The New York herald., 1922-12-13
PARLEY
SHY ON THIRD PARTY
Cleveland Conference Leaves
Problem to State Or
ganizations.

Special Dispatch TO TIE New YORK HERALD
CLEVELAND. Dec 12.-The conference
for progressive political action to-day
postponed the formation of any third
party. 1t completed a program under
which the labor unions, farmers organ
izations and other elements are to form
bodies in the States. leaving to these
State organizations to decide whether
they will work through either the Demo-
cratic or Republican party or form an
independent organization for the partic-
ular State.
The conference adopted a platform
outlining the things for which It will
work. Half of this platform includes
the legislative program which already
has been indorsed by the insurgent bloc
in Congress.
To this platform. the conference add
ed planks on the coal mine situation,
child labor, amnesty for political pris-
oners, guarding OF civil liberties in the
United States, definition of the rights of
organized labor to stop such attacks as
have been recently made by injunction
and otherwise and denouncing a policy
of financial imperialism"
The conference refused to admit dele
gates OF the Workers Party and the
Young Workers League, on the ground
that those bodies were not in harmony
with the aims Of the conference.
The conference adjourned tonight
with expressions from its guiding spr-
its that beginning had been made
toward the chief aim of the conference
--amalgamation Of varied groups Of
workers and farmers into a national po-
litical unit which could make its votes
felt in elections.
Pessimists frankly admitted that the
organization was only on paper and
that the results could be measured only
by the amount Of work the State Or
ganizations are able to do.
The platform, to which will be added
the planks already cited, is as follows:
On behalf Of the producers and con-
sumers we demand:
I. The repeal of the Esch- -Cummins
railroad law, and operation OF the rail-
roads for the benefit OF the people The
public control of water power In the
interest of the people.
2. The direct election Of the Presi-
dent and Vice-President by the people,
and extension OF direct primary laws
in all States.
3. That Congress end the power Of
the courts to declare legislation un-
constitutional.
4. Enactment of the Norris-Sinclair
consumers ana producers financing
corporation bill, designed to increase
prices farmers receive and reduce
prices consumers pay for farm products
and the creation of an independent
system Of food products credits.
S. Increased tax rates on large in
comes and inheritances, and payment
of soldiers bonus by restoring the
tax on excess profits.
g. Legislation providing minimum es-
sential standards of employment for
women: equality for women and men
while improving existing political. social
and industrial standards and State
action to insure the maximum benefit
of the Federal maternity and infancy
act.
The platform also contains the fol-
lowing:
Resolved. that the Conference for
Progressive Political Action. as a lead
ing factor in securing the election OF
progressive United States Senator's and
members OF theN House; request such
members TO act as a peoples bloc and
to work for the peoples progressive
program and that the chairman and
secretary of this conference call such
progressive members together as soon
as the new Congress convenes to
organize them for effective action"