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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-02
The Letter Box
Medicine Lake Farmer Thinks we Might Build County
Owned Foundry-But we Think it Better to
Strengthen our Militant Organizations
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DAMGAR, Mont.-Medicine Lake
is going to be damned up. We will
have all kinds of fish! Probably
not in my time, but, what's the
difference. The coming genera
ton will have the benefit of that.
We have a stretch of sand hills
on the south side of this lake.
These hills extend several miles
east. l understand the U. S. gov
eminent will pay expenses for
planting trees in these hills. There
are several thousand acres COW
cred with wild choke cherry trees
that might be a benefit to young
trees. suggest our county COM
missioners would investigate if the
soil is suitable for evergreens. We
have here in the southern part of
the county, on different home
steads. some eveTgreens that are
doing fine. l think it would be
q great benefit to the county in
Time. Maybe not in my time.
Then there is another thing on
my mind. We have here in the
county thousands upon thousands
of tons of old iron that is nothing
but a waste as it is. Would it be
out of the question for the county
to build a foundry. This would
probably have to be explained BY
an expert in that line. It looks
to me as if all this cast iron we
have around could be made into
useful articles such big kettles,
fence-posts and especially culverts
which are badly needed. These
would last much longer than the
tin culverts. There might be hun
dreds of other articles that could
be cast here at home.
Now if this is worth while. I'd
like all our county papers to take
1t up. They could probably give
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-02
By julius Walstad

SISSETON, S. D.-Two thousand
farmers and workers swarmed in
to Sisseton Saturday afternoon on
the call Of the United Farmers
League and Unemployed Councils
TO express resentment against the
starvation set up of the CWA, the
direct relief" of the Roosevelt
government, and the policy of re-
fusal to supply the farmers with
feed, which is resulting in live
stock dying of starvation in many
parts of the county.
The local politicians were able
to prevent the farmers from using
the school auditorium, which would
have held crowd of about a thou
sand. The farmers were limited
to the use of the local theatre,
into which about TOO of the 1000
farmers crowded.
Farmers reported many cases of
farmers without groceries, of live
stock dying of starvation due to
the holding up of the relief checks
and the failure of the state relief
agency to provide feed for the
livestock.
After reviewing the situation,
and after a talk by Ernest Mag
nuson of the Unemployed Councils,
the chairman, Hugh Wiley, intro
duced Art Stavig, who presented
the proposals of the Resolutions
Committee. These were discussed
and the following demands unani-
mously accepted by the mass meet
ing.
Accept Demands
1. We demand adequate doctor
and dental care for ali who need
it, and the right Of everyone to
have a doctor of his own choosing
and the right to go to a hospital Of
his own choosing, at the expense
of the relief agency and county.
2. We demand that all relief
checks be made out and delivered
promptly to all workers or farm
ers on relief, without restrictions
or deductions of any kind.
3. We demand the elimination Of
all discrimination in the admin.
| straton of relief
To guarantee the fair distribu.
ton Of relief, we demand that the
local town and township commit
tees elected by mass meetings Of
farmers and workers shall deter
mine who and how much relief thu
workers and farmers are to re-
ceive.
A. We demand that the Roberts
county CWA shall be completed
putting on at least 1873 still Of
the list, and further, condemn tn
Hopkins proposal to stagger tn,
CWA, and demand that there b.
no reduction in the monthly allow
ance Of the CWA workers.
| 5. We demand that feed an,
seed be furnished to all farmer
or the basis Of QUESTIONABLE
circulated by the United Farmer
League and the Township Super
visors. and to those in 1ire nee,
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Opposition Grows as
CWADrOpsThOu
CONTINUED from Front Pagel

