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IssueVol. 004 Issue 009 (March 2 1940)
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Paid articleKYLE LASHES G. O. P. DISTORTIONS, HYPOCRISY
Kyle Lashes G. O. P. Distortions, Hypocrisy Budget and Pension Claims Exposed In Chairman's Analysis Hymns of Hale at Republican Wailing Wall Show Bankruptcy of Party, Kyle Declares JACK. KYLE,...
Paid articleSENATOR BOB GETS SUPPORT OF RAIL UNITS
Senator Bob Gets Support of Rail Units Brotherhoods End o r s e U. S. Senator for Reelection SEN. ROBERT M. LAFOL-LETTE JR. will enter the 1940 campaign with the powerful backing of the nation's...
Paid articleBOB TO BATTLE FOR U. S. PROBE OF MILK TRUST
Bob to Battle For U. S. Probe Of Milk Trust Will Insist on Senate Approval of Fund for Quiz WASHINGTON, D. C—Sen. Robert M. LaFollctte Jr., Wisconsin Progressive, revealed this week that he...
Paid articleNIXON, HEIL MEN SPLIT IN CLASH OVER PULP RATE
Nixon, Heil Men Split in Clash Over Pulp Rate THE state public service commission, dominated by two Hei! ap-ixjintees, voted 2 to 1 last week, to support the pulp transportation rates of Wisconsin...
Paid articleUNCLE SOL' LEVITAN IS DEAD
'Uncle Sol' Levitan is Dead Sudden Illness Is Fatal Tuesday at Hospital SOLOMON LEVITAN, 77, state treasurer of Wisconsin for six terms and a leader of the Progressive movement in this state for...
Paid articleADAMS COUNTY CLUB BACKS O. S. LOOMIS FOR GOVERNOR
Adams County Club Backs O. S. Loo mis for Governor Resolution Urges Former Attorney Ceneral to Run ORLAND S. LOOMIS, Mauston, former attorney general of Wisconsin, was advanced as a candidate for...
Paid articleMALONEY BLASTS GOP WHITENING OF SHAKEDOWN
Maloney Blasts GOPWhitening of Shakedown Coalition Action Assailed as 'Lowest Form of Racket' NORRIS E. MALONEY district attorney of Dane county who investigated the notorious shakedown scandal in...
Paid articleG. O. P. SURTAX FALLS HEAVILY ON LOW-PAID
G.O.P.Surtax Falls Heavily on Low-Pa id New Exemptions Leave Wealthy Almost Untouched LOW-INCOME families in Wisconsin, who will be struggling with their income tax returns during the next two...
Paid articleSEND ACCOUNTS OF PARTY MEETS TO PROGRESSIVE
Send Accounts of Party Meets to Progressive OFFICERS of local and county Progressive organizations throughout the state are urged io keep The Progressive informed of meetings scheduled in their...
Paid articleSAUTHOFF ANTI-WAR STAND WINS CONVO APPLAUSE
Sauthoff Anti-War Stand Wins Convo Applause Ex-Congressman Warns Against Stampede of Slogans HARRY SAUTHOFF. former Progressive congressman from the second district, received an ovation last week...
Paid articleLABOR APPEALS 'HARSH' DECREE OF STATE BOARD
Labor Appeals 'Harsh' Decree of State Board Republican Labor Law Assailed by AFL As Invalid ORGANIZED LABOR launched a counter-attack last week against the Republican administration's employment...
Paid articleRICKEMAN ASKS STATE ABANDON ISOLATION STAND
Rickeman Asks State Abandon Isolation Stand Declaring that "this is not Europe" and that Wisconsin should abandon its isolationist policy in regard to motor vehicle reciprocity agreements with...
Paid articleSLAGG ACCUSES WPL OF EFFORT TO PREVENT MO
Slagg Accuses WPL of Effort to Prevent MO The Wisconsin Power and Light Co. was accused by Atty. Stanley Slagg. representing the city of Edgerton. of seeking to enlarge the convpany's property...
Paid articleDYKSTRA SAYS LOSS OF 8 PROFESSORS LEAVING CAMPUS HITS SEVERE BLOW AT U. OF W.
Fleming, Robert R.
Dykstra Says Loss of 8 Professors Leaving Campus Hits Severe Blow at U. of W. Lists "Unusually Long for This Time of Year," President Points Out; Fights "Jitters" Among School's Faculty Members By...
Paid articleTHE EDITOR SAYS
Evjue, William T.
The Editor Says By WILLIAM T. EVJUE THE CAPITAL TIMES mourns following the death of Solomon Lev-itan because he was a staunch friand :r. the those dark early days when The Copital Times needed...
Paid articleMARTIN RULES CONVO CASH APPROPRIATIONS LEGAL
Martin Rules Convo Cash Appropriations Legal Atty. Gen. John E. Martin informed Secretary of State Fred K Zimmerman this week that legislative ads appropriating $50,000 to the American I-egion 1941...
