Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 189, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1920 — FORTY-EIGHTERS HAVING RUMPUS [ARTICLE]

FORTY-EIGHTERS HAVING RUMPUS

New York, Aug. s.—An announcement that the committee . of forty-eight was preparing to withdraw formally from all connection with the farmer-labor party of which Parley P. Christensen is the presidential nominee, today ed closely charges by-_H. A. McCollem and Charles A. Weaver, who, in resigning as officials and members of the Utah farmer-labor organization, charged the party was controlled by the Industrial Workers of the World. Reorganization of the committee of forty-eight along the original lines of the party will be undertaken at a meeting of the executive committee next Monday, »fcording to Allen McCurdy, secretary of the forty-eighters. In a statement issued today he said the. farmer-labor party is a “radical” organization and does not adhere to the principles upon which the committee of forty-eight attempted to build a national party. - „ . Replying to the charges of McGol--Ipm and Weaver, Mr. Christiansen declared the farmer-labOr party is not under I. W. W. control, but is composed of “every-day Americans seeking relief from the economic autocracy in this countrv ** In a formal statement Mr. Christensen challenged the political integrity of McCollem and Weaver.