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Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (487 words) |
 | Farmer-Labor Party was a political party of Minnesota. |
| The party platform called for: protection for farmers and labor union members, government ownership of some industries and social security laws. |
| The Minnesota Democratic Party led by Hubert H. Humphrey was able to merge the Farmer-Labor party with the Minnesota Democratic Party in 1944. |
| Farmer-Labor party. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (333 words) |
| The party’s platform called for the public ownership of railroads, utilities, and natural resources; an end to private banking; and the nationalization of unused land. |
| The party made a poor showing in the 1920 election; its main strength lay in the states of Washington, Montana, and South Dakota. |
| Remaining aloof from the national party of the same name, it established a permanent party structure in 1922. |
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