The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-05-29
Natl. Pres. Patton
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resources short OF the right to strike,
already relinquished. Similarly, on
the farm side, I do not see how
farmers can give up the principle that
the prices of the products they sell
must continue to be related to the
prices of the goods they must buy.
Farm prices are the working farmers
wages. To deny fatty to labor and
farmers any adjustment of wages and
| farm prices in response to rising
prices and living costs would be to
deny to them the exercise of economic
democracy as it affects their daily
lives, health and strength in war pro-
duction.
inconsistent with the Presidents in
Invisible 7-point program for prevent
ing further initiation. When, as and If
the other points in that program are
| put into effect, including higher taxes,
limitation of profits and net salaries
to $4,000 a year and the freezing of
all prices and rationing of scarce
goods, we will put the brakes on the
rise in living costs which has been
going on since 1889. Neither labor
nor farmers will be under the pain
full necessity of having to ask in the
midst of war for an increase in wages
or prices for the products of their
labor. The so-called little men and
women have been in the lead in. this
war effort to date. When swollen war
profits, salaries, bonuses and wild
spending are cut off, they will be the
first to welcome equal sacrafices
equally shared.
"Cast-iron ceilings on wages have
been proposed by noisy anti-labor
voices and some sincere and normally
liberal presons. The plan has been
defeated again and again. Similar
proposed and defeated. The Presi-
dent has never proposed such ceilings
and does not now propose them
Those who insist that his 7-point pro-
gram be started by mailing down
forces in and out of Congress count
wages and farm prices first are going
at the job backwards. If reactionary
on making the anti-inflation drive a
snipe hunt, labor and farmers cannot
be left holding the sack of sacrifice.
"Now as to the recent organizing
activities in the dairy farming field
carried ON by District so of the United
Mine Workers of America: 1t appears
that when certain groups of hard
pressed dairy farmers are taken, over
or re-organized under various names,
they are affiliated with District 80.
This prawling off-shoot is in turn I'M
der the active direction of the ambi-
tious president of the United Mine
Workers of America. This attempted |
invasion of the farm field does not |
have the approval and sanction of the |
CLIO. This was made plain by James |
Carey, Secretary of the CLIO, when he
said, in answer to a recent public in
quiry:
II speak for organization. In an
society, to settle our prob
lens we must be organized l don't
think the problem of farm workers
will be settled until the farmers be-
long to their own unions. l think the
farmers should organize. They should
adopt a program in the interests of
the nation"
"Out of our experience in the farm
er's problems of production, market
ing and distribution-an experience
as long and wide and more first-hand
than John L. Lewis knowledge of
coal mining-we draw these conclu
sions and offer them to farmers, labor
and the consuming public, including
Mr. Lewis:
l. 1t is the responsibility of farm
ers to organize themselves. 1t is not
the responsibility of labor or big
business or anyone outside of agri-
culture to organize farmers. 1t is
my deep and firm conviction that If
democracy is to continue in this coun-
try farmers must more effectively or