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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14
wpA INEFFICIENCY

SO WPA workers, transferred
from skilled city project to an
unskilled rural project, were order
ed to make up 80 minutes spent
Tcheckin out tools. Because they
ignored such a crazy order, the
men were fired. The proper WPA
higher official told the men they
had souit" in violation of rules SO
nothing could be done. The 50
then Joined Federal Workers Sec"
ton in a body-on Thursday. By
Saturday the F. w. S. held a sign
ed order putting the men back to
work Monday. During the process
the "proper official begged for q
change in the F. w. S. Represented
tive dealing for the 33 men, be-
cause che so unreasonably insists
that all SO be put back to work. I
Imagine such officials-especia
in dealing with Local 544! Work
ere and their families are the vic
Tins Of such official WPA inetfE
cheney. The whole fmake-shltt
slip-shod local WPA officialdoT
would fall in tangled heap \
Federal Workers Section dldnT
keep it straight.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14
ON MINNEAPOLIS
WPA PROJECTS

Lay-offs and transfers mark the
week on WPA projects-losses of
time and wages that cannot be
made up-dismissals of workers
who have no Union to fight for
them-speed-ups and ,provocation
by foremen looking for excuses to
fire workers-more grievances!
Why is this? Answer: Politics,
just as PWA fund restriction was
Juggling by Roosevelt. Because Re
publcians declared for returning
relief to states and localities,
Roosevelt shows they can't do it,
by making a great cry go up from
the country for. Federal resump-
tin Of relief financing-while the
needy get hungrier. Projects are
closing down. despite definite pro
mise to the contrary. Workers
not laid off are shipped many
miles out of the county. There
are no travel allowances, no In
crease in pay, but hours are long.
er. There is tenser interest anC
determination on the part o.
workers. :. They're coming tntt
the Federal Workers Section fast
er each day.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14
SS1, WORKERS LOCAL 5A
I%[UFITENS WORK PROJECT STRIKE
ON DIRECT RELIEF ISSUE

decaying order of exploitation
hunger and war;" states the reso1
luton adopted by the meeting.
Besides refusing to sign. the
members replied to the Board with
an ultimatum "that the Board
perform fully and immediately its
only duty of providing for ali the
needy of the city in relation to
sharply rising living costs OR BE
REMOVED FROM ALL ALL
THORITY IN THE CITY" and
voted to follow this up with ''such
further steps as are made neces-
sary by the Boards actions-in-
GLIDING A DEMONSTRATION
STRIKE OF ALL WORK RELIEF
PROJECTS"
Other speakers were William
Brown, President Of 344, General
Drivers Union, Patrick Corcoran,
president of the Milk Wagon
Drivers, All, Miles Dunno. Editor
of the N. w. Organizer, and Selma
Seestrom, former member of the
Welfare Board, who was not re-
appointed to the Bard because, ac-
cording to our fink and fink-loving
Mayor Latimer, call Mrs. Seestrom
thinks about is ways to spend the
relief money"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14
NORTHWEST
LABOR NOTES
MINNESOTA UNEMPLOYED
10 JOIN WORKERS ALLIANCE
OF AMERICA

TN EN- pl Dyed organizations
throughout Minnesota are consid-
ering direct utilization with the
Workers Alliance of America.
The Minnesota Workers ALI
ance, not affiliated with the W.. A.
A, has sent out broadcast a foney
application blank which can be
read as charter application to
the Minnesota Workers Alliance.
The Federal Workers Section,
Local 544, was kept out of the
Minnesota Workers Alliance by
the same policies which have kept
the M. w. A. impotent. On the
other hand, Federal Workers Sec
ton publicly offered to join in
forming a genuine Minnesota body
Of the Workers Alliace of Ameri-
ca on condition it be composed of
bona fide unemployed organiza-
tons and that representation be
IN direct proportion to actual paid
up membership.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14

,.,.l Workers Section,
n Fedora. mass meeting last
u a. ! ss q ta 1,sd the capacity
s:isf ghlGn, ,' 60 loud speakers
TSio9 h iSSteTfiow crowds on the The
..ssd the o3oted that its members
..SiIks' . !Sr0't the new Paqpers
1s teo,, SlSad by the Welfare
IS I94 . condition Tor '0'''ii'u'O
81. ..,,- Ernest Lundeen
S .slnllr[ainTcipal speaker. He
y. the pf bsrk the organization
risedd stc 20 Jon it made on this
sny Ge ~, now and forever OPP
as q p Sdll 3tGs oath for any
r,sd to ; numbered Lundeen, "be-
JrPo's ,.,.rr American should be
sa:s every very evry other American
DE e Z. l ~ The eye and know and
ssign b 81 cav W We are equal "
II sD 9s sr;' Boards action was
DE ,gy,i S,lS't as "a sharpening Of +
s'racteLl1'1 and intimidation"
ig'h .s,, the budget for - M dnn eao
rbgs9y 'nv LEE Is cut 100000
pig sl. alISf' big Big taxpayers. 1t is
! ., Ssas'' sanction of law and
.r Itss : new period of ATTEMPTED Pc
1IIIs .I . and md augmentation of the
.rd issn,nIggve ed for the benefit Of a
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14
STORY EACH WEEK ABOUT
BEAVERHEAD VALLEY

