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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-24
Farmer Delegates to Meet at Dagmar, Mont.
June 1916 to Prepare Fight for
Cancellation, Against AAA

etc. not solving the problems of the farmers. The
C.W.A and PW.A. not doing away with unemploy
ment Now we even have BEER and WHISKEY which was
supposed to employ thousands and to raise the prices of
barley ETC. None of these campaign promises have solved
our problems The recovery program of the Brain Trust
will not solve the problem for in Montana These
brainy politicians to whom have listened for years,
have given programs of promises before election and
have done work for the bankers afterwards From them
we have gotten only promises Officials whom
have elected and supported In the old farm organizations
have turned out to be closer to the bankers merchants
than to the rank and file farmers are tired of promises
own mass action is the only action that depend upon
The politicians tried to fost the Sales Tax onto us with
the intentions of helping the bankers by paying the in
teres their State Bonds that they own tried to shift
onto the poorest people, upon the poorest farmers who
been eeced by the bankers until now we can no longer
pay taxes to protect the rich property owners bank
ers insurance companies, and corporations etc. who
the only that have recently been able to pay
(even tho farmers losing farms and our
and children forced to go without sufficient of the
necessities of ea of this ATTEMPTED on the pretext of
saving the credit of the state and keeping the schools
open.
he politicians promised that Stree speech" would be
guaranteed Instead free speech has been suppressed
for instance in the recent at Linton N D. SiSseton
s. D. Lincoln Nebr., Grand Island Nebr Warsaw, Ind,
White Cloud Mich and many others where farmers and
workers arrested and jailed at public meetings called
administrators of the CWA and for fighting against fore
closures and evicons etc State and government officials
have not acted to guarantee the Constitutional rights of
Free Speech to these men,
After producing great wealth of farm products
ating so-called SURPLUS building fine homes for the
bankers and business men, and after having put furnaces
in their Easements and bathtubS and radios in their
that gave to them the farmers and workers are poverty
stricken and hungry being forced to work ON eva pro
ects where in the majority of cases the bosses who
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-24
LA ZARRE PLAYERS
SHOW. z COMEDIES
AT LABOR TEMPLE

PLENTYWOOD.-The La Zarre
Players will give two performances
here at the Farmer-Labor Temple
on Wednesday and Thursday night,
May 30 and 81.
The opening show will be a four
act comedy, cole the Devil and the
Girl" On Thursday the troupe
will play a three act farce comedy
"The Girl in Green"
Admission to either show will be
10 and 1g cents if tickets are Sc
cured from the local storekeepers
Without those tickets, regular ad-
mission will be 80 and 30 cents.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-24
TOM MOONEY ASKS
HELP IN DEFENSE
Personal Letter Calls for
Contributions of
Readers
Producers News
"Plentywood, Montana.
INV Dear Readers.

Producers News
"Plentywood, Montana.
MY Dear Readers:
my attorneys, Frank P. Walsh
of New York City, John F. Fin
erty of Washington, d. c., and
George T. Davis If San Francisco
filed my application for a writ of
habeas corpus in he United States
District Court for Northern Cali.
forria at San Francisco On the TIN
of May 1884, charging violation OF
the "due process of law clause OF
the Fourteenth Amencment to the
Federal Cons tuition OH the ground
Of my having been acquitted May
"a, 1888, on one indictment which
covered the identical material of
the indictment On which / was cor
victed February 8, 1917, and that
such conviction WIS the direc' re-
suit of a premeditated and DELHI
crate frameup conspiracy on the
part of the prosecuting and police
officials by concealing and sup
pressing evidence material to JUS
tice and the defense, using vita
testimony that they knew to be
perjury, coaching of state wit.
nesses that amounted to suborna
ton of perjury, exhibiting the de-
PENDANTS to prospective States wit
nesses instead of having then
identified in the regular manner
and generally inflaming the pub
} lie mind of the community witt
highly prejudicial statements is
sued by the District Attorney AM
: the police department and publish
Continued on page 4
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-24
TAXPAYERS ASSN.
ANNOUNCES MEET
FOR Mon, JUNE a
To Discuss Indications OF
Rise of Tax Levies
By Edgar 1. Syverud,
Sec.-Treas. Sheridan County
Taxpayer Assn.

