The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-15
BY WILLIAM GARTER

BY WILLIAM CARTER
Literature Agent, Section 7, Chicago
At the Farmers Conference held
a few weeks ago in Chicago, I was
asked at the last minute to go and
sell literature. The farmers came in
on Sunday and Monday, but / wasn't
asked to go until p. m. on Tuesday.
We should have been there when they
came in. I have eight months ex-
perience at this business, but I learned
plenty at the farmers meeting. Some
Of the leading comrades said I should
not sell Communist literature to the
farmers. I thought that was funny,
when see in the Party Organizer
that we are not to hide the face of
the Party. Some of our leaders
haven't learned that yet.
Farmers Anxious to Receive G. P.
Literature
I want to point out some things
that I learned at the Farmers Meet
ing. The comrade in charge of lit
erature did not have any confidence
in the farmers, even though some of
them had come 1900 and 1,400 miles
to this conference. He didn't pre-
pare to supply the farmers with lit
erature. was given a dark corner
and little table, not big enough to
put any literature on, but 1 stuck to
the job. I was not so interested in
the amount Of money we could take
in on literature sales, as I was that
the farmers should get hold of lit
erature, I knew that there were
farmers there that we might never
reach again, so l did all I could TO
see that some Of our literature
reached the hand of every farmer /
could.
In a few words L will point out to
you just what the farmers bought at
these meetings. I sold seven copies
of Foundations Of Leninism," by
Stain Gall that I had, four copies
of collective Farming" by Stain
(all they had in the store); five copies
of Fosters Toward Soviet America, "
at least one copy each of the Little
Lenin Library, and all the copies they
had in the store of Religion in the
U.S.S.R." and of Divorce Law in
the Soviet Union" I sold all the
copies I had of the &C. P. Position
on the Farmers" and every kind OF
book and pamphlet we had about the
Soviet Union.
After the conference sang the In
ternational, the farmers swarmed me
and took all L had Of the song, and
7 could have sold more, but they did
not have any more in the book store
tried to find some LID. litera-
ture, but was not able to get any
although asked the LID. repre-
sentative for 1t.
AS far as the Y.C.L. was concerned
they were asleep. The young farmers
would come up to me and ask about
Y.CL. literature, and about Y.CL
membership. Well, l didn't want tc
tell them they were not here, SO
would say that the first one I see
will put him or her in touch with
you. After two days of stalling the
young farmers, two young girls were
at the stand asking about the Y.CL.
and I happened to see the vel. Dis
trict Organizer. So I introduced him
to them, and thought that at last
this would be taken care of. But tc
my surprise, the next day, the D. o
'of the Vel. came up to me and
wrote down the names of three pam
plalets for me to get for the young
workers. (He forgot all about the
Y.CL. paper. Well, the next morn.
ing, when I went to the bookstore tc
get the order, we only had one Of the
pamphlets in stock.
On Friday night, next to the last
day, at the meeting, a woman COM
rade gave me 20 Women Who Work,
and they were gone before had
them 10 minutes.
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