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Show LABOR AND FARMER FAVOR NEW TICKET MOVE 13 LAUNCHED IN CHICAGO TO BRING ABOUT POLITICAL CHANGE IN TWO YEARS Leaders Predict An Entire National Ticket Will Be In Field Not Later Than 1824; Meeting Is , Unique ! Chicago Representatives of organized organ-ized labor and formers luld plans here Monday to gain political control of tlie United States. Coalition of the various groups of labor will lie effected around the United Unit-ed Fanners' national bloc, formed here Saturday, It was stated on good authority. au-thority. Leaders predicted that an entire national na-tional ticket of the contemplated party would be In the field by 1024. Until that time candidates of other parties, If satisfactory, will be given the support of the new party. In cob ;all other candidates are unsatisfactory, the party will put its choice In the field. ; Labor, according to William Johnston, John-ston, president of the Brotherhood of Machinists, who called Monday's oat-iff, oat-iff, will not find it difficult to cooperate co-operate with the united farmer's na-linal na-linal bloc. l "We expect to build up the etna.1 farm bloc and make a real American bloc," he said. The meeting here Is unique, as this 1 the first time that any real attempt at-tempt has been made to get the various va-rious groups of labor and farmers together. to-gether. Besides the sixteen standard railway rail-way unions, representatives of the So-lallst So-lallst party, the United Mlneworkers" American Federation of Labor, American Amer-ican Society of Equity, Committee of forty-eight, Farmer-Labor party, Non-1 Non-1 partisan league, sifctfle taxers, and . many other groups will attend the next meeting. Representatives of the American Teachers' association and prominent clergymen are also expected to take part In the meeting. President John L. Lewis of the United Mlneworkers will attend and will hold conference with officials of the railway unions relative to the threatened coal strike. The rail unions probably will promise him moral support sup-port in the strike and pass resolutions to that effect, according to Johnston. "Labor has no idea of forming a separate third party," Johnston told the United Press. "I am fully acquainted ac-quainted with the new united farmers' national bloc and am sure that we will have no difficulty In cooperating with It. "After free discussion, I believe all the groups will reach the same conclusion. con-clusion. We find fault with existing conditions, but we are not blameless. Our fault is due to division which has "ixlsted In our various forces." |