Indications are beginning to ap-
pear that Sheridan county's tax
levies for the coming year are go
ing up. In last weeks news we
see signs of Ibis, in addition to
what we hear. Taxpayers are
warned to be on the lookout again,
to protect their interests.
Last weeks news brought US the
information that the high school
levies are to be set at eleven
mills for the coming year, an in
crease over the limit set by the
Board of Commissioners last fall
upon demand by the taxpayers.
This limit was set at 10 mills, and
ample notice was given.
It is also reported that severa'
school districts are contemplating
raising their levies for the coming
year. Some of this may be due
to the new law passed at the spe
cial session permitting an extra
levy for old registered warrants.
Salary increases for teachers ar,
also talked of.
1t has been officially stated tina
the county road levy will be re
instated again. Thru the effort
of the taxpayers in the past sew
eral years this special levy has
been dispensed with But now ]
| is contended that a lot of ole
registered warrants have to b.
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-24
M CASH FOR RELIEF WORK IN
RURAL AREAS, OFFICIALS AT
BRENTWOOD TRY TO EXPLAIN
CO. COMMISSIONERS
SILENT ON CHARGE
OF FAVORITISM
Keymen Receive no Salary /;
Relief Officials
State

The Board of County Commits
sioners of Sheridan county has so
far not thought it necessary to ex-
plain how it is possible that one
family is allowed to earn $435 per
month on road work, as was
charged in the last issue of The
Producers News.
When the representative of your
paper demanded an explanation of
the case from the Central Relief
Committee, Chairman Neville an
swered that no keyman receives
any remuneration for the work he
is doing and that for the rest of
the charge the relief office had
nothing to do with the case. "That
Is for the unemployment office to
explain" he said.
The mayor of the city made no
effort to answer the charge made
by The Producers News that ia
voritism is practiced by the Re-
employment office. And appar-
emily he had no intention to look
into the matter.
When speaking of the fact thai
keymen are not receiving a cent
for the work they were doing Mr.
Neville thought that there was al
opportunity Of criticizing The Pro
ducers News.
eyes. but you never publish tn,
fact that these men are burnins
up their gas and occur expense.
just to help their communities,
he said.
We told him then and we stat,
here now that The Producers New
will be only too glad to let tn,
public know when keyman reall,
| does good work for the poor farm
ers and workers in his community
Just let us know.
Il In the meantime farmers anC
workers insist on their right Il
hear from the county commission
ers in regard to the Collins cas-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-24
TAXPAYERS MEETING

A general meeting of the tax
payers of Sheridan county and the
Taxpayers Association is called for
Monday June a, at 2 p. m. at the
court house in Plentywood.
Severay ma ters affecting the
taxes for the coming year viii he
taken up as well as organizing the
Association more effectively. H.
terested taxpayers are asked t.
help along this movement. it has
proved its value in many cases
curing the past four wears of It:
existence.
Edgar I. Syverud, Sect reas
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-24
FARMERS WIN
VICTORY OVER
GRAIN DEALER
Enforce Settlement and Get
Gas and Expenses
Paid

GLENTANA, May 15.-About
80 farmers, members of the Holt
day Assn. and U.F.L. gathered
here yesterday at the office of the
Federal Land Bank and forced a
grain dealer to abstain from ex-
tor'ing money from Mabel Krause,
who is farming near here.
H. C. SOrensen, money lender
and grain dealer of Gletana, was
holding the second mortgage
against the farm of Mrs. Krause
and had threatened foreclosure.
His object was to buy the first
mortgage and sch the farm for a
good price.
Previously this loan shark had
agreed to settle the matter thru
the Federal Land Bank. When he
was asked to turn over the mort
gage papers he fatty refused and
tried to extort $50 more out OF
the woman than he had originally
agreed to accept.
However, no. much persuasion
On the part of the farmers
was needed to make the grair
dealer change his mind. When HI
saw that they were ready for some
mass action he decided that i
was best to keep his word. Tn,
attitude of the farmers also mad,
him agree to pay for their gas ant
all expenses connected with thei
efforts in helping Mrs. Krause.
After the demonstration the &C
ton was discussed by the farmer
and certain mistakes were pointe
out. For $2.25 worth of Farmers
Defense Stamps were sold.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-24
MANY ANSWER CALL
FOR NATL. YOUTH
DAY AT WMLETON
so From Sheridan Co. Viii
Join Demonstration
May 30

