The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-12-04
LABOR PARTY
ORGANIZED
WILL COOPERATE WITH FARM
ERS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF
INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY

Adopting a platform of public ow-
nership and policy of political CO.
operation with the organized farmers
and declaring for the establishment
of industrial democracy by the ballot
1900 delegates representing hundreds
of thousands Of organized workers in
many states met in Chicago last week
and organized the Labor Party of the
United States.
Delegates from the National Non
partisan League were present the first
day, but after explaining the position.
of the League as an independent po-
litical organization cooperating with
Labor in the various states through
the League spokesman, Beecher Moore
the League delegates withdrew. The
policy outlined by Moore and accepted
by the Labor convention was that the
farmers and labor should organize and
maintain independent organizations
separate platforms voicing the respec~
tive demands of these elements and
that they should cooperate and assist
each other during elections and in
making laws on all matters in which
the two are agreed.
For Public Ownership
The strong features of the national
labor platform are: The Plumb plan of
railroad ownership and operation by
the public and labor.
The government to own and operate
the banking business of the country.
Public ownership of unused lands.
| Public ownership of all public utili-
ties and basic industries.
Establishment of a national depart
ment of health with publicly owned
hospitals, and medical and dental dis
pensaries for the free treatment of
the sick.
I Incomes of individuals to be limited
by Jaw.
Criminal prosecutions of profiteers
and exploitors Of Labor.
| Demand that all government work
be done by labor instead of contract.
Approval of cooperation &C a means
of reducing the high cost of living.
In the interest of more liberty and
democracy in this country the follow
ing planks were adopted:
For Greater Liberty
Abolition of senate. Direct election
of judges. Initiative, referendum and
recall. Home rule for cities, towns and
villages. Abolition Of government by
injunction. Repeal of war espionage
law. Condemnation of universal mill
tary training. Demand for internation-
al disarmament. Immediate release of
all political and industrial prisoners.
Demand for free speech, free press
and right of assembly. Woran's suf-
frage. Equal pay for men and women.
Among the resolutions were the fol-
lowing:
| Demand for the immediate return
of American troops from Russia.
Recognition: of Irish Republic.
Opposition to war with Mexico.
! Condemnation Of mob violence. even
by self-styled patriotic organizations.
To Cooperate With Farmers
The constitution prevents any MEM
ber of the labor party from running
for office on any other ticket or ac-
cepting the endorsement of another
party. Chairman Max Hayes explained
that this would not prevent the party
from cooperating with the Nonrarti-
san League or other democratic organ
izations of the people.
4 The organization will be sustained
by dues paving membership. It will
be managed by national ,co"'mittee
consisting of one delegate from each
state. The headquarters will he in Chi
cago. The new party will hold ma
tional convention next sprinp when it
will put up national labor ticket.