The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-18

the 1880 Federal Census. AT these
and all subsequent conventions.
each farmer shall have only one
vote. No convention shall have the
mower to act unless at least 40 per
cent of the farmers, eligible to vote
ara present at the convention. At
anv time, a petition of one hum
dred farmers or One-tenth of the
farmers in any county or parish,
whichever is fewer, shall be suf-
ficient to cali a mass convention to
consider the recall of any member
mr. members of committee and he
election of a new member or MEM
! bers."
This committee, elected by the
farmers themselves, the Farmers
Relief Committee. is given power
m determine who shall receive re-
lief and how much, who shall re-
ceive loans for any purpose and
how much. A set-up is arranged
that gives to the poor and middle
farmers, the overwhelming ma
ioritv of the rural population, the
mower to themselves stop evictlons
and foreclosures and eliminate the
mass misery in their own ranks.
. The Rich Must Finance Act
On the financing Of this act, the
burden is placed where it belongs
'l-ON THE RICH. The impover-
ished farmers are exempted from
. taxation. No additional tax bur-
dens are placed on the city work
ers. The needed funds aEe to be
raised "by the taxation of inherl-
tances and gifts and the taxation
> of all incomes whether of trusts
: individuals, corporations or foun'
dations) in excess of $4,000 per
wear" Here also the class char
acter of the bill is clear; benefits
: TO only the poor and middle farm
/ ers at the expense of the CAPT
talis's, landlords and the ricl
farmers.
Finally the bill rules out any
discrimination in the administra-
= ton of relief or in the granting o
&c leans "because of the age, sex, rae
:, color. or religious or political opin
! - ion or utilization. or nationality o
:. any farmer" This aspect OF tn
bill must be particularly stressed i
= the South where the Negro ten
: !; ants and sharecroppers have lon
- been bounded and prosecuted.
. These are the central points ths
l. are TO be emphasized in rallyin
y support for TIE bill.
Il Now on the campaign for tn
d. adoption of the bill. There shoul
a. be no illusions. The Farmer
rs Emergency Relief Bill will not |
D. embraced by the Roosevelt admin
,r. stration, nor by the Republican
of nor for that mat er, by the Socia
lists. It will not be accepted wit
10 favor by the leaders of the bou
he geois farm organizations. It's shal
ed class character precludes any SUI
a possibilities.
I'm 1t will be supported only by Il
ef- workers and by the poor and mi
Isl die farmers. 1t will be supports
ST by others only to the extent tn
,re,i a powerful mass movement is S
in motion around the bill. 1t
Act now our job to launch such
on movement.
TT The bill has already been Ell
a dorsed by the Executive Council
led the United Farmers League.
ro- will be presented for adoption
yes the national convention of farme
ra- to open in Minneapolis on June z
,ill In the meantime the best guara
tee of its adoption by this n;
OIL tional farmers movement is its G
Act dorsement by hundreds of Loo
on farm bodies in all paris of Il
nty country.
ties Communist, militant farmers a
ach workers should bring this bill
ass the attention of every farm org
ted nization. The bill should be {
Sc planned, over and over again,
I'M necessary. An effort should
ten made to have the bill endors
of These organizations should
tee urged to send the bill to their c.
nal gresham with the demand that
,Ior be introduced in congress and 81
in ported by him. Reports of eve
IN endorsement should be sent to
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