WILLISTON, N. D., May a.
Preparations for the National
Youth Day Demonstration here on
May 80, are making excellent
Roadway. Reports, coming in from
all parts of the territory, indicate
that the call to demonstrate again
the preparations for imperialist
war is meeting with good response.
Young farmers from Raymond,
Archer and ComertoWn are getting
ready to come about so strong to
Williston. Efforts are being made
to secure two trucks and several
cars for their transportation.
The Committee instructs all
delegations to report at the Labor
Hall as soon as they roll into
town. Those who want to stay
over night are asked to bring
blankets along; sleeping quarters
will be provided. The committed
also thinks it advisable that every
one bring cold lunches since it il
quite impossible to feed the entire
demonstration.
/ On Wednesday night, after tn,
demonstration, there will be |
dance at the Broadway Club, ar
ranged by the Committee.
Again the Provisional Commit
tee for National Youth Day i
calling upon all young people t
show their determination to figh
against imperialist war. Unite i
powerful demonstration at VIII
| liston on Wednesday, May 80.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-24
UFL Training School
TO Start Four Weeks
Session on July 1St
All Locals Asked to Select Most Active Members as
Students; Three Courses to Be Taught by
Excellent Staff
The Farm School on Wheels. the

The Farm School on Wheels, the
training school of the United Farm
ers League, will roll into this terri
tory on June 80. A four weeks
session will start Immediately to
which locals of the U.F.L. of both
North Dakota and Montana will
send students.
The purpose of the Farm School
is to help train farm organizers
for the militant farm organiza-
tons. Three courses are given by
a staff of competent teachers. The
course History of Farmers Strug-
giles and Organizations" will help
acquaint the students with the pur-
pose and principles of the old line
farm organizations ard will ex-
plain the basis on which a mill
tant organization of the farmers
should be built.
fundamentals of the Class
Struggle" is study of present day
society, capitalism. This course
gives the exact reasons why our
present system is working in such
an absolutely insane way; it
shows the role of the state, the
press, church and all the other In
buttons of capitalist society.
However, this course does not only
try to give the student a thorough
understanding of the system under
which we are living but it shows
also how it came about and what
we, the workers and farmers have
to do to bring about a form of
society where there is no staIwa-
ton when there is a surplus of
food, a system that is sane and
sensible.
/ Problems of Farm Organiza-
tons" is The third course. Here
the students learn how to go about
in the easiest and most effective
way to build an organization. The
reasons for failure are discussed
and solutions are found for many
questions and problems that occur
, in the daily struggle of a militant
, farm organization.
The locals of the U.F.L. are ex
pected to select from their mem
bership those farmers who have
: shown the most interest in the de
: velopment Of the U.F.L. and VIII
/ have had some experience in Orga
: nizing farmers. In other words
the most active U.F.L. members
should be given opportunity to at
tend this school.
A definite place for the locatio
of the school will be announce
shortly. Since the tuition for tn
four weeks course is rather low
($3 per suddenly, farmers al
asked to provide food for the str
tCSntsnuea on page -
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-24

