March, 1942, 1942

National Sharecroppers Week was held March 1 to 8; the papers include the NSW pamphlet, a list of sponsors, and an "Outline for Speakers" (1). Negotiations continued with James Patton concerning possible STFU affiliation with the National Farmers' Union (7,13,23,25) and the papers include a nine-page transcript of the debate on this question at the March 21 meeting of the NEC (21). Also under discussion during March was a plan to start an STFU Cooperative Marketing and Purchasing Association in Alabama; see especially Mitchell to Roy E. Raley, reporting on his conversations with Alabama FSA officials on securing their help for the venture (26). Mitchell to Arthur G. McDowell provides particularly good background information on the Caruthersville incident in January (14)