Norman M. Thomas, former Socialist candidate for President, will speak next Monday at 4 o'clock in the New Lecture Hall about the developments in the Roosevelt program for the past year and the lessons they hold for democratic government. The meeting, which is open to all, will be held under the auspices of the Liberal Club.
Mr. Thomas, prominent Socialist, was born in Ohio and attended Marion high school. He graduated from Princeton in 1905 and received his B.D. from Union Theological Seminary in 1911 and his Litt.D. from Princeton in 1932. He founded the "World Tomorrow," and was editor of "Nation" in 1921 and 1922. In the same year he became director of the League for Industrial Democracy. During his political career he ran for governor of New York on the Socialist ticket and twice for mayor of New York City. His most famous political campaigns were in 1928 and 1932, at which times he ran as Socialist candidate for the Presidency.
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