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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-20
STATE CONVENTION OF U.FL.
IN WISCONSIN STRENGTHENS
UNITY OF VARIOUS GROUPS
TALBOT REFUSES
TO ANSWER RANK.
AND-FME LETTER.
Challenge Thrown Down to
Farmers Union Head
Ignored Again
Aneta. N. D.

Aneta. N. d.
Mr.. C. c. Talbot
Farmers Union State President
jamestown, N. D.
My Dear Mr.. Talbot:
When you spoke at Cooperstown
N. D. last September 10, / chal-
lenged you to stay after the meet
ing so we could check upon our
farm leaders so we would know
who to follow.
l had not more than explained
my cblllerge when you picked up
your hat and made for the door
as quick as possible. Just before
you slipped out the door I called
your attention again. In short
words you said you were all dated
up and had to leave.
To be fair to all Farmers Union
members and others who are in
terested in the welfare of the
Farmers Union, l take the oppor-
turity to openly challenge you
again to set your own date at
Cooperstown between now and the
Farmers Union State Convention
for test on your loyalty las a
farm leader.
l hold you more responsible fol
destroying confidence in the Farm.
ers Union Northwest division)
and it's business. activities than
any other leader or director owing
to the fact that you are using the
organization for political revengs
and personal greed. You have
fought your co-workers at every
turn of the road when they dared
to correct you on interleckinl
boards which hive demonstrated Z
failure or a costly affair owing K
your incompentency as director
on those business boards.
Nevertheless, / want to be fai
to all concerned and give you t
chance to account for yourself t.
a Farmers Union referee whom
you and | shall appoint the da.
of YOUR arrival in Cooperstown.
Be sure to bring along the res
Of "your gang" whs ignored m,
challenge Of July "a. It's too ba'
that we have officers who do no
dare tn face the searchlight.
Trusting th2b YOU viii rive u
sufficient time for advertising tn
pronosed test case.
Your for Farmers Union men
nnd good leadership.
c. c. Simonsol
This letter has never been
arswered.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-20
RICH FARMERS TRY
ODERUPT DANCE
Raise Funds for Delegates
to Chicago Conference
By Edward Baumann

GREENWOOD, Mimi. = Til e
United Farmers League loral of
GREENWOOD township arranged an
.ualr to raise funds for the send
Sg Of delegates to the Chicago
isrmers Second National Confer
eAce, Saturday night, Oct. 8.
a good crowd was there and
everything went fine until around
y OF II o'clock a bunch of about
came in drunk. Two of this
0anch stated openly that they
0Aine TO make trouble, and so they
proceeded to carry out their task.
United Farmers League members
snu others tried to pacify them but
S .y Kept on passing arount the
OO''le until they got a chance to
s'art trouble.
,, suSt as sOOn as the farmers took
,..: 'he collection list for do
~. S,s Tor the Conference, the
TOuOie makers started a fight.
~ msulted the farmers by say
mat "a farmer was to blame
y. 'use ne was poor, for he did
M. l IN MS brains like the rich
g.. nght did not end the way
- ny %anted it, for the farmers
Nv them from hurting any.
and to bring the affair e
SvI peaceful conclusion took tht
ov.. ~ out Of the hall and went
p0s - . another house and had ,
500 lunch served.
dob h. Sne disrupters succeeded II
~, ~as to break two windows
a. us q. and smash three links .
oOt s sSOse !. pipe. When they foun,
q an mat !, the fight was not coin,
esv na the way they wanted Il u
vsn,,' ssic that the U. F. L. Or
Ne = Baumann started the firh,
Ara s'mers knowing that Il wa
mics q J, up p. slgineered by the enc
Rs n. me poor farmers MALE,
R.,ss y n the head right then an,
ais,s' o, oy proving that the orrs -.
'SO nothing to do with Il.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-20
anita TO ' TOUR
North aII MINNESOTA sofa
SIR CHICAGO CONF.
,..o..Ota Out to Get -
nsIeCates to Farmers
ID Natl. Conference
By RENO Tsnttlla
,....asota State Organizer
- the U. F. l.

