The Daily Worker Newspaper, December 9, 1933, Page 3

Strikers Reject Sikorsky Co. Strike Sell Out of NRA. Refuse to Settle on Basis of No Wage Increase BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Dec, 8— The sell out announced by the Re- gional Labor Board in New York, of the Sikorsky aviation company strike at Stratford failed. The strikers rejected the sell out, which offered no wage increase. The N. R. A. Board further stated that the company will take back only 15 men of the 100 striking and stagger the work among the rest. The strikers were not offered a single gain. The bosses threatened to close down the plant if the strikers did not accept the “settlement.” All this after three weeks of delay and deceit on the part of the local N. R. A. board and the A. F. of L. strike-breaker Egan. When the strike committee heard the terms of the so-called “settle- ment” they called in Sam Kreiger, T. U. U. L. organizer to address a mass meeting of strikers. After listening to Kreiger the men voted, in a secret ballot, to reject the “settle- ment.” The vote was unanimous with the exception of two. They also voted to continue the strike and spread it to Hartford and other avia- tion centers. ‘The bosses did not expget this kind of response — they tought there would be a stampede back to work. So they continued their game of “ci and mouse” and offered some conce: sions which were withdrawn the next day, hoping thereby to create a split in the ranks of the workers. ‘Silk Bosses Ask Authority to Cut Production 25P.C. | Part-Time Work, Lay- offs, to Take Place Within 30 Days NEW YORK.—The code authority for the silk and texitle industry, con- sisting of manufacturers, is applying to Washington for permission to cut production of silk textiles 25 per cent, James Goldsmith, chairman, an- nounced, The cut in production will effect more than 60,000 workers, who will be put on part time or given extended lay-offs. The strike of ten thousand broad silk workers in Paterson ended last Monday. Phila. Unemployed Stop Eviction of | Striking Worker PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. 8.— More than 50 workers under the leadership of the Unemployed Council prevented the eviction of a striking shoe worker here Tuesday. Con- stable Gillman, most notorious of the Philadelphia eviction constables took }one glance at the group and disap- peared. The worker who was to have been | evicted has been elected as a delegate |to the City Convention of the Unem- | | ployed Councils which is to be held | Friday, Dec. 22, at the New Garrick j Hall. 507 S. 8th St. at 8 p.m. —— | i DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1938 Noted Singer, Just Back. from USSR, In Concert Tonight | Born in Scotland, married in Mos- cow in 1927, Madame Marie Radam- sky, noted soprano who has just re- turned to America after her sixth concert tour of the Soviet Union, speaks of the culture of the workers’ republic from the point of view of one who i part of that culture. Those who meet her cannot fail to see that here is an artist who is something more than an enthusiastic observer of the broad stream of Soviet culture. She her- self has plunged passionately into it and has identified herself with it. profound, incompat able!” Madame Radamsky says of the Soviet educational and cultural pro- gram. “The program is expanding with such breath-taking rapidity that one’s observations in any one year, no matter how exhaustive, do n for the next. It is more tl herself a vibrant | Page Three | | | Unemployed Single Women March on N. Y. State G W. A. Office | | | Demanding that the Civil Works Administration provide jobs for unemployed single women and that suitable homes be provided instead of the Municipal Lcdzing House, marched on the C. W. A. offices in the New York last Thursday, over 300 unemployed single women Ruby Baie From Sick Bed, Defends ; Southern Workers: Anxious to Return to Struggle, She Criticizes) Leibowitz for Attack on South’s Toilers NEW YORK.—From her hospital bed where she is rapidly recovering from a major operation, and has been declared ont of danger by the tant as ever, and are proceeding with | the plan of spreading the strike and physician in charge, Ruby Bates, star defense witness in the April trial of | Heywood Patterson, in a letter addressed to the working class of the world and sent to the International Labor Defense for forwarding, joined today also keep the White Guard scabs However, the strikers are as mili-! from working. A Gold Bond based on a successful planned economy UNION OF Soviet Socialist Republics 7% Gold Bonds Interest Payable Quarterly at The Chase National Bank of New York Invesiment in these bonds provides protection for your funds against loss resulting from possible further depreciation in the dollar. GOLD STABILITY:—Those bonds are issued in denominations of 100 gold roubles. (A gold rouble contains 0.774234 grams of pure gold.) Principal and interest payments are