The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-29

state of Iowa against the fake tuberculosis test
of COWS. This was a spontaneous movement of
toiling farmers, their own initiative-and the
capitalist press was very much aroused about
this struggle The state militia was called to
suppress this struggle of the farmers. These
farmers had to conduct their struggle without
any leadership, Although we are supposed to
have some Party organizations nearby they did
not know anything about this struggle or al
least they did not do anything about it. They
did not even send in reports to the Central Com
mittee
A similar struggle was reported going on in
Western Minnesota. There our Party comrades
at least discussed the problem, but were very
much in doubt whether we can oppose "scien-
tific test" This hesitation and lack of clarity
prevented them from doing anything.
In and around Portland Ore, and st. Louis,
Mo-, dairy farmers conducted very bitter strug
giles against dairy trusts last fall We found out
about these strikes from the capitalist press
ports. Although in both places there are Party
units, they hardly know anything about these
struggles. All least they did not make any con-
facts with these farmers, nor did they report to
the Central Committee about these struggles
In the beginning of December, when the hurley
tobacco sales opened there we're considerable
protest movements among the Kentucky tobacco
tenant farmers against the robbery of the
tobacco trust In Owensboro which is in North
western Kentucky, as many as 5000 farmers
gathered around the tobacco trust office, holding
their protest meeting. In some other places as
many as 1900 participated in similar demonStra-
tons Many militant farmers were arrested in
these meetings. From the reports of the capt.
talist press, from which we were compelled to
gather our information, we found that the
tobacco trust was trying to prevail upon the
farmers to reduce their acreages in order to raise
the price of the crop, and it seems to us That
to a certain extent they were successful in this.
In view of the big mine strike in Kentucky
it is very important for Party to immedi-
ately establish contact with these tobacco farm
ers in the northern and central part of the
state who have shown their willingness to strug-
gle against the robbery of the tobacco trusts.
These farmers can be easily modified for the
struggle against capitalism on the basis of their
immediate demands, which we should help to
formulate These tenant tobacco farmers can
be gotten to support the striking miners.
From Colorado the District Organizer of the
Party writes, describing the extremely favorable
situation for the work among agricultural work
ers and poor farmers: There exists a most
favorable situation among the beet workers and
farmers generally" but then the comrade is up
against it, because, he says, lack of funds and
the inability of this weak Party organization to
wholly substitute the work of the Agricultural
Industrial Workers Union" 1t is important to
know that there are thousands of agricultural
workers in Colorado And this is the most i'm
portant category of village population among
which we must work At least our comrades in
the Colorado District realize the Importance of
this work and try to do something, and we hope
that in spite of difficulties they will succeed in
mobilizing these thousands of agricultural work.
ers in a fighting organization and into the
struggle for their immediate demads under the
leadership of our Party.
ITO be Concluded)