ABSTRACT
In 1948, the Socialist Party chose Norman Thomas as its nominee for the sixth and last time, with Tucker Smith, head of the Department of Economics, Olivet College, Michigan, and former labor organizer and educator, as his running mate. In the 1948 campaign, the A. F. of L. and the C. I. O. conducted an extremely active campaign for President Harry Truman, “the underdog” in the campaign; the left-wing communist elements in the labor movement supported former Vice-President Henry Wallace on the Progressive ticket. The democratic socialists, backing Thomas, cast 139,414 votes, an increase of 75 per cent over 1944, but still a small number.
