February, 1945, 1945

Mitchell and Schachter both became convinced that the prime obstacle facing their "organized migration" program was the opposition of local WMC officials in Memphis, New Jersey, and other places. There is a great deal of correspondence during February on this problem, especially between Mitchell and Schachter, between Mitchell and Paul Sifton of the National Farmers' Union (8, 13); and between the STFU and the WMC. STFU Vice-Presidents F.R. Betton and J.E. Clayton wrote to the Heifers for Relief Committee, setting forth a plan to distribute the promised cows through the Arkansas Farmers Co-operative (8). Rev. David Burgess submitted a lengthy report on his work during the month, including an account of a two-day Ministers' Institute held a Cotton Plant, Ark. (28).