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...people of North Dakota violently disagreed last week. Last month Governor William Langer was found guilty of conspiring to defraud the U. S. Government by soliciting party funds, in the guise of subscriptions to his administration newspaper, from Federal employes (TIME, June 25). A stay of sentence was granted by Federal Judge Andrew Miller pending the forthcoming primary elections, in which Governor Langer was a candidate to succeed himself...
When they went to the polls last week, North Dakota Republicans had the choice of three slates: Independent Voters Association, "Real Non-Partisan League" and Governor Langer's Non-Partisan League proper. While his enemies bitterly cried for his defeat as "a convicted criminal." William Langer stood on his record. Was it not better, asked friends of "the poor man's Governor," to accept campaign funds from the rank-&-file than to solicit them from rich corporations which would expect fat State favors? On their ballots. North Dakotans, rich & poor, thundered "Yes!" Governor Langer was renominated with...
...moon-faced William Langer of North Dakota has the distinction of being the only Republican Governor in any of the 42 states carried by Roosevelt in 1932. Last week Governor Langer attained a second distinction when he became the first man convicted of fraud under a new Federal law. For the past 18 months, Governor Langer has made things hum in North Dakota. He made a big to-do by calling out the militia to enforce his wheat embargo, his mortgage moratorium. When taunted by his enemies for a 5% levy on the wages of all State job holders, Governor...
...East," Professor Langer, Harvard...
...with nearly 2,000 worthless bonds and stock certificates, called it the Million-dollar Room. Last week in Chicago a noisy rabble of 10,000 bondholders from 22 states marched down Michigan Boulevard tossing equally worthless bonds on the street, trampling them with vicious whoops. Led by Governor William Langer of North Dakota, they shouted, "We've been robbed." displayed banners reading: "WE HAVE BONDS, BUT NO BREAD." "DILLINGER AND CAPONE ARE AMATEURS." Thousands of spectators jampacked the sidewalks as the three-mile procession rolled through the financial district, police motorcycles chattering in the vanguard. In the rear, street...