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The producers news., 1933-02-03
Milo Reno Plans New
Sci Out Of Farmers

In order to maintain their hold on the farmers and
IN order prevent ranandfle control of the organza
ton the board of directors of the National Farm Holiday
Association, meeting in Des Moines Iowa. on Jan. o.
prepared plans for organizations resist orecos
When the F. H. A. leaders met in Omaha in No
veber Omaha paper reported that plans along this
line were being laid out
According Reno president FHA
members from eight states present.
This policy of National
of Iowa and South Dakota under the Of Councils of De
This secret organization being prepared in order permit
the Holiday LEADERS der with the bankers and insurance
the
The Holiday leaders see taking ques
ton evcns and foreclosures and stopping them by united
action The farmers being led into this activity by their
Headers of the Holiday Association by Milo Reno and his like
Secret organization attempt to prevent action by the
mo beca9ae It IS HAS STOPPED HUNDREDS OF
EVICTIONS AND FORECLOSURES.
We do want secret organization The United Farmers
League calls all farmers to organize throw back the attacks OF
v regardless Of what organization they belong TO- and they
belong to no farm organization
l. Rally every farmer, and the members of
their families in your community to stop the attacks
of the bankers.
2. Elect your own Committees of Action to
take charge of the local actions. Elect only rank
andfile farmers.
i 3. Give your actions the widest publicity In
order to all of the farmers m your county and
In other counties to support you and start such ac-
ton themselves.
a. Prevent every attempt to have sef-appointed
f leaders" control your activity and sell you out to
d the mortgage holders.
S. Prevent every attempt to have your actions
e directed by secret organization which you
r will have control.
. 6. Use the Producers News as your weapon.
Write us of your struggles and distribute the paper
among your neighbors.
The producers news., 1933-02-03

cal farmers attended the Indian
church services after
which meeting was held to ex-
plain the necessity for the Indians
to organize with the whites.
SEND FIVE TO OLYMPIA
They agreed that this was the
only thing to do and thereupon
they elected five delegates to par
ticipate in the state hungar march
which was to start from tehre the
following morning at five o'clock.
Three of these delegates were men
and two were women. A resolu-
tion was drawn up demanding the
treaty rights as granted by Gov
ernor Stevens. This demand was
adopted by the Indian delegates
from other sections.
When the Indian spokesman took
the floor at the convention at
Olympia he received the greatest
applause of any delegate present
The Indians pledged themselves to
unite with the white workers and
farmers and not TO relax until
every one had won every demand
At the meeting held at the
church the Indians told how many
of them were unable to get ever
The producers news., 1933-02-03
DEMAND RELIEF
IN SHERIDAN CO.
Farmer Member of Central
Relief Committee Makes
Demands of Governor
r~-H

Ark WanRel, member of the
united Farmers League, and the
only farmer-representative on the
Central Committee, handling the
reconstruction Finance Corpora
nOn relief In Sheridan county, de-
manded, in a recent meeting of
tnat committee that the funds al
ioted to the county for February,
oe increased from $4,000 to $24,-
VOO to take care of the present
needs of the destitute farmers and
'nelr families. The other members
Oh the committee even refused to
second his motion.
In order to discredit the work
OI the United Farmers League and
Of the Farmers Relief Committee
Ine businessmen are carrying on [;
campaign to the effect that tn,
nee Ieeo Is mostly being invented b.
1 Jre United Farmers League. Tn,
0FL organizers, including Rodne-
SSTSrnIsouty, STrI state organizer of tn
OfL' have not "invented" tn
misery Of the farmers bu the,
e gwen it publicity and hav
continued on Page Twol
The producers news., 1933-02-03
NORTH DAKOTA GOV.
AGREES TO ASK FOR
RELIEF FROM R.F.C.
SPECTATORS SEE
WAR ON SOVIETS:
PUSH UP PRICES

