Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-21
ROSY FUTURE
IS DEPICTED
BY SOCIALIST
Ladd, Thompson, and Other
Townley Speakers APP
peared Here.

Carl Thompson, agent Of the Bank
of North Dakota. was the chief
speaker at a meeting held at the
Grand Forks city hall Wednesday
night in the interests of the Townley
ticket.
Other speakers were DR.. e. F. Ladd,
league candidate for United States
senator: Frank Milhollan, league can
didate for reelection as railway COM
missioner, and Miss Ruth johnson,
league candidate for state superin-
tendent Of public instruction.
MIR. Thompson in particular painted
future under the system of public
ownership fostered by the Nonparti-
san league program. the picture in
GLIDING a great electric plant to be
built in the Ignite coal fields to dis
tribute power all rel the state at a
a of one cent per kilowat hour
Who Is Carl Thompson?
In view of the interesting address
OF Mr.. Thompson. some people may
be interested in learning a few things
about him and his past record.
Asher Howard of Minneapolis has
investigated Mr.. Thompson's past rec
ord to some extent and reports the
following high lights in his past:
He was associated with Walter
AAAOAl4dS M4llS AL SOClallSI work as
early as 1903.
He was on the national committee
Of the Socialist party with George
D. Brewer and Joseph Gilbert in 1905.
In 1908 at the Socialist National
convention he was nominated for
president by Victor Berger.
In 1915 he managed the National
Socialist campaign.
The Peoples College
Among the early records of this
gentleman that come to hand is a
copy of the International Socialist
Review for May, 1915, the first page
of which is given YER to an advertise
ment Of the Peoples College" at Fort
Scott, Kansas, endorsed by the Inter
national Socialist Review, Parsons
Magazine. and the leading Socialist
and labor papers in the country.
The management is given as: Eu-
gene V. Debs, chancellor: J.. l. Shep-
pard, president, M Arthur LeSeur,
vice president. n the board Of con-
troll are Caroline A. Lowe. George d.
Brewer, Charles p. Steinmctz. Duncan
P. Mcdonald. George Allen England,
a -. Thompson n others.
With Socialist Party
Their we find on the letter head OF
the Socialist Party, National Office
O~AA AAOA4IPSOIl appears as 'lnIOT
nation Department Director"
Getting a little closer to the present
time we find in the american Social.
ist' for July IA. 1917. an article b,
Carl d. Thompson, entitled "Socialis,
Land Measure now Pending Before
Congress"
Socialist, Tax Measure
In 1t he points out that the frs
item Of the Socialist program as out
lined by Marx and Engels in the Com
munist Manifesto reads as follows
Il. Abolition of property in and
and application of all rents of lam
to public purposes"
With this text he advocates the pas
Sag by congress- of a bill by congress
Tor q tax on land values large enouR]
to raise 100000 900. Mr.. Thomp
son says: :.
Every Socialist we should think
and every person interested in tn
oetter revenue bill should interes
he can to put it through"
Next on Feb. 20, 1920 we fin,
thompson writing Il letter to Friend
Christensen on the stationary of tn
PUBLIC Ownership League Of Amer
lea His name appears on the let
Ter head rs secretary Of that organi
zatlon, and Lynn J.. Frazier and VIII
nam Lemke are listed as vice presi
dents. ~
What League Stands For
In this letter he says in part:
"Among other things. the N.
r. IL. (Nonpartisan Icaguc), and
1 presume, all progressive move
ments will follow similar linea,
will exempt personal property
and gradually shift taxation to
land values."