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MIRA Would Arbitrate

But. they added If there is any
dispute IN 3 particular case over
who are the representatives Of the
employees Of their own choosing. the
MIRA Will offer its services to con
duct an impartial investigation and.
If necessary. "a secret ballot to settle
the question"
a quick test probably would be to
the advantage of employers. since
a secret ballot after the A. F. OF L.
has had more time 70 perfect its
organization would reflect greater
strength for election Of a union
representative 10 bargain. Organ
izaton of unions in this industry
has begun only since passage OF the
recovery act.
Meanwhile. the labor advisory
board is meeting today to consider
wording proposed bv automobile
men. who still are irving To retain
language III the code winch VIII
express TO their satisfaction their
adherence 10 the open shop prin-
clple.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
Roosevelt Spends Day
as Guest of Home Folks
BprnifcdPrem


HYDE PARK N Y Aug 6-Presdent Franklin
m hoored guest OF the home folks today
many Of whom have on the Roosevelt
hudson valley farm prevailed
.n.- 1890
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Planes Drop Food to so,
Storm CaptiUes on Isle
ByfHifcdPrc"

NORFOLK. Va 26F1y people marooned the Little
Atlantic Bay
Beach became known today them
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Also running. with ballots Of hftv or
more up 10 lts-Timotkv sexton G. r.
Cunning ham. Judge James A. Collins
DR.. William II. Smith Jr.. Manila BAR"
Tom Walsh. George Res>. Ernest Marker
Mike Brian. and Paul Rockford.
NOV you see him! Now you
~ DON'T
just like the little pea under
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
Big Rush On

Every year about this date
hundreds Of Indianapolis
residents are faced with the
same old problem-selectios
Of a new place in which 70
live.
And this year. more than
ever before. these people will
avail themselves Of an op-
portunity Of making their
problem easier by using The
Times Rental Columns as a
guide 70 representative vacan-
cies in all parts Of the city.
List Your Vacancies NOW.
Call RI-5551
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
UNIONS FACE
FIRST BATTLE
ON AUTO CODE
Motor Manufacturers Firm
in Their Stand for
open Shop
ORGANIZING IS RUSHED
MIRA May Be Called On to
Settle Differences Over
Labor Clause.
BY RUTH FINNEY
Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON. Aug 26.-The au-
tomobile code when finally ap-
proved. probably Will precipitate the
first major test Of labor provisions
Of the recovery act, no matter what
its wording.
So far no attempt on the part Of
labor 70 organize IN an industry oD-
Grating under an MIRA code has been
repulseG by an employer and been
brought 20 NRA for settlement The
automobile men. hrWeyer. are def
nitely on record against unlOniza-
ton and for maintenance al all
costs Of their So-calied open shop
policy.
At the same time the American
Federation OF Labor has set itself
the task Of organizing The automo-
bile industry and already has issued
a number Of charters FOR industrial
unions
Until code has been approved
by the President and has become
effective the federal government has
10 actual jurisdiction over this
question Every code however.
must under the recovery act. CON
tain a promise on the part OF EN-
pioyers that workers NAV bargain
collectively il they see fit
Momentous Question Faced
once the code has been approved.
b. is the duty Of the recovery adj
ministratiOn to enforce H. If the
a. 2 Of l.. pushes its fight for or
ganization and if any automobile
plant objects 20 it. the recovery adj
miniStration will be called on TO
arbitrate the most damental
question yet - come before IT,
Members OF the national labor
board look for such a test soon after
Labor day Labor d3v this year IS
to be celebrated as a sort of revival
meeting for organized labor. and
probably viii naugurate an in
tense drive for worker member
ship
MANY observers here believe au-
tomobiles have been chosen by the
big financial interests u make a
fight against unionizatioD under the
recovery act and test the issue i'm
mediately
Administrator Hugh 3. Johnson
and General Counsel Donald r
RichberC just have made clear the
course TO be followed by NRA III
case such a question arises In a
Joint statement this week they de-
clared that the NRA will not un-
dertake IN any instance to decide
that a particular contract should be
made or should not be made be
tween lawful representatives of en-
ploycS and employers. or to de-
eide that a contract which has been
made lawfully should not be en-
forced"
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EPIDEMIC MAY
HALT SCHOOLS
St. Louis Fears COntinu-
anCe of Sleeping Sick
ness: Toll at 81.

