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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-23
REFUSE TO AID
NEGRO FARMER
Posse, Bloodhounds Out
After Farmland; Mayor
Refuses to Intervene

Jackson, Miss, June 8.-"You
and your organization go to hell
with my compliments"
This is the answer Mayor Wal
ten A. Scott of Jackson tele-
graphed to the International Labor
Defense after the latter had de-
manded protection fon a Negro
farm hand from a southern mob.
UNPROVOKED ATTACK
Joseph Redhead, landowner
made an unproyoked attack on the
life of Slack, a Woodville farm
hand and was only prevented from
fatally injuring him by the inter
vention of Stacks wife. Mrs
Slack received a bullet in the mech
from Redheadfs gun and is serious
ly. wounded. A posse with blood
hounds are now out hunting dow
the innocent Negro.
What sort of justice Slack CA
expect at the hands of the whit
ruling class can be foreseen by
the coptemptuous answer whic
Mayor Scott sent to the I. L. I
which heads as follows:
''YOur telegram received.
Slack not being hunted by mob
In JACKSON (stOp) l note you
| and International Labor De-
Tense with 10000 members
hold me personally responsible
! (stOp) You and your Organi-
zatiOh go to hell with my
! compliments"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-23

syruped over by Singler, Weis and
Bergelin. They harped on the
moral side of the strike "a sort of
protest). They refused to explain
why it was called off and they
spent most of their time Dragging
about the color effect of the pool
wrappers for butter and cheese
and the wonderful marketing sys-
tenn.
All members opposed to admin
stration measures had 30 yell from
the floor, those who supported
Singler's betraying policy used the
micrOphone.
A large number of U. F. l.
leaflets were distributed here, ex-
posing Singler and Co. Their Ell
feet was rather startling and pro.
found. Truth always hurts, anc
more 50 when such uttering OF
truth may effect ones job.
The pool Is fast becoming an
organization dominated by bank
ers and lawyers. They ever
changed the constitution permit
ting every lawyer in the state q
become an officer provided M
owned a farm. He doesn't nav
to work il. There was . lot o
objection from the floor but the!
were ont-argued and bulned ans
the leaders forced . grudging rs
sent from the delegates.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-23
EXPORTS OF WHEAT
SHOW BIG DROP ON
WORLD MARKETS

Washington, D. c., June IT,
World wheat shipments have drop
ped to about 9,766,00O bushsls a
week, the lowest total since last
December, and well under former
world trade requirements.
North American wheat continues
to dominate the export trade, most
of it being Canadian. Australian
shipments are the smallest since
December.
The wheat acreage for harvest
in % countries is estimated at g.
100000 acres less than last year.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-23
PUT IN ALA. JAIL.
Held Incommunicado; No
Date for Trial Set and
no Bail Fixed
ATTACK ON UNION
landlords Try to Break Up
Share Choppers Union by
falling Militant

For three days a Negro
tenant near Birmingham had
bunked with nelghbOrs or
slept by the roadside after he
ana his family had been
evicted by their landlord,
Coax Giles.
Seeing that the tenant, Finley,
could rent no other place because
Giles had warned the other land
lords that Finley belonged to- the
Share Choppers Union, a group of
farmers in the neighborhoOd form
ed a committee and put the fur
niture back into the house.
Furious at this attempt to pro-
tect themselves by Negroes who
have been tied hand and foot ia
the southern landlords through
the system of share cropping, the
landlord Immediately sent the
sheriff to arrest Finley. The
latter had had nothing to do with
replacing the furniture.
ALLOWED NO VISITORS
For over three weeks Finley
has been held incOmmunicadO
in jail in the Lafayette, Ala,
county seat of Chamber cOun-
ty. No visitors are allowed to
see him. No date for a trial
has been set and no bail fixed.
Finley sits in Jail a monument
to the hatred of the south
en- landlords against the Ne
groes who refused to eTchain
themselves in debts to pay
their rent and who are begin
nhg to realize that in Organi-
zatiOn there is strength.
The Share Choppers Unto n
now engaged in a campaign to r
enit $500 new members by Au
l and this recent terror pointed
one of the membes of the Unit
is aimed to hinder other farme
from joining the Union.
ASK FARM GROUPS TO
PROTEST
For the first time, white far
ers are beginning to express thu
willingness to support the Neg
CONTINUED en- P~KS fwo1
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-23
ORE. HOP PICKERS
WIN HIGHER WAGE
"a Young Workers Get In
crease From Is to 20
Cents an Hour

