U.S. FARM STRIKE

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 37, 7 November 1933, Page 9

U.S. FARM STRIKE

Outbreak of Violence ACTION BY PICKETS Transportation Hampered DUMPING OF MILK By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. (Received Nov, 6, 8.30 p.m.) New York, November 5. A report from Des Moines states that violence broke out in many sections to-night, as farm strikers started an intensive picketing of the highways and railroads to prevent the transportation of food. A train was stopped near the town of Lawton. Pickets broke . the _ seals on goods, cars and liberating live stock, which scattered on the highway. The live stock blocked a lorry, causing its rear end to collide with a speeding automobile, killing one picket and injuring others. Thousands of pounds of milk were dumped throughout Wisconsin. Strikers cut telephone communications and committed other acts of sabotage apparently to harass the officials. The Governor of lowa has threatened to call out the State militia unless civil officers immediately restored order. LEADERS’ INTENTIONS President’s Efforts to Curb Agitation CRITICS OF RECOVERY ACT (Received November 6, 10.25 p.m.) Washington, November 5. President Roosevelt believes he has done everything possible to relieve the farmers along economically sound lines. He will now attempt to curb the agrarian strike and the growing criticism of the National Recovery Act by a publicity campaign. Reports from the west declare that the strike leaders are determined to renew their effort to halt the movements of food, with indications that there is likely to be considerable violence. Last-minute efforts of the National Recovery Act Labour Board to halt the strike on the Pennsylvania anthracite coalfields appear doomed to failure, as the union lenders have called for 70,000 men to quit work to-morrow. FARM PRODUCE PRICES Departmental Statement Washington, November 5. With indications from the west' that the farm strike will be intensified as the result of President Roosevelt's refusal to accept the State Governors’ price-fixing programme, the Department of Agriculture issued a statement to-night predicting a higher farm price for 1934 as the result 'of increased domestic consumption, but painted a gloomy picture of possible foreign markets and tacitly admitted that the acreage reduction policies were not altogether effective. ’Phe report frankly, admitted that “the extent of the price rise will be affected by future monetary credit policies,” which observers here interpret as a renunciation of the Administration’s present managed currency programme. The report said that some export relief for wheat producers might come from the World Economic Conference, but indicated that the department, did not hope for a wide-scale adjustment of import restrictions and export quotas. '