GARD WITHROW WORKS FOR PHIL'S CANDIDACY
Gard With row Works For Phil's Candidacy Candidate for Congress Has Fine Record as a Progressive Gardner R. Withrow, La Follette Progressive candidate for congress in the seventh district, in an...
...Withrow is a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and is the state legislative representative of that organization...
...He has always been a Progressive, and in the past 10 years has been active in support of such Progressives as Robert M. La Follette Sr...
...His stand on the equalization bill 542-A in the 1927 session, under provisions of which the congested areas have been compelled to bear more of the cost of educating the boys and girls of the rural districts, stamped him as an outstanding champion of the masses...
...John J. Blaine, Robert M. La Follette, Jr., Joe Beck and others...
...Withrow conveys to the voters that he is standing four-square behind the candidacy of Philip F. La Follette for governor, as he says the success and continuity of the Progressive movement in Wisconsin depends upon Phil's nomination and election...
...Gard With row Works For Phil's Candidacy Candidate for Congress Has Fine Record as a Progressive Gardner R. Withrow, La Follette Progressive candidate for congress in the seventh district, in an active speaking campaign is informing the voters in unmistakable terms his exact position in regard to state and national issues...
...Withrow, as a member of the 1927 session of the legislature, at which time he represented the first La Crosse district, was openly commended by all Progressives for his decided stand against the Zimmerman tax bill, which shifted the btu'den of income taxation from the backs of those best able to pay to those least able, namely, farmers and persons of small means...
...Withrow fought for its passage upon the floor of the assembly and before the several committees, because it was for the best interests of the educational system of the state of Wisconsin...
...His record in civil and public life ls Progressive without a flaw...
...Although this measure cost La Crosse $12,000 Mr...
...Withrow's record in regard to farm and labor legislation was such that he has been endorsed in glowing terms by labor organizations, and George A. Nelson, B. J. Gehrmann of the American Society of Equity...
Vol. 1 • September 1930 • No. 41