Newberg, Ore. - Twenty-four
young strikers at the Bents hop
field have won an increase of from
Is cents to 20 cents an hour.
When it was learned that farm
workers in other fields were be-
ginning to talk of striking in sym
pathy with the striking workers,
Bents finally agreed to settle
ment.
Farm workers all over the state
are expressing their readiness to
organize into the Agricultural
Workers Industrial Union which
led the Bents strike.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-23

lars to help a family that had
no way TO get supper or break
fast.
So there is no guess work about
the county officials. We can see
that they are working for the in
terests of Wall street government
and against the workers and the
farmers that have elected them on
their promises.
But / do hope that this will open
the eyes of the farmers so they
will see that we must organize
stronger if we are going to be
able to save our homes and a bite
to eat.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-23
lIISRIPETEE'RlE,S IN
SOAK. HOLIDAY
Sponsor Weak-Knee Policy
Before Businessmen
and Bankers

Hecla, S. D., June 49,
There is a movement on foot
to get our local Farmers Holi-
day Association madison Co.
Nebraska, plan) hooked up
with the Reno outfit.
1t seems that the sponsors for
this move are mainly some farm
ers who are doing the bslly-crawl
i'm FRONT Of the business men and
"banksters" especially of Aber-
deem.
LOOK FOR CRUMBS
They probably hope that for this
a few crumbs will be thrown "a
them in the way of leniency ON
them debts and, for those who are
politically ambitious, that the bus
mess men and bankers will sup
port them at the next election.
Although the leaders of thi
move will get some support the
more militant members of our or
ganizatiOn are openly declaring
that they will drop out rather thar
be connected with the McVeigh-
Reno gang. McVeigh is presiden
of the state Farmers Holida,
Assn.
Editors Note: We should
attempt to prevent the mis-
leaders from splitting the ma
, iOrity of the farmers off from
, the militant minority. This
should be done whether the
farmers remain in the Holt
day Assn. or il we get them
to john the United Farmers
40 nuNo
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-23

milk pool members. Several
were local strike leaders.
The United Farmers League
several weeks ago called ON the
farmers TO demonstrate at the
county board meetings. and pre-
vent payments of both National
Guards and special deputies.
What happened in Oconto coun-
ty shows that this policy is cor
rect. But the state leaders of the
Milk Pool are only interested in
serving their own ends and get.
ting the check-off from theil
marketing scheme of One-fourtf
cent a hundred pounds Of milk.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-23
10000 MEMBERS
Madison Co. Plan Units
VIII Send One Delegate
for Each Is Members
WILL CENTRALIZE.
Lux and Taylor Preparing
Conference; Enthusiasm
Turnout Holiday Units
WILL CENTRALIZE

The Nebraska Holiday Assn.
Madison County Plan) will hold
statewide conference at Loup
City June 20, 80, and July 1.
"More than 10000 farmers now
carry membership cards in the
Madison County Plan Holiday
Association and it is believed the
time has come when a state con-
vention should be held to CONSOLE
date our strength ard elect state
officers" stated Harry Lux, state
organizer.
LACKING UNITED
ACTION
The Holiday Association of Ne
braska is young, dating bask onlf
from last September. The form
of organization is loose. There
CONTINUED on rage Two)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-23
HITLER FASCISTS IN
AUSTRIA OUTLAWED
BY ORDER OF GOVT

Vienna, Austria, June 90
The Hitler fascists have been
banned here by the Austrian gov
eminent. This is part of the
struggle between two reactionary
organizations. Prior to declaring
the fascist organization illegal the
Austrian government occupied the
Headquarters In Vienna and thru
out the country.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-23
INDIAN PEASANTS
REVOLT AGAINST
BIG LANDOWNERS

STEAMBOAT, June 19-Reports from
India state that the peasants of
the Baramul district in the pro-
vince CT Cashmer revolted against
the land oMrens. The peasants
destroyed the fields and confiscat-
ed the land. In other districts of
Oashmeer t he peasants occupied
the state farms. The terants OF
rising. The government fears g
movement of the i"eurgent peas.
ants will spre adj to. the other priI
cirialit:es in North West Irlia.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-23
Nebraska Holiday Assn to
Hold Statewide Conference
June 29- 80 at Loup City
LARGE GATHERING
AT LEAGUE PICNIC
Try I VIZ

Claire City, S. D., June 49,
The Roberts County United Farm
ems League Picnic was enjoyed by
an exceptional large gathering.
The speakers Harry JUL, C. H.
Sharp, John Soltis, and Arne JAS
kela were well received. Arne
Jaskela gave a splendid talk to
the young folks.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-23
LEAGUE. PROGRAM

Distribute the new United Farm
ers League programs to your
neighbors. For % or more, four
cents each; for 100 or more, three
cents each, plus postage. Order
item now.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-23
DEMAND MINING
COS.PAY TAXES
Default VIII Close Schools;
st. Louis Co. Conference
to Discuss Question
(BY R. T.)