RumOrs of war between the
Soviet Union and Japan pushed
prices of wheat up on the Chi
cagO- board On Friday, Jan. 27,
and temporarily stopped earlier
declines.
The capitalist class sees in
the attacks of the Japanese in
JehOl a continuation of the
preparations for the attack on
the Soviet Union, by Japan and
the other imperialist powers.
The spectators On the Board
Of Trade and the bankers would
send AmerOican farmers and
workers sons to be slaughtered
in imperialist wars 50 that they
could reap more of their bloody
profits.
Against these preparations for
attack on the Soviet Union
the workers and farmers of the
United States must stand united,
IN defense of their own lives and
in defense of the first workers
and farmers country.
The producers news., 1933-02-03
l5OO FARMERS ATTEND FORCED
SALE, PROPERTY BRINGS Sl.3O
Bid of SO Cents by Scaper Prevents Sioux Falls Farm
ers From Breaking Pennsylvania An-Tme
Record of $1.1S

was made, except the 80 cent bid
the crowd shouted "sell it."
After the sale was over, a
couple of members of the Sioux
Falls Unemployed Council to-
gether with some officials of the
Minnehaha Holiday Association led
the crowd in singing solidarity"
which drew great applause.
After the song, l mounted the
concrete porch of the farm house
and gave a short report Of the
Farmers National Relief Confer
ence and told about the coming
Farmers State Relief Conference
at Pierre, urging the local or
ganizations to send delegates.
In terminating my talk / told
the crowd about the pamphlet
american Farmer" I had only
40 of these with me and they went
like hot cakes.
At the same time that this sale
was going on, 400 farmers had
party at the court house where
the Southern Minnesota Joint
Stock Land Bank was negotiating
a mortgage sale of the land Of
Emil Nelson, near Carson.
The agents for the bank were
induced to extend it another year
with a reduction Of one-half pc
cent in interest.
When the farmers are able b
handle two sales simultaneously
within four miles of each other, /
shows their united determination
to stick to the farm even tho on
financiers and their political tool
are running the country to de
struction.
The producers news., 1933-02-03
STRUGGLE AGAINST FORCED SALES SPREADS THRU
ALL PARTS OF COUNTRY; 800 TAKE PART IN OHIO
ELECT SIX TO GO
TO ST. PAUL WITH
HUNGER MARCHERS
(BY H. NJ

Sandstone, Mimi, Jan. 25.--The
Finlayson Farmers club held their
meeting at the City hotel in Fin
layson, January II.
First Jack Murto was elected to
be the leader of programs and
sports are to be held in a shcTt
time. The question of the Hunger
March to St. Paul Feb. 20 was
taken up and a number of the
farming youth were interested in
taking part. Six were elected to
go and a car was promised by one
of the members.
Dues were paid by those present
at the meeting. The other mem
bers didn't come as cold weather
kept them away. We expect all
to be present at the next meeting
to be held Feb. Z at the City hotel
again. We also expect more men,
bers to join and help build up the
Farmers club as we have 43 mem
bers already-six of them joined
at the last meeting.
The producers news., 1933-02-03
II MINUTE SALE
BRINGS ONLY s.
Farmers Discourage Bids
From all Strangers;
Two Friends Bid

Pawnee City, Neb., Jan. 81
Pawnee county's first organized
resistance to a farm sale occurred
Friday when two friends of ]. S.
Williams, southeast of here, bid
in his livestock and farm machin-
cry for $8.O5 and turned them
back to him.
Nearly 100 neighbors and friends
gathered for the sale, which lasted
Just 171s minutes.
Strangers approaching the house
were met by Williams neighbors
who discouraged bidding.
Williams two friends were the
only bidders. After the sale, one
of the bidders took up a collection
to pay for the articles, which they
returned to the farmer.
The producers news., 1933-02-03
so PER CENT CUT
IN COPPER OUTPUT

