The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
MONT. FARMERS
WIN RELIEF IN
3-DAY MEETING
Force Chairman Bennett to
Gall Meeting to Take
Applications
50 WIN RELIEF
All Grievances Presented
by U. F. L. Committee
Acted Upon

: bringing their children with
them and Drawing hardship and
cold, close to 200 farmers and
their wives came to Plentywood,
Mont, last Thursday, December 20
determined to stay until they got
relief.
OVERSHOES FOR CHILDREN
Every farmer who put in his
application for relief at that time
received it. Many are the chill
dren over the county who will now
wear overshoes TO school because
of the militant demonstration of
their parents in Plentywood, and
many's the farmer over the coun-
ty who as he stirs sugar in his
coffee will say to his wife, "The
United Farmers League is the
only farm organization that is
struggling that we may live. Let's
join it."
The farmers brought blankets
and bedding with them and enuf
food for two days, knowing that
unless they stayed on the job and
fought for the clothing and gro
'ceries they were desperately in
need of, they would not be able to
get it from the committee in
charge of the county Reconstruc-
tion Corporation funds.
U. F. L. LEADS
The central committee of the
United Farmers League which is
carrying on struggle to see that
destitute farmers of all shades
of opinion be adequately cared for
arranged that straw sacks be
placed in the Farmer-Labor Tenn
pie fer the farmers to sleep on.
Their wives and children were
given beds by sympathetic work
ers in Plentywood.
A committee of the farmers
went to the relief office Thursday
and were roundly cursed by Jack
Bennett, chairman of the commit
tee and local postmaster. When
they asked him if the state chair
man of the RFC hadn't told him
that it was the duty of the CEN
trail committee to take care of the
cases, he replied, "To
hell with Spaulding-I'm tired of
bothering with all these farmers"
The committee then went to Rev.
Simundson, and presented their
case to him, telling him of the
abuse and foul language they re-
ceived from Bennett. Despite the
fact the Rev. Simundson is not
from restitution, he rea-
ICES to a certain extent that those
who are destitute are justified in
demands for adequate food
and clothing for their families. He
them that Benefits atti-
tude was not the attitude of the |
central committee in general, but |
Bennett was apt to lose his tenn
per anytime, one of his great
being hot headedness.
By request Rev. Simundson then
called Bennett on the phone-and
him to see these needy
people and take care of the two
cases at once.
CHANGES ATTITUDE
Bennett had evidently repented
his hasty words which he knew
could only further antagonize the
farmers whose plight he tries to
ignore, and the committee elected
by the farmers were received by
he Central Committee. This COM
nittee consisted of Marie Hansen,
Harry JUL, Pete Gallagher, Fred
3rinckman and Chris Heiberg.
Marie Hansen and Pete Gallag-
Ter acted as Spokesman for the
farmers and presented more than
30 application for relief of farm
RS who had either been turned
Town by their local keymen or
Who had received totally made
Iuate amounts from the commit
zee.
Art Wankel. the only farmer On
he Relief Committee and a mem ;
,er of the United Farmers League,
elped the farmers committee in
very way to see that the applica-
ions were accepted and all of
hem finally passed. Some of the
armers received their orders the
anne night.
It had been found out when II
was in Plentywood sew
raj weeks ago that the central
ommittee had withheld from the
leedy farmers $4,000 which should
ave been spent during December, /
to the appropriation. It '
vas only the fighting stand taken s
v the United Farmers League /
yhich forced the committee to re- !
ease this money to Leip out the
armers. Other farmers who have /,
cen Disseminated against should :
ct in touch with Rodney Sails :
ury, UFL secretary at Plenty
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