The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-03-05
Entrenched Greed Grows Fearful

selfish elements big plantation operators
of the state who dominate the Arkansas Farm Bureau Fedora
preachment in the of sounding off again against
and all that giving opportunity of modest
security and amlysze land ownership to the families who
would otherwise be without it.
The approach the about the same only
they appear little desperate and have little of
a tnge of horror-filled fear than before.
The occasion the annual of the Farm Bureau
Little Rock where diamondstudded farmers together
spit hate everybody who doesn't agree with
them-which is usually most of the rest of u.s.
Typical of the Farm Bureau and its program of hate
and m the speech yesterday by Oscar
Johnston of Scott Mississippi condemnng the Farm Sc
curity Administration instrument of land socialism
and nsinuang in that the organization
is dominated by "subversive elements"
There's nothing about the Farm Bureaus attempts
to the Farm Security Administration They've been at
(qute unsuccessuly) for several years It's the
old story Entrenched greed and absentee andlorsm fights
opportunity for owncome farmers because they fear that
lowncome farmers might their opportunities to acquire
of Americas abundant farm land for themselves and
pull themselves and beyond the domination of the land
lord.
is however rather significant revealing that
Farm Bureaus hatesquter this OCCASION Oscar john
ston Most people know Oscar Johnston is expert cot
cotton economics and that he operates the biggest
ton plantation under ownership the world in Mis-
sissppi Delta.
What many people don't know about Oscar Johnston
is that he is merely the agent for British land syndicate
that the he manages The landlords in
Great Britain. Johnston is only the "boss man. big
SCALE and big salary. 1t is therefore his duty de-
fend absentee ownership of land and try to perpet
the hreadbare idea that only those favored fn
own cr operate tremendous have enough
produce this nations food and fibre.
But that philosophy is pretty badly furnished and dscred
tied and it's gong to take than the Farm Bureau
and Oscar Johnston silver tongue make paatabe again
Absentee landordism and panationype farming have left
nothing their wake but poverty sickness and to
large segment of rural populations where they
trenched has kept the South from finding its place in an
enlightened modern civilization has bred and perpeuaed
hopeless inequalities unstable citizenship class hatred What
advantages profits has produced been
shared only by that very small diamondstudded group at
the top
We have favored abolition of large farming units
the SOUTH have desired to of land arb-
rary taken from anybody who doesn't want to sell it
tired of dictaorial know-it-alls
tempt to and completely crush land ownership
portunes worthy farm families perpetuate their
light and profitable monopoly agricultural lands.
contention that agricultural America is big enough
provide opportunity for ALL
The South will progress until spread land
hip opportunities to the thousands of families who capable
becoming but who do not have the doing
% through normal channels of credit.
The of fear in Oscar Johnstons voice
comes believe from the fact that the Farm Security