The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-07-23
Another PARTY
MAY Be FORMED
COMMITTEES OF -, SINGLE TAX.
ERs AND LAsoRIrEs CONFER
AND MAKE PLANS
SOVIET RUSSIA IS CneeReD
Chicago Labor Leader In Keynote
Speech Says American WORKING
People viii Some Day % What
Russian People Have Done

Chicago. July 1o.-Amalgamation Of
the minority political movements un-
der the banner Of third party drew
step nearer yesterday when the la
Dor party Of the United States opened
It's second national convention with
representatives of many other organi-
cations present.
The Committee of 4S and the single
tax convention were in recess over
Sunday. but attended the labor con-
vention in force.
John Fitzpatrick. president of the
Chicago Federation Of Labor and key.
note speaker. brought the convention
10 its highest enthusiasm with a plea
that the day would come when the
working people Of the U. s. would get
together and do a job such as the
workers Of Russia have DONE"
The biggest demonstration of the
day was accorded this reference. Del.
egates stamped and whistled. and
when one called for three cheers for
soviet Russia" they were given.
Fitzpatrick declared there was moth.
ing to prevent the "hand and brain
workers taking the government from
the hands of. not Americans. but inter.
national financial pirates" and advis-
ed all the minority groups to unite
on one ticket.
In opening. Max Hayes. chairman Of
the labor party'S national committee.
declared that "every political group as
sembled in this city agrees in sub.
stance" to the platform which the labor
party formulated last November. This
statement brought forth prolonged ap.
plause.
The November labor platform declar.
ed for naturalization of all essential
Industries. abolition Of the U. s. senate.
and Of injunction power of judges in
labor disputes. declared for the Plumb
plan. high income taxes. world disarm.
ament. a national budget. and limfta.
ton of 1.-THE states supreme courts
power to veto legislation"
The convention responded to the
suggestions of Fitzpatrick and Hayes
by naming committee Of IL TO con.
fer with a similar group from the Com
mittee of 4S in an effort to develop a
common ground on which all could
meet. This conference is intended to
iron out details that have proven
stumbling blocks to amalgamation.
c. ]. France of Seattle. who present.
ed the forty-eighters' invitation to the
labor group to Join the new party
movement. told the convention the
question of platform was "incidentaT
and that beneath it "are the economic
principles for which all Of you and us
can fight
AS a name for the new party, Farm.
er-I.abor" was suggested. It's consd.
Grafton. however, was postponed.
Throughout the discussion on COM
bining the strength of the minority
groups there appeared a trend of OPP.
timism among the delegates.
The conference committees of the
Committee of 4S and of the Labor
party of the United States. sitting in
Joint session last night. unanimously
adopted three resolutions.
The first was a recommendation
for the amalgamation of the two
groups: the second recommended that
the political procedure committee Of
the Committee of 4S and the constitu.
ton committee of the Labor party ap.
point subcommittee of five each to
confer as to the machinery of the
ANAL gamation. and the third was
that the platform
committee Of both groups appoint sub
committees of five each to confer as
to a common platform.
All Of the recommendations will he
submitted by the conference commit
tee to their respective conventions to-
day for final action.