The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1922-11-24
COMMITTEE OF 4S
HAS NEW PARTY
ELECTION OF DEMOCRATS
DOES NOT INDICATE RE-
VIVAL OF DEMOCRATIC
PARTY
BY FRANK A. PATTISON
Chairan National Bureau lnforma-
ton and Education.

The following interview was given
out today by the Committee of 48
from it's National Headquarters, Is
East doth Street, through it's Ex-
ecutive Chairman, Mr.. j. A. H. Hop
kins, who has been singularly accu-
rate in his prediction forecasts.
Mr.. Hopkins said:
"The outstanding features of the
election returns are the triumph of
Economic Progressivism and the fact
that the American public disregard
ed party labels and voted for men
and measures.
GAS a resolt the new party move
ment was established as political
entity in Delaware and Pennsylvania,
and displaced the Democratic party
as major party in Minnesota, Ida
no, and South Dakota, where the
new party now occupies either first
or second place. In Wisconsin, the
Democratic Party lost its identity
altogether. On the other hand, the
Republican Party, like the Demo-
cratic Party in 1920, was emphatic
ally repudiated, and its most prom
inent leaders in the Senate and the
House were dsastrously defeated.
These are the significant facts
which constitute the handwriting on
the wall.
"The election of Democratic can
didates in some states was due to
the lack of Progressive organization
in these states, and does not in any
way indicate revival of confidence
in the Democratic Party. This is
borne out by an analysis of the re-
turns.
"Brookhart in Iowa, Shipstead in
Minnesota, LaFollette in Wisconsin,
Wheeler in Montana, Howell and
Bryan in Nebraska, Frazier and SIN
clair in North Dakota, Walton in Ok
lahoma, were elected not because
they were Republicans or Demo-
Gratis, but because they were op-
posed to practically everything for
which the Democratic and Republl-
can Parties stand. These men stood
for the abolition of special privilege,
the public ownership of our trans
portation system, the public control
of our national resources, equal eco
nomic, legal and political rights, and
the preservation of all civil rights
guaranteed by the Constitution. This
is the platform of the Committee OF
4S adopted at it's National Conven-
ton in December 1919
"There are the paramount issues
upon which the Progressive forces
of the country will unite in 1928 and
1924
"The new Senate and House will
include many members who, ire
spective of party labels, stand
squarely for the progressive prin-
ciples of the Committee of AS. They
have nothing in common with either
the purposes or the political beliefs
of the Republican and Democratic
parties. They represent a cohesive
force bound together not by party
labels but by principles. They rep
resent the nucleus of the New Party
movement which in 1924 will contest
the election with the reactionary
stand-patters of the Republico-
Democratic party.
an the 1922 election the voters
of the country have demanded a
new political alignment. This align
ment must follow the principles
which they have endorsed.
"Their verdict comes as cul-
mination and endorsement of the
preparatory work which the Com
mittee of AZ has been carrying on
during the last four years, and its
plans are already under way for the
National Convention at which the
new party will be formally launched
preparatory to the 1924 cam
paigns."