The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-05-10

Milo Reno is attempting to un-
tie forces with the agents Of the
capitalists, Huey Long, Father
Coughlin and Governor Floyd B.
Olson, and at the same time an
grily refuses to support the nation
wide movement to unite all groups
in a common fight for security
and relief.
Upon the insistence of Milo Reno
himself, the Sioux Falls Program
Of Unity in Action was rejected,
although endorsed by many Of his
own members who attended the
Farmers Emergency Relief Con-
ference. Reno refused to permit
me to present this program, al
though more than 25 of his own
members, most of them county and
state officials, wrote in demanding
that he should.
Reno Had No Objections
Reno stated that he had no OBJ
jections to any of the provisions
of the program, but did object tc
having me present them. Since
the program was the important
thing, not the person presenting
them, it was agreed with Reno
himself, with Oscar Brekke, presi
dent of the South Dakota Holiday
that Andrew Cunningham, secre-
tary of the McCook County Holi
day, South Dakota, should present
the Sioux Falls program. In &C
cordance with this agreement, Mr.
Cunningham read the program be
fore the convention and, using hi
right as a part of the South Da
kota delegation, moved the ap
prevail Of the program and the ell
lection Of a Holiday committee T.
cooperate with the regional com
mittee set up by the Sioux Fall
conference. Tt was at this poin
that Reno exploded:
"YOu can't talk. You can't
argue. Don't try to get the
floor. I'm running this meeting.
Sit down and shut up. And get
out before we Eeally get mad"
This is Reno's answer to the 5
delegates from the Holiday to tn
Sioux Falls conference who in tn
succession of the Holiday Associ
alton there unanimously adopte'
the Sioux Falls Unity Program
This is Reno's answer to the doz
ems of requests which poured i
to him before the convention ask
ing that the Sioux Falls program
be presented. This is the demo
cratic way in which Reno treat
the demand Of his own delegate
that the unity Of all small farm
ers in the fight for security an
relief be achieved.
Against Unity
This means that Reno IS a
gainst unity. If these we're the
rawlings Of a bad tempered old
man, we could laugh and for
get about IL. But these state
ments reflect the serious policy
of the president of the Farmers
National OHliday Association.
The same policy showed up
Reno's speech to 10000 people WI
had come to hear Huey Long. n
no went out Of his way to lum
together Mussolini, Stain and Hi
Ter, and condemned them all.
is also not chance that the pr
gram Of the National Holiday A
sociation includes the following
"The dictatorship of Communis
on the one hand, and the dictate
ship Of capitalistic fascism on Il
other hand, are alike incompatib
with the principles of democracy
It is possible that Milo Reno
actually very ignorant, but I lmo
that hundreds of thousands
farmers are not ignorant of {
vast difference between the di
tatorship of the capitalists as e
listing under the fascist COVER
ments Of Germany and italy. a.
the dictatorship of the worlSin
class as exists in the Soviet Uni
today. AS a result Of the person
tours Of thousands Of American
including Julius Walstad of Sou
Dakota. it Is now widely lmoV
that there exists in Soviet Rus
a real democracy. in which VOL
ers and farmers really control I