Paid articleATTORNEY FOR STATE BAR COMMISSIONERS REFUSES TO DISCUSS GRAFT CASE
Parker, Cedric
Attorney For State Bar Commissioners Refuses To Discuss Graft Case Rogers Won't Deny or Admit Probe of Former District Attorney's Corruption; No Disbarment Action Started By CEDRIC...
Paid articleCAPITOL SOCIAL NOTE
Capitol Social Note MADISON was host last week to the Honorable Julius P. Heil, well-known Milwaukee industrialist and clubman. Mr. Hell dropped in on the city following the adjournment of the...
Paid articleBOB LA FOLLETTE LEADING DRIVE FOR PARK PLAN
Bob La Follette Leading Drive for Park Plan Hastens Consideration of Recreational Project WASHINGTON, D. C.—Sen. Robert M. LaFollette Jr., took, the lead last week in pushing the proposal for...
Paid articleSTATE IS GIVEN MARCH BOOST IN WPA QUOTA
State Is Given March Boost In WPA Quota WPA Administrator Philip D Flanner reported Tuesday Wisconsin qno-to for March had been increased by 290 jobs over the February figure but he said the chance...
Paid articleA TRIBUTE TO SOLOMON LEVITAN
[AN EDITORIAL] A Tribute to Solomon Levitan "Who is state treasurer now? When Sol Levitan was state treasurer, we always knew." That statement was casually made yesterday morning by a citizen of...
Paid articleGREVSTAD, WHO SWUNG NORSE TO 'OLD BOB,' DIES
Grevstad, Who Sivung Norse to 'Old Bob,' Dies Editor of Skandinaven, 89, Was Also Lawyer, Diplomat NICOLAY GREVSTAD, editor-in-chief of "Skandinaven." Norwegian language newspaper in Chicago, who...
Paid articleAGAR PREDICTS U. S. TO STAY OUT OF WAR
Agar Predicts U. S. to Stay Out of War But Editor in Talk Here Warns America to Seek Facts Agar American can stay out of the present European war, if we are willing to find out accurately and...
Paid articleINCREASED JOBLESS PAY IS FAVORED BY A. J. ALTMEYER
Increased Jobless Pay Is Favored by A. J. Altmeyer Security Board Head for Liberalizing Present Laws WASHINGTON, D. C—Immediate liberalization of the unemployment compensation laws was recommended...
Paid articleFACTS DISPROVE CLAIMS STATE DAIRY INDUSTRY INJURED BY TRADE TREATIES
Mobley, Radford
Facts Disprove Claims State Dairy Industry Injured By Trade Treaties Imports Small Compared To Domestic Farm Production BY RADFORD MOBLEY WASHINGTON, D. C. — Trade agreement supporters do not...
Paid articleRAILWAY LABOR EXECUTIVES PUT "OKAY" ON 23 SENATORS
Railway Labor Executives Put "Okay" on 23 Senators THE Railway Labor Executives association, meeting m Washington, D. C. last week, endorsed for renomination in this year's primaries, a number of...
Paid articleNEW YORK OBSERVES 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION STATUTE
New York Observes 25th Anniversary Of Workmen's Compensation Statute Gonipers, Other AFL Leaders Led in Long Fight NEW YORK CITY—Former AFL Pres. Samuel Gompers and other AFL leaders of the 1914...
Paid articleROLL CALL
ROLL CALL On MEN and Measures THE Roosevelt administration scored a major victory of the 1940 session of congress on Friday. Feb. 23, when the House of Representatives by a vote of 216 to 168...
Paid articlePOLITICS
Politics Notes from Here and There About Solons and Citizens [By OBSERVER'] THE Communists in Moscow and the Nails in Berlin are now exchanging radio broadcasts of grand opera as a sign of...
Paid articleNEGROES SEEK RIGHT TO JOIN DEMOCRATIC PARTY; SEEK NEW COURT RULING ON ISSUE
Munz, Charles Curtis
Negroes Seek Right to join Democratic Party; Seek New Court Ruling on Issue San Antonio Group Is Asking Ban Be Removed By CHARLES CURTIS MUNZ SAN ANTONIO, Texas.—What do the 14th and 15th...
Paid articlePUBLIC PLANTS HAVE LOWEST BILLS
Public Plants Have Lowest Bills LOWEST AND HIGHEST RESIDENTIAL BILLS—JAN. 1, 1940 KWH Lowest Typical Bills Communities Service Supplied By Bill Highest Typical Bills %DIFService Supplied by...
Paid articleMUNICIPAL PLANTS FURNISHING POWER AT LOWEST COST, U. S. SURVEY REVEALS
Municipal Plants Furnishing Power At Lowest Cost, U. S. Survey Reveals Power Body Com pares 'Typical Bills'' of Ltilities WASHINGTON, D. C—Cities In the United States where consumers enjoy the...
