The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-07-21

no better. All thru your letter
there runs an insinuatlng under-
tone, as if there was something
wrong or out of the ordinary,
relative to my reputation. You
say, 1--WE are sending the state
office a record of your personal |
operation relative to the matter of |
work relief" Again. "This record
does not look very good from the
standpoint of a good American
citizen" My reputation is about
the same as anyother hard work-
ing farmer. Most of my life /
have spent payign interest and
taxes, helping to keep host of
ungrateful parasites like you in
position. so that who is and what
is an American citizen, could be
determined. Let me tell you
something, if this country ever be-.
comes so prostituted for brains,
that an intelligent bankrupt like
passes on what constitutes a good
American citizen, then / want to.
be excused.
l have seen men with large fam
lilies; i have seem old gray-haired
men nearly 20 years old, working
out their relief, that hadn't seen
a relief order since May and this
was July. These men had been
submissive to your assumed au-
, thority and bullying, they never
question it. Wouldn't it have beef
better if you had spent your time
j sending out relief to these people
rather thar to have proven your
5 self nit wit by passing on what
{ kind of an American citizen you
I think happen to be? If you, the
( relief committee, aid the county
commissioners attitude on relief
exemplifiee American citizenry
!. then Benedict Arnold was a super
9 patriot.
0 You say. According to law thi'
: money is issued ON work relief
etc." Again "Until work is per
formed there vol be no relief is
= sued. In your next paragraph
! you say in Froid and McCab
: communities you will issue order
where they are "gOing to work.
, Why do you make such allowanc
. for these communities? Isn't
y because we took a militant stan
= against your dictates, and Gale
:, your bluff ?
= / assume that Roosevelt count
- is in the United States and sui
70 iect to the same laws as Sheridan
"a Valley and Daniels counties.
your committee went according
al law by holding out on the JuI
~ relief until now then those otht
If counties must have broken the lay
II for June relief in those counti'
was given out long ago. Perhal
ve you would like to say that
~ Sheridan county the farmers ha'
e done more road work, but ] do n
o think that you do. Or perha
ok you have a different way of j
of terpreting law? The truth is
ON YOU will abide by the law and n
he try to act smart or be the law, '
on will be able to get along better.
OF You say, eff you had a Gle
understanding of the working
relief money, you would not ia
the stand that you have in 70
ee. community" imagine if the pU
3. lie in general had a clear undo
standing of the working of rel
money, they would not take ST.
33. a patient stand towards you. tt
might insist that the $3.50, 000,(
given to the railroads as a gift,
-. given to them to feed their Wi
=. and babies. The only time y
understand relief money is wi
our some poor old worked out tot
oil gets a few nickels out of it. Sn
leir minds run in small channels.
to When you aren't busy looki
ing up some ones record or trying
ing determine what goes into a n
his to make up a 400 per cent Am
and lean citizen, you might learn a !
We simple facts. Relief money is 2
flee into the United States Treasu
mi either by taxes or by a loan,
hat is to be retired by taxation. s.
and is our money. When we take
can for our own use there is jus
ter little less for some of you fell
der to graft. Everyone seems to X
Ives this but you. Now as a fel
II human creature. you certaiily C
F. 1t object to me calling myself thi
inal advise you to attend to your
such business in the morning. and
ght keep out of others in the af
neon. You will get along be
want that wav.
OF Respectfully.
t11re