Continued from Front Pagel
tional Committee" Benjamin con-
tinued. "Calls On the unemployed
in every city and town to call at
once emergency conferences of the
CWA workers, together with all
other unemployed and working
class organizations, to organize
this protest"
Feb. Demonstration
On Feb. 5, delegation of CWA
workers elected by workers from
CWA projects from all parts of
the country, will go to Federal
Relief Director Hopkins, and pre-
sent the demands of the CWA
workers on all projects are asked
to elect delegates to go to Wash
ingtor, and take part in the Feb.
s delegation to Hopkins head
quarters.
Many CWA workers are electing
delegates this week to the Ma
tional Convention Against Unem-
ployment, to take place in Wash.
ington on Feb. 8, Benjamin ce-
clared.
owe must demand that not a
single CWA worker shall be fired"
he said. EVERY discharged CWA
worker should be- reinstated at
once. Every discharged worker
worker should get immediate re-
lief for the time not worked. All
workers whose CWA time has
been cut must receive full, regular
wages"
"This is the program of the I'm
employed Councils" said Benja-
min. SIN order to achieve this it
is necessary for the CWA workers
to get up Immediately Committees
of Action on all CWA jobs to or
ganize the protests. Those fired
and those on the jobs should get
together and carry through mass
demonstrations before the CWA
bureaus and at the city halls. The
united action IF the employed and
unemployed should Immediately
be expressed in city-wide demon
strations. kilograms and letter:
of protest against the Roosevelt
curtailment should be sent in al
once to Congress and to the White
House."
"The Unemployed Councils de
mand jobs or relief for all work
ers. We demand the immediate
enactment Of the Workers Unem
ployment Insurance Bill by Con-
gress.
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their guard about the building.
Sheriff Person then sent out
emergency calls and police from
Goshen and Elkhart were rushed
to Warsaw and joined the local
officers.
The sheriff decided to resort to
the use of tear gas in last effort
TO. break up the crowd. Sheriff
Person and one of his deputies
started down the courthouse steps
with gas shells. Tear gas gre
nades had BEEN distributed to the
other deputies who had mingled
with the crowd. When Sheriff
Person discharged his gas shell
the other deputies were to dis
charge the grenades.
Hurl Gas Bombs
However the plans went amiss
and only two shells were dis
charged, one by the sheriff and
the other by the deputy who ac-
companied him. This gas how
ever scattered the crowd imme-
diately in front of the sheriff but
it had little effect elsewhere.
The sheriff and his deputy were
forced to return to the courthouse
when the crowd started to close in
On him.
The courthouse doors were also
locked and heavy guard of po-
lice placed on the steps to prevent
any attempt to break down the
doors. The sale was completed be-
hind the locked doors, Sheriff Per-
son said.
Kosciucko county farmers, de-
feated in their attempt to prevent
the sale. were far from dis.
couraged. Thev said that a much
stronger organization would bt
ready for the next sale and thai
under no condition would they per
nit Gearhart to be evicted from
his home. Sheriff Person said HI
did not know when the eviction OF
der would be issued.
Ham, the young Syracuse farm
er, was taken into custody whe1
it was alleged that he attempted
to push an officer from the step'
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Judge follows the recommendation of the jury or whether
ne vents the anger of Main Street on This innocent -
WE must appeal the to the supreme court
If the OToole not clearly recognizable az .
case OF class persecution at first this is certainly no longer
rue The working people of Plentywood and the exploited
fact. p0u 'ieir eyes 10 tnls
These are the reasons why urge all militant oroaniza
IONS OF workers and farmers wherever they NAV he to
support this fight Send in letters and kilograms Of protest
70 Judge f. Paul. Plentywood Collect funds to helm de-
this frame-up! - sinasn
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CONTINUED from Front Page
If this Negro farmer shall I0' .
added to the long list Of lyncn We.
tins. imm Iiate action on the par
of all workers and farmers orgs
nizations, nationally as well "
locally, is necessary.
We are asking you to sena piy y.
test kilograms and letters at ODSr
to Judge w. A. Devin, ROxOOr0' = y
c., and to solicitor Leo Can, -
licitor of the 10th Judicial Dls'r'
Roxboro, N. c., demanding the ~
mediate unconditional 1eleaS =
Emanuel Buildings. He ac'eo =
defense of his family and Is
guilty of any crime.
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Editors Note: No, sir. We don't
agree with Friend Strandskov. The
county officials represent the
the money class in the same wav
that state and federal officials do.
Ii we put our time, energy and
money (such as we have) in build.
ing county-owned projects, like
this county foundry, we are Just
putting more money and more con-
troll in the hands of these repre-
sentatives of Wall Street. 1--WE
don't care how they talk-it's their
actions that count. And on the
basis of their actions, we call them
reps of Wall Street).
The thing for us to do is build
our militant class organizations to
fight for better conditions and
eventually put the CONTROL, in
the hands of a Workers and Farm.
ers Government. Our present iob
therefore, is ORGANIZATION
Almost every one has some idea
how to get US out of the crisis
Coin Harvey says abolish interest
Henry George said abolish rent.
And now an editor in far awav
Tibet says "do away with wheels. |"
But we can see no other way ex-
cept by building stronger organi-
cations, joining the militant CITY
workers in an unbreakable united
front, and then TAKE POWER
AND ABOLISH THE ENTIRE
SYSTEM OF ROBBERY, Elk
PLOITATION AND SLAVERY.
And we'll bet that Friend
Standskov. after he thinks it over
will agree with us.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-02
Statement of u. Il. -

