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as chairman. The first speakers
of the evening was Carl Wlckllne
OF Nebraska. He first asked the
audience to sing Solidarity.
Then he showed how the workers
and farmers were explored ana
that the only way for them to
emancipate themselves was by
uniting. The next speaker was
Maggie Prichow, delegate OF the
Nebraska Farm Holiday Assocla-
ton.
Following these speeches, two
unemployed youths played a lew
selections on their guitars and also
sang couple of songs.
This was followed by a short
talk by Chris Roebke, a Nebraska
youth delegate. He showed that
the youth have absolutely nothing
to look forward to. Frank Camp
bell also of the Nebraska Farm
Hliday Association spoke on the
farm situation. Harry Lux, also
of Nebraska, gave a short address.
Again there was few minutes
of music. A man played on an
instrument which he had made
from parts from a victrola and
two trumpets. He also played on
a saw bv beating and by the use
of a bow too. This man had q
wooden leg. However. he Jlgged
fer the crowd. He told few
| Jokes.
Next Mr.. Rolard of Nebrasks
spoke for a few minutes on the
Farmers National Weekly. Their
julius Walstad of Roberts county
South Dakota gave a very stirring
anti-war speech. The last speaker
of the evening. was Jack Wilson
of the unemployed cOurcils OF tn
Tri- Cities. He told of the terrible
conditions of the UNEMPLOYED.
About IL o'clock the meeting ad
| iourned. While this meeting wa
being carried on, some our ou
delegates were speaking at
/ meeting of unemployed in Daven
port.
Various people in Rock Islam
an6 Davenport furnished beds 70
the women delegates. while tn
men slept on the floor in the ha
where we had held our meeting.
Breakfast was served to the dele
gatior at the hall at six in tn
: morning. Then we proceeded t
{ Chicago. leaving Rock Island at
: o'clock.
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a r - Coated
Il
Protect sad
TRIES TO PUT OVER
SCHEME IN A SUGAR
COATED TABLET
Van Buakirk. Wisc.

Van BusR1irk, Wise.
Dear Editor:
The ZOning meeting that was
held on Nov. 2 at the Oma Town
Hall, proved to be an unsuccessful
meet as far as the county agenG
was concerned.
He kept on stresSing to the farm
ers the whole evening the neces-
sity of restricting certain areas of
the township for non-agricultural
purposes. He spoke on how zon-
ing would save the township
money, but couldn't prove it, nor
could he prove what benefit the
county would get if these lands
would not be sold for farming
purposes. However, he was forced
to admit that the county would
lose money, if this land lay idle
on the delinquency list.
After very lengthy discussion
and much argument over the ques-
ton, it was set to a vote. The
county agent had a very wry face
after seeing that all hands were
raised against zoning, and not one
in favor.
The rising spirit of the farmers
indicates that they knew what wa
behind the treacherous scheme tina
this tool of the BOSSES was tryini
to put over on them in a suga
coated tablet form. The zoning
problem is one of the Mr.
schemes to cut off more SINAI
farmers from producing for tn
market and giving better adval
tages to the rich farmers.
8 M
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TERROR CAN'T STOP
PRICE CO. FARMERS
FROM ORGANIZING
Brentwood, Wise.

Brentwood, Wise.
Dear Editor:
We have been holding meetings
all over the county to give the
stopping of the Nikkila farm
foreclosure sale" more publicity.
The Nikkila farm was advertised
for sheriff sale on Oct. 2 and 800
farmers gathered at Phillips to
protest the sale. It turned out to
be quite an affair after the sher-
Tiff called the fire department to
dispense the crowd. Ten farmers
were arrested and are soon to ap-
pear for trial for unlawful assem-
bly, and a line of other charges.
The farmers around Phillips
called a defense meeting, which
was to be held at a dance hall,
four miles from Phillips, On Sun
day, Nov. 5. When the sheriff of
Price county heard of it, he dep
utized II and telephoned to differ
ent places that said meeting can
not be held as there might be
trouble.
However, the farmers in Price
county are beginning to see that
terrorizing can not stop the United
Farmers League from gaining
ground, for it is the only organi
zation where the farmer has hi
say.
We must all work toward a
strong U. F. L. in Price count!
and all other counties, and show
that we mean to stop all sheriff
sales and evictions no matte
how much the officials ten
rorize US. The more they do il
the faster they lose the trust o
the people who voted them in.
The farmers and workers every
where should send in protests {
the sheriff of Price county and
the prosecuting attorney of Pric
county, Phillips, Wis, demandin
the immediate and uncondition,
release of the arrested farmers
H. III.
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Cuban Masses
Still In Revolt

