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_ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNITED F ARMERS
PLENTYWOOD. SHERIDAN COUNTY, MONTANA,
LEAGUE _
FRIDAY, JANUARY 6 , 1933
VOLUME XV. Number 41
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Entered as second Class Matter Oetniw>r is 101« ... ...
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NO EVICTIONS
HOME OWNERS WIN
NO EVICTIONS
SAY MARCHERS
TO ERICKSON
r 1 \i7 I «
Farmers and Workers also
Demand Relief from
Montana Governor
«0 AT CAPITOL
More Exoccted from Butte;
Will Parade Through
Helena Streets
"On to Helena," echoed through
Montana early this week as farm- ,
ers and workers marched to the
state capitol to demand cash wint
er relief and no evictions of un
employed or farmers from their
homes. j
.
'
WO DELEGATES ARRIVE
No definite news has come as '
to just what happened at the cap !
îïn Ho r%' on 7 A W A d ôn Sd A a: î ,:
January 4, between <0 and 80 del-;
egates had arnveu from several ;
counties mostly in the northern j
part of the state. More were ex- 1
peced from Butte and points fur-j
ther eas-t. A parade was schedul- !
ed for that afternoon.
The group elected a committee
of three who visited Governor
Erickson Tuesday. This commit,-.
tee consisted of Henry Parotte
and W. C. Hodges of Great Falls;
and Theodore Marshall of Roberts. |
They questioned the Governor '
concerning relief legislation and
asked for quarteis lor the hunger
Gov. Erickson replied that he
nr-rvj
æ.'tSwT.'ï
men, the majority of whom were
given beds at the community'
shelter. The remainder were plac
ed at the V. W. F. dub room/and
the Pentacostal Mission. ,
J Of farmers fIom ShSa"
and Roosevelt counties. They
were given coffee at the Ex-Ser- !
vicemen's club and a dance was '
arranged for them.
,
Widespread unemployment in,
Great Falls and Butte with at
tendant misery^ and stavation fo- !
gether with destitution of farmers
«Torlav^t
ftiTtta a MoT akeS
^ ntact °" beha a if S c? e its Tuff™-;in
worVpl nha 5 1 «î ,tS ' Farmers and
woTkcrs cf the state have gather
e d at Helena just for this purpose
~to force the state governi^nt
to act, to help them. j
Silver Bo w county ha« received
in relief $3 per unemployed work
er to last him over the winter
Workers will tell the legislature
(Continued on Page Two)
HOT PPircc I Aiirrn
YV ' KlLLb LOWER
IN CHICAGO THAN j
SINfF Vf AD 1 070 '
® ®
mai chers.
FORCE SHELTER
ers arrived in Helena from Great
Falls. Among the number
. J*J a K°-—Hogs were the lowest
eraf weJv c SOld foF since 1878 sev '
average k l/ S «0 A? hey sol £ tc l !* n
weight Pv- P? r hundred
cow/™** J 0lce A «teers
cows were the lowest in a
Prime heavy
and
quarter
century.
WHOLESALE PRICES GO LOWER
AND PROSPERITY STILLAMYTH
Roosevelt's Rosy Promises Fade
_as Wholesale Prices
Go Lower Than Any Time in 3 Years
tion tha ' tbe e } ec '
Put prosperity 0 n ? up P 03 fd
formers ir.l A tbe ap , s 'be
money in ° ,k<i 1 rs ,nd '° pu '
contrary eplml l,&okets . quite the
In fart w<> - bav ? happened,
not cominff P n«? eri J V S not '*uly
s ' for aioii-ifi fn 61 ' ^ is act y a .By
not even virile ^ C *L rntbat lts
' ' b-î horizon.
