The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-08-03
-LPARTY Up IN AIR
AFTER CONVENTION
By Carl HaoslO.

Chcago-(FP)-The abor+;,..
ventl0n OF the Farmer-Labor We Con-
fhe United States held n Parry Of
July. 10 and IL passed the bnoSC rueagO
newly elected executive oA 70 the
when it became known tbot SSoiiinlttee
ihecs Tor The presidential ra%a HOm;
I;9t Shoose to run. U. S. Senato. ca
W. Norris, nominated by 16 10 ~ y.
CT N"rman Thomas the SociaGst, - Ov-
~ nominee chose not to acca ,,9' sr-
teously and bit regretfulIv. 5''+ eOaf-
the less firmly. Will VereennCc "one
georgia cottonmill owner and b.uI Sne
who had been delegate to t tou Oanker
ocratic convention at Houston 1e "Sm-
ed scornfully and contemntn1, uIcnI-
run for vice president as 5y 10
er-Laborite. Pafm-
Several members of the executive
committee of the party sat tbrOnnse
an entire day in vain effort ' ~
eide whether to put up a new +;oI Ie
indorse the Socialist or Proh;S ttAe9
tickets or retire from the nat; tslO1
campaign. Secretary Bert MaTt;U Ol d
Denver checked out of his horei I'4 A., VI
evening saying that no decision IoS
been reached. ""u
Aside from the Minnesota Fa,r,o.
Labor Assn. which sent mn delo :, liei-
though two of its subordinate 1 Snits
did, the 10 state organizations ren lres
sented at the convention had M roo
old Of political achievement and MOT
OF them were the paper parties that
the national organization has boon
since 1928. The convention went ont
side the party membership in MAKING
its futile presidential nomirstionS
AID the executive committee is bkel,y
to GO the same if it acts at all
The party's new national chairmor
is Joseph A. POirier, a MINNEAPOLIS
lawyer who is assistant in the offire
of county attorney Floyd Olson. Bert
Martin, also lawyer, was rcelecteS
secretary. The executive committee
In addition to POirier aid Martin con.
s1sts of David McVey of illinois !
Edwin Spur of Oklahoma Who wa.
permanent chairman Ct the cocyan.
ton, VIM. V. Moholey, of WASHING.
ton, ID. c., VIM. Penn Collins of Colo
RADIO, Gale Plagman of Iowa. Kar
Jursek of New Mexico and Ali Rec,
of South Dakota. Other delegates /,
the convention came from Missouri
Texas, Nebraska and Georgia.
A furry arose when William Boucl
of Washington state was offered as
vice presidential candidate by Reed
sound money populist. BOuck wa
the choice for that office of the 1872
st. Paul Farmer-Labor conventiO
but withdrew when the Workers Pa
ty went into the field with VIM.
Foster and Ben Gitlow, who are /
nominees again this year. A numb,
nd of delegates, including Poirier Spu1
re- and McVey, bitterly attacked Il
Ill communists and charged that BouC
mo- belonged to the Workers party.
Other delegates including Kennel
of Texas, Plagman and Reed, defen,
80 -, ed him but his name was withdraw
~ The convention adopted an excee
81 ingly progressive platform wi
oS ' planks for public ownership of natu
o~S al resources, transportation and pOy
of er, unemployment remedies, farm al
currency reform, old age pension
constitutional revision, Phiippin
are freedom, recognition Of Russia, witt
10 drawal from Nicaragua, hands O
nt1 Mexico and Latin America and Chin
re- against injunctions nd child lab
TN and for tax reforms.
ilge No labor organizations were a;
ehe ed to come and the convention of
ION delegates was confined to Farm
lcts Labor units.