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Show CHiifj OF 48 I RflPS M PARTY I Hopkins Declares There Is Still I Meed of Another Political Ol conization j CHICAGO. July 1 7 J A. H Hop- IH kins chairman of the committee of ' JMUed a statement attacking the iHHH newly formed farmer-labor" partv faBH and announcing that there was still ' i ll demand for a real new party.- IsalH "The purpose of the delegates of the IbbHH committee of 4S and the labor party fLUIH in meeting to organize a common con- ILH Ventlon was never consummated" tbe IssalH statement said. "A joint convention laBH never was organised, did not functlo-i bIHH as a joint (.invention and tragically L failed to form such a party for all the LIHH American people. I On the contrary the meeting was 1 under the control of a few labor lead-era lead-era who, in my judgment did not rep-resent rep-resent the leaders of the rank nnd file of labor. Parliamentary proceedure LHHH ' was flagrantly disregarded. Kven the LaHH aspirations of the labor delegates them selves were smothered "Furthermore, it was quiet appar-eat appar-eat that the labor leaders LIHH were determined not only to dominate the proceedings, but to prevent the I formation of a party and the adoption of a platform which would give the American people a sane, economic program. 1 "The labor loaders were further de- termlned to form a class party under V tho control of a machine which rivals In ant.xTicy the methods of the Pern- , ocratic and Republican parties." Mr Hopkins said that "millions ol LIHH American citizens" would still demand a polltlcnl medium for expression |