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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-10-26

ting made to get the feed to other
community centers in order to
shorten the hauling distance.
This feed was promised upon the
insistence of farmers who attend
ed the relief meeting of the United
Farmers League on SPIT. 4. Relief
Administrator Burleigh stated at
that meeting that 1000 tons of
hay and 1.5 million pounds of
grain would be necessary to feed
the cattle of those farmers who
could not receive feed loans.
Watch Discrimination
The Producers News has not re-
ceived any notice about this. feed
distribution from the relief office.
Neither has any announcement
been published in any other paper.
1t is possible that all farmers who
have cattle and did not receive feed
loans have been notified directly
by mail. If this has not been the
case farmers are urged to immedi-
ately apply for this feed and in
cases of discrimination they should
Y report Immediately to either the To-
cal U.F.L. secretary or to the state
secretary of the United Farmers
League, Hans Hardersen.
If The most pressing need of all
ID families on relief rolls are blan-
y. kets and mattresses, cooking uten-
ly sils and vegetables. Blankets and
g. cooking utensils were also prom
s. ised by Burleigh at the meeting
Ill Sept. A. These necessary articles
&c were supposed to be distributed by
"a Oct. L. However, nothing seems
~ to have been done.
Vegetables Needed.
nc Vegetables are being brought in.
PIE to town aplenty. But they are be.
sO- ing sold and not on relief orders
ry. Although the number of reliel
re- cases is steadily increasing anC
with it comes a steady increase O.
ty- undernourished children, no provi
les sions are being made to provide tn,
md proper food for these families ami
da, especially the children. Last sum
her mer county doctors stated tina
there werc 285 starving children i
~ the county. Nothing was done an
- lit Is most unlikely that there ar
II less such cases now unless the
Ia have died.
'T~ No More Case Workers
" It seems that all of a. sudde
AZ the relief administration is begir
- ming to realize that the so-calle
case workers are becoming a nui
ned ance.
tne Last week Wednesday, far
a woman was told by the relief d
can rector himself that from Thursds
lsI' on no investigators were to
ian. la sent around any more since "tht
Inc could not get around to everyboC
Tee, anyway"
'rgo To our knowledge this stateme
sliry has as yet not been confirmed
Sas- the fact. One thing is sure, the
lar is no need for case workers. TIL
ON have not only become a perfe
last nuisance but their work" has
le. come utterly ridiculous. When
|, Is these wo,.l-o,.s aToo,, MI &c ~
t 80 81 nm na ~, T,o S, - 49,; ~ ~ {,
even out of the relief fund allotted
anu the county, and that as a resu
ano of course, so much less relief. c
with WIFI be distributed, farmers will
war only too glad over the disappe
Cne ance of case workers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-10-26
McElroy Community Sale
Held Saturday, October q

The community sale of the Nc
Elroy community will be held on
the school grounds on Saturday,
Oct. 27, and will start promptly
at II noon.
The sale is open to all. Farm
ers who have things to sell should
list the articles with the commit
tee in charge, Gustave copeland
and Peter Lutnes. The sale is
sponsored by the United Farmers
League.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-10-26
Three Bales of Hay and 100 Pounds of Grain Is Ration
Per Head and Per Month for Farmers Who
8t Received No Feed Loans
OTHER NEEDS ARE PRESSING
No More investigators Sent Around Because s'They
Cannot Reach Everybody Anyway" Bur-
leigh Tells Farm Woman

Feed is now being distributed to those farmers who
unable to feed loan because they did not have
large enough herd of cattle Shipments of hay and grain
received by the relief administration last week and the
distribution started immediately
The ration given to each farmer consists of three bales
hay and 100 pounds of grain per cter per month Last
week farmers had to haul this feed themselves from Plenty
wood 1t stated however that ARRANGEMENTS
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-10-26

