Evening star., 1923-06-30
FORD CONSIDERED
THIRD PARTY HEAD
Delegates Gather to Unity
Vote of Farmer-La Labor Party
Members in 1924.
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Il CHICAGO, June 30.--Delegates are
arriving today for the special con-
Vention- conference of the national
ia rmer- labor party here. beginning
, Tuesday. to consider plans for fed
Grafton of farmer and labor groups
for political activities. More than
. 1000 representatives of farmers or
.ganizations. labor unions. minority
. political parties and cooperative So
; ceties are registered An organiza-
tion similar in many respects to the
British labor party is the goal of the
leaders in the conference. according
TO Jay q. Brown of Chicago, secretary
vi the farmer-labor party.
Instead OF ten minority parties in
the next presidential election. we hope
To have single ticket, which will
command the support of all elements
not satisfied with the two old parties"
Brown said.
The conference, which meets July
to ), Will be in the nature of ma
tional caucus. 1T is not expected that
u platform will be written. or a
ticket named, but it is expected to
set in motion machinery which will
lead TO a political federation of some
sort in time for the 1924 campaign.
. Undoubtedly, leaders in the farmer
labor party declared the possibility
of launching a third party with Henry
Ford as the Standard-hearer in the
pre- sSidential race on an economic
PLATFORM Will be considered
No AmaIgamation Sought.
Amalgamation of the various par
ticipating groups will not be sought,
according 10 Mr.. Brown. the aim be-
ing rather merely 10 direct the ener-
gies OF the progressive elements
along political lines"
Questions To he considered include
means of promoting agricultural
prosperity, reduction OF the federal
fleet, prohibition, education. railroads,
cooperative marketing, tariff and in
come tax revision and child labor.
The American Federation of Labor.
whose officers long have been opposed
to a separate political party for labor,
will not be represented. though q
number of large nonaftilfated labor
bodies will send delegates. In addi-
tion. numerous state tederatiOnS and
local councils of American federation
unions, will be represented. The ma
jority OF the delegates will be from
the central labor bodies. The con-
terence will bring together liberals.
radicals and progreSsiVes. of every
shade of political thought.
No Socialists to Attend.
The socialist party will not be rep
resented. In declining the invitation.
the socialists declared their belief
that "compa ratively few Of the great
unions are yet ready to take the de-
ciSive step of launching n working
class party on national scale"
Lieut.. Gov. George Comings of Wis
Consin and Congressman Snyder and
Beck of the same state Will head the
Wisconsin partisan League dele
cation of twenty-five members. Sem
ator Henrik Shipstead of Minnesota,
the only representative of the farmer
labor party in the Senate, will be
member of the Minnesota delegation.
Warren S. Stone. head of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers of
Cleveland. also is registered. Former
United States Senator r. +. Petit
grew of South Dakota will represent
the farmer-labor party of his state.