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In 1924, another Progressive Party, led by Senator Robert ("Old Bob") La Follette and championing public control of railroads, power, and natural resources, polled nearly 5,000,000 popular votes, but captured only Wisconsin's 13 electoral votes. The Progressives temporarily displaced the Democrats as the second party in...
Wisconsin's zealous little monthly Progressive, which died three months ago, came back to life last week, with best wishes from brothers Bob & Phil La Follette, but, for the first time since it was formed 39 years ago, without La Follette money and wearing no party's collar...
Spark for an Engine. The Harriman Committee concerned itself less with administrative details than with the ability of the U.S. to meet Europe's needs. The very bulk of its 3-lb. 14-oz. report inspired confidence. Its air of hardheaded realism, resulting largely from the shirtsleeve editing of...
4. Robert La Follette Jr.
Public Servant. Then in 1931 Wisconsin's Governor Phil La Follette asked him to join the state's public service commission. Lilienthal walked the streets of Madison all night, turning the offer over in his mind. Next morning he telephoned his wife, asked her advice and accepted the...