Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-30
PROGRESSIVE BLOC
WILL MEET FRIDAY
Ihirtccn Senators and Twcn.
ty-Six Representatives
on List.
FIRST SESSION SECRET
Senator Walsh Demands His
Name Be Stricken From
8 Number.
FIRST SESSION SECRET
IRy Ansncintnd pre..

WASHINGTON, Nov. oe.-ln an.
nouncing today the program for the
progressive conferences here mex,
Friday and Saturday. with the name.
OF thirteen Senator'S and twenty-siA
Representatives listed as intending tc
participate. Senator I.aFollette,, Re.
publican. Wisconsin. who. with Rep
resentatire lTuddleston, Democrat
Alabam called the conferences
stated that Fridays meeting of the
congressional conferees would be "be.
mind closed DOORS The Saturday
session OF national progressives Is
to be public, with accommodations
for 500
Senators and Senators-clect in the
list given out by Senator La Fol.
iette's office include eight Republi-
cans, four Democrats and one farmer
laborite Senator-elect Shipstead, OF
Minnesota. The Iepublicaus listed
are Borah. Idaho; Brookhart, Iowa
Capper Kansas; France. Maryland:
Frazier and Ladd. North Dakota:
La Toilette. Wisconsin. and Norris
Nebraska. The Democrats are: SEN
ator-clcct Burton Is. Wheeler, OF
Montana. and Senator'S Ashurst. Ari-
zona: owen, Oklahoma, and Shep-
pard. Texas.
Wnlsh Withdrawn Name.
The senatorial list as originally
announced included the name OF SEN
ator Walsh. Democrat, Massachusetts,
but he demanded that II be with
drawn. declaring he was not In sym
pathy with any movement to form q
new bloc" in Congress.
Nineteen Republican and seven
Democratic Representatives and Rep
resentatives- elect announced as con
ferees are:
Republicans-Beck Browne. Coop
er. Frear, Lampert. Nelson. Ueavy
Schneider and Voigt OF Wisconsin
Burke. sylvania; James, Mich
igan: Keller. Minnesota; King. Illi-
nois: knight. Ohio: LaGuardia. New
York; Reid. Illinois; Schall. Mime
sofa: Sinclair. North Dakota, and
Woodruff. Michigan.
Democrats - Collins, Mississippi;
Huldleston. Alabama: McSwaln and
Logan. South Carolina: Mansfield
Texas; Mead, New York, ahd Thomas
oklahoma.
few OF tho congressional con-
terees. who will meet Friday morn
Ing in the Senate Agriculture Com
mittee room, arc members-elect OF
the next Congress, but most are now
serving.
The announcement of the plan for
secret conferences OF the Senators
and Representatives said:
I'm order that there may be full
and free discussion upon the impor-
tant subjects OF Legislation which
will be taken up for consideration.
the conference will meet behind
closed doors. Any statements which
Senator's or Representatives may
care to make to the press will be
given out after the deliberations OF
the conference are concluded"
a number OF members OF Congress
In addition to those announced today
are expected TO attend the meet
lngs. the acceptance including only
those received up to this afternoon.
The name OF Senator Walsh, OF
Massachusetts. who participated in
forming the Peoples Legislative Ser
vico. under whose auspices the pro-
gressivos meetings are TO he held,
was stricken from the original list
by orders from Senator La Follettc's
office after protests by the Massa-
chusetts Senator, who gave out the
following statemenG
MY attontion has been called to