The Washington times., 1920-07-12
.LABOR|TES TO .
FUSE / .'W||TH48
Ratification Of AmaIgamation
BY Both Conventions Today
Deemed Certain.


litical party was made yesterday.
The days activities centered around
the rational convention OF the LABOR
Party of the United states, heretofore
known as the American LABOR farty'
which opened its sessions at carmen
Hall.
The spirit OF union with other po-
litical movements prevailed In the
convention hall. where TOO delegates
representing organized labor gather
ed, determined that a militant. pro-
gressive third party must be born.
As the preliminary work OF organ
izing the labor convention went on,
the talk OF getting all political groups
represented in Chicago together on
a common ground ready to battle FOR
q common purposeA grew stronger.
LABOR's KEYNOTE.
John Fitzpatrick, president of the
Chicago Federation of Labor, tempo
rary chairman of the Labor conven-
tion and chief keynoter. brought the
delegates to their feet in a noisy dem
onstration when he declared:
when you get down to the bare
fact, all of these different political
units gathered here have the same
program If we are no farther apart
than this, isn't 1t right that we should
arrive at a place where we all shall
hold the same views and can unite on
common ground, so that we can
take the reins of Government out of
the hands of the international bank
ers? The control of the nation has
gone beyond Wall Street-it is now
international. 1t is control Of ava
rice, greed and gold against the wom-
en- and children Of the nation"
THREE KEYNOTE SPEECHES.
Keynote speeches by three national
labor chieftains. the seating of the
Non-Partisan League delegation and
laundering applause that greeted the
appearance in the galleries of the
Committee of Forty-eight delegates
in a body, featured the Labor Party's
convention in Carmen's Hall.
Fitzpatrick, John H. Walker, can
didate Of organized labor for the Illi-
nois governorship, and James A. Dun
can. president of the Seattle Central
Labor Council and a principal figure
in debate with Samuel A. Gomper at
the American Federation of Labor
convention in Montreal. delivered the
speeches.
Three vast demonstrations followed
the appearance of these leaders.
The tenor Of their addresses rang
with significant similarity. namely:
That organized labor is ready to
give and take when 1t comes to draft
ing a platform. That labor is chiefly
and intensely interested first in the
launching Of a third party that stands
a chance of winning.
That it is willing to censor some
of the principles for which it stands
at this time. but 20 go to that ex-
tent just as far as it can without
breaking he proposed pooling Of
interests.
Sixty trades union groups and other
organizations are represented in the
Labor convention. Miners and rail-
way men predominate in the union
section
other groups whose credentials
were approved include the Farmers
Educational and Cooperative Alliance,
National Peoples League, Nurses AS
sociation of Chicago, Plumb Plan
League, Chicago University Liberal
Club, Women's Trade Union League,
Loyal Star League, Union Labor
League, Kansas City Yardmens Asso-
citation, Friends of Freedom for India.
Young Democracy, Non-Partisan
League, Welfare Association of Wash
ington, Farmers Organization. World
War Veterans, and American Union
Against Militarism.
HOwATs NAME CHEERED.
by prolonged cheering when the name
of Alexander Howat, leader of the
Kansas miners. who was sent to jail
in connection with violation of the
new Kansas industrial court law, was
reached.
Fitzpatrick spoke at the morning
session. Applause was so deafening
and continuous at times the speaker
had difficulty in restoring order.
When he said at is our duty to
ourselves and to our children and to
posterity that we proceed Immediate
ly and unitedly TO take over the reins
of government" the convention broke
into prolonged demonstration. the
applause from the Committee Of As"
delegates in the galleries being es-
pecially~ conspicuous. He continued:
"I come in contact with groups
from all parts of this country and
OF the world, and there are some
big situations in the face of the
earth today in which they are
earnestly interested. They think we
ought to be ready to leave our occu-
patton, whatever II be, and go and see
that that other situation somewhere
on the face OF the earth Is attended
to, and / have no quarrel with them.
SYMPATHY WITH RUSSIA.
"They tell us about Russia"
A general laugh followed this
sentence.
"'Get some cooperation from the
people of the United States we hear.
What has Russia done? For 700
years they labored under mon
archy, and then they made up their
minds that was long enough and
that they must take that monarchy
and shoot II into the garbage can.
And then they would set up a gov
ernment of what7
"Is the United states going to tell
them how to do It? We would be
very poor instructors after the job
that we have permitted in this
country. 1 think II Russia needs
any assistance or dirtceion they
might very well 10 over to Ireland.
They might get something there.
] am not worrying about Russia.
Russia has done a tremendous job"
OLD PARTIES DIsAPPOINT.
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