The Washington times., 1920-07-10
UNITY SOUGHT
| BY DELEGATES
Factions Trying to Weld Differ
ences and Harmonic Upon
Acceptable Nominee.
LA Toilette MEN ACTIVE
Conferences Planned to Induce
Leaders of Labor Party
To Affiliate.
LA Toilette MEN ACTIVE
BY GILMAN PARKER,
International News Service.

International News Service.
CHICAGO, July 10.-The political
stork today will bring a new party
to q cradle only partly completed
for it.
When the convention called by
the Committee of Forty-eight to
organize a third party, and place .
national ticket in the field assembled
at the Morrison Hotel here this
morning, it was without a number
tof the political groups that Amos
Pinchot and other leaders Of the
movement had hoped to merge into
unified organization behind the
party.
| WANT LABOR MEN.
| From the standpoint of the party
leaders, the most desired coalition is
one with the recently organised Labor
party. but that organization. as was
] forecast has baked at coming unre-
hold.
| A Labor party committee met until
late last night with Committee Of
Forty-eight leaders, but few results
were accomplished. The labor lead
ers insisted that their party be given
recognition in the official name of the
third party, and also that the latter
adopt, practically in it's entirety. the
Labor party's platform. To this the
! Committee OF Forty-eight representa-
tibes would not agree.
MEET AGAIN TO-DAY.
The two committees are to meet
again today, but If an understanding
/ can be reached it is doubtful whether
| q ha q
whole question Is placed before the
Labor Party convention. which will
open here tomorrow.
1t was announced today that the
Labor Party had requested the Com
mittee Of Forty-eight to submit a
proposal in writing whereby the two
organizations might be able to get
| together on a working basis, each
continuing to preserve its identity as
party, but both working for the
same national candidates, and in gen
eral, the same principles. This pro-
posal is now being prepared, and IL a
merger fails, may be adopted by the
two parties.
LA TOILETTE IS FAvORITE.
Such a move is regarded as a boost
for the candidacy of Senator La Fol-
lette, who has strong backing in both
! organizations.
| In the meantime the Labor party
| strengthened it's own political forces
! by effecting an understanding with
the Non-Partisan League of South
Dakota, another group particularly
desired by the third party hackers.
Announcement of this was received as
| indicating that the Non-PartisaN
League will stand by the Labor party
| in whatever move the latter makes,
and that IL a merger with the labor
group cannot be effected. the Nom
Partisan League will desert the
Third party.
TALK OF HEARST HEARD.
Two other groups which had failed
to come in at the time the convention
opened were the Single Tax party and
| the American Constitutional party.
The formers chief objection to
coalition is the strong sentiment
among Committee of Forty-eight
| members for Senator La Toilette OF
Wisconsin as the party nominee.
Speaking for the constitutionalists.
| Edward T. O'Loughlin, a leader OF
the organization, said the desirability
| OF all groups getting together into
one big party could not be disputed,
and that the only question was how
the union could be effected. He ad-
mitted that a trend toward coalition
| existed. Last night the constitu-
| tionalists held meeting at which
William Randolph Hearst was strong
| ly advocated as the man to head the
| Third Party ticket.
Unless the various groups can
unite in the Third Party their meet
ings here may result In the birth OF
a fourth, fifth and even moro partieA
each with a national ticket In the
field and all running on "liberai
platforms"
PLATFORM ON MONDAY.
The convention opened this morn
ing with the delivering of the key
note speech by Allen McCurdy, tenn
porary chairman. 1t outlined the
| Third Party platform and contained
| a soathing denunciation OF the Rspub-
| lican and Democratic parties. Fol
lowing this. the delegates, numbering
| approximately 1000, prepared to hold
| state group caucsuses inthe hall to
effect permanent organization.
| Presentation OF the platform anA
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