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Producers News
Official Organ of Farmer« Holiday A ssociation
Plentywood, Sheridan County, Montana,
of Montana
XVIII- NO- 51
Friday, March 13, 193C
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
VOL
Return to Redstone
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[(EMPLOYMENT INCREASE IS STAGGERING
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* * *
1 QUARTER
WORKERS lose
JOBS IN JANUARY
gtlief Needs Expands While
Government Is Drastically
Catting the Expenditures
. . . # . A . '
ll wss m tli* form ol an estim
I Ÿ 6 ^i? encan Federation of ;
Labor that tÉhs number of unem
PM IN OFFING
WASHINGTON.—While bigbus
12*81 clamored for reduction of re
lief expenditures the nation this
«tek vas confronted with a shock
ini picture of a rapidly increasing
mcr ^ a J® ci
12,626,000. The survey of the
, r. of L. indicated that 1,229,
• persons lost their jobs in Jan*.
JT, the largest unemployment
truw from December to Janu
Vtofive ytar
Ummg just after the disclosure
I lang-suppressed report on
ngthening of hours and slashing
wages since the United States
jpjeme Court knocked out the
KA, the report of the federation
especially aigni/icant.
Still further significance is giv
| by the fact that only a week
?£i? ec!etar y °* Labor Fran
* "erkms had made public a re
Jt on the Department of Labor
Jtmg that only 650,000 per
m industry had lost their
S® January. At the time the
T, Apartment report was re
Perkin s said that
CwwM 8 at serious.**
s» M? Po ^yanna utter
Madame Perkins with the
[«Picture presented by the A.
JVrtÜ to such an ex
is n °Ihing short
the federation,
°at that
* . "industry la
* determined effort to
Un» oye ^ to work an d
SÄ« to «MA all re
"'"y tor them.
0E8T
1931
ÿpVient always rise» in
699nnn yea , r V h * increM *
•* kL ÏÏ 00, and . the last tims
*oichi n T an increase
Wy iQo, of tkis y* ar wa *
when 1.328,000
fid**? unemployed."
St* 0 **; » «
N°yment lncr cased un
Æ"» » Kocti ***
lh. »L the ""tracts di
tf USSPT s ," • TOr *
liiiT ,®* development,
ap
of
liiiT ,®* development,
of 3 s j 0und «»at nearly
. — Jr ract ? discards
and maximum
S? Court invt?-l oon 18 the Su
the NRA.
Wf coibm.- 1-92 **
it i jo« 11 * 8 m "ntained
ïl3 P«y * or , per
h* *7 y w A total
at
of L 80 (
.v,
'7 °^the cmi
°* Ubop ^^an Fédéra
• "*"***, whÄ
_*---—
"It seems probable that longer
hours have been a factor (In the
unemployment increase), for the
records covering the months from
July to December, 1936, shoSv that
the work week in industry ,
ally has been lengthened by
hours and that a million possible
jobs were lost.
"Undoubtedly this movement to
lengthen hours instead of employ
ing men, which followed termina
tion of the NRA, has continued
into January and accounts in part
for the present situation.
MANUFACTURING
SLUMPS
gener
three
' Another important factor was
the sleekening of manufacturing
operations in January this year.
When industry operates without
control every decline in operations
means a loss of thousands of jobs.
Manufacturing industries this year
laid off 180,000, While in January
of 1985 they took on 18,000.
"In retail trade, layoffs follow
ing the Christmas season affect
kX j .-»ore persona this year
than last. In agriculture the fall
layoffs appear to have cost 68,
000 more jobs this year.
"The fact that we thus lose
ground in a number of industries
f n January, following as it does,
the loss, of over a million possible
jobs in the last half of 1936, aug
ers ill for the future. Even the
continuing production gains
hope for in the spring will do le
tie to restore the. millions of jobs
needed." _ !
SEEK TO
SLASH RELIEF
III indeed are the prospects for
thc jobless, what with the Nation
Economy League and the Un
ited States Chamber of Commerce
exerting pressure on congress for
reduction of relief expenditures at
a time When it is obvious that the
need for government aid to pro
vide the masses with purchasing
power that industry has refused
to provide in the form 1 of job» is
increasing, rather than decreasing,
Meanwhile, President Roosevelt
still has failed to show his hand
with regard to the amount of re
lief he. wil ask from congress.