based upon this fixed quantity of gold, payable in American currency at the prevailing rate of exchange. SAFETY:—tThe Soviet Government has unfailingly met all tis finemelai obligations throughout the sixteen years of its existence. MARKET:—The Stato Bank of the U. S. S. R. will repurchase ihese bonds on demand of the holder at any time after one year from date of purchase, at par and accrued interest. PRICE:—The price of the bonds is par—100 gold roubles, In dollars the price varies with the rise and fall of U. S. currency in terms of gold on world exchange markets. Circular D 2 fully describing these bonds, sent upon request Soviet American Securities Corp. 30 Broad Street, New York - Tel. HAnover 2-5332 Los Angeles, Calif. Bargains : : Entertainment AT THE UNITED WORKERS PRESS BAZAAR FRIDAY | SATURDAY SUNDAY | DEC. 22 DEC. 23 | DEC.24 | : Food MONDAY DEC. 25 MARIE RADAMSKY a reflection, you see, of the new so~- cial order that is belng forged in the USS.R. It is an integral part of it, and is sweeping forward with the building of socialism. It is unique. Whereas in the capitalist world, cul- ture is contracting and degenerating, in the USS.R. it is a growing thing, advancing on a tide of youthful energy and vitality!” Madame Radamsky and her hus- band, Sergei Radamsky, noted tenor, have spent six months of each of the past six years touring the Soviet Union and singing before audiences of workers and peasants and intel- lectuals in city, town and village. Negro spirituals and Scotch ballads figured prominently in their reper- tory. The spiritual, “Water Boy”, was a favorite at nearly all their con- certs, Madame Radamsky states. As a result of her frequent and extensive trips through the U.SSR., Madame Radamsky has become in- timately familiar with all of the aspects of workers’ culture there and speaks with a degree of authority that few artists can claim. “Out- standing individuals in the various fields of art have made their appear- ance in the last few years”, she says. She gives a number of examples— writers, pianists, composers, directors, sculptors, dancers, “But that is only a small part of the story. The significant thing, the thing that grips one’s imagination, is that the broad masses of workers and peasants are participating fully and richly in the new culture. There is a spirit among them, a rhythm, that one sees nowhere else in the world!” Madame Radamsky speaks enthus- iastically of Soviet womanhood and family life, in which she is particulaly interested, “Ridiculous nonsense!” she calls the slanders disseminated by the capitalist press regarding the “slavery” of women and the “destruc- tion of the family” in the USSR. “The women there are fine and strong and clear-thinking. Their spirit, their self-sufficiency is a mar- velous thing to behold!” Family life? “With the fear of unemployment, of economic insecurity, removed, the family in the Soviet Union is assum- ing functions and relationships on a much higher level than in capitalist countries. It is a vital unit in the social whole and is contributing in no small way to the building of so- cialism!” WORKERS CENTER 22 = << 1Q$ ANGELES ALL FUNDS FOR Madame Radamsky will be the guest of honor at the “Daily Worker Party” to be held tonight at the Daily Worker : Western Worker : Morning Freiheit Working Woman : Hunger Fighter : Lucha Obrera NEW YORK LENIN MEMORIAL Three Halls ST. NICHOLAS ARENA BROOKLYN ARCADIA HALL BRONX N.Y. COLISEUM Extraordinary Program SATURDAY EVENING JAN. 20 AUSPICES: COMMUNIST PARTY, N. Y. DIST: . Pierre Degeyter Club, 5 E. 19th St. with Lester Carter slurs upon the white workers of the South made by Samuel 8. Leibowitz, I. L. D. defense attorney in the case. “T have just read the statement made by Lester Carter, and published in the Daily Worker, about the things Attorney Leibowitz said at the De- catur trial,” she writes, “When Leibowitz made that state- ment, he was including me too, and all Southern workers. He charged us with being just ‘hoboes.’ We were hoboes, in a sense, but that is no reason for Leibowitz to attack the whole white southern working class. “Lester Carter and myself were not on this freight train because we wanted to be hoboes. It was the capitalist system that caused us to be on that freight train. “Lester Carter had no job. I had had a-job, but what pay was I get- ting?