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==Government and politics== Steve Lutz won five seats on the Reading city council in the 1911 election and their mayoral candidate, Elwood Leffler, almost won causing accusations of election fraud conducted against him. The Republican and Democratic parties united against the Socialists in the 1917 local elections. Reading became the third city in the United States to have a local government controlled by the Socialists after the 1927 election including the election of [[J. Henry Stump]] as mayor and [[James H. Maurer]] to the city council. After the 1929 election the Socialists gained control over the city council. The Socialists lost support during the [[Great Depression]] and were defeated by a united Republican and Democratic ticket in the 1931 election. Stump was defeated by Heber Ermentrout and the party was reduced to two seats on the city council. The Socialists lost their two seats on the city council in the 1933 election.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hendrickson |first=Kenneth |date=1972 |title=The Socialist Administration in Reading, Pennsylvania Part 1, 1927-1931 |publisher=[[Pennsylvania History (journal)|Pennsylvania History]]}}</ref>
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