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tional Broadcasting network last
july 81, Mr.. Richberg declared
that America is again at war,
and in the course of that address
he said:
"Who is the man holds back
who waits to see what the other
fellow is going to do before ne
volunteers? He is the man who
has endangered victory in every
war-the man who is too timid or
too selfish even to take chance
that his overnment may be right
and that his country may win the
war.
"He is the man who breads to
strike a blow in fear that someone
NAV hit back. He is the man who
always lets the other fellow take
the risk. while he follows close be-
hind to take the profit.
"In time of war we call these
people slackers-and women pin
white feathers on them; so they
may be recognized"
Mr.. Richberg was childless and
wifeless during most Of the wax
but his service was limited to work
as a "Four Minute Speaker" In
Liberty loan drives. in Chicago, IN
der the Illinois Council Of Defense
He was 35 years old when the
United States entered the war or
: April 6. 1917, at which time III
was separated from his first wife
; He divorced this wife on May e
1917, and a year later, on NAV 20
| 1918. he married second time
> The first draft registration, HEX
/ on June 5. 1917, was for men be
4 tween 81 and 81 years of age. o.
Aug. 81, 1913. the law was amend
ed to make registration necessarl
for men between the ages OF i
n and as.
t Mr.. Richberg. then 81. registere'
, on Sept. IL. 1918. and was sent
questionable on Nov. z. 1913. Tn
| records show that he claimed ex
: emption At, which was that wifi
? was dependent on him. The ARMS
n tice came Just four DAYS later an
: there was no classification in Nj
It Richberg's case.
2 Divorced again. Mr.. Richber
n has married third time, on De
Ie "a. 1924. and by his present wifi,
" the former Florence Weed, he hs
his only child. a daughter.
IS Mr.. Richberg, when QUESTION:
e about his war record. made tn
r point, without claiming it as
rs any sense touching upon milital
le service. that he had been in pul
rs lie service through his represen
Y. ing the city of Chicago in gas RAJ
he litigation. He asserted that he he
n, saved the gas users of Chicago 81
h, 100000 by reason of the litigatiC
c. in which he figured.
a. The records of the Chicago eli
controller show that in IA year
n while Mr.. Richberg was speci
e counsel in the gas litigation case
g, he received a total of S133, 199
y fees from the city. as follows:
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The Letter Box
Should Shoot Jackrabbits,
Not Coyotes
S''t1s1%ssE'sFR**%

Should Shoot Jackrabbits,
Not Coyotes
Reserve, Mont.
To The Producers News:
In another article we noticed
some hunters had been out chas-
ing coyotes and crippled their
plane. Well, in my mind that was
good. They probably didn't know
they were doing the farmers of
this country harm by killing the
coyotes. If the past legislature
had passed a law preventing TAX
ing coyotes in any form for a
period of ten years, they would
have done the farmers more good
than all the rest they did.
The coyote is a natural enemy
of the jack rabbit. But since the
Government has taken to abolish
the coyote the rabbits have ac-
cumulated and multiplied to such
an extent that they are actually
threatening the farmers along
with the other pests.
Last year l imagined the hop
pers were destroying my truck
patches until late fall. But fin
nally it became plain to me that
it was rabbits principally. l think
that after the snow settles, so that
one can travel on foot the people
all over the state should organize
drives. The town people should CO.
operate, both men and women and
anyone who could shoot a rabbit
l also think We should not under.
take to drive mere than one town
ship at one time. l have been II
drives where they covered entirely
too much ground. Consequently
so many slipped through the line:
it did very little good, We think
it would be proper to ask all &c
leave their rifles at home. Only
ShotgunS, dogs and clubs should
be permitted. Since nearly every.
one in the county reads the rPo.
ducers News. as they should, all
good people should cooperate on
these drives.
The drive should be on Saturday
so that the school kids could join
AS l see this. it seems a common
necessity for all. If these pests
are allowed to run at large, the
people of this state might Just az
well begin placing their orders fol
vegetables with some firm in the
east or south now. Of course the
Jack isn't the only parasite we
should chase. But when the PEG.
pie get good and tired of carrying
the load of course they viii chase
them also.
