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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-09
JURY SENTENCES
NEGRO FARMER TO
DEATH ON MAR. 80
Share Cropper Who Shot in
Self Defense Is
Convicted

ROXBORO, N. C.-For defend
ing himself against his landlord,
who was about to shoot him,
Emanuel Biddings, Negro share
cropper of Roxboro, has been con-
victed and sentenced to die by an
all-white jury of landlords. The
date of execution has been set for
March 80.
The International Labor Defense
organizing mass defense, rallying
the white and Negro toilers, has
announced it will seek to force re-
versal of this lynch-verdict.
Biddings was charged with the
murder of T. M. Clayton, after
Clayton had advanced on him and
shouting to his wife:
''I want you to come and heal
the last words l am going to tel
this God-damned niger befr1e
blow his brains out"
As Clayton advanced on him,
hand on his pistol, Biddings stand
ing in the door Of his cabin, reach
ed around for his shotgun and sho
and killed the landlord.
The shooting followed Il DISPUTE
with the landlord, in which Bid
dings came forward TO defend hi
son who was being beaten by Clay
ton.
Send protests to the Governor q
North Carolina, at Raleigh.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-09
Criticize Wallace for
Attack on Milk Strike

fly Secretary Wallace to this eff
feet, that strike action is not only
justifiable beyond question, but In
dispensable as a weapon in the
hands of all oppressed and ex'
plotted farmers and workers as a
means of winning their demands.
May we also remind Secretary
Wallace that the right to strike
ana picket IS not even questioned
by law. We certainly are going
to use it wherever necessary.
I'VE have committed ourselves
when carrying on a milk strike to
protect the needs Of sick people
and children as far as possible.
Secretary Wallace and the class
which he represents show no SINH.
lar concern over the millions Of
needy unemployed city workers
the policy of crop curtailment
wholesale slaughter of hogs anc
now the plan to cut down milk pro.
duction has succeeded only in ere
ating greater hardships for mil
lions of workers and farmers.
eve see the interests of the
dairy trusts protected. Their az
counts, except for partial revela
lions such as the secretary ha
just made, remain a dark secret
We have 10 assurance the dis
eContinued on Page twol
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-09
Joint Committee of Farm
ers, Workers, Consumers
Flags Secretary

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - The
Joint Committee of Farmers, Milk
Drivers and Consumers Of Phila-
delphia has taken violent issue
with Secretary Wallace and in a
statement issued February 2 criti-
cized the secretary of agriculture
for his attack against workers
and farmers milk strike.
The Committee fatty refused to
accept the dictum of the secretary
Of agriculture and announced that
they would carry on their prepare
tions for a strike against the Milk
Trust to the benefit of farmers
milk drivers, dairy employees and
consumers.
The statement, signed by A. M
Slower, chairman of the committee
follows:
''In his address before the Col
lege Of Agriculture at Madison
wisconsin, Jan. 81. 1884. Secre
tarv Of Agriculture Henry A. Wal
lace made a strong attack agains
"strike" as a method of winning
workers and farmers demands. w,
maintain and hereby wish to mott
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-09
WALL STREET
BEATING DRUM
FOR new WAR
Vinson Bill for ATS Million
for Navy Passes
Congress
National Defense Week"
Is Propaganda for New
World Slaughter

WASHINGTON, Feb. Open
imperialist war propaganda will
start Feb. IL.
While the imperialists and pro-
fessional militarists waited for the
Senate to go through the parlia-
nentary motions of approving the
$570,00O,0O0 Vinson warship and
war plane construction bill just
PASSED by the House, the big war
propaganda guns are being made
for intensive use during National
Defense Week" which will last
from Feb. IL to %.
/ The War Department, which is
moving closer every day to oper
supervision of the whole govern
ment apparatus, will use the Re
serve Officers Association, one o.
the best-trained adjuncts, to at
tempt to justify the coming i'm
perialist war for markets, befor'
the people of the United States.
Double Army Plane Quota
The House Military Affairs Com
mittee, which is still meeting sc
cretely, will support the deman
of John ]. McSwain, its chairman
for 1000 army war planes, despit
the fact that the general staff Q
the War Department only aske
for 1000, your correspondent wa
Informed today by an official clos
Continued on last pagel
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-09
WORKERS SOCIAL INSURANCE
BILL IS INTRODUCED in HOUSE
COMPANY WORKS MEN
IL HOURS DAILY ON
ALASKA ORE DREDGE

