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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-12-23

DOINGS OF LAST WEEK
Walter E. Lund, Outlook, Mont.
writes from Washington, d. c.:
'The twenty delegates from Mon
tana send greetings and l send
forty % cent subscriptions which
we have sold, knowing both will
be greatly appreciated" You bet
they are Walter. He sends $40.
Harold Broclway, Sumas, Wash.
pays for a bundle and says owe
will soon want more than ten
copies as the farmers seem to like
them real well.
OTHERS TAKE NOTICE
Aug. WanhOla, Kimball, MINI.
has got q good start, he sends
us Ten subscriptions and orders
a receipt book. Do like August
does, just go and get them.
EASTERN COLO. IN BAD
SHAPE
J. E. Fry, Yuma, Colo, writes
for receipt book and says "I haC
brought a few old papers with mt
that / have given to friends here
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WORKERS HAVE
TO PAY FOR RED.
CROSS FLOUR
Marked mot to be Sold
but Workers Have to
Pay 81 for SO Lbs.

Billings, Mont, Dec. 18.-As
there is no newspaper that prints
any news for the workers here we
are sending you this story about
the Unemployed Council that has
Just been organized in Billings.
Conditions here are very bad.
More and more workers are being
thrown out of jobs every day.
Many families are unable to get
relief from the county, so it has
been necessary for the workers to
band together.
GETS So A WEEK
Our Unemployed Council was
formed yesterday. Over 100 work
els Joined. A committee from the
organization went to the County
and got relief for three cases right
away, although these same familie
had been turned down for aid over
month ago. The relief here in
Yellowstone County has been not
ten. In some cases the county
makes workers who get relief
work &c days out of a month and
they get just barely enough to live
on. One worker got SO week in
groceries which he had TO purch-
ase from the relief commissary at
a higher price than the market
price.
HAVE TO BUY RED CROSS
FLOUR
The authorities also charge 81
for so pounds of flour that has
been donated by the Red Cross
although every sack is plainly
stamped not to be sold. On the
slip that the workers GET this il
not marked. 1t reads just blank
Isl and does not say for what TIT
Isl was paid.
Yellowstone county has no
asked for federal aid although w
see that many other counties ar
getting it.
They have cut Ia articles off tn
menu. Dried apples are the onl
fruit. An important article tina
has been cut off is macaroni. Tn
workers are kicking about that, a
one man said at a meeting, nth
children sure liked it," Bacon j
sold at top prices and four or fiv
workers brought some to the NEE
ing to show that it is only tn
ends of bacon slabs that they ge
If conditions don't improve heI
= very soon, Billings will have a
unemployed demonstration tina
will be a humdinger. You vii
hear from US again.
An Unemployed Worke
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-12-23

Towards shutdown some farmers
had gathered on the crumbling
porch of a Pennsylvania farm
house. Chores were done already
because the farmer had only six
cows in the barn. "No use having
more when you lose money on
what you got" he said. One of
the men who had come over was
Lithuanian. He must have come
for a special reason, since he and
his husky wife were handling 20
mixers. They did it by getting
going at 4 a. m. and finishing up
around 10 at night. He too was
losing plenty. Sitting a little
apart from the Others was thick
set man who seemed to have moth
ing to say. He was known to the
others as one of those belonging
ID the Mennonite church. Usually
the Mennonites had kept pretty
much to themselves.
WE'RE FLAT
Though there were not enough
.hairs to 60 around for the group
If men, they had found comfort
able positions leaning up against
he posts or dangling their feet
Iver the edge of the porch. Inside
he woman had lighted a coal oil
amp and was cleaning up after
upper. There seemed to be lot
+ small children around One of
he children cam running out un-
xpectedly and fell flat over
omebody's big feet which were
tuck way out across the porch
he father of the child spoke up;
Did you see that boy fall over
'ete's number twelves? Well that
what's happening to every one
f us. We're flat, bloke, ruined
md that's what we've come here
Or tonight, to see that we don't
lad our kids into the same mess
ur fathers failed us. We're being
Iueezed dry, but we mustn't fai
lese kids"
"But what can we do?" some
he said. It must have been tn,
ennonite, but it was growing
ark and hard to see.
MONKEYS DON'T STARVE
"Ah, now you are asking some
ing, as the fellow says. Say lie
ask you one now: Did you eve
ar of a bunch of monkeys s
lpid that they were starving t
ath in the middle of a banan
antation with plenty of ripe ba
mas ar1und. Well, l know tina
ere are thousands of peopl
irving in the land of plenty
Ike me, / right now am pinchin
Y table of milk and you see Nv
! five kids around. Up to noV
thought / had to do it if l wa
have any show of paying take
! everything. But now sc,
It / can't pay them anyway"
Boy she's a tough one. What
ng to happen?"
It's already begun to happel
'ot letter from the bank thu
/ don't get the taxes paid, L
re o let the law take it
rse.' That's not what l call
apinc tonic"
You mean the county cle1
tie you that, not the bank"
JLTURES CIRCLE AROUND
No, mean the bank. You 81
e measly bankers are afra
the government officer WI
me out for taxes. first an
IA 1 won't be able to pay I
money out to him. And ]
probably lose also on what
him at his store. l feel Ill
&c carcass beginning to SINE
the vultures are oomir
ing around"
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Engdah national chairman of the international La
Defense with Ada Wright mother of two
of the SobOro boys the Of their departure last spring
behalf of the Scottsboo boys
They addressed countries and successfully
modified thousands join the protest against
lynch Hounded the police at the
Guest of the American State Department expelled from three
countries constantly harrassed by the of American
perialm Engdah his campaign the
freedom boys He died in Moscow, November
twenty first
ashes brought back to the United States by the LID
delegates which he member to the World Congress of
international Red Aid memorial meeting for Eng
dahl held in the Bronx Coliseum New York. December Is
among the speakers Similar memorial meet
ngs be held Detroit Chicago, Minneapolis, Pitts
burgh Philadelphia Cleveland Birmingham Atlanta San Fran
cisco nd Los
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F. U. L. ONLY MILITANT
LEADER
washed up, and was made a mem
Der of the family at once.
SIX MEETINGS IN CHICAGO

