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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-26

I'm tell YOU" Dixon bust out,
1.-THE little fellows are all right
only they don't go far. The rich
people won't take you or help you
or nothing. They're afraid of men
who have to walk"
l noticed the look then on the
Greeks face and it sure was a
peculiar look.
Strange. The way things do
change people. / want to tell you
about this fellow we met second
day out of Chicago.
He was lying by the roadside,
face down, and at first we thought
he was asleep. AS we came up,
he looked at US and he was cry.
ing. We got to talking and he
was a skinny little fellow, about
eighteen years old. He told us
he'd been on the road ten months
had started from New York City
He was crazy, he said, always
crying. One thing got him was
boys and girls laughing together
music from a dance hall when he
came through a town at night. II
has been ages since even talked
to a girl, he said.
You'd get along better If yo,
took shave once in while. sale
Dixon who is a ladies' man.
You gotta keep smiling, I said
There was a nice-looking ole
lady standing outside her hous.
and / went up to her and aslxet
for some food, this crazy feilov
said. She looked at me. WI,
don't you go back to mother wher,
you belong? I told her I AIM
got no mother and she said. nor,
sense, everybody has a mother
Then she slammed the door in m,
face. You know what I did?
What?
! heaved me a brick through he,
window. They gave me thre,
months.
He started crying again.
The way ! am, sometimes I for
get what country I'm in. what m,
name It. want TO walk into
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-26

employees in and out of the
plant and charge the consumers
less.
We see the chairman of the
New York State Milk Board
warning that a price cut to the
farmers il probable. We see
Chicago distributors trying to
put Through a new price cut
everywhere. We give warning
that we stand committed to fight
this cut not only in the Phila-
delphfa milk shed but to every
other milk shed in the country
with the assistance Of our ma
tional organization, the Farmers
National Committee for Action.
Solidarity with the milk drivers
Is considered by the dairy commit
tee as an important step in win
ming the fight against the power
full Milk Trust. A joint commit
tee, representing both small farm
ers and the drivers, was set up ir
the Philadelphia milkshed with
some success. A similar step was
taken in Los Angeles during thu
drivers strike.
The support which city consum
ers can give the farmers is not
confined to times Of a strike, as I
Philadelphia incident shows. Whel
a Pennsylvania farmer had hi
milk cut off by a big distributor
because of his activity in a mill
tant farm organization, a group o
workers who were customers Of
this company went to the presi
dent of the dairy company and de
manded that this farmer be rein
stated. Under the threat Of boy
colt, the dealer complied.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-26
A Story by j. S. BALCH

river or lay out on the ground all
night when the snow is falling.
We had started hoofing it then.
There was no getting ride that
way. And we had about had
enough.
I'm gonna get me a gun, this
crazy fellow said, and the next
man passes and don't stop, I'm
gonna shoot his brains out.
I told the Greek this story. WHY
| don't know. Maybe it was the
being full of grub made me feel
talkative, maybe it was that funny
look on his face. Anyway, It
popped out then.
was he skinny fella with one
shoulder twisted and pimples on.
his facet"
That's him."
There was a fella that descrip.
ton came through town last night
and killed old man Stevens, the
bank cashier. Beat his head in
with a crowbar."
Stevens and his wife," he said,
they were sitting in the kitchen
playing cards along about twelve
o'clock, when there came a knock
at the door. The old man answered
It. There's been a few holdups
here since the two factories shut
down and he takes a crowbar with
him. Mrs. Stevens heard them
arguing. Gimme a drink of water
the boy said. The old man was
good and sore. Why don't you 90
down to the filling station or the
firehouse, he shouted. I amt no
automobile and I amt no horse
neither, here Mrs. Stevens heard
the boy start up crying, I'm hu-
man beinV and I want a drink of
water. I'll teach you to play
Jokes, the old man hollered. There
was STRUGGLE, a couple of thuds
and a crash and there's the old
man on his own doorstep, gooie J
dead as a nail :. Six people seen
the boy runring."
He put his finger to his mouth,
A girl had come into the restau-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-26
RELIEF REFUSED
TO FOREIGN BORN
CoodchiId Family of Seven
Cut off CWA and De-
MED Relief

