The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-27

CANDIDATE
CO4CErIER
Huge, Informal and Cheer
full Is Christensen; He
Routs Reporter
ny ARE HURwITz

pnricy Parker Christensen. farmer
labor candidate for president. who
addressed big crowd at Lcvy's Or
phcum at noon "Wednesday. is the
biggest man. by Ear. In the prosidsn-
tiai race.
lie stands ak feet four-or II II
fourteen feet six--weixhs zzo pounds.
,rAmplen on forrnaIity. speak. his
mind freely. campaigns cnthusiartic-
ally, LOOKS cheerful. expects 20 be de
f.atrd. but see. victory ahead In the
near future
Christensen arrived in town We'd
nerday morning. and went 20 the
Washington. He was In conference
with farmer labor leaders OF Seattle
and was interviewed by newspaper
reporters.
"ifo~ do you stand on the Jap
ancse question: he was asked by tho
reporter for an afternoon paper.
HE COMES RIGHT
BACK AT REPORTER
chrlasnsen. coat of. his shirt
sleeves rolled up. moving about
bslHiiy between the bathroom and
The clothes ciosef. shot back;
Whats the id~af Want me 20
~Ay something 10 gse bridges In
bad7-
NO the reporter MD
Whom IL your paper supporfine
for prradentT" Christensen then
asked
Harding
what IL Harding's stand on the
Jap question:
But" intrrjccted the reporter. =
did not come to ba interviewed I'm
interviewing YOU
Sure" WAS the cheerful reply.
''and I want to he plain. What DO
care damn about anybody ieas-
Ing land 20 the Japsy That's not
national question.
GLAD To HAVE JAPS
HE SAYS. WHEN
.our industrial program would
wipe out such irrltstions as these.
I'm against orientalixing America
now. Certainly. under present eco
nomic conditions. the japanese do
not improve things. IL the exclusion
laws are not strict enough. make EN-
stronger. But the Japanese DE not
getting more numerous here now. In
California the question is being
dragged out simply for senatorial
gram Ia working well be damn glad
TO have the Japs and others TO help
produce things. because under our
economic system. we'il want and will
have room for all the production
possible. Adopt tho farmer-iabor
program and you have no Japanese
problem"
Christensen believes the farmer
labor party will poll between 4.oo0.-
900 and 100000 votes and viii
carry several gubcrnaforial and con-
Eressionai offices. II In possible. he
figures, that the farfner-laborites
will hold the balance Of power In
congress.
SOCIALISM TOO FAR
AHEAD or Us
Asked wherein tho farmcr-labor
program differed from the socialists.
and why protest votes should not be
centered on Eugene Debs, Christen-
sen said:
y Eugene ". Debs In a great man.
His Imprisonment is shameful. But
socialism In too far In advance of us.
We are not ready for II. though all
OF us are dipping into socialism and
moving towards II. Even Wilson did
that Now. don't mind telling you
that we are opportunists. We are
offering just such a program as the
people Of this country are ready TO
accept We want the socialist party
to continue: II Is doing good work.
but II viii be eventually like the
Fabian society In England, too far
ahead OF the people. but the inspira.
ton for liberal parties and think
ers."
Christensen declared the league OF
nations" issue a mere smoke screen
to draw the people away from the
real Industrial issues.