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Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-04
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
November 4, 1918,

All auction sales over the Imper-
ial Valley were last evening Of
ficially called off by DR.. l.. c..
House, county health officer, who
announced there would be no more
sales until the flu ban was lifted.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-04
The Weather

LOS ANGELES AND VICINITY
Fair tonight and Sunday; some
what warmer tonight: falling hu-
midity; gentle to moderate wind.
mostly from the interior.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-04

The population of Imperial coun-
ty is approximately 10000 if the fig
ures furnished by Mont. j. Reid
county assessor can be taken as
a correct index and the plan used
by other communities in comput-
ing the same item indicates its
near accuracy. This is some 5000
more than the rosiest claims of
Imperial Valley boosters.
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-04
BED TINE STORIES
~ howard p GARxIs

gst, Asts By sec,efs Hsve9apea srnalrass,
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-04

LOCAL TEMPERATURES
data compiled by Howard EN-
mons, local observer for the United
States Weather Bureau0
Imperial Valley press., 1933-11-04

Chicago is to continue the big fair next
year. The report doesn't say whether or
not Sally will continue with it.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
MILLER EXPOSES
REFORESTRY PLAN
Ark. Mountaineers Hear
Truth of RooseveIt-Wall
Street Program
(BY o. H. F.)

Little Rock, Ark, April 12.-Al-
though the mountaineer farmers
OF Stone county long ago stopped
paper subscriptions due to in
creased hard times and low in
come for their meager crops and
were not uptodate on news of the
rest of the states, they listened at
tentatively as Roy Miller of South
Dakota gave them vivid examples
of how folks were living elsewhere
in these times.
Miller exposed the reforestation
plan Of Roosevelt as a forced la
Dor camp and another step of the
Wall Street government in pre-
pairing for war as the way out of
the crisis at the expense of the
poor workers ard farmers. Since
Arkansas will have at least seven
OF these camps in its national for
ests and many Of the farmer boys
between the ages of 10 and "a are
taken in" by the idea, the farm
ers were resertful towards the
Democratic political Messiah who
had made such golden promises
for a "new deal" to the forgotten
man."
Since the Sunnyland local Com
mlttee of Action had sent a list of
grievances and program of de-
mands for increased Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corp. relief to assure
work on a weekly basis instead of
one day month as now, Miller
warned the so members present
that night to be prepared for ain
attack by the local bosses who
would try to break the farmers or
ganization,
Both Roy Miller andHugh Gore
OF the Polk County Farmers Pro-
.tective Association have made a
tour of Arkansas, organizing To-
Gals and addressing farmers meet
ihgs. They report that farmers are
becoming interested in the Com
mittee of Action form of organi
zation and way of fighting for re-
lief.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
DAKOTA FARMERS BRAVE STORM
10 ATTEND MEETING ON RELIEF
CHAIRMAN OF RELIEF OUTFIT TELLS DEsTL
TUTE FARMERS THEY ARE LUCKY
TO EAT SOMETIMES

raise a big garden when summer
came.
Apparently he forgot that the
farmers also need shoes and cloth
ing for themselves, their wives and
children. He forgot that many of
them are in need Of medical and
dental aid.
The standard of living that is
recommended by the relief agents
will result iii greatly impaired
health for the farmers and their
families. He tried to justify that
on the grounds that since workers
IN the cities are starving the farm
ers should also starve or at least
be satisfied with a standard Of
living lower than the poems or
coolies.
RESOLUTION TO LANCER
A resolution was drawn up de-
handing that Governor LANCER
see to it that an appropriation of
$4,000 be made cut Of the r. T.
c. funds for each CT the months
of April and May. TIE resolution
stated that "the $1,000 appropriat-
ed for the north of April proves
entirely inadequate to meet the
most pressing needs"
Another resolution endorsed tbs
plan of having a keyman elected
by the people in each township to
take up the relief cases and bring
them to the County Emergency
Relief Committee.
We know that the only way
that relief will be given us is
when we fight for it. They
would sooner feed us than
fight us and they will even
change 'rules" in order to do
so.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
LEAGUE ORGANIZER IN WASHINGTON nc
CUSSES QUESTIONS RAISED BY
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

