September, 1941, 1941

Mitchell wrote Dr. George S. Mitchell at the FSA that the National Farmers Union and the STFU had worked out an organizing agreement (2), but James G. Patton, President of the Farmers Union, heatedly denied the STFU claim (9). Clayton and Betton pursued their long-standing dream of purchasing the Lowdon plantation near Gould, Ark. for the purpose of resettling black tenant farmers after J.D. Overholt offered them $5,000 for the project, but the plans fell through (10, 11, 16, 17, 23). Clayton reported on his organizing trip to Louisiana (23). Lastly, a letter arrived from C.P. Dye, describing his work among Arkansas sharecroppers in 1932 and 1933, before the STFU was founded (4)