b. nfcd Prose
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 26.-Public
schools may not open Sept. 5 when
scheduled, it was said today if St
Louis still is in the throes of the
worst epidemic of sleeping sickness
in history.
Thirty-two deaths and more than
$50 cases Of encephalitis have been
reported since inception of the dis
ease July 30. Thr.e more fatalities
were added Friday to the growing
list.
All efforts to coI=hat spread of
the malady have failed. Scientists
headed by three prominent ply
Sicians of the United States public
health service have been unable to
find the germ carrier and efforts to
develop an immunizing serum have
produced no tangible results.
Meantime. DR.. J. P Leake. DR..
Charles A. Armstrong and DR.. L. l..
Williams Jr. of the United States
service were using every resource
in their effort to locate the disease
carrier. Drinking water is the only
possible source definitely eliminated.
By United Press
WARSAW, Ind, Aug. 26.-Fear
that a strange illness suffered by
Mrs Edward Troup. Leesburg, may
be the second case OF sleeping
sickness IN Indiana was entertained
by physicians at Mcdonald hospital
here today.
The woman has remained In
stupor since Sunday and rouseS only
when nurses comb her hair. Ply
sicians were not willing to pro-
nounce the case sleeping sickness.
but admitted seeing symptoms of
it in Mrs Troupe's ailment.
The disease. which has attained
epidemic proportions in St. Louis.
Mo. claimed its first victim in In
diana Friday when Walter OBrien.
who contracted the diease while
working at Alexandria. Ind. died in
a hospital at Ann Arbor. Mich. He
had been in a state of coma for
week
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LINDYS IN COPENHAGEN

Flying Couple in Denmark After
Fast Fly From Shetlands.
81 United Press
COPENHAGEN. Aug. 26-Colonel
and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh ar
rived in the harbor here at $40 p.
m. Copenhagen time. after a rapid
flight from the Shetland islands.
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Outline of History

Short history of the depres-
sion. compiled by a Washing
ton Wisecracker
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During the last legislature.
Governor Paul v McNutt went on
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
DOi11gs of the
Advance Guard

The Washington conference is Another
year here Now let all hop it and show what
can do One of the things must aim at in this
is to build our farm organization much bigger and
much stronger In order do that paper must have
a much bigger circulation.
Did you notice how we told about the delegates
stopping in some farming community in Pennsylvania
and holding meeting told these farmers how orga-
nize and prevent foreclosure sales and how the farmers
went out the next day and did the very thing Bought
horses and COWS at 10 each and gave back the
farmer
These things the farmers find only thru their
own paper. We can't have Washington delegates travel
ing all the country. But get paper into
every community if go after right and that just
what make the greatest effort do in this new
year. In that way bring to many people much
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
PLAGUE TO
BE ELIMINATED BY
SOVIET SCIENTISTS

Soviet veterinary science is en-
gagged in a big drive against the
foot and mouth disease. Up to
the present the veterinary experts
of Western Europe have made
very little progress in the struggle
against this terrible and costly
plague. A special scientific insti-
tute for the campaign against the
foot and mouth disease has been
opened on the island of GorodOm-
liza. The institute is equipped with
the last word in experimental pos
sibilities with extensive labora-
tories and stalls. Next year the
institute hopes to deliver from 49,
600 to 10000 quarts of anti-serum
and is responsible for an import
ant discovery permitting the i'm
munizing of the skin. The young
veterinary scientist Sakvarelidse
has discovered an anti-serum
which provides complete immunity
against the disease.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06