FAIRBANKS, Alaska. - T h g
Fairbanks Exploration company,
controlled by Eastern capital, has
closed down their five dredges for
this season. They are the "gold
diggers" of Alaska. They en-
ployed about 500 men at low wage
although they took advantage Of
the higher price of gold. This
company does not fly the Blue
Eagle like smaller concerns. They
work their men from 8 to IL hours
daily and in some instances longer
1t is just another example of big
business exploiting the laboring
man. And they can get away with
it as usual in such cases.
Here in Fairbanks there is pub.
lished a so-called newspaper. It il
subject to the same type of propa
ganda as most of the papers.
have tried to get them to do sons
work for me but they refused.
guess they did not like my style
Enclosed is 81 donation.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-09


Last Friday, Congressman Lun-
deem of Minnesota introduced into
the House the Workers Unemploy-
ment Insurance bill, the social in
surance bill which was drafted by
the leaders Of the Unemployed
Councils. The campaign for the
passage of this bill has been so
successful in Minnesota that the
city council of Minneapolis and the
municipal bodies of several other
Minnesota towns have been COM
PEELED to endorse the bill. Con-
gresham Lundeen could not very
well refuse to introduce the meas
ure in congress.
1. Ten dollars a week mini
mum relief for every jObless
worker, So additional for each
dependent; CD federal relief
funds to be secured by special
taxation of incomes over $1,000;
| (S) distribution of funds under
the direction of workers COM
mittees; (4) guarantees against
! racial discrimination in granting
of employment and relief; (S)
refusal to accept less than union
wages.
Throughout congress, however
/ in both the House and the Senate
there were plenty of indication
that the widespread resistance Q
the unemployed to the Roosevelt
program was having its effects
First in order is the movement o
the so-called left wing in Congress
to prevent Roosevelt from dlscor
tinuing CWA work on May 1, an
! make appropriations, so they sa!
[ for continuing the civil works unit
5 next January.
7 Representative Keller Of liiino
is one of these group. He ma
: advocated increasing the SS5O'OOO
h 600 appropriation asked by Koos'
welt for CWA, to one billion DO
v lars. This is the amount nece
h sary for carrying the CWA pr
: jects through to January, ne say
Is Administration leaders frank
II admitted that if this larger Apr
"a priation is passed i'll the Hous
the Senate will find it difficult
III reject it. However" one OF {
s. leaders remarked cynically,
might be a wise course 60 aile
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-09
C. w. A. CHECKS ONLY
MEANS OF EXISTENCE
AT PORTAL, N. OAK.
By Levi Negaard

PORTAL, N. Oak. &C. w. A.
checks are the only means of ex-
istence around here at present.
Feed orders are distributed at in
tervals but not until a good many
have been out of feed for some
time. Lots of horses have died
around here this winter and can be
laid to wrong kind and insufficient
feed. Feed, seed, gas and tractors
or horses are badly needed here
this spring to enable us to put in
our crops, the ground has been
badly farmed for several years on
account Of lack of power,
Enclosed find renewal for sub
and / hope you will be able to
keep the good work going.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-09
for the
VOICE OF THE ToILING FARMERS

