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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-07-26
MussOlini's
African War
Plans Scored
BY MARTIN DWYER
Chicago Defender Press Service)

forced return home of Italian SOL
diers stricken by heat and Afri-
can diseases in Somaliland and
Eritrea on the average of 40 a
day, Premier Benito Mussolini
now finds his plans for subjuga-
ton of Ethiopia further menaced
by distinctly hostile attitude by
Japan.
These reports reaching here
were almost coincident with the
visit of two Japanese merchant
journalists to the palace where
they paid respects to Emperor
Halle Selassie, who celebrated his
44th birthday July %. At the
same time Count Luigi Vinci, the
Italian minister to Ethiopia, was
busy insulting the emperor by re-
fusing to join other foreign rep
resentatives in attending the
DlrCnQay recepClOH.
Open Hostility
Press dispatches from Rome
state that the Italians are aghast
at the new attitude of the Japan
csc which amounts almost to an
open declaration of hostility in
that it was in direct contradiction
of the official Japanese COM
munique issued a week ago. At
that time the Japanese govern
ment, through Yotaro Sugimura,
ambassador to Rome, declared
that the far fasteners in
tended to remain neutral in the
alo-Ethiopian dispute and that
Japan had no political interest in
Ethiopia.
But Foreign Minister Koh Hi
rota at Tokyo has directed new
light on the situation. Sugimura
was only carrying out orders
which his government gave him
last winter. The japanese gov
eminent, through new develop
ments in Africa and in world af-
fairs, has done a roundabout
face in their viewpoint and now
see the Italo-E Ethiopian controversy
as a threat to the darker races.
The Japanese now say that
their unfriendly sentiment is di-
rected mot against Italy as Italy,
but against Italy as white race
against the Ethiopian program
principally because it is sponsored
by the whites against African
blacks"
Defend Darker Races"
In Japan at this moment, re-
ports say, anti-Italian demonstra-
lions are prevalent with the people
parading and exhibiting big post
ers and placards calling upon
japanese citizens to "rise up in
the defense of Ethiopia" asking
the Japanese to defend the darker
races and mot to permit Italian
soldiers to foul the soil of Eth
opia in the cause Of the injustice
of the white races"
Not to be outdone the Italian
press is waging a bitter war of
ink against Japan. Front pages
of the newspapers are being
prominently displayed on walls
throughout the city with headlines
bitterly attacking the Nipponese.
They accuse Japan of trying to
champion the cause of the black
races. The anti-Japanese senti-
ment is so sharp, communicates
claim, that Fascist troops and po-
lice have been detailed to guard
the Japanese embassy at Rome.
Know Who Are Friends
Italian government officials gain
fodder for statements from one of
Mussolini's speeches in which he
stated "this is the time to find
Continued on Page 81
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-07-26

Wait for the grand picnic and
celebration, Triangle Clubs Of the
u. B. FPS and S. M. IT'S of the
Twin Cities, Monday, August 26,
Harriet Island.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-07-26
NICEROMA CLUB SPONSORS
BOAT EXCURSION

The Niceroma Club, Inc, Of st.
Paul, is giving a boat excursion
next Monday night. Boat leaves
st. Paul dock at $50. Admission
Soc.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-07-26
This Newspaper
Leads in News,
Ads, Circulation
rs SMOKING HARMFUL?

is SMOKING HARMFUL!
Read what this newspapers
health editor, DR.. W. D.. Brown,
says about this much discussed
question on page 2.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-07-26

Wait for the grand picnic and
celebration, Triangle Clubs of the
U. B. F.'s and S. M. T.'s of the
Twin Cities, Monday, August 26,
Harriet Island.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1935-07-26
BOAT EXCURSION

On August the Gloom Chasers'
club is sponsoring boat excursion
on the Donna Mae. See their ad
in this issue of the paper.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-05
Coffee an

And MussOlini suffers black eve
aLter being thrown from horse
wonder how the Steed acquitted
iCSen before the firing squad?
And the only reason why print
IS put on some newspapers is to
keep the paper from looking 50
bare. %
And 1--WE do not believe the
mass OF the people have forgotten
or can forget what Roosevelt has
uone and is doing for all of us in
tne most strenuous economic crisis
TINS country has ever known" saws
tne New Yark News. You bet we
the New York News. You bet we
haven't forgotten and we won't
forget neither!
And the following notice was
found in an Arkansas weekly:
anyone found near my chicken
mouse at night will be found there
next morning"
And a note from WASHINGTON
SAYS that a new seaplane flew 200
miles on eight gallons of gas
Most people can't get exited about
mat. The New Dealers have been
running on les than that for more
than two years.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-05
LEWIS REPRESENTS.
OPERATORS SAYS
FRANCIS PERKINS

