The sun., 1919-09-22
CALL IS ISSUED
FOR NEW PARTY
Committee of 48 Summons In
dependents to st. Louis
on December g..
PRINCIPLES SET FORTH
Old Political Organizations
Denounced as L0oters
and Wreckers.

ton OF new political party &c De
composed Of Independent voters not In
sympathy with the Republican or Demo-
cratic parties will be taken in st. Louis
December g. The committee OF forty
eight, organized in March to consider
the possibilities of launching a new po-
l.tical cause, announced yesterday that
the st. Louis convention, which will last
four days, has the following purpose:
/. To determine and specifically set
forth the fundamental principles for
dealing with the political, social and eco
ncmic facts and problems which affect
the lives and liberties OF Americans to-
day, and the future Of civilization.
g. To adopt definite method OF po-
litical action for giving these principles
immediate force in the Government OF
the United States and in the interna-
tional relations of the republic.
At the conference the question OF
political action will be discussed. The
matter of affiliating with farm and labor
organizations now in existence will also
be considered by the delegates.
The committee OF forty-eight has been
organized in every State. THE bulk of
its membership" Allan McCurdy, exec
utive secretary, said yesterday. lis
from the business and professional
grasses, ai'nousn iiahaI
TURNER'S arg "eu iepH ese , g.,
ny coiiio 10 n, S,.on.aa
tatVe PLATFORM tha' Viii oe 80
10 the conference ms WIN VI M
pooy Is guloeo by the response 70 Su ~
tlon uiahhs Sent " vHeis
commuters call Inns ques',oi oia,.n
asked for opinion on such topics as tne
Plumb plan, GoVernment ownership, m
dustrial democracy, UNIVERSAL hllitary
training, Responsible Caolhet, tne ueii
ocratic control OF foreign amars anu
the restoration OF free speech
.
"
In its announcement of the forthcom-
ing conference, the committee says that
"the dominating groups of the two prin-
cipal political organizations are revealed
to themselves and to the people as
single group, moved only by their COM
mon purposes of making government Z
profitable business for themselves and
for the interests of those who finance
their periodical sham battles. 1t is a
time of grave peril and of great hope.
Brave and wise things must be quickly
and Il has come to our generation to
preeerve for to-day and tomorrow the
liberty that was won for us yesterday
We must restore full liberty of speech
and action and spirit. and strike of
the shackles from the minds and mus
cles of men and women so that all
who toll with hand or brain shall be
henceforth free to work and live as free
men. This can be done, the American
people can do it."
The convention circular which has
been sent broadcast, attacks the RepuD-
lcan and Democratic parties as fol-
lows:
"The dominating groups of the two
principal political organizations do nor
desire, and do not even understand,
that free citizens should determine their
'pwn political and economic life. They
have so long weighed the word above
meaning They have turned over the
pctuaI government OF the land TO re-
acuonary ana predatory interests and
contented themselves with tne honors
ano einoluInehts Oh once as the sell
a .rr, Vi tnese inte5ests.
nave niaue pubic confession
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