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FARMER-LABOR PARTY
News
Official Organ of Fanners Holiday Association of Montana
Plentywood, Sheridan County, Montana, Friday, April 24, 1936
STXIX. NO. 5
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ii NOW VERY ANXIOUS TO
rectify all of ms errors
Dismiss Fraudulent Mortgage Foreclosure
Which of All Is Most Unfortunate Error;
Callahan's Records Were Destroyed
But Fails to
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the letter from Carl Bull s
were Marron & Foor, to Hur-j
Callahan, ,published last
S Foor said the allegations in
the Complaint were all a mistake
uhatthey the lawyers made the
jjjDder, unconsciously, and were
!S y at fault, and only to will
1 m to make necessary correction,
S sent notice to him of inten
tions to amend, including the
conies of the amended paragraph.
tEi was a mighty fine favor to
Ctrl Bull on the part of the law
In
yers.
Attorney Foor forgot however,
th»t Carl Bull himself had signed
tbe Complaint, after having made
« oath that he had read it care
fully, knew its contents, and that
the same were true, to the best of
hii knowledge and belief. Now,
thi lawyers, of course made out
the Complaint on the data as Bull
had supplied it to them, which
Bull had read. In view of the
fad that the mortgage which Bull
m attempting to foreclose was a
Preliminary mortgage on the Cal
lahan homestead, which Ada Cal
lahan had not signed and which
fact rendered the mortgage prac
tically valueless, and which the
allegation that Hurschel was
single at the time it was signed,
if established in the records
would have corrected, all contra
dicts very convincingly the theory
of mistake. In fact it was not a
anitake, hut was a deliberate per
jury, the disclosure of which is
very embarassing to Carl Bull, and
to doubt to his lawyers who, were,
v tty likely themselves mislead in
the matter..
The paragraphs involved, read
ja the original Complaint as fol
m:
Paragraph 2
That on the 6th day of April,
n the above named defendant,
nurnchel H. Callahan, was a single
s too unmarried man, but that prior
I ^ " e institution of this foreclos
r 1 suit, the defendant became
j ^rtied, and that Ada Callahan is
®°w his wife."
fill? c ? rrect this Marron & Foor
JJ the following notice in Dis
in
I ÏÏÎ £ ourt after Bull's "run in
,' e " Creche! Callahan, jr., Which
a?®* 1 * Paragraph 2, read as
aj-ÿ » the black faced type
the sub-heading "paragraph
1621
notice OF MOTION
District Court of the
g*»th Judicial District of the 1
in " d ,or ■
v B ' BULL
Plaintiff.
Wu, ^—versus—
S' Callahan and ; —
(also hnown
Mrs. H. H.
Stet* * Jkyrice Hanson
j Daniels State of Mon
«Ä olitic and Corporate,
hJÄ above named defendants
Ciluri H. Callahan and Ada
" ls vrife and to Vernon
of record at
You ^Montana:
*tt at TAKE NOTICE,
jit iw e . house in the
the City of Scobey,
hth (iav# 1 ^ Montana, on the
11 A. D. 1936
* «a soon i? \ of said
Jtotuj be as said mat
ftoacat to Pontiff will
<mî3 e 4 Court his motion
trike out para "
fCont om hi* complaint and
Ada
as
and
on Page 4)
JOBLESS GET
TOGETHER IN
UNITY FRONT
All Big Unemployed Organ
izations Welded by Federa
tion
NEW SOCIAL ORDER
Keynote 1 Speech Called for
Great Farmer-Labor Par
ty Now
WASHINGTON.—Welded into a
solid unity, delegates to the con
vention of the unemployed here
turned their attention from the
completed task of formal unifica
tion to the necessity of securing
an answer to some of their de
mands.
After an impromptu march to
the Capitol to visit congressmen
and request that food and shelter
be provided for the needy dele
gates, unemployed and WPA work
ers attended the unity convention
of the Workers* Alliance, the Na
tional Unemployed Councils, the
National Unemployed Leagues,
and other smaller unions of unem
ployed, elected officers and com
pleted formal organization.
LASSER NAMED
CHAIRMAN
Accepting the report of the Na
tional Executive Board of the
Workers' Alliance proposing a 15
7-3 representation on the neSv Na
tional Executive Board by a vote
of 130,400 to 21,000 the delegates
unanimously elected David A. Las
ser national chairman.