Statement of u. F. L.
A statement issued by the exec
utive council of the United Farm
ers League, signed by Henry Puro,
says in part:
The United Farmers League
calls on all farmers and workers
and their organizations to ACT
IMMEDIATELY in defense of the
militant organizers. Their arrest
is threat to every farmers and
worker who is in danger of losing
his home by the agents of the
government, the banks and the in
surance companies. Into ACTION
fellow farmers!
What Steps to Take
1. Call a meeting of your orga-
nization and the farmers in your
locality. Take up this case and
wire your protests to Sheriff Har-
ley Person, Judge Donald Wander
veer and Prosecuting Attorney S.
E. Rowdabaugh at Kosciusko coun-
ty courthouse, Warsaw, Ind, and
to Governor McNutt, Indianapolis,
Ind. Demand the immediate, un-
conditional release of the three
arrested and the dropping of the
charges against them.
2. Attend the meetings of all
organizations in your neighbor.
hood, ask for the floor and urge
the meeting to pass a protest reso-
luton against the falling of the
leaders Of the farmers who were
stopping the sale.
3. If it is impossible to get a
meeting arranged Immediately, sit
down right away and write ont
your protest. Visit your neighbors
and have them do the same thing
Send these out Immediately. No
time is to be lost. Have other
members of your organization visit
their neighbors and do likewise.
q. This forced sale, like hun
dreds of others, took place after
President Roosevelt and the AAA
had declared that they had been
stopped by the New Deal. Thev
have not been stopped. President
Roosevelt's declarations have been
only empty words. Protest to
President Roosevelt and the AAA
demanding that foreclosures and
evictions be stopped in reality and
that those arrested be freed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-02
What Is a Suspended Sentence?

THE SUSPENDED SENTENCE is of the cTueest
weapons that the ruling class against workers and
farmers It is cruel precisely because looks SO nice and
innocent but it sting just as sharp and lust as poison
GUS as the serpents tooth.
The Law the majesty of which have heard so much
about does not hesitate to stoOp to ey The suspended
sentence is of the brightest little tricks in its bag
Whenever the Law is afraid of the aroused opinion
of workers and farmers and therefore does not dare
wreak its vengeance openly some militant class
fighter, it reaches into its bag and pulls the sus-
pended sentence.
really don't want to hurt YOU You should know how really
fond of you But the majesty of the law must be
pose that you plead guilty and Wen convict you But we
won't punish We will just give you suspended sen.
tence" 49,
Frank North militant rank and file leader of the Iowa
Holiday Association who arrested at Lears last sum
mer when the Judge discovered rolling in and
Smackng his lips axle greaSe-Frank North told the
Chicago Conference how the Law the bankers and insurance
people pulled that suspended sentence him and many of
his fellow fighters Although the farmers guilty
only protecting their homes-they were in the
tolls of the Law Like most farmers, they were consid
erab embarrassed by their unusual situation Their wives
didn't like it. The didn't like it and generally speak
ing the imprisoned farmers began to feel pretty low
to you" Nv e
And these farmers, confident and proud of their limo
eventually gave to the ruling class and pied guilty
that they did this And bet that neither his
friends will ever do that again.
The suspended sentence is used first AGAINST or cass
The Law out with this of conviction and attempt
to ntlmdate other farmers workers taking militant
tunes works to keep the more tmd souls inactive
Next the suspended sentence is against the nd
vdual With suspended sentence hanging over farmer
or worker the Law call him to accounts at any time
wishes, without the formaity of trial It can say with
whom ne shall associate and with whom he shall not
1t be used in effort to prevent him from joining
the international Labor Defense the United Farmers League
or the Unemployed Council.
1t can be used as excuse to refuse him CWA Job
to deny him and his family relief
be hurled into the face of his children that Daddy
is jailbird"
1t is whip which the Law uses, whenever possible
TO force the victim TO turn stool pigeon and informer-
else go to Jail.
1t is living prison, stigma, an insult 1t keeps
him always under suspicion and at the beck and call
of the authorities
And its purpose is to uphold that noh-eaten n,oul,
piece OF bedck called the majesty of the Law Whose
of course ' anu talaul"Kus'
This is why we support the fight of Raymond OToole
unemployed PlentywOOd worker against suspended sem
theft of 81 porker - - S seu
The jury only made recommendation. The ae.uo,
sentence is in the hands of Judge Paul But whether th
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-02
1920 in Cincinnati

