Thru
Pressure of Worker:

Philadelphia, Pa.-So great has
become mass pressure for the
release of Orlando Spartaco. 70
wear old worker sentenced for
shouting at Foreign Minister Dino
Grandi of Fascist Italy, that the
Judge who sentenced him and
twice refused bail, finally signed
81 100000 bond for his release.
Judge Harry S. McDevitt Of
Quarter Sessions Court, in signing
the bond, declared that he did not
want Orlando to become "a COM
munist martyr" No decision has
vet been given on the appeal OF
| the International Labor Defense
to the State Superior Court. Judge
William H. Keller Of this court
however, feels so strongly In sym
pathy with Mussolini, dictator anc
labor Oppressor of Italy, that hf
is quoted in the daily press al
calling SpartacO's maximum sent
ence of two years on charge 0.
inciting to riot inadequate"
The producers news., 1932-01-01

tions to the Ontonagon County
farmers who were able to prevent
successfully sheriff's sale under
the militant leadership of the
United Farmers League through
mass action.
The st. Louis County United
Farmers League pledges to carry
on similar work to prevent evic-
ton of poor farmers from their
homes.
We hail your determined activi-
ty of your organization as a sign
of increasing militancy and deter
mination and the willingness of
the farmers to follow the fighting
United Farmers League.
With good wishes for additional
victories, we are yours in the
fight.
SECRETARY OF THE
CONVENTION.
The producers news., 1932-01-01

Plentywood, Montana, Dec. %
The United Farmers League has
been able to secure confidential
papers which prove conclusively
that in the applications for feed
loans the members of the Feed
Loan Committee and the County
Agent of Sheridan county have
played the role of vicious enemies
of the toiling farmers, stabbing
them in the back while they ap-
proved their applications to their
face. The Feed Loan Committee
and its boss, the County Agent
have Disseminated most viciously
against the leaders of the United
Farmers League who have forced
them to grant the applications Of
dozens of farmers in the county
after they had first refused them
The information which we have
about two cases in particular re-
veals their treacherous double
dealing.
The case of Rodney Salisbury
state organizer for the United
Farmers League, shows up thii
brazen treachery of the entir'
Black Hand crew in all its viii
nakedness. Salisbury filed his ap
plication with the county feeC
loan committee on October 30tl
for 800 for six head of dairy cat
tie and 800 for six horses for
total of $4,000.
The back of the application GOV
ers the information-the stool
pigeon lies-supplied by the Coun
ty Feed Loan Committee. To tn
question of whether Salisbury ha
the stock for which he applied fo
a loan they answered, "Don
know" altho every farmer coul
have told them that the stock wa
there, and altho they could hav
gone to the Salisbury farm in fiv
minutes and ascertained this fc
themselves. THEY DID NO
The producers news., 1932-01-01
COUNTY AGENT, VICIOUS ENEMY
OF FARMERS, MUST BE OUSTED
Hundreds of Farmers Have Loans Refused By Agent
Because They are Militant Fighters.
Confidential Documents Show County Agent Demanded
Reasons for Loan Refusal Be Kept From Farmers.

WANT TO FIND OUT. THEY
WERE DETERMINED TO PER-
.SECUTE THE LEADER OF THE
UNITED FARMERS LEAGUE
IN MONTANA.
They then answered that the
loan was not justified and that
they had known Salisbury for
eighteen years. Eighteen years,
during which they had discovered
that he was a militant leader of
the small and middle farmers
against the robbery and double
dealing of the bankers.
His general reputation, accord
ing TO the Committee was "poor"-
because he is a leader among the
farmers of the state.
To the question of "Is farming
his only source of income?" the
committee answered, "No. United
Organizer" meaning that he wal
organizer of. the militant UniteC
Farmers League, and should b.
denied credit whether he legal!
deserved it or not.
| After rejecting the application
the committee gave the reason as
"He applied for seed loan in 1913
l-not granted" despite the fac
that Salisbury never applied fo
any kind of a government loal
before and despite the fact tina
this was clearly stated on the ap
Iplication itself. Dealing from tn
bottom of the pack is the regula
procedure of the County Fee
Loan Committee.
The Grand Forks Seed Loan ot
lfice acted according to the recon
mendations of the County Commit
zee and rejected the applicatio
fon Nov. IL without offering an
reasons.
: Between the time the applies
e ton was filed and rejected tn
r Grand Forks office received
CONTINUED on Page two)
The producers news., 1932-01-01
VIRGINIA. MINI. CONFERENCE
LAYS BASIS FOR STRUGGLE
Next Step In Organization of Tax Strike of Small and
Middle Farmers By United Farmers League.
200 Farmers Join UFL In St. Louis County In Three
Months Period Since Hunger March.