WITHHOLDS
JOB Facts
And while industry is dodging its
we
al
And while industry is dodging its
jobs (although it loudly promis
ed that would happen if the NRA
"shnrkle« on business" were re
Ä Ä of big bus
iness in high places still serves to
withhold from the public the facts
of its sabo
Daniel 1
secretary of commerce,
hiding in hi« private files a report
on the conduct of the nation a
basic industries since the passing
of the NRA. The investigation
which brought forth this report
was begun at the request of Pres
ident Roosevelt a short time after
the Supreme Court killed the Blue
►otage of recovery.
CM "Uncle Dan") Roper
m still IB
Roper has held up this report
for nearly two months, despite
pressure from labor organizations
on certain administration officials
to make it public. Efforts are stn
being made to force the
of commerce to turn over the v™
ings made by a special committee
and a force of NRA field worker
to a congressional committee
It is reported that the NRA sur
vey will show that with the scrap
ping of the codes large numbers of
concerns engaged in ijaste
tries cut wages 10 to 20 P® r cen
and lengthened the work day.
I
!
WORK RELIEF
BEING STOPPED
l>eiegation of Raymond Re
lief Workers Waited Upon
Administrator Prendergast
Last Wednesday—Demand
ing Work and Increased
Relief
Thirteen workers and farmers
on WPA work relief in the Ray
mond territory, were discharged
from projects Tuesday, March 11,
and told there would be no
work for them from now on, and
if they need help they must look
to the "Resettlement" Committee.
On Wednesday, a delegation of
fifteen farmers and workers
in to interview Mr. Pendergast i
the matter. * *
more
come
in
They represented that the $40
per month Which the v had been
getting was barely enuf for a
family of four to live on; in fact
that in a family of four the $40
was consumed even before the
checks arrived, as when they were
on the work they had credit at
the. local stores and at the coal
mine, where they turned over the
checks as soon as they arrived.
In case of more than four the
situation Was worse, and they
were hungry all the time. Now
when the work stopped, their
credit stopped and they were desti
tute, faced with starvation. They
represented that winter was not
over yet, and that there Would be
no chance to get any money be
fore the cro P. until August 20.
Hence the delegation
direct relief from now until Au
gust 20, in the sum of $40 per
month for a family of four and
*60 per month for a family of six,
but they were willing to accept
"resettlement" as at) alternative,
providing budget was adequate,
and jf farmers were allowed to
I work out the advances in June
1 and July, "with such equipment us
j the farmers are possessed of—
such as four horses and man or
demanded
"MIÄ MOW «
plied that resettlement loans wil
provide adequate
which can be worked out later
with such a distance from his
homo as each person wil! agree
to.
The delegation insisted that
the administrator of 'resettlement'
explain them in detail, giving a
clear and precise picture of the
requirement. . . . A
The delegation insisted and
agreed among themselves that
none would travel over three
miles to any work project.
The spokesmen of the delega
tion were Harry Heiland, Ed.
Hannah and A. N. Wankle.
STOLEN CAB RECOVERED
WOLF POINT.—A Ford car be
longing to Dr. E. N. Jones, stolen
Saturday night, was recovered at
Hinsdale Monday. The car
out of gas. A Wolf Point man hap
pened along and pushed the stol
en car into Hinsdale, but he rec
oanized the car and reported to of
fers. Harry Bold, allegodtohave
taken the car, is in wider W,
000 bonds. wKen arraingad before
Judge Gordon he pieced not
guilty to a grand larceny charge.
ran
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PROFITS SOAR! *
* _ *
Dividends last month >were *
* the largest for any February *
* ®ince 1932 and stock prices *
" continued to rise and reach *
* new high levels, a ccording to *
* compilations made by the New *
* York Times. •
Stockholders in 783 corpor- *
* at ions will receive $277,964,- •
* 942 declared in February of •
* this year. In the same month *
* of last year dividends amount- *
* ing to $214,947,240 were dis- *
" tribute«! by 629 companies. *
"The increases included most *
* groups of industries, but par- *
* ticularly the copper, mail-or- *
der, motor, oil and stet'l cor- •
* porations. *
* The average rise in stodks *
* last month was 78 cent . This *
* brings the gain in the î verage *
* price per share during i' e last *
* eleven months to $38.3^. •
Prosperity in the kipper '*
* ranges of "civilization" and •
* and destitution for millions of •
* workers at its base I *
CALUMET, Mich.—If Calumet
citizens want to learn i ! o it the
findings of the Senate munitions
investigating committee, they'll
have to read the papers. At least,
they won't be able to hear them
from Sen. Gerald P. Nye, chief
prober.