(B4 II. IL
All United Farmers League
locals of st. Louis County,
MINI. are urged to elect dele
gates to the county confer
ence to be held June % at the
FlorentOn Hall, Virginia.
IL locals are not scheduled to
meet before June Is they are re-
suested to call a special meeting
'O0 TINS purpose. Other mass or
Sanizations are called upon to
N'ect tratemal delegates.
DANGER OF SCHOOLS
CLOSING
with the mining companies re-
using to pay the last half of their
1es, there is the danger of the
S ..i:oo not opening up next fall,
uei being cut, and the suspen-
s s OF all county road work next
40a and winter.
n the face Of this situation. the
IaImenS will have to discuss anc
GOWN plans at this conferences
% how best to meet the situa,
ION non. Already our living standard.
it., Oeen trampled down by cap
o assn to a point whepe we mus
sgani1e and fight back in orde,
f, ave ourselves and familie,
''on utter min.
We win have to review our
s activities and experiences
. organize our UFL locals
- met they win be able to
the struggles Of the
n%srs IN every locality for
60 against evietsOns and
- ~ :, sales, and 70 de-
- 80 that the mining COM
ks's psx Ne les half a
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-23
Pool Leaders Defeat
Move TO Stop Payment
Of Wis. National Guard
(By a Special CORRESPONDENT

Milwaukee, Wis., June 16.-At the state convention of
the Milk Pool in Beaver DAM farmer from Ocono county
resolution calling upon the farmers to defeat
payment of the National Guards and special deputies who
were called out to break up the milk strike
His resolution called for demonstrations of the farmers
at every county board meeting where this would up
order to defeat the payment But shyster lawyer from
Green Bay spoke against this resolution and suggested that
the National Guards be paid dollar day instead of 81
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-23
N. J.FIXES MILK
PRICE MINIMUM
Trust Boosts Prices But
Consumers Can't Buy;
Market Cut Down
(BY L. Al

Erwinna, Pa, June 8
Finding the farmers dissatis-
fled Governor Moore of New
Jersey, like the usual poll
tician, looked around for
something to keep them quiet
with. AS a ''pacifier," his
Power Board ON June / made
decisions which make a util-
ity of milk.
RAISE RETAIL MILK
PRICE
First, all over the state the
minimum price of milk was fixed
by law. That meant it was i'm
mediately raised 2 cents to A cents
a quart on the retail market. This
makes it tough for the masses Of
consumers right away. And nat
urally the Starvation market" Of
the farmers is going to narrow
further. The following incideni
will illustrate what / mean.
On June l was standing
in the FrenchtOwn blacksmith
shop, when the milk dealer
drove down the street. Has
customer asked for q quart Of
milk. We listened to him ex-
plain that ''the law forces him
now to charge her 10 cents a
quart instead Of &c and &c,
as before.
!, 'EGive me a pint then" she
replied.
SIN all out of pants," ans
wered the milk dealer.
''Then wait" said the Gus
: TONER, 'TIl get a pot. can
afford only half quart"
: This is one of the jokers TIL
G the working farmer will have
n face. His surplus will be larg
: than ever from now on, and Il
It distributor can pay for such "su
y plus" milk as he sees fit. /
greater surplus will more TIL
offset any benefit the farmer 7
ceives from the increased price.
uErD TIxIS TpTIcT
Further, the requirements
cooling the milk are stricter tn
ever, calling for special cooli
which will cause many farmers
lose their markets.
All i'm all, the Power Boar
ruling helps the trust by guar'
al teeing their returns and givil
= them an excuse to boost pric'
Incidentally, it actually aliena
inf the workers sympathy for
,ee farmers plight, because the trui
Il raise in prices means, to the ma
inf es, added want.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-23
SYMPATHY BUT NO
FUNDS