developed; not enough attention
had been given to strengthening
the local units of the organization;
inadequate attention to the devel-
opment Of local initiative and To-
cal cad1es for the leadership of
The struggles. All these were
pointed out to be serious short
comings that must be overcome in
the shortest possible period of
time.
Development Of Tax Struggle
Regarding the future tasks the
Conference discussed at length
problems facing the small farmers
IN the county. 1t was decided af-
ter a thorough discussion that the
program formulated for the Hun
ger March must be now made the
rallying point around which thous-
ands of farmers must be rnubiliz-
ed. The program will be present
ed to township meetings Of farm
ers, from where real mass base
can be built for our organization
Particularly did the discussion
center around the tax question
The conference was unanimou:
that the next step must be the de
velopment of a county wide ta1
strike. The matter was left t.
the UFL County Board with in
, structions that immediate steps b.
taken for preparations of the ta1
strike on a mass basis. In con
nection with this work of prepar
ing for the tax strike, it was de
cided to organize another mass de
, monstration of farmers some tim
in April or May that will b
many times bigger than the on
S held Sept. Goth.
j The conference elected an en-
: larged UFL County Board Of /
k members to be IN charge of th
e work during periods between dele
i gate conferences. The Board ths
e was elected is representative {
h the most militant and experience
S types Of small farmers in Il
l. county. The board will give a
/ and guidance to the activity
% the local units of the organizatiC
e and will coordinate the plan
lie activity on a countrywide scale.
S. Organized Leadership
r st. Louis county United FarT
OF ers League Conference was trs
p blazer in the work of organizatil
ul for every section of the countl
n Our task everywhere is
en- Continued on last Page)
The producers news., 1932-01-01
NORTH DAKOTA
HOLDS FARMERS
CONF
CONFERENCES WILL LAY
BASIS FOR GREATER
FARMERS STRUGGLES.

Conferences will be held in
North Dakota, in the following
places:
Williams County, Epping, Sons
of Norway Hall, Ian. Srd, 2 P. M.
Dickey County, Forbes. on jan
uary 9th. 200 P. M.
These conferences like those al
ready held in Minot, Stanley and
Burke county, are held for the
purpose of laying plans for more
intensified struggle against the
terrible conditions now existing
among the masses of farmers and
workers.
We must build more Township
Committees Of action, aud orga-
nize the unemployed workers In
our towns and cities, for struggle
against the starvation program of
the capitalists.
We must organize and fight
against foreclosure sales and evic'
tiOns from our homes.
We must organize and fight
against all taxation of the now
bankrupt farmers, and demand
that the rich pay the taxes.
We must organize and demant
cancellation of all debts of mort
gagged and tenant farmers, w
must demand adequate food ant
clothes for ourselves and families
seed for our next crop, and fee
for our stock.
We must organize and figh
against "a system that keeps
third of its population on tn
!, breadline, in a country wher
, there is plenty of everything.
The United Farmers League
5 the only farm organization tha
! has such a program.
t All farmers and workers are II
5 vited to these conferences.
D ELLA REEVE BLOOR
: State Organizer,
United Farmers Leagu
The producers news., 1932-01-01
UFL CONFERENCE GREETS MILITANT
ACTION OF ONTONAGON, Mich. FARMERS
Pledges to Carry on Struggle Against Evctions By
Sheriff of Small and Middle Farmers.