] Respectfully yours,
T. E. Williams
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CONTINUED from Front Page)
test. They realize that Tiala has
been arrested for fighting for their
cause.
Workers organizations are also
rallying to defend the militant
farm leaders. Workers and farm
ers cooperatives, workers clubs,
working women's clubs, workers
relief unions, CWA workers, are
joining to demand the freedom of
the arrested farm leaders. They
are again expressing by this ac-
ton their solidarity with the strug-
gle of the exploited farmers
against the bankers and monied
interests
The Federal assistant district
attorney and other officials in
Warsaw, Indiana have tried to or
ganize American Legion members
against the farmers, in order to
"resist activities of agitators
among the farmers. But the Le-
gion men have rejected their offers
to deputize and arm them. An
other veterans organization. the
Ex-Soldiers League of Allen coun-
ty, Indiana, teleguaphed to the
farmers as follows:
Ex-SOldiers League OF Allen
county offers you assistance IL
needed. Advise Immediately.
Charles Duwan,
Commander"
It is very significant that the
veterans, whom claw and order
authorities are trying to organize
against the farmers. refuse to be
utilized to fight for the bankers
cause, and On the contrary express
their deep sympathy with the
struggle of the impoverished farm.
ers. This is a clear demonstration
Of growing class solidarity among
the toiling population of the coun,
try.
The Tialas and Jesse Ham stand
trial at Warsaw, Indiana on Feb
ID. The United Farmers League
with the help of the Internationa
Labor Defense and the American
Civil Liberties Union is preparins
for a strong legal defense. In ad
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CIVIL WAR In
AUSTRIA WHEN
FASCISM Is TRIED
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CONTINUED from FrOnt Page)
ing more serious every hour.
Last reports were that firing is
continuing in all the centers where
the battles have taken place. The
tremendous armed forces mobi-
lied by the government indicate
that the mass resistance on the
part of the Austrian workers is of
heroic character.
Women were fighting in the
front lines and on the barricades.
handing ammunition to the men
and even operating guns them
selves. Many were killed during
the savage attacks upon workers
apartments.
Throughout all the past stages
of fascisation of Austria the So
cialist have been supporting the
Dollfuss government. Only last
Friday, the Christian Social PARTY
to which Dollfuss belongs, issued
another appeal to the Socialist
Party to maintain the loyal sup
port of the government. A week
ago, the Socialist leaders had
again proclaimed their support Of
Dollfuss as a 1esser evil" to the
Nazi threat to seize Austria and
establish the German-Austrian
"anshluss."
The immediate cause of the out.
break Of the fighting is to be seer
IN the raids upon Socialist head.
quarters conducted by the govern.
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expenses sake and no good returns
for it.
Hog control is of no use, as I
understand, only one SOW is bred
on each farm, for own use, and
corn reduction is not needed as
we have not planted corn for
years.
Yours respectfully,
J. o. Brensdal.
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Charles 'Taussig

What a record has young Nh.
Taussing. An explOiter Of Latin.
American people, a manufacturer
of poison gas and ammunition.
The two things 60 hand in hand.
Mr.. Berle and Charles William
Taussig are generally credited
about Washington with having en-
gineered the end of the Maehado
regime in Cuba, grand coup con-
Quoted by Ambassador Welles IN.
der the Presidents direction, but a
coup which turned into a fiascO as
the De Cespedes government set
uD under Welles' influence COL
lapsed and gave way to the violent
rule of common soldiers under
Grau San Martin.
Editors Note: This mistake
tCG1tinued on last page1
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The 'HNew Deal" we have |
said many times, talks peace
and prepares for war. The
militariZatiOn of the C.C.C.
camps, the huge apprOpria-
tons, including the recent
VinSOn naval construction act
for battleships, guns, am
munitiOn, and war planes,
show very clearly that the
Roosevelt Administration is
preparing for a world I'M
perialist slaughter more hOr-
rible, more deadly than the
last.
Speaker Rainey. an Administra-
ton leader. recently told the anti
war delegation, ooh, yes, We ex-
pect war by spring" Mr.. Rainey,
in this instance at any rate. knows
what he is talking about. He also
knows that ROOsevelt's struggle
for foreign markets through infla-
ton at home and the devaluatiOn
of the dollar. is carrying America
into a situation where war is in
evitable.