The farmers, Largely members
4 the U.F.L., had met at Conner
tow in an U.F.L. meeting last
Friday and decided to put the mat
ter Nd to the Relief Committee.
Thew agreed to demand a go cents
er hour minimum wage for every
one working for relief; cash pay
ment, and work for at least "a
hours DER week. A committee Of
seven, elected by the farmers dis
ussed these demands with the To-
cal planning committee and the
ksyman and made these people also
come to Plentywood to press the
demands with the Central Relief
Committee.
Neville Explains"
The chairman of the Central
Committee, Percy Neville, is of
The opinion that cit doesn't make
any difference whether a family
receives cash or food orders" The
discrimination in paying cash in
HentywOOd and giving food orders
IN other communities he tried to
explain by saying that 'the PEG.
pie in the Plentywood community
have to pay rent, water, &c, anC
therefore need cash." He is ap
psrently very definitely Of the
opinion that farmers do not neeC
any cash.
However, he did not maintain
that Plentywood is an ''industria
center"
An answer to the demand of g.
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-24

get better pay) busted bankers and e-erch
ants who have naturally climbed into the sofest places
has always been their nature to do We farmers along
with the unemployed of the cities and towns have been out
working in weather often 80 degrees below Zero reez
ing hands and faces Many have been out working on
tnese slave jobs without proper clothing many have
been injured and killed while on these primitive pick and
shovel jobs and many have died from sickness brought
on by the exposure suffered while these degrading jobs
shown in the form of lowering wages to relief workers by
paying as low per hour to and as high as Csc
10 oosseS paying cash to and only store orders to
Others also by varying hours from "a to 90 hours per
month This starvation program to extend over period
OF It years In instance have we heard of any public
which so many farmers and workers are suffering
All of these conditions have come upon us with the
help of refoist farm organizations and their lead
ership and their program of compromising with the big
business interests and their support of the political machine
mat happens to be In poweras witness their support of
Hoovers Farm Board and their support of Roose-
velts Allotment Plan = $500
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-24
Tim Down Demands of 40 farmers Nave no Explana-
to $1,000
MED INCREASES WITH DROUGHT
otf,,. Don't Know What to Do" and Have Done
Nothing to Include Eastern Montana IN
Officia Drought Area
pr ENTyWOOD MAY 22.-The new Roosev

BRENTWOOD, May 22.-The new Roosevelt Emerg-
~ Relief Program that to go into effect on April 1,
attended to be applied for industrial centers only it
acted today by the Central Relief Committee here when
about 40 farmers mostly from Comertown, demanded an
naon of the many discriminating features of the pro-
nam in Sheridan county. The officials explained that &C
Ing to new instructions they not allowed to pay
~ for the relief work that was being done now
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-24
The New Deal in Agriculture

Under the whip of false patriotism, the new deal"
drives back to old slavery Back from motor to muscle
from the theory OF two blades of grass where grew
fore to the theory that surplus food causes starvation
And these whered vutures dare to force who grow the
fields lie faow next year, e four leaves rot on every
tobacco stalk dump fruit into the ocean, farmers need
1rut and can't buy it, and ki every third cow (cy
workers children are undeourshed and starving for
the lack OF milk, all this while starvation rampant in
Gould a government policy be idotic, than what
has been this year? In March the government lends money
to plant cottonin August it promises money for plow-
ing down the se-same cotton while twenty million farm
ers and workers and their families go in rags0
We condemn these cold booded plans of system OF
surplus" and starvation"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-24
HOLIDAY MEETING

A Holiday meeting will be
held at the Griffin school, east
of Medicine Lake, Sunday, May
q, at 2 D. M, where Emil Moe
and Art WanazeI will speak.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-24
New Dealing the Farmers