The st. Louis County Confer
.ence of the United Farmers Lea
que, which was held in Virginia,
Mimi, on December 20, hailed the
militant action of the farmers of
Ontanagon, Michigan, who, under
the leadership of the UFL recent
ly prevented the eviction of a
farmer by the sheriff by militant
mass action.
The conference adopted the fol-
lowing greeting which was sent to
the UFL of Ontanagon:
December 20, 1881.
Ontonagon County
United Farmers Committee,
Bruces Crossing, Mich.
Dear Comrades;
The st. Louis County conference
of the United Farmers League
wants to extend its congratula-
The producers news., 1932-01-01
CHINA TROOPS
REMOVED FROM
&c H | N c H O W
MARSHAL CHANG, AGENT OF
JAPANESE IMPERIALISTS
AIDS INVADERS.

In order to permit the invasion
of the japanese imperiahsts to
proceed without any delay Mar
shall Chang Hsueh Liang has or
dered the withdrawal of his troops
from Chinchow. Chang Hsueh LII.
ang is the agent of the japanese
imperialists and the order for the
withdrawal is the most recent in
dication of his treachery to the
Chinese masses. The withdrawal
of Chang leaves the Japanese in
complete control of Manchuria ex.
cept for the active resistance Of
the Chinese masses themselves
who have formed partisan detach-
ments to repel the imperialist loot
ers. These are called bandits" by
the capitalist press.
! The real reason for the with
drawal of Chang is contained in
the capitalist press dispatches, tho
hidden. The capitalist press re
ports that the japanese now shave
a free hand to wipe out so-called
bandit forces alleged to be a men.
ace to japanese interests in the
three northeastern provinces"
The hypocritical reason giver
by Chang, the mass murderer, i:
that now the Japanese will have
no "pretext" for the invasion o.
northern China. The Withdrawal
of these troops is the open admis
sion on the part of these butcher
/ who have been attempting to mis-
lead the Chinese masses, that the,
] are tools of the imperialists an,
: that the invaders and the othe
imperialists can now have a FIRE
hand in the looting of China.
The japanese invaders plan t
take the next step in the lootin
of China as admitted in the capi
talist press.
n "The possibility of fresh dan
g gers in the Tientsin and Peiping
|; areas as a result of the expect
/ ed influx of evacuated troops
) was not discounted. In this
Il connection, Japan has had war,
e ships in readiness along the
Z coast, particularly in the Shan
u kaikwan area, to cut off tht
oI retreat of Chinese soldiers i
such action proves advisable anC
to aid in protecting Japanese in
le terests in China proper if ne
III cessary."
= Japan has its warships al
: troops prepared for the invaslt
!. of China proper in its attempt
- crush the rising revolutions
surge of the Chinese masses w
: are determined to throw out all
: the imperialist looters and ro
! bers.
= Japanese Main Aim In ManchuI
: Is War on Soviet Union
- - That the main aim of the ia
- anese imperialists in their band
=. - ry in Manchuria is war agai1
- Continued on last Page)
The producers news., 1932-01-01
By RUDOLPH HARJU

The st. Louis county, Minneso-
ia, poverty-ridden farmers have
again taken the lead in their
United Farmers League activity.
Sept. 10th last the poor and mid
die farmers of st. Louis county
under the leadership Of the Unit
ed Farmers League organized one
of the most successful mass de-
monstrations of farmers ever at
tempted in this country. About
1,200 farmers from almost every
corner of the country participated
in the Hunger March 80 Duluth
where they were met by over 1900
city workers in one of the most
militant demonstrations ever
staged in Duluth.
The farmers through their elect
ed delegation submitted demands
to the county board of commits.
sioners which included: exemption
of taxation for small farmers
cancellation of mortgage debti
and the stoppage of evictions, etc,
etc. The st. Louis county power
ty-ridden farmers showed the wa,
for other sections of the countr,
how to organize masses of smal
farmers for successful struggle.
On December 10th there wa
held at Virginia, Minnesota, tn
st. Louis County United Farmer
League County Conference. Thi
conference was an example of ho7
organization work must be cal
ried on. The conference from til
f very beginning resolved to go /
work instead of doing much tall
ing which usually is the cas-
The conference heard repor-
about the work thus far done an
the tasks that must be accon
plished if the organization wcl
/ lis to progress. The reports to Il
n conference showed that the cor
rades have not been asleep sin
the huge farmers Hunger Mar
r on Sept. 10th. Over 200 membe
have been enrolled into the org
= nization since that date. The co
le ference, however, did not want
h rest on the laurels of past achiev
IF ments. It pointed out that, VIII
It. there has been marked progre
lg in enrolling members into the
a. ganization, the comrades have
at taken full advantage of the 9
a portunities after the success
Hunger March of Sept. goth.
sufficient local struggles had be
The producers news., 1932-01-01

