The Socialist Party USA mourns the loss of Frank P. Zeidler.

The Socialist Party USA mourns the loss of our comrade and Chairperson Emeritus, Frank P. Zeidler.

Frank served as the Socialist Mayor of Milwaukee Wisconsin from 1948 through 1960 and as the Party's presidential candidate in the 1972 election. He served also as the Socialist Party's Chairperson Emertius and was an active member of the Socialist Party of Wisconsin. He recently attended the Party's National Committee meeting this June in Milwaukee.

The funeral will be held on Wednesday July 12th at 11 am at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 1903 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee. Burial will be after the service at Forest Home Cemetery, 2405 W. Forest Home Ave. Milwaukee.

Members, friends and supporters are invited to add their names to a memorial ad being placed in the journal of the Party's National Organizing Conference. The conference will be held on August 5th and 6th at Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan.

You can add your name by going to: www.sp-usa.org. Contributions towards the ad are appreciated but not necessary to add your name.

An obituary for Frank can be found at: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

In Unity,

Greg Pason
National Secretary Socialist Party USA

"I particularly picked socialism because of several things in its philosophy. One was the brotherhood of people all over the world. Another was its struggle for peace. Another was the equal distribution of economic goods. Another was the idea of cooperation. A fifth was the idea of democratic planning in order to achieve your goals. Those were pretty good ideas."

"The basic concept of socialism...still remains and illuminates a dark world. That concept is of a world of commonwealths cooperating with each other for the betterment of all peoples."

Frank P. Zeidler 1912-2006
Chairperson Emeritus, Socialist Party USA
Socialist Mayor of Milwaukee WI 1948-1960

• "Years-old memoir of city's Zeidler years now published" Milwaukee Journal Sentinel May 30 2005
• "The Last Socialist Mayor". Interviewer, Amy Goodman. Democracy Now!. June 21, 2004.
• "Frank Zeidler, Milwaukee mayor from 1948-'60, dies" Milwaukee Journal Sentinel July 9, 2006
• "Mayor served 'the public welfare'" Milwaukee Journal Sentinel July 2006



• "Cohesive party, family legacy helped win election" Milwaukee Journal Sentinel July 2006
• "Frank Paul Zeidler" Red Biography 2003
• "Zeidler, Frank P., Papers, 1897-1977" University of Wisconsin 2005
• "Editorial: A legacy of integrity" Milwaukee Journal Sentinel July 2006

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