Production of refined copper
during 1882 was less than half of
1881 but in spite of the decreased
production, the fall in consump :
ton has been so great that the re-
finery and smelter stocks are the
largest on record, exceeding by z
per cent the previous record stock
at the end of 1881, according to
information from the Bureau of
Mines, by the Department of Com
merce.
The producers news., 1933-02-03
TRY TO SILENCE
RELIEF DEMAND
Commissioners of Williams
County Not Interested
in Getting Relief

Williston, North Dakota, Jan. 25
On Saturday, Jan. 21 the coun-
ty commissioners called meeting
of all township chairmen in the
county in order to silence the de-
mands for relief that had been
raised at two countrywide meet
ings. At these countrywide meet
ings organizers of the United
Farmers League and members Of
the Sheridan County (Montana)
Farmers Relief Committee had
spoken, telling how relief had been
and could be secured.
/ Practically all of the seats in the
court house, $50, were occupied at
the township chairmen meeting.
The meeting was supposedly
called for the purpose of finding
out the conditions in the county
The questions which were asked
of the township chairmen were nor
for that purpose, however.
Each of the township chairmer
. was asked if they had any money
in the township treasury. The
answer was, eyes" This answer
was true but the treasury of mos
of the townships amounts to onl!
a few dollars. It would only be +;
drop in the bucket as far as filling
the requirements of relief in th'
: county is concerned.
) The situation in the townships
has not been investigated to fin
/ out how much relief is needed
The county commissioners are try
: ing tc see if the farmers and thei
: families cannot get along for
Y few more years on the hunger an
S misery levels they are on now, @
: even at worse levels.
t. Mattingly, one of the speaker
e at the farmers meetings aske
n the chairman at the county con
o missioner meeting if he could hay
the floor. When given the flo'
he told of having seen childre
walking around the streets of WI
liston in the cold without sho'
because they had none. "Is tn
dire need or not" he asked. ~
(Continued an P~gL Two1
The producers news., 1933-02-03
Farmers Action Gets Washington Indians Relief
OLYMPIA WASH HUNGER MARCH

the barest necessities at the local
charities. The white farmers told
them that if they would come to
the station Saturday (white day
only) they would support them in
their demands for relief.
INVESTIGATED AGAIN
Saturday many appeared but
were told by the charity heads
that nothing would be done until
they were investigated again. A
white worker then stepped for
ward and asked if they would get
relief after that. He was told,
''They will if they need it."
"Just as if they would ask fol-
your junk if they didn't need it,
he replied.
The white worker then went with
couple of the Indians to the
home of the investigator anC
brought her down to the relief
agency where all had to go thru
the rigamarole of Investigation
once again. They then received
some relief. -
The Indians openly stated afte
that that the only thing that wa
getting them any relief was tn
! fact that they were organized wit
the white workers and farmers.
The producers news., 1933-02-03
HITLER TO HEAD
GERMAN GOVT.
Factory Owners and Rich
Farmers in Sharp
Controversy
BULLETIN

Berlin, Jan. 3O.-AdOlph Hit
Ter, leader OF the National So
eialis4s -fascists I'm Germany
was made Chancellor of Ger
many by Won HindenbIfg today.
Hitler succeeded Won Schleicher
who held office for 56 days. The
dismissal of Schleicher and the
appointment of Hitler indicates
another step in the dictatorship
of the ruling class. The great
capitalists are going to use Hit
Ter and his brown SHIRT hOrdes
IN an attempt to crush the Ger
man working class and It's head
er, the COmmunist Party q Ger
many.
The producers news., 1933-02-03
SALE STOPPED BY
MASS FARMERS AS
LOW PRICES START