Al liz ~
.uocINA, Mimi, Oct. 15'-TO
~ the campaign for the
go SO. If delegates to the Farm
s''D Ssoo n National Conference,
Is Louis County Executive
s..s = Of the U. F. L. has
O' .,:.S a tour for the county or
'lull s- RENO Tanttila who also is
g .t.te organizer Of the United nj
u - League. The tour will De
Farmers D "
: r.;-ol,. Oct. %; Littleswan, Oct
-, l" CSan. Oct. 25; Crimson, Oct
Z. EoOchichiag county, Oct rs 8
!. ~ "a 81; Itasca county, Nov. 8
?, ~ ~ 5; Willow Valley, Nov, s.
~ - Nov. 6; Linden Grove, Nov
up !. Ri,s River, Nov. 9; COrbin, Nov.
.. eb;s meeting will be taken
y, II bv some representative OF
- outside of Tanttila); Kel-
= Nov. 10; Sax, Nov. II
: IL those lOoalities where there
:. "a United Farmers League To-
j. the United Farmers League
c.1-tv Committee calls upon the
F-nisb Workers Clubs, Commun'
: Party units, Young Communists
League and other left wing orga'
,i,atiOns to like the responsibility!
= Advertising these meetings arC
liking the necessary arrange
rsDts, getting of halls, writing 10
u articles to the press Dopulariz
hg these meetings.
n localities where there are U
FL locals the secretaries art
ls8 responsible to make the ar
,,r0ements for the meetings
leaflets will be sent both in thu
Finnish and English language to
IN localities where meetings will
b held. The leaflets are blank
and will have to be filled out 10
slly and they must be distribute
vel 50 that everybody will get +
how about the meeting.
Pieces and arrangements for tn
meetings in Itasca county will b
left up to the Finnish Workers
Cub of Suomi and the YounI
Communist League Of Deer Rive
to decide. Wherever possible it
sivissble to ask for the schoo
houses for these meetings.
The State Executive Committe
Of the United Farmers League ha
set n quota of rs delegates fro1
Minnesota for the Farmers Secon
National Conference. Let US il
every locality put our shoulders t
the wheel and make these meet
igs a success and go OVER TIL
TOP and get more than Is dele
CITES from the state of Minnesot
70 this historic Conference.
Transportation from any poir
n the State of Minnesota will b
S which viii also cover registrs
ton, ard eats at Chicago. LunC
and blnnkets will have to be take
along which will be needed on Il
vay.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-20

This is an increase of over % per
cent right during the busiest sen
son on South Dakota farms, and
while capitalist newspapers of the
state were chock full of ballvhoo
about wonderful results Of NRA.
1t does not require much Of an
irnaeination to realize that the
figures will he immensely larger
wher cold weather sets in.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-20
ANNUAL CONGRESS OF
COOPERATIVE UNITY
ALLIANCE OCT. 1929

SUPERIOR, Wis.-The Second
An: ual Congress of the Workers
! nd Farmers Cooperative Unity
Alliance will be held here on Oct
rs and 20 at Vasa Temple. 18th
st. and John Ave.
All co-operators, co-operatives
and other working class and farm
Org rizations II the United States
and Canada are invited to send
delegates to this congress.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-20
BOESCH PREVENTS
The ELECTION OF
DELEGATES TO CHI.
Head of Minnesota HOLIDAY
Against Farmers End
National Conference
By Geo. Anderson

DALBO, Mimi, Oct. 15.-The
Isanti County Farmers Holiday
Association held their annual meet
ing at Cambridge yesterday with
about It's members present.
John Boesch, who with his fam
lily farms $500 acres was the prin-
cipal speaker and representative of
Milo Reno. Since the farmers
are beginning to wake up to the
fact that the, "New Deal" is the
same rs the old deal only worse,
he found It necessary to use
radical language. After making a
great show of attacking the adj
ministration's policy in regard to
the farmers, he told how he had
seen the key men in the Agricul.
tural Adjustment Administration
and Roosevelt in Washington md
how Morgenthau had promised to
use his Influence" to prevent fur
Their mortgage sales.
However, Mr.. Boesch ha d
pleaded with Roosevelt and the
Agricultural Adjustment Admin
stration for a farmers code SINH
lar to the Blue Buzzard codes pre-
vailing in industry. Evidently
Mr.. Boesch believes that the small
and middle farmers who ARE sink
ing into the tenant class as a re-
suit of the deepening crisis will
need slavery code of their own
similar to that which Roosevelt is
attempting to ram down the
Threats of the city workers.
Bosch grew eloquent and threat.
ened to vote for another farm
strike should Roosevelt fail tt
grant a farm code.
When a Holiday member pro-
posed that the Isanti county Farm
ers Holiday Association send =;
delegate to the Farmers SeconC
National Conference in Chicago il
order to work out a fighting pro
gram for the farmers Mr.. Boescl
told about the guaft between tn
Farm Bureau and the U. S. Ship
ping Board and intimated that tn,
Farmers Second National Confer
ence was under the influence O
the Firm Board, therefore th'
Farmers Holiday Association coult
have nothing to do with it.
When the setup of the Farmer
National Committee of Actor
was explained, together with its
history, he Immediately said tina
while the First Conference il
Washington was OK Lem Harri
was not to be trusted although h
could not explain why except t
claim that the Farm Bureau wa
corrupt and limiting that Lem Hal
ris had "a dark history.
William Dunbar, chairman of tn
Isanti county Farmers Holida
Association, is a Reno man bt
cause his class interests are thos
; of the small town business NAL
and absentee landlord, since h
owns 800 acres Of farm land AN
a pooIhall in Cambridge but doe
, not farm himself. He saw that
) order TO keep the farmers IN lir
{ he had TO put the matter OF sen'
} ing "a delegate to a vote.
About ten voted in favor
J sending a delegate, several petit
!. capitalist big farmers vote
, against and the big majority r
! manning neutral by not votfr
: since they were confused by Il
, manoeuvering Of Boesch and Dul
bar.
s Many Of the farmers howeve
: left the meeting with the intentit
4 of attending a later meeting :
4 take place in DaIbo for the pu
: pose of sending a delegate to On
cago.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-20
NUMBER ON RELIEF
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
RISES % PER CENT
BY e. p.

