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I THE WETUMPKA HERALD WETUMPKA. ALABAMA PACK KTOHT THURSDAY, JANUARY II, 1945 Communist Beachhead Is Established In U. S. Agriculture By Farmers Union REPORT OF CONDITION OF BANK OF ECLECTIC OF ECLECTIC IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON DECEMBER 39, 1944.

a The subjoined article by Robert Cruse McManus appeared in the October issue of The Farm Journal. Because it sets forth in such clear terms a danger that confronts farmers of Alabama and the South and self-reliant farmers everywhere, it is reprinted here as a warning of what is threatened unless due safeguards are set up. Ed. note. ASSETS Loans and discounts (including S-0- overdrafts) United States Government obligations, direct end guaranteed Cash balances with other banks, including reserve balances, and cash items in process of collection Bank nremises owned $600.00.

furniture and fixtures $400.00 Other assets TOTAL ASSETS 199,152.32 487 900.00 286.823.05 1000 00 8,330.11 983215.48 730,028.21 140.093 97 53.312.17 1,205.68 86.56 1 958.00 926,694.59 Communists Still Com- munists The Communist fatherland is still Russia. The Communist program is still Communist. As late as June, 1941, it had plans for sabotage and revolution the moment America went to war. A communist dominated Farmers Union co-operative on the banks of the historic Delaware was distributing pamphlets declaring: The Yanks Are Not Coming. Agitators throughout the country were studying secret nstructions on the organization of committees to draw the toiling peasants and village proletarians into the anti-war demonstrations.

especially into the matter of hindering the transport of weapons in village districts. Hitlers attack on Russia changed all that. But it didnt change the Communists. And it didnt change the fundamental Communist doctrine that nobody should ever be allowed to own one square foot of land. Jim Patton and his fellow Farmers Union officials have no business getting their feet wet with people like that.

The Union is not yet, by any means, reduced to the status of a Communist captive, but it is time that all farmers clearly understand what is going on. Many of them, including the entire statfe organization in Nebraska, are already in revolt. LIABILITIES Demand denosits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations Time deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations Deposits of United States Government (including postal savings) nenosits of States and political subdivisions other denosits (certified and officers checks, etc.) OTAT, DEPOSITS 924,728.59 Other liabilities TOTAL LIABILITIES (not including subordinated obligations shown below) CAPITAL ACCOUNTS New York a monthly pamphlet called Facts for Farmers. What the rela tionship is is not clear, but it close enough so that W. Thatcher, vice chairman the National Executive Council of the Farmers Un has written Farmer; Union letters from the Wash ington headquarters of Farm Research.

as showr in the photostatic reproduction on page 23. Farm Research was founded in Washington in 1932 by Lem Harris and others. Harris has been called one of the most powerful Reds in the U.S.A. He is secretary of the Communist National Agrarian Commission, and a member of the secret Central Control and Revision Committee. He was secretary of the Communist Party of Minnesota, and spent a year in Russia, presumably receiving training for his work here.

Facts For Farmers The publication Facts For Farmers consistently follows the Communist line in its editorial policies. It speaks sneeringly of large farms and successful farmers, although as far as I know it has not yet called them Kulaks. In its early years, it bitterly criticized President Roosevelt, and described the New Deal as the New Steal. Its editor, an elusive person whose background is uncertain, but who goes by the name of Charles J. Coe, fiercely attacked the national defense program before the Russian invasion.

He Capital Surplus Undivided profits TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS 25.000.00 12.50010 19,020.89 55.520 89 933,215.48 TOTAL LIABILITIES and CAPITAL ACCOUNTS This banks capital consists of: Common stock with total par value of $25,000.00. MEMORANDA Pledged assets (and securities loaned) (book value) (a) United States Government obligations, direct and guaranteed, pedged to secure deposits and other liabilities 1 100.000.00 TOTAL 100,000.00 Secured and preferred liabilities: (a) Deposits secured bv pledged assets pursuant to requirements of law TOTAL 53 312.17 53,312.17 House in protest against the national defense program. It proposed a revolutionary plan of action at the specific points where the war machine must be stopped that is, in mines, factories, railroads, ships and farms. But after the Russian invasion American Peace Mobilization immediately dissolved, and its leaders began bellowing for a second front in the peoples war against Hitlerism. A Dies Committee List Other Farmers Union leaders who subscribed to the A.P.M.

program of sabotage, according to the Dies Committee, included Gerald Harris of Alabama, Clinton Clark of Louisiana, E. H. Chrum of South Dakota, H. S. Bruce of Montana, H.