W. K. Patrick was elected first
vice-chairman; Angelo Herndon,
of the National Unemployed Coun
cils, second vice-chairman; Charles
(Continued on Page 8)
BY
JEROME LOCKE
Chaos is the one word that dis
turbs Montana politics. at this
writing. Nobody is really looking
in the direction of the republican
party. There is no scramble for
positions on the GOP ticked. Thj>s®
in the know whisper to each other
in comers, "It's not a Republican
year." , ,
Amidst the Democratic clan*
it is different. Roosevelt will prob
ably be reelected, ^moerahe job
hunters want to ride on his band
wagon. There is a mad scramble
for place, internecine strife, double
crossing, sell outs, flirtation, ca
joling to the left wingers, and
every conceivable . trick °f ,
trade in an attempt to Une up the
votes that- will assure success i
the primaries. t
As usual money plays a par •
It is already being sw m ,
■iderable quantities. Uberahtyof
expenditures will increase m the
various races get hotter. For
first time in history a new
definite lineup appears on
scene. It is the
twen the Morgan Mid Rocke fel
financial groups. Part of «" *
gautiestruggle for control that
but
WHEAT CONTRACT
PAYMENT SEPARATE
FROM SOIL PROGRAM
A payment of 21*4 cents a
bushel, less administrative expense
will be paid Wheat farmers who
applied for contracts and who ad
justed their wheat seedings prior
to January 6 of this year, accord
ing to information received by J.
C. Taylor, director of extension at
Montana State College.
Taylor emphasizes that these
payments are entirely separate
from any which will be made in
connection with the soil conserva
tion program for 1936. "They are
a liquidation of the old AAÀ ob
ligations and will not effect farm
ers right to participate in the con
servation program," he said.
SENIOR PLAY
'NEW FIRES' IS
REAL COMEDY
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Will Be Given, High School
Auditorium, Friday E ve -
ning, May 1 — Likely to
Capacity House
PLAY WORTHWHILE
While Vivid, Humans, Pathe
tic and Dramatic, Deal
Frankly and Realistically
With Human Problems
CAST CAN ALL STAR
The senior class of the Plenty
wood high school, will present the
popular and worthwhile play,
"New Fires," at the high school
auditorium, Friday evening, May
1, no doubt to a capacity house.
The play is extraordinary for a
senior performance.
The cast has been working like
trojans committing the lines and
mastering the details of interpre
tation, under the able and ex
perienced direction of E. Wmni
fred Opgrande, instructor in pub
lic speaking and dramatic art of
the Plentywood high school, and
making splendid and prom
ising progress.
The senior play of the Plenty
l wood high school is a departure
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are
has been going on in the nation
for ten or fifteen years. Hereto
fore this battle of the giants has
not come into public view in Mon
tana. NoW it is showing up here.
The Morgan-Ldberty League-Du
Pont-Munitions Manufacture com
bine is nominally Republican. It
was for Hoover and Coolidge and
will be for the Republican presi
dential nominee this time, l ne
Rockerfeller-Astor-Chase National
Bank-Standard Oil crowd have
somewhat less money but a larger
organisation and more publicity.
They back Roosevelt, with cam
paign contributions and such love
of his eratic course as they can
m 1n te Montana the picture changes
slightly. The Republican ticket
doesn't count, the battle is a II an
the Democratic banner thus
Holt is the candidate of Morgan
who controls the railroads, except
Milwaukee, banking, in^rance and
mortgage companies. Backed b
Roosevelt influence Ayers is the
candidate of the Rockefeller group.
They the Milwaukee rai road
power, copper, much coal, timber
der
far.
STATEMENT TO THE PRESS BY
SENATOR BURTON K. PEELER
Regrets Seed Loan Policy of the Administration That
Prevents Thousands of Fanners From Putting in
Crop This Year, Keeping Them on Relief
PROTEST DELAY
OF AAA CHECKS
County Commissioners and
Lions Club Wire Senators
at Washington, D. C.
REPLIES INDEFINITE
The Board of County Commission
ers of Sheridan County, by A. J.
Olson, chairman, and th : Plenty
wood Lions Club, by its secretary,
wired both Senators Burton K.