Resolution adopted at the ST.
Louis County Conference Of the
United Farmers League when
was held in Virginia, Minn., De-
cember 20, 1881:
WHEREAS, the Producers
News, a weekly paper, has no"
become the official organ OF the
United Farmers League, and
WHEREAS we fully appreciate
the fact that fighting puDilca
i ton if properly used can become
The producers news., 1932-01-01
MINNESOTA UFL GETS BEHIND
PRODUCERS NEWS CAMPAIGN

an effective organizer and leader
of the farmers struggles, 50
THEREFORE, BE 1T RESoLV-
ED that we take advantage OF the
Producers News in our organlza,
tion work by getting hundreds .Id o.
new subscribers an dreaders IN o
Louis county and by organizing
active correspondence for the pa
per in every locality in order ina
we may help make the paper
real voice of the farmers.
SECRETARY.
The producers news., 1932-01-01
Will Complete Soviet Five-Year Plan In Four Years
Giant Lenin Statue
VIII Be Erected In
Port of LeningraC

A giant statue of Lenin, the
largest in the world and bigger
than the statue of Liberty in the
New York harbor will be erected
by the Soviet government in the
Leningrad port.
The idea was originally initial
ed by Leningrad factory workers,
who started to raise funds for it
and pledge voluntary labor to help
complete it.
The statue will be $40 feet high
as compared to the statue of Lib
erty which is 305 feet from base
to the torch, and a light house
beacon for ships will be erected
on top.
The producers news., 1932-01-01
SOVIET UNION
CHEERFUL OVER
GREAT GAINS
WILL OPEN ONE NEW BLAST
FURNACE FOR EACH ONE
CLOSED IN u. S.

NEW YORK, N. Y.-"Cheer-
fulness," "good humor and high
spirits" are the expressions used
by capitalist newspaper CORES
pondent in Moscow describing the
opening of the Central Commit
tee of the All-Union Congress of
Soviets, which convened evoked by
the opening of the Congress of the
American capitalists.
"Cheerfulness was the keynote
at the opening of the .All-Union
Parliament this evening"" cabIeo
Walter Duranty, New York Times
correspondent in the U.S.S.R., cas-
the assembly listened to the
speech of Premier Molotoff."
The Associated Press added;
Russian officials prepared, with
high spirits and good humor, to.
day to attack the problem of com
pleting the Five-Year Plan il
1882, backed by the enthusiasm Of
a rally last night in the former
throne room of the Cars at tht
Kremlin."
MOlOtOff in his report to the
Soviet Congress told of the ad-
vances of the Five Year Plan.
eve are trying to erect next
year more blast furnaces than
the United States closed down. %
he said. He told of the expec-
tatiOn of complete cOllectiviza-
tiOn of agriculture next year
when the Five-Year Plan called
for only 40 per cent cOllectiviza-
tiOn.
On the other hand in the cap
talist countries, and particular
in the United States Congress
there was the gloomy picture (
growing decay and crisis. "Tl
crisis in the United States is no
worse than it was last june" sa
F. H. Ecker, president of the M
tropolitan Life Insurance Co., Il
largest in the world, before Sci
d ate Committee. "This country
n like a patient approaching Il
o crisis when the patient either ge
v we'll or dies"
10 While this testimony was beil
II given to the Senate Committt
D. the Soviet representatives we
gathering in Moscow from t
la mines, mills, factories, collecti
farms where Socialism is beil
D. built and where the conditions
t. the workers are improving at
st rapid pace, and where unemplo
ment has been eliminated.
The producers news., 1932-01-01
MOTHER BLOOR
ARRESTED IN
MINOT MEETING
POLICE CHIEF BREAKS UP
MEETING FOR RETURNING
HUNGER MARCHERS.

