Ogden Daily Standard | 1920-01-19 | Page 3 | Appeal to Unions to Unite in Politics

i m Mil im-H . .i.-iiJ.;uTCTrJI 111, I IMALI-Um II I I f iPiwoITo UNITE i politics; Social Democratic League Puts Out Message Third Party I Considered Impracticable ! NEW YORK. Jam 19 An appeal to 'the labor unions and "the workers of America," to unite for political action, imt as a third party but on the basis of the non-partisan leagues in North Dakota and Minnesota, was Issued here by the Social Democratic League of America. The nppcat is signed by Charles Edward Russell, persident: 'Henry L. Slobodin, vice president; j Willinm English Walling, secretary, and J. G. Phelps Stokes, secretary. The statement declares that a third party is impractible as "the American political system could nQt suppress third parties more effectively if it had been speclallv created for that purpose." pur-pose." The" alternative proposed, which is called "thc worker's indc-l pendent political league plan" .Is claimed claim-ed to be in successful operation in! Minnesota and to give "every promise or actually capturing the whole machinery ma-chinery of that state for the cause of labor and democracy and electing a dozen congressmen. and a senator in' the fall election." As to what is to be accomplished by the now political ac-, tion the statement specifies four main i objectives: Abolition of the excessive exces-sive power of the courts over legislation; legisla-tion; control over credit to be taken from financiers and vested in public agency, coupled wkh government administration ad-ministration or thc railroads for two i years; direct and truthful means of revealing excess costs and profits and so of preventing hoarding and unfair price fixing; unrestricted right of col- lectie bargaining " j