Wheeler and James E. Murray,
Washington, D. C., Wednesday,
protesting the delay of the AAA
wheat allotment checks, and ad
vising distress delay is causing
among the farmers courting on
this money to finance th r spring
planting, and urged h~ mediate
' action.
The telegrams which were sent
to both senators follow:
COMMISSIONERS WIRE
Plentywood, Mont.
April 22, 1936
Senator B. K. Wheeler,
Senator James E. Murray,
George E. Farrell, Dept, of
Agriculture,
Washington, D. C.
Not more than 50 per cent of
the normal crop will l î sown
here unless the last of '35 allot
ment checks sent at on..- (stop)
Many farmers will not Le able
to start seeding unless they get
their checks. Can't you < o some
thing «to correct the sit
Commissioners of Sheridan Co.
By A. J. OLSON,
( h man.
ion.
LIONS CLUB WL
Plentywoo Mont.
April 21, 1936.
Senators Wheeler and Murray
Washington, D. C.
Farmers are in desperate need
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and oil. These interests too are
alleged to have recently taken up
all, or a considerable part, of Mr.
Ayers outstanding and somewhat
embarrassing debt load. This
crowd owns most of the daily and
considerable number of weekly
newspapers. They will put Mr.
Holt, Vhom they don't : ally want
—on the front page a. id relegate
Mr. Ayers—who they do want—-to
honorable mention deep in the in
side. It is good strategy. The
public has learned to vote against
candidates that are boosted oy
ACM papers. Such tactics may
put Mr. Ayers oVer.
Holt is a straight corporation
man—no bones about _it.
make the run as such. Ayers will
masquerade as a progressive. He
will wail about corporation perse
cution, newspaper opposition and
lack of funds.
If letters he has Written to per
sonal friends are to be taken at
face value, Sen. Wheeler lines up
in the background of Ayers. Sen
ator Murray has troubles of his
own . to conqueor Congressman
Monaghan, with his Townsend
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He will
Senator B. K. Wheeler sent the
following letter which arrived on
Tuesday including the communica
tion hereunder to the Producers
News regarding the government
seed loan policy which in its work
out dooms thousands of farmers to
the precarious promise of perma
nent relief:
THE LETTER
UNITED STATES SENATE
Burton K. Wheeler
Senator from Montana
Washington, D. C.
April 18, 1936.
Editor Producers News,
Plentywood, Montana
Dear Sir:
1 am handing you enclosed, copy
of a statement which I am giving
out to the press, and which I feel
will be of interest to you.
With best wishes, I am.
Cordially yours,
, B. K. WHEELER.
I regret that the Departments
have adopted a policy not to
make seed loans to those farm
ers who are on the relief roll*,
or who are getting grants from
the Resettlement Administration.
I am informed there are about
2,000 of such farmers in Mon
tana, 19,600 in North Dakota and
15,000 in South Dakota. It has
seemed to me that the beet way
to get these people off the re
lief rolls is to give them money
enough to put in a crop where
they have the Land and the fa
cilities for putting it in, other
wise they are going to have to
remain on relief, not only this
summer but during the coming
winter.
On account of the drought in
the southwest there will un
doubtedly be a shortage of good
spring wheat, and there should
be a good price for wheat this
Fall. All of the Senators from
the northwest have joined in
seeking to rectify this situation
with the departments, hut up to
the present time it has been of
no avail, the reason being that
they didn't want to grant two
kinds of relief.
While the logic of that is cor
rect as a general proposition,
there is in the drought area an
exception pvhich, in my judg
ment, warrants the Departments
in making an exception to the
general rule.
State Highway Patrolman
Does "His Stuff" Here
U V. Cornwell, state highway
patrolman for this district was in
Plentywood the first of the week
"doing his stuff."
As a result four poor broke
citizens were required to take food
out of their family's mouths for
violation of minor road regula
tions.
Four citizens were soaked.
Gul Allen of Redston forfeited
a bail of $8 for not having a
drivers license while operating a
motor vehicle.
Leland Everson of Raymond
was fined for operating a truck
without proper clearance lights
and flare*.
Henry Ator paid a fine of $2
for not having a drivers license,
and Milo Ruegsegg
paid a $9.50 fine f
proper liceue piatec.
er of Outlook
or hating to-