On some OF these issues, now
ever Wheeler was forced to make
himself clear after the meeting
when interviewed by represent
alive Of the Producers News. An
bouF before the meeting, we had
asked the senator whether we
would be allowed questions. Ger
ninly," he answered, call you want
to ask after the meeting"
Allows One Minute and a Half
But when the meeting was over,
Blk. Wheeler was so generous"
IA allow one minute and a half for
sD interview. "I don't want you
pnows to say that I am running
away from you. l will give you
4 minute and half" he said.
The honorable senator was GER
tainly not running away. He was
most considerable, indeed, to allow
that much of his valuable time to
a newspaper reporter, especially
since it was an opponent.
"What is your position, senator
On the policy of the Roosevelt adj
ministration to deduct wheat al
IOtment and cattle checks from re-
lief OrderS?" we asked.
Wheeler first tried to deny thai
this was a fact, and only whe1
some farmers emphasized that this
Is happening every day, even be
fore wheat allotment checks hav
arrived, the senator said: "Well
il you have your pockets full o
money you certainly don't want tn
government to keep you, do you?
Some farmers explained tina
those checks did not fill the pock
cts Of the farmers, at least nc
the pockets of those who are o
relief, and that this money is baC
y needed for doctor and dentis
bills and for expenses Incidental t
running farm, and in most case
the checks were spet before the
we're received.
Nov, l am not running the n
lief" Wheeler answered, "and
you have any complaints I sugge
that you bring them to the atte,
ton Of DIR. Butler, the state reli
Director"
Against Cash Relief
That settled that question, al
We continued: what is your POI
ton on cash relief, senator?"
am certainly not favOring cash
def,' ne answered. We aske
Why not but did not get
%er to that question and I
minute and a half was up.
Does this answer also expls
your position on the Workers Z
employment Insurance bill?"
asked.
Now don't you pat any wol
INTO my mouth" Wheeler answ
e. Il am for workers unempl,
ment insurance"
DO you mean to say you
supporting H.R. 1898, the Wo
ers Unemployment Insura
ne must have understood r
lectly well but apparently he
not like to commit himself on
question, so he answered: eye
m Continued on page 81
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-10-26
Wheeler "FOrgets" All Vital.
Issues In PlentywOOd Speech.
Interview Strips Him Naked

Allows Minute and Half for Interview; Admits He
Il Against Cash Relief; Never Heard of the Farm
grs Emergency Relief Bill Favors Flowing Under of
Two Million Farmers
The Washington times., 1934-12-11

Europe is still as vague and as
distant as the planet Mars. But
the non-average land he is the
one who counts in such mat
ters, for he pays the taxes and
shapes our policies) now has ac-
cess to an amount of reliable
and correct information upon
any foreign subject that has
probably never been equalled
except in the British press be-
fore Northcliffe wrecked it.
And to assume that there are
certain mysterious details con-
nected with the struggle be.
tween the Hungarians and the
YugoSlavianS and that we need
the enlightenment of some Of
ficial mouthpiece in either New
York or Washington, speaking
with disdainful aloofness about
certain erroneous statements
that have been foisted upon the
American public-t h at my
friends, ceases to be funny. It
becomes out and out offensive
1t is an insult to our common
sense and national intelligence.
GONE FOREVER
There was time undoubtedly
when we lived so carelessly,
spread across the vast territory
of the Cherokee and the Com
manche, that we were duly
grateful for all the little scraps
of information which the en-
lightened European empires and
monarchieS were willing to place
at our disposal. Those days are
gone forever. We now feel that
we are almost big enough to
wobble around on our own little
feet.
Europe will undoubtedly con-
tinue the uneven tenor OF its
ways. The next year will un"
doubtedly see a repetition OF the
wholesale maSsacres, purges. the
inhuman forcible migrations OF
tens of thousands of people, the
highfalutin' speeches Of seventh
rate leaders and the general
hunger and misery, which have
been so characteristic of the
past IL months.
Being human, we shall think
our own thoughts about these
things, but we intend to make
up our mind about Europe with
out the kind cooperation of the
official European spokesman.
The Washington times., 1934-12-11

