Evening star., 1952-08-22
By the Associaied Press

Minor parties running the
gamut from extreme left to far
right in their political thinking
are again seeking places on the
presidential ballots in large num-
bers this year.
Half a dozen. some with roots
running back to the 1870s' al
ready have named their candi-
dates. Others perhaps more pub
lcity minded than serious are
sprouting in the usual fashion but
probably will never qualify on a
single State ballot.
Most of the minor parties of
1852 are the old-timers which
have been swapping at the donkey
and elephant for years-like the
Prohibitionists. the Socialists,
Socialist Laborites and Green
backs.
Macarthur Named.
The ProgreSSives have named
a new ticket. too, and now the
Christian nationalist party has
turned up with the announced
intention of putting Gen. Douglas
Macarthur on the presidential
ballot in more than half the 48
States-without his consent.
This latter group has picked
Jack B. Tenney. Red-hunting Los
Angeles Republican State Sen
ator, as vice presidential candi-
date, also without his prior
knowledge. It says it favors
"strict, constitutional, conserva-
tive government" and opposes
practically all New and Fair Deal
measures, including the Civil
Rights program. It adds it is
Violently opposed to the Acheson-
Marshall (foreign) policy"
An attempt to enter an "Amer-
lea First" ticket headed by Gen.
Macarthur for President and
Senator Harry F. Byrd, Demo-
crat. of Virginia, for Vice Presi-
dent, has failed in Illinois. The
State Electoral Board ruled a
nominating petition filed by Lar
DAILY of Chicago did not meet
requirements of the State law.
Progressives Active.
The Progressive Party nominees
this year are Vincent w. Halli-
nan, SIS, San Francisco attorney,
for President, and Mrs. Charlotte
Bass, g., New York Negro and
former California publisher of a
Negro newspaper, for vice presi-
dent.
Mr.. Hallinan recently completed
a Federal prison term for con-
tempt of court for his action as de-
fense counsel for Harry Bridges at
the union leaders perjury trial.
His party platform calls for peace,
a cease-f1re in Korea, co-opera-
ton with Russia, disarmament
and Civil Rights guarantees.
The party polled 1,156, 103 votes
in 1948 in A States with Henry A.
Wallace it's standard bearer. Mr..
Wallace left the party when he
backed the United States action
in Korea.
The Prohibition Party has
nominated a ticket headed by
Stuart Hamblen, Arcadia, Calf,
cowboy singer. evangelist and
composer. and DR.. Enoch Arden
Holtwick, Greenville, III. The
party, which polled 103,216 votes
in 19 States in 1948, adopted a
platform calling for Government
economy and subordinating "sel-
fish interests" in working for
world peace, as well as advance
ment of prohibition.
Socialists Still Vigorous.
The Socialist Party candidates
are Darlington Hopes, 55-year-
old Reading, Pa, attorney, and
Samuel H. Friedman, SIS, head of
the New York local CIO Com
munity and Social Agency EN-
ployes Union. Its platform, be-
sides advocating the usual So
cialist measures, favors abolition
of the draft. The party polled
$4,000 votes in 81 States four
years ago.
Eric Hass, New York, editor of
"The Weekly People" and Stephen
Emery, New York subway train
dispatcher, head of the Socialist
Labor Party ticket. the anti-cap-
Iitalist group that rang up 29,06l
votes in 81 States in 1948.