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Columnist Sokolsky became involved with Communism a long time ago. Born in Utica, N.Y., the son of a rabbi, he graduated from the Columbia School of Journalism and was so attracted by the Russian Revolution that he went to Russia in 1917 to see it firsthand. In Petrograd he got...
Onetime Wisconsin Governor Phil La Follette, still smarting from the long feud between his family and the Journal, has vowed that he would rather have his children grow up "illiterate" than read the Journal. On the other hand, Milwaukee's Socialist Mayor Frank Zeidler, who has been opposed as...
Davis was nominated anyway-as a compromise candidate, on the 16th day and 103rd ballot, by a sweltering, weary, deadlocked Democratic convention. (Vicepresidential candidate: Charles W. Bryan, brother of William Jennings Bryan.) The predictable happened: W. J. Bryan deserted, La Follette started a third party, the Hearst press excoriated Davis...
A Progressive Tradition. Wisconsin's Ninth, which lies in the west-central section of the state along the Minnesota border, is traditionally a La Follette Progressive district. It has a strong membership in the Farmers Union, the left wing of farm organizations, and a substantial C.I.O. vote. It was...
*The previous record holder (18 hr. 23 min., in 1908): Robert M. ("Fighting Bob") La Follette. who had the benefit of rests during quorum calls. The preMorse record for talking longest without quorum calls (as Morse did) was held by Louisiana Senator Allen Ellender (12 hr. 20 min., in 1949...