The widespread revolt of the
workers in France, Austria, and
Spain, and Cuba, the threat of an
early revolution in Germany-all
of these things are driving the i'm
perialist bankers, whether they bt
In the Paris BOurse or the Amer
lean Wall Street, to desperation
This explains the attempts of the
European capitalists to set up fas
cist rule in these countries, to save
the decaying structure of capital
ism. 1t explains the increasing
tendencies towards fascism in thu
United States.
Many readers. however, wis
have listened to the propaganda
about the "New Deal" being ;
'liberal" government. with "radi
Gals" occupying important posi-
tons within the government, ma,
wonder how these liberals" can
SO calmly prepare to send million
of young men to destruction.
The answer to this is in the wa
records of these very same Glib
eral" gentlemen. We didn't nav
TO dig hard to find these wa
records, either. The job was don
for us by an enterprising repOrte
| for one of the gutter sheets O
William Randolph Hearst.
AS BELTS a big capitalist pull
Usher, Mr.. Hearst is beating tn
drums loudly for a new world wal
1t will be remembered that it wa
Mr.. Hearst who did much of th
ballyhOO which got the Unite
States into the Spanish America
War for the benefit of the Wa
Street investments In Cuba. Agai
it was Mr.. Hearst who yelled s
. loud and so long for patriotism
, Goo per cent? ON the eve of tt
last war.
And now Mr.. Hearst is perform
ing his usual service to his Wa
Street crOnies by whipping up WI
sentiment through the medium
| his several hundred nawspape
and magazines.
The article from which the fC
lowing paragraphs are taken W
= designed to show that the ''NG
D DEAF officials are regular fellow
not slackers. real he-men who to,
= an active part in the last war f
y God, Country. and Wall Street.
In the very first paragraph
we get a glimpse of the grown
trend towards a fascist. war go
: eminent:
| Through most of these last nj
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PRODUCTION CUT
IN Sc COUNTRIES
World Crisis Drives Gov
ernments to Crime of
Destruction

To save the big farmers and the
middlemen from the devastating
effects of the crisis, SO countries
have recently inaugurated some
form of restriction of production
Of farm products. This shows not
only that the crisis is worldwide,
but that capitalist governments
have no way out except to reduce
production when millions are hun
CRY and starving.
Observation-Disclosures output of
sugar.
Australia-Exports restricted un-
der British quota. Bounties to
producers Of cotton, wheat, and
flax, butter and sugar, to indemni-
fy for loss On export price.
Austria-Bounty for grain grow
ers provided out of tax on beer
and sugar.
Belgium-Subsidy to farmers on
honorable land. Fixed price for
wheat.
Brazil-Controlled coffee and
sugar. Penalties for excess pro-
duction. Destroyed millions of
pounds of coffee.
Chile-Domestic prices fixed by
agricultural export board. Subsi-
dies on exports. Costs of distri-
button controlled by government.
Egypt-Wheat, cotton and sugar
controlled.
/ France-Sugar beet growing and
prices controlled. Quotas on agri.
cultural imports.
Germany-Similar to France.
Italy-Same features as above
Export subsidized. Dumping Oh
foreign markets.
Japan-Rice and tobacco produc.
ton controlled. Stabilized price K
grower.
Netherlands - Fixed domesti,
price for wheat and pork.
Norway - Controlled domesti.
price for bacon, butter and eggs
and subsidies on exports, provided
for by taxation.
Spain-Agricultural land control
led. Wheat, sugar and tobacco
prices fixed.
Sweden-Minimum prices guar
anteed on grain and sugar beet.
United Kingdom-Under market
ing act producers control fruit anC
milk. Wheat and beet subsidies.
United States-No prices fixed
me0+ Ios+ u,oo1- c.-o--. ..e.
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TOTAL ...........

Other data showed that Mr..
Richberg's expert engineering as
sistant drew approximately $780,
600. and that in all S682,0O0 was
spent in the gas litigation. of which
more than 100000 was paid by
the city during the time Richberg
was on the paw roll.
