The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-05

Sheridan county and that TINS
claim is not, as you say, without |
basis nor facts at hand to substan-
tate them, but Prendergast might
be playing solitary, that is, a lone
hand.
an your letter to me you quote
from a letter written to DIR. But
Ter by Prendergast on February
rs. In Prendergast's letter he
tells whom he had selected on his
grievance committee. You close
this quoting with the following re-
mark: 4 quote these letters to
show you that Mr.. Prendergast
felt that in appointing this COM
mittee, he had complied with DR..
Buffers letter of Feb. Is and felt
that it was not necessary to call
a meeting of your organization in
order to select these members
"Now Mr.. Prendergast possibly
though that he could slip the i'm
preston over on the Helena office,
that he had appointed this COM
mittee in good faith in answer 20
DIR. Buffers letter of Feb. %, ard,
evidently, he has succeeded in do
ing so, but he was wise enough to
know he could not do that with US,
so he never made the attempt. He
told us that his committee had
been appointed in compliance with
a letter he received from Or. But
Ter on Feb. A. and that he was
not going to call a meeting to
have another grievance committee
set up, even he had been instruct
ed to do so on Feb. %, because
the Helena office could not con
tradict itself like that.
"With this remark he proves
that he considers himself above
the Helena office, and that he
A isn't compelled to take orders from
, them. 1t was on the strength Of
this remark that l wrote in my
E previous letter to you, that posi-
E bly, you had written him privately
}, and told him to ignore the lettel
of Feb. %, telling him to set VI
this grievance committee. VIVA
further conversation took place be
tween Mr.. Prendergast and mysel
on this matter you can tell by re
!, ferring to my previous letter t,
! you.
= "Now, if the Helena office i
not included in this game, thel
why in the world don't you fir
= him when he has fatty refused t
9 carry out your instructions?
take it for granted that the Who'll
relief set-up is supposed to be 70
the purpose of serving the people
Well, the people have never bee
satisfied with the service M
Prendergast and Miss Randa
have rendered, and now Mr.. Prer
dergast has purposely stalled OF
the setting up Of this new grie1
ance committee for over a mont
, and will stall it indefinitely if
thinks he can.
eff the Helena office is not il
) Guided in this game, then he
r neither serving you nor us, so
: ask you again, why is he not fl
, ed? The Helena delegation aske
: for the removal of Mr.. Prende-
: CAST and Miss Randall, the Ple1
: tywood mass meeting of Marck
: voted to have them fired, and thel
is going to be another mass NEE
w ing in Plentywood March 18th f,
at the same purpose. I will also sta
he again that their treatment of Il
t. people of Sheridan county in Il
at past has been such that they mu
a be fired before you have any rig
in to expect the good will and G
operation of the people here. Wht
in that is done, and not before, thu
nd we will realize that your off
re has not been included in til
no. game.
W. "Yours truly,
RS (Signed) "Gonius Laursen.