The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-19
FARMER-LABOR
 LEADER APPEALS
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have performed on act for which we never will be forgiven" Olson said.
 The telegram, which in effect turned over leadership of the farmer-Labor party to the Wiscon- sin progressive leader, was sent while physicians considered the advisa- bility of informing governor Olson of the grave nature of his illness. HO has been suffering extreme pain from an inoperate cancer of the stomach. The pain abated today, physicians said, but his condition iS critical.
 Text of Telegram
 The text of Olsor's telegram to La Toilette:
 "Delighted to join with you in calling Q conference of progressive leaders early in September. as- sure you of full agreement that lib- erals must unite in l036 to reelect Roosevelt and prevent election of reactionary Alfred Landon and to promote complete unity for the Su- ture.
 "Progressives and liberals cannot afford to divide their vote. For the liberals to split their vote is merely playing into the hands of the Wall Street gang.
 T have the utmost respect for the Union ticket candidacy of Wil- liam Lemke and for Father Cough lin, whose program of monetary rec form is sound. However, l think the defeat of Landon is of the utmost importance to the great masses of America. If we liberals by split ting our vote place Landon in of- flee we will have performed an act for which we will never be forgiven.
 "oov. FLOYD B. OLSON"
 Joining Forces
 Madison, Wis, Aug. 10.-(UP)- Union of the farmer -labor progress sive federation of Wisconsin and the Minnesota farmer-labor party to build 70 unified national farmer labor party for the congressional campaign of 1888 and tho presi- dental campaign of i040," was an. nounced today following Q meeting of the executive boards of the two parties.
 The "prlnciple and program" statement of the conference termed present political leadership inade- quate but gave the national admin istration Q pat on the back:
 Roosevelt Praised
 President Roosevelt and the New Deal have given at (the democratic party) Q national direction which is progressive"
 The pronouncemen found the re- publican party more than ever the party of big business and economic privilege"
 Admitting that the national poe litical scene has "created Q great deal of confusion in tho minds of many progreSSives," the liberal leaders asserted:
 We believe that the new national alignment must be established as soon as possible regardless of the fact that no unity of action has been reached aS yet in the preSiden- tial campaign.
 We believe that the many im- portant groups, economic and poe litical, which hold as we do, should align themselves, regardless of their stand in the present campaign"
 Farmer labor leaders of both states, including U. s. Senator Elmer Benson of Minnesota and socialist Mayor Daniel W. Hoan of Milwau- kee, attended the conference.
 Governor Philip r. LaFollette, ale though not 0 member of the farmer- labor progressive federation which his secretary, Thomas Duncan, helped to organize, told the confer- efice a vigorous farm-labor carn- paign in Minnesota and Wisconsin this year would do much to further founding of new national party in l040.