Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-12
RADICAL GROUPS
MAKE EFFORT TO
COMBINE FORCES
Forty-Eighters and Labor Party
Leaders Considering Anal
gamation Propcrals.
SOVIET RUSSIA cHEERrp
BY Associa.od Press ~ Every Evuninr


Chicago. July i2--W0rk on arna'gam>-
tion of the various elomeilis aasrmtlod
here for tho formation n b new party
continued behind cloaed doors today while
the conventions of the C0mmiffrf m
Forty-eight and the National Labor
Party marked time
A note n excitement was provided hv
n platform fight over Tho irish qleeiiDn
o. w. Thomson. % lecturer iof fhf
National Non-Partiy9n TcsZur iold DO
Forty-eight convention that ihr lcHrlf
had given union labor all ii bad aakrf 1nd
some more.
swinburne Hale. of NoE Yort telling
Of deportation proceeding affarkrd 40
torney-General Palmer ard ron an.
plausc.
Eammon DE Valera. vim ~ q rous'rr
reception ~ he entered ihe hal rIf hort
Hale's talk and was presented AZ thr
president Of the Irish republic
Chicago. July ~. Amnlrarafi0n ri
the labor party of tho nitcd -fafee arf
the Committee ~ Forty-cighf In nrp
political movement with r. single par
name one platform and one Presifen'il'
ticket are included IN the reeommenfa-
tions submitted 90 the Labor ard fori
eight conventions HfflaN
Senator InFOlletfe. - Wisconsin rr-
NAMED the most talked~ rarfidafr w
the Presidential rarr Thr terms ~ fnf
proposed combine are understood hv ne
party leaders - meet his views aa r1
pressed last week % Amos Pnnch0' and
George l.. Record leading Forty cighiers
who called on him % ask II he would arrrff
the nomination
Conference committees 8ppofn'ed veF-
terday ~ the Labor convention ard -a''iF-
day nv the FOrty-eighters srnoofhefi uHf
objectious % amalgarnafiofi IN pr0fFaef-
"a session last night and adopted a srrieF
II recommendations ~ he offered - 'hr
two conventions TO-DAY. Betndcs urging the
combining of forces under a common siand
ard with \ common name thev alan prn-
posed appointment n srseial uih-com-
Tnittees n draft the rnachinerv under
which the combine will work and - pro
pare Joint platform.
The recommendations II approved ~
day. "a the leaders expert, mean thar the
two conventions will uressrve their aer-
I arate identity and continue - iimrtlnn in
separate sessiors- with iHit-commIiiees
reporting identicai measures ~ each iur
4 discisssion and action.
/ What reception the arnslgarnafinn rro-
/ Tf~fl VIII rtNA'tFt NENlfA WNfttE NNNHT.N .NHNA
radical groups n0w rneeting here oulv tiHle
can show The Single Tax party Ehirh
als0 Is meeting IN national convention q
divided. according 20 various leaders nn
/ the availability of senator f.afol.ette ~ 4
/ Presidential nominee Dne rruIn 7
Single Takers has announced that y ull
bolt the proposed combmc rather iaan
stand for TaFOllette. while another far-
ton has declared it viii accept any Prrsi-
Dental nominee 20 long ls a single tax
plank IS Incorporated In the platform
RI senator IaFollette wants ne ihiru
party nomination he can have r.. both
Forty-elghters and Iabnrtes agToe te "a
already the overwhelming chOIre 0f ne
/ For-y-eighters. mali referendum has
shown. While other canuidatrs wil. -
placed in nomination 10 The Labor opn-
vention and probably IN he Fsrtysighf
meeting, too, the senator Trends say
both groups are ready % romnate ham
Frank P. Walsh. Charles u. Ingersnli
and Henry Ford have been mentioned flr
the nomination but there e % apparent
concerted action 20 further The QrUsper's
Of anyone Of them Walsh ls alsl leing i.s-
cussed for Vice-Prts.dent.
Yesterday was gwen over % the 1pen-
ing session of the Labor convention. wan
delegates from SIXTY trade unions groups
and other organizations REPRESENTED. he
Forty-eighters and single TAKERS. whD.-a
convention opened saturday bad -r-
cessed for the day and practically tlel
entire membership Attended -le laoof
convention, many partIcifaunS ls active
delegates.
! Prominent among those ASSUMING dual
delegate role was Jane, Duncan. ue lf tae
4 Iaagfara ~ sha MI1fIfH.
last year On SATURDAY he was elected
chairman OF the Washington Geiegatuu
to the convention ol the Committee y.
I Forty-eight anu Yesterday chosen vicr-
chairman OF the Labor Convention.
The radical groups, whl. according f0
Swlnburne Hale, one 1f their leaders
were in the minority IN the Forty ighi
I convention Saturday, were m the asCru.
dencv YESTERDAY and vigorously applaudco
when their leaders prayed for the DAY when
the workers Of America would follow ih,
example set by the workers 0f Russla
Every reference 20 Russia and ~
Ireland too was applamied and NhcI
John Fitzpatrick, the Labor keyuotrr
praised the Russian revolution thr,
cheers for Soviet Russia we're gwen
Committees in conference over the ANAL
gamation proposals found the -c.cctol
Of a name for their new poiuca. part,
to be problem. Combination upon IA
word Labor" were in disfavor among ~
committee OF FOrty-eight bat Amrrcsl
lparty" was presented by severa. spoh.-
men. The ''UniOn party va, hsca +.
offered but no decision was reached
Amalgamation efforts were r.
further today under the direction n'
Committee of Forty-eight \ Slh..umm.t
tee headed by Mrs lna p Williams III
Washington state. carried inNlt1 1iou>
representatives Of the Non-Part u lea-'
the Single Tax Convention. thc Work
War Veterans Ass nciatlon and NE Amrr
can Constitutional Party that dclrgst
attend the committee 90 knrtN-cEh
Convention. AL il was sad arrccd q. +
tnat far on the understanding that 'hr
were not bound % remain ~ the sts,i1
or support the decisions
The "Farmer-labor Party was m.n
the names suggested for fusion.,t urg.n
, / ZatlOn