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“™ At | banquet held on Saturday, April 10th, at the Sheraton Hotel, the delegates to the National Wallace Comnittes contributed $11,900. Seo SM IE Dp ye _ | The second movement an behalf of the Wallace-for-President candidacy Bea was held et the Savoy ballroom, 4733 South Parkway, in the center ete Chicap Negro district. | This meeting was ealied by the Progressive Party of Illinois, ‘qhich will be the Tlinois branch of the third political party. This croup is controlled by the leaders of Comamist District No. Indisna-Kentucky)» and the meeting was called to Ore state-wide basis in sup : estimated that between 2,000 and 2,500 delegates, representing gil sections of Tllinols, were present, & lerge proportion of them being Negroes. , * to those adopted by : he Tilinois group adopted resolutions similar + the National Wellace-for-President Comittee and, in addition, nominated = eendidates fer Governor and Lieutenant Governor of DLlincois and United States Senator. The following were nominated: a Pos ae sO - FOR GOVERNOR: Grant Oakes, of Chicaces Internatio ol President Py Fqui ¢ Workers Union, CIOs 2.5. ee . FOR LIEUTENANT COVERNOR® Herry L- Diehl, of Gibson City, piincis, who gives his occupa on af farmer-Lawyer} . MacDougall, of Evanston, . FoR Ue S- BENATOR: Professor Curtis De 7 . . TAineds, Professor of Journalism at Horthwestern University. ~ “the Farm Equipmen _ Jn addition to the foregoing candidates, the Propressive Party ef... TLiinois named Professor Robert Mores Lovett,of the University of Chicago, . as Honorary Chairman of the Party; and WillLlem H. Willer, of Chicago, 88 State organisation Director of the Party. er OR 2 To give an idea of the character of the candidates and officials naned 2 - for the Tlincis Progressive Party, a% resume of the activities of each | ” qpaNT OAKES, Progressive party candidate for Governdrs was born . children. He at one time was re in Washington. His organisational activities an: Proeident of the Farm Equipment ¥ork quarters in Chicazo and, in addition, is @ very active member of the Executive Board of thé Ceminitst “Party for the Tllinois district. The policies of his inion aro es ‘ablished by the