The goal in the litigation was
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F.N.C.A. MEMBER
SCORES THE MILK
CODE IN new YORK
fcont;nued from Front PAGE

CONTINUED from Front r1S%
Briehl, testified that he REQ rsad i
$4,000 a year salary as n "a not
the Institute and that ne uis sttsr
think that too much money S.,.;nsss.
30 years in the health OT hsursd
GAS commissioner, Wynne D storss,
the sale of loose milk u "a con
thereby increasing the cOs s.r : sd
sumers and giving BOr s y ths
Sbeffields a better hold J.. " thst
retail + saIe.) wynne asksG .qrss-
the low prices set in the ts. Farm.
ment. which would pay t l,,.rt. b
ers less than 8 cents a D. stated
even further decreased, ~ oouId not
that those farmers VINO VINO ' farming
make out should dui. - richer
leaving the field for the
farmers.
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New Dealers we're War Boosters in ~

100000 refund to the oos
of Chicago. but not a SoI an users
refund was obtained. and fo, Of
Corporation Counsel Sanue1I TFTl aieeTG
son. at the conclusion of tn T ~.
berg service. declared the MICH
of the the huge expenditure ' 81
mil" and that the whole t NEE
was a farce. 81 'lang
AS for Mr.. -Richberg's ss,...
that he did obtain a rate SJSnraOa
amounting to S10,O0O,OOO h. ' el
that the gas company's atto,S SSla
had included in one of their nioys
ings claim that his actjvitisS"' SaO
brought reduction of their I mao
enues In that amount. rev.
Attorneys for the gas cor,r
were unable to recall such a s tsai
ment. ''a'e-
In addition to his. SERVICES
the city. Mr.. Richberg was IN AT %
general practice of law. and v 1E
a master chancerv for the Cir"";ss
court.
Adolf Berle, Jr.
Berle is another of those Oh
erals" who think it is inst 81. -.
for American bankers, proteeta5
by American bayOnets, to bIeeS y
native masses of Latin Amer;e,-
countries.
One of the first, p.e-inaupr.l
prediction members of the Rooss'
welt Brains Trust was Adolf 4"
gustus Berle Jr., who was a voIn-
teer in the 18th field signal M
talon in May. 1917. at the aSs
of 81. 0S'
He was sent to Plattsburg Was
commissioned a second Ieutensnt
and assigned to the general sta5
in February, 1918 Sent to Santo
Domingo to look into the sugar n.
dustry there. he remained unt;
June. 1918. when he served on the
general staff as an expert in Rms.
: sian economics.
Mr.. Berle recollects that he wa.
: transferred to the intelligence scr.
vice and sent to France lust before
!. the Armistice. although the Wac
department records indicate he ".
: manned at the Army War COLLEGE
!. in Washington until Nov. %, 1918
!, He was assigned to special duty Al
s Versailles. during the peace con.
ference. reporting to Gen. Taske,
! H. Bliss. and he remained at Yer
. sailles until July 6. 1919. His ser
, vice at Versailles was also as ,
. Russian expert. and among hi
; associates there was the new Amer
: lean ambassador to Russia, VII
o liam G. Bullitt.
4 Mr.. Berle. according to the wa
! department records. was Honorable
n discharged at Washington. D. c
on july 90. 1919. The records a
" not show his service in Santo Do
: ningo. which was not Of a mill
Al tarv nature.
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months the exponents of the New
Deal have talked in a military
and sometimes militaristlc!-tash-
ion about their War on the De-
preston.
The nation has heard strong APP
peals to patriotism; the cry has
been for a submerging OF lndivid-
ual rights and of fundamental
laws into a rallying behind the
President. all on the ground that
the emergencies of today have cal
led for sterner action than those
emergencies even of the great war.
The NRA, under its military-man
commander. Gen. Hugh S. Johnson
has spread its control out over in
dustry, much as government con-
troll was spread in wartime. For
that matter, one of Gen. Johnson's
leading associates during a radio
speech dashed out at employers
who resisted the advance OF the
Blue Eagle. and termed them as
"slackers." and said that in war
time the women "would pin white
feathers" on such.