PRICE» DROP
n cf this is shown
contimiaii Prices, which are
dron in ^ • gomg fower. Every
foin fo P + r s , means increasing
cut a in ^ lfte fo rm, - r an d further
durinp- t ? r tbc worker. Yet
her \vbniotoii rst - Week of L ecem_
than If j , 0nces were lower
three vaÎi had . een a ' an y time in
pre-ele^t,vl s '"P 110 of a11 1h e
and tbA promiêl s of Roosevelt
Not hin em r CratS -
it sm ce June 18 have while
Prices gone so low
S li P bF, Pr °Ä tS aild foods
were L h T lgher ,J%) than they
taken q j^ 8, ye t they have
teinber dr0p sirice Sep *
above the le ^ Cy W x re 11 ^ceut
°ove the level of June 18
An indicai«'
by wholesale
sale
form
While
are
OWNERS WIN
VICTORY IN FORE
CLOSURE IN OHIO
Cleveland («no— Recehtl, in
i here **• organized
the Small Home and Land Own
ers Fédération fo r the purpose
of gaming moratoriums on the
principle and interest of all the
Mortgages and contracts for
small ownns who are facing
foreclosure. g
e* kS?
shansky, 2459 West 7th St., who
was facing foreclosure. A dele
gation representing the* small
home ar.d land owners presented
their demands a t the ba'nk for
immediate withdrawal of these
foreclosure proceedings. A
con
cession was gained and the fore
closure was withdrawn until the
futmre hoard
bank.
meeting of the
WASH. CHICKEN
FARMERS TAKE
OVER MEETING
Ignore Protests of Branch
Manager and
Director
Lnrecior
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STATEWIDE F1CHT
-
mw
Want No High Salaried
Officers to Get Rich
f rom Farmer«
™ rarmere
lh f Van Ç^ver-Hockmso n Poul
n L Id lts monthly meet.-i
2 -r? e UV6r Stat r
ff "S*"* Yf as disting
hv h tbl ^l" aU . meetings
|by the f aC ' that the farmers them
selves book control and forced a
as.
NMHi mumm
PROTESTS
' '
The branch-manager Mr. Wheel
l' Mr lÆa l hers > a member of
ilv^bjected^nskfo^^ 1 ^
^ C*
.turn. This objection was promptly
sdenced, hoKvever, and an enthusi
astlc discussion followed; demands
i'^re read and voted upon, while
Mr - Leather's protests and confus
in g technicalities were ignoi-ed.
WILL CARRY ON
^ ARRY ° N
Th . e meeting ended with the de
pSble tofam
®î. s to leal,ze an Y material bene
Lts. *
t>u a j . ,
a ° f k'^
officié gè
y«ar be cut 5 0 oer cent- that
'he branch managers, su'periSn
'«mdtents of trucks and research
he dismissed, as they are highly
Puid out of the farmers' pockets
for work which doesn't benefit
aI,y
m .. s a . , d eman d that the
from The'
tu, Jq Kp ' rc *
steers brought only $7 and
sa,es ranged from $2.50 to $3.50.
The price for hogs in Kansas
City at the same time (December
13) was $2.90 per hundredweight
—fo e lowest price since 1879.
cow
I' cannot be taken that these
wholesale prices, are any indica
tion of the trend of retail prices,
since merchants and middlemen
have continued to make a profit
out of the goods that workers and
farmers have to buy. The faimer
can't console himself by thinking
'bat if the wheat he sells goes
down in price that the coffee he
buys will also be cheaper. It does
not happen that way.
A BITTER DRINK
Every time the farmer drinks a
cup of coffee before he does his
chores in the morning he can re
member then, that it, takes in
creasingly mere wheat, cotton, or
corn in exchange for that, cup of
coffee than it did even a few
months ago when farmers were
laying all their troubles at, the
door of the Republican administra
** ' ^ i
tion.
Are the Democrats any more
the friends of the farmer than the
Republicans—or are they both
what they prove themselves to be,
agents of big business and the
capitalist system?
GATHER IN COLD
1 TO CHECK SALE
OF MICH. FARM
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19 c; n . r\ _
j 1 " Out Despite Bitter
i Weather i First MUitanl
' Action
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SHOW ENTHUSIASM
Cheer Fighting Stand of
United Farmers League
Speakers
(BY FRANK ARVOLA.)
j Hancock, Mich., Dec. 19.—In
I spite of drifted roads and severe
;Cold 126 farmers gatheied here
ifrom all over Houghton county
I last Saturday to demonstrate
, against the foreclosure of a farm
I er's home. This was the first pro
test, demonstration ever held in
I Houghton county against foreclos
ures.