The county board had a lot of
sympathy with the farmers and
when they heard the demands
they could not find anything
wrong with them. But their alibi
was "no funds" How well we
know that. When we told them
where to get funds they were
afraid TO send a letter asking for
more for relief fearing they would
get some to help the farmers ard
workers in the county. We asked
them TO endorse our demands and
send them to Governor Olson.
That would have been the least
they could do but the answer was
"no".
The pressure of the farmers
forced them to go to their adj
visor, the county attorney, large
over-grown kid, that thinks that
he knows something about law
When different questions came uT
he found out that some of the
farmers knew more about law
and what was going on in the
world than he did.
When the commissioners asked
his advise on what to do he diC
not answer which shows yer!
plainly that he is not with tn
farmers that have given him a 10
In the court house.
WOMAN STARVING
While | was in the commission
ers room there was a lady Their
asking for a couple Of dollars t
buy some groceries for her fam
: lily. She did not have a bite I
r eat in the house. The county boar
l was very sorry they could M
help her out. They told her I
go to the Federal relief office an
ask for some which she did. In
little while he came back ar
said the relief agent sent her ba6
= to the board and the county boal
sent her back to the Federal ager
This reminded me of the game Il
= children call "hide and seek"
n At last one commissioner we.
: with her down to the relief off
le but the relief agent who is on
' salary of $135 month had go
G TO a restaurant to feed his ov
Ie face and left this poor wom'
Ie with couple of children. A cou
l. ty board and white collar reli
agept was unable to find two d.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-23
STRIKE MUST PAY FOR
STRIKE BREAKERS

STRIKE MUST PAY FOR
STRIKE BREAKERS
It's a nice how-de-do when the
famers have their strike broken
by the fopces of the state and are
then called upon to pay the sal
aries of those who broke the
strike.
The resolution of the farmer
from Oconto County was defeated
by a small majority due to the
efforts of the Green Bay lawyer
and Singler's well oiled machine.
The result of this weakened
policy of the Pool leaders. was
that in Shawano county where
1000 militia and special deputies
were concentrated, the county de-
cided to pay the deputies. A gooc
demonstration of the farmers
would have prevented this out
rageous insult.
But in OdontO county farm
ers went over the heads of the
Pool leaders and at the COun-
ty Board meeting June Z held
up bills for $4,000 for hire Nf
deputies used to break the
milk strike. Out of the 80
county board members. % are
: dairy farmers and many are
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-23
COUNTY BOARD
SYMPATHY
But NO FUNDS
MINI. Commissioners Re
fuse to Ask for Relief
for Needy Farmers
LET WIDOW STARVE
Widows Family Has Not a
Bite to Eat But All Too
Gusy to Help
(BY R. A }

Palisade, Mimi, June g.
We met with the county COM
missioners of AitE1in county
today. These agents of the
capitalist machine showed
thelr color and proved that
they are not with the farm
ers which they are supposed
to represent. There were
not so very many farmers
there on account of IL busy
time in the fields.
We held a meeting in the COM
munity room in the court house
ard elected our committee to pre-
sent the demands. We were very
fortunate to have Comrade Tial;
as spokesman.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-23

OlNUAEAAk 0A<AO4AA4N1 w 44A@AN
OILED
Singler henchmen were planted
here and there in the crowd and
at every appearance of singler's
goatee a great clapping and cheer
ing arose, led by these applaud
ers. Others Joined in out of the
curiosity, others refused to APP
plaud.
Out in front was a big poster
"we want Wolly for President"
and right next to il sign adVer-
Using the Socialist Milwaukee
Leader.
Some four hundred delegates
assembled at the Dodge county
Playground, and about fifteen nun
dred spectators sat IN the farther
rows The leaders sat IN tpe
front as leaders should.
In a desperate attempt to pre-
vent any criticism of their rams
betrayal Of the farmers during the
last strike, baseball bats we're y
evidence for apgope prespming +"
speak-up.
SUR OVER STRIKE
THE strike questions were alss
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-06-23
COUNTY EDITION

'YOur paper is the best way
to educate the people. Let
them read the truth and
facts" says w. r. Miller, Of
Twin Falls County, Idaho.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-13
Hrs. Cut, Then Raised
By Upholstering Shop
by a worker Corespondent)