R. Lenox of Ohio and Solon Philips of Pennsylvania. The Washington representative of the Union, as well as a leading writer for its publication, The National Union Farmer, is Paul Sif-ton. He is one of Jim Pattons right-hand men. When I recently interviewed Patton, Sifton was at his elbow Sifton was a member of the National Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners, which President Roosevelts Attorney General described, in a confidential memorandum, as the legal arm of the Communist party.

He was a member of the advisory board of Frontier Films, which Prof. John Deweys Committee on Cultural Relations called a Communist front. He was a contributor to the magazine Fight, organ of the American League Against War and Fascism Earl Browder, Americas No, 1 Communist, has himself admitted that this league was a transmission belt to convey Communist propaganda throughout the United States. Browder was openly listed as vice chairman of the League on Fights editorial masthead, when Sifton was writing for it. In November, 1938, Sifton contributed an anti-preparedness article to the magazine, advising American workingmen not to let them fill you up with this bull about patriotism.

The president of the New York State Farmers Union is Archie Wright, who was a chief figure in the New York state milk strikes of a decade ago. He was also a foremost member of the Communist party. In 1936, he made a speech at the partys convention in St. Nicholas Arena, New York City, on the work he was doing among the farmers. Affiliated somehow with the Union is an organization known as Farm Research, which publishes in The CIOS National Citizens Political Action Committee has announced that President James G.

Patton of the National Farmers Union will serve as its vice chairman. With this announcement, the establishment of a Communist beachhead in American agriculture became clearly visible, for the Political Action Committee is under out-and-out Communist domination. It has long been known that there are Bolshies who have bored their way into key positions in the Farmers Union. Handsome, likeable, idealistic Jim Patton is not one of them. Nor are Farmers Union brass hats as a class Communists or even fellow-travelers.

Nevertheless, odd things are happening. How many of the Unions 400,000 members realize what has been going on at the top qf their own organization? How many other farmers know what is happening in this one of the big organized farm groups? Since its founding, the Union has claimed to speak for the small farmer, and the right of the small farmer to own the land he works. Communism, on the other hand, denies the right of any individual to own any land whatsoever. In Russia, the Bolsheviks wiped out small farmers by blood-shed, terror and every conceivable tyranny, until all were reduced to landless hired hands employed by the state. If there were any logic left in this lunatic world, Farmers Union leaders would be the bitterest enemies of Communism in America.

Instead of that, what do we find? One of the Unions top-ranking officials is Charles Egley, general manager of the Farmers Union Livestock Commission Company of South St. Paul, Minn. For years Egley has conducted a department in the Farmers Union Herald, through which he dispenses his own brand of propaganda to the farmers of the Northwest. In 1940-41 he was a director of the American Peace Mobilization. This is the outfit which, before Hitlers invasion of Russia, officially declared it made no difference whether Germany or England won the capitalist war.

It picketed the White Subordinated obligations: (a) On date of reDort the required legal reserve against deposits of this bank, was 107,694,89 (b) Assets reported above which were eligible as legal reserve amounted to 256 823.05 I. H. N. Harrison, Cashier, of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true, and that it fully and correctly represents the true state of the several matters herein contained and set forth, to the best of my knowledge and belief K. N.

HARRISON. CORRECT Attest: A. J. NOBLE, ROBERTS BLOUNT, J. CASTLEBURY, Directors.

