I am posting this in case any of the history buffs here may have an answer. They are rather esoteric questions. Maybe someone here can answer them.
As part of my genealogy research I have found that my Great Grandfather (Joseph Madere) was a socialist organizer. He was not the secretary/treasurer (there was no president) of the local on the years I have information on, but he was the literature agent. Both of these were elected positions. Besides keeping and distributing socialist literature what else wouls he have done? I have found a number of articles written by the secretary/treasurer L. G. Madere (his cousin) and others under the byline "A Socialist." In the articles by L G Madere there is an official proclamation or statement made. The articles by "A Socialist" were a little more inflamatory. In the specific articles I had they were usually attacks on the local Sheriff and his conduct. Would Joseph have written these, or was this just a generic byline used by any members? I am considering compiling as many of the articles I can into a book because they give an interesting look at racial and social relationships in rural SE Louisiana before WWI. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:231820 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
