The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-07-05

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give its millions to help the needy
rather than to the banks.
Eevn within the very drought
areas millions Of bushels Of grain
are behind government seals. The
seals must come off the corn cribs.
Grain must go TO the starving live
stock.
Experience has taught us that re-
lief funds readily find their way to
the banks, the mortgage holders,
that large amounts Of relief funds
go to government agents and Off
cials, or are diverted to the building
of battleships and other ornaments.
All the relief administration must be
turned over to committees elected
from the rank and file Of the suf-
fering, drought stricken farmers
and workers themselves. Only in
this way will we be sure that the
relief will go to the needy.
We, the small rank and lie farm
ers, have learned that the only way
by which we can obtain anything
from the rich exploiting class and
its government, is by Mass Action.
We must bring this mighty weapon
of the united struggle Of the farmers
and workers into fun action Il we
will have adequate drouth relief. Only
by uniting the forces of the grain
farmers, the dairy farmers, the
Negro and white share-croppers,
and the truck gardeners into an
organized, gigantic driving force to-
gether with the workers Of the farms
and the cities will we be able to
resist the attempt of Wall Street
and its government to further re-
duce and destroy us.
Call for Struggle
The First National Convention of
the United Farmers League, as
sembled in Minneapolis on the 25th
of June, calls upon all rank and file
drought stricken farmers and upon
all other farmers needing relief
and upon the farm and city work
ers and poor consumers to launch a
nationwide campaign for drought
relief.
This convention declares that the
14th of September be set aside as
day when the farmers in al
drought states will meet in mighty
drought relief marches to then
respective state capitals to present
to the governors and state RELIEF
authorities their demands for ade-
quate drought relief.
This convention herewith pledge:
to the drought stricken farmers anc
workers of America that it's loca
county and state organizations will
Immediately work to bring all the
poor rank and file farmers of theil
communities into a united struggle
for drought relief. That the United
Farmers League will issue thi
manifesto and bring the campaign
to the membership of Holiday Asso
citation, Farmers Union, Grange
etc, and to the masses of the un
organized farmers urging them Il
join together to secure the success
of this nationwide demonstration
for drought relief
The United Farmers League call
on every poor farmer and worker t
Join with us on the basis of thi
Manifesto by Immediately calling
great county mass meetings, of al
poor rank and file and workers re
CARELESS of political beliefs or or
ganizational affihation. Count.
drought committees composed o
rank and file farmers and worker
should be elected which will heb
draw up the demands and organic
the local fight for relief.
From the county meetings dele
gate should be elected to meet il
a state drought relief committee
The state drought committees shoult
make it their task to work ou
state drought relief schedules ant
demands and complete the organi
zation for a successful state marcl
on the capital
We call upon all county and stat
drought committees to demand tn
immediate enactment of the Farm
ers Emergency Relief Bill
We further call upon all small
and ruined farmers to prepare TO
the Farmers Third National Relic
Conference to be held in Chicag,
during November by the Farmer
National Committee for Action.
Save the homes and farms of tn
drought and New Deal stricken
tOilerS.
Away with the New Deal Reduc
ton.
Advance the fight for immediat
! and ndenuafn relinft