LA FOLLETTE CROWDS CONTINUE TO ASTOUND LEADERS
LA FOLLETTE CROWDS CONTINUE TO ASTOUND LEADERS PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATE IN BIG TRIUMPHS Has Spoken To 9,000 In One Day; Big Ovation In Barron County SEN. LA FOLLETTE ARRIVES IN...
...In spite of having delivered from three to nine speeches a day for the past three weeks...
...Mrs...
...The date when he will open his tour of the state has not been definitely set...
...arrived back in Madison on Monday after finishing up his work at the national capital, and is planning to take the stump in the campaign...
...A band of 200 Indians had traveled more than 18 miles by truck from the reservation at Reserve, Wis...
...The day in Barron county was climaxed when 1500 persons packed the Rice Lake auditorium to capacity to hear La Follette's address...
...Isabelle Bacon La Follette who opened her campaign with two addresses Tuesday in Milwaukee...
...She is planning a tour which will take her into many of the important sections of the state, and will wind up her canvass of the state in Milwaukee county during the late day...
...Later in the afternoon he spoke before 3,500 persons at Darlington at an old settlers' picnic...
...She is being accompanied by Mlss Margaret Johnson...
...The La Follette meeting at Rice Lake was as large as any political gathering that has ever been held there, local leaders declared...
...of the campaign Sen...
...The additional three speeches were made at the request of local leaders...
...In Barron county, last Wednesday, Phil La Follette delivered nine speeches although his itinerary called for only six...
...On Saturday, he spoke at Iron River and Mason before large sized crowds, and that evening he took the train for Madison, a 300 mile trip...
...The grandstand of the Buffalo county fair grounds was packed to the rafters Tuesday night when La Follette spoke there, and the crowd applauded his speech enthusiastically throughout...
...William M. Stcuart, director of the census: Ethelbert Stewart, commissioner of labor statistics, and a representative of the Department of Agriculture will be ex-«AHiA members of the com...
...The officall announcement states that the members of the committee will Include representatives of the "American Federation of Labor, the United States Chamber of Commerce, the Manufacturers' Association, the Industrial Conference Board, the railway employes and other local organizations, the National Bureau of Eco- j nomic Changes, and other economic bodies...
...Mrs...
...under which only a seasoned campaigner of the sturdy La Follette type could stand up...
...Robert M. La Follette Jr...
...LA FOLLETTE ARRIVES IN MADISON Candidate's Wife Also Starts On Speaking Trip In Milwaukee Carrying his message into the far flung regions- of the stale again during the past week, Phil La Follette, Progressive gubernatorial candidate, succeeded in drawing crowds which have astounded even his most enthusiastic supporters...
...Madison school teacher, who is also speaking on behalf of La Follette's candidacy...
...Tours Douglas County La Follette spoke in Douglas county Friday, winding up the day at Superior where a crowd of over 900 heard him in spite of the intense heat...
...to provide entertainment for the meeting...
...La Follette's voice is in fine, shape, and shows no signs of fatigue...
...La Follette Speaks The young Progressive standard bearer was joined in the field this- week by his wife...
...Arriving in Madison early Sunday morning, he journeyed by auto to New Glarus where he delivered a non-political address before 4,000 persons at the celebration of the Swiss republic anniversary...
...The following day, La Follette made s speaking tour of Sawyer county, and that evening addressed a crowd of more than 2,000 persons at Hayward...
...La Follette is a seasoned campaigner before opening her tour on behalf of her husband, having been active In prior campaigns on behalf of Progressives...
...Hoover Creates Group to Study Aid to Jobless Labor, Chamber of Commerce to Be Represented on Newest Body for Study of Situation WASHINGTON—President Hoover announces the creation of a fact-finding 'committee to Investigate unemployment and unemplyoment relief measures...
...La Follette had made the trip back into the northern section of the state again, and he made a tour of Eau Claire county during the day concluding the tour with an address before 1,300 persons at Eau Claire In the evening...
...Addressing from a few hundred to nearly 9.000 people a day, La Follette has been hammering away at a strenuous par...
...By Monday morning...
Vol. 1 • August 1930 • No. 36