HAVANA, Cuba.-After two das
fighting with rebels, the Grau San Msrn
government has declared martial law. Al
least 200 were killed and many HUNDREDS
wounded. The revolt was staged BY
rebel general, and was not actively sup
ported by the masses, for they know thS
one general is no better than the Otha
The government is using this uprising
an excuse to stem the unrest of the mSSe
and has arrested many well known WOiA'
ers' leaders.
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FARMER IS WORSE
OFF THAN EVER AS
RESULT OF N. R. Al

An article printed in the Plenty
wood Herald is telling how Won
derful the NRA has been doing.
In order to prove this some sta
tistical figures are given. mat
these figures plainly show that the
farmers are worse off under the
NRA than thev ever were before
is something the Herald does not
call its readers attention to.
These figures show that while
farm products have gone up 7.S
percent, the wholesale price on tex
tiles has gone up 26.6 per cent.
House furnishings 11.5; building
material 14.3. Fuel and lighting
21.S.
While the farm produce has
gone up a little, the things that
the farmers have to buy have gone
up much more rapidly and higher
He is. worse off now than he was
before. with what he has to sell
he can buy less clothes, furniture
lumber and fuel. That is what the
NRA has done for the farmer.
In another article the Herald il
telling about how the Farm Credi
Administration is saving the farm
ers. Telling about several cases
where foreclosure had been avert
ed by the government paying of
the mortgage and saving the farm
for the farmer.
But ir these cases it is not tn
farmer who is saved, he only get
chance to struggle along a litts
longer. most of the time with
bigger mortgage on the place tha
he had before. 1t is the mortgag
holder who is saved. He gets hi
money. In some cases he prob
ably takes a loss. but in all case
: he gets more than he expected t
get bv foreclosing.
have a $500 loan on my farm
with three years taxes and bac
interest it now amounts to $500
Would I be saved by getting
$4,000 loan? How could l eve
paw off the $4,000. when I new
could pay the $500? AnG hoy
!. could l pay interest on the $500
ever' at a lower rate, when / ha'
: not been able to paw interest
9 all on the $500?
: The Farm Credit Administratit
< was created by Big Business f
: the pwtpost of saving Big Bus
" ness. the mortgage holder. Al
: the Herald wants to help the
81 alorg fooling the farmers.
n PRODUCERS NEWS WANT
ADS BRING RESULTS
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SYRACUSE, Auus
Dear Editor:
We called a meeting for Nov. 8
at which Lem Harris was going to
speak. We expected large crowd
so we decided to get the High
School auditorium.
We appointed a small commit
tee to go and see the trustee about
the hall. The next day at noon we
went to the trustee and asked him
for the school house. But he didn't
even speak to US.
So we went back and decided the
only way to get the school house
is to send large committee to the
trustee. This time we elected SO
on the committee.
When we came to see him, he
was gone, so we waited for him.
AS he got out of the car. we
demanded the building for the
meeting. When he saw the big
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SOME 3 YEARS AGO
THEY FELT A CALL
TO FARM BUT NOW
Aitkin, MINI.

Aitkin, MINI.
Dear Editor:
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Jankowsi are
an elderly couple. Mr.. Jankowski
being IA soon and his wife 81.
Some three years ago they felt a
call to farm and put their earn
ings, $1,000 into an 80 acre farm
which had been foreclosed by the
Minnesota Rural Credit Depart
ment. They were to pay $4,000, so
are carrying a $4,000 mortgage in
the same Rural Credit Depart
ment.
In spite of the fact that they
milk Ia cows, the returns from the
farm will not pay the bare living
expenses of these aged people, to
say rothing of interest, taxes and
hired help which they must have
in order to run the farm. So any
one knows what is happening when
you are unable to pay interest
and taxes. They are to be fore
closed upon by the Rural Credit
Department Of the Farmer Labor
administration of which Governor
Olson is the head.
| One thousand dollars for the use
Of a wooded, 80 acre farm for 8
years is rather stiff rental. If z
land shark were to pull off a dea
of this kind, one would not ex.
pect much else, but it seems that
the Rural Credit Department of
the state of Minnesota has adopt,
ed all the tricks and wiles of tn,
most crooked land sharks. The!
do not stop at robbing the crippled
or the aged, and turning children
into the road with no place to 90
doesn't trouble them.
: Yet, Governor Olson makes all
sorts of promises, spouts radica
phrases to fool the people, while
, department Of state, the head o
which is his appointeee, zoe
merrily on its way foreclosin
and evicting those unable to pay.
B. T.
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Report Of N. E. Montana Delegation to
the Farmers Second National Conference