PLENTYWoOD, Mont. - Chas.
Goodchild, who has a wife and five
children to support, has been cut
off relief to starve because ne is
not a citizen" Of the United
States.
The Goodchilds paid their entry
fees at the border. They have put
in hours of labor for everything
they ever received. Their labor,
like the labor Of countless thou
sands of foreign born workers and
farmers, went to building wealth
for the American capitalists. But
"no- relief for foreign born" saves
money for the capitalists.
There are other foreign born
families who are also subject tx
discrimination. Our slogan mas
be "No discrimination against thu
foreign born" and we must figh'
to make IL effective.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-26
EVENTS OF WEEK
SHOW WAR DANGER
Confined from Front Pagel

Continued from Front Page)
"The Soviet Union does not in !
tend to engage in any war except
in self defence" said Bullitt. "If
war comes between the Soviet
Union and any of its neighbors, it
is not likely that the initiative will
have been taken by or be attribut-
ed to it.
1.-THE goverpment of the Soviet
Union has gone as far or even
further than we have gone in show
ing its desire for peace The
primary object of the Soviet gov
eminent today is to see that the
growth of its new life shall not
be distorted by war"
The United States. on the con-
trary, is being threatened with
war because Of its imperialist am
billions, both with Japan and Great
Britain. The Foreign Policy Asso-
citation in Washington has just
issued a statement predicting an
early war between Japan and the
United States because of the con-
flicting interest of these two
powers in the oriental market.
Just last Tuesday, five japanese
were arrested making photographs
Of airport and shipyard sites on
the New Jersey coast. The alarm
of the officials shows what is in
their minds.
At the same time, there Is talk
of new alliance between Tokyo
and London.
The cards are stacked, it is clear
for another world war, with the
destruction of millions of lives.
It is the duty Of every class con,
scious worker, of every militant
farmer, to intensity his activity il
fighting against the approach o.
an imperialist war.
; The American Committee Agains'
War and Fascism is sending a
= delegation to Roosevelt on Jan. %
protesting war preparations anC
demanding that money appropriat
: ed for war be spent for unemploy
: ment relief. Resolutions, meeting
: and demonstrations in every par
: of the country should back up tn
delegation in Washington.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-26
Back in States After Under
going Treatment IN
Soviet Russia

NEW YORK.-Among the pas
sengers arriving on the S. s.
Champlain, Jan. IT,, was VIM. q.
Foster, National Chairman of the
Communist Party and head Of the
revolutionary trade union move
ment in this country. Foster had
betn in the Soviet Union for five
months where he was undergoing
treatments for a severe heart at
tack and nervous breakdown which
developed during the 1882 election
campaign, when Foster was the
Communist Party's candidate for
president.
Foster is considerably improved
in health but not yet well enough
to return to. active work, it was
said. Speaking of conditions in
the Soviet Union. Foster said
1.-THE outstanding thing is the 81
gantic increase in the productivitS
of the collective farmers and tn
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-26

Got to start this story some :
where, might as well start with US
going into this roadside restaurant
Il remember it was early morn
ing. Which was why the streets
were deserted, we figured. The
name of the town, ! can't tell you
that, never knew.
ALI know, it was along highway
four on the main road from Chi
cage to Springfield. These places
all get to look alike after while.
We had stopped in for a how
do you get to the freight yards,
bat mostly to rest up. This man
was a Greek, ! think. You go this
way, you go that way-hell. By
this time the java-smell was knee
deep down our threats. I flipped
our last dime at him, and we flop
ped over the counter.
Let me tell you, the coffee was
good. It was hot and there was
plenty of cream in It. II lasted
longer when taken in round gulps,
holding the cup in your hands
while the flavor rolled three times
around the mouth. IL warmed a
fellow all over that way.
Now, this Greek. "Will there
be anything else ?" Feature me as
the Prince Of Wales, Dixon the
Pope of Rome. That's the way
this guy talked.
Dixon gave me the wink. Yes
it's all in the game and we were
learning fast. "How about soms
stale doughnuts?"
estate doughnutsl" he was SC
surprised. "Say, you fellas are on
the road"
"You guessed It."
We watched him hustle, and
Dixon's face made me laugh
"stale doughnuts, helli This one
is on the boss" Believe It or not
this old boy set us up ham and
eggs, fried potatoes. bread ant
butter. tt woe kettrr than the
first time wore lone nants. II
fact. Il was the fret real meal W.
bad had i'm three days.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-26

