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Show Greatest Political Meeting in History of Party Set for Today NEW YORK, May S. Eugeno V. Dobs now serving ten years in the Atlanta. Ga., penitentiary for violation of tho war-tlmo espionage laws will be formally launched hero tomorrow Into the 1920 national political campaign cam-paign as a candidato for the fifth time for the Socialist presidential nomination. Leaders of the Socialist parly at the convention hero wer sponsors for this statement tonight, adding that Morris Hlllqult probably would announce Dobs as" our candidate" in his second convention speech of a "key note" to be delivered at a Socialist mass meeting meet-ing in Madison Square Garden, important Meeting Tomorrow's garden meeting is regarded re-garded as the "most important over held" by the Socialist party of America, Ameri-ca, according to executive committeemen. committee-men. Tho utterances there, they said tonight, "will in largo measure lay the lines for the coming compaign." Hillquit, Seymour Stodman of Chicago; Chi-cago; Victor Berger, unseated United States representatives from Milwaukoe and Oscar Amerlnger of Oklahoma City, aro scheduled to pronounco orthodox orth-odox party views on leading political topics. Ii!ortnnt Topics These are expected to include an-nestly an-nestly for political prisoners, the government's gov-ernment's attitude towards strikers, free press and froo assemblage, taxation, taxa-tion, socialization of basis industries. Attorney General Palmer's "campaign of repression," deportations, war profits pro-fits and profiteering, the league of' nations, indepondonco of Ireland and self-dotcrminatlon for small nationalities. nation-alities. - 1 The convention went on record in favor of the six hour work day for labor when It voted to confine its day sessions hereafter from 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. Night sessions will bo called next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Thurs-day, it was announced. - - . |