THE AMERICAN LABOR PARTY ANNOUNCED THE CANDIDACY OF GEORGE BACKER, BUSINESSMAN AND PHILANTHROPIST, FOR REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE “SILK-STOCKING” SEVENTEENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT TO FILL THE PLACE OF THE LATE THEODORE PEYSER, DEMOCRAT. MR. BACKER IS A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE AND PRESIDENT OF THE JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY. THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE IS STANLEY OSSERMAN.
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