, The farm which was being fore
cl .°^ belonged to Charles Niemi
0 f Chassell. He had contracted to
Pay $3,500 for his farm, out. of
which he has already paid $1,850
I, * ing 'be last four years. The
as ^ payment on the note was made
on August 8, 1932. Niemi has paid
1 "'F est ' tbe mortgage for 1931
spring °but he^was^not^llowd
time to pay interest, on the mork
* a * e with caph °r Produce,
______
1 AT COURT HOUSE
I The farmers gatheied in front
I of t,he court house Saturday mom
ing, carrying banners with such
to-:slogans as "no foreclosures
j evictions," "moratorium on mort
! gages and taxes," "cash relief for
all poor farmers," "hot lunches in
school "
SSSMS Æ/5
? bankers who foreclose on the
farmers who are unable, to meet
jsherif"'I ? e rcl %
Sf ; " f L Pay Î ! V1C ^ farm ers from
Ka-^^« ^eadVnd «up^lineHf tte
^
( This resolution pointed out that
I farmers in Houghfon county are
getting in such a situation thît
they can't get, anything from theifoers
Products which means thaT they
have no income and cannot meet
'f revioU ® obligations. The rerolu
g® , called f^ the stopping of all
r !jl° SU ^ es . and evictions of small
V* th
There
sheriff who read it and
*hed tears over i t but would do
nothing for the farmers for fear
° f beil, K. ousted. And as the sale
* f tba farmers
Ihouse Thk 6 tir«*» ^ " > ° f
"down ^ith Sheriff^'^Francfsco' 1 "
Then three healthy cheers for the
United Farmers League.
The speakers pointed out that
we must rally the fai mers to pre-A,
vent the eviction °f Charles Niemi
a nd to build the UFL so that by
mass pressure we will force the
officials to hear our demands and
'° ac ' oia _tfieni as the farmers of
araga, Mich, had forced the sup
a!] V1 fnrpr-lnlnrPR S ^
that county. With more cheers
or
for the United Farmers League,
the farmers adjourned.
;
1
too Fvnentive.
too Expensive,
Missouri Valley la, D«c 28_
Low prices for hogs brought back
a scene Tuesday which was once
familiar on the Missouri Valley ;
streets.
Seven horse-drawn wagons in
one fleet and five in another j
i° f i m i? re ^
yards Tere. *The owner^ R C.
Evans and bis brother exnlained
that they could not afford to have
the hogs trucked in and had to re
turn to the old horse-drawn wagon
if they expected to sell their hogs
with any profit at all.
SOUTH AFRICA OFT
OF GOLD STANDARD
Cape Town, South Africa,
Dec. 30.— The government of
South Africa, one of the rich
est gold producing regiolns of
the world, has abandoned the
gold standard. Following a con
tinued run on the ba'nks, the
government detached the cur
rency from foe gold standard,
thus releasing the Reserve
Bank from the liability of
deeming notes in gold.
re
:
HAUL HOGS IN TO
TOWN BY WAGON
Tracking
H*s to Resort to
Slow Horses
^ong °* the Hunger March
j By Albert Galatsky
From the cities, rrom the farmlands,
Vv here the v/olves of hunger run,
Came the armies of the workers,
Onward, on
to Washington.
Round about :hem stretched the
Fat in cattle, rich in grain,
Who could here conceive of hunger
Must have had a madman s brain!
Yet, in every town and city
As the Hunger Marchers passed,
In the halls and on the sidewalks
Hungry, freezing workers massed.
country
Every city, every village.
Cheered the Hunger Marchers
Sent a delegate to join them
On the march to Washington.
on,
White and Negro, one united,
With a single firm demand
Of relief from cold and hunger
For the workers of the land.
