The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-20
To Go Into Politics Independent
of Other Organizations.
State Wide Convention Called
for May at Chanute.
announcement BY FREEMAN
Permanent Political Machine
Will Be Formed Soon.
Purpose Is to Look After In
terests of Working People.

Organized labor in Kansas is max
ing preparations to go into politics.
independent of all other organiza-
tions.
w. E. Freeman. president of the
Kansas State Federation of Labor and
chairman. of the Farmer-Labor Nom
partisan campaign committee. an
nounced here today that a statewide
convention will be held at Chanute
May z, at which a permanent political
organization will be formed. The con-
vention will be held just prior to the
annual meeting of the State Fedora
ton of Labor that will convene in
Chanute May O.
Not i'm Nonpartisan League.
1.-THE new political organization will
in no way be connected with the Nom
partisan league" Freeman said. "It
will be nonpartisan in that it will be
affiliated with no other political party,
but it will have absolutely no relation
ship to the Nonpartisan league that is
seeking to organize the farmers. Its
purpose will be to look after the in
terests of the, working people-those
VINO work with their brains as well as
| those who work with their hands"
Freeman said the new organization
would undertake to carry out more
effectively the work of the Farmer
Labor organization which took such
an active part in the last state CAM
paign. He said the organizations
name would be changed and that un-
der the new plan the workers of the
! state intend to select at least two men
I who will give all of their time to poll
tics and to aiding the workers in try
ing to protect their political interests
and in seeking out and getting behind
candidates who will give the workers
a square deal.
VIII Meet May z.
Il have called a meeting of the
state committee of the Farmer-Labor
/ Nonpartisan Campaign committee for
| May T." Freeman said. This COM
mittee Will prepare constitution and
permanent plan of organization that
will be submitted to the convention.
! We expect to have not less than 900
delegates at the convention, repre-
senting every congressional district in
Kansas. and we feel confident we will
be able to perfect a labor politicAf
organization that will make it possible
| for the laboring man again to get a
hearing of his grievances and to get
consideration from those who are
elected to office: Permanent state Of
ffcers will be elected as soon as the
organization is completed"
Has Headquarters Here.
The Farmer-Labor committee has
maintained headquarters in Topeka
for more than a year and 1t is ex-
pected that the new organization will
continue to do so. During the last
campaign the labor headquarters We'd
with the headquarters of the two old
parties in sending out campaign lit
erature, booking speakers and lining
up voters and the Freeman announce
J ment is taken to mean that these
activities are to be greatly enlarged
for the coming gubernatorial cam
paign.
Also, it is believed that the labor
organizations have decided to get
away from the idea of trying to unite
the farmers and the labor union men
in political way and are going to de-
vote all of their energies to the voters
in their own ranks and to town and
| city workers.