The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-11-22
SOCIALISTS JUBILANT
OVER VICTORIES

]. Henry Stump, former mayor |
of Reading, was returned to office |
with vote as large as the COM !
bined votes of his two opponents. |
The Socialists also placed Howard
McDonough and Stewart Tomlin-
son in the city commission for
four-year terms and Charles Sands
for two years. Only one old party
politician, a hangover, remains
ON the commission of five members.
MAYOR STUMP
ACTIVE UNIONIST
Stump was for many years pre-
sident of the Reading Trades and
Labor council and Tomlinson vice
president. McDonough is at pre-
sent member of the school board.
Sands was formerly superintendent
of the municipal machine shop.
William C. Hoverter, city COM
missioner from 1927-31, when the
Socialists last held office before
$ they were defeated by fusion of
/ the Democrats and Republican
: parties, was elected city treasurer,
2 and Walter Hollinger, controller
from 1927-31, was again elected to
8 that office.
o Mrs. Hazelette Hopes, wife of
" Darlington Hopes, fighting So
e cialist assemblyman, was re-elect-
e ed to the schol board. With her
4 were elected George Snyder and
Y Alvin Stone. Hopes, who ran for
is judge, was defeated by a candi-
n date who was supported by both
is of the old parties. although he pol
d led high vote.
I'd In the county, Amos Leshel
easily won election as county com
missioner
McLEVY RECEIVES
HUGE MAJORITY
:, In Bridgeport, Jasper McLev,
nj was reelected Socialist mayor b,
N a record breaking plurality O
1904 votes-more than double hi
margin in 1888.
McLevy swept into office wit
20 him the complete slate of the So
On cialist party for the board Q
s. aldermen which will now be mad
II up of Is Socialists.
% = Although McLevy received tn
a highest vote on the ticket, "a, 26i
~ the lowest city-wide vote recorde
gu for the Socialists was 23,373,
difference of less than 900, ind
ISL eating that most voters cast
es. straight Socialist ballot.
re- N4bo- C0oio1iC+c ~x,Lo NOW bnl
o. office in addition to the Is aide
TO- men are John McDermott, educ;
10 ton commissioner; Isadore Kr;
30 vetz, William Hasten, Stephe
ito Havanich, sheriffs; and JOB
a., D'Agostino, Martin Lynch ar
80, Harry Rawlinson, selectmen.
'oO COUNCILMEN
~, III ELECTED
-S The workers of Jeanette, P;
CT elected Earl C. Snglehart, mer
If Der of long standing in the Socia
- ist party and secretary Of h
branch, to the city council.
icy In OIean, N. Y, Socialis
la doubled their previous high vo
and bounded into second plaC
of4 RELOCATING the Republican party
Oh third place. Approximately 80 p
ere cent of the total vote was poll
keo by John G. Cooper, candidate +
uGe mayor.
n 40. THIRD PARTY
noJ TREND INCREASING
,ers If old party leaders think tn
have their followers sewed up,
ess they'll go on voting as pop a
ere grand-pop did, many of them ha
ERE another guess coming, judgi
500 from nationwide correspondel
Eat: received in Washington headqu
,or- tiers of the American Cornm'
! of wealth Political Federation.
ice: Since the Federation was b.
lun- at a conference in Chicago |
doe July, it's activities on behalf Of
lar new party for workers, farm
!om and the 'ilittle fellow" genera
7ork as distinct from both Republic
.ial- brought it inquiries and offers
s. assistance from all parts Of
vote country.
trio These letters come not o
ests from elements who have X
hoped and worked for such
ire party, but, significantly enou
ons, / from many who are local lead
able in old party organization VIZ
eng Communications come, for
doTe stance, on the letterheads of D.
FORK ocratic and Republican clubs,
-ver. pressing sympathy and desire
alist Join an effective break-away fl
ed" the old parties.
wav California, Pennsylvania
,ces- New Jersey are among the ST
where such sentiment is more
fected in correspondence recei
the by the Federation.
ran Surveying political developmt
total in the various states, Washing
andi- representatives of the Fedora
fern see particular significance,
ayor, national significance, in a serie'
conferences which have been ]
f T. ceeding in Wisconsin. The S
Unit Federation of Labor there, I
,074. say, has taken the initiative
definite move for united polit
action on the part of the farm
-uron labor and third party elements
dates Representatives of the P
/ 383 gressive party, Socialist paI
VUs1O1vaCsr