Clubs and hardships could not stop them
White and Negro fought as one
ill they staged their demonstration
Un the streets of Washington.
Let these marchers be the vanguard
Of a greater march to come
When the battlecry of workers
Drowns the sound of fife and drum.
And the proletarian armies
Strong in freedom newly
Raise aloft the scarlet banner
On the dome of AMashington.
won
japan advances
TO SOVIET UNION
1V WVfILil UlUV/ll
DADT\mO IhT T\nvim
dORj/ERS IN DRIVE
WU/ 111
Q T
SovirtUnion
A Iarge Ja P anie s e force is ad
vancin g along the Chinese Eastern
Railwa >' toward the Sovie, bor!T
at Pogranichnava
I Soviet boSTS Tul ^ "Î
the Chinese Eastern US , of
the expedition^ t lÜ ' 5
in defiance th^mfn
composed of c ovi i
t . ' ' meSC
ent2"aS2T? t'he £l
SSSfaSSS? the Soviet Union
is published in the leading news
pa per in Trans-Caucasia
ivitt tt** v
MILITARY PREPARATIONS
„ ^he paper points out that Great
couitjBritam and Prance are stxength
nkot Strategic P°si'ions a t
P J ts Meso Potamia, Persia, Af
gnamstan and other countries di
rCct y bordering the Soviet Union.
the miïitary plans of Great
,®" tain and . France," it declares,
Mesopotamia, Persia, Afghani-1
s ' an an _d Sintzian figure as ahugej
strategic ground for attacking the
Soviet Union. The sharpening
contradictions between England
a , nd F^ 06 un dcr the influence of
î^ e cr l s * s obliges the latter to
"turn its face to the East." This
explains the activization of the
French imperialism in Mesopota
m i a > in Persia, and partly in Af
jghanistan.
FRENCH STRETCHING
FEELERS
The paper refers to an ; mn pnri
ing military-technical convention
between France and Persia J
characterizes the move as n
French attempt "to secure for it-1
self a more favorable nosition
compared with Great Britai *
lease of an attack on th S * t
Union." French imperialism"™!
s"S frönticÄ'"irr V*
tio n fr m that direc '
Great Britain» .•
. . , ' £ > 0Dntmue f,
torv for an
Union even «Wd °J the J 0 ™* I
goveniment not ^ . f
territory as thp ^n^' *
imperialism hlvl ° f ^ H
included tU^"
in ' a urii j[l ded r ^ gethe j Wltb
Near and Middle, pi a r 6 m 6
d M ddle East. In speak
ing of using Persian soil for ac
° against us ;. B ri 'ish imperial
'i n de^nd^f"°T dlstinc l lon between
? . F Iraq, where they are
, masters, and t Persia,
w ic is net under British control,
DANGER OF ANTT4Ü.S.SJI.
WAR
* Tb« danger of an attack on our
strong ^ ^ ^ eake " ^
stren g t hen in cDnnection with the
crisis. The imper - 1
a ists , Preparing for an anti-So
iviet war, are in a hurry to secure
for themselves in due time impor
tant points of approach to the So
«
is. American war'
tPRPJniHfnv
Ji K L A l) IN If* SIX
r.». ■. U > UiA
STATES IKïfll Wf\
DIHIEO 111 f ULVtU
j
The armed f- - ,
Am* • med forces of four South
fo ! If 3 " ?° vernments ara rapid
* CO " verglng on the Leticia re
g , 10n f ° r ^«pation in the unde
clared war now raging between
C . olombia and Peru. The waT a
^ ° ut of t)le catastrophic eco
crisis of world capitalism
" d bl e een C u aS r^ d b B t Xh riVa ''
" u ™ ^
Semi ' colonial cowries. ^ j
PREPARED FOR MAÏOR
CONFLICT J0R
m , ^ajLICT
Jen thousand troops, 11 war
! sb ^ and 46 fighting planes are 1
f* ready g at hered at, the scene of
^ conflict - These forces repre
sent the governments of Colombia,
. ra . Ecuador and Peru and the
lm perialist, bandits dominating
iî™ Se S overnm ents. The first
F" ree a f e dominated by the Wall
et imperialists, who are the
maln t nS 'igabors of the undeclar
ed war a ' Leticia as well as the
un declared war further south be
' ween Bolivia and Paraguay. ;
Brazil has two war ships, six
p ^ anes and 2,000 troops at the
soene °f the struggle.
