Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-07-10
ALL ELEMENTS
At Convention
Everything But Harmony al
Big Meet of Committee Of
48 and Single Takers.
ALL SORTS OF ISSUES
Conferences Night and Day.
Hope to Unite All But Nam
ing of La Toilette Hitch

By The Associated Press.
CHICAGO. July 10:-DeleEates
summoned here by the COMMITTEES
Of forty-eight and representatives.
of the single tax movement. got to-
gether today in a preliminary at
tempt to nominate a fusion third
party presidential candidate to run
on a platform satisfactory to both
elements.
Conferences continuing nearly an
night between COMMITTEES leaders
and active heads Of the national
labor party. looking TO further
amalgamation, have not brought
about agreements and the single tax
group also definitely announced
that their participation In the first
days session with the COMMITTEES of
forty-eight assemblage was only
tentative.
It would not continue Jerome c.
Refs said in their behalf. IL Senator
LaFollette should be Nominated for
president even though the commif-
tee of forty-eight evinced tendency
to select him. Henry Ford and
Charles IngersolI were discussed a.
possible compromise selections
Allan McCudry, of New York. -
cretary was elected as Temporary
chairman for the joint gathering. The
first piece of work was the selecfion
OF a committee on platform and poll
teal procedure. This last named
body would have the heavy work of
negotiations TO carry on while the
convention stays in session. since fh4
declared object OF the COMMITTEES II
to enlist the support of the national
non-partisan league In northwesteru
states and world war veteran a.
sociations and other political ana
semi-political Organizations not
usually classed as conservative-
Robert c. McCauley. Of Penr<yl-
vania, chairman of the national 1iuxle
tax committee, which claims to have
delegates from twenty three states
called them together just before thu
committee convened but the seper4ta
session was Immediately adjourned.
Both the platform and procedure
committee Of the attempted fusion
committee planned to begin hearings
in the open on their work.
The convention planned to adjourn
over Sunday when the labor party
proper will assemble.
THE result OF the Conferences 90
morrow between the COMMITTEES of
forty-eight and REPRESENTATIVES Of
the labor party VIII tell the tale.
said Dudley Field Malone OF New
York in discussing the commIttee'G
plans for formation OF q tAir1
party.
IF the elements can be united
into a cohesive whole and can of<c<
the country a Comprehensive mes
sage then there viii be = third
party"
]. A. H. Hopkins. Chairman nf
tie committee, echoed the states
ment of Mr.. Malone. He declared
that the committee of forty-eighf
is not. a body but an Organization
to try and form a party"
Representatives Of the labor party
and non-partisan league. conferred
last night and the labor party mel
this morning in an effort to arrange
terms of the amalgamation of the
liberal and radical Organization with
a single candidate and Platform.
The labor party insisted that the
word labor" must be preserved Ii
any party adopted
The single takers today faced =
division in their own ranks. The
announcement Thursday by some Of
fcials that the single tax delegates
would bolt the combone II Senator
LaFollette was the nominee was fol-
lowed by declaration that they
would stick to the new party regzrd-
less of nominee.
Several minor Organizations were
threating to bolt unless their pIanks
are inserted in the party's platform
it was asserted today. Among those
working for planks are the peoples
money party: the farmers equity
society, producers and Consumers
league and league for Independence
of India. represented by Tarak Nath
Das, of New York.