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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-11-10

struggle to win immediate relief
from starvation, foreclosure and
eviction, and the effects of dis
astrously low prices.
$50 Delegates Expected
Reports coming into Conference
headquarters up to Nov. 2 indicated
that 800 delegates had already
been elected 1t is expected that
$50 delegates will be here when
the Conference opens.
The Montana delegation left
this morning. Twenty-four dele
gates, five of them women, tool
off in two cars and a huge truck
The truck was built like a house
with windows and a stove inside
Three other delegates from Mon
tana have left by other means.
Expect so From Iowa
Fifty delegates are expects
! from Iowa this year. Last yea
there were none from Iowa. Oh
ganizers have been in Kansas i
the last two weeks, and it is eS
pected that this state will also b
represented in Chicago.
From darkest dixie, where lyme
terror is riding rampant agains
, Negroes, there will be a delegate
:; of 80 Negro and white farmer
Whereas only Alabama sent del,
= gates last year, this year Tenne
see, Georgia, Louisiana and Il
% Carolinas will join Alabama
= sending delegates.
- Last year, only the Philadelph
milk shed was represented. II
Second Conference will see dali
= farmers from the New York, CT
= cago, Baltimore, Milwaukee, Al
:. Sioux City milk sheds in additit
Is to Philadelphia.
N Support From T. u. u. L.
le
In the meantime, expressions
solidarity from workers organic
tons continue to pour into the {
flee of the Farmers Second N
az tional Conference. The Natior
~ Executive Board of the Ira
Union Unity League, nation-wi
q left-wing Industrial union cent
has issued a statement endorse
nj the Conference, as we'll as Il
re farm strike.
ed 'The National Executive Boo
Ie- Of the Trade Union Unity Leagr
BE says the statement, (printed
% full on page 81, "calls upon its {
he tire membership, the members
:. the American Federation of
Dor, and the unorganized work,
to rally to the support Of t
- farmers who are fighting agail
the robbery inflicted upon them
the bankers and their Wall Str
government.
- "The Trade Union Unity Leae
- endorses the Farmers Second I
tional Conference and calls VI
lat all workers, organized and un
les gained, and in the first pl
len upon its own affiliated organi
nd tons, to give full support to
to successful carrying through of
he Farmers Second National Conf
d." ence.
IL "We call upon all workers I
workers organizations in eli
The where the delegates will CO
set through to hold meetings to 81
.ss the delegates, to support tn
ex- with food and lodgings. We
er, upon all workers. organizations
act elect fraternal delegates from
bps nearby centers as well as ad
be resolutions of greetings to
ST. Farmers Conference and send tt
to the Conference hall, PAST v
Vho Chicago av., Chicago, H."
a The statement concludes:
nps forward to the solidarity
Ier- common struggle of the indust
workers, agricultural laborers,
hat poor and working farmers.
end National Executive Boar
t is "Trade Union Unity Leag
"Wm. 2. Foster, Secretary
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-11-10
Olive Pickers
~ a

LINDSAY, Calif.-One hundred
olive pickers have walked out
spontaneously against a cut in
wages at olive groves here.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-11-10
Mass Action

Our third principle in the United
Farmers League is that we rely
upon mass action. We do not be-
heve in lobbying, as many farm
organizations do. Lobbying only
helps the lobbyists. Instead of in
huencing the politicians the lobby
St who is supposed to be serving
me interests of the farmers, be-
comes influenced by the gentlemen
With whom he has to deal, with
the result that the interests of the
impoverished farmers are over
looked at the round table confer
ences. Lobbying, therefore, is a
unle and costly pastime as far as
We are concerned.
Inc same is true in regard to
sections. Time and again we have
gone to the polls and elected "good
meEF into office. Before election
Une these good men" promise us
everything and after elections they
ave the interests Of the money
SaeS Give the good men" In Of
uce a chance, we are told, but TIT
MY ones to get help are TIT
uoSts and the banks. Give Roose
t more time, is the cry now, BIZ
took him only a few hours I,
sNe the banks moratorium tina
ci@oled the banks to hold bill
SOns Of dollars Of workers an,
Armers deposits.
It Is high time that we did sem
.alng Tor ourselves, relying only
upon ourselves, upon united mas
S S'lOn. How have we stopped fore
NOslfes asd evictions? Not b
nuing men to lobby for us. Nc
Niymg on the politicians in o.
We have stopped foreclo,
and evictions BY mass q
s roDi Oh, but it is illegal, cry Ii
SaltOrs-the banks and the il
ce eOmpanies-in alarm.
Mn Snat if it isl Who made IL
S;S DE- laws? We did not. The
as - this class struggle that v
49, .. ;~1glng, we even have to fig
:. sl n the laws that were ma,
i'm purpose of binding us. tt
wan van !. mas s. come when we, if '
rsn' to live, will have to raise h
allow. 'ig q and our class right
S"'se the class-interest laws
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-11-10
Unity of All Farmers

