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Show THIRD PARTY IS TO I0SS HAT 111 RING REAL LABOR ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE REPRESENTED IN ST. LOUIS Month of February is Set As Time For Holding Big Pow Wow of Men Who Would Form New Political Party St. Louis, Mo., Another third-party third-party threat is expected to reach its crucial point here February 11, 12 and 13, in a scheduled meeting of more than 100 delegates of the Conference for Political Action. Bona fide labor organizations, Socialists, the Nonpartisan league and the Farmer-Labor party only are represented re-presented in the organization, which came into being in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1021, and was formally organized in Chicago in February, 1022. Plans for consolidating on a third-party third-party candidate for the presidency in case "reactionaries" -are nominated by the Democratic and Republican parties are being prepared for submission sub-mission at this meeting, according to communications received by Arthur Keep, secretary of the organization. Organization work is being carried on in every state, Keep, said. Representatives Repre-sentatives of state federations of labor, the railroad brotherhoods, the shopcrafts, and other organizations of railroad workers, the printing and binding trades and local labor councils coun-cils have been summoned in many states to plan representation at the meeting. Several senators and congress men have been asked to address the meeting. meet-ing. Only authorized delegates of labor la-bor and the three minority parties may participate in the proceedings. More than 2,000,000 men and women will be represented in the labor organizations or-ganizations which will send delegates, Keep said. Officers of the executive committee commit-tee are : William H. Johnson, Washington, Wash-ington, president of the International Association of Mechinists, chairman ; Warren S. Stone, Cleveland, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, En-gineers, treasurer; A. E. Holder, Washington, secretary. |