Show WESTERN MAN TO HEAD NEW PARLEY P christensen OF SALT LAKE IS CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT selection of utahn comes on second ballot at chicago convention of farmer labor party max hayes for or vice president chicago the fanner labor party was formally forni ally launched lain Klied here on in july 11 14 when candidates tor for ident and vice president were placed in the fiell parley I 1 11 christensen 0 of salt lake city utah was declared de lared llie tile presidential nominee ot of tile the farmer labor party winning over dudley ilerd sindone of new york on the second ballot by a vote ot of 4 t 10 to alii nomination was then made unanimous tax max claye of cleveland ohio was nominated by acclamation for vice president dent s the different groups attending the convention members 0 of the labor party the committee of I forty orty elgha representatives 0 of farm organizations socialists and others had come to an agreement on july 13 as to a name for the new dew party and the platform upon which the candidates were to go before the people sir christensen was permanent chairman of the committee of forty eight convention but iea nel strongly to the labor group and was among the principal leaders in bringing about the amalgamation of the various groups in session liere here the past tow few days parley 1 P christensen was born at weston idaho july 19 1869 lie he was educated in the public schools ot of utah and wets was graduated from the state university in IM ile he then attended cornell university receiving tile degree of LL U in 1807 1897 1 insap in september of the same year lie was admitted to the lie bar of utah and in 1003 1005 to tile the united states supreme court sir ir christensen entered into the practice of law in salt lake in 1897 among the offices he has held are those ot of principal of the murray schools principal of the grantsville Grants ville city schools city attorney of grants ville county superintendent of schools school in tooele thoele secretary of the utah constitutional convention in 1895 and county attorney of salt lake county lie was several times candidate for the Ite publican nomination for congress but was not successful sf ol 01 lie he was mas a member of the house in the utah state legislature in 1915 1913 two platforms were presented the majority preamble declared that la llie lie united states the power of government lias hns been stolen from the people clas classed sed the peace conference as a greedy spectacle declared that effort Is now being made in the united states to stifle discussion and strip rights and liberties from americans american an and announced that into this breach step amalgamated anial anointed anin ted groups of men and women mho perform useful with hand and brain the first plank entitled per cent americanism called for repeat repeal ot of laws against espionage criminal syndic syndicalism allam and sedition and demanded restoration ot of civil liberties and american doctrines E election of federal judges and establishment lish ment 0 of f the initiative referendum and recall the referendum aPPI applying tu to war issues except in cases of 0 actual military invasion the second plank headed abolish militarism at blome and abroad demands withdrawal ot of the united states from froin further participation 11 under the treaty of versailles and offers recognition to elected governments lu in alussia and ireland with refusal to go to war mar with nith mexico at the behest of wall treet street it asks also for withdrawal from the dictatorship over the philippines hawaii unit haiti dominican republic porto ditico illco cuba samoa and guam on democratic control of industry the platform declared for the right of labor to an increasing share in tile the responsibilities and management of industry application of this principle to bo be developed in accordance with the experience ot of actual operation public ownership and operation with democratic co control atrol of tit nil public utilities and natural resources including large abbato Irs stockyards stock yards grain elevators water power and cold storage and terminal warehouses warehouse was wil s declared for in fit alie I 1 lie fourth plank promotion of agricultural prosperity by extension or of rural credits credit reduction red lleti oll of farm tenancy and legislation legisla tion to provide advocated advocate d on 00 operation cooperation co was government finance tile llie platform urged bonuses to soldiers iol itol diers dico income nie and in lerl beri tance taxes tales ended dd A bill of rights for labor the lie document it criticized criticised congress sharply harp for fulling falling I 1 to satisfy labor it recognition of unqualified right of the 0 of workers to organize repeal esch cummins transportation act eight hour jay day and forty tour four bodif lio week old age and unemployment lat nt provisions governmental work on housing us road building etc in time ot of un employment a federal depar department tul cut of 01 education abolition of private employment I 1 la 10 mall to attention agencies cles grants and enforcement tf df atle w a wens mens act |