The Holiday Association of
Beaverhead county will write
story each week pertaining to
foreclosures and related subjects
for publication i'm the Producers
News, the official organ of the
Holiday Association Of Montana.
This series of stories will dis
close the plight of the farmers
in one of the richest valleys in
this nation, where there are al
ways crops, and how the mort
ers here, and how the courts
actually loot and rob the farm
eral Land Bank of Spokane,
cage sharks, including the Fed
hold the victims while the shy
locks go thru their pockets, just
as they do in the dry farming
areas, where they have not been
halted by the farmers organic
ed in the Holiday Association.
But the Holiday is organizing
on the Beaverhead.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14
RESERVE TO HAVE
MUNICIPAL PARK

The City of Reserve is laying
out plans for a municipal park, to
be built in the empty block across
from Carl Hole Hardware store
An artistic rock fence will sur
round the park. Trees, shrubs
lawns and flowers will be irrlgat-,
ed nv the famous artesian we'll
located near the park site.
This park will, when completed,
be a project that Reserve can De
mighty proud of.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14
ForeCIOsureSaO
the BeaVerhead

fcontinued from Page j
VsI / already has been done in
s,srsl states including North
Dakota which bounds us on the
east.
GET TOGETHER
We are going to all get to-
Uther at one big meeting and
declare moratorium, a copy of
which we will send to the gov
mr. If he refuses to make it
legal, we will again turn out at
ne first foreclosure hereafter,
and Of this meeting we will use
both economic and voting pow
a to defeat any politician hav-
ing anything to do with such
criminal action. This will In
dude governors, lawyers, bank
trs judges, sheriffs and any
others involved.
We have done this other
places without much trouble, and
believe the ranChers of Beaver
head county have the courage to-
dOit here.
A couple years ago the great
life insurance companies declar-
q a moratorium on their poll
sles and refused to loan a single
cent, and in some cases even to
lay policies when due. They
9dnt wait for it to become a
sE; they just made a declara-
10n and the government got
MSy and gave the companies a
couple Of billions.
SAIY.TWO FORECLOSURES;
The MIME CASE
lhere are sixty-two mort
ages up for foreclosure in this
~un'y and many others ON their
Y Most outstanding Of these
y Ine MIME Livestock AssOcia-
s wv composed of Charley Mimic
C So MS two sons, Henry and
U v who bought a ranch 6
'Sa u.s.. ago for $4,000 paying
ny sS'VuO down. They put on ST..
%G worth of improvements re-
$ sai' N ditche, seeding it down.
mat 4 mat it is now producing
SUou! three times as much as il
T ny when they bought it. The
AS s raised mostly alfalfa on
, Ss ranch and feed it to their
ES;.S cattle was low in price
~ 'I was the reason for their
ny. Oelng able to make fur.
Tsv. payments, altho they al
y Kept the taxes paid up.
Dn Inc First National Bank Of
nort1,.t That held this $4,000
Rs0SIa transferred thrl
RssaE -Hazelbaker to Mrs
DsOs' and guaranteed tn,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14
YOUNG CIRCLE LEA CUE
AIDS GERMAN ANTI-EAsCISTS

NEW YORK-(LSP)LOver
$500 was raised recently by the
Young Circle League of America
to aid the labor and Socialist anti
fascist movement in Germany,
driven underground by Hitler.
Louis Bagnog business agent of
local 1T Of the international
Ladies' Garment Workers Union,
was the lucky contributor who
won bust Of Eugene Debs, sculp-
.tored by Moses Dykaar.
The Y. G.. LA. will participate
in the World labor Sports Carni-
val, counter olympics to the one
being held in Berlin.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14
DIRECT RELIEF

Purges, budget cuts and sharp
lv rising living costs mark the
week for direct relief clients in
Minneapolis. Clients report brow
beating, intimidation and increased
misrepresentation by relief officials.
Onlv the solid force of the Union
and a Federal Workers. button
gets consideration.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14
THE WEEKS HIT I'm Mime