—$2.75 a week! This is why we were on this freight train, be- cause we had no money, nothing to live on, and no other way to go. “Since the trial of Heywood Pat- terson in April, I have come into the ranks of the working class, con- sciously, and I have begun to help in the fight to free the nine innocent boys. “I was born and raised in the South, and I know that race hatred is not born into the minds of the white workers. It is taught and scared into the minds of the poor white people. “I am going to fight with the workers of the entire world until I le. “I will go back to Decatur or any other place where the Scottsboro boys are tried, until they are set free. “I know that when the Scottsboro boys are set free the workers of the world will be happy, and friends, I will be the happiest of all to see them free, ‘I am not able to be in the fight just now, but soon I will be where I was a few months ago. I am now getting stronger every day. “Workers, the Scottsboro boys must he freed. They are depending on us to free them. So while I am ill, and cannot do so much as I want to do toward their freedom, I call on you The many who expect to attend are looking forward with pleasure to the opportunity of meeting an outstand- ing personality in the musical world. Madame Radamsky, accompanied at the piano by Marion Rosette, will sing a number of her favorite songs. Her recital will include several pop- ular Russian and Ukrainian folk songs. in criticism of orkers put yourself stronger in the fight. Take your place and mine too. “Don't let the Scottsboro boys die. Yours truly, RUBY BATES.” Call Tailors to Attend Funeral of Com. Rini, Active Party Member NEW YORK.—A strike has been Rank and File Committee calls all tailors to attend the funeral of Com- rade Tony Rini at 1 p.m. today at his home, 554 Knickerbocker Ave., Brooklyn. Tailors will leave for the funeral from the rank and file center at 116 University Place at 12 noon. Comrade Rini was an active rank and file member and a devoted mem- ber of the Communist Party. Hardware Workers on Strike for More Pay NEW YORK.—A strike has been called at the National Woodenware Co., 103 North St., Brooklyn, against long hours of work and low pay, led by the Hardware’ and Crockery Workers’ Union, a federal local affil- iated to the A. F, of L. The strikers are demanding a 30 per cent increase in wages, a 40 hour week for inside workers; a 48-hour week for chauffeurs and recognition of the union. Official Threatens Farmers Asking Relief BEMIDJI, Minn., Dec. 8.—Forced to wait for hours outside in the snow, workers and farmers here have been threatened by Mr. L. Fisk, relief agent when they dared to protest against the inhuman treatment given them. Fisk’s method has been to single out individual workers and threaten them with a beating. After one farmer driven to desperation by hunger called his bluff, Fisk backed out. The United Farmers’ League has sent letters of protest’ to Goy. Olson of Minaesota holding him responsible for any violence that might result, and demanding the removal of Fisk. Only your support can help the Daily’ Worker continue. You like the enlarged and improved “Daily.” Support it with your dollars. NEWS BRIEFS Much Alive NEW YORK, Dec. 8—John Mac- Arthur, who was thought drowned |three years ago was found alive. He | was arrested on charges of collec |his life insurance through his wife and misapplying funds placed in his trust. Mercy Killer Freed ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 8.—Johnny exonerated today b; jury ing his aunt, who was | dying of cancer. He said he could} not bear to see her suffer any longer. | | Lindberghs Off to Miami NATAL, Brazil, Dec. 8—The Lind- berghs left here this morning on the longest single hop of their teur. They expect to land in Miami, a distance | of 3,740 miles, * | | Debate on Diemakers’ Strike | DETROIT.—_John Schmies, dist. | org. of the Communist Party will) debate Matthew Smith, secretary of | the Mechanics Educational Society | on the recent diemakers strike, Sun- | |day, December 10, at 2 p. m., in the Deutsches Haus, 8200 Mack Ave, e) ee oe Talk on Soviet Recognition | | CINCINATI, Ohio.—A Landy, agit-| |Prop director of Dist. 6, will sp on “The Meaning of Soviet Recogni ion,” | Sunday, Dec, 10, 8 p. m., at Richlieu | Hall, opposite City Hall. oe Amter to Spedk on Unemploy- | ment Insurance BRIDGEPORT, Conn.—I will lecture on “Unemployment In- surance, Not NRA,” Dec. 11th in Col- | umbus School, at 8 p. m. Mayor Mc- Levy has been invited to present his program at this meeting. Amter | | Liebknecht-Luxembourg-Lenin | Rally CHICAGO.—A Liebknecht-Luxem bourg-Lenin campaign rally will held Sunday, Dec. 10, 2:30 p. m. at the Workers Lyecum, 2733 Hirsch St. | Admission 5 cents to YCLers — 15 cents to non-members. Secretary to Ernst Torgier to Speak NEW HAVEN, Conn. Anna Schultz, secretary to Ernst Torgler, will speak on the Reichstag trial | Monday night at the Workers Center, 53 Church St., New Britain. | | | | | Myra Page on the Soviet Union WASHINGTON, D. C.—Myra Page, just returned from the Soviet Union, will speak on “Who Rules the Soviet Union?”, at Typographical Temple, 423 G St. N. W., 8 p. m. Terzant Trial on Monday; Workers Should Pack Court Patterson, I.L.D, Head, Attacks Hays’ Ban on Protest Demonstration; Says United Front Po ith the trial of Committee, the Inter- representa- tiy stion of Ar. decid en’ the de- censure national L. Patterson, N.C. Supreme Court Blocking Appeal For Framed Negro CHARLOTTE . C., Dec. 8.