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Show PARLEY P. SEES "DIRT FARMER" .1924 BEST BET S. L. Presidential Candidate Candi-date Leading Figure in Attempted Coalition of Many Independent Units THOUSAND MINORITY LEADERS IN MEETING r-a-sTM-a-sTawaw-a Ford Cannot Be Fanner Labor Candidate Until He Subncribes to Plat-form. Plat-form. ChrUtenten Says CHICAGO, July I (By TJ. P.) Dslsratoa" from minority portlos claiming to rprcnt a otlnjr strona-tb of four to flv million, oonvonod bars today to orfanlao a third political party and attempt to sleet a "dirt farm! prssldent of ths Vnltsd Statca. Ths coalition 1a to bo offectod at a conforsnc bolnff held In conjunction conjunc-tion with th annual con von t Ion of tho Irrosr-Labor party, which haa alroady .rained a powsrfui foothold In tho Northwaat. -- Horn than too minority polklcai leador from . tblrty-asven states wlU attand tha sessions sbforo thoy aro ovor Thursday, J. O. Brown, sacratary of Parlay P. Chrtstsnson. national atandard bsarsr of tha rarrnsr-lLborttsa, aatd. Unity amonf votai a of organisations organisa-tions rsprosentod -will mako tho third party "moat formldablo to tho 1924 olootlona, Chrtstensen assorted. Chrlstsnson, a presidential candi-dat candi-dat last election, la the "father of tho amalfamatlon proect, which Includes In-cludes the Father La borl tea, alntrl tajtem. labor political nnlta nonpar tlsan Imcu factions, women's or-ftanlsatlona or-ftanlsatlona and a seor of "libera 1 ands.-proa-oaaivo'' elementa. rORD STORM CENTER. Henry Ford wilt b a storm canter can-ter of tho confers ncs. It waa presaged pre-saged at th open In r. With a atrona; olsment urclnc that ha lead tho proposed pro-posed party aa Ha presidential candidate. can-didate. Chrlatensen led a flifht for a "dirt farmer nominee, Although farmer dsleeates first proposed Ford, Chrlstenaen sxpecta to win them over to hla Idea by th time a nominating convention is held next yer. "80 far aa wo know Ford from an oeonomlo standpoint, b doe not atand for tho principles advocated by tha Farmor-Tabor party," Chris-tsnssn Chris-tsnssn said, Should ho openly declare de-clare himself In favor of our plat (Continued on pags t ) PAMP. (Continued from peg 1.) form. It would bo a different matter. mat-ter. "As It stand now. thl sudden Ford boom I only tho cry of th American oeoolo in desperation. "Th people are calling him to S amove them from tho conditions f ths day. They had their Taft, their Wilson, their Harding and now they ask for Ford. FIGHTER SOUGHT. "They don't know him yet. They know something Is wrong. They are convinced ho can fight their battle bat-tle against Wall street for them." Chrlhtenoen says h does) not expect ex-pect either big party to nominate Ford, but if either tho Republicans or th Democrats hear the call and ths automobile maker gets Inside th partle ha will "tear It to place." All thl would strengthen th cause of tha Farmer-Labor party and If Ford run aa aa Independent. If will alao strengthen th chance of a thiol party such a under projection. pro-jection. Chrletenaen said. Chrlstensea declared ho believes tha chance of tho Farmer-Labor party to lct it candidates good. "At least wt can look for remarkable, remark-able, success In fighting ths old parties par-ties In several elates," he said. W. K. Green, secretary of th tat progressive central committee of Nebraska, and H. F. Samuels, progressive candidate for governor of Idaho at tho last election, arc among tho leaders attending th oonventlon. Both declared that ths main Issues Is-sues of ths country are finance and transportation. Other leaders took a stand for repeal of th federal re-set re-set 1 e set.. |