THE WEEKS HIT I'm Mlnne-
anoIis1. eff Mayor Latimer would
save his face (which he can't or
II he valued the unemployed vote
which elected him (which he don't)
he'd reappoint Mrs. Seestrom TO
the Welfare Board. And IF ne
used effective means (which ne le
JCnowsl to raise funds for yelFet,
(which he nelects) he'd aid ana
SUPPORT such pressure by unern-
nIoved and Organized Labor that
Old Moneybags would loosen up
in hurry"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14

INSIDE TIPS: Bigger lay-offsS
are coming. The bosses need
cheap labor. oo,
GET INTO THE UNION
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14

Mrs. Kenney, acting as a shock
absOrber for the bank started
foreclosure and asked for i'm
mediate possession. The MINES
offered her $1,000 payment, but
no, she must have all her money.
The result was that the court
gave Mrs. Kenney immediate
possession and evicted the
MINES from the premises.
At the sheriff's sale, Mrs.
Kenney bought the place for
$4,000, leaving a deficiency of
$4,000. So the place now stands
the Mimic Livestock Association
at $4,000, plus the deficiency of
$4,000, plus the $1,000 first pay
ment, plus $1,000 improvements,
plus $3.50 payment, plus $1,000
for the six years taxes, the sum
of $30,95O. And Mrs. Kenney
got the place for $4,000. Only
the mortgage was considered
property in the eyes of the
court.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14
LIMITS ON INCOME

The platform calls for e lihdita-
tion on the net income of any in
dividual" and also for limitations
of gifts and inheritances. No state
ment Of what these limitations are
to be is given. The present taxes
can of course be said to constitute
limitations on these items; and
though they are Intellectual, Fthe
Union Party does not promise in
its vague announcement to be any
more effective, and it does not at
tempt to explain the contradiction
between this plank and it's euaran-
tee to protect private property.
M0NOPLIES
Other parties having long claim
ed that they, would slay the mono
ply dragons, The Union Party fol-
lows suit, and, like the others ma
kes no mention of how it will do
so.
The platform of the Union Party
was not adopted at an open, demo-
cratic convention. 1t was drawn up
and approved only by a few of the
top leaders and hackers. Thus the
platform is amazingly devoid Of
any concrete substance and en-
ables the party to promise glibly
while avoiding the all important
questions: what does it purpose to
do, and how will these measures
be carried out?
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14

Don't forget to send in your
subscription. Better do,it newl
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14
TAXATION

Instead of proposing stiff taxes
on the big tax-dodgers, the plat
form states that Congress shall
protect private property from con-
fiscation through unnecessary tax
alton y It does not say what
taxation is unnecessary;it does not
single out sales tax or the exces-
sive taxation on farm lands for
condemnation but gives uncritical
endorsement to the protection of
all private property. The plank
ends up by contradicting the be-
ginning; it concludes that "the
human rights of the masses take
precedence over the financial
rights of the classes" Any con-
sideration of the human rights and
necessities of the farmers and
workers should make it clear that
higher taxes on the wealthy and
on the monopolies are needed to
carry out any sincere program of
aid: yet the Union Party implies
in the first breath that It will cut
taxes.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14
MILITARY POWER

The Union Party calls for "per-
feet defense of our country from
foreign. aggression either by air,
by land, or by sea-" "Perfect de-
tense, would require that this coun-
try build a. war machine capable of
licking the rest of the world, fight
ing collectively. Even to begin with
such an extravagant program
would cause other countries to en-
ter into the armament race and
would help to precipitate a war. IT
is significant to notice that increas-
ed ornaments along with self-suf,
ficiency, as a further aid to fight
ing efficiency, are plarks which
fascist leaders abroad have con
sistenly stressed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14

