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fires in the last year and felt |
that they were exempt on account nf|
the wording of the law, which
states that members nf any Volun
teer Fire Department are not re
quired to pay on account of the ser
vices given gratis, in connection
with their services on the Volun
teer Fire Department. The Coop
erative has the only fire fighting
equipment in this vicinity that car
be transported to fires located, at
any distance from the civic center
and while the equipment and the
personal may not be all it should
be, yet we feel that it would be a
distinct loss to the Community as t|
whole if we were uncble to secure
the services of a gr up of men who
are working together in a central
location or who live close enough J
to the equipment that they can man ]
it in time to be effective at any |
fire that might occur. This is
just what may happen if such dis-'.
crimination is practiced as this I
action by the local school tax |
collect or.
It seems queer that a Member rf
the Cooperative w uilr' use such p^oi
discretion as to penalize an em
ployee f an organization in which
he has s large an interest. We
won^er is this is a part of the
campaign that we believe is being
wagec3 against the Cooperative. A
letter from the Territorial Treas
urer to the Cooperative, and a copj
to the Collector should clarify the
question, and V/e hope that the
pe pie who are so anxious to assume
the responsibilities of e small
office like this will try to finr"
out the real meaning of the law, if
such information is r’esirer', before
they apply punitive measures to anj
person involvec’ in a case rf this
kin.d.
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clear program for post-war plans
must be developed to enable people
to judge our aims, str.ng terms
were used to condemn the efforts oi
w uld ba Dictators, both foreign
and domestic, to secure control, nl
strong men are needed to meet our |
War demands, only the united effort
of a free people can be really,
fully effective. Th^y condemn the
placing of Dollar a year men in
Washington, whom they describe ns
agents cf the special interests who
are hindering the War effort by try
ing tc secure special profitable
contracts for large financial gains
demands are made for the -.equality
of the sacrifices that must be mad*
by all groups of citizens, both
poor and wealthy. Penocrctic meth
ods must be used to guide the War
actions on the home front and the
Farmer must be given parity prices
for his products during the War and
after.
Maximum production can best be
secured by giving the farm workers
the benefit of all modern living
standards and the lower cl;sses
conditions sh- uld be improve as
much as it can be. The program
calls for the promotion of the fam
ily sized farm. The Corporation
type farm is condemned. Credit
must be provided to Farmers and
Cooperatives on an equal b;sis with
all ether War production agencies.
COOPERATIVES ARE THE ENGI"ES OF
ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY! they st-te, and
ask that Cooperatives be allowed to
secure funds for War expansion on a
par with other War Product!• n
plants that are financed by the
0 V'.rnment.
C nsidcrable stress is placed on
the ri6ht of Farmers to organize r
and operate Cooperatives freely.
Total War brings dangers t the
Cooperatives that must be guarded
against and also gives the host
opportunity to the Cooperatives to
expand an^ provide security for
themselves. Officers and employees
of Cooperatives sh^ul'1 be organized
into joint service organizations
that should provide additional in
formation for the group as a whole,
a competent staff is to be appoint
ed to establish an office in Wash
ington, D.C. to protect the inter
ests of the farmer.
James G. Patten was re-clccted
President and a cabinet of v, oil
known and experienced Farmers Union
men were appointed to aid the Pres
ident in the conduction of a br: ad
campaign to render special service
to the Farmers and the Nat' n dur
ing the emergency. Patter, has been
in the news lately, quite frequent
ly as a champion of the small farm
er and. as an aid to the President
in the formation of a definnte pol
icy in relation tc the farm front
and the War. One large National
Weekly gave a very interesting ac
count of the wny Mr. Patter dress
ed. the representitive of another
.powerful but c "nservetive farm or-*
ganization down, at a meeting in
the White House before the Presid
ent, and it seems that the Presid
ent was quite pleased with the man
ner in which Mr. Patten delivered
the bombast.
From current accounts the Nation
al Farmers Union President has more
influence in the decision i f pol
ocies that ore recommended to the
Congress by the President, than any
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