STATE OF ALABAMA, COUNTY OF ELMORE, ss: Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4 day of January, 1945, and I hereby certify that I am not an officer or director of this bank. W. L. HOLLOWAY, (SEAL) Notary Public. My commission expires August 3, 1945.

Wanted signed the call for a meeting of the American Peace Mobilization in New York City on April 5-6, 1941. At this meeting a song was sung, which contained -hese interesting lines: for conscription and for Capitol Hi.l. for the Congress that passed that God damned bill. Id rather be here at home and live in a hollow log; Than go to the Army, be treated like a dirty dog. After the German attack on Russia, however, Coe promptly went overboard for the peoples war against Hitlerism.

Both Farm Research and the Farmers Union have received grants from the Marshall Fund, under the will ot the late Robert Marshall, a young millionaire of Communist leanings. The Fund has also contributed to three organizations, including the White House-picketing American Peace Mobilization, which were cited as Communist fronts by Attorney Biddle. It should be noted however, that Patton insists that the Farmers Union made no promises whatsoever in accepting the Marshall money. Perhaps no promises were necessary. In fairness to Jim, it must be pointed out that he is involved in all this because of his real feeling that labor and agriculture should find common ground.

He does not know, or prefers to disregard the fact that in 1937 the Central Committee of the Communist party adopted a resolution declaring: in our mass work our main concentration must be to build the National Farmers Union. He probably does not yet believe that the CIO Political Action Committee, of which he is now vice chairman, is under Communist domination. There is a whole trunkful of evidence to prove the fact of this domination. But the simplest way to establish it is to consult the PACs Congressional chart, by which Congressmens records are to be determined. The measures listed on this chart are exactly the same as those compiled previously by the Communits Party for same purpose.

An Active Minority Enough Communists, you see, dont necessarily need a majority in order to gain their objectives. The startling fact is that only about 4 of the population of Soviet Russia are members of the Communist party. The percentage of Communists among the CIOs 8,000,000 workers is undoubtedly smaller than that. Nevertheless, Sidney Hillman and Philip Murray, the organizations present leaders, are prisoners of the Communists in their own unions, according to John L. Lewis.

The Political Action Committee is the CIO in politics. The Communist organization will be in a long-term alliance with forces much larger than itself, said Earl Browder, at the time he made the gesture of dissolving the party last winter. We may compromise on a hundred questions, including the basic one of postponing all radical proposals for changing the social and economic system. Remember that. Radical proposals are to be postponed, not abandoned.

And meanwhile, Jim Patton and others are to be cultivated, in preparation for the time when they can be taken in hand. The road to domination of the nation is through agriculture, and one road to agriculture is through the Farmers Union. In New Yorks Union Square, radical headquarters of America, they used to tell this joke: Why is the American Communist Party like the Brooklyn Bridge? Rpcause both are suspended on cables. The cables on which the party dangled, of course, were messages from Moscow, telling the members what to do. say and think Every true Communist teaches, with Browder, that so long as capitalism rules (in America) the working class has no fatherland to thejin Less Nitrogen For Agriculture Less nitrogen will be available during the next calendar year for use on American farms because of increased Ordnance programs, Chemicals Bureau officials told the Nitrogen Producers Industry Advisory Committee at a recent meeting, the War Production Board reported in November.

The committee discussed modifications of existing nitrogen allocation orders, as proposed by the Chemicals Bureau. At the start of the fertilizer year beginning July 1, 1944, WPB officials estimated that 631,000 tons of nitrogen would be available for agriculture. However, view of new military requirements, the estimate had to be revised downwards in September to 530,000 tons, WPB said. In an effort to compensate for this loss, WPB arranged for a higher shipping priority for some Chilean nitrate of soda, which had previously been assigned a low priority. This brought the anticipated agricultural supply of nitrogen to 586,000 tons.

