AMERICAN POLITICS
NEW PARTIES FORMING. ORGANISING FOR NEXT ELECTION. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSN.—COPYRIGHT NEW YORK, July 7. Chicago reports that-two new political parties came into being on Friday—the Federated Fanner-Labour Party and the Farmer-Labour Party. Both announce their intention of entering the 1924 election campaign, with separate platforms and candidates. , A convention was called with the object- of creating a single FarmerLabour Party, but the majority of the Farmers’ Labour Party refused to affiliate with the federated body. . When the latter’s control was gained by leaders favouring the recognition of the Russian Soviet’s and the policies of Moscow rule, the FarmerLabour Party decided to retain the support of the American Federation of Labour by vigorously opposing the radical tendency.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 10 July 1923, Page 7
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