ger of Waterloo, Iowa, spoke on
the struggles of the workers in
that city. He also pointed out that
the farmers must solve their own
problems and rot leave them in
the hands of the politicians.
During the curse of the meet
ing the chairman explained that
the local leaders of the Farmers
Union and of the Farm Holiday
Associations had been notified of
the meeting and urged to attend.
These leaders could have used
their influence to secure a free
hall, but they did not do this, nor
did they appear at the meeting. A
charge of SIS was made for the
hall. which was raised by taking
up collection. The collection
amounted to something over So,
What was left after paving hall
rent was to go toward paying an
l. l.. D. lawyer to defend two un-
employed workers in Waterloo.
The resolutions committee re-
pOIbCO Will lAAACC ICSOAOIAOi1os OAAS
was demanding the release of the
life parole of Edward Kruger
Another expressed solidarity Of
the farmers with the workers Of
Waterloo. Iowa. A third protested
the falling of Mullox. an unem
! ployed worker of Waterloo. and
demanded his immediate release.
All these resolutions were unani
mouslv adopted by the mass meet
ing.
At this time ore of the delegate.
made a motion for adjournment
as it was getting late and tn
delegates needed rest so that the,
could go on to Davenport early il
the morning. The caravan wa
scheduled to leave Waterloo a
/ 7:30 a. m.
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Throw Bombs for Pretex
to Prosecute Workers

SOFIA, Bulgaria-During the S wn..S
there we're two bombing affairs In ~ ~
Xix near an army camp. One OF the 49,
was on the house of the chief neas GO
Kistoff, the other against the tecnn nss
Totomanoff. The police have now az ali TotO
the perpetrator, who turned out TO Dc - ~ i
manoff himself. He declared thsI =, M
secretary of the fascist OrganlzauOn,, rsg
has staged these bombing affairs u IL; ~ 4
to furnish evidence for the proSecu'lOn
left elements.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-11-17
Little Boy Arrested for
"AciioI Dangerous to the State"

BERLIN, Germany.-A few days ag
a workers child, eleven years of age was
arrested when playing in the AckerStrsSSs
The boy had been teaching his play-felbW
the ''grace" circulating everywhere at the
present time: "Come, Lord Hitler, be our
guest, and give us a tenth of what you
promised u.s." At the police station ever
method of police examination was tried
upon the child in order to find the Orign-
tors of this grace" so dangerous to the
state.
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Workers are Forced
Into N. r. A. Parade

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-The night
of the NRA parade, the clerks of the En-
porium Departm mt store were told that no
one goes home tonight. Supper was served
in the store, and the doors were locked un-
til the parade got under way. Anyone re-
fusing to comply with the arrangement was
threatened with immediate discharge.
Similar instructions were announced in all
other stores in this city.
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AUGUST SEES WORST
TRADE BALANCE IN
7 YEARS FOR u. S

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The De-
partment of Commerce reports
that the largest unfavorable for
eign trade balarce in seven years
is recorded for August. Imports
during that month exceeded ex-
ports by S24,OO0,00o. In the last
6 years, only four months have
seen American imports greater
than exports.
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DELEGATION FROM
MONTANA ON WAY
TO CHICAGO MEET
New Rockford, N. d.

