The daily worker., 1933-05-02

rested Ralph Eeisle and John Leiehte.
two farmers VINO are apparently 10
be framed as members of the crowd
that tried to educate" Judge Brad
ley. It is significant that Bradley,
who at first said that he could not
identify any OF the men who attacked
him, is now in conference with the
officers and nlIiiaaFy who are draw
ing up the list Of suspects bo be ar
rested. saM
In Harrison Counts two farmers.
James Chew, fifty years Old, ana
Charles Clark, forty-eighs, we're ar
rested by the sheriff and turned over
to the military. Theodore BaeT,
chairman of the Crawford County
Laborers Association, was arrested at
his home
The business OF tbs tHoopS in west
ern Iowa was described b. Attorney
General O'Connor as being TO re
store peace and order, arrest the
r1ngleaders of the assault, and gather
evidence against the men involved
He has arranged these things N the
order of their importance to the
bankers and merchants government
which he represents. First, make
| things quiet again for the work Of
sWindling the farmers out OF their
farms TO be able to proceed without
opposition from a mass farmers
movement. Second, break the farm
ers' movement by a policy Of arrests
and intimidation. The gathering Of
1 evidence. comes a poor third. And
This is as it should be, because evi-
dence is the least important factor
that goes to make class justice Mill
tary or otherwise.
The farmers will know how 10 meet
this new attack with even better or
ganization and an even more militant
unity. I'D. Cope, 75-year-old farmers
( leader. one of whose sons is being
hunted by the guardsmen, was asked
regarding the attack ON Judge Brad
ley. He got smart on the bench.
Cope replied. He ordered the farm
ers to quit smoking and take off their
hats
Didn't the farmers realize baaeg
were in a court Of justice, he was
asked
Can YOU get justice in court in lie
( Mars. Des Moines, or any other
county in the United Ststes?" he re-
torted.
What's this going TO lead to.
revolution?" was the next question.
This is a sort of revolution now,
/ he said, These farmers will be here
after the guards go, They won't
/ stand by and see their homes taken
4 from them. OF course they will hght
4 in some way or another"
This conversation is typical Of the
new spirit in the farming area, At
4 Denison county last Friday. Atty
, deputy sherifTs we're overwhelmed by
/ 200 farmers during a foreclosure
/ sale Hardware stores in the DIS
/ tricts occupied by the troops report
ammunition supplies are all sold out.
Farmers arrested at Plymouth. have
/ been removed to the Jail in Sioux
City, after the official heard OF q
plan Of farmers to attack the de-
tention camp and release their COM
rades.
With the virtual bankruptcy Of the
entire farming population Of the
country, the loan sharks and mort
gage holders. bankers and merchants,
are trying to throw the whole burden
on the backs Of the working farmers,
and are taking advantage OF the
crisis TO appropriate the farmer from
his farm, rob him of his livestock
and tools, and turn him adrift. The
farmers, unorganized and isolated.
have stood for a lot. But now they
. are beginning to organize and fight
back They have stopped countless
farm sales by mass strength. They
have put pressure on local officials IN
hold up mortgage foreclosures, Now
their movement is being met with
open force by the government OF
their enemies.
/ WASHINGTON. May IAN inter
esting foot-note to the campaign OF
violence against the farmers in Iowa
comes from the Department of Agri-
culture. where it is reported that q
crop replacement program involv-
ing the destruction of part OF ths
crops now planted, may be recon-
mended by Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace for enactment by congress
The problem OF reducing surplnses u
TO be met, not by feeding the hung
ry and alleyiating the present regims
of misery and starvation, but BY ure
ing the farmers to plow under por-
tions Of their present acreage. 400
replace 1t with grass on ether nou-
competitive crops