The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-05-06

press ITO MAKE FRONT PAGE STUFF OF
COURAGE AND FAITH IN THE INCREDIBLE
RICHES OF THIS COUNTRY" The duty of the
capitalist press is to hide from the masses the fact
that these incredible riches" are developed just
long as the toiling masses can be exploited IN
the process, and that now they are allowed to lie
unused because they have been developed too
we'll The capitalist press must hide from the
masses the fact that they are to starve because
they have shaved too we'll
Another task given the capitalist press by
Hurley was 10 "make front page stuff Of /. :. the
certainty of our future prosperity" The Wall
Street bankers realize that the toilng masses are
beginning to realize that here Is one PRESENT
CERTAINTY-THE CERTAINTY THAT MORE
INTENSE, MORE WIDESPREAD PRTVATION,
STARVATION AND OPPRESSION, WILL BE
THEIR LOT AS THE CRISIS DEEPENS IN THE
COMING MONTHS UNLESS THEY ORGANIZE
TO MILITANTLY RESIST THESE ATTACKS
OF THE CAPITALIST CLASS. The masses are
beginning to doubt, not only future prosperity"
but the CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF THE
CAPITALIST SYSTEM ITSELF.
Pat Hurley tells the capitalist press that they
must make "front page stuff of . our future
prosperity" convince the masses in the certainty
of the capitalist system to hide from them the
ism, that will not be solution" at the expense
of the toiing Masses is the revolutionary way out
of the crisis the establishment of revolutionary
workers and farmers government.
Hurley does not stop at the most vicious SLAM
der of the toiling masses to conceal from the toll
ers of land and city that this is CAPITALIST
CRISIS, THAT CRISES ARE INHERENT IN
CAPITALISM, THAT CAPITALISM IS DECAY
ING, AND THAT THE CAPITALIST CLASS is
TRYING TO SAVE ITS DECAYING SYSTEM
BY THE MOST INHUMAN ATTACKS ON THE
WORKING CLASS.
Il have seen cowboy, and l know
something about the psychology of cattle
when they stampede. But l never classed
men on the mental or moral level of a beef
steer, and l hOnstly puzzled when l
see 1OO,OOO,00O of the children of God act
ing like bunch Of lOcOed cattle. That may
sound like harsh judgment, but the time
certainly has come for some plain TALKING
don't for moment deny we are all in
bad jam. But ninety per cent of our
troubles are due to all of us deciding to
lose our nerve at the same moment"
The suffering, the privation, the misery of 12,-
100000 unemployed workers and their dependents
of the millions of workers on part time. of the
millions of destitute farmers and their wives and
chlldren-these are to the Secretary of War of
the Wall Street government the actions of
bunch of locoed cattle" The five thousand
workers who marched to Ford's plant, to get re-
lief, the four among them who were murdered bv
Ford's gunmen-these are a "bunch OF locoed cat
tie" to Mr.. P. j. Hurley. When one day the iron
fist of these millions is pushed determinedly into
the ugly countenance of Mr. Pat Hurley different
thoughts will come to him.
Ninety per cent of our troubles are due to
all of US deciding to lose our nerve at the same
time" 1t would be hard to find a more vicious
SANDER of the toiling millions
Hurley continues:
''This country has got very bad case
of neWasthenia. l know that that isn't all
it's gOt-it's bad case of collie, too, and
still joints, sore head, buck ague and plen-
ty of other trOubles-but the main trouble
is nerves, fears. 1t isn't fear of death. It's
fears are lot less noble than that gesture
of the love of life. It's fears are of lot
lower order than that What we've been
afraid of is-were afraid to be poor
The privation and oppression of millions, this is
'neurasthenia" this is "bad case of collie" "stiff
joints, head, buck ague" "But the main
trouble is nerves, fears" Pat Hurley tells the
capitalist press representatives that they must
preach poverty to the masses, get them used to
the idea that prosperity is not coming back while
you say it is, get them used to the idea that can