The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-11-17

Last night more IMAM oUU larIIlefS
had registered. Early this morning
registration shows figures near to
TOO. They have come in trucks, bat
tered cars, and have hitchhiked and
ridden by "side door Pullman" to
fling down the challenge under the
very noses Of the greatest grain and
meat robbers in Chicago.
Nothing has stopped them. Here
is John Rose Of Michigan, owner OF
a 120-acre farm in Brooks township.
Framed up for carrying hidden
weapon with intent to do bodily
harm"
John. who Is busilv making out
his credentials. saws: ~Tve also been
a policeman in this town Of Chicago
for more tran q quarter Of . CEN
tury. know tl,'n"s that will jar
them loose from their moorin~s-
Thev kept mr. days In jail In
Michi~an. StiH a little weak on
my p'-s They tried tn lock us al
up for Iesding the tight against
evictions ard foreclosures. The
farmers msSe them release me.
Drove down here In cast-ivon hurry
and H-oye ire car In the snow over
25n-f~c. embankment. They
can't stop u.s."
The conference hall huns like a
hive full Of bees, with the dust OF
thousand fields. In overslls. Sheep
skin coats, stocking caos, their faces
olow'ng from snow and sun like Goals
of fire. Here Is Snringer, Vincelsnd
snectac1es is broken. Cant buv ne
classes so long es the government is
ridino on our backs. We farmers
| from South JERSEY are here so that
we won't Rave to paw people for eat
ing our products. I know Of one
ta-"~,sr who was found with bis wife
and seven CHILDREN at their breakfast
with a bIc'cet Of water arf q loaf Of
h~e"d. He borrowed SAn1 from the
2. p. C. He sent out 400 bushels OF
! henns at 80 carts a h''ehal. end wort
ret cent until the r. F. G. gets its
nav in. Trev to~k awav his last CIV
and there are three children under
20 years of poe. And this oicture Is
IruA Of eve-v farmer who IS market
gardening In South Jersey"
Nebraska Sends $50
Nebraska is here with FLAGS flying
There are already 100 Nebraska
farmers here. Already, before the
conference has opened officially, sub
committees of Nebraska, Pennsylva-
MIA, Michioan and other states are
meeting. Harry Lux Of Nebraska
who was jailed with ten other farm
ers saws: "Rov, we won't waste any
time here. We didn't in jail. JUDGE
Rohout Chs name means rooster ir
Bchemien) thought he'd put pad.
'ock ard rock chain our tongues anc
MUSCLES. Hes cot another srless com.
ing. Why. they've torn UP the trans.
script Of orr trials end want TO dor
The che-Tes eoei-st us. we won't LEI
them. Trev rad me IN tire wo-aant
we-d for more than a week. wi1er
I came DOWN with TIE otter far.
Ars we had s"1,ool every day. We
tu--ed the fail irto a scb,olherS
and co rew we've cot more than i6t
two-fistef Neb-s skans here"
Negro Choppers Talk
There are Nero troopers from tn,
Sorth, talking about conditions with
white formers. A member Of The
Farmers Protective Association Il
glad to talk for "the paper" HI
sharec~ops ID acres. The cropper
have been compelled 10 pillow undes
cotton, but the checks have com
only to the landlords.
''T7,ey don't want us to raiss corn
so that We have to go to their
stores for food. They don't want
charitable organizations from out
side TO help us, 80 that wen de-
pend on them, the landlords. Then
they'll feed Us a little cornbrcad,
biscuit and salt meat. The land
lords say yen got TO keen the crop
pers poor. It's like with the hcxn6
dog. keen him starved and heH
hunt better for you"
Groups OF farmers are t1iscussfn
how they got their delegations down
TO Cbi~ago. Many farmers have no
come DOM because thev hadn't tn
money. One farmer with an old ha
and a great paw like bucks HORN
tells bow he rot s24.25 from the Ioca
rhaD'ber of Commerce. That's usint
the sharp knife on the fat" Tn,
Minnesota farmers stopped Off n
ST Paul and forced the Governor
office to chin in $40. The Stat.
"uditor swore he would not give tn
Communists an indian penny. r.
"arre acrcss witt, IS h-t,re the farm
~rs were throueh with him.
At the OPENING Of the conferenc,
you can see the farm youth and tn,
"1ilit"rt farm women prepared to d.
their work. Here IS Mrs. Murtland
farm woman Of Minnesota, who's
children were taken awav from he
because Of her militancy IN the farm
fight. In another art Of the hal
IS voune Nichiean boy who has q
work in the woods for 80 cents
cord. ard you're lucky to Get q
cents a dav bv working d-mnet
hard" Another farm youth. T1she
# Wisconsin, is ready for his worn
We was tloe lad who got up at
Meeting in Waukeeha a week az,
md before s.Son farmers expose,
Sinoler. head of the Wisconsin min
nool. as the handtool of Wall Street
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