The Connecticut labor news., 1921-01-28
MAY REORGANIZE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
 WITH LABOR'S AID
Possible National Chairman In vites Workers and Farmers
 to Sit In.

Washington, Jan. 2O.-"The politically dominant classes in Europe and the United States will not tolerate or well come one unusual idea, or one not Ill accord with their idea of the social structure"
 That is what Thomas L. Chadbourne, leading financier and business man ot New York, told the members of the American Association for Labor Leg1s- lation and their guests at a meeting III the Hotel Astor last week MT. Chad bourne is president of the organization. He was a conspicuous figure i'll PreSl- dent Wilson's famous Industrial Con ference and of late years has devoted much study to industrial problems.
 Continuing, MT. Chadbourne empha- sized the need of labor being directly represented in legislative bodies, state and national.
 Realignment of Parties
 Labor has not only consistently re- fused to organize a labor party, sad he, but until the last election refused to advise participation in our political campaigns. In consequence both par ties have ignored labor because they know labor does not vote as labor.
 "I do not know how we can educate the workers and the employers unless one of our great partles--tor thls IS a two-party nation-determlnes that 1t will invite into its councils every c1t1zen however radical, who believes i'll chang ing the governmental structure by peaceful constitutional methods, but who is determined that 1t must be changed.
 Trinity of Labor Worries
 Such party must abandon the idea that all men are created equal and ad- init that there are great inequalities from birth. It should admit that there are not only natural inequalities but artificial inequalities that are blot on the nation. Such party would admit that the fruits of the earth are very badly distributed If this Is done we may have hopes. =,
 The, trinity of labor's worries" said MT. Chadbourne, r'are fears ot unem- ployment, of illness, and want 1n old age.
 Those who have examined into con- ditions," said he, must be convinced that the social insurance laws of Bis marck had more to do with the solldar- ity of Germany in the late war than anything else. We know, too, that III England, when the success of laws pro-
 
 sickness and old age was proven, par- liament unhesitatingly enlarged the scope of the legislation"
 Attracting Wide Attention
 He deplored Americas failure to move along the same lines.
 One is almost convinced" he said, "that Americans have the same anti pathy to unaccustomed ideas that dog has to an unaccustomed smell"
 He made a powerful plea in favor of the United States and the Allies assist ing Russia to regain its social balance. It was because of our neglect of Russia he insisted that Lenine and Trotsky had been able to impose their rule on that people.
 Mr.. Chadbourne's address has at tracted a great deal of attention, be- cause irL many circles he is regarded as the man most capable of reorganizing the democratic party, and making 1t a serious contender in the next national contest. In case Chairman White should decide to retire from the leadership ot the democratic national committee, MT Chadbourne would be urged as his sue cessor by some of the "forward-looklng men who are anxious to make the demo cratic party the progressive party 1T