The Washington herald., 1920-07-14
Labor and Forty-eighters
Get Together, and Name
Is Now Sought.
UNITED ON PLATFORM
LaFollette Expected to Be
Nominee; Henry Ford's
Boom Collapsing.
By e. FRANK GARDINER.

(Universzl Service stan Correspondcnt.)
Chicago. July 10. - A third ma
tional political party was born this
Afternoon in Carmen's Hall in this
city.
Formation of the new party was
the committee Of forty-eight and
the Labor party of the United States
after seven other political groups
represented here had Joined with
! them in a new political movement
Union of the committee Of forty
eight with the Labor party was
brought about by the action Of the
delegates to it's national convention
who revolted against the action OF
its leaders and taking negotiations
into their own hands early in the
day voted to amalgamate at once
with the labor group.
, Follows Night wrangiing.
This action was taken after the
conference committee of organiza-
tion and procedure and platform had
deadiocked after a night of wrsns-
| ling.
The conference committee having
failed TO reach agreements. members
! of the committee who favored i'm
mediate amalgamation introduced
resolutions recommending the call
! ing of a joint convention for this
afternoon in the Labor party's hall
whelning vote.
The committee of forty-eight con-
vention. having taken the initiative
! in the move for an immediate ANAL
gamation, the forty-eighters' confer
ence committee finally signed joint
! report with the committee OF the
Labor party. recommending a plan
of organization and procedure.
Joint Platform Submitted.
The joint platform committees
also reached an agreement after the
| joint convention of the two major
and seven minor groups had ops -
and submitted a platform on VIII s
the new party will stand.
! The name of the new party was
the final obstacle in the way of a
complete agreement.
The new party having finally been
established after a week OF negotia-
tions, it was planned to finish the
work Of the convention before ad-
! journment. Nomination of candi-
dates for President and Vice Presi-
dent were to be made following the
adoption of the platform.
United States Senator Robert NJ.
La Toilette is expected TO be the
nominee. Henry Ford's boom col
lapsed this afternoon when Charles
S Hoffman, who had opened Ford
headquarters at the Morrison hoIel'
announced that the new party plat
form was too radical for the AUTO
mobile manufacturer.
The single takers, representatives
of the Nonpartisan League, the Ma
tional Farmers Council, world war
veterans, the American Constltu-'
tional party and other political
groups who allied with the Commit
| tee of Firty-eight yesterday after-'
noon were the first to form coaIl-
! ton with the Labor party. Reoell-
! ing at the refusal of the leaders or
! tho Committee of Forty-eight to
form an immediate amalgamatlon
with the Labor party. these groups
went over TO the labor commlttee
early this morning. Then the Com
mittee of Forty-eight followed.
AmaIsamation Opposed.
Amos Pinchot, Allen McCurdy, J.
A. H. Hopkins, George l.. Record
/ and other so-called 'intellectuals
and leaders of the Committee or
Forty-eight held out against ANAL
camation with the labor group .un-
| til all points of difference had been
| settled, but they were overruled oy
the action of their own convention
| They did not go to the LABOR
rarty convention hall with the 9TH
\ er delegates. but appeared later In
the afternoon and were greeted by
a noisy demonstration. Hopkins was
elected Joint chairman of the con-
yention to serve with John h
| Walker, former president of the IL
linois Federation OF Labor, who mas
been permanent chairman OF the
Labor convention.
| Delegates to the Committee or
Forty-eight convention assembled
in their convention hall in the Nor
rison Hotel and marched in body
to Carmen's Hall. A riotous demon