Arla Allen Albaugh

Arla Allen Albaugh, Mar. 7, 1906 (Denison, Ohio) - Jan. 15, 2003 (Oakland Park, Fla.)

VP candidate for Socialist Labor Party (1944)

Running mate with nominee: Edward A. Teichert (1903-1981)

Popular vote: 45,188 (0.09%)

Electoral vote: 0/531

The campaign:

The beginning sentences in the Socialist Labor Party's 1944 platform anticipated life after WWII:

Our society stands where the road forks. The signs are plainly marked. One points to a continuation of capitalism. It leads to a postwar world of chronic economic crisis, of idle factories and idle men, of spreading anti-Semitism and racism, of fascist controls and Stateism, and of the perpetual struggle and war. The other points to Socialism-- a world of social ownership, democratic management of the industries, jobs and plenty for all, human brotherhood, and enduring peace.

The Party nominated Edward A. Teichert, the younger brother of SLP 1936 VP nominee Emil F. Teichert, for President. Arla A. Albaugh of Massillon, Ohio (where Jacob Coxey had once served as Mayor) was selected as the running mate. A seasoned SLP speaker, Albaugh hit the campaign trail and also used the radio as a communication tool.

With recorded votes from 11 states, they had their best result in New Jersey, placing 3rd with 0.35%.

Election history:
1946 - Governor of Ohio (Socialist Labor Party) - defeated
1962 - US Senate (Penn.) (Socialist Labor Party) - defeated
1964 - Pennsylvania State Auditor General (Socialist Labor Party) - defeated

Other occupations: photoengraver, lecturer

Buried: ?

Notes:
Joined SLP in 1934.
Was still active in the SLP 1993 from Dade Co. Fla.

Emil F. Teichert

Emil F. Teichert, December 17, 1897 (West Newton, Penn.) - January 9, 1972 (Lake Hill, NY)

VP candidate for Socialist Labor Party (aka Industrial Government Party) (1936)

Running mate with nominee: John W. Aiken (1896-1968)

Popular vote: 12,799 (0.03%)

Electoral vote: 0/531

The campaign:

In 1936 the Socialist Labor Party elevated their 1932 VP nominee John W. Aiken to be the standard bearer. Emil F. Teichert, a resident of New York, was chosen as the running mate.

The 1936 SLP platform didn't think much of FDR's New Deal policies:
  
"Where a social revolution is pending and, for whatever reason, is not accomplished, reaction is the alternative. Every reform granted by capitalism is a concealed measure of reaction, exemplified by the NRA, AAA, TVA, CCC, WPA, etc. He who says reform says preservation, and he who says that reforms under capitalism are possible and worthwhile thereby declares that a continuation of capitalism is possible and worthwhile. But capitalism has grown into an all-destroying and all-devouring monster that must itself be destroyed if humanity is to live. Fascism, Nazism, Absolutism in government-- in short, Industrial Feudalism-- are but means in the  attempts to preserve capitalism.

American capitalism, along with capitalism in the rest of the world  today, is trembling in the balance between decay or progress, reaction or revolution. THIS IS THE HISTORIC HOUR OF THE AMERICAN WORKING CLASS"

It was a pretty bad year for the SLP at the ballot box, even for them. They finished in a dismal 7th place. Presented as an option in the voting booth in 15 states, their best result was in Rhode Island with 0.30%.

Election history:
1932 - Lt. Governor of New York (Socialist Labor Party) - defeated
1933 - New York City Board of Aldermen President (Socialist Labor Party) - defeated
1934 - Lt. Governor of New York (Socialist Labor Party) - defeated
1937 - Mayor of New York City (Industrial Government Party) - defeated

Other occupations: office worker for the Pennsylvania Railroad, book translator, lecturer, newspaper writer

Buried: ?

Notes:
The winner in the 1937 mayoral race was Fiorello LaGuardia.
Older brother of 1944-1948 SLP Presidental nominee Edward A. Teichert.
Presidential electors in Pennsylvania (where the SLP was called the Industrial Labor Party) included
 E.A. Teichert, Minnie J. Teichert, and Ernest M. Teichert.
Moved to Lake Hill, NY ca. 1947.