Clarinda, Ia, Jan. 21.-After a
wagon had been sold for Sc and
a cultivator for $2.75 at the
forced sale of. Jesse P. Minors
farm, south of Clarinda, the sale
was stopped. One Of the farmers
present advocated that the sale be
stopped and it was. As a result
an arbitration committee of three,
Merrill Dawson, o. c. Hill and
Cecil Crawford, was agreed on.
The committee is supposed to get
a compromise On the papers held
against Minor.
The producers news., 1933-02-03
ACTION RESULT
limited Farmers League
Organizers Raised
Demands
FEBRUARY RELIEF
County Commissioners Try
to Prevent Farmers
Getting Aid
FEBRUARY RELIEF

AS a result of the growing mass
pressure for relief in North Da-
kota, Governor LANCER has agreed
to borrow funds for this purpose
from the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation. The money is to be
distributed in February.
The governor has appointed a
committee of politicians to dis
tribute the relief. The money is
to be distributed to the farmers
but not one farmer is on the COM
mittee.
The committee of politicians con-
sists of the following:
Judge A. M. Christianson, Bis
marck; R. M. Stangler, Bank of
North Dakota; Mrs. Minnie D.
Craig, speaker of the house; A. E.
Thompson, state superintendent,
and chairman of the committee,
and Lee Nichols, county auditor,
Mandan; r. w. Frazier Is hand
ling preliminary survey work.
The most insistent demands for
rleief have come from Williams
and Mountrail counties where or
ganizers for the United Farmers
League have been active. In these
counties the bankers and the coun'
ty commissioners have fought the
demands for relief with the ex
cuses that the counties could no
borrow any more money and tha
it could not be obtained from tn
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion in any other way.
The UFL organizers have toll
the farmers that in Sheridan coun
ty, Montana, the money was ob
tanned without the necessity o
making a loan. The state Dor
rowed the money from the R. F. {
and they are to be repaid afte
1885 by a one-fifth deduction year
ly from the funds allotted to tn
state for highway construction.
Governor Langer's action prove
that the UFL organizers were co..
rect and that the county commits
sioners were consciously sabotat
ing the bringing in of relief funC
or were, at least criminally il
norant Of the provisions of Il
law.
The farmers still have the ia!
Of seeing to it that the relief fun
are adequate nd that the distrib
ton of these funds should be
the hands of their own elect
committees. The farmers must G
ganize and demand adequate I
lief not just a few slops. TIL
must see to it that the busine
men are kept off of the local col
mittees and that only farmers
on them. If their demands g
made strong enough they c
force LANCER to appoint farmers
the state relief committee.
The producers news., 1933-02-03
(BY B. ]. H.

Sioux Falls, S. Oak, Jan. 22.-
The farmers of Minnehaha county
assembled 1900 strong yesterday
and bid in a forced sale on the
farm of Tom McMurray In west
Sioux-within the city limits of
Sioux Falls, S D. The total
amount of the sale was $1.S0.
We could have smashed Penn
sylvania's record of $1.18 all to
smithereens if a late coming scalp
er, looking for bargains, had not
conceived the idea of bidding so
cents on the first cow. The bal
ance of the cows sold for seven
cents apiece. On every bid that
The producers news., 1933-02-03
Judgment of $500
Satisfied for $45.O5

Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. Pa
total of s45.05 was realized at the
sole of the cows belonging to Geo.
Rosander, a farmer near Perry,
on Jan. "a. One Thousand five
hundred farmers bid that amount
in the sale to satisfy Judgement
of $500. Horses went for 15
cents and tractor brought $3.50.
The producers news., 1933-02-03
CONFERENCE in
Sd. WIN FAVOR
Farmers Answer Call for
Relief Conference in
Pierre Feb. 20-22
tBY A. c. M

Farmers throughout South Da-
kota are responding to the Call for
the Farmers Relief Conference to
be held in Pierre February 20-22.
Many answers are being received
daily from members of all farm
organizations. Local groups of
farmers and farm organizations
should get together and elect dele
gates to the Conference. Any Is
farmers can elect a delegate; the
only requirement. is that the dele
gate be a farmer or farm worker
The producers news., 1933-02-03

