Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-07-13
Conferences Seek Solution

Conferences Seek Solution
Chicago, July 13.-Proposed anal
gamation Of minority political groups
in one new party hinged today or
two joint conferences.
The labor party of the United
States, In an ultmatum adopted last
night after fifty hours s,f confer
ences had failed to bring. the party
and the committee of 48 together
voted to proceed to the adoption OF
a platform and selection of candi-
dates il a conference report was not
ready by 0o'clock this morning.
AT midnight the ,confereRs, sent
back into session by their conven-
tions, reopened their discussion in a
final effort to reach an agreement
satisfactory to both groups and avert
an open breach.
The radical faction in the labor
convention threatened for several
hours last night to break off negoti-
ations with the forty Fighters imme-
diately. More conservative delegates,
however, STAYED off the impending
split by throwing their support BE-
hind the ultimatum.
Unity IL Urged
Dramatic appeals for unity by
Francis Dillon Of Indiana and Dud-
ley Field Malone of New York, were
credited with having turned the tide
against the radical element, Malone
Is one of the 4S leaders and also a
member of the labor party.
Speaker after speaker in two hours
OF hectic debate asserted that the
"intellectuals" leading the forty
forty Fighters had no real control
over the mass of their followers and
that an appeal from the labor party
would bring the privates of the IS
movement into the labor ranks.
Delegates freely urged that the la
hor party forget all about the as
leaders and go after the farmers in
their convention" They said that the
farmer strength in the other meet
ing had no real affinity with the
"plutes and subtle. slick lawyers
who, they asserted comprise the
leadership OF the 4s group.
Name Is Big Problem
Opposition of the conference COM
mittee or 4Sers to use the name far
mer-labor as the party designation
proved the first big stumbling block
In the way OF amalgamation, but
they We're understood today to be in
n conclliatory mood on this question
Differences on the definition of"dem
ocratic management of railroads
ana essential industries. government
al operation OF which both parties
favor. We're mot so easily compro-
missed. The labor party plan OF oper-
alton of the roads by officials chosen
from the ranks of employees proved,
in the conferences already held, an
insurmountable obstacle.
While the labor convention fought
out the question of whether the hour
had arrived for definite break, the
forty Fighters marked time with a
continued flow of oratory, which, in
both conventions, consumed the great
er part of the day.
Soldier Relief Favored
Practically the only work accom-
plished by the labor party was 30
receive and accept n partially COM
pleted platform from its resolutions
committee. This Nineluded recom-
mendations for comprehensive sol
diers relief campaign, both through
a bonus and preference in the distri-
button of railroad lands in the west:
and a formal invitation to farmers
organizations to ally themselves With
the labor party. Meanwhile, in al
third hall, the Single tax party was
framing an appeal to Premier
LloyrGeorge of Great Britain urg-
ing that his government adopt sim
gle tax policy for Palestine The sim
gle takers plan today to adopt al
platform and possibly nominate al
candidate.