We had good meetings in the
evening and / can only report on
one as there were five other meet
ings at the same time. At the
meeting at Lithuanian hall farm
ers got up and ted about the
splendid conference and Roy Dali
ziel gave well deserved praise to
Lem Harris and his entire staff
for the fine and efficient manner
in which they handled the work of
the Conference.
A comrade Of Chicago spoke Of
the Hunger Marchers and of the
solidarity of workers ard farmers
and the good that had been accom-
plished at the conference.
/ am sure that the farmer dele
gates viii agree with me when
say that this journey to Washing
ton, d. c., and return has been q
big benefit to Us.
of us.
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ton of Washington carrying red
wreaths with the names of Hushka
and Carlson on them, the two vet
Grams who were killed in Washing
ton last July.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-12-23

and they are we'll pleased v;n
the paper. Eastern Colorado !;
In bad shape. Farmers cana ,.a :
over one more summer. East a.Ss
Colo. would be a good fiela fos
good organizer"
DIVA Ranhala, Ashby. Mass :.
news subscription and orders . ~
ceipt book.
FROM FAR AWAY ALASKA
Otis G. Beary, Fairbanks. AlasL,
says: II saw your paper and MT
knowing the price l am sending
so cents"
Albert Ostby, Four Buttes. Mon
tana, sends one sub.
John G. Watt, Fessenden, Nd
subscribes for six months.
A man from Claire City, s. D.
sends one sub.
P. Whinth, New Hope, Pa, also
sends In two sub cards.
VIM. Hibner, Bull, Idaho, sends
US one more sub and letter from
Art Eustis, on Washington TIN.
one of the Idaho delegates.
Frank Waters, Sioux City, Iowa
pays for 100 papers to be sent
Ray Judy, Puyallup, Wash.
wants information about the u. r
L. and how to organize the farm
ers.
Matt Ola, Geyser, Mont, sends
two more subs.
F. Martinchek, of Custer, Nich.
sends names for sample COPIES.
OREGON FARMERS NEARLY
BROKE
Alfred s. Heft, Beaverton, Greg
wants to know about organising
the farmers. "Most berry and
chicken farmers here, and an neal
broke, he says.
Eugene Henrikson, Red Lodge
Mont. sends pay for a bundle
Robert Kirmo, Frederick, S. D.
sends for a bundle.
John Nystrom, Gilbert, MINI
! subscribes for six months.
J. w. Eustis, Bull, Idaho, send
US another sub.
H. w. Springer, Vineland. N.
subscribes for one year. "f tn
: farmers of the east had the bacl
bone that the farmers of the wei
] have we could get somewhere
But they are nearly all waiting
see what comes out of Roosevelt
farm relief" he writes.
= Sub cards are coming in fro
e Pennsylvania at this writing, 80
: to farmers by the WashingtC
delegates on their way back
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companies. (Note: the F. u. L.
In Canada, like the U. F. L. in the
U. s. is the only militant farm or
ganization.)
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farmers was evidenced by Speak
er Gamers support of it at the
last Congress.
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well, maybe Rosie can do
something for US"
"Yea? What do you think he's
going to do? What has he done
up in New York State? l sup
pose dairymen striking for a de-
cent price doesn't mean that they
are as busted as we are. Did you
see that piece in the paper which
the Republicans put in which
showed Roosevelt's family estate,
a private swimming pool and a
house as big well I'll say it
must be just a trifle bigger than
this farm house. What do you
suppose we ought to expect from
a guy like that?"
RAZZBERRIE
"Razzberries maybe"
"Yea. And do you want to
know what he's going to be like
starting next March 4? He's GO
ing to be like that LIBERAL guy we
have as a governor, Pinchot. You
know what happened when ouI
farmers committee went to hm
about the eviction of Pilsiack. You
remember Pilsiack got behind
about SITS on the payments on his
mortgage, and the lousy bankers
threw him and his wife and nine
children out on the street. He haC
been on that farm over ten year:
and was paying something on hi.
debt though he couldn't make tn,
full payments. We went to Pin
chot and asked him to intercede
What did he say? Il have sworl
to carry out the laws of this stat,
and have no choice in the matter
/ admit that some laws are unjust
You had better go to the legisla
Iture and try to get the bankinl
law changed That the pill
he dropped and I suppose he want
us to go and spread it."
It was now quite dark with n
moon. Just the soft lamp light
coming thru the open kitchen do
lighted up one or two figures. ]
was already growing much coole
at night. A good breeze was com
. ing up, and you could hear tn
'squeaking of the weather vane o
top of the barn. The voices of tn
men coming out of the dark NJ
longer seemed to belong to an,
one farmer. One could imagine
|, was the voice of all farmers, fc
in thousands of farm homes o
that same night across the cour
: try and from the north to he sout
groups of farmers are meeting Il
!. gether asking what can be dor
in the face of utter ruin. Neigl
bors are finding that the old di
ferences between good and pot
farmers, between foreign ar
American, between white an
