The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-06-21
DELEGATES FROM
70 STATES MEET
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area were holding mass meetings |
and expressed themselves against
the Roosevelt "relief" program,
and are demanding double the cat
tie prices offered by the govern
ment. Farmers have also picked ,
up the demand Of the UFL that
all money from cattle should be
turned to the farmers and not to
the creditors" says Puro.
! "The UFL Convention will give
full consideration for the drought
situation and will expose Roose-
velt's AAA destruction program,
which has led the working popu-
lation Of the country face to face
with famine. Our Convention will
map out the program that will en-
able impoverished and drought
stricken farmers to fight for ade-
quate relief. Only by united mass
struggle can the toiling farmers
compel the Roosevelt government
to come across with adequate re-
. lief" declares Puro.
Neglect of FERB Is
Criminal
"Our Convention also will take
/ up an energetic fight for the en-
actment of the Farmers Emerg-
ency Relief Bill, launched by the
, Communist Party and already en-
dorsed by the National Executive
+, Council of the United Farmers
League. U.F.L. locals and other
militant farmers org anizati ions
: have been to slow in taking up
, this Bill so far. 1t would be
y criminal if we further neglect this
I. Bill in the face of the national
calamity brought about by the
!. AAA destruction program and the
p unprecedented drought" says thu
! UlFL Acting Secretary.
:, The report of the Executive
q Council, presented to the Conven
y, ton by the Acting Secretary Puro
= will give a concrete picture of tn
n impoverished farmers situation
% under the continued economi
:. crisis and the New Deal. 1t viii
~ expose the AAA program as an al,
. to the exploiters of the farmers
70 and workers, and as a weapon
:. that furthers the continued attac
~ against the living standards of til
- workers and farmers and has re
g duced millions of toilers to the
- starvation level and made ther
:. homeless.
The report will deal also wit
the demagogic efforts of the mis-
leaders, like the so-called progre'
sive Farmer-Labor and Socialis
politicians and the high-salarie
ne leaders of an old line farm orgs
at nizations, who are doing all the
nd can to prevent the organized farm
ers from utilizing their organize
Is united power to fight for the
of needs, and are betraying the il
nd. -terest of the masses whenev'
they have an opportunity to do s
f. Class Struggle Program
in The report will deal with Il
new Draft Program and Bylaw
nc which will be submitted for di
Of cussion and for final adoptio
be- "Our program will be a class STR
fer gle program for the toiling far1
rs ers. It will arm them in the
on fight against their exploiters Al
II oppressors. 1t will declare uni
fl of Negro and white farmers, it
yh. based with the lasting solidarit
for and the joint struggle with t
AGRICULTURAL and industrial worl
q ers, against our common enemies
,ft- declares Puro. Whatever amer
III ments the Convention will make
the Drafi Program, there is ]
70 doubt that it will be accepted
few its essentials.
Finally, the Executive rep'
Of pays considerable attention to t
Iov organizational activities of I
Ims League. although the UFL /
achieved a good measure
growth and organizational stabil
low during the last six-month peri
Of. the organizational growth is ]
vet what it can be and ought
.+oo be. It is therefore necessary Il
ter a great deal of attention be p
4 to the question of organizati
Jor- Our Convention must be primal
or an organization meeting. Wi
,cts out strong organization, a progr
no matter how perfect it may
does not amount to very muC
rom says Puro.
iOi Greetings From Tiala
Puro has just visited the U
put National Secretary, Alfred I'll;
Du' at the Indiana Penal Farm.
airy will bring personal greetings fl
uls- him to the Convention. ut is
care . bad that ITALIA is not with us
n II the Convention, but he fully
70 proves our plans and urges us
90 ahead. We must do our I
J. lPae without Comrade ITALIA because
nee Convention cannot be postpone
PIE However, ITALIA will soon be v
an US and will continue to fight '
'l0ce all his energy for the interests
e. the impoverished farmers