—Proof that only mass protests will save the life of John Edwards is shown by the action of the Supreme Court of North ;Carolina this week. Despite the ming evidence exposing this monstrous me-up, the Supreme |Court is demanding all the evidence and court ‘ords only to study hether it should of should not hear | the motion for a new trial for Ed- wards. It is clear now that unless there are mass protests from all over the country, the Supreme Court will not hear the case, much less grant a new trial even if it does consent to hear the plea for a new trial. The International Labor Defense, which is defending Edwards, has called for mass protests to be sent to the Supreme Court demanding a new trial for Edwards, and also to Gov. | Ehringhaus, both at Raleigh, N. C., demanding Edwards’ immediate re- lease. Funds are needed very badly for the defense, and should be sent to the Edwards Defense Committee, c, 0, Frank Means, Box 313, Char- lotte, N. C. | Mass Fight Delays ‘Frame-up Trial of Four in Sioux City SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Dec. 8—The attempt to railroad four workers to {long jail terms on criminal syndical- ism charges was checked here on De- cember 5 when the court, forced by mass protest, decided to postpone the trial until the January Sessions, Bond for two workers, Robert Phil- lips and Norman Haxelrigg, was cut in half. A mass fight against the Criminal Syndicalist laws has been started here since the arrest of twelve Com- munists during a police raid on a Communist meeting in early Novem- ber, folowing a successful fight against relief cuts by the Unemployed Council and the Communist Party. The International Labor Defense, which is leading the fight, has ap- pealed for an intensified campaign and increased protests against the Criminal Syndicalist laws and for ble Only on Ba sis of Real Struggle Athos Terzani, anti-fascist worker, om ming up in Queens County Court, Long Island City, al Labor Defense renewed its call to all workers to their solidarity courts to free with the fight against Faselst this anti-Fascist fighter. scretary of the International La- bor Defense, for opposing this stand in a public mass meeting was passed over the protest of the LL.D. repre- sentati LL.D. Calls for Militant United Front The r of the International La- bor Defense, and its position of class ggle in defense cases, is pre- nted in a statement made by Pat- terson to the Terzani Defense Com- ttee, in answer to their vote of censure, and made public today. Patterson’s statement follows, in part “A united front is not an end in itself, but a means to an end, An effective united front can be formed only on the basis of struggle, around at least a minimum program. A united front of various groupings in the working class which repu- diates a program of class struggle must be condemned as capitulation before ruling class violence. Ruling class violence cannot be broken ex- cept by the systematic and come sistent organized class action of the proletariat. “It is necessary for the Terzant | Defense Committee to take advan- | tage of every possibility and of all | Practical means created by this case to activize, to educate, to om ganize for struggle, along all fronts {of the working class battle. For |this it is necessary to show the | thread which links together all of | the struggles of the working class | against the common enemy. | “The united front of the class can be established conferences, but its concrete pro- gram must demand more decisive | forms of action. It is downright de- |ceit to tell workers that a confer- |ence or series of conferences, such |as the Irving Plaza Conference, is jin itself sufficient struggle to save | the life of @ political prisoner. | Attacks Co-operation with Clase | Enemy “The statement of Mr. Arthur | Garfield Hays to the press, to which |I took exception, was endorsed and |sent out by the Committee. Cer- |tainly it was impossible for a de- |fense organization, with a serious | intention of developng a real mass action defense campaign, to en- dorse such a document. Hays’ | statement, when endorsed by 2 | working class orgenization, places | that organization in the position of | co-operating with the class enemy. Such an act can only tend to deep- en the illusions of the workers in legalism, |. “The International Labor De- fense can only be concerned with strengthening ‘the influence of thé Terzani Committee’ over the work- jers if that Committee sincerely |Sseeks to formulate a program of j consistent struggle against the rul- | class in defense of Terzani. That program need not be the full program of any one organization, or |of any political party, but it must | be a program of consistent struggle. | “The International Labor De- fense does not believe in a united | front at any price. A united front of the American working class can jand will be organized around just | such cases as Terzani’s, but this | united front must and will be a j united front of struggle. The line |of my speech was calculated to |strengthen the united front organ- | izationally, politically and ideo- | logically. | “The International Labor De- |fense wishes to continue and to broaden the Terzani united front. It will make every effort to do this, the freedom of the workers arrested | The work of the defense must find under it. Protests should be sent to| higher expression in concrete forms County Attorney Max Duckworth,|of struggle against fascism after the Terzani trial.” Small By SEYMOUR WALDMAN ‘Daily Worker Washington Bureau) WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 7.