The Archive · 1937

Baby of New Diet

Tokushima, May 2, Forty-eight days after he was quallfed to be elected, Mr. Takeo Miki, '20-year-old Independent candidate in the House of Representatives, to-day was returned to the Diet.

To win this distinction, he engaged a violent contest with Mr. Takashima, 72-year-old Minseito veteran of five electoral contests, Mr. Miki won by a plurality of 2,800

Born on March 11, 1907, Mr, Miki was qualified for election on his thir Both birthday, March 11, 1937. He will be the "baby of the next House." After graduating from Meiji University in Tokyo, he studied at the University of California where he obtained a Master of Arts degree—

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