Show NORRiS REFUSES TO JO HEAD THIRD PARTY PROJECT f Nebraskan Wa Wants lt Best es Jn in In Government Government Govern- Govern ment L WASHINGTON July 7 1 AP AP AP- Senator of Nebraska In a aletter a aletter letter Jetter maae public last Jast night replying replying re- re plying to an offer to cooperate with him In the leadership of the poUt poUt- teal leal movement headed by the late Senator La Follette of Wisconsin a asserted he did not want to be associated as- as with any political party as a's Its h leader ader The i letter getter sent form Wis Vis was addressed to Warren Shaw Fisher of the Progressive Political league Ind of the state of New ew york who had written congratulating congratulating con con- him upon having assumed assumed as the lead leadership of the Progressive Pro- Pro party and offering him the aid of a special committee of the league Mr Norris said he had received 11 quite e. e a large dumber u ber of similar eaters etters s from other sections of the the- country containing the statement hat he had assumed the leadership leader leader- shIp of the Progressive party and that he he did riot und understand how thIs Idea became so prevalent over the country If In the first place I would cons con- con s eider del It Improper for me me to assume the leadership of any party or faction fac- fac Rion Uon tion he wrote wrote i As rAs you perhaps know I was not m. m n favor of the organization of the third third party and did not Join In the fhe movement I never questioned the Sincerity and patriotism patriotism- of those who oho went Into the third party movement ent but It seined to me that what hat the country was suffering most most lost from ironi was too much partisanshIp partisanship partisan partisan- ship I expect to tor work In the future asI asI as I have in the past for those things n 1 government that I believe to be right and I will support them them- regardless re- re of whether they originate with Dem Democrats Republicans Progressives Progressives Pro- Pro or men bearing any Other other oth oth- er party label |