The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18
(BY MERTON WILLER)


The movement for the Farmers
Relief Conference is well under
way here. Rank and file mem
bers of the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties are helping to or
ganize the farmers for the march
in spite of the fact that those par
ties do not favor the movement.
Rank and file members of the
Socialist party, which has gotten
entirely away from the tactics of
the great Debs, are among the
best organizers of the movement;
but the party itself tries to tell
the farmers that all they need do
is to vote the Socialist ticket and
finally kindly, painless legislation
will do for the farmers what Debs
said could not be done except by
militant mass organization and
finally by the force created by
such organizations. But Debs'
tactics have naturally been for
gotten by the present well-to-do
leaders of the old party which has
already fallen into the lap of the
middle class and will, from now on
recruit many members from the
wealthy class who see the old par
ties being deserted.
COMMUNISTS AND FARMERS
The Communist party and all of
its members are helping the farm
ers in their attempt to wrest some
concessions from the coming con-
gress. These members neglected
the election campaign in order to
do so. Over half the campaign
literature was not distributed, and
very little attempt was made to
influence the election results. Ac-
ton must come first in the Com
munist party. Action is what
the farmers and workers need, and
want, The Communist party is
helping them get it in good, old
Debsian style.
Many of the rank and file mem
bers of the old parties are waking
up to the fact that now the cleo
tons are over, legislation for the
farmers will come only as the re-
suit of mass action, and they are
welcoming the help being given
their movement. Many of these
same men are beginning to fear
that the Democratic party, led by
Roosevelt, a man who has never
been either a farmer or worker in
our sense Of the word, and assist
ed by other men of the same cali
bre, such as Miller, the wealthy
incoming governor of Wyoming,
will continue to be ruled for Wall
Istreet, and upheld in their actions
by the Capitalist press which make
huge profits off advertising the
products of the manufacturers.
They are beginning 70 see that
money rules, and that while all
money is the product of the toll
of the workers and the farmers, it
is not in their hands and thus can
not be used by them in influencing
government. They are rapidly
turning to mass action.
I CABINET PROSPECTS
Capitalist papers show that the
move to cottinue the exploitation
of the farmers is already in full
swing. Owen D. Young, a banker,
is being considered for Secretary
of State; Melvin Traylor, another
big banker, is getting favorable
mention for the post Of Secretary
of the treasury; VIM. Green, the
SO, 900 year president of the
American Federation of Labor, for
secretary of labor. The two bank
ers. will continue to protect the in
terests of the banks and the big
industrialists and thru VIM. Greer
they hope to continue to control
the workers as peaceful slaves
These men have all lived by get
ting into their own hands as much
as possible of the earnings of Ia
Dor. Is it not too much to expect
that they will change just because
they become members of Roose-
velt's cabinet? They have the
habits and the desires of exploit
ers. They konw exactly how it is
done.