Evening star., 1934-12-09
MILK AND HONEY
FUTURE HOPE Of
THIRD PARTY MOVE
Minnesota Experiment
Would Go to Bottom of
Capitalistic System.
WILLIAMS DEN0UNCES
N0N.PARTIsAN PROGRAM
Former Minister, One Of Framers
of Cooperative Plan, Calls Pro-
posal Mustard Plaster"
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS, December "a
new land of milk and honey has been
proposed by the Farmer-Labor party
Of Minnesota in marshaling its forces
to achieve its alma cooperative
commonwealth.
Minnesota would become the prov
ing ground for this experiment in gov
ernment that Howard Y. Williams, one
of the party's platform trainers, said
would actually go to the root Of the
poison in the present capitalistic
system"
1t would exceed even Upton SIM
clair's E. P. I. c. plan in California
and the old Non-Partisan League pro-
gram of North Dakota, says Williams.
According to Williams, the Nom
Partisan League program was but
mustard plaster and bandages TO prop
up the present system" The Farmer
Labor party. on the other hand. would
create an entirely new system, based
on the bold premise that capitalism
has failed"
E.P.I. C. Not Far Enough.
Even E. P. 1. c.. says Williams, a
former minister. does not go that
far, although it has most of the fea-
lures of the Farmer-Labor platform,
such as operation of factories for and
by the unemployed.
"E. P. I. C. also contemplates the
leasing of idle land" adds Williams.
Upton Sinclair hopes this procuc-
ton By and for the unemployed will
become so great in boosting the stand
ard of living that other people will
want to enter the plan.
However, we don't think that this
small scale production could possibly
compete with the great monopolized
industries and the Farmer-Labor pro-
gram proposes eventually TO take over
all monopoIstic factories and in.
dustries."
Minnesota's dominant third party
demands broad public ownership Of
all mines, utilities, communications,
transportation, banks, factories and
packing plants except those industries
comparatively owned; State control
and supervision of all types of insur-
ance and State supervision Of all mar
kets, together with naturalization Of
banking with Government monopoly
Of money and credit operated without
profit, plus free text books to be
printed by the State for public schools.
While Williams views the Nom
Partisan League program that set up
State mill and elevator, State bank
and State insurance, as progressive
movement" he says it is not radical.
League Lacks Solution.
THE Non-Partisan League plan is
and has been purely movement to
try to get concessions from the capital
istic group and is not fundamental
solution of the program, he explains.
Leaders in North Dakota tell me the
non-partisan program is not up to
date"
Should the party win approval for
putting this program into effect-and
this seems in doubt due to an antag-
onistic Legislature - all types of
factories would be taken over by the
State. Some of them would be leased;
others taken over entirely, says
Williams
Every type Of production plant con-
ceivable would be regimented, Will
liams says, although the first to get
under way would be packing plants,
then a shoe factory, and finally a
farm machinery manufacturing plant.
While some demands of the party
are national issues, such as the bonus
question for which immediate pay
ment is asked, and could not be carried
simply by legislation, the State print
ing of text books is not. Party leaders
have not considered, they say, writing
their own text books. They proposed
to lease the plates from publishers
and print the books much as does
California.
No rewriting would be done. but
Williams says the texts would be
edited. such as to eliminate obvious
propaganda of any vested interest.