A speech by the youthful muni
tions investigator, scheduled for
next June by the Methodist Epis
copal Conference, has loen can
celled after receipt of protests by
Pres. James MacNaughton of Lite
Calumet & Hecla Consolidated
Copper Co. Calumet & Heclâ
handles copper—and copper goes
Into munitions.
The company oWns the proper
ty on which the Methodist church,
and most of the other churches in
town, is located.
COPPER COMPANY
KICKS—SO SEN, NYE
SPEECH CANCELED
WPA to Increase Size
Of Leisure Class
WASHINGTON. — Apparently
WPA has taken the J. P. Morgan
remark about families with maids
and the leisure class seriously.
Announcement that household
training for women on relief rolls
will be started by the WPA in 21
states through an allotment of
$600,000 of federal funds was
made shortly after the great fin
ancier, speaking extemporaneously
here recently, told reporters that
the leisure class consists of every
family able to employ a maid.
The program announced by the
WPA contemplates the training of
approximately 7600 girls. They
will be registered in eight week
courses which presumably fit
them for work as general house
hold employees, cooks
maids, or second maids.
It is believed that the training
program will alter considerably
tea table talk of fashionable wo
men which, it is reported from au
thentic sources, consists largely of
the difficulty of securing "really
reliable help." The expenditure of
the $600,000 is not expected to ma
teriality aid the plight of those on
relief rolls.
nurse
RENT HOME
PREPARE TO FIGHT
Machinery Company Seized
Farming Outfit After Art
Blaize Moved Onto Calla
han Farm
WRECK COMPLETE
(Continued from last week)
Fletcher Callahan, finding Art
Blaize in possession of the Calla
han home and farm on the basis
of a lease from the Union Cen
tral Life Insurance Company, in
view of the Notice of Cancellation
which had been delivered to his
fauier, Hurschel Callahan by reg
istered mail, felt that their farSi
and their life's earnings and sav
ings were gone. He was crushed
and confused.
What was lie to do? What could
he do ? Here he was, with his wife
and babies, with the home that
he came to in the hands of
other. He was ready to start
farming operations again, but the
farm was in the possession of the
old neighbor, Art Blaize. Every
body discouraged him, and told
tum that *he ^as gone,
So he went to Art Blaize and
sold him the water tank and some
other items for a mere fraction of
what they were Worth, gathered up
some of the family belongings and
took his wife and babies in the
truck and returned to the family's
temporary home at Suxmyside,
Washington,
Upon Flether's arrival at Sun
nyside, he found his father in bed
with blood poison, the result of
having cut and bruised his right
leg by running into a stove door,
which afteiWards was infected.
This was about the middle of Ap
ril. Upon his arrival, Fletcher re
ported the situation to his father
and his brothers. Hurschel said:
"There is nothing we can do, until
I am able to get about and return
an
return
to Redstone. I have a contract
with the Union Central life In
surance Company, which I have
carried out, and Which it will live
up to, and the matter of the Cal
lahan farm it not closed and it
will not be closed except on the
basis of that contract, and we are
going back on that farm, and Art
Blaize and all the rest are going
to get off, or my name is not
Hurschel Callahan."
And so the matter rested. Hur
schel was sick all spring and sum
mer. In fact it was not until the
16th or 20th or August before he
could go to work again. He had
suffered agonies , both from the
pain of the infection, and because
of the confinement which kept him
idle,
idle, and unable to get out to at
tend to his affairs. He wanted
to get back to Redstone and onto
the farm. He Wanted to get to
work.
The sickness of himself and
wife was costing a lot of money
by way of doctor bills, medicine
and the loss of time.
But during the spring and sum
mer "Mom" Callahan's nealth was
on the mend—-her health improved
rapidly during the summer. Not
that she was her old self again—
(Continued on page two)