The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22
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In addition the farmers can be rep
resented at the annual meetings
on the basis of one delegate for
every 10000 members.
Steam Roller Rattles
The leaders. themselves, realized
that decisions by the 80 did rot
look as democratic" as O'Neal de-
clared it to be and so steps we're
taken to amend the bylaws so
that few more delegates would
come to the next meeting.
The line of the Farm Bureau
leaders was given in the main
speech bv President Edward A.
O'Neal. The line is one consistent
attempt to keep the impoverished
farmers shackled to Wall street by
Cooperation" with the Roosevelt
administration. The Bureau lead
ership is attempting to prevent the
farmers from Yealizing that only
through struggle against Wall
street and its political agents can
they obtain relief instead of
speeches.
Confidence in Roosevelt and in
the New Deal was the keynote Of
OfNeal's speech. Roosevelt. he de-
clared in the opening of his
speech. ais a man who has a keen
understanding and sympathy and
training to work with constructive
farm organizations. He is farm
er and is member of the New
York Farm Bureau" O'Neal neg
lected to mention that Roosevelt
like himself, is a rich capitalist
and farm owner and his interests
are opposed to those of the ma
ioritv of American, farmers.
The A. A. A.. under which peas
antry is being imposed on Amer
lean farmers, is, in O'Neals word!
"broad constructive measure"
"the Magma Charta of American
agriculture-its charter of free
dom from the domination of preda
tory business. interests, its guar
antee of economic equality witt
other groups, its promise Of a new
day for American agriculture"
Which Side of Saddle?
Continuing his attempt to hide
the capitalist nature of the Agri
cultural Adjustment Administra
ton he declared that Farmers
, not distributors. are making thu
6 policies" And later on. "Agricul
ture is now in the saddle-not
: dominate. but to advise and hel
guide our national leadership"
In his speech O'Neal tried
convince the farmers present tbs
: they were getting a New Deal b
cause the Farm Bureau and othe
, leaders have been spending the
! time and the farmers money i
Washington comforting and cor
niving with the administratio
/. leaders. He went to great lengt
2 to show how closely they were Ct
operating with the New Dealers
put over this program. ethan
God, the leaders of the nation hs
confidence In us" Farm Bures
= leaders) he stated in referring
the Inauguration of the New Des
: Overnight we were called I'M
9 the councils of the leadership I
the ration to write a program fl
agriculture and to help formula
a far-reaching program to sa'
= the country"
= The Farm Bureau leaders co,
ferred with mer of their own hea
~ and interests in their Washingtt
: conferences. Henry Morgentha
Jr., Acting Secretary of the Trea
urv and DR.. Warren. monetary a
y visor. under whose leadership t
: initiation campaign against {
&c working class is being carried Q
and Secretary Wallace the mai
spring in he A. A. A., ONE
~ praised in his speech as "war
i friends and co-workers" Birds
!. a feather -
"a One quoted wifi appare
=. self satisfaction from speech
% Congressman Rai-ey Of Illino
= Sneaker Of the House of Repl
sentatives. as follows: