The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-03-16
The injunction: A Challenge.
Our Answer: Fight

The potential Hitler of this country has as yet not an
nounced that the United States ruled by open fascist
Dictatorship he has not yet declared that the Bill Rights
the first ten amendments of the Constitution matter
to be thrown the scrap pile to be placed into
museum
The rights of Free Press Speech and Free
bly, still the fundamental rights of the people, brought
about by the first revolution this country has
The most dastardly the most contemplate and vicious
attempt to take these rights from farmers and their
organizations is now being made by the bankers and nsr
Dakota state authorities and the authorities of Roberts
county, S. D.
With the injunction these gentlemen have issued against
the United Farmers League the Unemployed Councils and
90 farmers they trying to stop all activities of these
militant organizations.
The farmers and workers are to be restrained from lad
vocang encouraging suggesting the propriety and the
NECESSITY of action" They forbidden to talk
Funny enough in this sentence the court recognizes that
there is necessity for mass action"
Soliciting procuring members, donations or
aims and objects of the defendant organizations" is
hidden This sentence alone makes the United Farmers
League and the Unemployed Councils illegal organizations in
South Dakota.
Assembling meeting or congregating in any manner
for the purpose of opposing lawful authority stirring up
and encouraging such opposition encouraging
of conducting which would constitute if executed sedon
by law permitting the of any building public pri
vate for such purposes forbidden under this Injunction
Sedtion, riot, unlawful assembly criminal syndcalism
and opposing lawful authority know all these nice words
Who is going to decide what is lawful assembly riot crm
nal syndicasm? The lawful authorities of South Dakota
these geneent put into office by the influence Of the
bankers and insurance companies will designate every
seby of farmers workers riot criminal syndicais
just to please their masters who becoming
more fearful of the increasing mtancy of the farmers
The injunction goes far to forbid the
OF any private building or dwelling to open his house tt
a gathering of farmers
The farmers not allowed to talk, write come
together The organizations forbidden to act in
way to get members to get dues from the old ones
sell literature, to have meetings etc.
To break the United Farmers League, to destroy tn
Unemployed Councils the militant farmers and workers
organizations to render farmers and workers defensees
against future attacks OF the money changers that is tn
purpose of this bold and vicious injunction
And if they succeed if they break up the u. F. L.
South Dakota similar attacks will follow in other states
This is the why Sisseton South Dakota, shoul
be the center of attention of the farmers and workers or
all over this country
The attitude of the farmers and workers. against whol
this injunction is directed personally and directly DE
shows the fear of their enemies They pay attention
but continue to have protest meetings. continue to COLES
money for the defense and continue to sell their
pamphlets
And the membership of the United Farmers League
increasing in South Dakota Farmers who could never
approached to join the UFL, ocng to it in lars
numbers; 80 Joined at meeting. eff that is the we
they treating old farmers, We'll show them, the
say and ask for application cards.
The battle of the South Dakota farmers is not the
battle alone. They fighting attack which is directs
against the entire militant farm movement of America
against the entire working class of this country.
This fight is fight And it is nothing but du
to support this struggle with resolutions and funds
March 81 when the hearing this injunction
in Sisseon the court house of Roberts county must be
eoutely crowded with farmers and workers; Ssseton
be swaped by people protesting against the fascist alta
of the South Dakota authorities.