Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-15
RADICALS FOR NEW
POLITICAL GROUP,
MAY Be THIRD PARTY
Borah, Bryan, Johnson and
Frazier Among the Pros
pective Organizers.
AIM CONTROL Of CONGRESS

New York Times.
Washington, Nov. l4.-As a conse-
quence of the recent elections, plans
are under way for the formation of
new national, non-partisan political
GROUP which may lead TO the organiza-
ton o. a third party for the Presiden-
tial campaign of 1924 A formal state
ment OF the objects and plans of the
organizers will be made in about two
weeks. E
Disclosure of the tentative plans will
be withheld until after the arrival in
Washington of a larger number of Sem
ators and Representatives for the as
sembling OF Congress in special ses-
sion on Monday. A meeting of the or
ganiZers will take place, probably by
the end OF the month, In some other
city than Washington with New York
or Chicago as the likely selection. One
of the purposes in having the meet
ing away from Washington Is to dis
courage any impression that the new
group is legislative bloc. The in
tention Of the founders is to make it
national in scope with leading. MEM
bers taken from all interested organ
izations outside of as well as inside
of Congress.
Among those who have been asked
TO Join the new movement or are to
be asked are Senators Borah OF Ida no,
johnson of California. La Toilette of
Wisconsin and Norris of Nebraska:
Senators-elect Howell of Nebraska,
Frazier Of North Dakota, Shipstead #
Minnesota, William j. Bryan, Albert
J. Beveridge and some prominent
union labor and farmer orga nization
leaders.
Some of these have expressed their
sympathy with the movement. No
part of the country will be overlooked
in the invitation of men TO attend the
conference for organization. These
range from radicals to mild progress
sives.
This movement is no amateur affair.
Those behind IL are men of country
wide reputation and a considerable
number are practical politicians. 1t
was said today that there had been an
encouraging response to suggestions
that the meeting be held to organ
the group. but no definite information
is expected to be forthcoming until the
formal call for meeting has been is
sued.
VIII Adopt and Push Program.
The organization meeting is TO frame
plan of procedure and a platform OF
policies. 1t is the intention of the or
ganizers TO seek to have this program
translated into legislation prior TO the
campaign of 1924, but there seems e
be no definite expectation that thi:
will Dc accomplished.
The primary purpose in intreducin,
bills along the lines of the platform
adopted at the coming conference is 4
give the public an opportunity 10 con
slider these measures with a view I,
Incorporating them into the platform
OF third party in 1924, or, If the thir.
party idea is deemed inadvisable. {,
compel their incorporation in the plat
forms of one or the other or both o
the major political parties.
No threat is made by the orga nicer
that a third party is to be a certain
outcome of the movement, but tn
implication from what was said toda-
was that unless one or the other of IN
major parties conformed to the prInci
pies which the new group will enun
cate, formation Of a third party can
not be avoided. The new group. nc
cording 10 the intentions of its pros
pective founders. will take precedenc
Of. If il will not displace, the farm bio,
the farm tariff bloc and other specis
groups in Congress.
According to one Of the leaders {
the new movement, all the progressiv
elements in the country are to be in
Vited TO join the group without re-
gard to present party affiliations. II
SAID today that a situation confronte
the country that had to be met. TIL
elections of last week, he declare,
were no more a Democratic victor
than the elections of 1920 meant a RI
publican victory.
He hkened the American peonle ,
the present time TO uneasy cattls in
corral; they wanted to get out ar
were charging up and down in q
efortsto do so without knowing no
10 accomplish escape. The. troub
with the country politically, he asser
CO. was that neither major polite
party had program. The new gror
intended 10 furnish a program.
Would Hold Balance of Congress-.
What that program will be was ind
Gated, although it was pointed out III
II could not be definitely adopted un
alter the meeting of organizatio
These items were mentioned a, like
10 be included:
l. Recognition of the Governm.
of Soviet Russia.
= Revision of the tarifY downws,
8 Revision Of the internal tax Ia,
with restoration Of excess profits IA Y
included.
!. revision Of the Esch-Cummi
transportation act so as TO abolish =
so-called guarantee to railroads a,
enable freight rates TO be reduced
from what was learned yesterday
the plans Of those behind this NOV
ment. II is apparent that its conpre
sional membership will not hesita
10 see the balance of power they "
nave in the next Congress to conn
the Republican organization in Sens
and House TO make concessions m ?
new group with respect to floor lead.
snip, membership of committees q
possibly the Speakership.