The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-02-22

no project their two small chill
dren they finally surrender and
are Jailed
preach mass solidarity ana direct
action. "a hundred farmers can
stop the sheriff. A thousand can
stop the militia"
Christensen, old, bent and gaunt,
hobbies to the platform. He adj
vocates Christian principles and
faith in q good government. But
when he begins describing the
struggle against evictions in his
county, his fists fail, his voice
breaks, the tears rush to his eyes.
We've got them trained ont where
come from. I'll bet You a dime
there won't be 10 more eyictionS.
It hurts me to think we've been
fooled so long. We had to do some
of the mission work the churches
should have done. We were left
in such g degree Of misery We could
keep warm only by shiyering We
wouldn't ever have seen Washing
ton if We hadn't been 50 terribly
hard up. Now, we're here they
have so many police We can't spit
for it We don't need them any
more than dog needs two tails.
It's disgrace
Andy Hod Of Montana, There
are few foreclosures i'll our great
wide open spaces because most OF
the farms are toreclOSed already,
Our school teachers are paid in
warrants they can't cash. We get
four dollars for our sugar beetS,
far below cost of production. Our
way down here We slept on cement
floors and ate in SouplineS. In Gin
ton, Iowa, VIC saw little children in
the souplines, cold and blue and
plnched. The soup tasted like an
onion in a barrel of rain water
And yet cut in Montana We have
sheep, cattle, hogs, corn, potatoes
we can't sell that could put fat on
these little children. All the relief
the relief the government has given
as farmers is like half ginger
snap TO a man who hasn't eaten
three days. We've got TO get to-
gether and keep together"
Fort LauderdaIe Negro croppeC.
''The flower garden of the world.
Florida, is the state where ] starve.
Seven months of summer with lots
of grapefruit. tomatoes, vegetables,
and still we're starving We got
few jobs. We get some relief ferti-
lizer for our crops but what good
is that when We can't sell. There's
eighteen middlemen between Us
and every fellow that wants TO
sell. When VIC look for work in
the turpcntinc belt, NC gets moth
ing but work They pay Fifty cents
y day for working the field. You
ret one third ehen you work and
ycu wait for the rest when the
crops sell II frost comes, you're
out of luck. What we need is a
good strong farmers league. What
We need is organization like this
to give us a limb TO hold on, to
help us out.
Mrs. Fred Chase of New Hamp-
shire tells how her FIVE children
asked why she was going to Wash
ington. She went TO Washington
because for twenty years she could
buy only two hats. Because her
eggs, apples, maple syrup can't sell.
Because the total income Of thirty
eight farmers in her community
last year was $3.72. Because she
wants the good things in life since
she produces them. The farmers
in her community are no longer
proud to be the rugged individual
lists of old, who worked eighteen
hours day and read the Country
Gentleman. Shes in Washington
to fight so her children can live
Alfred Tiala Of Minnesota: 81
come from the Mesaba Iron Range
where the workers have produced
three billion dollars worth Of iron
and have been psi6 back only q.