The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-23
ST. Paul Meet
to See 5000
on June 18th
Gathering Belongs to
Producing Masses

ST. PAUL, Mimi, April 22.-
AItho the official call for the
June 18th convention has been
in the mails but a few days, the
office of the arrangements COM
mittee is being flooded with in
quiries and pledges of support
from all sections of the country.
One farmer from North Da-
kota writes, eve realize that a
great National Farmer-Labor
Party is the only hope of the
farmers and industrial workers
and you can count on the farm
ers in this state being present if
they have to slap another mort
gage on their farmsNto get there.
We can't be any worse off than
we are now"
Rank and File Convention.
| The question asked most frequently
is for the basis of representation for
various organizations in the conven-
ton. The convention to be held in
st. Paul on June II is distinctly a
rank and file convention. In Mime
sofa, as well as in the other north
west states where successful farmer
labor parties are in existence, expert
ence has shown that, to be successful,
this new movement must have it's
roots firmly planted among the work
ers and farmers. AS soon as the lead
ership is transferred to a group at
the top, the interest and enthusiastic
support of the workers and farmers
is lost.
The basis of representation was
therefore fixed so that every organ
lied unit of workers or farmers could
be represented in the convention.
Every local union, central body, state
federation, farmer organization, CO.
operative or association of profess
sional men or women agreeing to the
platform as contained in the call and
committed to the building of an indie
pendent political movement in oppo-
sition to the two old parties will be
given one delegate. This is expected
to bring five thousand delegates here,
who after participating in the nomi-
nation of candidates, will go back to
all sections of the country enthused
with the convention and ready to do
their share in building this new
movement.
State political organizations having
Illegal standing are entitled to five del
egates, without legal standing one
delegate. International or national
unions and national political parties
are entitled to five delegates.
Farmers Given Consideration.
In order to overcome the fact that
the farmers were not organized as
well as the Industrial workers, a spe.
cial basis of representation was de.
vised for them which provides that
any group of twenty-five farmers may
send delegate to represent them in
the convention, provided that they
are not represented thru some other
organization from their county.
Each state has been allotted a def
mite number of votes in the conven
ton based on their political vote plus
one vote for each five thousand votes
cast for the progressive candidate re
ceiving the highest number of votes
in the 1922 elections in their state
The votes allotted to each state will
be divided up equally among all the
delegates present in the convention
from that state. Delegates from ma
tional organizations will cast theil
votes Independent of the state vote.
This assures convention that will
be truly representative. Yet it is ar
ranged in such way that it canno
be DETECTED from its goal of buildin,
a real farmer-labor movement. TIL,
only elements who can capture It ar,
the producing masses and to them 4
rightfully belongs.