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Show PIMM LEAVES FOR CONFERENCE WITH LAFOLLETE ! Frank P. Walsh Outlines Wha( Third Party Should Stand For ,'OLD PARTIES FAIL TO MEET TIMES. HE SAYS Platform to Call for Government Govern-ment Ownership of Principal Industries. Is Belief . CHICAGO, July 8. Amos Pinchot 1 of New VorU, a memher of the com-, com-, mittee of 4H which meets here Saturday Satur-day In a national convention, left to-1 to-1 day for Madison, Wis., to cont'd witTo ; "Senator L,aollelte, who Is mentioned . heatKiuartoi a nen- ot the oommltiec ot 4 as one of the leading candidates ' for a third party jiresidc-i.ua I iionilna- tlon. " Senator 11 ! ollettc has Just refill, re-fill, ed Home after an operation .it .Rochester, Minn. Qv EDWIN I). RIDER N, t. A. Statf Correspondent KA.N.-i.us Ciiv. iuly i with the ' Republican platform .1 direct slap n l j only at organised labor, but. m ihe progressive citizens , AOEiliCa, ' 4 lO ' vv.Ui tne I'leiiToC'c lie ;.,.',r in tiiM 'opinion, ei'pn v.orsc. L'raitk I'. Waisu, former Joint chairman of the war labor la-bor board and one ot the leaders in the committee ot 4fc, behoves me new party hi.s a splendid chance of elect -,ng a president and a majority ot the lower house Of congitss in lite election elec-tion tills year. '1 think the attitude of the Republican Repub-lican part) waa u direct siap, not .none I at organized labor; but at those pro-giessive pro-giessive citizens or America who be-Ifleve be-Ifleve that upon our Industrial read-Ijustnienu read-Ijustnienu uepend not only our na-ilonul na-ilonul prosfierity, but the onward march of civilization' ahi Mr. Walsh. And t tic Denioornttc platform? "The etfort seems to be to go along the line of expediency and vote-eaich-I ing, without regard tor me fundamentals fundamen-tals which tlie producing nia.-.M-h 01 I America are demanding,' said Walsh. P VRT5 PROGRAM Mr Walsh outlined for me what lie believes the new party will stand lor: I 1. Government ownership und con-itrol con-itrol of tho railroads, public uiiiiios. I coal mines and perhaps certain ot the I basic industries, such as the packing houses and steel industry. -.An industrial code a bill of rignta for labor clearly defining the I principles upon which indiuuy shall I bo carried on In tho future; upon which industrial disputes shall be settled set-tled hereafter by government boards jund on which national legislation shall be grounded. This bill of rights, I -Walsh says, should include, ilight of .collective bargaining, right - hour day ar.d 4-hour week, establishment of minimum wage for ordinary or so-called so-called common labor, with dlffeien-tlals dlffeien-tlals for skilled trades, salaried work-I work-I ors. Including clerks, teachers and municipal employes, based upon, first, I the amount and value of the product created, the skill and education ro-i ro-i quired In preparation for the avoca-1 avoca-1 non, the dangers and hazards of the employment, and the , increases In the I post of living. j 3- The uttei abolition of the Injunction In-junction in labor controversies. j l The wiping out of land monopoly. monop-oly. "The land must be subjected to the complete and Immediate benefi-clal benefi-clal use ot mankind,' said Mr. Walsh. 6. Pledge Itself to restore the constitution con-stitution guarantees taken away under ilhe guise of war legislation - absolute j freedom of speech, liberty of the press. . the right of peoplo to assemble and 'the right of any man or woman to utter sentiments no matter how odious I to either the majority or the minority, j "These guarantees,' Walsh ."aid. should be protected In time of wai more Jealously than In time ot peace." GENERAL AMNKsl 6. Genera! amnesty to all political land Industrial prisoners now confined i in the jails and penitentiaries of 1 America Must make cleat that America Am-erica Is still to be the refuge of the .oppressed of all nations that no man shall be deprived of his property, sep- J.irated from his family or deported to foreign lands without a speedy and public trial of thr 1 h irge against him. 7. All rights and privileges should I be restored to tlie progressive new s-' s-' papers of the country which were destroyed de-stroyed by Postmaster General Burleson, Burle-son, and just compensation should be I made to owners for destruction of I their property !. An i-x:e.-s-profit tax or capital levy should lo at once made upon the Individuals and corporations which so I outrageously profited by tht- w ar. "A i direct tax or levy," said Walsh, "on our huge v -s , .,r profit, would pav our entire war Indebtedness, half the budget expense Of the government, 1 and compensate th soldiers who of -1 feted their lives In vindication of thol democracy of th world.' HALI PROFITEERING. 5- Specific declarations must be made for plans to halt profiteering, I (t 'ni timed 011 page Two.) J Pinchoi Leaves j For Conference i With La Follette (i ontinttcd From rage One.) which is absorbing the substance of I the producing masses of our country. I "If necessary," he oald. "prices must be fixed by fair and Imparllnl hoards.") 10 The American merchant mar-Ins mar-Ins must t.r maintained and enlarged nnd conspirators now at work to divert di-vert this great arm of the country's wenlth and progress to foreign gov-j einmcnts and alien shipping interests' must be driven from power. Domestic issues so fat overshadow! the league of nations as to make it a dead Issue, said Walsh ' Tha present pres-ent league of nations is a concoction of the representatives of the decadent Imperial powers of Europe. The Only concert of nations which I could Imagine would ho u council of the governments gov-ernments ot the peoples of the world, which would Include Germany nnd Austria, with c bnsu constitution except ex-cept the disarmament of the world, the scrapping of the navies, and a declaration dec-laration for absolute freedom of the ceas These are the only International questions " |