FARMERS WEEKLY after you
explain to him how it differs from
all the other farm papers he now
gets.
It's easy to get subs for the
FARMERS WEEKLY. You have
no doubt read about ]. S. Popisil
who got 81 subs in Nebraska even
before the sample issue was pub
lished. So far this Holiday farm.
er has gotten SO subs. Mrs. Chas.
Thompson, a Farmer Union men,
Der in Wisconsin got 16 subs. H.
, J. Correll of the United Farmers
J League of Oregon has sent in 81
subs. And there are many others.
In getting subs, you may keep
one-third of the subscription price
as your commission. This will
cover expenses and enable you to
make a little ready cash.
E Greetings and Advertisements
n 8. Greetings and advertisements
n are good source of funds for the
: FARMERS WEEKLY. See to il
that every local merchant is ap
< preached and asked for an adver.
q tisement for the paper.
3 The beginning of regular publ
9 cation Of the FARMERS WEEK
10 LY is going to be an historical
% event. Every farmer, every orga
x nization, every friend and sympa
No thizer Of the paper should have
20 Greeting in the first issue of tn
70 new paper. Have everyone in you
20 community greet this great neN
70 Voice Of the Toiling Farmers. t..
rs We sent out Greeting lists wit
30 our first bulletin. If you neeC
30 more copies write US, and we wi
so send them to you right away.
~ ~ Contributions are Welcome
IN A. In every community there
20 generally a doctor or a lawyer {
* school teacher or some other pr'
90 fessional who is a sympathizer {
70 the farmers struggles, and woul
30 be- willing to contribute somethin
90 to help start the paper properl
10 If you know of such people, go
90 them and explain the part of tt
Ak FARMERS WEEKLY is going
25 play in the struggles of the farm
so ers for better conditions. Do n
70 hesitate to ask for their donatio
90 We Need More Boosters
M M Many of you are doing hero
OK OK work for your FARMERS WEEl
'o az LY. For instance, Ed Bunch, sta
M M SECRETARY of the United Farmer
en- League in California, has order
' M and paid for 800 copies of t
' IN sample issue. Joe Chase of M
OK Hampshire has taken 400 copi'
' m Vivian Dahl is doing fine work
, IN Pennsylvania.
% We need more such heroes, so
so ing the seed of the sample ISIS
- and gathering the harvest of su
We need hundreds and thousar
oOO of such boosters. Every one
) 1e YOU can become one.
LA Conditions Call for Militant
Paper
Che Conditions on the farm are
~ ting worse every day. On a t
li ne dav tour that a member OF
Che FARMERS WEEKLY staff m'
recently in the northern and c
ION; trail parts of Wisconsin, he co
soal not find one farmer who was e
so much as making expenses.
an Foreclosures and evictions
we Continued an Page Two)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-09
HOPKINS URGES
eva Be ENDED
BY MAY FIRST
Hunger Aims of Admin
stration Revealed in Testi-
n1ony Before Comm.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Harry
L. Hopkins, Emergency Relief AID
ministrator testifying before a
House committee on appropria-
tions, gave the Administrations
position on relief appropriations
when he advised against appro-
priating more than the $3.50, OOO,-
600 requested by Roosevelt. He
came out fatty in favor of dis
continuing CWA by May 1, al
though he admitted that cit might
be necessary to taper off CWA
work more slowly"
He told the committee that hC
counted on "the Public Works AID
ministration program, the season
al pickup in business, and the in
creased demand for farm employees
to absorb the present CWA pay
roll"
Future Needs Indefinite
"It is impossible for me or an,
of US that have been identifie
with Civil Works to project tn
| need of the unemployed fo
| periods of months in advance" MI
Hopkins said.
"I believe it will meet the SUI
stantial needs of the situation
Civil Works is demobilized in tn
late Spring, if we have relic
funds to serve as base and as
j. cushion in the Summer time, an
to face the needs of the comm
!, months On the merits of the cas-
at the time. 81 do not think thu
Congress should appropriate lare
Continued on page q
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-09

He must have thought that the
Indians could not figure out the
amount each person receives per
day. but we know that the amount
per person, in a family OF seven'
Is only five CENTS per day.
So it is no wonder that the In
dian Agent had to be dragged OUT
of the office recently, as told In
the Producers News Of Jan. 70.
Much tuberculosis exists among
the Indians, and if this condition
exists much longer, there is DounO
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-09

TIVE WEEKS AGO we started q
campaign to raise $4,000 by
w.rch &, You have all seen cur
ample ISSUE, and many OF you
S.va written and told US how much
, ro like &. 1t is already clear
;,om this sample issue that the
1p5SPMERS WEEKLY is going to
= inst the kind of paper we need
~ our struggles to improve our
conditions.
The big question is this;
HOW ARE WE GOING TO
epEEn UP THE CAMPAIGN TO
pAISE $1,000 BY MARCH l?
1Nn BRING THIS CAMPAIGN
N a SUCCESSFUL CLOSE?
here are the results Of the cam
Amt. Amt. to
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-09

