Imperial Valley press., 1920-07-10
THIRD PARTY
ANNOUNCES
ADOPTION Of.
PL 4 7 F 0 R N.
Advocate Public Ownership
of Transportation Facili-
ties and Public Utilities.
Hope to Secure Labor and
NOn-partisan Vote.
(By Associated PreSS)

CHICAGO, July 9.-Adopt
ion Of platform Of three par
agraphs, on which labor, non
partisans and sympathizers
with the middle class" union
can agree, will be the first task
Of the convention called by the
Committee of 48, which began
its session here today.
The platform, which will be
used by the revolutions corn
mittee as basis for it's work,
is one adopted by the. Commit
tee Of 48 last December, when
it held the first convention of
the new party in ST. Louis. 1t
advocates public ownership Of
transportation facilities and
certain other public utilities,
taxation to force idle land into
use and the abolition of special
privileges. &. a.
An ellvrt will be made to obtain en-
dorcement of the platform by the
labor party of the United States and
the World War Veterans, both of
which are holding conventions here.
at is our hope that labor, including
farmers and other divisions of the
laboring classes, will find in the new
party's platform common sense ideal
which they can support whole hearted
ly at the polls" said j. A. H. Hopkins,
chairman of the Committee of AZ, who
has had charge Of the organization
work which resulted in the calling of
the convention.
"rhe full success of what we are
trying to accomplish would include our
getting the support Of organized labor,
sympathiZers of the single tax, the
non-partisan league and the bulke of
the Independent voters of the country
who are dissatisfied with the evasion
Of responsibility which the republican
and democratic parties have revealed
in their platforms.
Our delegates from every state in
the union. including representatives of
these parties, who see their opportuni-
ty to form a coalition strong enough
to insure defeat for both old parties
next November and the election of a
president and vice president chosen by
the people themselves on a platform
that undertakes nothing but the cour
ageous meeting of issues which con-
front America today. We are makinfi
no attempt to solve the difficulties of
the world at large and our lpans, hon.
Cst-to-goodneSS aims will be set forti
in the platform we adopt so clearly
that every citizens can understand the
principles he votes to support"
Mr.. Hopkins would make no predic-
tions as to the probable nominees for
president and vice president. He called
attention to returns from a question
naire sent out last spring. Out of 2100
replies received, La Toilette had the
greatest number of first choices for
president, with 324; Hoover, 191; Debs,
172; and Johnson 157.
(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, H.. July 10.-The COM
D,ittee of 4S, assisted by the dele
gates representing a half dozen of the
liberal radical organizations, launched
the third party movement here in the
first national convention. Senator La
Toilette who won the party's mail ref
erendum to determine the most popu-
lar candidate for the party's presiden-
tial nomination, appeared to have no
opposition. Nearly all of the five or six
hundred delegates wore La Toilette
badges. Today's session was given
over largely to keynoting and organi-
zation work. Allen McCurney Of New
York was elected temporary chair
man. He condemned the republican
and democratic platforms and candi-
dates in his keynote address.
The convention was delayed over an
hour in starting by the conferences
between the representatives of the
committee of the labor party, the nom
partisan league, the single tax party,
the triple alliance of the northwest,