The producers news., 1936-06-05

PARTY COvFAR
Called Ned to Plan for Forni..
National Farmer .Tans OTIans
Party in State and jTiSo' 3!
tricts u DIS
NO NATIONAL pADr,,

NO NATIONAL pARr
Leaders of progregsi,,.
eral thought throug6ooee 1Sore and an lii,
ton, farm and labor bSt IeaaotcAe The Ia.
Ieste:ntaties Of cooperative osis ~, teE
!5atl9ns, L; a.t1 IN: educators and clerpUO organ,
s:lgnified their intention Ssy ~ y! nave
cuss the formation Of su 10 70 dis,
Farmer-LabOr party. "auOna
The conference. initiatol
Minnesota Farmer-Labor .. W tAe
ton, " will be held at Hotel IAISocl9' Tosli
son, Chicago, on May 90 30 sn5 mG'S. =
Entrance of a presidential 'uG ~, 81
for 1886 is not on. the ;lpt ageDSs 9cke
the conference. e'Hua Of
Gov. Floyd B. Olson and A.
nev General Harry H. Peterson, @,'ol, q,
expected to head the Minra.aas!ee MTOa a!e
delegation. Mr.. Peterson iT'0a i
communication to l. c. i Strout = -
retary-treasurer of the Fs2%s. I ~
Labor association, said a lSli intaai
to attend the conference H'Sao
DIR. HARRY
WARD ACCEPTS
DR.. Harry F. Ward Of tba Il,
ion Theological Seminary. II IN ~ I.
cepting the invitation to attend
wrote: 81 am heartily in favor y
the purposes of the gathering
What it proposes to do IS urge1i.
lv needed" ''
The Central Labor Union II
Akron, o., affiliated with the Am.
erican Federation of Labor, bv m.
animous vote, elected its president
Wilmer Tate, as delegate to tbs
conference.
Bert Graham, president Of the
United Mine Workers, Local No
1906, Russellton, Pa, will attend
with the backing Of his organiza
tion for formation of a new third
party. Says Mr.. Graham: %Loca
1906, United Mine Workers Of
America, have gone on record for
a Farmer-LabOr Party. Western
Pennsylvania is very fertile for
such a party"
APPROVES
FL ACTION
Approval of the action Of the
Minnesota Farmer-LabOr assOcia
tion in calling the conference and
Endorsement of the purposes for
which it was called are contained
in a communication from William
E. Kuehnel, writing in behalf Of
the A. F. Of L. Labor Party con-
mittee of Connecticut, Of which be
is chairman. Mr.. Kuehnel promises
to attend.
"I am in full sympathy with the
movement" writes c. c. IalO0L
president of the Farmers Educa,
tional and Cooperative Union o.
America, assures his attendan@
He continues, "I wish to aSsals
Won that am of the belief that
sooner or later we must torTl
third party. Whether this is "
proper time is, of course the qass
ton that is bOthering all 'u
minds"
Lem Harris of the Farmers NJ
tional Weekly says: Il Will 20 q
I can to promote the purposes
this conference" - n
Of 35 replies receied to IIs . !, K
vitations at this writing, Olly ~ Il
stated that they either could ~ "
attend or declined to attenl' M
pro 1imately S5 bids were ~
out. have
stated they will attend are' y IL
Stark, secretary-treaSuorgIIo gIIortretg 4
Taxpayers League Of Ass''% D M
James Waterman Wise oi oa.+ioej %
oo,,,,,3'; Cr-o' +{oonoan of the Iowa j..r ~
mer-LabOr party; Louis Hs Veins
lof New York; Franz, r. nSCp Cop.
chairman of the Philadee 7 M nFsrns.
mittee for Formation Of 5ovis : Do
Labor Party: John ?. D1yi 1Naiorl
tionaI secretary Of E4e 4pei.bari
Negro Congress-; h.I tSo Urta
Young, treasurer, ,.oi;,, Oi sfs ssffiei, bi
Labor Party Of Spring manage
iW. ]. Adams, editor oT:aIl0.I ano I'is 'iEsSs
Railway Carman's JGgrnaS1i, JGg naS1ig,rssg
CITY 6Sftzy"1a No.; George F; M9i paul 3
Cedar Rapids; PrOl, l,,,oted Gbst
IDoublas Of Chicago, nV If DsHs
leader; Maurice Sugar 49gsrd d # TIE ~ Y
tional Committee Of o9f:4;asi AsiF Fsa
Fornner-I, ,abor POlltlc%. %.od Of y