JuOge NanOerVeer granted the
state motion to postpone the trial
until February ID and the original
charge of resisting an officer was
dismissed and a more serious
charge-obstructing the enforce
ment of the law-was placed
against the defendants. The maxi
mum penalty, if found guilty of
this charge, is one year in JAIN
and 500 fine. The judge denied
the motion of the defence attor-
neys Bentall and Block to reduce
the exhorbitant bail of $1,000 for
each defendant.
Several hundred farmers filled
the courthouse seats and were
keenly interested and sympathetic
to the defendants who are being
railroaded to Jail merely because
they have defended the right of
an American farmer to stay on his
farm and not to be sold out to
satisfy the mortgage sharks.
1t was conclusively proved, to
the satisfaction of every neutral"
person in the court, that Alfred
Tiala. holding a responsible po-
sition IN a large farmers organi-
cation, and as an officer in the
Farmers Weekly, would not "shp
bail" 1t was also pointed out that
Mrs. Tiala, a mother, was in a
nervous condition and should be
released.
In spite of all this the judge
stubbornly refused to lower the
bail. The reason was clear enough
-several hundred farms are to be
sold Feb. 13 for taxes and the
ruling class did not want Tial;
, free to help the farmers fight Thu
. robbery.
While waiting for the trial, tn
. farmers in the Kosciusko and ad
joining counties in the state o
Indiana are organizing the Farm
: cts Defense committees preparing
I to give adequate help to the de
9 PENDANTS and also preparing t
! prevent future sales of their fel
q low farmers homes. There
y sufficient reason for this becaus
9 about 1900 farms in Kosciusk
= county will be sold for taxes b
y February Is.
: Expressing their keen interes
In the defendants and the Unite
= Farmers League, farmers in KoI
ciusko county have promised I
help raise bail for Alfred an
Viola Tiala and Jesse Ham.
= Sheriff Person in trying t.
> bulldoze farmers into submis
sion and inactivity, called EriI
Bert, editor of the Farmer
f Weekly, into questioning imme
~ diately after the trial ant
a. threatened him with the Amer
e lean Legion, because he va
K making arrangements for
a meeting with the farmers in tn
IS. courthouse corridor. Upon tn
~ protest Of Attorney Bentall T.
e Judge Vanderveer, Bert was re
I'd leased with the warning to bea
lg 1t out of town before sunset.
=. Against these threats and 4
81 the defense of their rights to st;
II on their farms, the farmers
. Kosciusko county and the farme
Go in Indiana, should organize. TIL
i. will be strongly supported by t
- hundreds of thousands of org
-. nized farmers and workers W
~ continue to pour their protests. in
~ Sheriff Person, Judge Vanderve'
= Governor McNutt and Preside
- Roosevelt.
n While protests should be CO
tinued, the U. F. L. National {
flee appeals to all farmers a
ne workers organizations to send
A. money for the Defense Fund in.
Ia der to put up a strong fight
las the release of our national sec
ct tary, Alfred Tiala, his wife, Vic
is and Jesse Ham, Indiana farm
and organizer
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-09

to be an exceedingly high death
rate.
There is absolutely no necessity
for such a condition with so much
food in te warehouse at Poplar.
The Indians here were given 50
head of buffalo, which. with beef
purchased besides, were IN the
warehouse at the time the Indian
women pleaded for food for des-
titute Indian family.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-09
Indian Agent Admits Relief
for Indians on Reservation
Is Less than 5 Cents a Day
CORRESPONDENT States tuberculosis, Resulting From Lack
Of Sufficient Food Is Widespread on Fort
Peck Reservation

POPLAR. Mont.-(Fort Peck Indian Reservation -A
Government official at the Fort Peck Agency mace an
tnnd;no admission the other day. To government farm
az who had come to the agency to help an Indian 1amy ge
clothing this official stated in the enc Oh
forced to live on purchase order of five dollars every
two zueelrs This covers both food and clothes.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-09

This chart shows that in the
first five weeks of the campaign
only $1178.16 has been raised. The
$SS21.S4 has to be raised in the
next four weeks.
=. This is a dangerous situation.
Less than 25 per cent of our goal
has been reached thus far.
That is why we are ringing an
alarm. This is the reason that we
are rOusing all our boosters and
friends, our Advance Guard, to
light against the danger that our
campaign may not be successful.
This dangerous situation makes
It necessary for US to do some
plain talking.
what is being done in your state
% raise your quota in the cam
Pdign for the Farmers Weekly7
what are you doing to get sub
eCr'ptEOns from the farmers in
sOur community, and greetings
s,u advertisements from farmers,
trends, organizations, and local
Oaslness men?
how can we speed up the cam
s@'Sn and reach our goal of $4,000
Oy March 1?
Let's Have a Plan
i. The first thing we should dc
), get together your organization
"a group of militant fighters
~" are interested in the paper
nIa sether with them, make up a
az ~n OF how to canvass all farm
Usns IN the community for the
S Sil; Introducing it to them, ex
sss,rlng how it is going to hel
them. SUBSCRIPTIONS IRON
sor Il plan has been made in YOU
yieToSs rllty then it should be re
"ed and checked up.
lie Main Thing Is Subs
mar !. Although we have said tn.
1 ao.. umes before, we must sa
Shings 4 y +, The most importai
A farr ~ 40 Is get new subscriber
'Fmer will be glad to take Il
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-09
Court Postpones ITALIA Trial and
Refuses to Lower Excessive Bail
RUSH PROTESTS AGAINST ITALIA FRANE-UP; HELP
WITH DEFENSE FUNDS

