Evening star., 1933-05-08
Iowa Judge Lauded as Hero
In Upholding Honor of Court

contracted the Indebtedness, and In
many cases were inprudent and reckless.
Their conduct, in resorting to brutal
violence and open assault upon the
courts and the laws, Is unjustiflable, un.
American and unworthy of the fine ira
ditions of American farmers, from Co
lonial days to the present" The
Charleston IS. c. Evening Post COM
ments: There is no doubt that Iowa
farmers have been sorely pressed by
economic conditions, but that Is no
excuse for the methods they have
adopted, methods which lead directly to
anarchy"
The holiday movement" explains the
Omaha World-Herald, has never been
more than minority farm movement,
but this minority has become danger
Gus because it is an organized minority
and because it has become a definite
threat to public safety. The great body
of Iowa farmers are peaceful. law-abid-
ing and patient. They have no wish to
see orderly government broken down
and its place taken by state of an
archy dominated by unruly mobs. They.
along with all other citizens of their
State, will feel easier In the knowledge
that strong hand Is at the helm and
that the social order will be maintained"
The Oklahoma City Times refers to
the demonstration as an act of "the
radical fringe" while the Indianapolis
News AYERS that the obvious need in
these trying times is to sustain and
protect our ordinary processes of gov.
ernment," and the Lincoln State Jour-
nal contends that mob action must
be met and quelled at its start" The
Fort Worth Star-Telegram sees .
veneer of civilization" among the peo-
pie. but suggests: Scratch it lightly,
and we make the jump back to the
caves in something less than a flash"
The Hartford Times condemns AN
act akin to treason" and the disgrace
attached to the proceedings is en-
phasized by the Dayton Daily News,
the Goshen News Times, the Ashland
Independent the Sioux Falls Argus
Leader the Roanoke Times and the
Connellsville Daily Courier. The Rock
Island Argus advises that "if every
class in this country that happens to
feel resentment against conditions that
bear hard should attack courts and
judges, chaos would result" The Co.
lumhia IS. c. State denies that the
farmers have been "chisf sufferers from
hard times"
Farmers generally" says the Kansas
City Star, have withstood their mis-
fortunes with patience and fortitude.
Ihey know they are not the only suf-
ferers from depression. There are some
millions who are suffering even more
acutely. They also know that ex-
traordinary efforts ere under way. in
washington and in many State capitals,
to ameliorate their condition and revive
their industry. 1t Is evidence of thsir
integrity and stability that only a few
have lost their heads" The Des Moines
Tribune charges that these men .are
not benefactors of the farming popula-
tion of Iowa; they are sabotagers in
stead"
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
concludes that such outbreaks, deplor-
able as they are. help to explain the
situation that has brought about de-
mand for emergency relief legislation
by Congress" The Akron Beacon Jour.
nal sees relief only in legislation, while
the Altoona Mirror looks to some I'd.
ministrative relief.