An Associated Press dispatch in
the Great Falls Tribune dated at
Washington, June 80 states, "Johu
L. Lewis, president of the United
Mine Workers, tonight called off
the soft coal strike set for tomor-
row night at request of President
Roosevelt"
Lewis and Duncan Kennedy,
spokesman for the Appalachian
producers had a long conference
with secretary of Labor, Miss Per-
kins where they agreed to continue
the present agremnt for anothr SO
days.
After the conference the dispatch
further states, "Miss Perkins told
reporters:
Mr.. Lewis and Mr.. Kennedy
who represent the operators in the
conference, have been talking
things over with me this afternoon
and again this evening""
Lewis who is president of the
United Mine Workers according to
Miss Perkins statement really re-
presents the operators and has
again sold out the miners interest
to the operators giving the latter
yet more time to organize thcil
strikebreaking tactics.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-05

Clair Mathiason, Jackie MCGOWAN.
enneth Mclaughlin, Thomas NELLIE.
Gustav Metvedt, Howard Miller.
William Miller, Vivian Moe. Wal
do Morstad, Ina Nelson, Bernhardt
Nielsen Paul Norgaard, James Oh
son, George Ottenbreit, J Johnny Ot--
tenbreit, Ida Parent, Barbara Par
part, Iona Peterson, Albert Ras-
mussen, Walter Richardson, Fred
Richardson, Kenneth Richwine.
Frances Reuter-, Philip Reuter-,
Edith Schlag, Luella Schultz, Le-
ona Schultz, Frank Schmidt, Hell
en- Schmidt, Anna Louise Sebastian
Katherine Sebastian, Peter Sigga-
ard, Gladys Snellman, June Stew
art, Muriel Stewart, Palmer Sor-
enson, Lillian Strand, Viola Stoen,
Peter Sorenson, Dorothy Sundsted,
Herbert Strandskov, Hazel Swartz,
Howard Tefre, Arthur Torgerson.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-05

By LOwmdes Manry
Continued from last week.
DINNER CLUB PROPAGANDA
A few day ago in headlines ap-
peared the marvellous news that a
young lawyer had addressed the
Kiwaris, or the Exhangites or the
Rotarians, forgot which, on the
wonderful work the railroads had
done in the building of the west.
Well, the West built the rail-
roads. An area in Montana larg-
er than the State of West Virginia
was donated to a bunch of bucca-
neers calling themselves the Nor
thern Pacific Railroad.
The young man used familiar
language without intimating that
the thought was not equally orig
NAL with both authors of it, know
ing well that great minds fire.
quently run in the same rut. Mr..
Gladstone said 70 years ago, "that
the railroads were the greatest
civilizing agency the world has
ever known" The young speakers
father has had a railroad retainer
from the Oregon Short Line for 20
or more years.
The railroad work bruited by the
diner club societies is a blind. The
sickening advertisements being run
in the newspapers are a prelude TO
one move or another in further
railroad domination of Montana Oh
the entire northwest. After all this
rattle of the dinner plates, the
farmers can expect higher freight
raise or the railroad men can look
for a cut in wages.
STOCKHOLDERS PROPAGANDA
The finest scheme ever invented
by cute corporation lawyers for
Fleeing the public was the plan
Of having utilities holding COM
panies. Jesse James was a public
benefactor compared to the hold
ing company crowd.
personally know many people
who were swindled into buying
stock in holding companies with
their life's savings at prices as
high as 80 dollars the share. The
same stocks are selling now for
or 5 dollars and with a dropping
tendency. These same dupes were
persuaded by the very ones who
swindled them to flood the Presi-
dent and Senate and House with
petitions to allow the same swind-
lers to get their shirts after they
had gotten their coats.
Not 5000 part of the stock in
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-05
The Anatomy of Propaganda

Editors Note In the following article LOwndes Maury,
prominent Butte attorney briefly analyses the many diff
erent company controlled influences that make public Opn
ion in Montana today What is true for Montana is also
for other states and in fact for capitalist country
in the wOrl0.
In many respects agree with Mr.. MauryS state
mens in many others disagree The chief criticism
have TO offer is that LOwndes Mauy does not in
cOncretey point in his article how the vicious lying
propaganda of the absentee landlords of the Montana
HearstS be successfully met by the working people He
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-05
NORTH RAYMOND