New Rockford, n. ID.
Dear Editor:
Here we are in a cozy, comfort
able room in a hotel, run by friend
ly people, who are putting up most
of our delegates at special rates.
At the mass meeting for relief
here this afternoon, Leo Nelson
of this place and well known in
Sheridan county, took an active
part, doing skillful work when the
county commissioners were inter-
viewed. Charles Joslyn's and Art
Wankels speeches were very well
taken. Especially marked was the
enthusiasm of the entire audience,
made up of dirt farmers and their
wives.
We delegates were made to feel
at home in the crowd, and were
offered many places of entertain
ment for the evening. We could
rot accept because they were away
from town and it would be hard to
get back in time for the early
start we expect to make in the
morning for Sisseton, S. d.
1t has been storming and drift
ing spasmodically all day, but we
: got along well enough coming
: from Bergen, till we were about
Is miles from New Rockford, ther
trouble commenced. We walloweC
through snow in several places
then stalled. We were not there
\ long, till a car with two farmers
came to the snow drift. Out O.
, the car came the two men, eacl
I with a shovel. In a few MINUTES
we were out.
It didn't take US long to get
into another drift. This time W
"a were forced to make a muc
: longer stay. We worked the ca
: back and forth. All the womer
piled out and pushed, but to nj
= avail. Finally two cars cam
q along. They stopped and spoke I
US, but in the end they did nc
- help US get out of the drift.
= By working and pushing, "
y finally succeeded in getting int
~ the track the other cars had mad
We were stalled third time, an
- ROW there was no hope of gettin
= through. Mr.. Hardersen wake
= to near by farm house and got
- farmer with a team and sled
A. take us on. They pulled the G.
= for about a mile and after tn
= there was no further trouble.
! The truck with the other ca
NC had gone a different road, and hs
- plenty of troubles of their ow
~ with the snow.
- We all carry pleasant memoir
N of the people here in New Roc
iu ford and likewise of Bergen I
the hospitality extended US.
Grace E. M. Harderse
as Anna u. Lutnes.
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Wallace Out Boosting
Corn and Hog Reduction

DIES MONIES, Iowa-At large meet
ing here Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
pleaded with the farmers that they support
the corn and hog reduction plan. He pro-
missed that the benefits of the corn and hog
reduction together with the presidents
income. The response of the farmers was
not very enthusiastic.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-11-17
101 Workers Arrested
In Calf. Cotton Strike

TULARE, Calf. One hundred and one
strikers were arrested in the San Joaquin
valley cotton strike. Fifty-one of them are
yet to be tried, and the majority are still
in jail The Agricultural Workers Indus
trial Union together with the international
Labor Defense are fighting for their uncon-
ditional release.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-11-17
Denmark Follows In
the Footsteps of u. S. A.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark ha
eminent experts are of the OplLlV;Tu Der
there are 100000 pigs too many 1co mo ur
mark, though there are about iVO'VOf bs
employed who can't buy any meas love beer
such enormous amounts OF meat 4 tressur
destroyed that the "destructlOn oussrnuat
is empty, and therefore, the sOs for The
intends doubling the expenditure expen-
dituTe will mean that the large s9d Tsa
will be well paid for the deS'rO''
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Recognition of Soviet
VIII Likely Come This Week

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Progress is
noted in the friendly talks between Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Maxim Litvinoff Soviet
Commissar of Foreign Affairs. Authori-
ties predict that recognition of the Soviet
will probably come by the end of the week.
If the Soviet Union is recognized it means
a large trade to the United States and in
creased employment for many.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-11-17
Farmer Given Severe
Sentence for Refusal of DUTY"

ZURICH, Switzerland.-Th divi.i.
court five in Zurich sentenced fans, ,rSlo0 y
years of age, to five months imprisorssAr .
two years loss of active civil ricb SriieOt
degradation from the rank of corS TosI at
refusal of active duty in the reserve .a -. IT
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-11-17
Marine Workers Win
Strike for Higher Pay

NEW YORK, N. Y.-Led by the Marine
Workers Industrial Union, the crew on the
S. s. Mount Drifus won so per cent in
crease in wages and other improvements of
their conditions, after striking for four
days. For three days the company tried to
get scabs, and couldn't because of the help
the Unemployed Councils gave the strik-
erS.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-11-17
Coffee Crop Damaged by
Heavy Rains in Colombia

BOGOTA, Colombia. Unusually he,v,
rains have paralyzed Transportation n
layed mail and damaged highways and rsS
ways. Many farms have been prsctesI,
destroyed by river floods, and coffee A.
ing and shipping have been stopped fE
estimated that the spring coffee crOD v1
be cut by at least Is per cent.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-11-17
WORKER EXTENDING
AID TO FARMERS BY
SPREADING "NEWS"
Gary, Ind.

