The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22
Farm Bureau Officials
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II or the first tIIAe in thirty
years the FARM LEADERS
(Our emphasize. b. can at
any time find a hearing and an
office in the White House of tile
United States. They are con-
suited as they have never been
before"
The Farm Bureau president only
neglected to tell his. audience why
this close cooperation of the high
salaried farm leaders with the
Roosevelt administration has taken
place. He neglected to mention
that this is taking place because
the FARMERS out at the "grass
roots" las all the speakers liked
to picture them) were FIGHTING
and that the FARM LEADERS
were called in to guide the farm
ers' discomfort into channels which
would not endanger the property
rights of the bankers. insurance
companies. and other leeches.
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The farmers are fighting "as
never before" and the betraying
farm leaders are Consulted as
they never have been before" in
order to put an end to the farm
ers' struggles for a better living.
"The President" declared O'Neal
assured US the door would always
be open to FARM LEADERS"
(again our emphasis - E. b.
Roosevelt. for his part sent a let
ter of appreciation to the Farm
Bureau leaders which was read to
the audience at the opening of the
annual meeting. Roosevelt wrote
In part. that he wished he could
be with them to tell chow much
appreciate their warm support Of
the administration program"
Later on in the course of the
oratorical proceedings Wallace toC
gave voice to the deep appreciation
of the New Dealers for Eddie
ONeal's activities in putting acros.
the A. A. A. on the farmers.
Il cannot express too warm an
appreciation for the leadership
and support that have come to
the administrations emergency
program from the farm organi.
zatiOns," said Wallace" and in
particular from the American
Farm Bureau Federation and
your president Ed ONeal."
: How low the leadership Of tn
2 Farm Bureau could stoop to curr
2 favor with the bankers was show
in the discussion on the first resc
2 luton reported on the final dav q
I the meeting. This was entitled
: the Agricultural Adjustment Act,
= In this resolution there was mer
Z toned. among other things, tina
the professors were forcing farm
l- ers to pay the processing take
= The resolution pointed ont tina
D this kind Of unfair advantage
= should not be permitted an
% longer.
< No sooner had the resolutio
d been read when a great discussio
u arose among the SO voting del,
% gates az to whether any criticisl
of the Roosevelt administratio
o was implied IN the resolution. III
II speakers were unanimously. of Il
" opinion that if there were anv sue
te criticism it should be immediateI
re squelched. Every bit of censur,
as one leader called it. was, take
4 out. Words were cut out to DIT
It vent the resolution from showir
IN a destructive critical attitude t
q, ward the administration. This W,
s. done the resolution went throus
d. unanimously. All of the 9th
le resolutions (reported elsewhere
ne this issue) were likewise pass,
n, unanimously.
n The annual meeting corclud
ii with Tire rA-election nv the TIT
n TY-NINE. along democrat
c. lines Of President O'Neal and vi
president Hearst. O'Neal'e sala
MT for the eorri~~ wear. as for Z
oy mast viii he SIN ono by vote
is, the delegates. Tan thousard 4,
e Iarr rcr-for misleading the Anne
lean farmers.