in a more H. w. van Loon
naive form than in the an
nouncement given to the press
by the Yugoslavian consul in
New York about the expulsion
of $1,000 Hungarians from
Yugoslavia.
Let me state at the outset
that I consider the affairs of
Yugoslavia none of our busi-
ness. The whole of the Balkans
are not worth the bones of a
single Vermont farmer and, as
far as I am concerned, never
have been. Now that the whole
of Europe is gradually becom-
ing "Balkanized'' the same
goes for the rest of the ancient
continent.
If it wants to commit sui
eide and destroy itself by re-
peating the idiocies and mis-
takes of the past, I suppose
that it has as good a right to
do so as any other group Of
nations or individuals.
AN INRUSH
Meanwhile, if we are wise, we
shall sit here and keep our pow
der dry and benefit by the in
rush of musicians and artists
and scientists who, being less
apt to be the victims of Europe's
affliction of nationalism, feel
that they have something bet
ter to give to the world than
murder committed in the name
of grammar or a piece of bunt-
ing. But to return to our Yugo-
slavian friend of the consulate.
Does that gentleman, in his
artful way, really believe us to
be as simple as he pretends to
do? Does he really think that
in the backwood parts, Inhabited
by the Cherokee and the Com
manche, no scrap of news from
the outside world ever pene-
trates?
And does he think in the year
1884, 16 years after the obscene
propagandiStic fraud of the
great war, there still are Amer
leans left to say, why, if the
consul says so, it is undo Ibt-
edly true, for he speaks for his
government; and O. course we
would never doubt the word of
an official spokesman, with all
the authority of the state be-
hind him?"
The truth of the matter is
that we commence to doubt the
moment We se a corner Of the
The Washington times., 1934-12-11

Police Commissioner Valentine of New York. makes the
charge that Dutch Schultz paid politicians for protection during
the two years that he wanted and by inference at least
admits that police departments cannot round up notorious
rackeers of the Schultz type when they thus sheltered
Commissioner Valentine made perfectly clear that long
he is in office politician political party control
his department. Let hope he keep them off his back
The Commissioner deserves high praise for his frank state
men It is what everyone knows but is what FEW POLICE
CHIEFS HAVE YET THE HONESTY AND FIRMNESS TO
DECLARE.
Throughout the country, police HANDCUFFED by this
same, al-pervading, political influence
And when they defy the orders from above and get
their man. the chances about ten to that he will be
liberated by the courts convicted political board
of parole after a brief term in Jail.
Commissioner Valentines pointed remarks should be taken
to heart by the National Conference Crime which the Pres
dent has called at Washington
They confirm what the Hearst newspapers have been urging
that only by Federal leadership, through VASTLY EN-
LARGED FEDERAL SEC"ET sERVICE-can this alliance
between politics and crime be broken up
States and Cities rule too honeycombed with politics
to deal with crime and State and city police compelled to
pull their punches" accordingly
The Federal Secret Service in the last year has done
hunt down and exermnate Americas notorious outlaws
than all the police forces of all the States and cities combined
The lesson of this is plain Reinforce the Secret Service
extend its to the whole country the
mand of nationwide drive against watch the
results.
There will be results apleny not the least of which will be
the and Imprisonment of of corrupt politicians
who have made the country safe f gangses and gunner
and UNSAFE for everybody else
The Washington times., 1934-12-11

the Interstate Commerce Com
mission recently to testify con-
cerning the application of rail-
roads to increase freight rates.
Other witneSSes had been
forced to take the customary
oath before they spoke.
Wallace stepped to the nit
ness stand and raised his right
hand.
He was told:
Don't bother Mr.. Secretary.
You do not have to take the
OATH"
One of the busiest men in the
House of Representatives these
days and in those to come, is
Representatives James P. Buch-
anan, chairman of the House
Appropriation Committee.
The Wiry little cigar-smoking
Texan has one of the biggest
tasks of the session resting on
his shoulders.
Already his subcommittee
have started to prepare the score
of supply bills that must be
rushed through the House in
the approaching session. The
regular bills calling for vast ex-
penditures to run the govern
ment are being framed.
It is up to Buchanan to see
that they are properly written
even after subcommittee give
approval.
Elections wrought numerous
changes in the committee men,
bership and subcommittee must
function minus some of their
members. But the supply bills
must be prepared before the
doors of Congress open on Janu-
ary 3.
After the opening of Congress
there 1Oill be other measures
that must be approved by Buch-
1nan'S committee. What they
1Uill be, even he does not knoU.
Buchanan was chairman last
year when the horde of emer-
gency bills was rushed through
and it was to his credit that few
The Washington times., 1934-12-11
The Greatest Show
On Earth
Bu John Snure, Jr.