Who will be refinanced the small farmer or the rich
farmer? Who will get reef-the ruined farmers or the
tary allotment spy system is instituted in the country
side. Under the Allotment the small farmer will not get
farmers cut acreage poorest unproduce soil and
still have many times the acreage of the poor small farmer
and ne machinery and fertilizer the remaining
What is the sNew Deal" with it's Aotments its nfla-
on its destruction it's Codes but new ways to further
deceive and beat down the living standards of the farmers
and workers-new methods with which the bankers and
trusts, the monoposs mddemen and the rich farmers
attempt to exploit rob- and plumber the poor farmers with
even less difficulty than before.
The United Farmers League condemns this bankers
program for the small farmers and propose that
organize to defend ourselves against this farm relief that
skins and staves class brothers. the workers in the
cities. ~ 81
Imperialist War
At the same time Big Business preparing rapidly
try the desperate gamble of bloody war of conquest
the markets of the world They would not hesitate to
sacrifice the lives and happiness of millions of young
and women of this and other countries Even the
manufacturers OF poison and munitions and the build
ing of batteshps taking the money which was collected
taxes from the toers and should go feed families
and save what is left of our livestock from starvation Bill
hons have already been appropriated for WAR.
part of this convention will be devoted to the dis
cusson of the special issue of and attitude towards
Imperalstic War This matter of is of greatest i'm
portance especially when seems certainty and
may be upon us before the summer is over.
Faced with the growing demands of the starving work
and farmers the Wall Street ruling class openly talks
of Fascist dictatorship suppress the poor farmers and
workers with rule of the most reaconary and terrorstc
elements of society. The United Farmers League is
ateraby opposed to the bankers imperastic plans
and their plans to establish Fascism which is military
dictatorship of Big Business to suppress the farmers and
workers so that they may continue to exploit
sia9 Cali to the Exploited Farm People
Let us unite our farces. With the weapon of Orga-
nzed action in hands, it is not necessary for
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-24
Evictions and Foreclosures Continue
The Crisis Is Growing Deeper

V 9ce the general nationwide and worldwide crisis
Sn began in 1929 with increased wage cuts and VIDE
ali unemployment to the city workers., the problems OF
who farmers have been multiplied. The workers
less ~ up the majority of the can buy even
wages farmers products because OF less work and lower
q taxes and initiation. -r
the is not solving the problems of the workers
uaes the Allotment plans and the Farm Board Acts
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-24
Cali to the Exploited Farm People

Let unite our farces. With the weapon of orga-
nzed action in hands, it is not necessary for
Continued Page q
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-24
all to the United Farmers League State Convention

To all Locals and to all Members of the United Farmers
League,
To all Working Farmers, Farm Workers. Dspossessed
Farmers Farm Women, Farm Youth of Montana:
. The Farmers Second National Conference which was
held Chicago H. last year decided upon certain demands
which absolutely necessary for our welfare The
United Farmers League as organization of rank and file
farmers participated and helped organize that United Front
conference Their leaders the real organizers OF the
conference along with the delegates from the First harm
g National Relief Conference which held at Wash
mgtOn, D. c., December 7th to 10th, 1882.
At the Chicago Conference the following basic demands
were put forth:
I. For cash relief
z Cancellation Of debts.
8 Against foreclosures and evictions.
/ An increase in the farmers purchasing power.
s. Tax relief
Reduction in rents.
l. Against the oppression of Negro farmers.
However these demands in general have not been real
and have been realized in part only in those commnl
YES where the farmers and workers demonstrated and
struggled forcing the local authorities thru power OF mass
n ana organization to give some semblance OF reheI.
EvicGons and Foreclosures Continue
n Our conditions have continually been getting worse
cuonS and foreclosure sales have still been taking place
saTdeSs of ROosevets promises and Governor Cooney
S our fight against evctions and foreclosures, es
fst where the United Farmers League and otner min
groups Of farmers have helped lead the fight Mass
no mas IN many counties forced RELIEF TO the I'M
ers !; farmers The united action OF the farn
nv Inc only power that has them anything and Il
cT tnese principles that the United Farmers League
"e mls~state convention.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-24

Ct Your NeighbOr to
Gel sI.,r;be to Your Paper
Evening star., 1934-10-27
Fifty Years of Service.

The Central Union Mission is cele-
brating the fiftieth anniversary of its
foundation, and the occasion affords
opportunity for recognition of Its work
as one of Washington's institutions of
social service.
To many, Of course, its significance
already is known, but to a larger num-
Der, it is natural to suppose, its pur-
poses and functions as a center of
practical humanitarianism are not
quite clear. The fact is that quietly
and unpretendingly it meets a need
which Q certain pkpportion of the