The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-12
81 Alaskan Workers Escape
From the Promised Land
CONFERENCE MOVES
Continued from Front Pagel


Oh the unemployed, people on relief
the farmers, the veterans, and the
Negroes. This conference does nor
represent such mass organiza-
tionS."
BallyhOO for F. L. P.
From beginning to end, the con-
terence, run by the chairman Prof
Paul H. Douglas of University of
Chicago, took the form of an ex-
tension of the present Farmer-Lab-
or party, with ballyhoo for the DO
lltlcians of the Farmer-Labor Par
W, Including Gov. Floyd Olson Of
minnesota particularly in the eve
nIng session following the first
days meetings. It became clearer
and clearer in the conference that
its main purpose was to head off
the movement for real mass La
Dor Party fighting Capital for the
Immediate needs of the masses.
AS the conference advanced and
the pressure for united action vote.
ed on the floor grew stronger, the
attack against the Communist Par
ty became leading idea of the
people running the show.
Nye Against New Party
Senator Gerald P. Nye of North
Dakota who spoke in the morning
session of the second day, took a
stand for working within the old
parties where, he said eve have
won our positions of advantage, 4"
and then launched into an assault
against the Communist party. Lib
eralism can get nowhere, let me
remind you, if it ties up with Com
munism, because of the tremen-
dOus prejudice which exists among
millions in this country against
that creed"
Nye is practicing what he prea
ches by tying up with the facsist
demagogue, Father Coughlin. 1t
was Nye who introduced Cough
Inns banking bill in the Senate and
made an impassioned defense of
the radio priest on the Senate floor
Nye also spoke at Cougrlin's mass
meeting in Detroit on April "a.
Norman Sussman, Farmer-Labo-
rite of milwaukee, attacked the
cred Scare" by shouting from tie
floor, "Who started the Red scare
if not our enemy William Randolph
Hearst ?"
Duncan Mcdonald of Illinois
rose and stated amid great applau-
Sc from the progressive delegates
at is not the Communists who
have robbed me. It is the Repub-
licans and Democrats"
Hits at Enemies of u. S. S. r.
A real thunder of applause, the
most resounding of the convention
heard in the two days sessions
greeted him as he declared, eft is
not up to US to find fault with the
first Workers and Farmers gov
eminent in the world"
Alfred Wagenknecht, delegate OF
the unemployed of Missouri, reply
ing to those who were attempting
to raise the Red scare, declared
he was charter member of the
Communist party and called for {
united anticapitalist Labor Party
to include the Communist Party
Attempts to expel him were de-
feated when the convention refused
to act on a motion to that effect
The chairman quickly changed
the subject, but not before A
Crawford of the Holiday Assoccia
ton of Iowa, had declared, eff VIZ
refuse to work with all groups viii
ling to fight, because of what thu
capitalists think, we had better
stop here. If the Communists car
show me where we are wrong, thel
I am a Communist. The Red scare
is a capitalist weapon"
Anti-Red Move Hit
Despite the vehement declara
lions on the part of the chairman
Douglas, against the Communis
Party, assisted by various right
wing Farmer-Laborites such a
Roy McKaig of Idaho and Lillian
Herstein of this city, the move t,
to exclude united fronts with tn
Communist party met with stron,
opposition from all parts of tn,
floor.
The move to exclude Commun
lists by name was defeated in tn
organization committee and on tn
floor. However, the majority re
port, finally adopted, which allow
ed membership to all those believ
ing in the democratic process an
achieving their ends throug
peaceful means, was adjudged b
the chairman to exclude the Com
munists, despite the demands ris
ing from the floor that his inter
probation be ruled out of order.
Reformist Platform
A platform containing a reform
ist hash of demands ranging frol
vague planks on public OWNERSHIP
naturalization" pacifism, and Il
Supreme Court, with the plank
, production for use for the unen
, ployed" leading and which contain
not word of criticism of the Ne
= Deal, was adopted, with an exec