The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-13

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The privileged class has, til
thru interlocking directorates,
tons of Wall Street concen-
trated the control Of the eco
nomic life of the country in the
hands of a financial oligarchy
with its headquarters in Wall
Street. It uses its power to
amass great wealth for itself at
the expense of the happiness
and well-being Of the farmers
and Industrial workers who are
the producers of the wealth of
this country.
In order to maintain its privileges
and to aid in its exploitation of the
farmers and industrial workers this
privileged class has fastened its grip
legislative, executive and judicial
branches of the government alike as
instruments in its service to secure
greater and greater profits and to
amass greater and greater wealth.
The recent exposures of corruption
in connection with the Teapot Dome
oil scandal is but one outstanding in
cident showing how the government
power is used to loot the natural re-
sources Of the nation.
During the past few years millions
of farmers have been driven from the
farms because unable to secure even
the means for a livelihood thru their
labor as a result of the exploitation
by the privileged class. The Esch-
Cummins law passed in the interest
of the railroad owners has been one
factor in producing this situation.
The industrial workers, struggling
to maintain their organizations and a
decent standard Of living, have found
that this privileged class has at its
command the powers of the govern
ment whenever the struggle over the
right to organize, wages and work
ing conditions have resulted in a
strike. The use of injunctions against
the workers on strike is an every
day occurrence. The infamous
Daugherty injunction against the
railroad shopmen still stands-an in
junction which at one stroke robbed
the workers Of every right supposed
ly guaranteed by the constitution.
The Republican and Democratic
party have proven themselves equally
| the instruments of the privileged
class in using the governmental
power against the farmers and indus
trial workers.
These conditions have developed a
widespread movement by the farmers
and industrial workers to organize a
political party which will fight their
battles and challenge the continued
rule of thu privileged class in this
country.
The political organizations of farm
ers and industrial workers, scattered
over the country, must be united for
the 1924 presidential campaign, so
that they may present united front
against the parties of the privileged
class and join in common struggle
against that class.
To achieve this end this call for
National Convention in the Twin
Cities, June 18th, for the purpose of
nominating a candidate for president
and vice president and adopting a ma
tional platform is issued.
We extend an invitation to send
| delegates to this convention to all
farmer organizations, local trade
unions, central labor bodies, state
federation of labor, international
unions, cooperative organizations,
labor fraternal organizations and all
farmer and labor political organiza-
tions, the Non-partisan League and
the Committee Of AZ, provided that
they endorse the following tentative
program:
A-Public ownership.
B-Governmental Banking.
C-Public control Of all natural
resources.
Deterioration Of civil liberties
guaranteed by the constitution.
E-The abolition of the use of the
injunction in labor disputes.
The basis of representation in the
convention shall be as follows:
/. Each state shall be allowed
votes equal to its electoral vote,
plus one vote for each five thousand
votes OF major fraction thereof, cast
for the progressive candidate receiv-
ing the highest number of votes in
the 1922 general election. Any state
delegation failing to agree the total
vote Of such state shall be apportion-
ed equally among the delegates from
| that state.
2. Each national political organ
ization shall be entitled to five votes;