Evening star., 1924-12-14
SOCIALISTS Dinner
TALKS FAVOR UNION
Cooperation in Politics by
Various interests Are Ad-
!, yocated by Speakers.

Union for political purposes of all
the elements working toward the
vague but pressing need of
"emancipa ton of the working class
es'' was urged by speakers at a din
ner of the National Socialist Party,
held last night at 719 Thirteenth
street, under the auspices of the Dis
trict of Columbia branch of the ma
tional organization.
Socialists, half Socialists" Labor
ties, and all members of the working
classes were urged to define their
uniformed and vague" cropping after
A princinle of amalgamation with the
elements working toward third
party, probably a labor party, accord
ing to Morris Hillquit, Socialist lead
er. ..F ..-
The political wiseacres were wrong
in their representations of the re-
suit of the recent presidential election
and in their estimate OF the result OF
lhe election, Mr.. Hillquit declared.
That the victorious candidate was
Mr.. Coolidge made no difference, nor
would it have made any difference had
Mr.. Davis been elected, he said. The
important thing about the election,
Mr.. Hillquit declared, was that 5,o00,-
900 voters cast their ballots tor the
candidates of third party.
Many OF these votes. he added, were
rot votes for individuals, but con-
stituted an uniformed cropping for a
principle on which the voters them
selves were not fully informed.
Called Turning Point.
The last election, he said, will go
down in history as the turning point
IN the political history of the United
States, adding that even though
100000 votes were cast for La Fol-
lette and Wheeler, none but vision
aries could have hoped for victory IN
the first ''skirmish."
THE result of the last election"
3Ir. Hillquit said, demonstrated the
tremendous potential power of this
element. We have better cause to
look with optimism into the future
than did the pioneers in other coun-
tries"
Mr.. Hillquit predicted permanent
control of Great Britain by the La
Dor Party, and declared that Socialists
everywhere are preparing for the
freedom and Justice
Representative La Guardia of New
York was termed half a congress-
man by Victor Berger. Socialist
member of Congress from Wiscon-
sin. Mr.. Berger also declared that
within a decade there must be some
sort of socialism in the United States.
If civilization is to survive. '1f this
country is to keep it's liberty it must
keep to the middle ground as between
capital and labor he added
Other speakers included John Col
Inns Of Illinois, who declared the
capitalist class is using political
power to smash organized labor;
William NJ. Johnston, president of
the International Machinists' Union
Joseph Sharts of Dayton, Ohio: N. F..
Matson, secretary of the District or
sanitation. who called for new MEM
bers in Washington in order that
moro help may be given the national
organization from the Capital, and
Leo N. NJ. Harkins Of New Jersey.
Eugene v. Debs, Socialist leader.
was i'll at the Hamilton Hotel and
was unable to attend the dinner. Mr..
Harkins called on Perley P. Chris
tiansen, Farmer-Labor candidate for
President in 1920, to speak, but Mr..
Christiansen did not deliver an ad-
dress.
Executive Committee Action.
Earlier in the day the national ex-
ecutiye. committee of the Socialist
Party voted to send delegates to the
convention called by the Conference
for Progressive Political Action, in Chi
cago, in February, for the purpose of
deciding whether the political forces
that supported the presidential campaign
of Senator La Toilette shall be mar
shaIed into a permanent national po-
liticaI party. Morris HiHquit, Eugene
v. Debs and Bertha Hale White were
named as the Socialist delegates.
At the same time the Socialist COM
mittee decided to summon a national
convention of its own party, to be
held on the same date and in the
same city as the progressive gather
ing.
Mr.. Hfllquit, who presided at the
committee meeting, said the Social
ist delegates so asse mbled could vote
their support or rejection of any
political proposal that might result.
THE action may be considered to
show" he said, that the Socialist
Party is maintaining its friendly at
titude toward the attempt to organ
ize a labor party in the United States
and is facilitating such q design in
every possible way"
The Socialist national convention,
in addition to the three national del
egates, will consist of two delegates
from each state organization