The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-25

Inc Cd1 lOI Tic L cOilo SdblO
Labor Convention is being sent
central labor councils, workers
operative associations, workers
fraternal organizations and
farmers organizations in Illi-
nois. In all about 5000 invita-
lions to this gathering will be
issued.
1t is estimated that about 500 dele
gates will attend. The miners will
have an especially large delegation
in view OF the fact that their state
convention will be held at Peoria,
starting May 18th, and is expected to
overlap the Farmer-Labor meeting.
Macdonald Is Secretary.
Duncan Macdonald, former secre-
tary-treasurer of the Illinois Mine
Workers, is temporary secretary, and
can be reached at 727 E. Adams ST.,
Springfield, ILL.,
While the miners will have strong
delegation, it is expected that other
industries will also be well represent
ed. The invitation will be sent to
all political groups, including the
Workers Party, Socialist Party, both
the Fitzpatrick-Nockels and the Ernest
factions Of the Farmer-Labor Party,
the Socialist Labor Party and the
Proletarfan Party.
The call sent out reads in full, as
follows:
Call for Illinois State FarmerLabor
Convention to be Held at Labor Tenn
pie, 400 N. Jefferson ST. Peoria, ~,
May 18th, at 600 a. m.
To All Labor Unions,
Central Labor Councils,
Workers Political Parties,
Workers Cooperative Associations,
Fraternal Organizations and Farmers
Organizations in the State of Illinois.
Greetings: Turnout the country
the industrial workers and farmers
are uniting their forces into State and
Local Farmer-Labor Parties. The po-
litical domination of the employers,
bankers and "open shoppers is being
challenged. Success has marked these
first steps, in several instances, not
ably in the State of Minnesota, from
which two United States Senators
were elected on a Farmer-Labor tick
ct.
To link these local and State par
ties together and unite the political
organizations Of farmers and indus
trial workers for the 1924 Presidential
campaign, a National Farmer-Labor
Convention has been called to con-
vene at St. Paul, Mimi, June II, 1924.
This call has been issued by the
Committee of Arrangements in the
name of the following organizations:
Washington Farmer-Labor Party,
Dakota Farmer-Labor Party, South
Dakota Farmer-Labor Party, Montana
Farmer-Labor Party, Nebraska Pro-
gressive Party, Federated Farmer
Labor Party, Minnesota Farmer-Labor
Party and the Buffalo Labor Party.
Invitations to participate are based
on endorsement OF the following ten
tative program:
A. Public Ownership.
B. Governmental Banking.
c. Public Control Of all Natural
Resources.
ID. Restoration Of all Civil Liber-
ties guaranteed by the Constitution.
Il. Abolition of the Use of In
functions in Labor Disputes.
The forces of farmer and labor in
Illinois are at present divided and
practically without any political ex-
preston. The existing Farmer-Labor
Parties have made no effort to unite
the farmers and industrial workers
for the State Elections in November
1924. They have used their influence
to hinder the great get-together plan
ned by the call for the Farmer-Labor
Convention at st. Paul, Mimi, June
18th They have nothing to propose
for the workers. and have thrown
any further hopes into the discard
by the action Of some'of their spokes-