only the minimum wage,as do also
a great part of the men. AS the
agrarians always reckon only an
eight hour day even if the working
day actually lasts IA hours, the
average wages of most of the ag-
rlcultural workers in Piedmont
amounts to $40 Lira a day, In
Lombardy to 5.04 Lira, in Emilia
to $50 Lira and in Apulia to $50
Lira. This was the situation in the
first half of 1881. Since then the
wages have been reduced on an av-
erage by not less than % per cent
while the cost of living has fallen
only very slightly. Since the new
wage reduction, the index figure
of real wages amounts to 65.8 in
stead of ST. and is 34.2 per cent
below the 1914 level.
The wage reductions effected by
the agrarian capitalists and kulaks
with the aid Of the fascist unions
and the fascist terror are, however
not the only cause of the misery
of the land workers. Another
cause is at work, namely, unem>
ploymert. In our opinion, the
number of unemployed in agricui-
ture amounts to about two mil
lion.
Fascism views with great anx-
llety the large masses of starving
and resentful land workers, who
exert a constant pressure on the
agrarians and kulaks and again
hold great street demonstrations
against fascism and against, the
capitalist order.
The new policy of the Italian
bourgeoisie towards the land work
ers can be summed up in the fas-
cist slogan "Do away with the
land workers" The fascists de-
clare that it is necessary to bind
the land workers to the soil by
means of copartnership agree :
ments.
1t is only necessary for us to
state in this connection, that un-
der the agreements the agrarians
employ a land worker or a grour
of land workers he whole year
round and in return pay them not
wages but proportion of the pro.
duct, usually third. 1t is clea,
that the fascist "copartuership'
agreements differ only in name
from feudal serfdom. The fascist
are of the opinion that these co
partners will be less influenced b,
the Industrial proletariat and tn
J Communist party than the ordi
nary land workers. Communist
is spreading and the Comnunis
party of Italy is becoming I'll
leader Of their struggles.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
MENCKEN DELIGHTS
IN FARMERS RUIN;
SAYS HE Is STUPID

The job of capitalist "rebels"
was recently sharply shown by H.
L. Mencken, Big Bull of the Intel
lectual Mavericks:
Getting rid of farmers would
not only reduce the cost of living
by at least half; it would also i'm
prove politics 1 look forward
to their ruin with agreeable sent
ments We will be better off
when the mortgage sharks rid him
of his farm He is so stupid
that if the American farmer got
only one meal day and had to
go naked, he still would be grossly
overpaid."
No other capitalist could say as
viciously, as frankly as this, what
is in the back of all of their minds.
It takes an intellectual Rebel, /"
who is also a capitalist, to do it
THAT'S their job. The farmers
will remember Mr.. Mencken and
his kind.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
GET CLEAR ON
GOVT. TACTICS
IN WASHINGTON
Machine Guns Ready Says
Farmer Who Attended
Conference
Ru IMPI WIITALA

Embarrass, Mimi, Dec. 28.- A
large crowd gathered at the EN-
barrass Workers Hall on Decem-
Der 81 to hear reports of delegat-
es who went on the National Hun
ger March.
MACHINE GUNS READY
Arnold Mikkala, a farmer of
Embarrass, gave a good report in
Finnish. He said, "This trip GER
tainly gave me a clear picture of
what the United States govern
ment represents with all those
machine guns and police lined up
ready to kill the workers and the
farmers who are only asking for
enough to live"
He also pointed out that the trip
made him eager to work with
more zeSt than before for the
good of the farmers and work.
ers.
c. Peltonen, a young farmers
of Peyla, also told Of his expert
ences in Washington and said he
was ready to work to win young
farmers for the U. F. L.
HARD TO GET RELIEF
A discussion followed the re-
ports. Local workers brought out
that they are being Disseminated
against because of their political
beliefs when getting relief. The
Town Board, consisting of store
managers and rich farmers, didn't
notify them when registration Of
those in need took place. Only a
few were notified who belonged
to certain religious sects.
Because the meeting was ar
ranged in such a hurry that all
the delegates who went to Wash
ington didn't have time to get re-
ports ready and because the
crowd was so enthusiastic it was
decided to hold another meeting
at which Alfred Tiala, another
delegate, will speak.
Concluding the evenings pro-
gram, Comrade Tanttila gave a
good speech, pointing out, that on
ly by organizing and putting up q
big fight will we be able to win
our demands.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
Low PRICES STOP
DEBT PAYMENTS
Farmers Tell Why They
Can't Pay; Demand
Foreclosures Stop