Mr.. ad Mrs. Axel Markuson and
son Keith of Plentywood were
callers at the Melvin Evenson
home last Sunday.
Among the North RAYMOND
people shopping in Plentywood
last Saturday was Mr.. and Mrs.
charlie Larter, Mr.. and Mrs. Ber-
nard Void, Mr.. and Mrs CarlHov-
dey and son Orbeck, and Mr.. Adolf
phi Hovdey.
Pearl Larter spent last week end
with Adeline Evenson.
Orbeck Hovdey took his brother
Carman back to Fort Peck Tues
day last week where Carmen is
employed. Mr.. and Mrs. Hovdey
accompanied them.
Alfred Stadstad made a deal for
a John Deere Tractor last week.
jim Symes hauled it out for him.
Vern Brown spent a few DAYS
visiting at c. N. Mccoy last week.
Dickey Mccoy and Ruby Brown
called at the Evenson home last
week on Tuesday.
Don't forget the U. T. L. meet
ing at Ben Vold's next week on
Thursday July 18th. Everybody
turn out. Let US make this a real
meeting.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-05
"We-A Sorry, But
No More Work"

In his letter to the Helena office of May % 1885 prin-
ted in our last ISSUE Gonus Laursen ask this question: eff
the local office is unable to find enough work for case
TO work out his full work budget he then paid the balance
his straight relief budget amounts to? If the latter IS cor
rect then be laid off whenever he has worked to
the amount OF his straight relief budget with the excuse
that there is more work"
This question nicely evaded by the state relief
Office and the is obvious because the conclusion
aursen draws exactly the tactics used at the local re-
lief office here and in other counties
Before person put work budget he is told what
me thing that is He make much more than tho
amount ne receives STRAIGHT budget etc. The wav thew
talk you would almost believe that you are actually
10 make some money But it doesn't work out that way
When person has worked to the amount of his STRAIGHT
relief budget, he is politely stress ON poitev1 lola s
are sorry but there is no work for you this month
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-05

railroads that milk US, or in the
Anaconda Co., or 1 1000 part in
the Montana Power, Montana Dak-
eta Power or any large Natural
Gas Company is owned by Mon
tana people. Not one in 100000
shares of American Telephone and
Telegraph belongs to Montana
people but these infinitismal hold
ers shout for the absentee land
lords as loud as they would cry for
police if a kidnapper were running
away with their child.
PROPAGANDA OF SILENCE
Strang as it may seem there
is a mighty, living force in the
propaganda of silence or suppress
sion of news. A man must read
something everyday and also a GER
tain amount is enough. The daily
paper is most handy. After it is
perused we are done for the day.
From this press we get almost
no news. If news is so stupendous
as to compel entrance it is hidden
in small type like the Pope's great
encyclieal was some months ago in
the Standard.
SILENCE ABOUT U.S.S.R.
No daily paper has mentioned
that the Soviet Union has about
reached the gross annual produc-
ton of wealth of the United
States and that next year it will
exceed ours by Is billion dollars,
putting us industrially in the
backward nation class. One will
never learn from the Post or Ga
zette that Russia is now the second
largest producer of gold, has taken
from us the European market in
steel. will in the next sixty days
absorb the European Market for
refined aluminium, that the dam
on the Dnieper river is the worlds
largest unit of hydro-electric po-
wer, or that it was built by High
Cooper, once a Montana Engineer
at Helena
Silent propaganda works closer
home also. Has anyone seen in the
daily press any mention that one
million four hundred thousand
paupers in Illinois were cut off re-
lief? Or that the relief in New
York city is costing eighteen mil
lion dollars the month and the city
faces bankruptcy?
NO NEWS ON SCOTTSBORO
The daily press of Butte realiz-
ing that the race question in the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-05
WITCHES DANCE OF
PROPAGANDISTS

In Geothe's Faust, thai nnmor4a,
play built around the theme Of the
old professor who mortgaged HI,
soul to the Devil for a few day,
of criminal youthful pleasure. The
Witches dance on Walpurgis night
At the biennial sessions of tbs
Legislature all the pastmasters. Of
propaganda for the absentee land.
lords surround the peoples repre-
sent atives with a sixty night vii
ches dance. Papa Gum of the Nor.
thern Pacific honks his wooden
goose-call to see how many sens.
tors and representatives will heed
his quacking, desert the ranks Of
peoples protectors and join in with
their enemies. Pop Gum ard othel
heuteants welcome those CHOOSING
political suicide and entertain then
for sixty nights. Thereafter il
Montana politics the Devil claim
them for his own.
The Greatest Propaganda eve
spread in Montana is the receH
publishing by the progressiE
weeklies, in their home counties, 0
the names Of such as are fossi
forms of a dead era, or motgag
their souls to the Devil.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-05
LIST OF GRADUATES
FROM EIGHT GRADE
IN SHERIDAN COUNTY

Vivian Akre, Lloyd Anderson,
Edna Bantz, George Bantz, Glen
Bantz, Karen Bertlesen, James
Blackmore, Cleone Bolstad, Ing
void Brekke, Vivian Brightsman.
Katherine Campbell, Floyd Carl
son, Lanora Christensen, Sigrid
Christensen, Florence CybuIski,
Harley Damn, Robert Dahl, Char
les Dahl, Blanche Danielson, Eve
Ign Deubner, Pete Engel, Joseph
Ereth, Eugene Evcnson, Robert
Eidsness, Ruth Erickson, Olga
Flakne, Myrtle Fransen, Harvey
French, Corlton Foss, Robert Fri
edrich, Mae Granbois, Melvin
Grantham, Donald Gray, Leonard
Grayson, Arthur Gunderson, Vern
Guenther, Ada Hagen, Bryce Han
cock, Eleanor Hansen, Luella Han
sen, David Harshbarger, Jane Har-
shbarger, Joseph Harshbarger,
Muriel Hass, Eldon Henke, Kath-
crime Heppner, Walter Hess, Edith
HELEN, Harold Holland, Leonard
Holmen, Beryle Hovdey, Joseph
Hoven, Grace Ibsen, James John
son, June Johnson, Ellen Jensen,
Karen Jorgenson, Matilda Kampen,
Elmer Knudson, Evelyn Knudtson.
Donna Kazeck, Cecil Kittilson, Ka-
Uterine Kohler, Gurlie Lagerquist,
Leonard Lindbloom, Leo Lodahl,
Lillian Lodahl, Leland Losing,
Duane Lutnes, Cynthia Martini,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-05

character of the Farmers National
Committee for Action still further
Someone seconded the motion
that Haaland be seated and it car
ried without opposition.
After Haaland had finally been
seated the first question that came
up was the question of feed and
seed loans. There was definite sen
timent for cancellation of all these
loans.
In the course of lively discus
sion Haaland pointed out that the
farmers for a number of years had
been donating not only their time
and work but part of the reserve
as well, and in many cases all Of
it, toward feeding the people Of
this nation. "The hazard Of put
ting in a crop must be taken by
some one" said Haaland. "This
food must be produced or man will
disappear from the earth. These
things being true it is also true
that these so-called feed and SEED
loans are in fact not loans but
payment Of a bill owed to the
farmers and consequently there Is
no ethical or other reason WI!
they should re paid"
Adopt Resolutions
Later the resolutions committee
appointed by Bosch, reported ~
recommendations for bushel 10,
bushel repayment Of the sesu
loans, payment Of feed loans onV
when the farmers got "cost-of-prg
duction," and denouncing the AAn
processing taxes. The moVo'
were adopted.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-05

does not emphasize strongly enough that these -
landlords who control the press, pulpit uniyersit
the professions organized i'm perfect and ar and
CARNATIONS From this he would have to cOncud Or
powerful organizations of workers and farmer mat only
to combat and finally overcome the influence Of x abb
ness upon the minds of the people, u Dig bus,
We welcome Mr. Maury's article as valuable 90.
button to columns and hope that it will hI en
vince readers of the fact that strong and mIit con-
ing class organizations needed to cOunteract or "
smash the organizations of the bIOOdsuckers and n
1t can be done! P'SVeS
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-05
Holiday Demand Bushel for
Bushel Settlement Of Loans

st. Paul, MINI. = A call for
farmers to pay no more than bu-
shell for bushel on the seed loans
owed the government-was the out
standing result of the meeting of
some 81 Holiday leaders who met
IN the state capiaol here on June
70. On the question of feed loans
the melting endorsed the plan of
refusing to pay anything until
cost of production were paid. The
AAA processing taxes were con-
demned as opposed to the inter
ests Of the farmers.
The majority of these at the
meeting were members of the
Minnesota Holiday with few pre-
sent from Iowa, North Dakota, and
Wisconsin.
In the forenoon Jasper Haaland,
member of the Trail county, Nor
tn Dakota Holiday, and a member
OF the Farmers National Com
mlttee for action, presented John
Bosch, Minnesota Holiday presi-
dent, with a letter Of Introduction
from Lem Harris, secretary of the
Farmers National Committee for
action. Harris asked that Haaland
be admitted to the melting as the
official representative of the
many organizations affiliated with
the Farmers National Comm ttee
for Action"
Unity is Power
1 am sure" wrote Harris in the
letter of Introduction, "that in any
campaign or program for genuine
farm relief for the small farmers
OF this country the support of our
affiliated organizations would add
strength to that of any single or
ganization."
Bosch read the letter without
announced, after a few minutes
comment and returned it. The
meeting opened after lunch. Bosch
mad elapsed, that there was a
member of the United Farmers
League present, who had a letter
from Lem Harris. He added that
his experience with Harris had
been unfortunate. Bosch asked
whether Haaland should be seated
Haaland explained that the
United Farmers League had been
merged with the Holiday in North
Dakota to build one united organ
lzation that would defend the in
terests of the working farmers
Haaland pointed out also that the
Farmers National Committee had
ben born in the struggle of the
farmers at the Washington farm
ers' conference in 1882. He also
explained the Chicago conference.
Motion To Seat HaaIand
A motion was made that Haa-
land be seated and given voice in
the proceedings. Bosch again took
up the question of whether Haa-
land should be seated. Haaland
then explained the united front
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-05
Committee Repudiates Bills
OF N. D. Cancellation League

A set of three bills, covering the
taxing of mortgages to be initial
ed by the voters of North Dakota,
is being pushed by Charles Taylor
and Ashbel Ingerson. The commit
tee whose names appear in support
of these bills, were given rather
vague idea in advance of their con-
tents. The committee had never
met or discussed these bills toge-
Their. Therefore Pat Barrett whose
name headed the list of signrs and
might be construed as chairman
called a meeting of all the mem
bers of this committee. He appoin-
ted Jasper Haaland of Grandin,
North Dakota to serve in his place,
since he could not leave the hos
pital. The meeting was held in the
Grand Hotel, Minot North Dakota
and was attended by four of the
eight committee members as fol-
lows: Jasper Haaland proxying
for Pat Barrett, Gearge Varnum,
Aslaak Haugo, and Loui Negaard.
AShbel Ingersen and Charles
Taylor were notified concerning
the meeting with the expectation
that they would welcome the OBJ
portunity to discuss these bills for
which they were responsible. In
stead of welcoming this meeting,
lngersen sent kilograms to COM
mittee members telling them that
the meeting had been cancelled.
Ingersen and Taylor by resorting
to these underhanded means, hop
ing thereby to prevent the commit
tee membrs from getting together
to discuss these matters must be
prompted by other motives than
the interests of the workers and
farmers. Ashbel Ingersen and
Charles Taylor are hoping to use
these bills as a means of promot-
ing a new organization which
they hope they can dominate.
The members of the committee
who were present at the meeting
took the action indicated in the en-
closed statement which was to re-
pudiate all of these bills. The COM
mittee felt that it would be adj
visable to draw up certain Bills so
clearly and simply drafted that
there can be no question as to
their effect upon the majority of
small farmers of North Dakota.
On the following day, Monday
the 18th, a meeting of the North
Dakota State Committee elected
by the Sioux Falls Conference was
held at Fessenden. The following
members of the committee were
present.
George Ross of Garrison, Sam Ka-
banuk of Max, Arvo Husa of Bel
den, John G. Wall of Fessenden
Oliver Rosenberg of New Rock
ford, and Jasper Haaland acting
for Pat Barrett of Sanish. The
only absent member was Effie
Kjorstad of Williston. Lem Harris
Secretary of the Farmers National
Committe for action attended in
place of Clarence Walstad, Region
ell Secretary of the united front
committee elected at Sioux Falls.
This committe also discussed the
initiative bills sponsored by Inger-
sen and Taylor, and agreed that
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-05
COMPULSORY LABOR
SERVICE TO STARl
SOON IN GERMANY

BERLIN, June %. Deep mon,
nation and fear were widespisa.. I.
today as a result of the move !,
conscript 100000 young men - !.
women by the end of the year ear !
compulsory 1abor service" cAlu ,sr
without wages, preliminary 70 w.
training in the army. -
Decreed yesterday by the Ne ~
cabinet" CONSUMPTION VIII - 4
gun October 1, when one-ns \, =.
the military class of 1910 wiz .uuL
port. The horror of this In;sssd
sorry labor service was inten' Ills
with the realization tna' .ar,us
would be recruited into the '
as we'll as men. "A.
The announcement OF slas r. last
mentation was passed as In s.sors
act of the cabinet members I
they left for vacations.