The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-10-18
K. BURLEIGH EVADES
TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
CONCERNING PROMISES
WANKEL EXPOSED
FOR INACTIVITY
BY OWN CANDIDATE
Campaign Sheet Conducts
Sham Battle Against
Polk Machine

In a mimeographed campaign
sheet, issued by the Mainstreer
Fake Party, one of the candidates,
F. ]. Miller, unwittingly exposes
A. N. Wankel, another candidate
on the same ticket.
Miller describes how when the
first relief money was sent into
Sheridan county, the politicians
tried to use $4,000 Of this money
to "crea'e a road fund" He ex-
plains: when their dirty game
was exposed, they had recourse to
another trick, and this little trick
was pulled off bv the relief com
mittee, the county commissioners,
assisted by Harry Polk-Art Wan
kel being the only one who raised
an objection, but whose voice had
no weight with the gang of high
binders"
Now, farmers who are remind,
ed Of this affair fail to remember
that Art WanI1el did anything
about it. He raised his voice with
the high-binders, yes. but his voice
had no weight. Did Mr.. Wankel
raise his voice with the farmers =?
Did he make any attempt to ex-
pose these Vaccinations and dirty
tricks to the public? He did not.
Mr.. Wankel at that time was q
member of he Central Relief Com
mittee and if anything went wrong
there it was his duty to expose
any dirty deal to the farmers who
had helped to put him there. He
had opportunity to publish expos
ures in the Producers News. But
during all the time he held office.
he was remarkably quiet. He had
no complaints.
! When the United Farmers
League exposed the attitude of the
county commissioners, pictured ir
their letter to Wheeler, when they
demanded a lower standard of liv
ING and lower wages on relief pro
| jects, last summer, Mr.. Wankel. a
that time member of the Central
Relief Committee, did exactly no
thing.
Conduct Sham Battle
In their mimeographed cam
paign sheet these ultra-radical,
are launching a sham battle a.
gainst Harry Polk. They are at
lacking him right and left. Whv'
The reason is simple.
In the first place. thew want tt
disprove the contention of he Pro
ducers News that they are work
ing for Polk. And by attacking
the North Dakota publisher and hi.
machine they think they are abb,
to prove i and at the same time
pursue their real object. gather
some votes of radical farmer.
which might otherwise 90 to thu
Communists and there really en-
danger the Polk machine. So. b.
attacking Mr.. Polk, they are real
ly projecting him to the best O.
their ability.
Ard furthermore, the publisher
of the campaign sheet seem t.
have no other issue to write abou
and to fight for. They are no
concerned with the present relic.
conditions; they are not interested
in the continued attacks on tn,
farmers and workers by the Roose
welt administration, as Just nov
witnessed by the deduction O.
wheat allotment and cattle check
from relief orders; they are no
writing a word about the one hun
dred and one issues that confron
farmers and workers daily. The
attack Harry Polk and his insati
able greed for money, and that
all.
People who think will easilv Sc
!, that any vote given to this crow
{ on Nov. 6 is not only wasted Blu
e is definitely vote against the in
n terests of farmers and workers.
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