The United Farmers League
stands for the unity Of all impoY-
erished, toiling farmers and ana
convinced that the correctness OF
our principles win mean finally
that the United Farmers League
will become the leader, even il not
the only organization, Of the farm
ers' movement in the country. We
do not claim that we are perfect
But we are striving to do our best
and we are striving for unity with
other farm organizations.
However. we don't believe IN
fighting for useless issues. For
instance we cannot agree to unite
for a struggle for initiation. In
flation is a measure to help a dying
system revive temporarily, just as
strychnine is injected into a dying
man to quicken the heart beat foi
little while. Initiation means
more profits for the profiteers ano
lower standard of living for the
farmers and workers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-11-10

What Is the Position Of the United
Farmers League in a United
Front Conference?

wIEDs AND FELLOW FARM
/ BRS:
/ view of the fact that there
more delegates present here
a. - ether farm organizations
, ,I.n from the United Farmers
Leone. it is necessary, l think,
that the position Of the United
T.rmers League shall be made
dear to all.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-11-10
Unity With Workers

The boss class, through its con-
troll of the press, the radio, the
movies and other organs of propa-
ganda, has kept the farmers and
the workers apart. By keeping US
divided they manage to keep us
weak and so they can rob both sec
tions of the working class. We
farmers are beginning to realize
that something must be done by
us quickly or we all will soon be
migratory workers, homeless and
jobless.
The present so-called farm re-
lief plans are designed and exc
cuted with the purpose of creating
a rift between the farmers and
the city workers. When we &c
out to fight for higher prices fol
our products we must insist thai
it is not to be at the expense o.
the city workers but must come
out of the profits of the monopo
lies and profiteers. 1t is Of tn
utmost importance that we gain
the help of the city workers IN oul
struggles.
! We have had examples already
that the city workers will help u
They have come out and helped U
stop foreclosures and evictlon'
They have marched with Us In on
} demands for relief. The workers 9
. Chicago have promised that the
| will look after the needs OF tt
/ thousand farmer delegates comm
J to the Second National Confer
: eRce. In turn, farmers throughot
the country have in many instanc'
: provided city workers, who wei
e on strike, with food to enable tt
e workers to fight for better pa,
: and better living conditions.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-11-10
Collective leadership

First of all, whatever we farm
srs NAV want to do to better our
ambitions we will need for that
purpose organized leadership. We
hive had some very sad experience
IN the past. The membership of
the different organizations were
seldom consulted when action was
taken. The leaders acted autoc-
ratically without any sense of re-
svOnsibility toward the members.
We must do away with this. In
It's place we must establish collec-
i've leadership that is responsible
TO and controlled by the rank and
file Of the farmers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-11-10
For the Poorest Farmers

Secondly, the United Farmers
League is not interested in fight
ing IN behalf of all farmers. We
fight only in behalf of the poor,
small and middle strata of farm
erA We do not fight in behalf of
the rich, gentleman, creditor farm
es. Only actual dirt farmers or
agricultural wage workers are ad-
mitted into our organizations. We
have no welcome for the so-called
farmers friends-busted bankers
lawyers without clients, and poll
6cians with or without office
Who have used the organizations
Of the farmers for the purpose OF
feathering their own nests.
II, in some cases, professional
men or local business men want tx
help ue, well and good, but theil
place is not within the ranks o.
our organization. If we were II
allow them to come in they would
soon acquire leadership, as ha
been shown in the past, and woul'
divert the organization from it
true purposes.
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Evening star., 1933-11-29
EMPLOYING OF 1913
BY MONDAY IS AIM
Montgomery Welfare Board 70
Utilize Funds Made Avail II
able by c. W. A. :
BY q STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.

