January, 1936, 1936

The Second Annual STFU Convention was held at Little Rock on January 3 to 5; the papers include the program, press releases, the "report of the Second Annual Convention," the Report of the Executive Secretary for 1935; and "Ceremony of the Land" by Howard Kester. There is a good deal of material concerning the union's attempt to gain representation at a conference called by Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace on the future of the AAA (Jan. 8 to 15). Another major topic is the situation at Parkin, Arkansas, where a mass eviction of tenants at the C.H. Dibble plantation was followed by the violent disruption of a union meeting in the adjacent town of Earle and the erection of a tent colony to shelter the homeless families. Lastly, there is much correspondence with women STFU members on the decision by the convention to create separate locals for women.