Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-13
Farley ShunS Third Party and
Fails to Line Up Behind
Any 80 Candidate.
RAP TAKEN AT RASK0B,
ALONG WITH PRESIDENT
One Speaker Turns Thumbs Down
on Young, Calling Him Genius
of Radio Trust"
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

The Progressive group in Congress,
aided by the deliberations of the two
day conference which closed here late
yesterday, today is squared away on its
course toward comprehensive legisla-
tive program. This program will be
urged upon the next Congress and OF
course, upon the national conventions
of the two major political parties when
they assemble next year.
The Progressive conference kept re-
Iigiously away from any suggestion that
a new liberal party be organized. It's
leader, Senator George w. Norris OF
Nebraska, declared emphatically that
the organization of a successful third
party cant be done" That is, not as
long as the electoral college and the
present political system is permitted to
exist.
But while the conference did not at
tempt the organization of a new party
and did not line up behind any can
didate for President, its speakers did
1ambast President Hoover and his adj
ministration and took a crack at the
leadership of the Democratic party by
Chairman John j, Raskob Of the Demo-
cratic National Committee. At least
one of the speakers also turned thumbs
down on the supposed candidacy OF
Owen d. Young, head of the General
Electric Board, whom he termed the
'.genius Of the radio trust"
Norris EIectrifies Audience.
Senator Norris electrified his audi
ence yesterday afternoon when he de-
clared the need of another Roosevelt
in the White House. He was referring,
however, to the late Theodore Roosevelt
when he made this demand, altnougn
the fact that Gov. Franklin ID. RooSe-
welt of New York is out in front today
of the field of Democratic candidates
for presidential nomination seemed to
give his remark particular significance.
Gov. Roosevelt was invited to attend
the conference Of ProgreSsives and has
been lauded in the past by Senator Nor
ris because OF his stand on the water
power problem.
its knitting. It was not led away TO the
consid. ration of prohibition and other
similar controversial subjects, including
an embargo on oil. It set up i've COM
InitteeS, to work on the draft OF legiSla-
ton which is to be introduced IN the
coming Congress, one committee to deal
with agriculture, another with the tarin,
n lIlnQ Win ItLuIn W ACHi S9CAAlabAFS
government" a fourth with unemploy-
plent and industrial sterilization and a
fifth with public utilities.
Three Of these committees made pre-
1iminary reports to the conference, in
Guiding many suggestions of legislation.
The committees on agriculture and
public utilities, hsaded by Senator'S
Borah and Norris, respectively, are to
draft their recommendations after
farther study during the Summer and
Fail.
Labor TO Seek Work Week Cut.
The Committee on Unemployment
and Industrial stabilize ton, headed by
Senator La Toilette, in It's report to the
conference announced that sub
committee would be appointed on lin
creased purchasing power and the
shorter work day week" The sub
committee is to bring in concrete pro-
posal for legislation. william Green,
president of the American Federation
Of Labor, in an address TO the confer
ence, declared that his organization was
TO wage a campaign for the hve-day
work week, and that ii would seek TO
have the Federal government take the
lead in this matter by the establish
ment Of fiye-day work week for Gov
eminent employees. Mr.. Green, a DEM
ocrat, is heartily in accord with other
leaders in his party on this matter.
among them former Gov. Alfred
z. Smith CT New York.
This same committee on unemploy-
ment and industrial sterilization an
nounced that it would make study OF
conditions in this country and that II
Improvement is not shown demand
would be made for an extra session
of Congress to enact legislation to pre-
vent economic chaos and starvation.
at Is the consensus Of opinion, said
the report Of this committee, that WITH
out full use Of the resources at the COM
mand Of Federal, State and local gov
ernments, it is impossible to meet the
problem of the present emergency.
While the speakers at the confer
ence assailed the industrial, political
and financial leadership of the country
and attacked the administration on the
ground that it had been inefficient in
meeting the unemployment situation.
the reports Of the committees were COM
paratiYely mild The recommendations
in the reports covered wide range.
They lcck TO the abolition OF the cleo
toral college and the extension OF the
presidential primaries, 10 scientlnc re-
vision Of the tariff to the passage OF
the Norris lame-duck resolution and an
effective anti-Iniunction law.
The Committee on Return 70 Rep
TeEentative Government in It's report
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