BY stan correspondent OF Inc btAr.
ROCKVILLE, Md, November a9.-
Intensive efforts are being made by the
Montgomery County Public welfare
Board to put to work by Monday the
county's full quota Of 1,0I8 men and
women who are to be employed on
public projects with funds recently
made available by the Civil Works Ad-
ministration for unemployment relief,
it was announced here today.
County Commissioner John B. Dia-
mond, a member of the board, saio
this morning that 1875 men have already
been assigned to various duties in the
park system of the Maryland National
Park and Planning Commission, while
it is hoped to find employment for the
remainder of the county's quota this
week and start them TO work Monday.
The Welfare Board will meet in the
County Building at 8 o'clock tonight
to pass upon nearly 100 projects Of q
public nature which nave been sub
mitted by officials in various communf-
ties throughout the county and to make
final arrangements for the work assign.
mentS.
Included among projects before the
construction and Identification, play
ground and park development, PARK
surveys, improvements to the school
system, grounds and building and
drainage work.
Evening star., 1933-11-29
|R|TCHIE DEFENDS
| LEGALITY OF MOVE
Governor Says Failure Of
County Officers Left No
Other Course Open. "
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. November %
Gov Albert C. Ritchie last night cited
the law of his State in defense Of his
action in sending National Guardsmen
to Salisbury, where q mob yesterday
tried to prevent Guardsmen from ar
resting four suspects in a lynching case.
"The general law" Gov. Richie said,
authorizes the Governor to call upon
the commander of the National Guard
if his assistance Is needed to enforce
the law and under such circumstances
the commanding officer has the powers
Of a sheriff. 1t was under this provision
that I acted
Conferred With Aides.
The Governor issued his statement
after lengthy conference with heads
Of the Guard and the State police. He
said:
More than 10 days ago the. attorney
general, after a palnstaking lnveStlga.
ton. supplied the States attorney Of
men charged with leadership in the
Armwood lynching, and with the sub
Stantiating evidence.
"In Maryland the enforcement of the
criminal law is in the hands Of the
county oficialS. The attorney general
under our system has no authority to
arrest. and the Governor has no au-
thority either. except through local au-
thorities. Our State police are simply
Of counties they are sworn in as deputy
sheriffs But in the present case this
would have made them deputies under
the sheriff Of Somerset County.
Meetings Prove Futile.
Accordingly, the attorney general
urged the States attorney of Somerset
County to arrest the men and bring
them before magistrate for q hearing
The States attorney repeatedly declined
to do this. The attorney general and
myself placed the whole matter before
the judges Of the circuit. and asked
torney to conduct the prosecutions. The
judges met several times to discuss the
matter. but did nothing.
The State government cannot stand
by and permit States attorney to de-
cline to arrest persons who are reliably
charged with crime, and as long as
neither he nor the judges would act,
1t became my duty to put in motion
the machinery of the law and cause
the arrests to be made.
No Martial Law Declared.
att should be understood that martial
law was not declared in Somerset
County, and have no idea that it
will be. The general law authorizes the
Governor to call upon the commander
of the National Guard If his assistance
is needed to enforce the law and
under such circumstances the COM
manding officer has the powers of q
sheriff. 1t was under this provision
that I acted.
1T was Gen. Reckords intention to
take the men before a magistrate in
Somerset County at once, and the wit
nesSes were on hand to testify. Each
Of the men would then have had an
immediate hearing. But the temper OF
the crowd was such that Gen. Reckord
considered this action unwise, and for
that reason the men were brought to
Baltimore and not given q hearing In
their own county"
Evening star., 1933-11-29
1000 SEE YOUTH
LYNCHED IN ATTACK
AnI AT ST. JOSEPH, MO-
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chain was attached and the truck took
the door away. A tank driver who
failed to close a door Of his vehicle Sc
curely was hauled out and interned.
The tank went out Of action.
Sheriff Theisen drew a revolver as
the mob started in. He held the leaders
at bay momentarily. They brushed
ridor.
Few Shots are Fired.
Police and sheriff's deputies battled
hand to hand with the crowd, but were
pressed back by the heavy odds. Tear
gas bombs exploded at intervals. A
few wild shots were fired.
State highway patrol headquarters
appealed to Northwest Missouri peace
officers to rush all available men to st.
Joseph"
The mob had won, however, before
reinforcements arrived.
The moose was placed on Warner s
neck. gasoline obtained from q nearby
filling station was hurled upon his
trousers and q torch was applied. Later
men built fire beneath the body. The
flames burned the rope and the body
fell upon the embers.
At los am. Fire Chief Leo j. Ur-
banksi drove to the scene and extin-
guished the fire. The body was taken
to an undertaking establishment
Omcers said Warner sought to plead
guilty yesterday to the assault charge.
Judge j. V. Gaddy, however directed
postponement Of the case until today.
Il don't want to rush things" he
said.
Governor Is Silent.
Gov. Park declined to comment on
the lynching.
The Jail wrecked last night three
years ago withstood the assault of q
mob seeking Raymond Gum, colored,
accused of the brutal Staying of Velma
Golfer. a young Maryville, Mo-, school
teacher.
A few days later, however. Gum was
seized by a crowd on his way from jail
to court at Maryville. He was taken
to the frame school house where Miss
Golfer was slain, chained to the roof
and burned with the building.
Evening star., 1933-11-29
QUARTET RETURNED
TO PRINCESS ANNE
Baltimore Warden Takes Four
Back to Home Town for
n.
.sGz Hearing Today. : :
Continued From First Page)