Fe ru has 3,000 troops with ten :
lighting planes on hand and is*
rap idly mobilizing other forces. j
Colombia has an undetermined
number of troops and several war
s bjps near Leticia, and is rushing
enforcements up the Amazon
al on J ^ nboat ' s and transports
purcll8Sed m 'his country with
? e knowl edge and consent of the
J ashin ^ cn government,. Ecua-,
aJÎ* h . &S mobi,ized tr0ops on the i
Peruvian border in support of the
war moves Colombia and Bra
*"•
ARGENTINA MOVES TROOPS
In 'be south, where the Gran
Chaco war is raging with unabat- !
ed intensity, the Argentina gov
ernment is moving additional:
troop s 10 the kontier in prépara
give active aid to Para
guay ' whose forces have recently
suffered serious «verses as a re
SUlt ° f the arrlval ° f hUge War
supplies from the United States
^ 0r Bolivian troops. The govern
ments of Argentina and Paraguay
are under British influence.
The Chilean government, which
i s a lso a pawn in the struggle be
tween the two imperialist, rivals
an d is faced with increasing
struggles of the masses against
starvation, is preparing to side
with Colombia, Brazil and Ecqua
dor against Peru. Both Chile and
® rÄZ jl are *V* ct * d to als0 ent J
the Gran Chaco war should the
Argentine government carry out
its present plans to aid Paraguay.
-
viet border» and to lay the
sary railroad lines."
neoes
HONT FARMERS
WIN RELIEF IN
3-DAY MEETING
All Grievances Presented
I bv II F I r •*!
by U. r. L. Committee
Acted Upon
Force Chairman Bennett to
Call Meeting to Take
Applications
50 WIN RELIEF
Bringing their children with
.them and braving hardship and
cold, dose fo 200 farmers and
I their wives came to Plentywood,
; Mort., last Thursday, December 29
: determined to stay until they got
; relief.
»«ST"!.*'
| Lnite . d Farmers League which is
carrying on a struggle to see that,
^ 6 r U sh ades
° f ° pln,0n ** cared ioT
plS^thfpa^eMXr 'Tem
j OVERSHOES FOR CHILDREN
j Every farmer who put in his
application fo r relief at that time
received it. Many are the chil
dren over the county who will now
wear overshoes t,o school because
:of the militant demonstration of
their parents in Plentywood, and
.many's the farmer over the coun-;
i'y wbo as he stirs sugar in his[
coffee will say to his wife, "The,
United Farmers League is the
f only farm organization that is
st,niggling that we may live. Let's;
3™ *•"
; The farmeis brought blankets
and bedding with them and enuf
food for two days, knowing that!,
unless they stayed on the job and
fought for the clothing and g ro
: cenes they were desperately in
need of, they would not be able to
get it from the committee in,
charge of the county Reconstruc
tion Corporation funds.
;
, A committee of the farmers
we J lt 10 the reIie f office Thursday
and were roundly cursed by Jack
Bennet k chairman of the commit-1
tee and local postmaster. When
the J 7 asked him if the state chair
man of the RFC hadn't told him
that, it was the duty of the cen
tral committee to take care of the
^
Simunds^ and pîe^ted'' theS
^ to h™, telling him of the
and foal language they re
Reived from Bennett. Despite the
fact the Rev. Simundson is not
suffering from destitution, he rea
izes to a certain extent that those
who are destitute are justified in
making demands for adequate food
and clothing for their families. He
informed them that Bennett's
|tude was not the attitude of the
central committee in general, but
Bennett was apt to lose his tem
per anytime, one of his great!
weaknesses being hot headedness.
By request Rev. Simundson then
called Bennett, on the phone—and
advised him to see these needy
people and take care of the two
emergency cases at once.
