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Circus Politics in Washington State
McCarthy, Mary | October 17, 1936 issue

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The state of Washington is in ferment. It is wild, comic, theatrical, dishonest, disorganized and hopeful. But it is not revolutionary. Washington, it is true, has a tradition of radicalism in labor, but it has at the same time a tradition of corruption in political office. It gave the U.S. its most successful general strike. But it also pushed into the national limelight such fantastic public figures as Ole Hanson and Hi Gill, former mayors of Seattle. Its most distinguishing political characteristic has always been its sheer eccentricity. In the past this eccentricity was sporadic. It is now general.

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WASHINGTON (State) -- Politics & government; LABOR disputes -- Washington (State); STRIKES & lockouts; HANSON, Ole; MAYORS; WASHINGTON (State); UNITED States
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