The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-04-17
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Unshared Animus.
Eyes Being Opened.
Give Green Light.
Is Lord and Car.
Get Action Now.

Is Lord and Car.
Get Action Now.
Having done all possible to wreck
the Farm Security Administration by
a shrewd combination of anti-farmer
and anti-labor elements in the house
of representatives against the agricul
tural appropriations bill III R. 6709),
the Federal Farm Bureau leaders sit
back with faces wreathed in Mona
Lisa smiles. The word leaders" is
used advisedly. The dirt farmers
Lwho are members of that organization
are not included In this criticism.
They are sincere and would not coun-
tenance any such assault upon their
fellows who, having lost their farm
homes and income, turn to the FSA
for loans and grants by which to get
on their feet and into the farming
business again. The animus of the
FBF leaders is not shared in by the
members who are actual farmers.
That is not a mere matter of opin-
ion. 1t is of record. Murray Lincoln.
secretary of Ohio FBF, at the order
of "a out of 26 members of the Ohio
directors, was directed to appear be-
fore the Byrd Economy Committee of
the senate and support the appropria-
ton for the Farm Security Admins
tration and to oppose Pres. O'Neal
and his clique in their strafing of the
effort to aid the down-and-out farmer
Vermont FBF took similar action.
Max Leopold, secretary of Wood coun-
ty, Wis, FBF, wrote Representative
Gehrmann to the same effect-sup-
porting the FSA and opposing O'Neal.
Sparkman of Alabama,
rose on the floor of the house on
March 10 and, while he came from
the same state as O'Neal and was
a member of theFBF, said he could
not follow O'Neals leadership, say
ing: 81 am just as much opposed to
Mr.. O'Neal's attack on the Farm Sc
curity Administration as anybody can
be-" You will find that-and a lot
page 2510 of the Congress
sional Record. These are only straws
that show the trend and how eyes are
being opened to this perverted leader
ship.
In face Of that barrage the leaders
ho OBJ
took. They insisted on putting over
a limitation of $1,000 on loans made
to farmers, when the former limit was
100000. Repercussions came of that
and now that Senator Wheeler of
Montana has announced that he will
move to amend the measure and raise
he limit to s3,000-but only for west
srn live stock producers - the FBF
aeders are giving it their pious "nihil
,bstat" = which is just Latin for
nothing stands in the way"-a green
light, if you get the idea. But when
hey were riding high, wide and hand
iome, cutting the heart out of the ap-
for dirt farmers the first
wo weeks of March, they would hear
o no such concession. They still are |
tut with the old snickersnee for the |
hroat of the Civilian Conservation |
lamps and the National Youth Ad- |
demanding that they be |
polished.
Sooner or later the Farm Bureau
nembers who are real farmers will |
et line on the character of these
eaders. Representative F. E. Hook,
f Michigan, sketched them in his
peech in the house March 81 "You
oys from the south know Oscar John
on, with his S1,3O0,000 and those who
re getting payments far beyond what
hey deserve. 1 mention Oscar John
on because of the large government
heck he received before we limited
he payments to $4,000. He is the
arm Bureau Federation lord and car
tho, l am informed, pays the Farm
ureau dues for all his tenants, en-
loo, and then charges it back to |;
lem when he settles with them after
lie seasons crops are sold. Ed
Neal, Oscar Johnson, Earl Smith
re the Farm Bureau representatives
no are pressing for the destruction
the Farm Security Administration.
congressman Dingell said: "The pol
y of Mr.. O'Neal appears to be a
md of modern feudalism in concept,
slieving in the concentration Of land I,
in comparatively small ,
'oportion of the farm population"
There can be but one answer to c
at The senate is now about to r
.ss on the bill (H. r. 6709). Farm | a
lreau and Farmers Union members r
Iould get action now Write the T
70 senators from your state and t
y: Back our President and support h
@ FSA." Two postcards will do it.
ou are not yet too busy with. your f
vn work to pass up this opportunity 1
go to bat for your own business N
riculture-and to help yourself and h
ur neighbors get parity income C
tn the rest Of the nation. 1t was a
It written vainly: ASK and ye shall O
ceive, seek and ye shall find"