; black are being wiped out as the
all 60 broke. Groups get togethi
!: and hold community meeting
: These join with others. The voicl
! coming out of the dark are risir
.. to an angry roar. They are pour
4 ing into form natioal farm de
mands:
Moratorium on all debts.
No evictions, tax sales,
foreclosures.
: A cut into the middlemar
y spread of profit.
y Cash relief for ruined farmer
at the expense of business men.
e EYES," the voice continued 'V
l will have to learn to fight (
e ourselves. It's the only way. Lee
!, join the United Farmers Leagu
g that leads the struggle for reli
land against evictions."
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Continued from Front Psge)
tors protest to the police.
When the delegates reached the
and representatives they
asked each of them the following
questions:
81. Will you support q motion
that, since this is national EN-
Urgency, immediate action is re-
quired?
's2. Will you move the suspect
sion of rules Of the House Cor
senate) so that we may read our
resolution to Congress from the
floor of COngress7
"3. Will you present these resO-
lutiOns to the House Cor senate)
A. ''Will you support our demands
and work for immediate action
ON them?"
To question two practically every
representative and senator answer
ed that such action was "unpre.
cedented" and that therefore they
could not do it.
EvASIVE ANSWERS
To the other questions they an
swered in various evasive ways
in order to deceive the farmers
into believing that they were il
support of the demands without
making one step to make then
effective.
Practically all learned that tn,
senator's and representatives d.
not want to do anything for thu
farmers, that If anything is don,
it viii be done only thru mass pre-
sure and action, and that the i'm
mediate task is to rally the farm
masses unitedly around these de
mands.
Curtis, Garner, and Hoover eacl
met the delegations sent to inter
view them and tried to soft soa
them as the others had done.
ONE FAKER TO ANOTHER
One delegation had been sent
visit the "progressives" in tn
House who were meeting wit
John Simpson, president of tn
Farmers Union. Simpson talke
TO these "proeressives" on tn
allotment plan, as one faker to a
other. He disregarded every pc:
Isible objection that might b
raised to his hunger program an
blithely continued in. his speec
which convinced the delegation nj
only that Simpson had no concer
flor the farmers but that he kne'
very little about the plan itself.
After Simpsons speech Congress
man LaGuardia, chairman of Il
group, called on the spokesman
the delegation, John Marshall, Il
farmer of Leetoniaa. Marsha
read the program which the COZ
ference had drawn up. SimpsC
wilted as Marshall read the par
of the program denouncing sue
farm leadership" as he repr
sents and the denunciation Of Il
allotment hunger plan. At Il
conclusion of Marshall's speech t
! bell rang for the opening of Co
, gress and the groups adjourne
with the request that the farm
delegates return the next mon
: ling.
MARSHALL DENOUNCES
G PLAN
f The following morning Marsh
b had an opportunity to bring for
: the complete exposure of the ALL
t ment plan and of the Frazier
t as it had been discussed in
conference. Representative Kel
: Of Illinois. tried his best to ma
: the delegates feel that the Fraz
e bill would be of some nee tn I
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Continued from page One)
farmers-members of the Farmers
Unity League, at which demands
were presented for the withdrawal
of the sale and of the municipal
receiver. The demands were met
with thunderous applause by the
farmers and at the close Of the
meeting they all formed in line
and marched to the office of the
collector. Many who had come to
watch joined them and even store
keepers fell in line.
The paraders were met at the
door by a mounted policeman who
ineffectively tried to prevent the
farmers from entering. When the
municipal office was packed full
with farmers the chairman placed
the demands of the farmers.
The collector said, ct am in such
a position that / cannot help you
at ALL"
''Then why are you sitting here
asked the farmers.
The collector then offered to
write a letter TO the governor of
the province presenting the de :
mands, and said he could do moth
ing for them.
DEMAND COLLECTOR
RESIGN
"Then if you are SO helpless, p
cried the farmers, "resign, resign
at once"
The collector tried to evade the
issue by hurriedly leaving the
office. The farmers wrote his res,
ignation which he then signed. I,
read:
II hereby state that the sale of
farms for taxes which was co
have taken place today, Nov. %,
win not take place. / further
state that within IA days from
date, / viii leave my office
F. U. L. ONLY MILITANT
LEADER
The farmers, elated with thei,
success, left the meeting singins
the International" At a meet
ing held later a speaker explaines
the program of the Farmers Unit,
League and many farmers spoke
saying. that only under the lead
ership of the F. u. L. can the,
Safeguard themselves from the at
tacks of the banks and mortgag
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-12-23
The FARMERS VOICE