Gary, Ind.
Dear Editor:
Please send me about % copies
of the latest Producers News at
once. l want to take some out to
the country in order to get some
of the farmers arund here intel-
ested in the Farmers Second Ma
tional Conference.
I would like to know if you got
any results in subscriptions or ar
ticles for the News, from the
copies that I put out around here.
Most of them were distributed
around Crown Point, Indiana.
j. L.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-11-17
200 Strike Against Pay Cut
in Nash Auto Co.; 5000 Locked Out

KENOSHA, Wisc-Two hundred work
eIs walked out against IL to Is per cent
wage cut. The company closed down and
locked out 5000 more workers. The plant
was working on 1884 models when the
wage cut was put into effect. Mass picket
lines are surrounding the plant, and the
workers are showing great solidarity.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-11-17
$4,000 Political Prisoners
in japan: 1852 Arrested in one Month

TOKYO, Japan.-According to 10
tice issued by the Japanese Home OIn@
at the present time there are 12,OOO COD.
munists in the japanese prisons. It nN
be assumed that the actual number Is ~.
siderably greater. The government Sta~
that there is no thought of releasing maj :
prisoners. Between Sept. l and OCT = J.
this year 1862 students were arrested 7"
Japan for revolutionary activities.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-11-17
Miners Bound
Slaves to Coal Company

Usage, w. MANNERS who are liv-
ing in the Chaplin Coal Company shacks
are not allowed to work at any other coal
company. One miner found a job at the
Usage Coal Company while the Chaplin
Coal mines were idle The Chaplin Super,
Jack Ackerson, had the roof of the shanty
taken off because the miner was not work
ing for the Chaplin Company at that time.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-11-17
1,5OO Arizona Cotton
.Pickers Out on Strike

PHOENIX, Ariz.-Recently 1,5OO cot
ton pickers walked off the fields at the
Buckeye Road. The workers are 100 per
cent solid and picking is tied up. The gov
eminent took immediate steps of cutting
off those on the relief rolls to drive them
into the cotton fields.
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(Continued from Front Page)

Des Moines. Ernest Magnuson, the
captain. resigned and Hans Har-
dersen became the captain of the
Montana. North Dakota and South
Dakota delegations. The members
Of these delegations were to meet
at 1880 Sunday morning to pro-
coed to Waterloo.
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Initiation Likely
to Come by January

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Indications are
that unless the administration shows
marked results by January, congress will
return ready to vote for initiation. This
measure will be used to satisfy the de-
mands of the farmers. An inflated dollar
will mean that prices of all goods go up,
and the farmer will gain nothing.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-11-17
Japan Increases
Army In Manchuria

MANCHURIA-Alarm over the strand
Japanese-Soviet relations is growing viii
the announcement that plans to reduce III.
Japanese army in Manchuria to peacetm.
basis had been abandoned.
Under the new plan, the japanese vii
recruit 10000 men in Japan for "raIwg
guard service" in addition to the reguu
Japanese army here.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-11-17
New Jersey to Register
Transient Unemployed

NEWARK, N. PLANS are being made
to register all the transient unemployed
stranded in N. j. There are about from
5000 to 5000 men, women and children
now stranded here They will all be reg
istered and the men will be sent to con-
servation camps.
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committee he was as sweet as
horey and said, "Sure you can
have it."
This shows that united action
is the only way we can get our
demands.
Jesse z. Ham.
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Workers Strike for
Higher Wages In Servia

BELGRADE, Servia.-A few DAYS au
60 shoemakerS came out on strike in SyL
anjac. The cause of the strike is the cvs
starvation wages and the long hours. Tg
work 10 to Ia hours a day for about 3
cents. The workers demand a raise IN
wages and shorter hours. In spite Of h.
savage terror the strike is going sOldly
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-11-17
Anti-War Conference
Held IN Czechoslovakia

PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia-A yona
Anti-War Conference has been ba iSUe
Prague. 1t was attended by IS deIeS,.a
representing a number of shops and jST ~
torres, sport organizations, and unemnlo ~,
youth. The conference resolved To a pD.'o
to the youth to exert their utmost noH'
in the struggle against war. p''a
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-11-17
Unemployment and Cold
Increases Pneumonia z asses

NEW YORK, N. with the coming
of the winter pneumonia cases are on the
increase In the last week new cases rose
to 312, or q more than the previous week.
Most of the cases are of school children,
most likely because of lack of clothing.