r.. all the speakers and q resolu-
t;on was pushed through endors-
;nn The Board. The Board was
snoken for by the representatives
oF the dealers but the prize ex-
S;hit was not Gov. Lehman, who
aslrod for federal cooperation, nor
Shirley Wynne, former Health
Commissioner for New York City,
who wept for the dealers. 1t was
stanley Piseck, head of the New
YoTlx Milk Producers Federation.
Piseck, the leader Of the last
s4rike. spoke Of making milk a
while utility, although farmers
have had enough experience with
m,bIic utilities in their dealings
With mower companies, and ended
hv endorsing the Board and the
agree ment. This despite the fact
that last August the strike was
oga;nst anv classified plan, despite
the fact that at the beginning o.
the strike, Piseck declared: "Thii
strike is not against the dealers
or eonsumers-but against tn
Milk Board"
The evolution of Piseck is TYP
zeal of the evolution Of all ric
farmer-leaders. At the beginnin
Of the strike, he was against tn
BOARD: during the strike, when tn
poorer farmers began to fight an
were attacked by the state trooI
, ers sent by Lehman, Piseck bega
TO change his speech, he was no
r for the Board but against its men
{ beers. Now, when the Board ht
/ changed neither policy nor pc
sonnet, he is in favor Of the Boar
its members and the plan whit
will mean the further ruin of Il
small, Independent farmers he
supposed to be leading.
{ Misleaders on Hand
a It is significant that WOOdhea
\ leader of the first strike in 1913
. appeared at the hearing, spol
Z and cut no ice with the farmer
WoOdhead Is known for the mi
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-26

Beats going hungry, don't it
boys?" A wart on his cheek
trembled like a light on a windy
hill. There was something funny
about him, / couldn't figure what.
He laughed like a kid, listening to
US eat.
We were down to dessert when
the ball started rolling. meet
anyone coming into town."
"This early in the morning?"
There's been q lot of trouble
here. Pm surprised you wasn't
stopped"
Me, ] was that sleepy l couldn't
keep my head out of the coffee
cup. If we had been interested, !
guess he would have told US then
and there what the trouble was.
But we just didn't give a damn.
Here's the way it was with us.
We were hundreds Of miles from
home and our feet were blistered
like dills from walking the high
way all day most Of the way, all
night too-last night included-be-
cause mosquitoes, ants and things
made the grass unfit to sleep on.
just to show you how tough Il
was, the longest single ride we
had got was 35 miles.
It's different, of course, when a
man has money on the road. He
eats regular. He sleeps in a clean
bed every night and his under
wear is fresh. Maybe he thumbs
a car and IT'S full to the tenders
already. Okey. They smile and
wave, he waves back. He can
afford to loaf along and wait. It's
something to tell about when he
gets home. Maybe there's only
two in a big, roomy Cadillac, and
plenty Of room, IT'S bound iuss
where he's going. Okev. too
vou're a bastard hut we're still
frierde. Didn't want tn ride this
n'inufr ANYWAY. There's a little
silver late of The road a WAYS he
wants n look - bird SINGING
IN p tree-tor. rnilee of ocvrr or I,
Y mavbe wheat swaying in the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-26
HELENA DROPS
1877 C.W.A. FORCE

HELENA, Month line With
the order made by federal off,
Gals to reduce the number Of CWA
employees, 1877 workers at the cap
itol were released last week, With
the original quota Of 42O, man
tanned, it has been announced.
Because of the lateness in star.
ing the capitol project additional
men were placed on the payroll b
make up man-hOurs lost. TN
Washington authorities were not
favorable to the plan and ordered
the plan and ordered the extl'
help dismissed. The original all"
cation of 420 is still at work.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-26

first and second surplus plan that
was proposed in the federal code.
By this plan the farmer stands all |
the loss that comes from milk go
ing for butter, cheese, etc.
Small Farmer Stands all Loss
2. There is q production control
plan whereby all farmers agree TO
produce only 90 per cent Of the
same month in the two preceding
years. All milk above this quota
is excess and may not be paid for
at a rate higher than Class 3 milk
although the dealers may use it
as fluid.
In this way, the farmer Is thus
forced TO curtail production and
stands all loss. This will especial
ly hurt the small producer who
must produce more at the present
price rather than less if he is to
pay even a small portion Of his
debts Cutting production when
there are plenty Of people who are
not getting milk is a basic part Of
the AAA program.
3. There will be check-Off of
two cents a hundred pounds Of
milk, one cent TO be paid by the
farmer and one cent by the dealer,
The money is TO go for the SUP
port Of the Joint Board set up. So
the farmers will be made TO pay
for a Board which does not rep
resent them. The Board makes
sure Of this check-off by having
the dealer deduct IL from the farm
er's check. This check-off pro
. vision was also in the federal code
: and aroused considerable Opposi
Z ton.
3 4. There are provisions 70
"equalizing the dealers prices 3
T the farmers" Through this plaE
whereby the Board determines tn
: price each dealer has to pay 70
= his milk, the farmer will get I
y uniform price. This plan is sur
e pOsedly to keep out of the mai
}, ket milk bought more cheaply j
y other states, but primarily, it
/, for eliminating the small deaieri
: One reason for the breakdown c
= the Chicago code was the whole
\ sale violations Of It by the sma
: dealers who were charging bel0N
4, Trust prices to the consumer. b
d cause of the greater portion o
e fluid in their sales, the small dea
E, ers are sometimes able TO get
y higher rate -(not a create
e amount) Of profit than the BIZ
T. dealers. This equalization of prit
would prevent this and would pV
10 many of the small dealers out
re business. This too Is a basic pa
3 of the Roosevelt program. Viii
3 the farmers do not worry abo'
the fate of the individual deale
m the plan will make their enem
the Dairy Trust, even stronger.
oF Hosannas for Board
&c It will be seen that the int
ID state agreement is no better tn,
the federal code was for the fam
is ers and workers. At the op
ic, hearing, the Board was support
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-26