Out of the Night the Farmers Voice Rises-Gainmg
In Strength Each Hour
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SOLDIERS ORGANIZE
NATIONALLY FOR BONUS
Hold Memorial for Hushka and Carlson

ashington, Dec. 16.-The 200
S marchers who still remained
'ashington gathered at a con-
zee here last night and male
B to build a powerful unite,l
movement of the veterans OF
sountry to force payment of
onus and to stop all attempts
t disability allowances.
ELECT COMMITTEE
vas decided to set up q center
Washington to carry on the
!: and a committee of five was
id to carry On the work. The
ittee consists Of Emanuel
: and James W. Ford of the
ers Ex-servicemen's League,
d Hickerson Of the Veterans
and File Committee, George
IA of the B. E. F., and FL.
/ ms of the Khaki Shirts Of
/ JERSEY.
I he morning the veterans pa
through the downtown sec
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MARSHALL DENOUNCES
PLAN

The following morning Marshall
had an opportunity to bring forth
the complete exposure of the allot-
ment plan and of the Frazier bill
as it had been discussed in the
conference. Representative Keller
of Illinois. tried his best to make
the delegates feel that the Frazier
bill would be of some use to the
farmers but Marshall exposed the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-12-23

(BY JAMES CREEN)
The Writer of This Story, Eastern Dairy Farmer is
an Occasional Contributor to Eastern
Dairy Journals
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FALSE HOLIDAY
LEADERS REPEL
MINI. FARMERS
Farmers Refused to Attend
Meetings Because of
Leadership
(BY EMIL FALKl

Glencoe, Mimi, Dec. 1.-THE
Farm Holiday Association meeting
which was held in the Glencoe
court house Monday evening, Dec.
II, was attended by only about go
to 20 farmers.
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FARMERS RALLY TO FIGHTING
PROGRAM ADOPTED AT WASH

CONTINUED from Front Pagel
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CAN. FARMERS
STOP TAX SALE

CONTINUED from page one)
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BLAME COLD WEATHER