Minot, N. D., Dec. 26.-The
Hunger Marchers, the Unemploy-
ed delegation from the northwest,
have kept Minot stirred up in a
lively fashion for several days.
First, the Montana and North
Dakota delegates headed by Hans
Rasmussen returned and were kept
busy in the restaurants, on the
streets and at the headquarters of
the U. F.. L., interviewing their
friends. On Thursday, the big
Washington and Oregon truck ar
rived with ten delegates from the
Pacific coast.
This delegation was remark
able one, in its composition a real
cross-section of the working class;
A fine colored delegate; an Indian
farmer from Washington State; g
lively youth from Seattle; Com,
rade Powers, one of the old fight
ers in mine strikes; Comarde Kan
tola from Astoria Oregon; an ex
service man from Seattle; anC
longshoremen and shingleweaveri
from Aberdeen and Oregon.
We arranged an open air meet
:. ing in front of an empty theater
t We had sowed the town will
: hand-bills, SO there was a crow,
e waiting for us. Among others
e Chief of Police O'Leary. He or
y dered the meeting stopped, sayint
: that we could not speak anywher
1 in Minot. He also frothed at tn
t mouth about the North Dakot
banner seven feet long, held up b
}. Comrade Scotland Heith. Thi
banner had gone through the er
tire march to Washington an
,. contained the message to Cor
o gress: unemployed Insurance
n $3.50 Cash Immediate Relief" et
IS etc.
This banner was read by hunC
is reds of workers as the marchel
a never faltered, keeping it up col
a tinually in spite of the shouts 1
h the Chief. "Take it away!" "RO
it up" etc., etc.
q Comrade Bloor, who had bee
elected chairman Of the meetir
by the Hunger Marchers, kept I
a continual appeal to the crow
y "These unemployed delegat
"A .a went to Washington to demal
II Unemployment Insurance, n
Us only for the unemployed worke
ne of Seattle and Oregon, but al
ne for the discharged railroad wor
Il ers of Minot."
" These firemen and other ra
road workers unemployed are
en fered two days work on the roa
ac- with pick and shovel by the cl
MS and are given scrip-only good !
a little macaroni and beans, e
luS Not a cent of money to buy az
thing "on their own" This t;
we about Minot's unemployed, infu
IRE ated the Chief and he rougl
OI dragged Comrade Bloor to the
my car the city bought for him. Z
e'- of the Hunger Marchers tried
get into the car with Comr'
Bloor, but the Chief pushed f
off the car, telling him to m
his own business. He said, II
is nv business" but he was tun
ed out of the car. The Chief
ISIS Mother Bloor into the jail eel
where she patiently waited
mlc "official performances" book
,oS- etc. She pleaded "not guilty,
lers then waited for the lawyer.
Try knew well it was a "kangar
@ pc court, and if $25 was put up
tne m bonds, it would be "contributl
tae to OIeary & Co. Mr.. Brekke,
70 lawyer, demanded her release
can his care until the hearing witt
C Clla' bond. This was finally gran
Oai Continued on Page Four)
lop;
The producers news., 1932-01-01
Omitted States Never
So Depressed e d and
Gloomy" Says Duclznan

The gloom and the desperation
of the United States was stressed
also by Sir Arthur Duckham
president of the Federation of
British Industries who returned to
London on the day the Soviet
Congress opened in Moscow. 81
have never seen the United States
so depressed and gloomy as l OBJ
served it this time," said Sir Ar.
thur.
The producers news., 1932-01-01
400 DELEGATES TO r
SOVIET CONGRESS
HEAR OF PROGRESS
DELEGATES REPRESENT WORKERS, FARMERS,
RED ARMY AND NAVY OF SEVEN REPUBLICS

Moscow, Dec. 23-In the midst of the sharpening
crisis in the capitalist world and the decline of It's indus
tries with the successful closing of the third and decisive
year of the FveY Plan of socialist construction all
forces of the Soviet masses and government are being