The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-10-10
international Labor Unions
Excluded From LaFollette
Convention All Except
Own Followers.
RADICALS IN POWER
BAN SOIL TILLERS


Tor freSiuent by an aggregation OF mn
tional and international labor unions
The public. and particularly the farm
or, had no voice whatever In his SO
called nomination. There has existe.
known MS The Conference for Progre.
sive Political Action. composed of II
or 1S national and International Labor
unions. the majority of them railway
labor organizations.
The officers of this Conference for
Progressive Political Action are on
the whole the national and information
al officers of the labor organizations
composing the conference The chair.
man or president of this conference
il William Johnston, president OF the
International MachInists' union and
the director Of the railroad strike in
1922. Mr.. Johnston was recently can
didate for governor Of Rhode Island
on the Socialist ticket. The headquar-
ters of this conference is in the Ma
chinists' building. Washington. ID. c.,
building owned by the International
Machinists
This conference held Its annual
meeting in st. Louis in February. 1924.
adopted platform. pledged itself to
launch third party. and adjourned
to meet in Cleveland July for that
purpose. The convention in Cleveland
on July was therefore nothing but
the adjourned meeting of the Confer
ence for Progressive Political Action
The delegates to the Cleveland conven-
ton were merely delegates from the
labor organizations comprising the
Conference for Progressive Political
Action. plus few scattering dele
gutes from the Socialist party and a
few radical organizations such MS the
League for Industrial Democracy. The
Conference for Progressive Political
Action established its own rules re-
xarding whom 1t would admit as dele
gates and these rules were so framed
that no one not In hearty accord with
the views OF the labor organizations |
comprising the conference was admit |
ted. Out OF approximately 1000 del
egates. less than IS were farmers or
representatives OF alleged farmer or
CARNATIONS.
The officers Of the Conference for
Action were the officers Of
the convention. William Johnston. So
cialist leader, was the temporary and
also the permanent chairman. After
organizing the convention, a resolution
was drawn up and sent to Senator La
Toilette asking him to lead in fight
for third party Not a single farmer
pr representative OF bona fide farm
er organization signed this petition.
The so-called platform adopted at
this convention offers absolutely moth
ng to the farmer. II consisted prac-
ically altogether Of q recital of the
alleged grievances of organized labor
and n demand for the enactment OF
heir legislative program. Not farm
n was a member of any of the com
nlttees of this convention. neither the
committee on resolutions nor creden.
ials. nor organization. nor nomina.
ions. The chairman Of each of these
committees was an official of some in
ernational labor organization The '
OF these committees were
ither officials high in international |
aflway labor organizations or officials |
Ugh In the Socialist party, and other
adical organizations
The convention went on record In
ehalf of the candidacy of LaFollette
,aFoIlette was officially notified of his
omination by committee appointed
Y Samuel Gcmpers of the American 4
his committee was a farmer. LaFol- il
'tte acknowledged his nomination in n
lie form of letter addressed not to :.
he people of the United States or !,
'e farmers of the United States but :,
the American Federation of Labor -
The campaign committee handling y
e Observation-Disclosures movement Ia o
e National Committee of the Con al
renee for Progressive Political Ac- Ell
IN, plus a number OF Socialists. The HI
ldition of Socialists to this commit ~
e was demanded by the Socialist /,
rty as the price OF their support OF :,
e ticket This demand was made
a meeting of the committee held In '"
ashington July 81. AT which time
of the Socialist party to
IRE present and insisted that they te
given 10 per cent OF the commit. in
E. Their demand was granted. -,
'ere is an executive committee OF 10
milling the inside stun Of the La
llette- Wheeler campaign No farm W.
Is on this committee. The cam. OF
Ism headquarters of the LaFoiiette- du
heller rlovement In 4os MachinIsss or
ldlng. Washington. d. c. ne
The Conference for Progressive po- Az
cal Action issues weekly publica. 81.
n known as Labor. The farmer
J no part In II. II Is managed and
ted wholly by representatives OF ~
or organizations II 10 thsas sln 'hs
campaign psbllcattaa.