Help
Indiana their
protests
to Rowdabgh Sheriff
McNutt Indianapolis De-
funds United
League ILL., YOU CAN FREE THEM Lose
time
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-09
Nationwide Protest of Jobless and CWA Workers
Makes Dent in Administrations Indifferent
Attitude Toward Masses
By Herbert Barnes

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The nationwide protest of
employed and CWA workers. and the prospect of the Con-
vention against Unemployment which opens here Feb 5,
have made unmstakable dent in the attitude of the
Roosevelt Administration and the congressman throngng
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-02-09
Charge Against TaIas and Ham Raised "Obstractng
Enforcement of Law" With Large Penalty;
Trial on February Ia
TRIO is HELD ON $4,000 BONDS
Farmers and Farm Organizations Urged to Flood Gov.
McNutt Judge Vanderveer With kilograms
and Letters of Protest

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Feb. 2.-Tral of Alfred Tiala National
Secretary of the United Farmers League Viola ITALIA his
wife, and Jesse Ham, local Indiana farm organizer up
Yesterday at KOscusko county court at Warsaw Indiana
The Washington times., 1934-12-11

MISS NUSGCl1O ) 13O SdIIlC NnOIl'
day night in the Washington
Ladies League captured the ladies'
division award, while Rettew's 1T
game Sfatched the mems section
first prize.
Second prize in the mems divi-
sion went to Kris Dadaian, of the
Recreation League. He rolled a
ITO game. Miss Evelyn Ream, also
of the Washington Ladies League,
took second money with 1874
game. Both will receive $3.50.
The following will receive 81 as
being among the first seven lead
ers: Russ Spillman, Rosslyn In
dependent, 1869; j. CarsonS, De-
catur Heights League, 1853, E. j.
McGolrick, knights of Columbus
League, 1877; Dick Hall, Rosslyn
Independent League, 164, and
Raymond Ward. Mt. Rainier
League, and Eddie Beauchamp,
Methodist Protestant League, 160.
The latter two rolled 160 games
and tied for seventh place, there
fore will receive ST..
The Misses Catherine Quigley,
Washington Ladies League. 131;
Anne Boyer, Eastern Star League,
1870: Billie Butler, Ladies District
League, 1877; Vera Low, Federal
League, 1876, and Mae Perry, Ladies
District League, 1875. were among
the other prize winners in the
Women's division.
Miss Pauline Ford, of Washing
ton Ladies League, rolled a 1870
game and was among the high
scorers but the rules of the contest
strictly state that no more than
three winners may be chosen from
any one league. Miss Costello,
Miss Ream and Miss Quigley. the
three high scorers, were of the
Washington Ladies League.
The Washington times., 1934-12-11
Pickups and
PutoutS
BY GEORGE A. SIMPSON

A. r. Woodward. 354O S st.
N. w., originally introduced
Walter Johnson to Judge Landis
i'm Chicago in 1914, before
Judge Lands had the slightest
idea that one day he would be
baseball commissioner. The Mo-
hawks were so hard pressed for
halfbackS in their losing game
with the Washington Nationals
Sunday that Jake FARRELL,
'POss" Holland, Jim Montague,
Phil Delaney and Eddie Edin-
ger, all linemen, were used in
the backfield at one time or
another. The MOhawkS re-
ceived So apiece as their share
...The return of Glenn VOL
StenhOlme to bowling .VOuld be
a ten-Strike. 'TiS said the for
mer speedball king of the alleys
plans to join the Lucky Strike
team of the District League. {. .
The name of Jack Darnell, one
time fighting cop of Capitol
Heights, appeared in the fistic
news the other day. .kayOed
in a bout in Tacoma, Wash. D..
The Tommy Marvin involved
in a wrestling row in St. louis
the other night is better known
as Chief White Feather to local
wrestling enthusiasts. Rivals
will have a difficult time dis
lodging Joe Harrison from the
No. l position in the District
Duckpin League. The field Of
nearly 300 for the Miami-Bilt-
more golf tournament is one of
the largest for a winter circuit
tourney. Years ago, athletic
directors and coaches of local
colleges conferred on their
football schedules in order to
avoid counter attractions. But
only a presidential order would
get them together today. :.
Andy Sirica was one of the
abSentees at the Riding and
Hunt Club boxing show last
night, being confined to his bed
with an injury on order of DR..
Pete Moran.