CINCINNATI.-In the past few
days 5000 CWA workers here
have been fired as the result Of
Roosevelt's abandonment of the
CWA program. In recent an.
nouncements to the press. J. E.
Stuart, county CWA administrator
has stated that by April all CWA
workers here will be fired.
At the same time, the thousands
of workers who have regularly
come to the CWA offices for Jobs
find that the relief lists have been
closed for all those registered for
CWA jobs.
NEW YORK-Hundreds Of RAar
Mountain CWA workers marched
On the CWA offices here demand
ing that they be paid for the dav
despite the rain, and that nav he
given in the future regardless of
weather conditions.
When the men arrived at the
Chambers and And streets ferries
at 6 a. m. in preparation for the
trip to Bear Mountain, they were
told that the trains were not ready.
In the past the men have been
forced to make the long trip TO
Bear Mountain only to wait around
on rainy days for the trip home.
After spending the day at the pro.
ject without shelter, they had been
paid only for one-half day.
Finding yesterday that thew
would be deprived Of even this
half days pay. the men marched
on the CWA offices.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-02
BIC PROFITS MADE.
BY EGG MIDDI .EMEN

DAGMAR. Mont THE Dacmar
store is Fuvirg eggs from the
formers Ire Of - cents a dozen
and SHINING T. N IN Tr~walson,s
where thev a. sol 70 Plentvwood
q nts
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-02
Several Thousand in Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH, Pa. = Several
thousand men are being laid off
In Allegheny county, as result OF
President Roosevelt's 'curtailment'
ct the CWA program, letter Of
protest sent by the county com.
missioners to Roosevelt declares.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-02
Protest Sent to
Pres. Roosevelt
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Continued from Front Page)
an the name of hundreds Of
thousands of Montana farmers
who are impoverished and facing
foreclosure and eviction, we pro-
test the foreclosure of the farm
Of Clarence Gearheart at Warsaw
and the arrest of Alfred Tiala,
his wife, and Jesse Ham, arrested
for leading the farmers in a fight
against this foreclosure.
We demand the immediate re-
lease of these prisoners and the
dropping of all charges against
them. We furthermore Join the
Indiana farmers in demanding an
end to foreclosures and evictions.
We know that Alfred Tiala oul
national secretary, and the other
two defendants, were arrested and
are being prosecuted for Their
militant action in behalf Of the
destitute farmers, against the in
terests Of the money class.
Hundreds of thousands Of farm
ers throughout the country stand
behind us in this demand and viii
stand behind those you have vic
timized to the last.
Very truly,
United Farmers League
Of Montana,
Hans Hardersen, State Sec
Wheeler Replies
Chairman Taylor also sent
sharp protest to Senator b. X
Wheeler of Montana A repl,
from Wheeler stated: Telegram
received. Am forwarding it t
president"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-02
1920 in Toledo

TOLEDO, Ohio-Three thousand
two hundred CWA workers have
already been laid off here, and
will be laid off at the rate of
$500 every two weeks, Col. John
Shelter. CWA administrator, an.
nounced.
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Us some information or get some
one to explain more definitely the
project that have set forth.
MAIDS Strandskov.
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1000 IN Detroit

DETROIT.-Seven thousand C.
w. A. workers were laid off in
Wayne county yesterday, 800 of
them in the city of Detroit. Eight
thousand more will be laid off
from county CWA jobs before the
end of the week, public works com.
missioner Laurance G. Lenhardt
said, IF further material expen.
ditures are not authorized" Fur.
Their material buying was discon.
tinued last week.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-02
Lan-off 10000 in Wash

