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Gov Edmund Gerald Pat Brown Sr — Part 2
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leader on the waterfront and a strike was threatened, if he .
was deported. stated that many prominent people, including
Governor BROWN, objected to the deportation at that time in
a community effort to help San Francisco and the war effort. He
said they feared the strike and the possible slowdown of cargo
handling on the. waterfront and its very obvious effect on the
war effort. Q@EEBsteted that the deportation objections were,
ironically enough, motivated by patriotism even though “left
wingers" and their organizations were behind the movement.
: of
- Ee |S an: that it was brought to his
attention at Governor B 's name had been used by the
- American Youth for Democracy or the Young Communist League
around 1946. He stated that this was done without Governor
BROWN'S permission and that BROWN had made 4 statement to this
effect during his campaign for Governor and apparently had
successfully repudiated any statements to the contrary.
tated that ea
is well acquainted with Governor BROWN ana,
for several
e be interviewed. said, however, that
bably' be unfriendly to Governor BROWN, because
hag visualized himself as the Attorney
and has blamed Governor BROWN for the fact
that he is not. explained that approached him about
running for Attorney General and that explained he could not
support because of their different political affiliations.
indicated he blamed BROWN and protested that on the State
level partisan politics was unimportant. stated furthermore,
that in his opinion has become so ¢ nservative in his
views on nearly everything, that he feels has become
overly scrupulous.
since they
ears, suggeste
would pro
feets
eneral, or Governor,
advised on May ll, a e has known Governor
or nearly 20 years and he considers him an honest, loyal
American. SD «2: he is willing to accept the edict
of the people o e State of California who elected Governor
BROWN and feels. that the loyalty of such a person is not open to
question. He commented that he and Governor BROWN were members
of the same political party but that he had always felt Governor
BROWN was much too conservative to be a "true" Democrat.
stated that his social contacts with Governor BROWN were
Tather limited, but that professionally he believes Governor
BROWN epjoy&. a very fine reputation. ,
remarked that he felt quite strongly against an
investigation of this kind involving the Governor, and remarked
that it was, in his opinion, an infringement upon the sovereign rig
of the State of California.
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