Each year Congress passes'!
hundreds of Acts, and yet the
economic ills which these measures
profess to cure get worse |
instead of better. Thus, millions of |
Americans, stricken by depression,
drought, unemployment, and debts
are looking for real solutions to
cure get worse instead of better.
Thus, millions of Americans,
stricken by depression, drought,
unemployment, and debts are look
ing for real solutions to their pro-
blems instead Of empty promises
and Understanding phrases. Hence,
the platform of any new party
deserves serious and careful con-
sideration in order to make sure
that it meets the needs Of the peo-
pie, whose votes it seeks to win.
THE SUPREME COURT
The platfrom' of the Union. party
urges no amendment to, the Con-
stitution to limit the power of. the
Supreme Court. Without such an
amendment, it's planks calling for.
living wage to city workers and
cost of production to the farmers
cannot possibly be achieved. Yet
the Union Party follows the, lead
of the Republicans and Democrats
in allowing the Court to maintain
its usurped 4autocracy and to kill
of, every piece of legislation that
interferes even mildly with the
profits of Big Business
SELF CONTAINED
The platform Of the Union par
ty urges that the United States be
"sefcontained and self sustained; =
it favors economic isolation and
further restriction upon foreign
trade. Both Coughlin and Lernke
have followed the lead of the Re-
-publicans in using the increase in
imports after the drought of 1881
as an argument for greater isola
ton. Higher tariffs, however, vii
not aid farmers who have los
their crops owing to-drought. Farm
imports into the u. S. are insight
ficant during normal crop year.
and do not in general compete witt
domestic products! Moreover, tn
| the loss of foreign markets foster
ed by policy of isolation will onl,
cut the income of the America
farmers still further, since mos
of our farmers are, on an expor
basis. Even when farm import
were at their height, farm export
were three times as large as com
petitive farm imports, and .ordi
narily farm exports are five time
as large. This plank would give tn
farmers. a dime and charge ther
! fifty cents. Since drought has bee
the cause of,larger farm imports
the solution is clearly to provid
effective drought and erosion con
troll.
MILITARY POWER
The Union Party calls for "pe.
feet defense, of our country fror
, foreign. aggression either by al,
!, fby land, or by sea-" ''Perfect Ok
tense, would require that this couT
! try build a war machine capable {
! 1ickino, tha~reSt IF the-wofld. fiph'
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14
CROP INSURANCE.
No endorsement ggiven.
FLOOD, EROSION AND
DROUGHT CONTROL

Though the destruction Of the
nations resources continues at an
ever faster pace, the Union Party
refers only to the conservation of
public lands but says nothing g.
bout the need for government ac-
ton in financing flood, erosion and
drought control of farm land.
PRODUCTION CREDIT
No provision for new short-term
loans to farmers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14
SOCIAL SECURITY

The platform speaks of "decent
security for the aged. This plank
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14
INITIATION

The Union Party is often Tefer-
red to as the Initiation Party, since
it puts it's chief emphasis upon this
device and urges it's use in ref
nancing the debtsaof farmers and
city workers. The trouble with in
flation is that it imposes .higher
prices on everything that the far
mer and city workers must buy.
The big corporations with monopoly
control. easily manage to = boost
their prices faster than the rad
I'vancesin farm prices or 0in= wages
to city workers. Since there isono
purpose claimed for imitation that
cannot better be accomplished
throughrtaxation on larger incomes
and corporate profitsy it seems that
Coughlin's silver speculation srand
his connections withTthe Commit
teeffoF the Nation explain sthe
Union Party's interest in this sub
ject.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-07-02

M. d. Tewalt and family are at
Spokane where he is working at
the barber trade.
Fred Awkward and family of Walla
Walla were visitors at the E. NJ.
Awkward home Sunday.
Mrs. Lewis Chavez and children
are here from the Coulee Dam visit
ing relatives over the Fourth.
Deloris Kralman of Walla Walla
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. E. M. Ayl-
ward for the summer.
Arlie Glassner, Leo Glassner and
their grandma are spending the
Fourth in Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Weber of
Hanford visited at the Keith Lech-
cit home Sunday.
Mrs. Arthur Lechelt is visiting
at Sunnyside for a week or more.
Mrs. Harold Gerard visited Mon
day afternoon with Mrs. A. He'd
strum.
c. e. Younce is sporting a new
va Ford.
Mrs. Nettie Tewalt is spending the
Fourth with her sisters at Sisters,
Oregon.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-07-02
Payne-Walters

Miss Dorothy Rae Payne and Will
liam Lee Walters were married Sat-
urday, June Is at Davenport, at
11:30. The young couple are both
graduates of the local high school,
the groom having received all Of
his education here. The bride is
the only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Mac Payne of Grand Coulee and
the groom is the eldest SON of Mr..
and Mrs. Walters of the Garden
Tracts. Mr.. and Mrs. Walters ar
rived here Saturday to spend two
weeks. ..
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-07-02

Miss Marjorie j. Smith, local rep
resentative of the state department
of public welfare reports that there
will be an additional enrolment in
the CCC July 10.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-07-02
FRANK FAMILY
HOME AGAIN
FINLEY

Homer Frank and family are at
home again for few weeks, as he
has vacation until the first of Aug
ust.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-07-02
q NEWS WEEK

CAvEL POISED FOR CONVENTION OPENING
Farley, calls the Demo-
National Convention order in Philadelphia Beside him
stands Senator Joseph T. Robinson Arkansas who delivered
ringing defense Of the New Deal
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-07-02
q NEws.WEEK

DEMOCRATIC KENTUCKY KEYNOTER IN ACTION
Aben w. Barley Blue Grass Orator. the Philade
phia Convention with . of his party accomplishments
program claims another four OF
e. political power.
Washington Journal., 1936-12-18
geietes-gOridlGge fir bic 8nn6es.
hanptta0t.

