The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-08-23
Communist Party Platform
Is Strong Weapon in Fight.
Against Hunger and Misery
s,,rs Workers and Farmers, Impoverished Middle
y Classes TO Struggle Uncomprornisingly Against
Reduction of Living Standards

The congressional election campaign platform of the
Communist Party of the United States adopted by its
+rol Committee has been made public. This platform
Ts in the hands of the working class powerful weapon
be FIGHT against the increasingly sharp Onslaughts OF
capitalism on theH eelnen"AV pOA'iO'1 11e Gnu ' 10 va
ditiOns. ,,oo. ;4o,f 10 tho broodos+ +oilino
os who have felt the heavy hand of ROOsevets NRA
~ baed strikers Drawing police guns, to impoverished
rs in the double grip of the drought and the banker
e. small businessmen ruined by the New Deal and TO al
boSe other constantly increasing numbers VINO Lace W
The adoption of the platform serves the opening gr
IN local state and national campaigns by the CommunS
Party heretofore unparalleled in scope and vigor
The platform lists eight immediate demands for mprov
mo the conditions of workers. poor farmers and small bust
nsssren whose living standards and incomes nave peel
Arasticav cut by the New Dear under the guSc OF Dfg
inc about recovery. The demands are:
/ AGAINST ROOsevelts ''New Deal" attacks on the
living standards of the tOers against rising living costs
resulting from monopoly and initiation; for higher
wages, shorter hours a shorter work week, and I'M
proved living standards
q Against capitalist terror and the growing trend
toward fascsm against depOrtatiOns and oppression of
the fOreign-bOrn; against compulsory arbitration and
company unions; against the of troops in strikes for
workers right to join unions OF their own cnOce 10
strike to picket demonstrate without restrictions; for
the maintenance of all the civia and political rights of the
II III @~~
g. For unemployment and social insurance at the ex-
pense the employers and the state for the Workers
UnempIoy ment Insurance Bill (H.R. 1889. '
!. A. For the repeal Uf the Agricultural Adjustment
Act; for emergency relief to the impoverished and
drOught-strcken farmers without restriction by the
government banks; exemption of impoverished farm
ers from taxatOn cancellation of the debts of poor
farmers for the Farmers Emergency Relief Bill
s. Against jim rOwism and lynching; for equal
rights for the Negroes and self determination for the
Black Belt; for the Negro Bill of Rights s.a r.~ j.
G. For the immediate payment of the veterans
back wages (bOnus). ne ,-t pa,
7. Against the sales tax; no taxes on persons or
their property earning less than $4,000 per year. steep
B graduated and greatly increased taxation on the rlch
8. Against ROOsevelts war preparedness program;
against mperialst war; for the defense OF the Soviet
Union and Soviet China.
For this farming country plank No. is of partcul
Importance In blunt words the platform states the facts
"Roosevelts AAA embodying the wilful destruction
hundreds of millions of dollars worth OF cotton wneat cat
ETC. while millions go hungry has resulted IN more eyctlo
farmers from their land, in foreclosures ana IN
further mpoverishment of the mass OF poor MIDDLE Tar
The AAA destruction, combined now with the drous
has brought the whole farming section from Canaoa
Mexico to the condition Of famine. 81 .--
For these reasons repeal Of the A.A.A. emergency
ie without restriction exemption from taxes cancelaC
debts and the enactment OF the Farmers emergency
lief Bill become burning necessities for Impoverished faf
ers - TM 31a~ " stff ~s - !
Translated to fit the local situation this platform me
That the candidates of the Communist Party Tor SnerC
county will do their utmost to make these demands Deco
reality They will work in the State Senate and as state
teSentatives st-.,5.o. sfs> s,s 60 II :
Tor unemployment insurance and old age pensions, 10
unrestricted distribution of relief for state and feders
appropriations for the Scholastic open high schools an
colleges for the sons and daughters of farmers and WORK
es they will work for legislation furthering the inter
es of farmers and workers and oppose and expose
measures that are harming these interests - : s
AS county officers the Communist candidates VIII
against evicOns and foreclosures of impoverished farm
eFS and workers for cash relief and employment Oh
ea labor on local road work and projects; Tor meohC
and dental for needy; for nine mOntns TERM
SCHOOLS and adequate transportation of scnOOl cnhu1e
.Or milk and hot lunches in schools; no payment Oh
ereSt or principle on bonds long as the INTERESTS
farmers and workers are not taken care OF. ~ 80 sts
~ hFAH p1&An
While the spokesman of thesOther parties VIII prOl
ts sry thing BEFORE elections, but AFTER geEt11ng
NICE will vigorously oppose all demands which wouo E
IMPROVE the conditions of farmers and workers. S a
SISt Party the vanguard of all the tolers Woiks
A SSHSS Tor these demands much BEFORE eecIlons
ns. En- This the Communist Party has shown snrOas
eatIne organized struggles of the farmers In 0ner
py under the leadership and guidance OF the Comms
W nave accomplished that relief is being dlstiaD
salsS country than in any surrounding county; ane
~, foreclosures and evictons of Impoverished lar
nave been stopped The action of the farmers N
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