The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-11
FIRST CONVENTION
 OF AS AND SINGLE
 TAKERS UNDER WAY
First Days Session Develops as Many Different Views as There Are Factions
 Present
By Associated Pre-.

Chicago, July 10.-Foundatlon stones for a new party on which to unite all third party movements were laid when the committee of forty eight and the single tax party joined in their first form and pick nominees who, they hope, will win the support of ten or a dozen liberal organizations.
 2 The first days session. devoted to keynote speeches and organization work, developed as many different scented. Rules, resolutions and nomina- tions for prominent officials were de- bated step by step and at times aerimoniously. Allen McCurdy of New York. the temporary chairman, and J. A. H. Hopkins, head of the committee of forty-eight, who called the convention to order, maintained order with difficulty.
 Division between the liberal and radical clements was brought out Tn the rules debate when Swineburnc Hale of New Y orl1 said the state delegations were divided "51 per cent liberal and 49 per cent radical" He was pleading for a change in the rules
 
 ing out-voted by the majority lib erals, but the majority ruled and his plea was lost.
 OPPOSED TO LAFOLLETTE
 Participation of the single taxers in today's convention followed an earlier session at which they decided to pre- sent their platform demands and views on candidates. They are understood to be willing to accept either Charles H. Ingersoll or Amos Pinchot, one of the leaders of the committee of forty eight for presidential nominee. They are opposed, their leaders say, to ac- cepting Robert F. LaFollette, the ia : vorite presidential candidate of the forty -eighters, and may bolt the con vention and select their own ticket in LaFollette is nominated.
 Determination of the single taxers' course was declared to be contingent upon three things. First. the platform which they said. must include single tax plank; second, the candidate, ana third. the name of the party.
 WRANGLE OVER NAME
 The party name promises to develop fight Members of the single tax group want some reference to thei~ name incorporated in the party name. The labor party of the United States, whose convention gets under way to- morrow, is willing to join the third party movement and probably will ac- cept LaFollette as candidate, but demands that the word labor" be in cluded in the party designation.
 As organized today, the committee of forty eight committees numbered 539 accorded delegates. with majority of 270 required to nominate. The 539 in- cluded, in addition to the forty -eighters and single taxers, fraternal delegates from the Non Partisan League. Triple Alliance of the Northwest Farmers National Council. Peoples Money League, the Producers League and Con- sumers League and several other organ iaa,i1Rs. The committee of forty-eight bfaces number of well known lib eral leaders some of whom were prom inent in the bull moose movement of four and eight years ago. The com mittee was formed last year at St. Louis with a member for each state.
 FINISH PLATFORM MONDAY While delegates debated rules and resolutions today. their committee con tinued negotiations with the labor 1 party There was small hope that the fusion plans could not be completed be- tomorrow night. following the opening of the session of the labor convention when John Fitzpatrick. president of the ! Chicago Federation of Labor. will de- tliver the keynote speech for labor Both conventions expect to be ready Monday l to take up and complete in one day's session their platforms, which. 1t is ex- pected will be almost identical.
 Only two names. so far as known, vii 1 be presented to the labor party for con- 1 sideration as presidential nominees Senator LaFollette and Frank P. Walsh !! of Kansas City, former chairman of th' United States industrial relations com mission and leader of the friends O. 1 Irish freedom.
 | Permanent officers of the convention l were installed without oratory whel | the convention assembled for it's. sec ond session late today. c. J. France O Seattle introduced formal resolution of appeal to the labor party conven tion. which opens Sunday. asking dele gates to unite as a body with the com mittee of forty-eight gathering. II wa tcontl.sed ea Page Thirs~e.