— dilk is the most important of all arm products. Its 1932 cash income totalled $985,000,000, a sum more than twice that of the second most impor- tant farm product, cattle and calfs, necording to the official figures of the United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics, The beneficiary of this huge amount is not the small farmer but the milk trust and the fake producer cooperative whose dual tyranny over the poor farmer has been tightened by the Roosevelt Agricultural Adjust- ment Administration through the control and licensing powers given to the Secretary of Agriculture by the AAA, The policy of the A.A.A. in Federal Milk Control is to legalize, supervise, and even extend the pres- ent forms and degree of exploitation of both small farmer producers and worker consumers of milk. Under the control and _ lice: Powers given tg the Secretary of Agriculture by the A.A.A., thirteen milk marketing agreements already have been approved, All of these agreements embody the principle contained in the original Chicago Agreement, namely, a continuation of the “basic-surplus” plan of market- ing milk, the compulsory payment of dues and fees to the fake cooperative associations, the compulsory obsery- ance of the standards and marketing regulations defined by the ative, below-cost-of-production pay- ment to the farmer, and in nearly “New Deal” Benefits Rich Farmers; Grushes|; Small Producers; Raises Costs of Running Farms every case, an increase in price to the consumer. The agreements, under which the Roosevelt Administration plans to regulate the country’s milk industry, contain the following principle points: 1—The basic-surplus scheme of marketing milk has the approval of the New Deal rulers. In fact, Clyde King, administrator of the Milk Agreement, is mainly responsible for the introduction of this scheme into the milk industry nearly fifteen years ago. It is designed to insure the dis- tributors against all losses in handling milk. The distributors pay to the farmer a “basic” price for milk sold in fluid form to local consumers. All over that amount, which goes into cream and other derivatives, is paid for at a much lower price. In addi- tion to insuring the distributors against loss the basic-surplus weapon tends to cut down the fluid milk mar- ket by raising prices on milk to city consumers. It also gives the leaders of co- nsing | operative milk assoclations opportun- ities for favoritism in assigning large “basics” for their richer friends and cutting down the “basic” on the poorer farmers. It helps the mis- Managed cooperative associations to effect price cuts to the farmer and it gives a decided advantage to the big producer because of his larger scale of operation. In addition, it makes cheating and confusing the farmer an easy matter because of the com- plicated manner in which “basic” and cooper |“‘surplus” allocations are determined and the complicated arithmetic n¢ cessary to figure the price of “sur- U. S. Milk Codes Rob Milk Consumers plus” milk for any given month. Leif Dahl, assistant executive sec- retary of the Farmers National Com- mittee for Action (1622 H St. N. W., Washington, D. C.), the organization leading the militant farmers, char- acterized this “basic-surplus” plan, when interviewed today by the Daily Worker, as “a screen behind which the milk trust exploits the farmer avd denies milk to hungry millions of city workers. The government has now come out officially legalizing this form of mass exploitation of workers and farmers.” 2—The second New Deal principle in milk is the guaranteeing of profits to the Milk Trust by establishing prices to both producers and consum- ers. In the Chicago agreement, for example, the farmer will receive 4 cents a quart for “basic” minus haul- age charges and association graft, while the consumer will pay 10 cents @ quart. This spread of 6 cents goes to the distributors and retailers, In other words, the large profits of the dairy companies, which have been maintained throughout the depres- sion, are retained and guaranteed in the milk marketing agreements. Farmers Get Below-Production-Costs 3—In connection with high profits to the distributors, the marketing agreements provide for below-cost- of-production to the dairy farmers. In the’ Chicago area, for instance, a farmer's basic 1s 54 per cent of his total production, For this “basic” he receives $1.75 