ROBERT JACKSON TO BE MEMORIAL SPEAKER
Robert Jackson To Be Memorial Speaker Rites For 'Old Bob' Slated For June 23 At Forest Hill Scene U. S. Attorney-General to Pay Homage to 'Fighting Bob' at 15th Annual Memorial Program ROBERT H....
...The full program will be announced soon...
...A record crowd is expected to attend the services this year to pay homage to "Fighting Bob" and to listen to one of the outstanding speakers in the nation...
...at 2:30 p. m. Sunday June 23...
...John J. Hannan, Madison, veteran Progressive leader who was "Old Bob's" secretary and trusted lieutenant for many years, is chairman of the committee in charge of the arrangements for the memorial exercises...
...In a brilliant review of "Fighting Bob's" great record of achievement, Murphy also warmly praised Young Bob as the "most respected member of the U. S. senate" and Phil as "a brave, courageous, clean fighter...
...The services, which will be held at Forest Hill cemetery, Madison, where the founder of the Progressive movement lies buried, will mark the 15th anniversary of his death on June 18, 1925...
...Robert Jackson To Be Memorial Speaker Rites For 'Old Bob' Slated For June 23 At Forest Hill Scene U. S. Attorney-General to Pay Homage to 'Fighting Bob' at 15th Annual Memorial Program ROBERT H. JACKSON, attorney general of the United States and distinguished American liberal leader, will deliver the principal address at the annual memorial services for Robert Marion La Follette, St...
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...It was Murphy who delivered the memorial address last year...
...In case of inclement weather the services will be held indoors at a place to be announced later...
...Jackson is regarded as one of the outstanding progressive thinkers in the United States...
...Formerly solicitor general of the country, Jackson was appointed attorney general last year when Frank W. Murphy resigned that post to accept appointment to the United States supreme court...
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Vol. 10 • June 1940 • No. 24
