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Part I: Robert M. La Follette, Jr., Papers, 1895-1960 (continued)
Speeches and Writings File, 1921-1948 (continued)
Speeches and Articles, 1924-1946 (continued)
Apr. 2, endorsing Newton Jenkins, Republican Progressive senatorial candidate
June 6, endorsing reelection of Smith W. Brookhart, Iowa
June 25, endorsing reelection of Gerald Nye
June 25, testimonial dinner for Harry Slattery
Summer, various speeches endorsing La Follette-Blaine ticket
Sept. 17, Wisconsin primary campaign, WCCO radio, Minneapolis, Minn.
Sept., Wisconsin primary campaign, fragment
1933
Apr. 14, public policy, WIBA radio, Madison, Wis.
Apr. 21, farm relief bill, WIBA radio, Madison, Wis.
Apr. 28, inflation, WIBA radio, Madison, Wis.
May 4, unemployment, Citizens Conference on Vocational Education and the Problems of Reconstruction, Washington, D.C.
May 5, Muscle Shoals, WIBA radio, Madison, Wis.
BOX I:C558 May 12, St. Lawrence Seaway project, WIBA radio, Madison, Wis.
May 13, general legislative issues, Bridgeport, Conn., notes
May 19, La Follette, Jr., construction bill, WIBA and WEBC radio, Madison, Wis.
May 26, public works and industrial recovery bill, WIBA and WEBC radio, Madison, Wis.
May 29, St. Lawrence Seaway project, United States Senate
June 9, Senate investigation of J. P. Morgan & Co., WIBA and WEBC radio, Madison, Wis.
June 16, legislative issues of the 73rd Congress, WIBA radio, Madison, Wis.
July 11, Maple Bluff Farm picnic, hosted by La Follette, Jr., and Philip Fox La Follette, Madison, Wis.
July 16, German immigrant contributions to the nation, Madison, Wis.
July 20, the Depression and the need for economic recovery, Wisconsin State Federation of Labor Convention, Green Bay, Wis.
Aug. 4, veterans legislation, Veterans Civic League, Madison, Wis.
Oct. 20, St. Lawrence Seaway project, Great Lakes Harbors Association, Detroit, Mich.
Undated
National Recovery Administration
Miscellany
1934
Drafts
Jan. 3, various legislative issues, CBS radio, Washington, D.C.
Jan. 24, St. Lawrence Seaway project, United States Senate
Jan. 30, St. Lawrence Seaway project, speech material
Feb. 9, St. Lawrence Seaway project, NBC radio, excerpt
Feb. 17, St. Lawrence Seaway project, NBC radio
BOX I:C559 Mar. 3, Progressive movement, Madison, Wis.
Apr. 9, taxation, NBC radio
Apr. 17, death of John J. Blaine
Apr. 19, funeral of John J. Blaine
May 19, Progressive movement, Fond du Lac, Wis.
(2 folders)
June 6, selection of Henry Fletcher as Republican National Committee chairman
Oct. 22, introducing Fiorello La Guardia, WTMJ radio, Milwaukee, Wis.
Oct. 2[4?], endorsing reelection of Philip Fox La Follette, WISN radio
Undated, “New Frontiers for Youth”
News releases
1935
Apr. 5, economic issues, WOL radio, Washington, D.C.
Apr. 28, taxation, Columbia Network radio
Dec. 19, economic cooperation, East Side High School, Madison, Wis.
Undated, Progressive movement
1936
Mar. 11, “The National Importance of the St. Lawrence Waterway,” Seaway Conference, Detroit, Mich.
Apr. 6, nineteenth anniversary of United States Senate war declaration, nationwide radio broadcast from Capitol, excerpt, Washington, D.C.
June 17, Statement
Calling conference of progressives
Need for large and continuing public works program
Endorsing movie The Plough That Broke the Plains
Aug. 17, drought and soil conservation
Sept. 8, Progressivism in Wisconsin, Superior, Wis.