OLYMPIA, Wash, Jan. 23.-Ten
thousand CWA workers in the
state of Washington were fired,
and payroll reduced 100000 a
week following the latest Roose-
welt attack upon the workers.
Those remaining on CWA payrolls
received a wage cut of from 20 to
so per cent.
SPOKANE, Wash.-Two hum
dred CWA workers here were i'm
mediatelv fired, and all others on
CWA jobs were handed a 20 per
cent wage cut when hours were
reduced, following Roosevelt's
abandonment of the CwA.
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Shot In Self Defense

CONTINUED from Front Page
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-09-20
SuesoIini Orders Compulsory
Military Training TO Start
At Age Of 8

no,E Sept 18-Mussolini fascist dictator of Italy,
~ decreed the most sweeping military law perhaps
u assed in history The law, passed by his council of
e states that military service for Italians is COM
1or beginning at the age of and continuing to the
age Of 50.
Rows, from the time they years old until they
. -nf into the regular army at FL, will be prepared
lS;p;talv physically and mitary'' by the fascist
t;1a and by the fascist youth of combat in order
+ when they enter the army to then dedicate them
es exclusively to warlike professional and specialized
training in arms.
The youth is divided into two divisions one for kids
so to Is and the second for the age Is to FL liza
M hody between the armed forces and all organizations
bh will cooperate in the formation of an armed ma
ton" has been instituted by Mussolni, led by army
corps general.
The Grand Council announced that ''the functions of
citizen and a soldier not divdabe in the fascist
tstn" Explaining the three divisions of compulsory
Military training, the council declared:
"Tbe purpose of the first stage of compulsory mill
cory training is to give boys passion for military life
uch frequent contacts with the armed forces whose
urlike qlories and traditions will be re-evoked"
Children at the age of eight prepared for cannon
fodder Can Fascism be better characterized?
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-09-20
CONTRACT WHEAT
ACRES TO Be USED
FOR FORAGE CROPS
Allotment Payments to Be
Made Early in Oct. Is
Expectation

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.-The
Agricultural Adjustment Admin
stration consented today to allow
wheat farmers to use their con-
tracted acreage for the planting of
forage crops in 1885. The decision
involves approximately 100000
acres and supplements the recent
announcement according to which
farmers who have contracted are
allowed to plant 80 per cent of the
three-year base acreage in wheat.
Preparations are now being made
by the A.A.A. to make the first
1884 payment of 20 cents per
allotted bushel to wheat farmers un-
der the contracts. At the same
time checks are going forward on
the second payment of 9 cents pen
bushel on the 1888 crop as rapidly
as auditors can check compliance
certificates.
The Sheridan county allotment
office has forwarded 1000 CON
tracts to Washington last wees
Wednesday, it is reported.
The payments are being made
out of the wheat processing ta1
which is taken from farmers ant
consumers. the masses of city %orl
ers.
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By Jim Weaver

BURLINGTON, N. c., Sept. IA.
used bayonets and tear
gas on peaceful pickets today at
the Burlington Plaid Mill, arrest
ing four and and wounding several
others. Two of the wounded pick
cts were young women, one of
whom was placed on an open truck
and driven through the town in full
view of everyone in the streets.
A young worker, his shirt bloody
from his wound, told your CORE
spondent his own story of the at
tack:
"I was walking down the road"
he said, "when a soldier stuck his
bayonet in my back and ordered
me to move on. l saw an old man
stuck by a bayonet and another in
the leg. The one who had been
hurt in the leg fell down, but they
continued to jab their bayonets at
him.
Stab Girl With BayOnet
"I also saw them stab girl
with a bayonet."
I interviewed Grace Morlette, &
mother of fivech ildren. This thin
frail little woman with a trembling
voice, showed me her swollen side
where two soldiers had brutally
struck her with bayonets.
1.-TWO soldiers hit me in the sid,
with bayonets because I could no
move fast enough" she said
"There weren't but six pickets a
that gate when soldiers got of
three trucks and ran toward us.
was not saying a word. They toll
me to move on. I answered tina
I was moving, but a soldier sal
it wasn't fast enough. Two o
them struck me in the side wit
!, bayonets. Then, holding the bay
. onet in both hands, they showed m
across the road and for two blocks
"I was in the middle of the high
way when they struck me. My
brother was cut too. A soldier
} started to stick his bayonet in hi
= chest when he grabbed the blad
and got bad cut in his hand. M
I brother was not saying a word.
e "The soldiers cursed at US ar