the cost of cards and some post
age. In the last two days | have
got list of Al applications, about
half OF them women, and in a
district where dollar is about as
much of curiosity as a flealess
dog, so that due stamps are a
curse instead of blessing, and
they cost money besides and we
farmers have no money to buv
membership buttops and stamps.
Now this is the way 1 have been
organizing here. I tell the farm
ers that the fee is one dollar a
year, but that if they have no
money they can contribute a nickel
or a dime as they are able, at the
meetings and they are perfectly
willing to do so, in some neighbor-
hoods about half of them pay 25
cents with the application. Other
places | cannot get a dime.
Still they are willing and anxious
to join with us and to pay a little
as they are able. In this county
the farmers are to a great extent
getting relief to the extent Of
about So a month. They have no
other income. No man can sup
port a family on that amount
Many Of these men and women
walk several miles to a meeting
but you cannot get blood out of a
stone, so to my mind, dues stamps
and application cards are an un-
necessary expense.
GAS COSTS TOO MUCH
often walk 20 miles in a dav
so | do not use gasoline or oil. !
get my meals at farm houses and
it is purely voluntary On the part
Of the farmer. Very few farmers
have paid taxes, ard most of them
have a plaster on their homes. ]
have been IN many homes where
the bill of fare is not by anv
means equal to a congressman's
dinner and these poor farmers
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
UNPAID CLERK GETS
10 MONTHS BECAUSE
HE STOLE FOR KIDS

Chicago, ILL.,, April 11.-Vincent
McCourt, or II years a clerk for
the board Of education, was sen
fenced to serve 10 months in Jail
yesterday for stealing to feed his
family.
McCourt, like thousands of the
school teachers in the city, has
not been paid for months. The re-
lief agencies wouldn't help him
because he still had a job. He
stole $1,000 Of tax authorization
warrants to feed his family of 8
children.
The Judge said McCourt's DO
sition was tragic" but sentenced
him nevertheless, with the croco-
ollie excuse that "there wouldn't
be enough policemen in Chicago to
hold them in check" if all the I'M
paid city workers got some paw in
that way.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
(BY A. S.

AirIOt, N. D., April 6.-About
100 farmers braved a snow storm
to attend the Mountrail county re-
lief meeting which was held in the
courthouse at Stanley on April 5.
The discussion of the relief situa-
ton brought out clearly that the
task of the appointed County
Emergency Relief Committee is
not to see that those who need re-
lief would be assured of getting it
but Is to discourage as many as
possible from applying for relief,
and giving out as little as possible
to those who applied and in many
cases turning them down alto
gether.
CHAIRMAN QUESTIONED
1t was decided to ask the Chair
man of the County Relief Com
mittee to come to the meeting and
explain what the results were eff
the resolution that haC been
adopted at a previous meeting ask
ing for $1,000 more for March
Of the R. F. C. funds which are
available for relief purposes.
TIE chairman started out by
telling the farmers how heartily
he sympathized with them. In or
der to cover his own actions in not
getting relief he said that the
regulations for the handling of re-
lief had been made by the federal
government and that all his COM
mittee could do was to follow the
rules.
FORTUNATE FARMERS?
He told the farmers how for
tunate they were sirce they could
butcher calf once in a while, and
still had some flour and could
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
Mooney Calls for May Day
Demonstrations

San Quentin, Calif.-A call to all workers to
join ranks in May Day demonstrations as part Of
the struggles to free him from prison has been
issued by Tom Mooney. Mooney connects his
freedom with the daily struggles Of the working
class against unemployment, hunger, and impend
ing war by declaring that "to free me now would
give the whole working class new heart"
He urges workers to elect delegates to the
Free Tom Mooney Congress in Chicago, April 30
to May 2. The delegates will take part as a body
in the Chicago May Day parade
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
Plan Milk Board to
Crush Ohio Farmers