At a meeting of the Parshal
unit of the North Dakota Holiday
Association held December "a, the
farmers present went on record
against foreclosures.
The resolutions committee, con-
sisting of Axel Olson, H. J. Stiff
fen, H. F. Butt, G. M. Luschinger
and Fred Maurer presented a reso-
luton which was adopted by the
farmers. The resolution read that
in view of low prices far below
cost of production and since the
farmer is unable to meet his OBJ
legations through no fault of his
own.
Therefore be it resolved that
We enter our protest against any
foreclosures on mortgages or
liens on any of our farmers
far land, equipment, stock or
grain and respectfully petition
the district judges of Mountraill
county, N. D.. to refrain from en-.
tering any judgment or decree
in foreclosures. until the passing
of the present crisis.
United Farmers League mem
bers in Mountraill county SHOULD
explain to these farmers that pas
sing resolutions is not enough tt
guarantee the safety of thei
homes. Unless they actively unit,
to prevent foreclosures they will
mot be able to keep their homes.
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to let you know your paper is
wonderful. We are arranging for
large mass meeting and are go
ing to Try and set up a committee
of action and from now on we will
report often"
Earl Smith, Bend, Ind, sends
pay for so copies of the Producers
News TO be sent.
Jean Conklin, New York City, N
Y, subscribes.
S. Nitzberg, Petaluna, Calf,
orders 100 copies of back issue.
VIM. Laiti, Negaunee, Mich, or
ders a bundle of 800 copies for
Jan. Is.
Edwin Pfutzenreuter, Hecla, S.
Oak, sent stamps and orders a
sample copy sent to Is different
parties. He also sent a six-mOnth
sub.
DIVA Ranhala, Ashby, Mass,
sent one sub.
Rina Evans, Schenectady, NY,
wants some sample copies for DR.
ganization work.
DOINGS OF LAST WEEK
H. Wagner, Hancock, Mich, or
ders bundle of papers sent to
Herman, Mich.
A. Dinlfelt, of Detroit, Mich.
wants sample copies.
GIVING US A LIFT
Roy Miller, Frederick, s. Oak,
sends US SIG for job work. Thanks
Roy.
S. A. Bjorndahl, Arlington.
g, Wash, orders 100 copies to be,
used at New Years eve meeting.
United Farmers League, Twin
Falls, Idaho, sends 50 for bundles,
received.
A Washington comrade sends us
another four subs and an interest
ing letter.
John o'Neil. Billings, Mont.
sends one sub.
Alfred Marsh, Bloomington, Ind.
subscribes.
E. L. BOlland, Pierpont, s Oak
who just returned from Washing
ton. sends 50 for sub cards and.
orders dollar bundle
Jacob Schneider, Kansas, Ohio,
renews for another half year.
Osmo Helm, of Ashby, Mass
sends money for bundles received.
Carl Shushenko, Washington, d.
c., sends US a six months sub for
someone in Idaho.
Geo. Casper, Scottsville, Mich,
sends dollar for sub cards.
Erik Bert sends in one sub.
James Allen, Minots N. Oak,
sends money for two sub cards.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
Condition of the Landowners
of Italy
(RY MASH

(BY MASI)
The numerical importance of the
agricultural wage earners in Italy
is seen from the fact, that out Of
a total of 8,594, goo families, form
ing a population of 37,679, 0OO,-
1 1921 900 families, comprising in
all 8,378, 900 persons, consist of
landworkers (froIn the census of
1921. The number of persons en-
gagged in agriculture as laborers,
amounts to 1852, 900, which repre-
sents SO per cent of the popula-
ton engaged in agriculture, and Is
per cent Of the total working popu-
lation. What changes have taken
place among agricultural workers
between 1921 and the present time,
j. e. during the whole period of
fascist rule?
FARMERS BECOME FARM
HANDS
The answer is quickly given: the
number of agricultural laborers
increased mainly as a result of
the impoverishment of broad sec
lions of the poor and middle peas
ants. What is the present num-
Der of the agricultural laborers?
One can approximately estimate
their number, including the wo-
men and young workers, at some
thing over four and one-half mil
lion.
The land workers Of Italy are
of special Importance both from
the social and political point of
view, as they possess fighting
traditions. They are concentrated
In Valpadana, Aplia and Sicily.
Already before the war the land
workers represented the poorest
category of the proletariat. They
suffered greatly from unemploy :
ment and when at work they re-
ceived miserable wages. In Valpa-
dana, and Apulia the land workers
constitute relatively super fluous
population, which owing to the
feeble development of the produc-
tive forces in agriculture and the
weakness of Italian industry could
not find work anywhere. They
could not find a way of escape
even by means of emigration, fol-
both the agrarian and the indus.
trial bourgeoisie were opposed *
the policy of emigration because
they wished to maintain a big re
serve army Of laborers so as Il
Impose coolie wages on the masse.
OF employed workers and to com
pei the peasants to accept slavisl
agreements. The result was tina
only a relatively small number O.
peasants emigrsted
| HAD ORGANIZED UNIONS
Thus it is easily understood tina
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
Friday. January E, 1888
A Bloody
The Attack on the Negro Share Choppers of Alabama
Is Blow at Every Farmer in the Country,
White and Black