Whereas, due to the present de-
plorable condition of agriculture
many farmers Of this county and
all counties of the state find that
they have been unable to meet the
principal and interest payments on
their federal and rural credit
loans,
Therefore, be it resolved that
this meeting 90 on record as "fa.
voring" the following measures:
1. A three year moratorium or
federal and rural credit loans.
2. A reduction in the interest
rate on rural credits loans from
81 to 8 per cent.
8. A reduction in the legal in
terest rate of this state to five pc
cent.
A. Immediate passage of tn,
Frazier bill and the enactment o
a measure that would accomplish
the purposes of the McNary-Hau
gen bill lor the domestic allotmen
plan, to the end Of giving us cos
of production.
Evening star., 1932-10-16
Weeks Social Schedule
Is Drab Compared With
Last Seven Days Rush
Gamorous Round of Festivities Is Presented for
Delegates to Bar Convention
Reception Breaks Tradition.
Harris Ewing Photo.

ton society brought to the Capital by
the meeting of the Bar Association were
the former Secretary of State and Mrs.
Frank Billings Kellogg, who have been
spending part Of the Autumn at Hot
Springs They came for the opening OF
the Bar Association sessions, to attend
the Supreme Court corner stone laying
and the White House reception and
continued to take the cream off things
social until they left Washington yes
terday to return to Hot Springs.
1t was particularly interesting to both
Mr.. and Mrs Kellogg to attend the
original and delightful party given by
their successors in the cabinet, the
Secretary of State and Mrs. Stimson,
for the Bar Association and find cheer
full little wigwam fires burning on the
lawn, the wide-open f1replaces within
the mansion giving out their cheerful
Continued on Page IL, Column So
Evening star., 1932-10-16
Miss Mary Fletcher Is Bride
OfMr. c.. W.Lane of Indiana
Wedding of Miss Edith Reeves and Mr.. Edgar H
Nesus Event of Yesterday Afternoon
in Hyattsville
Harris-ETing Photo.

given by Mrs. B. B. Powell of River
dale.
Mr. and Mrs Negu3 will make their
home at 412 Baltimore boulevard River
dale.
The marriage Of Miss Myrtle Elisabeth
Brown, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. David
Waldo Brown of Falls Church, Va, and
East Point, Fla, to Mr.. George Lowry
Marshall, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
M. Marshall, took place Wednesday
evening at o'clock in the Friends
Meeting House. The Quaker service
was used.
The church was decorated with chry-
santhemums, dahlias, Autumn foliage
and candles and preceding the ceremony
Mr.. Royal Tinker sang Promise Me"
and The Sweetest Story Ever Told"
Miss Lucy Buckman played the we'd
ding marches and gave a short recital
before the ceremony.
The bride was given in marriage by
her father and wore a princess gown Of
ivory satin with veil of antique duchess
lace. She carried a shower bouquet Of
roses and lilies of the valley.
Miss Margaret Gurner was the maid
Of honor, wearing brown crepe gown
with puffed sleeves and fashioned with
(Continued on Page 8, Column -
Evening star., 1932-10-16
Miss Elizabeth Edison
Weds Rev. Butts, Sd.
At Church of Holy City
Ceremony Is Performed by
Bishop Arthur C. Thom-
son-Reception Held Aft
erwards.
Underwood Phot<

The Church of the Holy City was the
scene of a wedding of much interest to
society yesterday afternoon when Miss
Elizabeth Edson, daughter OF Mrs.
Bessie Edison and granddaughter OF MI.
John Joy Edison, was married to Rev.
H. Fairfield Butt, Sd, CT Brandon, Va,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. H. Fairfield Butt,
jr., OF Portsmouth, Va. The ceremony
was performed at 4:30 O'Clock by Right
Rev. Arthur G.. Thomson, Bishop of
Southern Virginia, assisted by Rev. Paul
Sperry, pastor of the church.
The arrangements fer the wedding
were particularly charming in detail,
clusters Of Easter lilies and palms giving
an artistic setting for the wedding. A
short organ recital was given as the
guests assembled and Miss Helen Mark
sang Because" before the ceremony.
The bride was given in marriage by
Continued on Page 2. Column -.
Evening star., 1932-10-16
Lord and Lady Reading,
Mr.. and Mrs. Stimson
Among Embassy Guests
Secretary Mills Returns to
Capital From Speaking
Tour in Western States.

The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Henry L. Stimson and. Lord and Lady
Reading were among the guests at the
luncheon given yesterday by the Am
bassador of France, NJ Paul Claudel,
in honor of M. Paul Reynaud.
The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr.
Ogden L. Mills, returned to Washington
last evening from speaking tour in
the West Mrs. Mills is expected to
join the Secretary in the Capital to-
morrow.
The Secretary of War, Mr.. Patrick j.
Hurley, is expected to return to Wash
ington the latter part of next week.
He is making a series of addresses in
Missouri and Nebraska.
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Charles Francis Adams entertained at
Continued on Page 2, Column S.