Jail and dragged the accused to the
town limits, where he was hanged.
Some 80 witnesses at a coroner's in
quest failed to identify any members OF
the mob and States Attorney John B.
Robins of Somerset County refused to
cause the arrest Of nine men whom
Attorney General Lane had informed
him had taken part in the lynching.
A picked battalion Of the Dandy
Fifth" Baltimore'S regiment of the
National Guard, descended on Princess
Anne and quickly rounded UP four men
named by Lane. A mob, collecting in
Salisbury, sought to break into the
armory where the quartet were held,
but the militiamen drove them back
with tear gas and fixed bayonets.
Newspaper Men Escape.
A dozen newspaper and camera men
experienced an exciting time as mem
bers Of the Salisbury crowd sought
them in hotel, where they were stay
ing. They were slipped out of the
building through side door and fled
into Delaware and their home offices.
The mob. said Washington reporter,
hunted us like so many foxes"
Wreckage Of their automobile, at
tackled by the crowd, was scattered here
car rested in the bed Of the Wicomico
River. where 1t was plunged In the
height Of the crowds fury.
formed some Of the newspaper men
who wanted to return that 1t was not
safe for them to come into town.
WITNESS DESCRIBES ROW.
Evening star., 1933-11-29

Nevertheless, it looks as though Mr.
Roosevelt is cautiously using the soft
pedal. His associates hint that he will
continue to drag out the program SO he
will not arrive at the point OF stabiliza-
ton at a 50-cent level for at least two
months
Plan Short t-Term Notes.
Likewise the conservatives apparently
have found out that the December Is
Treasury financing viii be conducted in
a non-inflationary way. No confetti
currency will be issued. Short-term
notes probably will be used.
Also those closest to the swivel
throne say the administration has spent
no more than 10 million dollars in gold
purchases SO far. That makes 1t a very
inexpensive experiment.
Friends OF Postmaster General
Farley tr0lCn and look glum UheH
any one mentions the fact that Stock
Market Prosecutor Pecora did not get
the district attorneyship appointment
in New York. Some thought Pecora
lUQs certain to get the appointment
because he sacrificed himself to help
the Mckee ticket in the Neto York
mdyoralty.
Pecora has never said even to his
best friends that promise of the job
was made to him. He has indicated
privately that he would not have &C
cepted it anyway until his work as
Wall Street investigator Is over.
What happened apparently was that
Mr.. Roosevelt decided to appoint his
good friend Martin Conboy without
consulting any one.
Attorney for Wiggin.
He overlooked the fact that Conboy
then was attorney for Albert H. Wig
gin, the ex-banker. That point may be
raised when the nomination comes up
for confirmation in the next Senate.
although every insider knows Conboy
received the appointment because he
was of inestimable help to Roosevelt in
the trial of the Jimmy Walker case
recora is not to be left out in the
cold. He will get something, possibly
presidential support in the New York
gubernatorial race next year. in case
Gov. Lehman can be induced to come
into the Roosevelt cabinet as Treas
ury Secretary.
Nothing is being done along that line
yet, but it is something to keep in mind.
Evening star., 1933-11-29
What's What
Behind News
in Capital. =
Silver Aid Held Sure
Way to Avoid Fight
in Congress.
BY PAUL MALLON.

