The Washington times., 1920-07-12

with our promises, only to. sec those
promises broken and shattered.
$50 now we nre through with ths
old parties.
I'VE have gotten our own people to-
gether. We have tried to say, II
words have meaning, that this pro-
gram of ours is big and broad
enough for every man and woman
who does useful work with hand OF
brain to stand upon, though big busi-
ness has perverted our statement in
an attempt to show it is wholly a
proposition for organized labor"
WALKER MADE CHAIRMAN.
John H. Walker, who was elected
permanent chairman of the conven.
tion, dwelt upon the necessity OF
merging the different groups meeting
in Chicago
TT is a case of self for
the people to unite to battle the COM
mon enemy" Walker asserted. He
added:
You know who framed the Repub.
lican and Democratic tickets. don't
you? Boies Penrose, special agent
and high envoy of the Steel trust
named the Republican nominee, Sen.
ator Harding. And, naturally, he
dictated the platform along the same
line of thought. Palmer brought
| about the nomination OF Cox and the
Democratic platform. 9And did you
know there was not n single deleg ate
from organized labor seated in either
convention?
How about, Palmer and his cam.
paign against profteers? The only
nrOf1taerS he found in,
campaign were workingmen who
were struggling to make living fol
their families"
CONDEMNS INJUNCTION JUDGES.
Walker condemned 'injunctior
judges, who have more power in this
country than the Car or Kaiser in
their palmiest days ever dared to
dream about"
He charges that in Illinois a plot
is well afoot to bring about a mill
tary system of State police ito be-
labor like thugs the laboring men and
without the usual legal step of OBJ.
tanning a warrant before sending men
to Jail"
DEFINITE MOVE MADE.
A definite move toward a merger
was made in the Labor party's con.
vention yesterday when Robert NJ
Buck, of Chicago, editor of the New
Majority, the official publication OF
the Labor party, introduced a resolu
ton, proposing that the name of the
party be changed to the Farmer-La-
Dor Party of the United States, and
that the farmer groups be invited to
participate in the convention.
This resolution authorized the con-
ference committee to continue it's ne
gotiations with other political groups
The resolution was referred to the
platform committee, but the conven-
tion voted to authorize the continual =
ton of the conferences and to add
sixteen members elected from the
floor of the convention to the confer
ence committee of six appointed by
the national committee of the Labor
party which has been conducting the
pre-copvehtion negotiations with the
other political groups.
Bucks resolution sought to pave
the way for an imm ediate amalza-
nation with the Nen-Partisan League.
Leaders of the Non-Partisan League
of South Dakota are delegates to
both the Labor convention and the
Committee of Forty-eight convention,
and, they have signified their willing
ness to join with either or both or
ganizations in a third party move
ment.
PLAN TO JOIN FORCES.
The conference committee OF the
Committee of Forty-eight and a sub
committee of Ave representing the
Non-Partisan League of South Da-
kota went into session at the Nor
rison Hotel late last evening and
plans for joining of forces were
discussed.
The Labor conference committee
also held another session with the
Committee of Forty-eight committee
In an effort to agree on definite
program which can be submitted to
both national conventions when
they convene this morning.
Many delegates to the Committee OF
Forty-eight convention attended the
labor convention as guests and talked
the doctrine of amalgamation.
Charles J. France, of Washington.
member of the conference commit
tee of Forty-eight, was called to the
platform at the labor convention and
read the resolution adopted at the
Committee of Forty eight convention
urging a Joining of forces.
In n brief speech, preliminary to
reading the resolution. France urged
the joining OF all the political groups
on a platform built on the universal
brotherhood OF man. His appeal was
greeted with an outburst of applause
from the labor delegates.
GOVERNMENT CONTRL "sNAG.-
Government ownership Of all haste
Industries continues 10 be the spsr
In the way 81 nm rrrs's ~ sticn, but
those who have attended the jciss