Die boben Maietpreiie Der 8unOes-
bauptitaot iouen inn nG1Iten &ongreB
tpieoer einnaI elmer l1nteriu6una
unter5ogen meroen. 9as lit penig-
items Die Ablidt Ser 8~orfisenOen oes
8iftrift=Nusi9uiies oes ~9lbgeorone-
tenbauies, Sra4 MarD 6. @orton.
Sic tpeiit auf bic 8ablreiden BEL ibr
BON Eegierungsbeamten uno onoeren
8erionen eingelonbten &lagen bin
8eiter ion bon oemlelben NltsihnB
0as %Iogenonnte 8lnnton-@ efeB be-
iro6en Der0en, mel9es ieoen Sim
meis in ben ItGOtii9en, 0ffentliden
S9ulen @aIbingtons auf ben Gon-
munismls, beionoers GuBlnnos,
oerbietet. Ser M~bgeor0nete 8lanton
fieI inn Nobember BET Der 8abl IN
Seros ourdL lit aber in Ser 8un0es-
bauptlta0t als He6tsonmaIt t1tig.
@ieHeidt fam oos @eieb mioerrufen
iuer0eu .-Mn0ere @eIeBesDori6ldge
fir ben 9iltrift bon GoIumbia be-
5ieben fi1 oilf oos Spefulieren NIT
3ablen lnmmbers4) uno iiberbaupt
oltf Spielb0aen, ferner auf Steuern
un0 Mbfiibrung BON itdotiiAen Gel
bern an ben 8eitrog Der 8unoesre,
gierung gum finon3ienen rnterbalt
Ser Stoot @aibington; aud Die
Jlugfelofrage ion pieOer aufgeron
perOen, Die fdon 10 Sabre lang uns
geloit lit. Srou Norton geb0rt 81
einem &ommittee bon Neun, melHe
i'm &ongreB Die Sage fir einen gu
bouenoen Megierungsflugbafen por-
5uI9logen bat. Serner ioQen 6ragen
beraten peroen ME Anforoerungen
an Ne6tgantDGlte uno oeren Befabi,
gllng fir ben 9iitrift BON Columbia;
@erbdngung bon Sooesitrafen fiir
8erbre9er, Die Gage Der Srrenanltal-
ten, Der 5iriorge fir &rme etc.
Washington Journal., 1936-12-18
Amerifaner i'm AnsLanbe 5000 in
0eutidlanO).

@tpo 100000 Mmerifoner oes
Muslanoes Deroen a~ugenblidli1 Don
257 anerifanii1en &onluIn i'm Sea
men 0eS Musmdrtigen Nmts Ser Ser
einigten Stnaten regiitriert. OBJ
i1on iol1e Bitten ale 3pei Sabre
a~ufgefteIt neroenz 10 gebt man nm
0iefe 3eit Der ~orobenoen unruben uno
ongelidts oes 8iirgerfriegs in Spa
MEN bod NIT beionoerer Sorgfolt
Dor. Nibt MIR @ebrrtsort uno Sc
burtsoatltm, 8emeis Der omerifani=
iGen giirgerI6oft, Mnfunfts5eit,
8med oes @ufentbaltes, 8obnort,
Namen Ser 6~amilienmitglieOer, lon-
bern audi Mngabe Ser 8ertDanoten
uno oeren @obnfib uno dbnlide ltm-
ltdnoe meroen ~berlangt un6 aufge-
I9rieben. Mmerifaner i'm Muslanoe
peroen allgenbIidli9 oufgeforoert,
beim n6dlten amerifaniiheu &oniul
8u regiitrieren. 9ie Angoben oiener
Dem Sdltbe Der amerifanii6en giir=
ger fir ben Saa zines &rieges ODER
CODES ooer ionitiger lln9liide. Sci
o,r lebten HegiItrierung muroen
400, 800 oolierno i'm MlisIanoe nobn-
bate Mmerifaner geaGblt. 9os mar
am 1. Sanltor 1885. Sn &anooo
maren oabon 222,920, in China
1889, in england uno Noroirlano
1O,252, in Sronfrei6 10,315, IN
9eutl9Iano 5000, in SrlanO 1904
in SStolien 31,572, in Merifo uno
8entral- @merifa 19,437 uno in Siio-
Mmerifo 10,969.