BERGER, VICTOR L

(1860), editor and United States congre man, was born at Nieder Rebbuch, Austria-Hungary. He was educated in the Gymnasium and University of Budapest and of Vienna, but before he had completed his studies, his family suffered financial reverses, which caused them to emigrate to America. Here he worked at various trades, and later became teacher in public school. Becoming identified the activities of the socialists and founder of the American Socialist Party, the local party leaders at Milwaukee made him editor of the Milwaukee ‘Daily Vorwaerts,’ since when he been editor of several other socialist newspapers and periodicals. He delegate to the People’s Party Convention at St. Louis in 1896, and tried organize the Debs sentiment in convention: He is also international secretary for the United States of International Socialist Bureau, of Bru els, Belgium. In 1904 he was Social Democrat candidate for mayor of waukee and also for Congre . He elected to the 62nd Congre (1911-13), being the first Socialist to enter a embly.