Angry American farmers during the Great Depression, 1933

Farmers protest against the forced sale of the ranch of James L. Case, a former preacher. Due to a provisional measure, which was adopted by Henry Morgenthau at the direction of President Roosevelt, then president of the Farm Credit Association, and the presiding Judge Hilliard Comstock, the forced sale of mortgaged ranch has been suspended. In this way, the farmers who wanted to prevent the auction should be reassured. The crowd responded to the provisional measure with stormy cheers. In the foreground one sees J. Stitt Wilson from Berkeley who is standing a bit higher and gesticulating

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Adopted Auction Berkeley Cheers Comstock Credit Forced Gesticulating Higher Hilliard Initiative Measure Morgenthau Preacher Presiding Prevent Provisional Ranch Reassured Recall Responded Rosa Sees Stormy Suspended

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