The administration has discovered
platinum behind the gold policy.
The Roosevelt technicians have been
quietly polling Congress and found rs
to 80 per cent of the men on the hill
want the President to go ahead. He
has been assured he can have q COM
paratlvely tame session If he will do
but one thing more. and that is some
thing (nearly anything for silver.
His valuable find casts an entirely
new light on the whole present-day
political picture
Eest News for Him.
This Is probably the best news Mr.
Roosevelt has received since he heard
the last presidential election returns.
1t means, first, that he cannot pos
dbly drop The gold policy cold. Al
Smith, Bdruch and the conservatives
may shout themselves hodTse. The
scheme may fail to achteUe its pur-
pose OF higher commodity prices.
Foreign nations may tume and fret.
But if he can keep Congress quiet
that way, he will consider the policy a
huge success from a technical political
point of view.
Evening star., 1933-11-29
LEGISLATORS SCORE
R|TCH|E' s COURSE
Eastern Shore Delegation
Holds Troop Use an Un-
u precedented Insult.
By stan Correspondent Of The Star.


ANNAPOLIS, Md. November g.
Resentment OF Eastern Shore legisla-
tors against the use of National Guards
men In Wicomico and Somerset Coun-
ties came to the Official notice Of the
General Assembly today.
A group OF Eastern Shore Senators
presented resolution in the Senate
declaring the use of troops a usurpation
OF power by Gov. Ritchie, while in the
House memorial condemning the use
Of the militia was journalized. It was
signed by all the delegates.
The Senate resolution, presented by
Senator Creston L. Beachant of Som
usurped the duties and functions of
the court and prosecuting officers in the
administration Of justice by sending
armed forces of the State surreptitiously
to take charge of and supervise the af--
fairs of the community
II further terms the action Of the
chief executive as "deplorable and
lanc criminal jurisprudence"
The memorial journalized by the
House condemns "the recent action of
chief executive of the State as an in
suit to our citizens, to the officials of
Somerset. County and to the honorable
judges of the first judicial circuit Of
Maryland
Such action by the chief executive
was unwarranted, uncalled for, inde-
fensible and disgrace to the Com
monwealth Of Maryland"
While there was some discussion as
to whether or not the Legislature would
remain in session tomorrow, Eastern
Shore delegates said they would 60 home
regardless of the decision concerning
the session to learn just what the sit
uation is on the shore.
Commenting on the Senate resolu-
ton, Senator Wallace Williams Of Cecil
County said, Yesterday Albert c.
Ritchie, in fact, ceased to the Governor
Of nine counties Of the Eastern Shore"
Evening star., 1933-11-29
REJECTION OF TRANSFER
PROTESTED BY WORKER
Civil Service Employe Writes Fed
GRAFTON Head, Complaining Of
Milwaukee Action.

Alleged refusal for political reasons
by the Milwaukee, Wis, collector Of in
ternal revenue to consider transfer to
his Office Of civil service employe was
protested yesterday in a letter from z
Claude Babcock, president of the Amer
ican Federation of Government En-
ployes, to the Civil Service Commission.
Mr.. Babcock wrote that a member
of his organization holding a classified
civil service position recently applied
for transfer to similar position under
the Milwaukee collector of internal rev.
erfle and was told that Wisconsin resi-
dents who have rendered great party
service" will receive first consideration.
Hundreds of such party workers had
applied for Jobs, Babcock said the rev.
enue collector stated.
This organization desires to assist
the commission in defending the merit
system" Babcock asserted in his letter
"It is felt that the commission will de-
sire to see that classified civil service
positions are not used to reward great
party service
The employe in question was no.
named.
Evening star., 1933-11-29
HOME LOANS TOPIC
OF FAHEY IN FORUM
New Chairman Will Discuss Plans
for Enlarged Operations of
the Corporation.

John H. Fahey, new chairman Of
the Federal Home Loan Bank Board,
will discuss plans for enlarged opera
tions of the Home Owners Loan Cor
poration in the National Radio Forum,
arranged by The Washington Star. and
to be broadcast at 1890 o'clock tonight
from WRC over a coast-to-coast net
work of the National Broadcasting Co.
Mr. Fahey has been a member Of
the bank board since the beginning
of the present administration. but be-
came chairman only about q month
ago. Under his leadership, the Bank
Board is expected to inaugurate new
policies to give the public greater serv.
Ice through the Home Owners Loan
The purpose of the organization is
10 assist home owners In danger Of
losing their property. Mr.. Fahey
recently also has been working on,
plan to free home mortgages held in
to release funds to depositors.