The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-06-11
MIL AUKEE Goes
FOR EARM-LABOR
PARTY June II
Labor Progressive
Conference Meets


5, at eight p. M, the Labor Progress
sive Conference met at the Freie
Gemeinde Hall for the purpose of Civ.
ing its utmost support and electing
a delegate to attend the convention Of
the National Farmer-Labor Progress
sive Party at st. Paul, Minnesota,
June II, 1924.
The conference was attended by
one hundred men and women, among
them being representatives of trade
unions, political parties and other La
Dor organizations.
Mr. Earl Sorenson presided over the
meeting as chairman.
A resolution was adopted at the
meeting giving the utmost possible
support to the National Farmer-Labor
Progressive convention to be held at
st. Paul, Mimi, June II, 1924.
Condemn Delegate For Withdrawing.
Another resolution was adopted con-
demning the action of Mrs. Ida
James in refusing to act as delegate
to the convention at st. Paul, Mime
sofa, on the 18th OF June, after she
was elected and accepted as such dele
gate at the state convention of the
Conference for Progressive Polit-
ical Action held recently at Madison,
Wis. The assembly was unanimous
in condemning Mrs. Ida James for her
position in the matter and particularly
in her betrayal Of the trust reposed in
her by the Madison conference. The
resolution further provided that call
be made on the Executive Committee
of thirty elected at the Madison con-
ference, to elect another delegate to
St. Paul, Mimi, in place of Mrs. Ida
James, who has announced publicly
that she would not act as delegate.
Resolutions favoring the aims and
purposes of the Council for the Pro-
lection of Foreign-born Workers and
a resolution instructing the secretary
to issue an open letter to the Socialist
party calling upon it to send dele
gate to the st. Paul convention was
also unanimously adopted.
Eleven Going to ST. Paul.
The conference elected c. t. Dono-
van Of the Cigarmakers Union No. %
as delegate to the st. Paul conven-
ton. 1t was further reported by the
secretary that ten other delegates
from the various labor organizations
in this city will be sent to the st.
Paul convention.
An Executive Committee of seven
was elected for the purpose of formul-
ating definite plans for permanent
organization to follow the work of the
Farmer-Labor Party in this city and
for the purpose of calling a further
conference after the convention of
June II, 1924. The following are to
serve on the Executive COMMITTEES:
Earl Sorenson, chairman, 1nterna-
|tional Union of Elevator Construction
No. Is; C. T. Donovan, secretary,
Cigarmakers Union, Local No. 25;
John Schlitt, Carpenters Local No.
1858; Ida Levine, Joint Board of Anal
gamated Clothing Workers of Amer
lea; G. S. Shklar, international AS
sociation OF Machinists, Local No. 66;
Chas. Kuzdas, Painters Union; Mori
ris Fromkin, Workingmens Circle,
No. 166.
Resolve: ION to St. Paul"
The resolve Of the resolution of sup
port unanimously adopted is:
Resolved, that this conference now
in session this June 5, 1924, at Mil
waukee, Wis, go on record calling
upon all branches of the labor move
mentr economic. political, cooperative
and fraternal, within the State of Wis
consin, to unite their forces for indie
pendent political action thru the form
alton of State Farmer-Party Party.
and be it further
Resolved. that we go on record to
give the utmost possible support to
the movement for the National Farm
er-Labor convention at st. Paul, Mimi,
June 18th. 1924, and that we select
one delegate to represent the groups
being represented here at this confer
ence.