The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-27

mediate caSn rellets there nave
been three years of drought
and depression in this county
and not one, dollar of relief.
Hundreds of families have not
sufficient food and clothing and
children cannot go to school.
Poverty and misery is rampant
in this countryside. In the face
of this situation, the County
Commissioners of this county,
who are heartless, selfish, tight
listed kulak farmers, who work
for the bosses and bankers, have
failed to take any action what
sOever to get relief funds to al
leviate this terrible condition.
People here suspect that these
Commissioners have been influ-
enced to take the course they
have because of your economic
al policy of administering re-
lief. 1 notice by the report of
the Emergency Relief Commits
sion that they sent out recently
that there is only about $780,
900 in the fund now. That might
be a sufficient amount to take
care of three or four counties
in this sections for a few
months. We demand that you
get more r. F. c. funds imme-
diately. Wire answer immedi-
ately before 5 o'clock for mass
relief meeting here tonight.
ASLAK HAUGO,
Members N. d. Farmers Com
mittee for Action.
During the meeting a messenger
brought in Gov. Langer's message
and handed it to Haugo, who ask.
ed Taylor to read it to the as
sembled farmers and workers:
Gov. Langer's Message
to Committee for Action
Received at F. r. 347 DI
Bismarck, N. Oak. sos P. M
October 5th, 1888.
/ Aslak HaugO, Member of N. OAK
Farmers Committee for Action,
Sheyenne, No. Oak.
l received a letter from you
committee and also your telegram
of today. My letter for the Pro
ducers News and New ROckfOr
Provost is being prepared. / an
depending upon your word that j
will be published in both thes
papers. When you receive it s
that you nd your associate Wi
again know that as governor Q
the state last year secured NOR
money per capita for poor relic
for North Dakota than any Othe
governor in the United States. FC
weeks I have been working wit
federal authorities and with I'll
relief committee which / appoin
ed and have provided poor reli'
not only for all human beings b.
also for 80 head of stock: that
cows and horses. two sOws, twel
ty chickens, the seed tOtalin
roughly SGT per farmers animal
In addition to all human needs Il
! maximum will likely reach Il
neighborhOOd of six million do
lars instead of the one hundrt
thousand dollars you mention
your telegram. You may be SUI
of one thing and that is that
long as / am Governor. until "
. get a good crop and good price
: we are not going to have an
J more foreclosures and poor Peep
3 are going TO have enough TO e
r and enough to wear, going to ha'
J, medical and dental attention.
yOu fellows would send a cOmmi
|, tee dswn here instead of having
i many mass meetings and writil
!, SO much stuff in the newspaper
r and find out that you really ma
e a governor down here who Is ia
! ing care of you, you would sa
> yourselves a lot of trouble and a
noyance. / am mighty sOrrv til
e / cannot be up there to meet wi
d you fellows and / wish you w0V
It give them all my greetings q
l. regards. Tell any one that nee
= any help to write or wire n
le Make a complete survey Of an
h one needing assistance. Give
d names and addresses to your Co
= mittee for Action and / viii
h the limit. You are authorized
g read this telegram to the m,
meeting. VIM. LANCE
ID front of all farm organiza-
4 =