Berlin, Jan. 12.-Trouble has
come to a head between the Sch
leicher Cabinet and the Landbund,
the organization of rich farmers.
The cabinet has stated it will re-
fuse to negotiate with representa-
tives of the Landbund until fur
ther notice.
The trouble grew cut Of a meet
ing between the Landbund and the
Cabinet before Hindenburg. An
official statement was released
Immediately after meeting stat
ing that far-reaching agreement
had been reached.
The producers news., 1933-02-03
RENTER SAVED
Farm Owner Tries to Evict
Farmer and IS Year Old
Mothe' .inlaw
DUMP LOAD GRAIN
Farm Owner Is Forced TO
Pay Expenses of
Foreclosure

Blair, Omaha, Jan. 28.-Three
hundred farmers, members of the
Farm Holiday Association, blocked
the eviction of Frank Miller, rent
er, and his 85-year-old mother-in-
law, from their home in Washing
ton county, today.
The farm was owned by one
Frank Gray. After concluding a
settlement with Clark O'Hanlon,
attorney for Gray, three truck
loads of the farmers returned to
their homes in Harrison county,
Ia, wildly cheering the success Of
their efforts.
Miller had rented the farm from
Gray on cash basis but had been
unable to pay and Gray had OBJ
tanned a writ of restriction order
ing his eviction from the farm, 8
miles south Of Blair.
$1,000 BUSHELS TO PAY
Miller had estimated that, at the
present prices, it would take 16s-
900 bushels of corn to pay off his
debt to Gray. He has 1000 bush
els on the farm, which under the
settlement he agreed to divide
evenly with his landlord. Gray was
forced to pay the expenses of the
eviction suit and agreed to allow
Miller to remain on the farm un-
til March 1.
The farmers earlier in the day,
had surrounded the law officer Of
O'Hanlon & O'Hanlon here and de-
manded the eviction suit be drop
ped. Sheriff Marion S utherland
endeavored to pacify the angry
group.
Sheriff Sutherland served the
writ on Miller. The sheriff, how
ever, ceased moving furniture
from the house after one load had
been started toward town and an
other was scattered through the
yard, when Miller protested his
85-year-old mother-in-law was IL
a with influenza and could not bt
moved.
+ REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVE
: Going to Blair, Sheriff Suther
y land got Drs. Morris Nielsen ant
i R. J. Murdock who returned to tn
farm with him and examined tn
o. aged woman. They certified sh
d was too i'll to be moved.
q In the meantime, Washingto
" county members of the Farmer
m Holiday association in cars ana
ID trucks reinforced by three truci
loads of farmers from Iowa, ,ha
arrived at the farm.
It Is reported that the farmer
threatened, first Gray, and late
O'Hanlon with a rope.
X LEAVES CORN IN FIELD
The load of furniture which ha
meen started toward town We
is found dumped in the ditch tw
miles away. Sheriff SutherlaI
tried to pass the buck for orde
ing it unloaded.
The producers news., 1933-02-03

To obtain any of these things
one has to be Investigated by a
widow who receives her instruc-
tions from the county. charity Off
GERS. An applicant has to give his
life history to get a few rags.
Old shoes were mended by the
local shoe maker once a week
(after being investigated) who
was paid 81 a day for labor, rent,
use of equipment, light and water.
This work was undertaken by the
local Lions club and has complete
ly broken down.
MANY INDIANS DESTITUTE
A large percentage of those who
are in this destitute condition be-
long to the Nooksack Indian tribe.
These Indians do not live On a
reservation but are government
wards and receive no relief ex-
cept local charity. The relief
agents discriminate against the
Indians and don't even let them &c
to the relief station the same day
the white farmers go. They go OF
Wednesday and Saturday is the
day for others. Many Indians re
ceive nothing.
Sunday, Jan. 15 some Of the 10
The producers news., 1933-02-03
Save Holiday Leader
From Losing His Home

