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: April 12, 1948. ; e Chicago wes the scene thig, Last week-end of two very important i : wectinge in support of the Henry AC‘iigllece third party political movonent. | Coumittee, which wae held Saturday and Sunday at the Sheraton Hotel tm Chicago. 4A group of 385 delegates from 43 states met to lay plans for = formally to establish a third political party with Henry A. Wallace as” delphia will organise, name and adopt an official platform for the new. - 7 the group declared that the two major political parties "have ~ sed into the hands of economic royalists" and have “conspired to deny’ cution.* One of the main objectives of the new party is to keep America from going fascist and to defeat the instigators of reaction, war and; class-hatred, and secure for the American people the blessings ef a =~ Se peaceful, abundant and free America, =; rn “iow, The croup then passed a resolution, copies of which were sent to ~ the leaders of eight Italian political parties, calling for "the establish- ment of a truly representative, democratic Italien government" and not to énformed that war is not {nevitable ad that the security and peace of the American people are not threatened from abroad, as no 4{nvaders would attack grams the Wallace group also said that they repudiated the United States please this country, =. | ne The cablegrams | sent pursuant to the foregoing resolutions were which only recently instructed {te organizations to sponsor such commmnica- . - thons to Italy to offset the snti-Commmist letter campaign ~ on by American legionnaires of Italian descents: 2 we wh ge aries | ned sny congressional “ghe Wetionel Wallece Committee also cond LY 4 & f ne et ee ee Pa ts , wo. al » “ wre &- & UMAY 4 Bee, ATE /e3 8 "the ‘fret meeting we that of the National Wallace-for-Presidemt == fige~:: vi its presidential candidate and Senator Glen H. Taylor (Democrat, Idaho) me RTS as its vice-presidential candidate, The national convention at Phile- 9. our citizens the simple democratic right to vote for a program in which 7 yield to coercion or. 4ntimidation,. The Italien political leaders were also . of liberties are menaced by the fementing of war hysteria, ..In the esblee government's threat to cut off food from Italy unless the election results 4nspired by the National Executive Board of the Comaunist Party in New York, — now being carried act ppetom toward reestablishing Selective Service or enacting Universal Wilitery ®rzining <= in fect, they were against any provisions for adequate national — ‘defense, The whole program was & virtual adoption of moves to further. the , ,/™' a emenangae be TISIAT AD “9H <a . ; AD on af ‘ig te — t netionsl convention to be held in Philadelphie on July 2lith and 25th the greatest and most powerful nation in the world. . The cablegrams also \. stated that peace and security in America and the traditional American syste" | . & . ng! 7