Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-05-01 | Page 2 | Labor Party is Big Issue Now

me party is BID ISSUE H CLKVKLAND, O, May 1 fBy 17. P) Question of forming the proposed new American labor party waa paramount para-mount here todiiy aa Sorlallste of America and two Important national labor elements met In annual conventions. conven-tions. Boclallets renewed deliberations carried car-ried ovsr from lost week while the International In-ternational Garment Workers and ths Order of Hallway Conductors staged InltlHl meetings. Prospects for formation of ths new party, which, according to leaders, would have' potential voting strength of approximately 1.7&0.000. were conjectural. con-jectural. Following a week-end of bitter bit-ter debate on the proposed amalgamation, amalgama-tion, Socialists were no nearer a decision de-cision than three day ago. Many leader spoke In favor of uniting with labor politically, but oould not oorral sufficient strength to call for a rote on the floor of the convention.