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Vol. 3. No. 34
Wallace
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Chicago, Aug. 21,1948
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Henry A. Wallace and Paul Robeson will come to Chicago
Sept. 14 for the greatest rally ever held by the Progressive
Party here.
The huge mass meeting is expected to draw a capacity
crowd of 38,500 people to Wrigley Field.
"This will be Chicago's answer to the enemies of Henry
Wallace and progress," a PP spokesman declared.
Other outstanding speakers, including state, copnty, and
city candidates, will be on the program.
Names of the other speakers, and more information about
entertainment, will be announced later.
The rally will mark Wallace's first Chicago appearance
since accepting the PP nomination for President at Philadelphia
in July.
* * *
ROBESON, famed singer and a leader of the Negro peo
ple, is expected to speak before Wallace, leading up to the
speech which will give the Progressive campaign in Illinois
tremendous impetus.
With the rally less than three weeks off, preparations for
it—including ticket sales—are "a gigantic undertaking," Ruth
Miller, PP finance director, pointed out.
"We are sure that the ticket sales will be handled suc
cessfully," she added, "because we know that it will have
the cooperation of every Progressive Party member."
* * •
TICKETS will go on sale Friday, Aug. 20, at PP head
quarters, 187 N. La Salle. They will be available through
PP ward and township clubs, divisions, and Wallace com
mittees less than a week later. *•
Grandstand (not reserved) tickets will be sold for 60 cents
and $1.20 each. Box seats (reserved) will cost SI.BO and $2.40.
Tickets also can be purchased at three Loop bookstores—
Modern Book Store, 188 W. Washington; Nedwick's Book Store,
171 N. Michigan; and Paul Romaine's Book Store, 184 N.
LaSalle.
PROTEST against aid to feudal-fascist Chiang Kai-Shek govern
ment is scroll signed by Henry A. Wallace and turned over to Broad
way star Uta Hagen (right) of "Streetcar Named Desire" and Miss
Feng Hsiao-Ta, daughter of China's "Christian General." Committee
for Democratic Far Eastern Policy seeks thousands of signatures on
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