CHANGES ATTITUDE
Bennett, had evidently repented
his hasty words which he knew
could only further antagonize the
farmers whose plight he tries to
ignore, and the committee elected
by the farmers were received by
the Central Committee. This oom
mittee consisted of Marie Hansen,
Harry Juul, Pet« Gallagher, Fred
Brinckman and Chris Heiberg,
Marie Hansen and Pete Gallag
her acted as spokesmen for the
farmers and presented more than
50 "»f"?* 0 ? f " reli ^L ^ , <a ™'
,1t ÏÏÆ teymeiT or
w ho had received totally inade
quate amounts from the commit
'foe. .
Art Wankel. the only farmer on
the Relief Committee and a mew
ber of the United Farmers League,
Jelped the farmers committee in
every way to see that the applies
acc€p ' ed and a11 of
them finally passed. Some of the
farmers received their orders the
Spaulding was in Plentywood sev
eral weeks ago that, the central
committee had withheld from the
needy farmers $6,000 which should
have been spent during December,
according to the appropriation. It
was only the fighting stand taken
by the United Farmers League
which forced the committee to re
lease this money fo help out the i
farmers. Other fanners who have
been discriminated against should
g6t in ..?. U ch Wltb Bodnoy Sabs
bury, UFL secretary at Plenty
wood.
same night.
It had been found out when
i Pt Ä^S
Virginia, Minn.—In prépara
t»an for the St. Louis County
i Conference of the United Farm
ers League. t 0 be held Jan. 15,
farmers' meetings in 21 towns
on the Mesaba Hange have been
arranged to hear the reports of
the delegates who have returned
from the Farmers' National Res
, Jiff Conference in Washington;
these meetings are being held
j between Dec. 24 and Jan 8. The
farmers' delegates will be elect
ed at this meeting for the Min
i m»3ta Workers and Farmers Re
! lief March to the State Capitol
in February.
^ number of additional farm
ers meetings are being arranged
I " Koochiching county.
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NO BIDDERS AT
THREE OVERDUE
IOWA TAX SALE
,
j
Moves by
, 7
:
r arm „„ c R . .
T armers BI °ck
|
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c nn AT .
L\JV»AN
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2,000 Pieces Offered But
N 0 * a U/
p V . 0, f? Was
| Kaised
Co. Officers to Sell
Their Homes
,
Resistance organized by farm
ers blocked efforts of two otheri
county treasurers i n Iowa fo sell
P w P®rty on whun taxes are
'^ers <^o have bee^unable^lwhe
hey have been higly successful
m retaining their homes.
A. crowd of from four to five
hundred farmers attended the sale
la t Logan and altho 2,000 pieces of
property were offered for ? sale bv
the antagonistic co^ty officers
there wasn't a bid. Treasurer J
C. Hammond was forced to post
^
"" " RED
j en?2t Red" Oak Xn Ireas^ror
Harry Mayhew of Montgomery
|C ounty attempted to hdd a sale
He was also forood fn „nctn n
the sale until Febroarv R I f!!
%idten w prosent
! Pressure by farmers and work
ers upon the Farm Bureau, the
Federation of Labor, and the city!
atti-,council forced these bodies to send
representatives to the Linn coun-j
ty count house in Cedar Rapids
who urged postponement of the
sale scheduled for January 3. Of
ficials finally deferred it until
February 20.
Several of these sales had been
scheduled during December but or
: ganized farmers prevented them
jthen and it is expected they will
|take the same action during Feb
ruaiy.
. _
Deg Monies, Iowa, Jan. 3 ._
-1"There aren't going to be any bid
ders" said one of the overall clad
formers who gathered in the Har
r ison county treasurer's office a
Logan, Iowa, fo attend a tax sale.
[And there weren't!
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PLAN TO FORCE FARMERS OFF
POOR OR'UNPRODUCTIVE'LAND
Dr. Gaus Presents Plan That Would Make Farmers
Farm Hands or Wandering Jobless
Plans to help the farmers are as
plentiful as sands of the Sahara
and are just as unproductive as
are the barren deserts.