per 100 pounds for 3.5 der cent milk. This is at least 75 cents below the cost of production for the average farmer. On the other 46 per cent of his milk, the so-called “sur- plus”, the farmer receives much less, figured on the scale of 92 score butter on the Chicago market, with many multiplications and subtractions to make the figuring impossible for the average farmer, The net result is a price not much more than a dollar per 100 pounds for the total milk sold by dairy farmers. Parallel with the ruinously low prices paid to farmers there is a great increase in feed prices since the beginning of New Deal inflation. These grains have risen as high as 35 and 40 per cent to the farmer in the last few months. Monopoly Control By Milk Trust 4—The code provides that every producer in every area must pay tri- bute to a Producers Cooperative As- sociation at the regular rate, whether or not any benefits are derived. It also provides that every producer must contribute to an advertising agency that is a grafting farce, espe- cially in these hard times. Every small producer-distributor must abide by a code of so-called “fair practices” that will make it impossible for him to exist. Each must have his own milk bottles with his name blown on them. Each must carry 3821 pounds for each retail wagon. The result will be that these producer-distri- butors will be driven out of business and into the ranks of the small pro- ducer shipping direct to the Milk ‘Trust. ‘The small dealers, non-producers, are hit hard also. They too must have their own bottles with their names blown on them. Each of their wholesale trucks must carry 1,050 pounds of milk, and none is allowed to advertise except in publications which appear for sale on news stands. Such advertisements are too expen- sive for small operators. Every dealer and producer-distri- butor must be licensed by the Gov- ernment and any violation of the terms of the agreement carries a fine of $1,000 a day. These provisions mean the end of the small dealer. He cannot operate under such re- strictions because of his small unit of , Farmers; Bs % Trusts Get Farm Co-Operatives Huge Profits Aid Big Farmers to Profit at Expense of Small; Bind Poor Farmers to Monopolies business. The independent dealers of Chicago have challenged the consti- tutionality of the agreement and are fighting for their lives, realizing that if the agreement is enforced it means that they will be taken over by the Milk Trust. Thus the New Deal means the death of the small dealer and in- dependent producer-distributor and the growth of the Milk Trust and its willing servants, the high-salaried leaders of the milk producers associa- tions like the Pure Milk Association of Illinois, the Interstate of Pennsyl- vania, and the Dairymen’s Associa- tion of Maryland. Dues and Fees Graft Continued 5—The producer js robbed system- atically by the milk producing asso- ciations and “advertising funds”. This hhas been going on in every milk shed for years. In the Baltimore area the Dairymen’s Association has succeeded in building a fund of nearly one mil- lion dollars from the tribute it ex- acted from only 3,600 producers in fifteen years. This is nearly $2,500 a member, a sum which in these days, would put any poor farmer in clover. In the Baltimore agreement the leaders of this fake producers asso- ciation plan to increase this levy. The same js true of other milk sheds, In every case they will retain the pres- ent robbery for the associations and “advertising funds” under Govern- ment supervision. Milk marketing agreements have been approved for the following milk- sheds: Philadelphia, Baltimore, Min- neapolis and St. Paul, Evansville, In- diana, Des Moines, Iowa, Knoxville, Tennessee, St. Louis, Chicago, Boston and Detroit. led by rich farmers who receive salaries as officers. In short, the pose of these cooperatives is ther impoverish the small dle farmers by passing milk and keting standards and which make it impossible for small producer to comply with make a profit at the same time. Cooperatives are merely methods. enslaving masses of farmers in interests of the milk trust and large Prdiaesye 18 In the past years, during which time the - active flourished, milk prices. to" the farmers decreased in proportion to the increase in milk trust profits. The milk trust was able to make mil- lions in profits and to consolidate its hold through monopoly control, not only of the processing and marketing apparatus all over the country, but elso through its indirect control of the cooperatives. ‘The average dirt farmer is not given an opportunity to present his case at the A.A.A. hearings. These hearings are merely dickerings by the high priced leaders, the milk trust and the government to legalize and extend the present exploitation of the poor and middle farmers on the one hand, and the continued gouging of the working class consumer by high prices and guaranteed profits on the other. BS anheee S88q BE y