Because of military requirements for grained ammonium nitrate that had not been anticipated, it was necessary to make an additional cutback in agricultural supplies, reducing the previous estimate to 576,000 tons. Production difficulties by Canadian manufacturers, which prevented them from attaining estimated production goals, may cause further reductions in agricultural nitrogen, WPB told the committee. It is hoped that the reduction will not exceed 5,000 tons of nitrogen, WPB said. Still buying ear com and hauling it free of charge, paying best prices, also saw logs paying $16.00 per 1,000 in logs delivered at mill in Wetumpka. Buying pulp wood, paying $6.60 per cord, delivered at yard in Wetumpka.

Buying old automobiles for salvage, scrap iron, old tires, batteries, metal, rags, bones, in fact bring anything you have to sell and turn it into cash. Everything is weighed on HOWE Scales and always ready to give you immediate service and not have to wait for your money. If you have a house and lot for sale, or a farm, list it with me now. I have a number of prospects watting with the cash to buy it. Sell now at the highest prices, for opportunities to make a profit dont repeat.

PUT SOME MONEY IN YOUR SOIL BANK ACCOUNT IP W. E. Strickland OFFICE PHONE 1521 RESIDENCE PHONE 3551 WETUMPKA. ALABAMA Straits jFmtrntl Hmttr AMBULANCE SERVICE DAY AND NIGHT Sdytnl fyor harden FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS PHONE 2981 Want Ads BIG COVER CROP ACREAGE IN MONROE FOR RENT A pasture, 40 acres or more. Mrs.

W. P. DeBardela-ben, Wetumpka, Ala. Iljan3t WANTED 85-acre farm, 1 mile south of Speigner (on highway), to let out on halves; seven room house, electric lights, two tenant houses. If interested see me at Speigner Prison.

M. H. McCord Speigner, Ala. 4june4tpd IF YOU NEED GLASSES IT WILL PAY YOU TO WAIT FOR BARSON! WANTED TO BUY Com, shelled or on the ear, In any quantity. See Ralph Macon, Wetumpka, Ala.

7dectf. High-potash fertilizers are a good investment. With prices of potash still at low prewar levels and prices for farm products at high wartime levels, greater profits than ever before can be obtained for every dollar spent for this necessary plant food. Not only maintain but build up the fertility of your soils. Now there is plenty of potash to make the high-potash fertilizers recommended by your official agricultural advisers.

Use these fertilizers in the amounts suggested for your particular soils and crops. Write us Jor further information and free literaturt on the practical fertilization of crops Monroe County farmers are planting a large acreage of cover crops, such as Austrian winter peas, vetch, and oats. These farmers are also harvesting one of the largest corn yields in the history of the county. The increased yields of corn in the county is due largely to a campaign sponsored by the Extension Service in the spring for more corn per acre. Many farmers have a surplus of corn and are finding a ready mar ket at a good price, reports A.

V. Culpepper, county agent. Railroads moved more than 24 million troops in special trains and special cars and more than 190 million tons of Army freight and express in the period from December, 1941, through August, 1944. FOR SALE 6-room house with 7 acres land, pr. mules and wagon, farming implements, planters, distributors, stalk cutter, etc.

H. W. Richardson, Elmore, Ala. 14dec4tpd. id HAULING For long and short distance hauling, call J.

O. Starling, Dial 2722. 14dec4tpd After all, ita the examination that counts. Correct, scientific examination of your eyes Is the ONLY way to determine whether or not you need glasses. My knowledge of fitting glasses, gained through years of practice, has given me a State-wide reputation.

Among your relatives and acquaintances you will find somebody who will tell you how satisfactory my work Is. Because I specialize In this work only scientific examination and proper fitting of glasses you are assured of complete satisfaction. I will be at Woodall Hotel, Tallassee, the Second Wednesday in each month. I have regular appointments the Second Tuesday In each month at Jacksons Pharmacy, Wetumpka. I am In my Montgomery office four days each week Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and on Sundays 10:00 a.m.

to 1:00 p.m. Office open dally for appointments, with secretary In charge. DR. S. A.

BARSON OPTOMETRIST 402-3 First National Bank Building Montgomery. Alabama I I WANTED TO BUY Corn, shelled or In the ear, In any quantity. See or write C. W. Gantt, Titus.

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