PIERRE, S. D., Oct. 1O.-Ac-
cording to the Federal Relief Ad.
ministration the number of fam
lilies getting unemployment relief
in South Dakota increased from
$500 in July to 1915 in August.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-20
Representatives From Holiday Farmers Union Milk
Pool Workers Clubs, and Communist Party
Take Part in Wausau Conference
HELP U. F. L. FORMULATE STATE PROGRAM
United Front Milk Strike Conference Will Be Held
Within Three Months; Nationwide Milk Strike
Action to Be Urged at Chicago Conference
BY ERIK BERT

. WAUSAU, Wis, Oct. ia definite step forward in
the organization of the united front of the Wisconsin farm
e was made at the United Farmer League state conference
winch took place here Oct IL in Rib Mountain hall Ninety
delegates and 70 visitors took part the formulation of
the program of demands and the program of immediate ac
ton which adopted. ~
During the preparations for the conference the necessity
Oh united front had been emphasized by the United Farm
League with the result that good delegations of farmers
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-10-20
Cheer Childs

At the conclusion of his speech,
Childs was cheered and applauded
for several minutes.
On motion by Erik Bert, the
delegates decided to send 1lve 81
their number to Madison IN the
1irst week Of November to report
the decisions of the conference to
the state convention of the Farm
ers Union and to urge on the
Farmers Union membership the
necessity for struggle for these
demands and the Importance of
sending delegates to the Chicago
Conference. 1t was agreed, fur
Their, to report the decisions of the
UFL conference to as many other
farm organizations ns possible.
When the resolutions and pro-
gram committee had completed
its work a State Committee was
elected by the United Farmers
League delegates present. The
committee elected to condHct the
work of the League in Wisconsin
for the coming period consists Of
the following: Art Timpson, Lin
coin county; Waino Dale, Ashland
county; Frank Denk, Landlade
county; Jack Witt, Clark county;
Andrew Small. Marathon county;
| James Bernard, Price county;
Hugo Fisher, Milwaukee county;
Elmer Laurilla, Iron county; VIII
no Maxi, Clark county; Johm
Hetts, Clark county; Vera Swir-
bull, Lincoln county; and Albert
Krivanek, Landlade county.
Stress Importance Of
Producers News
A collection of over eight dol
kars was taken to support the de-
Tense of the ten farmers arrested
at Phillips.
Erik Bert urged on the farmers
che Importance of subscribing and
ordering bundles Of the Producers
News in order to aid in the orga-
nization Of their struggles.
\. After the conference had ad-
journed the newly-elected state
committee held a brief meeting in
which Jack Witt was elected state
secretary and Art Timpson state
organizer.
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changes, from the drafts submit
ted by the committee.
(The Program of Action and De-
mands, as well as the resolutions
adopted by the Conference. wal
be printed in next weeks issue OF
the Producers News.)
One OF the most important de-
clsiOns passed by the conference
was that calling for the holding
OF a United Front Milk Strike
Conference within the next three
months at which all dairy farm-
ers In the state were asked to send
delegates. This decision will be
reported to the Farmers Second
National Conference in Chicago
for the purpose of getting nation
wide action for a dairy strike
against the milk trust.
Communist Organizer Speaks
M. Childs, Communist Partw
Organizer of Milwaukee was givea
che floor for half an hour for q
discussion of the NRA. He pointed
out dramatically how the New
Deal in the cities was actually
worsening the conditions of the
workers and thus narrowing the
market for the farmers products.
The interests of the workers and
farmers are similar, ChAds also
pointed out.
Childs urged the armers present
to consider the future very serious
ly = whether it is not possible
Tor the workers and farmers In
the United States to win perma-
nent prosperity and "a decent hft
for themselves. 1t has been don.
in the Soviet Unibn by the work
ers and farmers through the co
tablishment of their own workeK
and farmers government. The
Communist Party, Childs pledged
would support with all its forces
and energy, the united front de
mands raised by the farmers il
the Wisconsin Conference. It die
point out to the farmers that The
lasting prosperity could only be
achieved by the abolition of the
capitalist system of plumber tina
breeds misery, restitution, an,
war, and the setting up of work
,ers md farmers government h
its place.
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This letter has never been
answered.
Evening star., 1933-11-28
A 1920. Colonial ''hobnail'

