Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-15
SUMMARY OF THIRD
PARTY'S PLATFORM
Chief Planks Agreed On by Com
mittee Of Forty-Eight and
Laborites.

Chicago, July 14-Thc chief planks
agreed on by the Committee OF Forty
Eight and the labor party arc:
Restoration of civil liberties, including
free speech, free press, etc.
Repeal of the Espionage act and Sc
dition laws.
Protection of the right of all workers
to strike and special clause aimed to
prevent the issuance of strike nlunctions.
Popular election of Federal Judges
to terms of four years, subject to recall:
Approval of woman suffrage and equal
privilege to all, regardless of race, color
or creed.
Approval of the initiative, referendum
and recall, with a special provision that
war may not be declared unless the co'in-
try is invaded, except gy direct vote
of the people
Abolisbment of imperialism at home
and abroad.
Withdrawal of the United States under
the Treaty of Versailles from tho League
of Nations.
Refusal to permit our government
to aid in the exploitation of the weaker
peoples of the earth by capital.
Refusal to permit the agencies OF our
government through dollar diplomacy
TO exploit other peoples including AN
emphatic refusal to 90 to war with Mexi-
co at the behest of Wall street.
Recognition of the Irish republic and
of the government established by the
Russian people.
Denial of assistance, financial or other
wise, TO foreign armies invading these
countries.
An embargo on shipments Of mum
tions for use against Irish or Russian
people.
Instant lifting of the blockade.
Abolition of secret treaties and prompt
publication of all documents received by
the secretary of State.
Withdrawal from "impcrialistic enter
prise upon which we have already en-
harked,h including the jurisdiction we
hold over the Philippines, Cuba and the
Dominican Republic.
Democratic control of industry. The
right of labor TO take responsibility IN
management, but the application Of this
principle to be developed IN accordance
with the experience of actual operation
Public ownership with democratic con-
troll Of public utilities, transportation,
stockyards, grain elevators, terminal ware
houses, pipe lines, natural resources (reser-
walton regarding mines).
Establishment Of government-owned
| national banks, where the granting OF
credit TO individuals or groups would be
| regulated by Congress to safeguard
1 depositors
| Higher taxes on used and unused land.
| Increased incomes taxes on incomes of
| more than $4,000 year, with further al
| lowance of $3.50 for each child under Is.
/ Stabilize currency so that It may not
/ fiuctuate as at present, carrying the
4 standard of living down with 1t when IL
| decreases.
Increased production by preventing
| factories shutting down to stimulate
/ prices.
Labor's bill Of rights, including un-
qualified right TO strike and deal with en-
ploycrs through such representative as
they choose; a maximum standard eight
hour day and 44-hour week in all
branches of employment old age PEN
sions, etc.
The bill Of rights is identical with that
which was sought Of the Republican and
Democratic national conventions by Sam
uel Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor.
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