Evening star., 1936-03-29

headed by Gou. Talmddge, Georgia,
and unlikely coalition OF anti-New
Deal Democrats and anti-Old
Guard Republicans.
Last serious third party threat
,Uds in 1924, tDhen the late Robert
M La Toilette, sr., polled popular
Uote OF 4,822,S56, more than half
that OF John w. DapiS, Democratic
candidate, although he received
electoral pote OF only his oWn State.
sy the Associated Press.
ST. PAUL, March 28-Sponsoring
a plan pointing toward a possible ma
tional third party ticket in the 1886
political campaign, Minnesota Farm
er-Laborites in State convention to-
night approved a platform urging
changed economic system in which
''monopoliZed industries ultimately
will be collectively owned"
While not embodying the public
ownership principles of two years ago,
nor the assertion capitalism has
failed" the party declaration of poll
cies for 1886 asserted:
The program of the present system
constitutes planned poverty; we ad-
vocate and demand system Of
planned plenty. To effect a cure for
economic ills changes must be funda-
mental"
Consideration of the platform began
soon after third party advocates
showed through their resolution look
ing toward broader accomplishments
nationally, and acclaimed hint of
one speaker that Gov. Floyd B. Olson,
IF God gives him strength and
health" might be presidential can
didate of the liberals in 1910.
Minority Report Rejected.
The convention promptly rejected a
minority report on the platform, which
would incorporate more liberal planks
in the declaration of principles; then
defeated an amendment which would
have demanded public ownership of all
natural resources, non-agricultural
basic industries and banks of the
United States, so that production
shall be for use and needs of the
people and not for the purpose of
profits and exploitation
The preamble of the platform as ap-
proved declared the party would use
every effort to bring about a change
In the economic system" and added:
Reforms in taxation. finance and
production can do but little in allevi-
ating present distress, and are justified
only as temporary expedience to meet
an emergency.
Natural resources and monopoliZed
Industries essential to our national
life and well being must ultimately be
collectively owned and democratically
controlled and operated, to the end
that democracy shall prevail in our
industrial as we'll as in our political
life
Protection Is Demanded.
mo lasting recovery from the de-
preston and no permanent prosperity
can be achieved unless the homes and
property of the farmers, the wage
earners, the professional people and
small business men are fully protected,
and the opportunity to own homes and
property is restored to the masses by
production of plenty"
Major planks of national signif-
canoe. which Gov. Olson as the party's
candidate for United States Senator
will espouse in his campaign, include
those proposing Federal constitu-
tional amendment, limiting terms of
Federal judges and justices to 10 years,
instead of life. as now, and empower
ing Congress to enact legal N. r. A.,
social security program, regulate agri-
cultural and industial production, and
provide Government ownership of
banking and monopolistic industries"
all of which could not be declared un-
constitutional by the Supreme Court
Of the United States.
The platform did not go into details
about "monopolistic industries"
The ballot on the resolution for a
third party was taken after several
prominent State leaders argued against
the resolution, but Gov. Olson, who
yesterday opened wide the door for
such action by the gathering. ex-
pressed the opinion it could do no
harm.
Urges Postp0nement.
One opponent of the move, Knud
Wefald. railroad and warehouse COM
missioner, urged that action be post
poned another four years and voiced
'the hope in 1910, if God gives Floyd
B. Olson health and strength, he will
be candidate for President"
The Governor said he regarded the
resolution as not committing the "lib-
erals" to the plan of putting a third
national ticket in the field this year,
nor authorizing the formation of such
ticket unless a second convention
ratified any action the suggested "ex-
ploratory conference might take.
William Mahoney, former Farmer
Labor mayor of st. Paul, argued
strenuously against the resolution, de-
claring Il don't want this Farmer
Labor movement .dissipated in a wild
goose chase"
You can't go to the New England
or Southern States and get any presi-
dental electors, SO why waste your
energies" he said.
Hearst Tactics" Condemned.
Wefald asserted the only thing this
third party gesture would accomplish
in 1886 "is a Republican victory" He
termed President Roosevelt the only
President since Abraham Lincoln
who has had heart for the humblest
person in the United States despite all
this talk about boondoggling.
The Farmer-Labor party condemn
ed what it termed "the Fascist labor
batting tactics of William Randolph
Hearst" newspaper publisher, and
promised financial and moral support
to striking editorial workers of the
Wisconsin News at Milwaukee. The
News is a Hearst publication
Interrupting the xoutine order of
convention business, the delegates
unanimously adopted a resolution