The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-11
HENRY Filler
in RACE FOR
CONGRESSMAN
FORMER KEY WESTER VISIT
ING HERE MEETING OLD
FRIENDS AND ACoUAINT-
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<ATT1VlnS III hGy WSoL 1eoI ilA6AiS
from Miami, was Henry H. Filler,
former Key Wester, who is max
ing the race for Congressman
from the Fourth Congressional
District.
Mr.. Filler, who was born in Key
West, and who is also a nephew of
Allan B. Cleare, ST., paid call at
The Citizen office today in COM
pany with Mr.. Cleare.
Mr.. Filler, while here, is incl
.dentally meeting many old friends
and forming new acquaintance,
in connection with his activities
in the interest of his candidacy.
He stated that he was more than
delighted to be back in the Island
City again. He proposes to return
to Miami on Monday.
Mr.. Filler, former chairman of
the Dade County School Board
and past President of the Florida
Education Association, will seek
the post now held by Congress-
man Mark Wilcox, who will con-
test the seat of United States Sem
ator Claude Pepper in the forth
coming national elections. The
Filler announcement was made
shortly after news of Congress-
man Wilcox's plans were made
public.
II am entering the race fully
conscious of the tremendous re-
sponsibilities of the office" MIR.
Filler said in disclosing his candi-
dacy. 81 am now at work sum-
marizing my platform, which /
shall release later. Meanwhile, /
feel that the public of South Flor
ida should receive assurances that
l will put forth the same unselfish
work in Washington that I have
endeavored to perform locally. It
shall be my purpose, if elected, to
serve all thesp 81 &c eiistriet
faithfully and fairly, showing par
TALLY to no single group, clique
or faction"
MIR. Filler was born in this city,
but has lived in Dade County
since boyhood. His grandfather
represented the county in the
state legislature at the time that
Dade embraced nearly the entire
southeast section of Florida. The
older Filler payed a prominent part
in the passage of legislation which
enabled Henry M Flagler to ex-
tend his railroad system south
ward from st. Augustine into Mi
ami, and thence by the overseas
route to Key West.
Twice president of the Florida
Education Association, Mr.. Filler is
known throughout the state as the
champion of the states school APP
preparation bill, which finances
the states educational system on
a basis of $500 for each teacher
unit. He commanded the educa-
ton association during the trying
days of the 1885 session of the
state legislature, and succeeded in
providing the schools with their
first adequate financial setup. Be-
cause of his services to the schools,
he was made a life member of the
Florida Education Association.
He first entered politics in 1912
when he was elected treasurer of
Dade county. He was reelected
and held the post until its aboli-
ton by the state legislature. He
was a member of the first city
council of Miami Beach and later
was elected to the county school
board. He was a member of the
board for l6 years, IL of them as
chairman.
He is married and has two
daughters, both graduates of the
Florida State College for Women
at Tallahassee, Florida. He is a
Mason, an Elk, and member of
Grace Methodist church, where he
was chairman of the board of
stewards for twenty years.