pOoCO AAAbGA ObSASC eASA CGAAtGAASs
This agreement, which has been
by the Milk Control
Boards Of New York and New !
Jersey (and now needs only the
signature of Secretary Wallace of
the Dept. Of Agriculture,) is pro-
posed to take the place Of a Fed
eral Milk Marketing Agreement
for the New York Milkshed.
Several months ago, a commit
tee Of Is, made up Of representa-
tives Of the big milk distributors
and a few rich farmers went to
work formulating a code along the
lines of the codes already drawn
Up and signed for the Chicago and
Philadt lphia milk sheds. But for
various reasons. this Code was
never formally announced, al
though it's provisions became
known. For one thing, the Phila-
delphia and Chicago codes met
with such a storm Of protest and
organized opposition from farmers
in those milk sheds that the Phila-
delphia code will not be enforced
and the Chicago code has been
annuled. Fear of similar oppo-
sition in New York, which had al
ready begun TO develop around the
check-off provision, was ore rea-
son for not putting forward the
New York code.
Destruction vs.. Price Fixing
| Another reason was the dis
agreement among the members Of
the AAA which led to the resigna
ton of Clyde King as Milk Ad
ministrator; Kings connection
with National Dairy Products Co
had become too obvious and Tug
we'll and other cleft" members o
the AAA succeeded in gettin
their ideas of paying bonuses TO
cutting production substituted 70
Kings price fixing plans.
The Federal code was not open
J iy proposed, but it was not DROP
ped. The open hearing at Alban
| was part Of a campaign to get tn
: code through under another nam'
, as the New York-New Jerse
Joint Plan. In presenting the plaI
i, the Board and Gov. Lehman, at
. tackled the AAA for not prOpol
ing a code for New York, demand
cd an Tend TO the AAA's mac
tivity." After this smoke-screel
e they went ahead having the Boar
4 endorsed by itself and by Il
r heads Of the Dairymen's Leagu
the Sheffield producers and b
such misleaders as Piseck. "
{ will discuss the action Of the la
ter further on.
e There are four main points
s the agreement: /. Instead of Il
@ old classified price plan with its
II classes, there is a new one with
v classes.
Glass / is milk for consumpti,
! in fluid form.
:, Glass 2 is milk separated Z
, cream that is used for consum
, ton in fluid form for making i
: cream, cheese Of the soft type al
e plain condensed milk.
It Glass 8 is all other milk. II
n plan Is the same as the has
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-26

rant. Staring, she went back d
the counter. When she came 0ul
she had on a waitress apron.
"You better scram," the GFea
said, "the boss will be along any
minute now" 80
"well, they got him ali riga
the girl said. They're bringing
him up the street now"
We ran to the door. The Cree
gripped my arm. "HOly Motna
Mary in Heaven!" There SeT q
about 20 cars and trucks y
honking their horns. There Ws =,
about hundred men, women ~.
kids. They were dragging
board on a pair Of poles, SonS 4
thing like an ambulance, Ong :.
was homemade and the boy W. ~
on II. It was him all right d.
eyes, l think, were still open ~
NE was dead, empty OF DlO. ~,
nailed down with bullets, S'Ia ny,
We heard the shouting long = 4,
the procession had passed, I no,,
up to the Widow StveVens wv
We heard it for hours. wA,
"All for a drink Of WAFER
Greek whispered. IA
We knew there was more gn
than that and we crept 0s' W
rats. The freightyards lW "a
miles ahead and we waI I,ss, 4
looking at anything. CE s ,sa
town, we heard a car coming = nd
Automatically, Dixon tur'y ,.,osl.
ierked his thumb. The .d .Ssp
plate said: Arizona. ! ca.s and
flash Of teeth. Two women tsy
ai1 man ~ rode c' in this car and and. -
smiled and waved their h''''
us. nsdly id
bricks. .,..,d.
easy, boy, easy, | '. nv n 81
But I never felt so si''
my life.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-26
W.Z.FOster, Communicated,
Returns from U.S.S,R

