[lbo-talk] Socialist mayor Frank Zeidler dies at 93

[Michael J. Smith]

On Sunday 09 July 2006 11:18, B. wrote:
> 
> Sat Jul 8, 6:12 PM ET
> 
> Former Milwaukee Mayor Frank P. Zeidler, the last
> Socialist to run a major U.S. city, has died, a
> spokesman for a Milwaukee hospital said on Saturday.

I met Zeidler on a train from Chicago to New York many years 
ago -- '72 or maybe '73. Sat across from him the 
dining car -- they still had those -- and you always 
ended up sharing your table with a stranger. He was 
a quiet, amiable guy with quite a fund of stories. 
Didn't have much use for Harry Truman, as I recall. 

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--Michael J. Smith
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