The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-12
SET JUNE 18th
FOR FARMER
LABOR MEET
Compromise Date Accepted to
Maintain Unity


Party Convention will be held
in St. Paul on June 18th. This
was the decision reached by
the delegates Of the Minnesota
Farmer-Labor movement, the
Federated Farmer-Labor Party,
eight State Farmer-Labor par
ties and other Farmer-Labor
groups meeting here.
The debate over the date of
the convention was vigorous.
But despite the fact that the
sessions were stormy at times,
there was spirit of determine
ton to organize a powerful
Farmer-Labor party among all
the delegates except the hand
full principally comprising Rod
riguez, Ernst, Buck and Brown.
Rodriguez and Ernst distin-
guished themselves as obstruc-
tionists thruout the sessions.
Committee for May both.
The Committee elected at the first
session to act on the Taylor resolu-
ton reported by a vote of four to
three in favor Of holding the con-
vention on May Both.
This was strongly opposed by Dele
gate William Mahoney and some Of
his colleagues of the Minnesota dele
cation. Mahoney proposed that the
national convention be held on June
20th
After quite some debate the con-
ference voted to refer the report
back to the subcommittee. A half
hour recess was declared to enable
the committee to act on the report.
The revised report Of the sub-commit-
tee, which was subsequently adopted
by the conference, called for the hold
ing Of the convention on June 18th.
Delegate Manley Pleads For Unity.
After the recess when the sub
committee presented its revised re-
port Delegate Joseph Marley, who
along with William Bouck, of Wash
ington, represent the Federated
Farmer-Labor Party, moved that in
the interest Of unity the conference
agree on date also acceptable to the
delegates following Mahoney. After
some discussion the compromise was
made to accept June 18th as the date
on which to hold the convention. The
decision was unanimous.
Rodriguez Is Disruptionist.
Delegate Rodriguez who was sabo-
tagging the sessions continually lost
no time to prevent the delegates from
| getting together for common action.
By inuendo and roundabout inference
Mr.. Rodriguez insinuated that the
compromise was merely another one
Of the many communist plots which
he had been seeing all turnout the
debates.
The delegates as a whole were
quick to recognize that this was a
deliberate campaign of sabotage by
Brown, Rodriguez and Buck to smash
the conference. Teigen appeared 10
be lending a stxong helping hand to
these descriptive efforts.
The debate was on the resolution
as a whole with the change of the
/ uabcs Aht oman QloIupblNt group
wore out the Conference with amend
ment after amendment. Ii was OBJ
vious to everybody that the sole mo-
tive Of these delegates was to destroy
all possibilities Of holding a big,
successful united farmer-labor con-
vention. Their amendments had no
other objective than TO confuse the
delegates and thus prevent action on
their part.
Adopt New Taylor Resolution.
These efforts at sabotage by Rodri-
guez and his group consumed the
entire morning session. The net re-
suits achieved by them was only to
secure the adoption Of an amended
resolution which was considerably
strengthened by the adoption of a
substitute proposed by Delegate
Taylor.
The resolution Of Taylor as adopt
ed by the Conference assures the call
ing and holding Of national Farmer
Labor Convention on June 18th,
whether the Minnesota Farmer-Labor
Party acts or not. The strengthened
Taylor resolution reads as follows:
"That this conference ask the Min
nesota Farmer-Labor Movement 10
cooperate with it and the organira-
tons represented In this sonfersnss
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