Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-07
''PrOductiOn for Use. -

A catch phrase, new to politics, is the
slogan of the radical third party group
which has been meeting in Chicago to
consider a platform and the choice of
leaders. 1t is production for use" In
the minds Of these third party prophets,
it is the antitheSiS of production for
profit" Profit, as it has been understood
in the world of toll and production in
the past, must go. 1t is time for human
beings to shake off their age-old desire
for personal and private gain for profit
in terms of money and wealth. The
basic idea seems no more nor less
than another share the wealth idea,
with different trimmings. 1t does seem,
however. that even under the proposed
plan of the radicals, the man who pro-
duced more would have more to use
unless he is prevented from using it.
The third party men say they wish
to be ready for eventualities. They are
not sure whether they will launch new
political party at this time. They are
dabbling their toes in the pond, but
hesitate to make the plunge. The call
for the meeting was signed by five
radical members of the House, Amlie
and Schneider of Wisconsin, Marcan-
tonic of New York, Lundeen of Mime
sofa, and Scott of California 1t was
noticeable that neither Senator La
Toilette nor Gov. La Toilette, heads
of the Progressive party in Wisconsin,
took part in the conference, nor did
the heads of the third party in Mime
sofa. Gov. Olson and Senator Shipstead,
put in an appearance, although Olson
sent letter.
These third party advocates, while
they seem to center on the ''produc-
ton for USE only idea, are so far not
a unit on what steps shall be taken.
For example, Upton Sinclair, who gives
them his blessing, strongly urges those
radicals on the spot in Chicago not
to launch a third party on the ground
that it would mean the election OF
Herbert Hoover to the presidency next
wear. Senator Nye of North Dakota
takes the view that such a third party
would be greatly harmful to the Re
publicans. Clearly one of these opinions
must be wrong.
The American people for the past two
wears have had a lot of experiments
tried on them, in the name OF reform
and what not. The radicals seeking a
third party take the position that these
experiments have not gone far enough.
They demand more heroic treatment
than the Roosevelt New Dealers have
administered. Yet there are signs that
the American people are becoming fed
up on both experiments and so-called
reformers. The chances of successful,
radical third party are not bright.
With one of the Roosevelt experiments
these radicals do not agree, and in their
disagreement they find themselves
aligned with more conservative critics
of the New Deal. They do not believe
in the policy of scarcity" which the
New Dealers have set up in their effort
to solve the farm problem. They do not
believe that America can be either happy
or wealthy while sources of production
are driving up. The difference between
these radical critics of the Roosevelt
administration and the conservatives lies
in their ideas of distribution of pro-
duction. The radicals are for use"
only. The conservatives are for profit,
where profit can be made legitimately.