Sept. 28, endorsing Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), CBS radio, Chicago, Ill.
Oct. 5, review of Claude Bower's book Jefferson in Power
Oct. 6, progressivism and endorsing Elmer Austin Benson, Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party gubernatorial candidate
Oct. 11, 1936 elections
Oct. 25, endorsing Progressive ticket, WTMJ radio, Milwaukee, Wis.
Oct., endorsing reelection of George W. Norris
Nov. 2, endorsing progressivism, CBS radio
Fall, endorsing Roosevelt/Norris ticket
List of radio addresses
BOX I:C560 1937
Feb. 13, judicial reform, NBC Blue Network
Mar. 8, judicial reform
(2 folders)
Mar. 24, judicial reform, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y.
(2 folders)
Mar. 25, introducing Harold Laski, Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C., with background material
Mar. 27, federal taxation, American Bar Association, Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Apr. 19, judicial reform, Non-Partisan League, Philadelphia, Pa.
(2 folders)
Apr. 21, peace, CBS radio
July 3, critical issues of the day, American Youth Congress, CBS radio
Nov. 29, unemployment, Washington Star
BOX I:C561 1938
Jan. 2, unemployment, WOL-WOR Radio Forum
Jan. 5, House war referendum measure
Jan. 14, “How Can the Federal Budget Be Balanced?” America's Town Meeting of the Air, NBC radio
Jan. 20, venereal disease
Jan. 24, funeral service of Andrew Furuseth
Feb. 14, organized labor, National Radio Forum, NBC radio
Feb. 19, legal profession, Lawyers Guild banquet, WOL-WOR Radio Forum
Feb. 28, “Current Economic Problems,” Detroit, Mich.
Mar. 6, foreign policy, New York Hippodrome, New York, N.Y.
Mar. 11, “Problems of Youth,” CBS radio
Mar. 19, Civilian Conservation Corps
Apr. 9, modern industrialism, National Radio Forum, NBC radio
Spring, “Taxes Should Be Higher,” the Saturday Evening Post
Labor Day, labor movement, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
Oct. 16, endorsing Wisconsin Progressive candidates, WTMJ radio, Milwaukee, Wis.
Oct. 30, endorsing Wisconsin Progressive candidates, WTMJ radio, Milwaukee, Wis.
Undated and miscellaneous
BOX I:C562 1939
Drafts
Apr. 30, dairy industry, American Forum of the Air, Mutual Broadcasting System
May 4, dairy industry, WHA radio, Madison, Wis.
May 10, proposed war referendum amendment to the Constitution, statement before Senate Judiciary Committee
May 18, proposed war referendum amendment to the Constitution, WHA radio, Madison, Wis.
June 1, Federal aid to education, WHA radio, Madison, Wis.
June 15, credit extension to small businesses, WHA radio, Madison, Wis.
June 29, additional appropriations for the dairy industry
July 13, proposed amendments to the neutrality law, WHA radio, Madison, Wis.
Aug. 13, neutrality, American Legion, Oshkosh, Wis.
Oct., arms embargo
Nov. 2, “The Art of Peace,” opening of the exhibition of the Section of Fine Arts, Federal Works Agency, at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, NBC radio, Washington, D.C.
Nov. 7, endorsing Progressive Party candidates, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Miscellaneous speech notes
1940
Mar. 16, accomplishments of Works Progress Administration, Washington, D.C.
May 19, Wisconsin Progressive Party achievements, sixth anniversary celebration banquet of the Progressive Party, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.
Sept. 1, neutrality, WTMJ radio, Milwaukee, Wis.
Sept. 8, taxation, WTMJ radio, Milwaukee, Wis.
Sept., “The People Demand Peace,” Waukesha Trades & Labor Council Labor Day Annual, Waukesha, Wis.
Miscellaneous speech material
1941
Feb. 26, opposing Lend-Lease bill, Mutual Broadcasting System
Mar. 6, opporing Lend-Lease bill, NBC Red Network
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