 He was rebuffed by Weisbord's group, who would only unite with him on the basis of the program of the Left Opposition, but got a more sympathetic hearing from the Trotskyists.In September he attended a conference sponsored by the League for Independent Political Action that was attempting to build a movement for a Farmer–Labor Party, but nothing came of it.Gitlow had more luck with the Trotskyist Communist League of America.