CONFIDENCE! THE 1940 PROGRESSIVE KEYNOTE
Confidence! The 1940 Progressive Keynote [AN EDITORIAL] THERE was a spirit of high resolve and vigorous determination in the air at the Progressive "birthday party" held at Wisconsin Rapids on...
...The Progressives at Sunday's gathering heard what is being done and what is being planned by the Progressive women of the state...
...They came to take their stand under the banner of the Progressive movement and be present at what may well be considered as the firing of the opening gun in the Progressive campaign of 1940...
...Representatives of other groups, particularly farm and labor organizations, that attended the birthday celebration made it clear that they are preparing to take an active and vigorous part in the 1940 campaign...
...Vena Rice's talk rang with sincerity and left no doubt that the women in the Progressive movement are determined to do their share...
...It is good to know that young people with Progressive, constructive ideals are uniting and working so well together and are out to do their part...
...Yes, the general attitude of Sunday's notable gathering was one of confidence and high resolve...
...The account that was given of the Young Progressive movement in the talk by Tom Fairchild was an inspiration to the older members of the movement...
...The Sunday conference provided the keynote...
...Progressives all over the state have the signal...
...The 1940 Progressive Keynote [AN EDITORIAL] THERE was a spirit of high resolve and vigorous determination in the air at the Progressive "birthday party" held at Wisconsin Rapids on Sunday— the sixth anniversary of the founding of the Progressive party at Wisconsin...
...There was none of the gloom that its detractors would expect from a party that suffered losses at the polls in the last campaign,—losses that at least removed from Progressive ranks certain pseudo-Progressives that were only interested in what they personally could get out of the Progressive movement...
...The record of Progressive achievement of the past stands in devastating contrast to the Heil saga of broken promises, hypocrisy, and government for special interests...
...AFTER all these months of Republican misrule, the Progressive movement has a real message to present to the people of Wisconsin...
...AT this Progressive birthday ob-servance was outlined the hard work that lies ahead for the Progressive movement in this state if government is to be rescued from reactionary control and Wisconsin re-established as a leader among the states of the nation in the path of social progress, a state that deserves to proclaim its motto as "Forward...
...The throng of men who gathered there came from all parts of the state, traveling through unpleasant weather, many of them for many miles...
...Let's carry on from there...
Vol. 10 • May 1940 • No. 21