Columbus, Ohio.-A bill has been
introduced in the Ohio legislature
as part of the countrywide ct
tempt on the part of the milk
trust to crush the developing mill
fancy among the dairy farmers.
The capitalist press, in re-
porting the bill. goes out of
its way to prove that the bill
is a Conservative" that is, a
reactiOnary measure and not
a radical proposal. "The bill
was drafted upon recommended
tons of hard-headed cOnserva-
tive people (the milk trust
agents-EditOr), appointed to
study the question by Cover
nor George White, a cOnserva-
tive, who frOwns upon all the
radical activities"
BANKER HEADS COMMITTEE
Whites committee was headed,
appropriately enough for the milk
trust, by G. H. Burk, a Huron
county banker.
The committee tries to create
an excuse for the dictatorial pow
ers included in the bill by declar-
ing "the production, processing,
distribution arld sale of milk in
this State to be a business
charged with public interest"
DICTATORSHIP POWERS
The bill proposes the estab-
hshment of a milk commits
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
(BY WILLIAM FERGUSON

have been ain organizer of
workers at one time or another
and in various organizations of a
class conscious nature for almost
80 years. / have noticed in that
time that we invariably make two
ir three mistakes. I will call at
tention to the most glaring of the
mistakes that / have noticed.
First, we have in times past
been guided mostly on the down
grade by high salaried leadership.
Another fault has been to some
extent hero worship and depend
ence ON a few leaders. These have
at the start been we'll intentioned,
but due to the fact that they usu-
ally are able to express themselves
a little above the average, they
dominate the organization to a
greater or less degree. This is,
of course, due to the neglect and
indifference of the rank and file
Another thing is our too heavy and
unnecessary methods which cal
for more actual expense than is
warranted at any time and more
unwarranted no wthan at any time
in tn history of the farmers OF
workers movements.
The next bad fault is to con.
tinnally harp about the need OF
funds and the perpetual call on
members for money. At this time
it IS an extremely dangerous atti-
tude to take and one which will
cause more of set back than any
other thing.
Now want to comment on each
of these things in turn, so / will
start at the bottom.
SAVES POSTAGE
In the matter of application
cards, / don't use them. / write
all applicants names on a sheet ~
paper and send them all in ~ tbe
State Secretary at once. This caves
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
Silver Mine Owners Cash in on
Initiation

Washington, April 26,-By vote of Al to 26
the Senate today passed the Wheeler-King amend
mc-t to the initiation bill. The amendment pro-
vides that the President can coin silver at ratio
to be fixed by him. BY this amendment the silver
mine owners getting chance to participate
in the benefits of the initiation measurt
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
Mooney Honorary Chairman of
Scottsboro Conference

New YOrk.-Tom Mooney was elected hon
Orary chairman of the united front conference
called by the Scottsboro Unity Defense Commit
tee here April 16 to plan a mass protest march on
Washington to demand the release of the nine
Scottsboro Negro boys.
At the same conference, Mrs. jamie Patter-
son, mother of Haywood Patterson, framed to a
death sentence in the Decatur, Alabama court,
was elected delegates to the Free Tom Mooney
Congress in Chicago, April 80 to May 2
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
Japanese Police Murder Workers
Leaders

Tokyo, Japan.-TwO members of the Central
Committee of the Communist Party of Japan are
believed to have been murdered by the police, it
is announced by the Nihon Sekishoky Kuyenka,
Japanese Section of the International Red Aid
parent organization Of the American international
Labor Defense.
The two revolutiOharies were arrested and then
could no longer be traced. Lately two beheaded
bodies, bearing marks of violence were reported
removed from the city by the police.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
CAROLINAS JOINT
STOCK LAND BANK
NEAR BANKRUPTCY

The First Carolinas Joint Stock
Lard Bank of Columbia (South
Carolina) is being reorganized in
order to avoid actual bankruptcy.
According to a statement issued to
the bondholders the bank has
mortgage loans outstanding whose
principal totals $5,647,927. Of
this total nearly so per cent, ST.
542,598 in loans were delinquent as
far as principal and interest are
concerned.
This is approximately the situa-
ton of the land banks thruout the
country. 1t is to save the bond
holders of these Joint Stock Land
Banks that Roosevelt is proposing
to donate $1OO,OOO,OOO to the
banks, under the rame of "farm
relief"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
WhDO WeNeed United Farmers League National Office?

