Scope and Contents Topics of discussion: Growing up in Swift County; Swift County and the Depression; Henry Wallace campaign in 1948; Merging of the Farmer-Labor Party into DFL; Issues in 1948 U.S. Congressional campaign; Political history and dramatic issues in Swift County, 1948; Ethnic backgrounds in Swift County; Reactions to Farm Holiday movement; Functions of independent voters of Minnesota; James Youngdale, born in Central Iowa, lived in Swift County from 1923 to 1967, a conservative Republican family;...

Scope and Contents Abstract of Interview: Farm Holiday activities in Benson area; Farm Bureau and Farmers Union and functions as service organizations for farmers; Benson during Depression years; public reaction to Roosevelt and New Deal legislation; beginnings of Farmer Labor Movement; reaction to Governor Floyd Olson; Years 1933 to 1937, farm drought in the midst of Great Depression, WWI, NFO and activities in southern Minnesota: role of county and federal governments. Biographical information: Orville Tatge...

Scope and Contents Topics discussed: Nonpartisan League and the Farm Holiday movement in the Benson area; Foreclosures; consideration of Floyd Olson as governor; Huey Long and the 1935 Farm Holiday state convention and resolutions drawn from it; Elmer Benson and his relationship to Farm Holiday; Oren Lee Staley and the NFO; Roy Peterson was born in Beardsley, Minnesota, he moved with family to Benson in 1924, where he now resides. Mr. Peterson has been a distributor for Oak Grove Dairy since 1952. Long active...