measures were delayed in the
Appropriations Committee.
A Texan of the old school, he
has known many man to
carry a gun, and 1t has been
said that he once knew how to
handle an ''irOn."
He may have to get it out
again this session to prod some
of the boys into activity.
Petty there's around Wash.
ington apparently haze no re-
Spect for the official family.
Near the new Post Office
Building is a parking space re-
served for the cars of officials
of the Post Office Department,
the HOLC, the FILA, and vari.
Gus other organizations housed
in the building. 1t is the only
space reserved for officials in
that area.
Automobile thieUeS haze been
busy of late.
Not content With breaking
tOindoWS OF cars and stealing
UdludbleS they haze gone so
far as to SaW oft locks on doors
to gain admittance.
Scores of petty rObberies
have been committed.
So far, the police have not
been able to stop the lOOting Of
machines, and Government Of,
ficials in that area are per
turbed.
American diplomats abroad
have been subjected to some
criticism.
And back from China comes
the story of one of the boys
working under Secretary of
State Cordell Hull.
1t is told by Lieutenant
Franklin Walsh, U. S. N.
1t seems that a general in
one OF the large Chinese pro.
UinceS 1OdS giving a banquet.
At the table 1Oere seated high.
ranking Chinese nGUdl official
and a young attdche from the
American embassy.
In the midst of the meal, the
American, thinking the Chinese
official was only slightly &C.
quainted with the English Ian.
guage, inquired:
"Likee sOup?"
The official nodded. The
American was convinced his
dinner partner knew little Eng
liSh and again inquired;
Like meat?"
Another nod
Shortly thereafter the naval
official 1UGS called on to make q
speech and delivered an address
in excellent English. At the
conclusion of his speech he
turned to the aStounded young
American GttGche and de-
nGnded::
"Likee Speech?"
Copyright, 1884, The Washington Times
The Washington times., 1934-12-11
Listen, World!
Bu Elsie Robinson

What does Capitalism mean in
America? Never mind what it
means in Europe. What does it
mean to US-what has it meant
in OUR history? 1t has MADE
our history. Getting capital,
using capital is as natural a
gesture for an American as
chewing garlic or tearing his
hair is for an Italian or a
Frenchman. WE'RE GEARED
THAT WAY.
Capitalism isn't an abnormal,
artificial habit-a degenerate dis
ease. It's a natural impulse.
It's as natural for a man to
want to save a little cash as
for a squirrel to save nuts.
And it's likewise perfectly
natural for some of us to be
better nut-savers than others.
Everybody born free and equal?
Don't kid yourself. Nor can you
by any political device make
them that way.
We go capitalistic in our
cradles. Little Billie swapping
his glass marble for little jim
my's Wad of gum is a capitalist.
Young AL, saving his pennies to
buy a paper route-or a dozen
acres of meadow lands a
capitalist.
BUT DOES THAT IMPLY
THAT MONEYMAKERS ARE
RUTHLESS EXPLOITERS OF
HUMAN Ssh. BLOOD
SUCKERS. MONEY MON.
STERS?" 1t certainly does not.
And we'd never have imagined
that it did if a bunch of for.
eign soreheads hadn't chiseled
in on our fireside group and
given us all the jitters with their
Big Bad Boogie Man blather.
COMPLEX
CAPITALIST. -. SOCIALIST.
Simple, sane terms. We've lived
with them, practiced both Of
them since this country first
started. But now, because the
nights blacker than usual and
somebody's screeching "Boogie
Man." we've gone all in dither.
But a Capitalist is only a fellow
who HAS. And Socialist is a
fellow who SHARES. And every
decent American is both to a
certain degree-and wishes he
could be more so.
Communism? I'd like to see
it hit us for just one week, and
then LISTEN TO THE BEL
LOWING. AS a matter of fact,
there's no such thing as actual
communism ANYW HERE.
There's a theoretical set-up in
Russia. BUT IF ANY AMERI-
CAN EMPLOYER PUT HIS
EMPLOYEES ON THE SPOT AS
MR.. STAIN IS PUTTING HIS
COMRADES" THE HIGH
WAYS WOULD BE Uttered
WITH MANGLED MILLION
AIRES WITHIN "a HOURS.
Capitalism? 1t isn't Capital
that gets your goat, partner.
It's our own lack of it!
And if you think Communism
is to answer-just try and take
his gum away from little
Jimmy!
The Washington times., 1934-12-11