~ ." 'oAA>Na SOssNsPOAtuNhhJ
ST. LOUIS, Mo-At the Mid West
Uplolstering Co. beginning Aug.
18th, hours were reduced from 49,
to 40 hours per week with a 10 per
cent Increase in pay. Aug. % the
blanket code was changed again to
As hour per week with a 10 per cent
reduction in wages.
The Section Workers: Two of the
arm makers we're laid off because
they could not make the minimum
Of s12 per week, They produced Is
pairs of bed davenport arms with
outside arms and panels. Their
checks amounted to $7.T9 each, in
Guiding the 10 per cent addition.
Day workers of the shop are now
working As hours per week for the
same wages as 40 hours per week.
Other shops here in St. Louis are
taking the same steps as the Mid
West company. The average pay for
the upholsterer is so cents per hour
piece work. Orders are stacked in
st. Louis.
The upholsterers of st. Louis form
ed a union and are members of the
International Upholsterers' Union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-13
DAILY" AS ORGANIZER
PITTSBURGH. Pa.

Comrade Editor:
The writer of this note is like
thousands of other Party members
who formerly said: THE Daily
Worker is a fiat paper and never
took the trouble to write TO the
editors to tell him what ideas they
thought they had for improving the
paper. We realize that only by us
in the districts helping can the Daily
Worker continue to improve.
At our membership meeting last
Sunday one OF the brand new men,
bers said 1--WE thought that Comrade
tombstone was writing about us
when he said: And among these
most advanced elements who are
entering our Party it is no accident
that we find the most readers of the
Daily Worker"
1--WE we're so struck with the truth
of the Open Letter as 1t was pub
lished in the Daily Worker that we
went around and gathered up the
old Daily Workers that had that ar
ticle by Comrade Browder on how
to carry out the open letter into life
and started study course on it
OF course one result is that some OF
us are in the Party"
There is an example of the Daily
Worker as an organizer.
--ELIZABETH J.
(All the suggestions contained in
your letter (although net printed
for lack Of space have been care
fully noted by the Editors of the
Daily Worker Editor.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-13
Cambridge Rubber Co.
Has Stock Enough to
Last Year, Says Toiler
tBy a Worker Correspondent

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-One worker
here told me that the Cambri ige
Rubber Co plant has got stock
enough to close for ore year. The
workers at this plant had small
department strike last week but
they only stopped for two hours
and then started to work again,
because OF lack of leadership.
The grievances of these workers
are first the increased speed-up and
the lousy wages, mostly $12 and
down.
There is non-political club
being organized under the name
of the Club Luisitania whose main
tasks are to live as a human
being should live. This club con-
sists of Portuguese workers, and
when l spoke with a few of them
they told me straight that they
will try their best to give lectures
and meetings, etc, in which they
will teach the workers the need of
organization. So, comrades, let's
give these workers hand and see
if we can't all be organized so
that the next time the workers
want to walk out on strike we will
be able to help them.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-13

who USED TO average 20 OF Si a week.
They told them to come back next
day. When they came they made
them sign a paper stating they don't
work any longer for the manufacture
ers, and compelled the stitchers to
hire the girls for 81 day or So per
100 pairs.
A stitcher now get $3.50 for 100
pairs SO they added 93c so that he
should take care Of the trimming.
It takes two days to finish 100 pairs.
He gets $8.43 but from that he has
to pay 50 TO the trimmer SO he really
gets wage cut, and the same ap-
plies to the girls, as they are making
only SIS week, and they get away
with it.
The boss also has other tricks. He
makes us punch the card only two
days in the week, the rest without
punching, so he won't get caught
that he doesn't pay the minimum.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-09-13
NRA Office Studies
Violation Complaints
BY a Printing Worker Correspondent

BY a Printing Worker Correspondent
NEW YORK; was working in
the Rapid Paper Cutting Co. (manu-
featuring paper boxes, as a printer
for several months. There are over
100 workers in that shop, working
so hours q week.
About three weeks ago the firm
signed up with the NRA and was
supposed to give the workers 40 hours
week with their former pay. But
the workers are still worked so hours
without any pay increases.
AS soon as the firm signed up with
the NRA 1 was fired and the boss
took on a relative Of his, paying him
SIC week, while was getting $25
as an all around compositor and
preSsman.
complained to the MIRA office
at Pennsylvania Hotel Of the fact
that the firm does not live up to
the agreement on the code and was
told that they would investigate and
let me know. was up there week
ago and was told that they have not
yet investigated, because they have
many other investigations to make.
The workers in the shop are very
much dissatisfied.
Il. G..