The Bismarck tribune., 1919-04-12
LABOR PARTY
FORMS BASIS0F
ORGANIZATION
Delegates at Springfield, ILL.,,
\ Urge Separation From
Present Parties
EXALT II u NJ AN RIGHTS
Would Make Constitutions More
Responsive ia, Will of
> Masses .

Springfield, Ill.,, April 12-The elec
ton Of officers and other routine mat
ters were to be taken up by the new
labor party today, on the concluding
of It's convention. The platform EN-
bodied fourteen points determined up
on by the state federation of lab0rfat
its convention in Bloomington yester
day. ,....
Want Eurieson Removed.
Removal from office of Postmaster
General Burles0n, because Of his re
actiCnary attitude toward labor, free
speech and a free press" was adVo;
Gated in resolutions adopted by the
new party today
The resolutions favored league of
nations which Would preserve the
peace which has been won, and the
lifting CT the allied blockade against
central powers and, that industries
now under public control be not re-
turned to private ownership.
A vote of thanks was ordered for
warded to the Nonpartisan league and
the trades organizations of North Da-
kOta for their interest in the new
party.
Urge Organization.
Labor is the primary and just ba-
sis Of political responsibility and pow
err 1t is not merely the right but the
duty Of the workers of hand or brain
to become a political party. Freedom
from the grind of poverty, freedom
= I,1 tn, oS nvNtth hV
big business, freedom from the slave
driving of workers by profiteers; free.
dom for the men and women who buy
clothing and food and pay rent from
exploitation. The day has passed when
forward-looking citizens can hope for
progress, aid or sincerity from repub-
lican or democratic office holders. The
time has come for the workers of
Illinois to disengage themselves def
nitely and permanently from old party
ties" reads the platform
.,-,4 The Planks.
The platform provides for:
Democratic control. of indus.
try and commerce for the general good
Of those who work with hand and
brain and the elimination of autocratic
domination of sources of production
and distribution, .r-.T IL, nsin ,uI ,im
2.-"The unqualified right of work
ers to organize and TO deal collective
ly with employers. a.
F.. 3.-"The freedom from economic
hazards whic comes with a mini
mum wage based on the cost of liv-
ing and which enables the worker TO
maintain, without, tne aid of mother
and children, his family in reasonable
comfort.
Eight Hour Day..
4-'"The institution Of a maximum
working day Of eight hours.
5.-"Abolition Of unemployment by
reducing the hours of employment to
enable all those who are able to work
to obtain employment and full pay.
G.-"Equality of men and women in
governmet and industry, with com
plete enfranchisement of women, and
equal pay for men and women.
7.-"R deduction of the cost of living
to a just level Immediately, and, as
a permanent policy, by the develop
ment of cooperation, and the elimina-
ton of wasteful methods, middlemen
and all profiteering in the creation
and distribution Of products of indus
try and agriculture.
S.-"Complete revision of the state
constitution to reclaim it for the peo.
pie, so that it may be, instead Of as at
tCOntinued on Page Three,