screech. and the rain hit the
old tin gutter with a gurgling
moan. we'd crowd around the
kitchen stove and start to talk.
Then somebody'd say-"Here
comes the Boogie Mani" And
we'd laugh. What did We care
about a Boogie Man-with the
kettle sputtering and the lamp
glowing and tangy red apples
heaped high in the bowl?
But then Phil would describe
the Funny Thing he saw in the
dark place under the bridge.
And Winnie would tell about
the sound she heard on the road
to the graveyard. And Paul
would get up and tip-toe ever
so softly to the windoW-and
look out, quick! And then
before you could say SCAT
the gooseflesh would be rising!
And our teeth would be chatter
ing! AND WE'D ALL BE
SCARED PINK!
SAME THING
Young idiots! But here we are
now, whole nation of us, doing
exactly the same thing. Soaring
ourselves into fits over a Big
Bad Name!
CAPITALISM. Cut out the
shudders and let's use sense.
The Washington times., 1934-12-11
Suit Yourself
Bu Frank Sullivan

We attempted to deliUer mer-
chGndise to you today and did
not find you at home. We shall
make second call tomorrow,
but shall not make a third call
until you request US to do so.
(Signed)
GADGET'S DEPARTMENT
STORE
Oh, so that's your little
game! Cast off like an old
shoe, eh? Well, We'll see about
that. I was plenty good enough
for you last month when
was buying the furniture for
the new apartment, but now
that the furniture is all bought
I'm not good enough for you
The Washington times., 1934-12-11

Over the doors Of every
school of art I would have this
one word, relieved out in let
tiers of pure gold-Moderatlon.
-RuSkin.
Simplicity of character is no
hindrance to Subtlety OF intel
lect.-Morley.
Wit is the salt of converse
ton, not the food.-HaZlitt.
Temperance is the nurse OF
chastity.-Wycherly.
The cruelest lies are often
told in silence.-Stevenson.
Do not do what is already
done.-Terence.
The Washington times., 1934-12-11

any more. I suppose you've
caught sight of some hand
somer customer with a larger
apartment to be furnished.
Last month when 1 was buy
ing the sofa, and the end
tables, and the desk and the
overstuffed chair, everything
was just dandy and I was
the apple of your eye, or so
you led me to believe. It
was eyes, Mr.. Sullivan" and
"Of course. Mr.. Sullivan" un-
til anybody would have thought
that the sun rose and set in
me. No highhanded talk then
about not calling a third time
unless requested. Oh, no. the
customer was always right.
Well, adopting the sort of tone
you have adopted in that note
is not going to get you anywhere
with me. Little you know me
if you think l take that kind of
nonsense lying down. What if
I wasn't home when you called?
You could have been a little
more agreeable about it, couldn't
you? How did I know you were
coming? You could at least have
left a note saying: Called this
afternoon to deliver merchan.
disc. Awfully sorry not to have
found you at home. Had so
much to tell you. Will try again.
Love, Gadget's." That kind of
a note, left at the door, with
perhaps one rose, would have
created a far better impression
on me than the rather churlish
The Washington times., 1934-12-11

and curt note you did leave.
You'll wait a long time until
you get any request from this
baby to call third time. If you
don't want to call, you needn't;
that's my attitude. I have my
pride as we'll as you, and there
are as good departments stores
in the red as ever were in the
black. Furthermore, in view of
the lofty attitude you have
chosen to adopt, I feel free from
now on to distribute my trade
anywhere I choose. The VOWS
of trust and fidelity I made
when 1 opened the charge &C.
count with you I no longer con-
slider binding.
AS a matter of fact, you
might know that there are
plenty of department stores in
this town that would give their
right eye to get me as a GUS
toner. I have never mentioned
this to you because I didn't
want to hurt you and because
I am not one to brag, but
hardly a day passes that I do
not get passionate circulars
from one store or another urg-
ing me to buy from them. So,
even if you don't call a third
time unless requested, I won't
be lonely.
When think of how I devoted
some of the best afternoons of
my life to you, wandering up
and down corridors, saying:
Miss, are you busy?" or Would
you mind waiting on me,
please?" and having my feet