The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-10-16

Not so Harry Platt. He goes along
 in his placid way making his canvass
 in the same manner he has conducted
 his business systematically and per
 sistently. but without fads or flour
 ishes, with the single object in view
 of giving to the electors of the dis
 trict the best that is in him.
 Harry Platt probably has as many
 personal acquaintances as any man in
 Fairfield county. Most of his life has
 been spent here in Bridgeport, where
 he was born on October 20, 1881.
 After graduating from the grammar
 school he entered Bridgeport High
 school. On completion of his studies
 in that institution he began his ap-
 premiership to the automobile indus
 try as a humble laborer in the old
 Locomobile plant on Crescent avenue and Hallett street. This was way back in the days when steam was the motive power generated for the cars, when people were still craning their necks every time a "horseless car riage" ratt1ed along the pavements, when the automobile industry was still in the infant class and the motor car still a curiosity. Through all the | marvellous changes that have char acterized the growth of the automo- bile industry from it's experimental stage to it's present vast proportions, Harry Platt has been an automobile man all the time with faith in the future of the industry and the will to 1 make his dreams of it come true. After acquiring thorough knowl- edge of the mechanical processes, MT. Platt graduated into the sales field. and was sent by the Locomobile Company to New York, where he re- mained for seven years. This was in the interests of the company, which took him all over the conti-
 nent of Europe, through the Sahara Desert and various parts of North ed to Bridgeport, entering business for himself and during. the ensuing ten years has built up a very large trade as a representative of several leading makes of motor cars.
 In short. he is one of the most nota- ble examples in this community of a man who has been able to secure | large results in business by dint of living up to his own ideals of service and who when called to public office is resolved to carry those same ideals with him. MT. P1att has been pro gressive in his business policies and is the type of live wire that will give to reaction severe shock when he legislation in. the halls of Congress. Despite his absorption in business he has been a close student of our
 political institutions and problems. His long residence in Bridgeport and his wide acquaintance in every town in the district has given him a rare ap- preciation of local problems which will require attention at Washington and his long tour of Europe has given him keen isssight into our relations with other e-intrieS.
 MT. Platt moved to Trumbull about
 four years ago and built a handsome residence on North Main street about five miles from the center He has made an enviab1e record in town af- fairs, and his advice is sought on the finances by Republicans as well as Democrats, result of a movement town expenses. A significant augury of what is likely to happen through MT. Platts efforts is the fact that when he moved to Trumbul1 it was
 a strong Republican town. but is now considered in the Democratic column
 It is the belief of many of Harry PIatt's friends that what was brought
 about in Trumbull can be accom- p1ished on larger scale in the en- tire district
 MT. Platt is Mason and "a mem
 Der of the Algonquin Club.
 It is difficult to get MT. Platt to talk about himself, but there are heart. One is his opposition to extrav- agance in public expenditures with it's corrolary of high taxes. Another is his opposition to huge campaign funds and anything that savers of buying an office. The third and with him perhaps the most important is the soldiers bonus bill against which his opponent Congressman Merritt voted. MT. Platt believes that the Bonus Bill is one of the most import ant measures that will come before the next Congress. fHe is unquali- fedIy in favor of a Bonus Bill for the veterans of the world war and will l frI ifs