The Washington times., 1920-07-13
LABOR PARTY JOINS
COMMITTEE OF. 48
Factions Are Harm0nized for
Joint Convention After All
Night Session.

JOINT convention AI(er All
Night Session.
CONTINUED from First Page.)
OF a resolution which was prepared
for the action OF both conventions.
1t further provided:
The new partys organization shall
confine It's activities during 1920 to
the election OF a President. Vice Pres
ident, and members OF both houses
Of Congress.
NATIONAL COMMTrTEE.
The basis for control OF the new
party shall be a national committee
composed OF three members OF each
State, at least one OF whom shall be
woman. This national committee
shall select an executive committee
of nine, which committee Is to have
charge of the 1920 campaign.
After sitting all night the confer
ence committee on amalgamation Of
the Committee of Forty-eight ad-
journed just before the two conven-
tions got under way. The committee
had been>1ghting all night over the
matter OF a name and the platform.
Robert Buck. chairman of the con-
ference committee, Immediately went
before the labor convention and an
nounced that agreement had been
reached on the platform with the ex-
ception OF three labor planks, which
the Forty-eighters absolutely refused
to take. These. he SAID, were:
A plank providing for the ma
tionalization of mines.
A plank indorsing the Plumb plan
for controlling the railroads.
A plank declaring for a capital levy
tax.
DELEGATES IN FURORE.
Immediately following this state
ment Buck moved that arrangements
be made to receive the credentials OF
the delegates to the Forty-eight con-
vention. The hall was thrown into a
furorc and his motion was passed
with a roar.
The confusion was further increased
whan representatives OF several farm
organizations began to file into the
hall shouting:
I'VE are with you, labor"
Meanwhile at the Morrison Hotel,
where the Forty-eigh convention was
under way. many of the delegates
were shouting for an immediate ANAL
gamation with labor regardless of diff
ferences.
Swinburne Hale, OF New York, in
troduced "a resolution to this effect.
Before it could be voted on many
speakers clamored for the floor and
got 1t. The sentiment appeared to be
veering toward an immediate union
on any terms when Robert NJ. Lovett,
of Chicago, gained the floor and said: {:
DEBATE PROVES LIVELY.
THE conference committees are
trying to effect a union Let's not
stampede them"
He asked that Halc's resolution be
laid on the table. and 1t was carried
William Rumford.. a Non Partisan
League leader. of South Dakota, ap-
pealed to the labor convention to go
through with it,"
Its a class struggle he shouted
Let's go to victory or to defeat as
class people"
When the furore had died down
various speakers were recognized
A. c. O'Neill. of Boston and T. J.
Polan. of Cleveland, addressed the
convention in behalf OF Single
Takers, appealing for unity on plat
form and candidate among all liberal
parties.
Delegate Fuller. OF Pittsburgh,
spoke Of 350,O00 railroad workers,
who. he said. were now on an "out-
brotherhoods and declared their
doom is sealed.
Committees representing the COM
mittee of Forty eight and the Ameri-
can Labor party were in session
throughout the night, endeavoring to
iron out differences.
OBSTACLES TO MERGER.
The differences between the Forty
Fighters, led by such men as Amos
Finchot, George l.. Record. and
!. A. II. Hopkins. of the old progress
iye wing, and the labor pcopic. domi-
mated by John Fitzpatrick, Max Hays,
and Toscan Bennett, formed the chic +
obstacle to the merger. The other
smaller fry. including the non-parti-
san 1eaguers, the single takers, and
others wero generally in accord.
The Forty Fighters were frankly
fearful that merger, such as pro
posed by the labor group. would
swallowed" They did not want to
lose entirely their identity.
The two principal obstacles to the
merger that arose were in tho mat
ters OF name and a platform. Tho
labor people wanted the name labor
included in the party sognomen In
some way in order to appeal 70 thu
working class vote. They also want
ed to see the name farmer in II
"Farmer-labor" or "Labor-farmoT'
were suggested.
SEPARATE CONVENTIONS.
Some Of tho Forty-eighters, amonr
whom was Allen McCurdy, contendeC
this would smack Of Glass organiza-
ton" a class party. They wanted
some name which is indicative OF NJ
particular class. Liberal Peoples,
progressive and other names were
suggested by them.
Labor was disposed TO make hu.
few " any concessions in the matter
OF a platform. The Forty Fighters all
ready had declared for government
ownership OF railroads. but that was
as far as they would willingly go
The Labor Party, on tho other hand.
desired governmental ownership OF
basic industries" and other far.reach
ing political professions.
Separate conventions, the labor con
IN Carmen's Hall srC
the Forty-elghters meeting at the
Morrison Hotel, were again the order
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