A fine reproduction of Early
American Hobnail Glass it has
nothing in common with the usual
inexpensive glass set. A clear
crystal half-sallon Tipped pitcher.
6-fruit juice glasses. 6-bever-
age glasses. and 6-water glasses.
SIXTH FLOOR-LANSBURG
Mail and Phone Orders
TO Jane Stuart,
National $500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-12-03
"BUTTER SCOTCH" LONDON NEWS
TERMS ANGLO-U. S. TRADE TALKS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. December 2.-Great excite
ment was created here today by 'front.'
page accounts of Anglo-American trade
negotiations reported inaugurated in
Washington.
The Evening News called the negotia-
lions Butter Scotch" reporting that
the deal means the United States will
permit imports of Scotch liquor If Great
Britain will allow imports of American
butter and other dairy products.
American observers of the Anglo
American trade situation pointed out
that Denmark, Russia and New Zea-
land. with Canada just edging in, al
ready monopolize the British butter
market and that economic concessions
likely will take other lines than any
trade pact based upon liquor imports.
washington dispatches said the ad-
ministration was reported prepared to
admit 100000 gallons of foreign liquors
and wines in exchange for trade conces-
sions).
1t was pointed out before prohibition
the United States got nearly all Of its
imported whisky from Britain. In 1916.
a peak year. 50 .902 ,978 of the So ,9O8. 871
spent for foreign whisky by the States
was spent In Great Britain.
More than 5000 900 gallons OF Scotch
whisky, it was estimated recently. have
been purchased by American syndicates
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-12-03

inS Bank. Emporia institution Of which
he was the head. He was released I'M
der bond pending appeal on the State
charges.
Approximately 100000 in spurious
bonds, all purporting to have been is
sued by Kansas municipalities, have
been uncovered by investigators. The
exact amount of loss to the State or
individual institutions will not be
known, investigators said, until actions
against various officials are completed.
Surety bonds probably will make up
part of the loss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-12-03
10000 May Help
In Intense Search
ForKansas Couple
Officers BeIiere Pair May
Hare Been SIain-Last
Seen With. Co,cboy.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WICHITA. Kans., December O.
Mounting rewards and a rising tide Of
sentiment Spurred a search today for
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Pritchard, Wichita
couple, missing since November %, and
now believed by officers to have been
slain.
American Legion posts in Southern
Kansas and Oklahoma modified their
membership and other volunteers for an
exhaustive search tomorrow from We'll
lington, Kans to Coffeyville and ad-
jacent Oklahoma territory.
A Federal Department Of Justice
agent arrived in Wichita to help solve
the disappearance of the couple, last
seen by acquaintance with Jack Wis
dom. cowboy sought for the Staying
of Emery Large, elderly Meade County
ranch hand.
Officers hope 10000 persons will join
the search tomorrow to cover every
inch" of territory Travelled by Wisdom
since the Pritchards disappeared
At Winfield. Kans., where the Pritch-
ards lived before coming to Wichita to
establish a mercantile store, citizens to-
day pledged a reward of $3.50 for in
) formation leading to the finding Of the
couple or their bodies. Other sources
offer S375 In the case.
Police said Wisdom had issued a
worthless check for $21 40 which Pritch-
ard cashed and that Mr.. and Mrs.
Pritchard saw Wisdom on the day they
disappeared in an attempt to gain re-
endorsement. Detectives said they be-
lieved the merchant was kidnapped when
he started for police headquarters to
turn Wisdom over for prosecution.
Clues are Pritchard's bIood-stained
glove, found at the scene of a reported
motor car mishap near Wellington sew
eral days ago, and his blood-splotched
bullet-marked car, found abandoned
near DepeW, Okla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-12-03
DINNER TO HONOR
NEW HEADS OF CITY
Association Of Oldest Inhabi-
tants of D. c. to Be
Hosts Thursday.

