PROGRESSIVES ARE COMING BACK, BOB TELLS ENTHUSIASTIC BIRTHDAY GATHERING
Revell, Aldric
Progressives Are Coming Back, Bob Tells Enthusiastic Birthday Gathering By ALDRIC REVELL WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. — The Progressive party Is determined to make up for the defeat of 1938, and...
...But if we allow ourselves to be drawn into the European slaughter, it will bleed us white and leave us as helpless at the end as the rest...
...The veteran Progressive, who first voted for the late U. S. Sen...
...Evjue, who was chairman of the conference which launched the Progressive party in 1934, declared that the basic fight Progressives have always made was against the encroachment of the powerful few upon the rights of the many...
...We must and shall provide adequate military defenses for this hemisphere to protect us against invasion or interference...
...Standing erect despite his years, and with a distinguished white beard, Mr...
...But I demand a joint congressional committee created representing military, naval, and appropriations committees of the house and seViate, including technical experts, to make a thorough study of this vital problem...
...La Follette received the greatest applause, however, when he discussed the European situation and America's place in tlie present conflict...
...I would vote the last man and the last dollar if necessary to defend this hemisphere, but in the name of democracy I pledge to you that I shall never give my vote to send American boys to fight overseas in a foreign war...
...We have only to follow that course faithfully and we will be in a position when the war is over to offer some real assistance to the war-torn nations in bringing about a lasting peace and extending aid to the victims of war and aggression...
...LaFollelte said: "As we come together to celebrate the launching of the Progressive party, wc re-affirm our faith in the urgent necessity for a genuine political realignment in the state and nation and a. truly Progressive program for a dynamic America and the building up of the western hemisphere...
...RAIN, DISTANCE FAIL TO DAUNT THIS VETERAN Neither rain nor distance could keep E. S. Hildeman, Shawano, 88, from attending the Progressive birthday party at Wisconsin Rapids Sunday...
...Equally, if not more important, they have the right to demand a sound co-ordinated plan for the future development and maintenance of our national defense...
...for the benefit of the many but for the benefit of the powerful few," he said...
...Hildeman was an outstanding figure at the convention...
...He declared...
...La Follette said...
...We are determined to defend this hemisphere from the Arctic circle to Cape Horn against all comers...
...We will not tolerate a change in the sovereignty of an inch of territory needed for the defense of this hemipshere...
...Sees New Determination "If I am any judge of the sentiment expressed here today, the Progressive forces in the state have come back with renewed determination to make up in good measure for the defeat of 1938," Sen...
...Robert M. La Follette...
...The Progressive party Is determined to make up for the defeat of 1938, and Wisconsin has had a two-year innocu-latlon of "reactionary Republicanism which ought to serve as an effective vaccination against contracting the disease further," U. S. Sen...
...America has the opportunity of emerging from this world crisis as the strongest nation on earth if we will follow our determination to solve our own domestic problems and keep out of the European war...
...On this sixth anniversary of its establishment in our state I can say to you with a great deal of pride that the Progressive party Is the party of today in Wisconsin, and I confidently believe that it will be the party of tomorrow In the nation...
...Robert M. La Follette Jr...
...We are prepared to make whatever sacrifices are necessary in order to do so...
...The taxpayers and the congress are entitled to know what the present state of our national defense is...
...Furthermore Wisconsin has now had a two-year innoculation of reactionary Republicanism which ought to serve as an effective vaccination against contracting the disease further," ne said...
...Sen...
...This will bring the appropriations for this session up to three billions for this purpose alone...
...told 2,000 Progressives at the birthday celebration of the party here Sunday...
...We know today that the Heil administration from top to bottom has functioned not...
...Sen...
...Sr., 50 years ago, hitch-hiked the 8V miles to attend the rally...
...Would Study Problem "I am ready to support the president's recent request for more than a billion dollars for national defense...
...It is my sober judgment that this will be our year...
Vol. 10 • May 1940 • No. 21
