Josef Schuler (politician)

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Josef Schuler (born October 27, 1889 in Alpthal , † February 17, 1957 in Küssnacht SZ ) was a Swiss farmer and politician.

Schuler attended secondary school at the Maria Hilf college in Schwyz for two years and then worked on his father's farm in Alpthal. In 1921 he bought the Grossarni farm in Küssnacht with a focus on cattle breeding. From 1916 to 1918 he was a non-party councilor and from 1918 to 1920 mayor of Alpthal. In the economic crisis of the 1930s, Schuler was a co-initiator and in 1935 the first president of the Central Swiss Farmers' Union. In the Swiss parliamentary elections in 1943 he was elected to the National Council on a peasant list , but his plan to found a permanent peasant party in the canton of Schwyz failed . In parliament he remained non-attached; in particular, he did not join the BGB parliamentary group. His votes were characterized by a pronounced, folk, pithy style - Felix Moeschlin described him as one of the best speakers in Central Switzerland. He usually made these contributions in Swiss German , which he justified with the fact that he was not used to speaking the required standard German . He was an opponent of women's suffrage . He missed re- election in the 1947 elections.

Quotes

“Before the war we were inundated with production from countries that conjured up a lot of products. [...] Some of these products came from countries where people don't even wear pants. I would therefore like to ask what the workers would say if they were expected to see the negroes on them, for example. B. or other nationals of foreign countries are likely to compete on the job market in Switzerland? "

- Vote in the National Council, March 23, 1944

“If such a man has now become a councilor, municipal councilor, cantonal councilor or even a national councilor, the woman has had a certain pride and said: My husband is something. But if the woman becomes a local councilor, a cantonal councilor or even a national councilor, but the man doesn't, how do you tell the man? I think that would demean the man. "

- Vote in the National Council, December 12, 1945, morning session

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ AB 1945 N 229
  2. ↑ AB 1944 N 81
  3. ↑ AB 1945 N 371
  4. ↑ AB 1945 N 726
  5. ↑ 1944 N 81
  6. ↑ 1945 N 726
personal data
SURNAME Schuler, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss farmer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Alpthal
DATE OF DEATH 17th February 1957
Place of death Küssnacht SZ