'New Commissioners night" will be
est Inhabitants of the District of CO.
lumbia when it celebrates its sixty
eighth birthday anniversary with din
ner at the Raleigh Hotel next Thursday
night.
Commissioners Melvin C. Hazen and
George E. Allen will make the princi-
pal addresses of the evening. Maj
John C.. Gotwals, Engineer Commits
Eioner. will be unable to be present.
The two new Commissioners will at
tend the reception at o'clock pre-
ceding the dinner and will be greeted
by the associations Reception Commit
tee and other memoirs of the aSsoci-
alton and by the representatives of
number Of the leading civic associations
of the ci'v. The Commissioners will be
present 1t the dinner, to start at 7:30
o'clock, and later in the evening will
go to the diplomatic reception at the
White House.
Other Guests 10 Attend.
In addition to the Commissioners,
the guests Of the association, who have
accepted up to this time, include repre-
sentatives of civic organizations as fol-
lows: Claude w. Owen, president of the
Washington Board of Trade; James G.
Yaden, president Of the Federation Of
Citizens Associations; James E. Coli
Manufacturers Association; Allen c.
Clark, president Of the Columbia His.
torical Society: Jesse c. Suter, presi-
dent of the Society of Natives; Robert
J. Cottren, executive secretary of the
Washington Board of Trade: Dorsey W.
Hyde, jr., executive secretary, Washing
ton Chamber of Commerce and Thomas
p Littlepage. former president of the
washington Chamber of Commerce.
The Dinner Reception Committee
consists of J. Eliot Wright, chairman;
Fred A. Emery. vice chairman; John B.
Dickman, Frank w. Bowling, James F.
Duhamel, John Joy Edison, ARENAS c.
Harmon, Percy B. Israel, Charles A.
Langley, B. F. McCauley. John Clagett
Proctor, George Spransy and Theodore
W. Noyes, president of the association,
ex-offlcio member of the committee.
Quartet to Give Music.
Mr.. Proctor will read an original
poem. The music will be furnished by
the Chesapeake &, Potomac Telephone
Co. Quartet.
President Noyes will preside.
There are indications many of the
Oldest inhabitants will greet the new
Commissioners at the reception and
dinner.
On Wednesday night, preceding the
banquet on Thursday, the association
will hold its regular annual meeting at
the old Union Engine House for cleo
ton of officers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-12-03
Elder Finney Sentenced.

The elder Finney, known in Emporia
for years as a civic leader, was SEN
fenced yesterday to IL consecutive
prison terms, ranging from to so
years. He was convicted of embezzling
$4,000 from the Fidelity State g. Saw
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-12-03

and are being held in Scotland for ship
ment after repeal.
Dispatches from Montreal said dis
tillers there were privately concerned
when informed imports of liquors and
wines into the States until January /.
will probably be restricted to 1900, 900
gallons.
Belief was expressed that Canada's
share of business would be less than
100000 gallons. Imports from Canada
just prior to prohibition were relatively
small.
A plan for reciprocal trade agree
ment with the United States will be
introduced into the Canadian House of
Commons this year by William Duff,
Liberal Member for Antagonist Guys
boro, he revealed Saturday.
Many Canadians have expressed hope
of lower tariff boundaries between the
United States and Canada, because
President Roosevelt's party has been
additionally a low tariff one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-12-03
VOL ASKS INQUIRY
OF U. S. COMMUNISM
A. F. of L. Vice President Says
Litvinoff Agreement Lacks
Sufficient Guarantee.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 2.-Matthew
VOL, vice president of the American
Federation of Labor, called today for
an investigation by the Department of
Justice into Communistic activities in
the United States.
There is in the Litvinoff agreemest
COT recognition) no promise to repudi-
ate the Communist philosophy" said
Woll, no promise to repudiate the doc
trine that it is Communist obligation
to deceive the rest of the world, no
promise to repudiate the third interna-
tionale, no promise to cease doing all
of the things that have made Com
munism the enemy of the rest of the
world.
1T Is clearly evident that, regardless
of recognition. regardless of promises
given and pledges made. Soviet Russia
is as determined as ever to create inter-
nal strife within our nation and to
foment world civil revolution. Instead
of changing her tactics in view of the
recognition agreement, Moscow is pur-
suing her traditional tactics with re-
newed vigor and determination"
VOL spoke over National Broadcast
ing Co. network.