Talk:Robert M. La Follette, Jr.

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[edit] La Follette suicide

This article mentions that he committed suicide, but makes no mention of whether or not anyone knew why...
--260 15:54, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

This is heavy stuff, I hope we can bring the dramatic impact home.

"Wisconsin lost two Senators, both victims in one sense or another, probably the only two lives lost in the Great Red Scare of the 1950s." nobs 00:47, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

But it ain't true. Read any of the standard histories of the Witch Hunt and you'll see a number of suicides of accused "commies" mentioned. --Orange Mike 03:06, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

I doubt you linked to the right John Lautner. If he was designing buildings in California in the 1940s and 1950s he may not been part of the LaFollette-McCarthy story. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.69.127.138 (talk) 22:53, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Divisions of article

I propose something along the lines of the following for divisons within the article:

Early life
Education
Political career
Death and controversy

These divisions are likely to be in need of serious adjustment, since I know next to nothing about this guy other than his name, but ... gotta start somewhere. Did he have a wife and kids? Anyone know? Tomer ^TALK 00:53, July 28, 2005 (UTC)

Another thing, if we have time to go into, is that La Follette was considered the foremost isolationist prior to WWII, and his stands on joining the United Nations. They are particularly out of step of conventional FDR liberal Democrats, yet La Follette was considered the most Progressive member of the Senate. nobs 01:00, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Journal Sentinel article

Does anyone care that you have to register to access that article? Does Wiki have a policy on that? --Fang Aili 17:32, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

If necessary, one can reference an article without any web link at all; so the necessity to register would not be a problem, if proper bibliographical data (date, etc.) were included. --Orange Mike 03:08, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Progressive Party of Wisconsin

Do we need to split off the La Follette Progressives information into a new article with the above name? --Orange Mike 03:05, 13 August 2007 (UTC)