Dr. John M. Gaus of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin is one of
those with a plan that is supposed
to help the farmer. His plan, in
brief, is to force poor and unpro
ductive farm lands out of culti
vation. He suggests that those
who oWn this poor land should buy
better land on which taxes have
become delinquent,
i fe J>' impossible for the farmers
J*® own less productive marginal
^ that Dr GaUg , plan ig rett
p i an i esS on that score,
However, the full absurdity of
the plan is disclosed when Dr.
CANT BUY ANYTHING
The poorest farmers are already
on this marginal land. Just how
they are to buy anything at all
when they are ground down and
struggling to eke the barest liv
ing out of the soil, Dr. Gaus does
not reveal—Of course it is mani
iMASS WNERAL
FORTWO NEGRO
FARM LEADERS
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Flnwere 9n J ayi t
^ * f. ? . Messages of
Solidarity Pour in on
Ala Shar*
I Ala ' C '-'Uppers
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t Protests Force Release of
F rue ,
Four Other Jaded
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FUNERAL FRIDAY
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j Birmingham, Ala.. Jan. 1.—A
mass luneial for Cliff James and
Mik Bentley, the two murdered
leaders of the Negro share
jpers of Alabama, will bo held
Friday .
The bodies of the two victims
,of landlord-police terror in Talla
ipoosa county, Alabama, now lie in
state * n tbe Welsh Brothers Pua
j eral Home guarded by changing
squads of White and Negro work
ers night and day.
crop
on
TRIBUTES POUR IN
Thousands of White and Negro
workers are flocking daily to the
funeial home to pay their last
tribute to the two martyred dead
' uho s0 bravely led the fight, a
gainst the
I
An investigation bv the Infor™
tional Labor Defense has re!eakd
ov-ithat James and .ill Î
3 "^d^ "TÏ ******
tests from all parts of the
try the authorities have been
forced to release four of the^
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«fl t.u PP ^ * Dadeville
a T alla P° 0 s a co.unty - They
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REFUSES TO GIVE UP
James, backed by about. 10
members of the union, properly
refused to to give up his last and
rob
!bery, starvation and oppression.
Floweis and messages of tri
' bute to the dead leaders continue
tc pour in , Hundreds of organi
'zatior.s have telegraphed their
' me? sage.s of solidarity with the
Jare croppers union and have de
Janded the immediate and uncon
di 'j°nal release of the arrested
; croppers still held in jail. Other
organizations of farmers thruout
the country are urged to do like
wise
DIED OP NEGLECT
pro
coun
ar
are
The wounding of James took
place Monday morning, December
19 when Deputy Elder went to his
farm with an order to take
away
his mule and cow, gotten out by
Walter Parker, rich merchant of
Notasulga who had a mortgage on
the farm.
only means of livelihood . It ap
pears from reports that the mer
chant had no legal right even ac
cording to capitalist laws, to foe
animals. The deputy left saying,
"I'm going back to get some more
men and kill you all in a pile." It
was on his return with armed
thugs that the battle began.
Local leaflets place the murder
of James and Bentley directly at
t he doors of the rich landlords
(Continued on I*a»e Two>
Gaus suggests that, the farmers
should "buy land on which taxes
have become delinquent,
farmers who have been farming
the better land for many years
aren't, even able to meet their tax
payments, how can another farm
er expect to make a living out of
the same land?
PUSHED OFF LAND
Forcing "marginal lands out of
cultivation" really means that the
farmers who own the lands would
be pushed off their farms, to be
come fan» hands for their rich
neighbors or wandering jobless,
tramping the streets of the cities.
This plan is intended to blind
the farmer to the fact, that he can
not make a living under the pres
ent system even on good lands and
that, there is o reason why he and
his family should starve or freeze
fo death when they struggle to
wrest a living from poor soil.
Dr. Gaus' plan is just another
aimed to keep the farmer's back
bent fo the plow and his eyes on
the ground.
If the