New Britain herald., 1920-07-10
m'CURDY DELIVERS
 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
(Continued From First Page.)

teeflUS was never pTOSGCuIcO Dy luS prosecuting attorney general.
 Nor is this all. There are some crimes which by their sheer efkrontery become sublime. Failure to protect a people against profiteering in time of war might be forgiven. but 10 break the faith of whole nation cannot be forgiven.
 Worse and More of It.
 The republican party would lead us back to the bondage of Marcus Hanna. Not to be outbid, the demo- cratic party, through its endorsement of the administration of A. Mitchell Palmer, would lead us back to the days of Philip II. of Spain, Charles l. of England, the unspeakable Met ternich of Austria, and cause their inquisitions. secret police, spies, es- pionage. agents provocateur. star chamber proceedings, arrests with warrants, private prisons, illegal detentions and administrative justice to supplant the methods provided by the Bill of Rights which has been the bulwark of Anglo-Saxon freedom for nine centuries. To such depths of will and performance has the party of Thomas Jefferson descended.
 The People Lose Anyway.
  which we are in convention assem- bled. This whole country is shocked by the action of these two major par ties. The truth is out at last Both parties have surrendered uncondi- tionaIly to privilege and reaction. Thousands are agreed with us today for every one who agreed with us in January. The vast majority of the electorate realize that no matter whether the republican or the dem- ocratic party wins. the people lose The necessity for the abolition of privilege was never so imperative as it is today.
 Therefore. that platform which is submitted as the basis of the deliber- ations of this convention has a most serious claim to our consideration Not only is it a short platform but it is angle-minded in its devotion to one determination. It declares that the principal cause of the distress Of this people is economic in it's nature and can be removed only by economic privilege. A government controlled by privilege can twist any political reform to it's own uses. Po- litical reforms must wait until the abuses of privilege are destroyed by the abolition of privilege.
 Would Destroy Monopoly.
 By destroying monopoly in trans portation and the basic industries. all private industries would be placed beyond the possibility of state con- trol. The ensuing campaign would revive the confidence of this entire people in political action directed against ecooomic power. Faith in the ballot would return. Principles, dnn tr,a af nal campaign.
 ITO raise the cry: to summon the people is our solemn responsibility and our sacred duty. Can we do it? Can we come together ourselves? We can and we will if throughout all our deliberations we maintain our convic- ton that what America needs today is not more lawe but more liberty; and that given freedom, the Ameri- can men and women may safely be trusted to work out their own saliva ton. That freedom let us insist first, last. midst and without end can only be given to the American people by the abolition of economic privilege"
 Has Brief Platform.
 The platform which will be used by the resolutions committee as a basis for its work is one adopted by
  when it held the first convention of the new party in St. Louis. It advo- cates public ownership of transporta- tion facilities and certain other pub lie utilities, taxation to force idle land into use. and the abolition of special privilege
 An effort wiu be made to secure endorsement of the platforms by the Labor party of the United States and the World War Veterans, both of which arc holding conventions here
 Tt is our hope that labor, in cluding farmers and other divisions of the laboring claises, will find in the sense ideal which they can support whoIeheartedly at the polIs.' said J. A. H. Hopkins. chairman of the Com mittee of 4s. who has had charge of the organization work which result ed in the calling of the convention.
 The full success of what we are trying to accomplish would include our getting the support of organized labor. sympathizers of the single tax. the non-partisan league, and the bulk of the independent voters of the country who are dissatisfied with the evasion of responsibility which the republican and democratic parties have revealed in their platforms
 "Our delegates from every state in the union include representatives of these parties. who see their oppor- tunity to form a coalition strong enough to insure defeat for both old parties next November and the cleo tion of n president and vice-presi- i Alx