Improvement in their livi,.
cultural conditions. The Ing Ni
progress in the USSR IL uustsN
startling. With imprOvsS no N
ture and the rapid growth SsEcl
dustry, living condition q h
whole people in the USsp% u
advanced tremendously. NJ" TN Ha'e
country radiates with a n.y.. so'A
energy and optimism which
tracts sharply with the Desa,.' SR
one sees everywhere in n.
italist countries" CAP
Attacks NRA
Foster said further: qH.
periences Of the past six r.. a.
have completely justifisS
analysis made by the COmm0.@'l'
Party about the NRA. The NY
cd recovery did not mate,;sss ~
the temporary industrial uO.rvI.,
was the result of pumping i0s1
tionary oxygen into the panIv,',
industries; the attempt to OrvsrI ,s
capitalist production, daily msa'
ing more obstacles, has clss,,.
demonstrated its bankruptcy. NJ,
has the NRA ended unempIovms.,
or sensiblv diminished il: N
codes have established staryatir
, ware levels, turning over a
whole control Of big industry ,
big capital, while classification N
proceeded apace. As to the Fam
I ers, their bankruptcy is process
in" f"-+~ than ever before, vAi
the growing fascist tendencies
the Roosevelt regime become mn
clearer everyday. Roosevelts NJ
! budget is striking evidence Of (
= war character Of the whole NJ
= program"
It Radical Movement Grows
"The most significant feature
the whole situation" continl
Foster, "is the growth Of the c.
1t munist Party and of the tt
n Union Unity League amid
W CROWN spirit Of the workers
lie poorer farmers, which is m
" tested in the unprecedented v
ne of strikes in the factories ant
OF the farms, despite the A. F. q
leaders and the Socialist P
Leaders strike breaking polio
n n trying to force the workers U
uil the miserable slave codes.
"a at is clear that instead Of
: solved, the industrial and ag
" tural crisis will be sharpene
.oS the very recovery measures
al = by the Roosevelt government
ne the international situation W
~ brought to greater chaos. t
w S. is going into a period Of
greatest intensificatiOn Of the
'se struggle in its entire history,
his the fighting masses Of We
on and impoverished farmers tn
nm in increasing numbers to the
in munist partv and the rtvoluti
trade union.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-26
Milk Destruction Plan
Takes Place Of Federal
Codes After nv Hearing
New Agreement Approved by Milk Control Board Re-
peats System of Basc-Swplus Racket,
Robs Small Dairyman
BY DAVE LURE.
special to the Producers News

ALBANY, N. Y.-On January g. open hearing was
held by the New York State Milk Control Board at Albany
This hearing was not held enable the Board to find out
what farmers want but for the purpose of oong the dairy
of New York into supporting the Board and its
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-26

Build the New
Amalgania'esu, 70.
Farmers WeeD'
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-01-26

It will be seen that the inter
state agreement is no better than
the federal code was for the farm
ers and workers. At the open
hearing, the Board was supported
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-19

Washington, D. C., Jon 1g@-. Twelve private bills, and severhl public bills. were introduced in the. Senate tbis week by Senator Angus tine L6hersan, demo, Of Connect cut. who has hhnOupcsd, however, that nc will limit his Legislative to cases Of extreme lmp0f- inhes during ths present session.
 This is in conformity with the wishes of tbe president who Is anxious t0 have the Senate devote its enti.s time t6 his recovery pro- grhpi. In ths emergency session Of Congress last spring. few private bills were introduced lB ths Shn- ats. at the request of Senator tsob- inson. Arkansas, ths democratic floor leader. aHd this policy. though no longer iH effect, Is followed as closely as possible by legislators.
 Aside from the private relief bills for individuals. Senator t0ners g6n nov has pending before the Henats. tbs following bills and reso' luti0nH:
 ls.t4gs: To reduce tho rate Of