THIRD PARTY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 April 1938, Page 7

THIRD PARTY

FORMED IN THE UNITED STATES LEAD BY LA FOLLETTE BROTHERS REVOLT AGAINST NEW IDEAL By Telegraph—Press Association. Copyright. MADISON (Wisconsin), April 28. A movement of first-rate importance and having special significance for President Roosevelt’s own political fortunes was launched tonight by the La Follette brothers, Senator and Governor, when they formed the National Progressive Party, which is pledged to avoid the equally old-fashioned Capitalism, Socialism, Fascism and Communism and to support the so-called American Liberalism. The party, which hopes to have candidates in all States in 1940, is seen to represent the movement of revolt against the New Deal, which the La Follettes supported. Governor Philip La Follette, in announcing the formation of the Progressive Party, declared that the President’s good intentions were hamstrung by reactionaries and feudists within the Democratic Party itself, and the new party will be distinct from both the Democrats and the Republicans. Governor La Follette enunciated five principles which, with the exception of the first —namely, that ownership and control of money and credit without qualification or reservation must be under public and not private, control, are merely promises for the economic betterment of the people. The platform will be drafted later. The Progressives apparently represent the Mid-Western Movement, which is principally agrarian and Labour in character, but they will attempt to reassure the safety of capital. This movement, which joined the Roosevelt forces, found itself frustrated on the one hand by the strong Southern Conservative groups and on the other hand by the so-called Radical fringe, both of which are constituent parts of the Democratic Party. It is not considered that the Progressives will be strong enough by 1940 to gain important positions, but they may seriously divide the strength of the Democrats and open the way to a Republican victory in the Presidency congest. WAGES AND HOURS. BILL HELD UP IN HOUSE. (Recd This Day, 9.40 a.m.) WASHINGTON, April 29. President Roosevelt’s New Deal programme suffered another defeat when the House of Representative Rules Committee, disregarding a virtual mandate from the. President, voted to bottle up the New Wages and Hours Bill in committee for the remainder of the present session. Pro-administration leaders immediately began a movement to discharge the Committee and to force the measure to the floor of the House, but it is believed the time available is insufficient in the present session, which is expected to terminate on May 6.