1.-THE attack on the Negro share troopers of Ala
bama by the armed law of that state under the d-
rection and at the behest of the white exploiting
landlords Dec. 49, is an attack on every farmer,
white or black of this nation and should be under
stood as such by the farmers of the northwest,
gained and unorganized, and especially the mem
bers of the United Farmers League. These farm
ers should at once demonstrate their solidarity with
the Negro and white share troopers by organizing
protest meetings and demonstrations and wiring pro-
tests to Gov. Miller Montgomery, Alabama; Sheriff
Young and other officials of Tallapoosa county at
Notasulga, responsible for the wantonly cruel and
murderous attack upon the Negro farmers
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
ARIZONA WORKERS TO
MARCH

Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. l. The
state hunger march conference
here Saturday was informed that
the authorities had granted a per-
nit for the marchers to mass in
front of the capitol building jan
uary 9 and present to the legisla-
ture and the governor the Work
ers Unemployment Insurace bill
and demands for more relief.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
CALIFORNIA WORKERS ON
WAY TO SACRAMENTO

San Francisco. - The Brawley
and Ell Centre delegations started
on the march to Sacramento Jan
uary 2 and 8. Delegates from at
least so towns and numbering in
the neighborhood of 1000 will ar
rive in Sacramento Jan. 10 to pre-
sent relief demands and an unem-
ployment insurance bill to the leg
islature.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
OTHER MARCHES
PLANNED

State hunger marches are plan
ned for many other states thruout
the union when workers and farm
ers will present bills to their legis-
latures for more relief. Workers
and farmers everywhere are or
ganizing to fight for these de-
.mands. Marches will take place
in New Jersey, Minnesota and
North Dakota in the near future.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
MONTANA FARMERS
PROTEST KILLING
OF ALA. NEGROES

After Hans Hardersen had read
an appeal from Lem Harris, sec4
rotary of the Farmers National
Relief Conference, calling for
support of the Negro share crop
pers who have been brutally at
tackled and murdered in Alabama
because they defended their live
stock from sheriff's raids and
because they organized to pro.
tect themselves, the following
telegram was sent to Governor
b. M. Miller of Alabama by a
meeting of farmers at Plenty
wood, Mont.
SEND TELEGRAM
I'VE a mass meeting of 200
members of farmers organize
items thruout Sheridan county,
Montana, assembled at Plenty
wood, Montana, Dec. 80, protest
against the armed warfare now
waged by sheriffs and posses
against the SharecrOpper Union
of Tallapoesa county which has
resulted in the deaths. wOunding
and arrests of many Negro
farmers.
We insist that the right of the
farmers to organize for the pro-
lection of their homes and their
livelihood right guaranteed
by the cOnstitutiOn-be upheld
and that their organization be
protected and not broken up.
Harry JUL, Chairman,
cart Wankel, Secretary -
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06

suit of negotiations between rep
resentatives of the masses of the
land workers and of the employers
but are arranged in secret between
the trade union functionaries and
the agrarians. On occasion the
demagogic manoeuvres go so far
that a question is brought before
the Labor Office (another fascist
institution) for arbitration, which
usually solves the question by the
splitting of difference between the
demands of the employers and the
fascist trade unions. If, for ex-
ample, the employers wish to eff
feet a wage cut of 5000, all
they need do is demand a so per
cent wage cut. The hours of work
are ten in winter, and in the sum-
mer months from sunrise to sun
set.
Wages are paid partly In money
and partly in kind. The following
date are taken from fascist pub
hcation Wages in agriculture
from 1918 TO 1882: