The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1935-01-30

is and program the American
-ese last four years. The farms
. ers Of Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota,
the Dakotas, the farmers Of PENN
sylvania and New Jersey, the share
| choppers Of the South, Negro and
white, have expressed themselves in
no uncertain terms in favor Of
| these demands contained in this
| bill. The farmers have faced the
Sheriffs. the armed forces of the
states such as in Iowa and Wiscon-
sin, they have faced the tools and
stool pigeons Of the bankers and
bosses, they have had their bones
broken and their heads cracked in
their fights for relief for their
/ families. for security on their farms
against the foreclosure and eviction
program Of the bankers and insur-
ance companies. They have CONS
to jail and served long prison terms
because Of their fight for their rights
as American citizens to live de-
Gently
Farmers Want Bill
All these activities and struggles
conducted by the Holiday farmers
of Iowa, Nebraska and South OAK
Ota, or by farmers of the United
Farmers Protective Association of
Pennsylvania, or the farmers of the
United Farmers League of Mime
sofa, Wisconsin and North Dakota,
these struggles were votes cast for
the Farmers Bill"
I have heard old time farm lead
ers, like Milo Reno, speaking to
thousands Of farmers, say the
farmers debts can never be paid,
they must be cancelled. have
heard Burdick, Lemke and other
congressman say the same thing in
their campaign speeches, and the
farmers voted for them because of
it. But when you come to them
with a document like the Farmers
Bill and ask them for their support
IN making it law then these farm
leaders and progressive" congress-
men hesitate, they find all kinds of
excuses and faults, you begin to
wonder whether they really mean
business, or are just trying to fool
us.
Long Term Loans Needed
I know the poor and bankrupt
farmers in their meetings and con-
ventions, in most every farmers
organizations in the country have
passed resolutions by the thousands
endorsing every provision contained
In the Farmers Bill" The farmers
know that If they are to be secure
in their possession OF their land
and equipment, all debts thresten-
ing such possession must be cam
celled The farmers also know
that they must have credit to en-
able them to increase the produce
ton Of food stuffs in order to in.
sure an ample supply for our
people.
The farmers in the drought area
whose families are in want and
whose livestock is starving to death
for lack of feed, they know that
cash relief for food and clothing
for the suffering people must be
provided if they are to bring up
their children as healthy American
children.
The American farmers also know
that the working population,
whether in the city or on the farm.
can no longer carry the burden of
this crisis. They know that this
burden should and must be put on
the shoulders of the rich. on those
who have become rich by robbing
the people.
Bill Offers Real Relief
This is the kind of relief the
Farmers Emergency Relief Bill viii
provide for if it becomes law-no
more evictions and foreclosures,
cancellation of poor farmers debts
in order to provide security, pro-
duction loans, long loans without
interest to replace the farmers lost
property, cash relief for food and
clothing, The need for this relief
would be determined by committees
elected by the farmers themselves,
This makes the Farmers Emer-
gency Relief Bill the only bill in
troduced into Congress that will
provide real relief for farmers if it
becomes law, and if the constitution
stands in the way of providing Sc
curity for our people as Mr.. Bur-
dick and Lemke seems to think.
then it is high time we take a crack
at that document and pass the
Farmers Bill
Order copies of the Farmers
Emergency Relief Bill from the
Farmers National Committee for
Action, 100 Locust Street, Philadel-
phia, Pa, and spread them in your
neighborhood. Write your Congress
man and demand that they support
the Farmers Bill"