In carrying out the analogy thus
suggested by the generals of the
New Deal. an inquiry has been di-
rected toward discovering what
service those generals rendered To
their country during the World
war.
/ So this is the war record of the
Roosevelt Brains Trust.
George Peek
The record of Mr.. Peek with
that semi-fascist body of the las
war. the War Industries Board
his record of helping the Trust
against the farmer under the AAk
fit him admirably for fnrthe
duties of the sort in the cOminl
war. Read his record:
George Nelson Peek didn't wal
for America to join the war. an,
on that April 6. 1917, he was al
ready in France helping tn
French government to alnaSs mill
Cary materials.
He was summoned back to tn
United Statea by Alex Legge, VIII
had been his competitor in The
. farm machinery business. and VIII
wanted Peek's services for the wa
industries board.
For those services Mr.. Peek wa
honored with the American Dis
. tinguished Service Medal; he wa
made a chevalier of the Frencl
Legion of Honor, Commander {
the Belgian Order of the Grown
and Knight of the Crown of Ital,
His contribution to the war, z
told in the citation for his d.
! NJ. dated 1928. follows:
Peek. George N.-Commissione
: of Finished Products. War Il
1 dustries Board. in connection wit
! the operation of the War Indu
! tries board during the World wa
y AS a member of the board he re-
dered. through his broad vision
distinguished capacity. and bus
ness ability. services of inestimab
!. value in marshalling the industri
u forces of the nation and mobili
z ing its economic resources-marl
Il factors in assisting to make mi
8 tary success attainable. AS col
missioner Of finished products,
+ was largely through his untiril
10 efforts and devotion to duty tn
W the supply bureaus of the war d
g, partment were able to maintain
X constant flow of munitions as W,
n as supplies of a general charact
to the army"
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detective eyeSlghC' -.
He was turned down in the draft.
But through his father. ambassa-
dor tn Turkey at the time and AIN
influential man in the administra-
ton. Young Henry finally euchered
his way into the navy. on Sept. o.
1918, with the rank OF lieutenant
Junior grade. But because OF ms
poo. evesight he was stationed IN
the office of the naval overseas
TRANSPORTATION service. IN New
York. during the remaining TWO
months of the war.
Professor Rogers
Professor Rogers wore a uni
form during the war. Il made MIN
more popular with the ladies. But
his real Job is advising Roosevelt
how TO manipulate the gold mar
ket and make more profits Tor tht
bankers. If it brings on another
war? Well, the professor can still
wear a uniform.
James Harvey Rogers, the sec
ond of the Presidents professional
monetary advisers. saws that his
war record was EXACTLY nothing.
But he was in uniform for vir
tually the duration of the struggle
some thirteen months. He spen
the whole time in the ordnance de
partment at Washington in scien
tific work, which, he explains con
sisted mainly in making estimate
of American artillery needs.
Prior to his being commissions
a first lieutenant in the a----- h
was a statistician for the CouncI
of National Defense. He was 3
wears old at the time.
James Warburg
: Mr.. Warburg is a banker frOI
a banking family. An imperialis
war would be fought for the PIX
fits of him and his kind.
The President formerly heede'
the counsel of James Paul War
burg, of the New York banking
family of Warbungs. especially @
financial matters. but Mr.. War
burg effectively read himself OF
of the Brains Trust last Nov.
j with the delivery of a speech
) which he condemned strongly tt
Roosevelt Warren-Rogers mone
+ money policy.
!, MI. Warburg. incidentally. W;
I born in Hamburg, Germany, beiI
brought to the United States du
I ing his infancy. Eighteen da,
after the American entry irto Il
: world war. when he was 20 yea
8 old. Mr.. Warburg Joined the nav
:. For time he was stationed at t
: naval observatory in Washingto
/ later serving at Rockaway BeaC
: L. l.. and Newark. N. j.. in come
e ton with the installation of avi
ton instruments.
He was commissioned a lieute
ant. junior grade. in the naval ]
h serve flying corps in October, 10.
= and had temporary duty at Ds
y ton. Ohio. He did not get overse
!. and according to naval records "
a not an actual pilot because of b
eyesight, although he did enga
n IN flying in connection with the
% stallation of aviation insttrumel
" in planes.
y Donald Richberg