have to watch their children eat
less than the dogs, of the idle rich
1t may take little while for these
people to pay an amount equal to
the dollar year fee, but they will
do it in time. see no necessity
for much expense and 1 see 10
reason why other speakers cannot
ride a boxcar just as well as l can.
1t is not at all necessary to pay
a railroad or bus fare, in fact no
expense account is necessary for
any speaker either man or woman.
In the issue of April Z of the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
Middle Class Home Owners Fight

Several hundred middle class persons living
in Sunnyside Gardens Lorg Island, New York,
have gone or strike in order to get reduction
IN their mortgage debt. "Sink or swim, we will
all stick together" is their slogan. The banks
which hold the mortgages on the houses in the
section have threatened the leaders of the move
ment with eviction. Seventy-five per cent of the
owners are practically destitute.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
Soviet Protests Japanese Attacks

Moscow, April III. M. Karakhan, Assist
and COnlnisssr Of Foreign Affairs in recent note
to Tamekichi Ota, Japanese Ambassador to the
Soviet Union, has protested the violation of the
rights of the Soviet Union along the Chinese East
ern Railway i'm Manchuria by the japanese. The
note stated that the "murd r, footing and rlasS
arrests of Soviet citizens were never 50 serious
as now"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
Independent Labor Party Backs
Soviet

Derby, England, April 1.-THE annual con-
ference of the Independent Labor party today
pledged that if Great Britain made any attempt
to attack the Soviet Union the party would fight
for the Soviet Union. A. Fenner Brockway stated
that if war did occur they would attempt not only
to brig about the defeat of Imperialst England
but also the end of the capitalist system
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
DECEIVE FARMERS
BY TAX REDUCTION
Can Accomplish Something
if We Concentrate on
Mass Action
(BY ]. S.


TOivOla, Mich, April 15.-Now
the spring election craze is over
and all the so-called good men. are
elected to office. Many worker
and poor farmer, looking for a
way out of his or her miserable
condition fell prey to the sweet
melodies of the liberals. demagogs,
social-fascists, etc.
Many a farmer was roped in ON
the one stumbling block, namely
reduced taxes, only to find that a
dozen Or more indirect taxes have
taken the place of the personal tax
and the destitute farmer is given
another twist of the rope.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28

SENSE they are right. AS long as
we listen to the liberals, demagogs,
social fascists, etc., and refuse to
accept the U. F. L. program Just
that long will it be impossible.
The minute we concentrate our
efforts in a determined effort to
GUST our enemies once and for all
and in their place. place a militant
farmers program sponsored by
the United Farmers League we
can get some relief.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28

work, but we do need a great deal
Of use of shoe leather and not to
forget that a good appetite can be
worked up with the physical exer-
else required in walking from one
farm to another. This is, of course.
impossible where farms are a half
mile or so apart as a rule. A great
many locals and units of different
organizations have been broken up
because of continual begging, but
perhaps I am all wet all the wav
round, so l would like Others to
express themselves
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28

Producers News I see the weekly
rpeort of the Executive Council of
the U. F. L. in which it stated it
was agreed that the development
of the work turnout the country
depended on the effective function
ing of the national office. Per
sonally, I believe that the national
office could send out trainload of
advice and calls for cash, but what
we reed a great deal more, is sin
cere class conscious effort and in
dividual sacrifice. I don't believe
We need a great deal of office
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
Third Degree" Becomes
"HvnnotisTn"

Allan MonkhOuse, one Of the British engin'~
who was found guilty of spying while in hOs, 4
and deported, now claims that Macdonald, On' ..
his colleagues, who confessed to acting lOl =
British Intelligence Service, was hypnOtlzeo !,
the Russian political police. He claimed uAAs IN
himself, almost succumbed because all ne -
see during the examination and trial was -
eyes, eyes," First he said it was the InD'
gree" now he says II was @hypnOtism
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
Police Club Unpaid Chicago
Teachers

Chicago April 26.-Several women teachers
were injured today when police dubbed them for
demonstrating for their pay before the First Ma
tional Bank. Other teachers were dubbed earlier
in the day before the Chicago Title and Trust COM
pany offices. The teachers used school books in
an attempt to defend themselves Several police
men had their uniforms torn
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
VIII Quit Socialist international

