On a Saturday, the entire camp prepares for the evening's dance. The Central Committee meets to discuss ways to prevent the Farmers Association from stirring up trouble. The men at the gate of the camp will look out for anyone suspicious, and extra members are added to the entertainment committee. Ezra Huston, the chairman, warns that troublemakers must not be harmed physically because any altercation would only give the deputies a reason to shut down the camp. Tom is recruited by the committee to help ward off any trouble.
That evening, Ma is able to convince Rose of Sharon to go to the dance by promising that she won't allow anyone to bother her. At the gate, Tom and Jule, a camper of Cherokee blood, spy three suspicious young men entering. They follow them to the dance floor where they try to start a fight. As planned, the entertainment committee forms a wall around them and escorts them from the floor. The men are recognized as migrants, and Mr. Huston sadly wonders why they have turned against their fellow workers. They are taken out and forced to leave, unharmed. The committee returns to the dance.
Pa, Uncle John, and other men meet to talk about work possibilities. One man shares the story of mountain men in Akron, Ohio, who were being exploited by the rubber factories. They attempted to organize a union, but the townspeople tried to run them out. The mountain men held a "turkey shoot": On a Sunday, five thousand men walked through town with guns. The man feels the Okies ought to have a "turkey shoot."
