Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-07-13
Third Party Factions Reach Agreement
Forty Fighters Join With Labor Purtp
Nomination Of
Candidate Is
Again Delayed

| Chicago, July Is. -- Amalga-
nation Of the principal grOups
attempting to form new pollt-
ical party was effected here to-
day. The committee OF 48 voted
! to join the national labor party
A large nOn-partisan league
group and a delegation OF sim
| gle takers marched into the la-
| bOr convention and announced
they had decided to amalgansate
The committee of 4S delegates vot-
ed to amalgamate before they had
heard the report of their conferences
committee on the stumbling blocks
to the proposed union. These points
were the Plumb plan and imposition
of capital tax
| During it's separate session, the
committee of As voted to recommend
a platform plank for public owner
ship and democratic control of trans
portation, including stockyards. large
abbattoirs, grain elevators, terminal
warehouses, pipe lines and tanks"
The democratic control" by work.
ers and their representatives, was \
labor party demand.
Meeting Adjourns
With the 48 convention on record
as agreeing to amalgamate this ar
ternoon, the labor party convention.
with non-partisan leaguers and some
single takers officially participating
went ahead hearing reports for q
short time and then adjourned until
this afternoon to hold the first joint
meeting with the forty Fighters.
Before adjourning the labor party
session indicated that the new party
planned to nominate a presidential
candidate possibly tonight. and that
there may be state tickets in some
sections.
Platform Explained
A committee recommendation for
a national committee composed Of
three members in each state, at least
one of whom must be woman. was
adopted over protests of non-parti-
san league delegates and miners. They
objected on the ground that the cora
mittee of 48 might obtain majorf-
Ity Of the committee.
George i. Record. Dudley Field
Malone, Allen Mccffdy tand g. J.
France of Washington, appeared be-
fore the convention and Mr.. Record
explained platform differences.
I'VE feel that Senator Robert NJ
LaFollette might not agree to run as
our candidate il these things we-e
all accepted" Record said YelIs OF
mo, no." and "this is no time to talk
about candidates" interrupted him
Then there was counter demonstra-
tion in favor of LaFollette.
Record read some of the planks
agreed to by the forty eighteers and
the labor men. Many delegates held
jubilee when it appeared that Sine
agreement included planks declaring
for recognition by the United States
of Russian and Irish governments.
and carried the demopstration fur
ther when plank declaring for "A
referendum before war except at
ter an act of actual invasion"
No Mexican intervention
other agreed planks advocated
refusal to go to war with Mexico at
the behest of Wall street. and a pro
posal for characterization of the
federal courts by electing federal
judges for four years, subject to re-
call"
When Record read the capital levy
plank of the labor platform, provid-
ing for graduated taxation upon
fortunes over $4,000" there was n
round of applause. There was laugh
ter when he said that the forty
Fighters had not "assented" to this
Records report was interrupted by
a notification given to the conveu-
tion that the labor party gathering
had also decided for amalgamation-
were made Immediate
ly to parade in sight seeing auto bus
es to the other convention.
Immediate repeal of the Esch-
transportation act read
by Record as another agreed plank
got cheers from the forty Fighters
Principles at Variance.
The committee of AS conferees yield
ed to the labor party on the question
of naturalization OF banks and credit
facilities and the democratic control
of essential industries. it was stated.
Three proposals of the labor group.
however. stand in the way of an agree
nent on party principles. They were-
proposal for a capital tax levy; nation
alization of mines and the Plumb plan
FOR tripartite railroad control.
Evidence of the labor Conventions
mood was given by several
motion to give the conference COM
nittee a free hand" and to bend every
effort" in the direction of agreement
Labor spokesmen srsted it could do
heir cause no harm to continue the
regulations since the forty-eighters
mad shown "a genuine disposition anS
iesire to get together.
Delegates Seated.
The convention was thrown into an
lproar when Robert NJ. Buck, Chi
,ago. chairman of the labor resofu-
ions committee. made a motion that
credentials of the -eighters be
and the hall prepared for
oint convention.
The motion carried amid cheers ana
IN its heels a half hundred farmer del
gates from the As convention arrived
md were seated after tumultuous
The farmer delegates raised non
PARTISAN league standard above their
eats.
Willim Renter. a non-partisal
eaguer from South Dakota. announ-
ed the farmers after spending fSe~,
lays looking over all the conventions
n session here. had decided their in
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