Derby, England, April 16.-Agailst the wish
Of the leaders the Independent Labor Party voted
SO to 70, at the conference to quite the Second
(Socialist) international and to approach the
Communist International with view to affIis.
ton. John Patton, general secretary, and FenDer
BrOclzway, chairman of the party both agitatej
against the move.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
Destitution AMONG JobIess

New York.-Nearly everyone of The 10000
families receiving relief in New York is in urgent
need Of clothing, according to the Welfare Coun-
Gil. The total of unemployed and members Of
their families who have bought no new clothing
for the past two or three years is 100000.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
Arrest Suspect" for Hitler

Munich Germany, April IA man arrested
dressed in a Nazi uniform was arrested in Berech-
tesgaden today. He is suspected" of plot on
Hitler. He fortunately "made himself oonspcusus
by his strange behavior and his contradictory state
mnets" so the police could easily pick him up. Hit
Ter is finding fake plots on his life as necessary
IS Mussoliri.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
Bankers to Demand Cuts in Relief

A steering committee" Of Wall Stlcat BANK
ers has been 2ppo~ted to deal with New York
City en- the question Of refnancing the city bonds
which become due shortly. The bankers will try
t. force through sharp cuts in relief and higher
transit fares, in return for refinancng the city's
obligations
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
u. S. Steel Corp. Backs
Roosevelt

Hoboken New Jersey, April ia stock
holder got up today at the annual meeting Of the
United States Steel Corp and asked that the
stockholders GO on record supporting the Rooso
welt administration. I'm glad to offer such a
resolution" said Taylor chairlnaa Of the company
eve should rally under this banner without re-
gard 10 party, t. save this county Of ours We
have always supported the President Of our coun-
try"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
Canada off Gold Standard

ottawa, Ontario, April 25.-Canada has
s'halted redemption Of dominion notes in gold"
according to Minister of Finance Rhodes. Canada
is now off the standard also. This is one of the
first effects of The suspension of the gold stat-
Gard ;! IT. United States.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
Guard Daniels in Mexico CITY

Mexico City, April 1.-two hundred police
men guarded Josephus Daniels when he arrived
to take his job as ambassador to Mexico From
The station to the embassy the streets were
with policemen and a large guard surrounded the
embassy itself. Daniels was Secretary Of the Navy
when Vera Cruz was bombarded by the T. s.
Navy In 1914.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
France Prepares for Debt
STRUGGLE

Former Premier Eduard HerriOt, who is the
representative Of the French capitalists to 'a 81
coming economic conference at Washington, WIZ
propose moratorium on the French debt pay
ment due ON June Is. This move is part OF ~
French campaign in the imperialist struggle wp''
will be brought out at the conference
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
U. F. L. PROGRAM PLAIN
AND SIMPLE

The United Farmers League pro-
gram on taxation as we'll as on
other farmers problems is very
plain and simple. Many farmers,
hiwever, or being confronted with
the U. F. L. taxation program say
that it can't be done. In one
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
international
News
France Starts War Hvster;.

Paris, April 24.-The French impeliaIist.
attempting to stimulate war hysteria bv So
Of wholesale spying along the German ,oJ .~
italian frontiers. The capitalist press report. '
this "spy is comparable Only with fbo Wig
sale Imprisonment of suspects just before n. o.
break of the World War"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
Hitler ''Plots" Directed at
Soviet Union

Berlin, April 24.-Two mole persons have bee,
arrested in Munich and are suspected" Of n1o.
tIng the assassination of Hitler The renort +b..
ore of them is an Indian Communist and e.
mer resident of Russia" shows that Hitler>is men.
these "plOts" to prepare for war against tbo
Soviet Union.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-04-28
World Trade Down 63 Per Cent
In Three Years

According to figures Of the National Indus
trial Conference Board, the foreign trade of "a
countries, which between them account for so per
cert of the worlds total foeign trade, shows de-
cline Of S2.8 billion dollars, 621 per cent from
1929 to 1882