Paid articleTYPICAL BILLS SHOW P. O. LOW RATES
[AN EDITORIAL] Typical Bills Show P. O. Low Rates TN ADJOINING columns on this page of this issue, The Progressive prints a story which tells of the interesting results of a rate survey made by...
Paid article$45,456 PROFIT REPORTED BY 7 MUNICIPAL UTILITIES
$45,456 Profit Reported By 7 Municipal Utilities Electric, Water Plants Paid $18,884 Total Taxes Seven municipal electric and water utilities reported to the state public service commission last...
Paid articleUTILITY HOLDING FIRMS FACING FEDERAL AXE
Utility Holding Firms Facing Federal Axe WASH IN G T O N — Commissioner George C. Mathews of the federal securities and exchange commission told The Progressive last week that the SEC will act...
Paid articleRIGHTS OF LABOR SAFEGUARDED BY TVA IN PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT, KING DECLARES
Rights of Labor Safeguarded by TVA in Public Development, King Declares Offers Model for Public Owned Plants of U. S., View WASHINGTON, D. C.—"A new and advanced type of labor relations, m which...
Paid articleSTATE IS LEADER IN REA WORK, REPORT OF U. S. ADMINISTRATOR DECLARES
State Is Leader in RE A Work, Report of U. S. Administrator Declares 30,000 Badger Farms Now Served Through Co-op Power Rural electrification progress In Wisconsin which has brought current to...
Paid articleWHAT CO-OPS ARE DOING
What Co-ops Are Doing Timely Events in the Co-operative Movement CO-OP CAFETERIA MUNCIE, Ind.—A prosperous cafeteria, co-operatively conducted by Local 459 (UAW-CIO). is the pride of the employes...
Paid articleHOPSON 'MILKED' UTILITIES SERVICE FIRMS, FPC SAYS
Hopson 'Milked' Utilities Service Firms, FPC Says Bare Secrets of Vast 'Associated' System WASHINGTON, D. C—Utility companies in the Associated Gas and Electric system were "milked" of $80,500,000...
Paid articleANOTHER CUT IN WASHINGTON, D. C. RATES
[AN EDITORIAL] Another Cut in Washington, D. C. Rates /~|NE OF THE FACTS that the private ^ power companies have in large part refused to recognize is that lowered rates for current will so...
Paid articleTHE PEOPLE'S FORUM
THE PEOPLE'S FORUM—A Full Page of Letters from Progressive Readers GIVE ME THE LIBERTY TO KNOW, TO UTTER, AND TO ARGUE FREELY ACCORDING TO CONSCIENCE, ABOVE ALL LIBERTIES.—MILTON. More...
Paid articleA ROOM OF OUR OWN
Follette, Isabel Bacon La
A Room of Our Own In for a Long Pull Republican Slush Fund An Exploring Expedition By ISABEL BACON LA FOLLETTE MAY I make a plea? There Is no doubt In the minds of true Progressives but that we...
Paid articleIOWA RESEARCH FINDS MONOPOLY CHEESE CONTROL
Iowa Research FindsMonopoly Cheese Control Nichols of Iowa State in Investigation of Industry By "FACTS FOR FARMERS" UPON completing a detailed investigation of the cheese Industry. William H....
Paid articleROOSEVELT - - THE RICH MAN'S ALIBI
Davis, Elmer
Roosevelt - - The Rich Man's Alibi By ELMER DAVIS in Harper's Magazine [As Condensed In Reader's Digest] IF MR. ROOSEVELT should become a third-term candidate there is one class in American...
Paid articleLABOR BOARD'S WORD IS FINAL ON FACTS, VIEW
Labor Board's Word Is Final On Facts, View High Tribunal Holds Fact Findings lo Stand WASHINGTON, D. C—Courts have no right to overrule the National Labor Relations board because they do not agree...
Paid articleCUT IN JOBLESS NUMBER IS SEEN BY THE A. F. L.
Cut in Jobless Number Is Seen By tlie A. F. L. WASHINGTON, D. C—Reduction in the number of unemployed by 800,000 during the year ending Dec. 31, 1939 was reported here by the American Federation of...
Paid articleNEWS VIEWS AND REVIEWS
News Views and Reviews Editorial Opinions from the Press of the Dlution Republican Blunder (From The New York Times) THE Republicans in congress made a poor start toward winning the support of...
Paid articleCAN WISCONSIN MAINTAIN REPUTATION FOR INTEGRITY IN GOVERNMENT?
Can Wisconsin Maintain Reputation For Integrity in Government? SEVERAL years ago The Progressive exposed and gave considerable publicity to a deal in Forest county in which cbunty officials...
Paid articleAS THE CROW FLIES
Meyer, Ernest L.
As the Crow Flies By ERNEST L. MEYER ALTHOUGH the current cut-throating abroad holds far more horror than humor, a student of sematology surveying the war can be forgiven a few vagrant chuckles....
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