The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-29
December 20, 1888
The Annanias Club

The Annanias Club
THE NAME of Annanias the greatest liar in history has
become symbolic. We nominating, as worthy sue
of Annanas, two gentlemen who have to
attention for peddng the most bareacd lies to the Amer
lean farmers.
The first is William E. Myers governor of the Farm
Credit Administration who told the convention of the
American Farm Bureau Federation that 81 am glad to
say that foreclosures on farms have practically stop
The second is F. C. Croker, of the RenOParmenter
clan in Nebraska who told the Nebraska farmers that
'There is want in North Dakota"
Mr. Myers falsehood is designed to praise the Roose
ers from organizing to STOP FORECLOSURES. Actually,
we know that nothing short of demagOgy that fore
closures continue wherever farmers NOT organized and
that only the mass action of the farmers themselves will pre-
vent greedy money sharks from fixing their claws into the
homes of struggling farmers
The Roosevelt Administration has been nightly peeved
because the farmers not lent to the bayhoo of
the New Deal Mr. Wallace upset because OF the mid
western strike that he made speaking tour IN
the strike section 1t the Farmers Second Conference
with its srdent open resistance to the pauperzaon
program Roosevelt that blasted the dissatisfaction OF
the Washington politicians
These gentlemen would have liked have dismissed the
conference entirely But 700 dirt farmers clamorng for
real relief and turning their backs the politicians and
lobbyists cannot very easily be ignored. Washington had
its agents at the Chicago conference soopgeons who
snooped about listening wherever they could ottng down
would enghten the big chiefs of the federal government
The stories these stool pigeons brought back must
given the New Dealers many uneasy night
In our last ISSUE we pointed out how the Farm Bureau
convention was called as an antdote to the farmers
ference With SO handpcked delegates who came to praise
the New Deal they hoped to undo the work of 700 dirt
farmer delegates who spoke frankly and uncopromngy
of the misery of the New Deal It to this convention
that Mr. Myers peddled his beautiful story of the end Of
foreclosures under the reign of Mr.. Roosevelt
MR. CROCKERS fasehood was similar both in it's nature
W and in it's purpose Mr. Croker would like to discour
age farmers from taking action in their hands 1t gives
him nightmares every time Nebraska farmers go out and
stop foreclosure eviction For he knows that farm
whose to action have no use for the
Reno-Parmenter-Cr Croker miseadership.
Instead of mass action Mr. Croker asks the farmers to
turn their towards the peaceful methods OF
lobbying hanging on to the coattals OF tne ponucans
they will remain within the ranks of the Reno Holiday and
the Farmers Union, and follow Mr. Reno and the politicians
UP the blind alley of the bankers Moreover Mr. Croker
knows will the ardent thanks of the bankers
insurance companies, and big business folk generally
He asks them to turn to the shining example of Gov
LANCER Shining example indeed! But this is the type Of
politician with which the fake farm leaders best work
Reno Towney, Burdick and all the rest bosom pa
with LANCER We have just been subjected to the disgust
ing spectacle of Towney and LANCER rolling each Others
logs in effort to win for themselves reputation of benl
the friends of the farmers WHILE at the time they di
verified the attention of the farmers away from sug
gle to political junkets to Washington.
If Mr. Croker can convince the Nebraska farmers tina
there want in North Dakota" then he convinc
perhaps they should follow the meCnodS OF
LANCER Reno and Towney. For this he peddles hi
lie
NEBRASKA FARMERS are not likely to believe such lies
~ They read their militant farm paper and they know
there is plenty of misery in North Dakota Nor the
farmers the country likely to believe Mr. Myers lie tina
foreclosures have stopped With the sheriff threatening
themselves their neghbors such lies easily be nailed
But our job is indeed, to nail these lies One of tn
first things do to write in to the Producers News
tual conditions you know them.
The next thing to do is to spread the literature of tn
militant farm movement. Get bundle of pamphlets tn
Farmers End National Conference and let your neighbor
read for themselves what farmers from all sections of tn
country reported to their local conditions Then BULL
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