Blair, Neb., Jan. 29.-Five hun
dred farmers tonight brought a
settlement in the case OF Frank
Miller, farm renter and holiday
association organizer. who faced
eviction from his farm.
The farmers, numbering among
them many from Iowa, swarmed
into town and surged about the
office of Clark O'Hanion, attorney
for A. F. Gray, owner of the farm
rented by Miller. Officers saic
threats of lynching were made.
The producers news., 1933-02-03
ATTACK CABINET

Imagination the CONSERVATION of
the government, then when the or
ganization of rich farmers issued
a public statement sharply attack
ing the Cabinet and accusing it of
faworing the factory owners at the
expense of the big farmers. The
Landbund declared that the big
farmers were being plundered in
the interests Of a powerful group
of capitalists interested in inter
tional trading.
This incident is typical of the
increasing differences and diff
culties in the camp of the German
ruling class. The factory owners
and rich farmers are unable 10
agree among themselves as to the
division of the spoils.
The producers news., 1933-02-03
OCHON IN
ASSAULT TRIAL
Try Wife of Evicted Farm
er for Assault With In
tent to Kill

Elkhorn, Wis, Jan. 26.-Mrs.
Virginia Cichon, 33, was bound
over to circuit court today. She
faces a charge of assault with in
tent to kill because she and her
husband defended themselves from
eviction after their farm had been
foreclosed.
Last December 6 a sheriff with
20 deputiessurrounded the house
and bombarded it, firing 20O
rounds of shot. In order to pno-
tect themselves and their two
small children Mr.. and Mrs. Cich-
on defended themselves with an
old shotgun. The farm which Cich-
on had bought at $4,000 around
1925 was sold to the local bank.
ers last summer for $1,000.
The producers news., 1933-02-03
LA TOILETTE REFUSED
RELEASE

The bombardment of the Cichon
farm led farmers meeting at the
Farmers National Relief Confer
ence, Dec. ITO in Washington, D.
C. to wire Governor LaFollette to
release Mr.. and Mrs. Cichon. La
Toilette showed how little it mat
ters to him whether farmers re-
tain their homes by answering
back that he absolutely refused to
release them or have the sheriff
removed.
The producers news., 1933-02-03
PROTEST FORECLOSURE

The Farm Holiday leaders de-
cided to protest against a farm
foreclosure sale which is to take
place next Monday, Jan. 80 at the
court house. At this meeting
Sheriff Beihoffer of Mcleod coun.
ty was asked to say few words.
This is what he said: "I am
sorry fellows, that I must sell
your farms, but that is my duty
The only thing that you can do to
stop foreclosure sales is to sign a
petition demanding from Governor
Olson that farm foreclosures be
postponed" A petition was then
tContinued on rage Tvto)
The producers news., 1933-02-03
ZOO in PROTEST
AT FARM SALE
Look to Militant Leadership
to Help Them Retain
Homes
(BY E. F.

Glencoe, Mimi, Jan. PA
Farm Holiday meeting was held at
the court house yesterday and al
most 200 farmers and workers
were present.
The producers news., 1933-02-03
GIVE CAST OFF CLOTHES

We find workers and small farm
ers in a destitute condition, and to
carry out Hoover's promise that
no one would be hungry or cold
this winter a so-called relief sta
tion was established at Everson 70
furnish clothing to the needy. Inc
plan was TO redistribute the cast
off clothing of the middle class
and what old shoes and clothing
could be begged from the workers
and farmers.
The Red Cross sent in some
government cloth and other clotn'
ing in order to keep the farmers
and workers from struggling Iol
real "cash relief" at the expense
of the state and the employers
Red Cross flour was also distriD
uted at the same place.
The producers news., 1933-02-03
(BY FRANK ECKLOR)

Nooksack Valley, Washington,
like the rest of the United States
is in a critical condition in spite
of the fact that this is one of the
most productive valleys in the
country.