The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-04-05
BROADCAST CALL
FOR The June II
FL. CONVENTION
Meeting at Auditorium
in St. Paul, MINI.
Especial to The Daily Worker,


ST. PAUL, Mimi. April 4.-The
National Arrangements Committee
charged with the work Of organizing
the National Farmer-Labor Progress
sive Convention, June 18th, has be-
gun the work of sending out the fifty
thousand invitations to trade unions.
co-operatives, farmers organizations
and labor and farmer political groups.
Accompanying the call for the con-
vention, which is printed in pamphlet
form is the following letter from the
National Arrangements Committee:
To All Progressive Organizations,
GREETINGS: Enclosed you viii
find the official call for a great
Farmer-Labor Progressive Conven.
ton, which is to be held in St. Paul,
Minnesota, beginning June II, 1924.
The purpose of this convention is to
accept platform and nominate can
didates for president and vice-presi-
dent.
The farmers and workers of Min
nesota, and of the other Northwest
states, who issue this call, have al
ready united into powerful Farmer
Labor parties. They realize, however,
that exploitation by the financial In
terests can only be stopped when ma
tional unity of these groups is at
tanned. The success of the farmers
and workers in the northwest states
is a guarantee that the June 18th
Convention will be the largest gather
ing of workers and farmers ever held
in America.
We invite all progressive groups to
elect delegates. We want real national
political unity. We will leave the
door open to the Conference for
Progressive Political Action and all
other groups who wish to break away
from the two old parties. II they do
not see fit to come to our convention.
but express a desire to nominate In
candidates, we will coop
crate with them. The workers and
farmers want action now and the
only way to assure that action IL by
sending delegates to the June 18th
convention which is definitely COM
mitted to the formation of a new ma
tional independent political move
ment.
Do not hurriedly pass over this
communication. Take your share IN
building this movement. Elect your
delegate at once and then lay plans
to finance his trip. Do more than
that, carry on an agitation among the
other organizations in your locality to
popularize this great gathering Of
producers. We have sent out fifty
thousand copies of this call The ex-
pense Of this undertaking has been a
burden on our movement. Much more
money must be spent before June
18th. We would therefore urge that
your organization contribute what IL
can afford and send il in at once.
Above all get your delegate to the
convention.
Fraternally yours,
NATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
COMMITTEE,
(Signed)
William Mahoney, Chairman,
G. A. Hathaway, Secretary.
The following compose the commit
tee in charge of the arrangements
for June II: William Mahoney. chair
man, 1913 East Third Street, Saint
Paul, MINI; VIM. A. Schaper, vice.
chairman, Minneapolis, Mimi; Tom
Ayers, Mitchell, S. D.; r. H. Walker,
Yucca, N. D.; c. A. Hathaway, sec
Labor Temple, Saint
Paul, MINI. John A. II. Hopkins, New
York City; II. G. Teigan, Washington,
ID. c.; r. d. Cramer, Minneapolis,
Mimi; Joseph Manley, Chicago, III;
W. II. Green. Omaha, Neb.