The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-10
FARM-LABOR
! FORCES MEET
IN ST. PAUL
Big Demand Is For the May
3Oth Conference
Especial to The Daily worker,

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Representatives of the Farmer
Labor Party movement from
all over the United States are
gathering here to formulate
definite plans for a national
Farmer-Labor Party conven-
ton in which the Farmer-Labor
movement will be crystalIized.
The conference which be-
gins Monday is a continuation
of the November 18th confer
ence in this city at which plans
were made for a national con-
vention on May 30th. Since
that time new events have
created a situation which re-
CURED reimbursement of the
plan to hold the convention on
that date.
Expect Good Attendance.
The organizations which are ex-
pected to be represented in the con-
ference are the Farmer-Labor Parties
of Washington, Montana, North Dako-
ia, South Dakota, the Progressive
Party Of Nebraska, The Minnesota
Farmer-La Party, the Federated
Farmer-Labor Party, The Committee
of AS and the old Farmer-Labor Par
ty, The Buffalo Labor Party will
also have a representative present,
showing the extension of the Farm
er-Labor movement to the east.
Some suggestions have been made
that the date of the May 30th Con.
ventlon be changed to a later date.
Advance information received from
representatives of the organization
which will participate in the confer
ence indicate that.there is very little
support for this proposal. Practi-
cally all the state Farmer-Labor Par
ties stand firmly for the original date
before the two old party conventions.
because they feel that the actions of
the old party conventions have no
relation to their attempt to form
National Farmer-Labor PARTY
which will embrace all the existing
organizations.
Minnesota Organizations Meet.
On March IL, following the con-
ference of the organizations partici-
pating in the May 80 call, the
Farmer-Labor Federation of Mime
sofa will hold its convention. This
is an organization made up of rep
resentatives of the trade unions and
farmer organizations which is ex-
pected to be deciding factor in the
work of the Minnesota Farmer
Labor Party.
Under the Minnesota laws party or
ganization is entirely decided bv vo-
tiers in accordance with the provisions
of the law. The Farmer-Labor Fed
Grafton is an organization within the
legal Farmer-Labor Party which is
the directive force in it.
Select State Convention Delegates.
With the conferences here next
week representing practically every
group in the United States which
stands for the organization of
Farmer-Labor party on a nation
wide scale the decision made will I'M
questionably be of historic import
ance. All things point to a decision
which will mean great convent
Of farmers and industrial workers on
May 30 in which these groups will
build party which will henceforth
carry on the struggle for their DO,
litical interests, fighting against the
two old capitalist parties.
County groups of the Minnesota
Farmer-Labor Party met last Satur-
day to select delegates for the STATE
convention to be held at st. Cloud.
Friday, March ID.
Call for Convention.
The call for the state farmer-labor
convention, Minnesota, follows:
"In compliance with requests from
many voters Of the Farmer-Labor par
ty of Minnesota, and with the ap-
proval of majority Of the members
of its state central committee, a state
convention Of the Farmer-Labor party
OF Minnesota is hereby called to meet
at the armory in the city Of ST. Cloud,
on Friday, the fourteenth day Of
March, 1924, at 10 o'clock in the AZ
ternoon, to give attention to the
further organization Of the party, IFS
policies and program for the future,
its plans for the coming campaign and
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