Evening star., 1924-12-13
SOCIALISTS PLEDGE
AID TO THIRD PARTY
Alliance Voted Unanimously
by Executive Committee.
Brings Big Bloc.

Definite alliance with the political
principles and scope of action of the
third party was pledged by the execu-
tive committee of the national Social
list party today. BY unanimous vote
the committee pledged the Socialist
party to affiliate itself in harmony
with the declared principles of the
third party, led by the La Toilette
group of the Conference for Progress
sive Political Action. which will hold
its annual convention at Chicago in
February, 1925
Discussion of the move to indorse
and go along with the third party
occupied most of three hour meet
Ing of the committee at the Hamilton
Hotel today. according to Representa- :
tive Victor Berger Socialist member
of Congress from Wisconsin. At the
same time it was made plain that
the Socialist party retains its entity
and, while indorsing the principles of
the third parity, may withdraw at
any time.
The committee Endorsed a move to
undertake campaign of education
on the motives of the Socialist party,
with money to be raised from sub
scriptions and by the income from a
hcquest made by John Fl. Blaine of
Santa Fc. \. Mex, announced at the
committee meeting.
Brings Million Votes.
Endorsement Of the third party by
the Socialist party will mean the ac-
-e-;sion to the third party ranks of
scout million votes hitherto cast
i"dependently. although the bulk of
the Socialist vote in the last presi-
uential election went with the La
j. Jllette-WEee?e er candidacy. The So
Gialist party nominated Eugene V.
l'ebs for President in 1920 and Debs
received nearly 4 million votes In
toe tremendous Republican landslide
uk that year.
iho Socialist leader did not at
Ton the committee meeting, although
ts had informed Morris Hillquit and
E.T. Berger that he would attend
Mr.. 1iillGuit. presided at the commit
tea session.
willie the Socialist party, as a
party, has not hitherto indorsed tho
iird party, defectionS in its ranks
IN the last presidential election and
>; tacit Endorsement Of the aims OF
The third party were recorded. The
committee this afternoon will set a
date for the annual meeting of the
National Socialist party. which may
he either before or after the meeting OF
the conference for progressive polit-
zeal action.
Hall Packed.
She Socialist party is willing to aid
IN the establishment of a national
Labor party. but will net surrender
Its own identity until such new party
becomes a permanent and going or
GanizatiOn, James II. AIaurer, presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania State Fed
Grafton of Labor, declared in an ad-
dress before poSt-campaign Social
lst mass meeting in the Arcade Audi
torlum last night. lie declared that
until the Progressive or Socialist
parties feel that they can run the
United States Government better than
1t is now being conducted, they had
pest leave matters stand as they are
About 500 persons packed the hall
nlllnG the aiSleS and StairwayS Be
sides Mr.. Maurer the meeting was
addressed by George 4. Goibel OF
Newark, y. J.: John ". Sharts of
Dayton. Ohio; John Collins of Chica :
cago, and Algernon Lee educa tional
director OF the Rand School OF Social
Science of New York, the latter a
member of the national executive
committee of the Conference for Pro-
greSsive Political Action. which went
into session today to outline plans for
q permanent organization and to plan
! L
future. Victor l.. Berger of Wisconsin
and Morris Hillquit Of New York were
scheduled as speakers, but were de-
talned at a preliminary meeting of
the executive committee
The great sweep Of votes for Pres
ident Coolidge, Mr.. Maurer said, was
the result of fear. He said the spirit
OF fear was imbued in the laboring
classes by the capitalists who
claimed that if either of the old party
candidates were not elected there
would be great panics and loss of
JOBS. Every sort of publicity agency,
he stated, was organized for action
against the Progressives-the rostrum.
the pulpit and the press being re-
served for their use, with no agency
left for the Progressives, with their
meager campaign funds, to utilize
There is no real dissatisfaction in
the United States, much less a spirit
of revolution, he stated Organized
labor. he said, from which third par
ties draw most of their strength is
not much harmed by the activities of
communists, who do more damage
through their methods of procedure
on the outsHe than thousands of
spies could do on the inside Leaders
of the Socialist party have come to
the conclusion that what is desired in
the organization is people of intel
lect, he said. In early days the party
welcomed with open arms the nom
union and the union man, the Christian
fanatic and erratic elements of all
kinds, he said, "and it is no wonder
they called us freaks and nuts-we
deserved it,"
Scores KIan Rule.
The last semblance of democracy
In America will have been lost when
the people of this country allow an
oath bound secret organization to di-
rect it's destinies. said Mr.. Sharts. who
said that the entire ticket in all sec
tions of the State of Ohio. either Re-
publican or Democratic, were elected
according to the dictates of the ku
kluX Khan
Mr.. Collins stated that campa gn
of education is necessary to inform
the laboring classes that the funds
used in the Progressive campaign are
derived from the laborers themselves,
while that for the old parties is con-
tributed largely by capitalists who
are enabled to make large subscrip-
tions because of the meager wages
paid their workers.
Nearly $100 was taken up in a COL
lection for the expense of this and
other post-campaign meetings to be
held. 1t was announced that a din
ner will be given at the Inn-Side
Cafe this evening. at which time the