Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-08-06
48ERs To SEVER
|. RELATIONS WITH
THE NEW PARTY
Farmer-La labor Organization
Is Too Radical, McCurdy
Says; Christensen Brands
Charges As Untrue.


New York Aug, Announce
ment that the committee of AS
was preparing to withdraw form
ally from all connection with the
| farmer-la labor party of which Par
| LEY, p. Christensen is the presi-
dental nominee, today, followed
closely charges by IL. a. McCollem
land Charles A. Weaver, who, in
lresigning as officials and members
of the Utah farmer-lahor organiza-
| ton, charged that party was con-
ltrolled by the Industrial Workers
of the World.
Reorganization of the commit
ltee of 4S along original lines of the
Iparty will be undertaken at
meeting of the executive COM
mittee Monday, according to Allen
lMcCurdy secretary of the 4Sers.
In statement today he said the
farmer-labor party is radical
Organization and does not adhere
Ito the principles on which the
lcommittee of 4S attempted to build
a national party.
Replying to the charges of Nc
COLLEEN and Weaver, Mr.. Christen-
sen declared the farmer-labor par
tty is not under /. w. w, control,
but is composed of everyday AM
orleans seeking relief from the in
tolerable economic autocracy OBJ
Itaining," z.
Integrity Challenged.
In statement MIR Christensen
challenged the political integrity
| of McCollem and Weaver.
| Mr.. McCurdy delivered the key
note address at the Chicago conven-
ton last month when the commit
| tee of forty-eight attempted
through amalgamation with the
labor and single tax parties and
,adherents of other political creeds
to form a third party.
| THE labor party" Mr., McCurdy
said, started out to create a class
lparty which should appeal only to
organized workers to the end that
control of the American Federation
of Labor should pass from it's pres
ent leadership into that of the in
surgent and to introduce guild So
cialism into American life.
1T is plain that it is impossi
BILE for these two to meet, joint,
merge or amalgamate. Oil and
water do not mix"
Mr.. McCurdy asserted that while
| the committee of forty eight had
been nominally represented at the
convention which nominated Mr..
| christensen, most leaders and dele
gates had gone home when they
saw that the principles of the
forty Fighters had been swallowed
4 h., 10 Tf tho 1oh fac ~
Except the Maryland organiza =
ton and certain individuals, includ-
ing Dudley Field Malone. who
have subscribed to the farmer-la-
Dor platform, the committee OF for
4 ty-eight is still intact, MIR. McCur-
dy said.
| Late today the following tele
| gram, signed by II. A, McCollem,
was received at fcrty-eight head
quarters from Salt Lake City:
THE Utah committee of forty
eight intart Organized labor re
sents attitude of the Labor
party. Utah voters desire new lib
eral party not controlled by rabtd
radicals"
Christensen for Suffrage.
i Before starting for Nashville,
i Tenn, late today Mr.. Christensen
|sent kilograms to Senator Harding
and Governor Cox, urging that
they go to Tennessee to urge pas
sage OF the suffrage amendment by
the Tennessee legislature. #,
II have received the appalling
information that ratification by
Tennessee is in grave doubt" the
message declares. 1t then calls
attention to the fact that Harding
! and Cox are leaders of the repub-
lican and democratic parties. re-
speotively, and says: AS the
chosen leaders of these parties
you can not avoid being RESPONSE
bic for what happens to the suf-