G. August Gerber was a Socialist in the United States. He campaigned for a U.S. congressional seats. He was involved in advocating for the WEVD radio station.
His father Julius Gerber was also a Socialist. In 1928, August Gerber was Secretary of the Socialist Action Committee.[1][2]
In the 1930 election he received a small fraction of Democrat Sol Bloom's votes and Republican Julius D. Tobias (35,322, 14,919, and 2,357 respectively.[3]
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edit- ^ "RADICALS CELEBRATE MAY DAY TOMORROW; Socialist Leader Estimates That 250,000 Will Quit Work to Attend Fetes. WILL MEET AT 12 HALLS Request to Use 71st Regiment Armory Meets Refusal From Colonel De Lamater. POLICE VIGILANCE ORDERED All Precincts to Guard Public Buildings and Enforce Ban on Anarchist Propaganda". The New York Times. April 30, 1928 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Ross, Jack (April 15, 2015). The Socialist Party of America: A Complete History. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-1-61234-491-1 – via Google Books.
- ^ pdf file of election results