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Gov Edmund Gerald Pat Brown Sr — Part 6
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. a % UIs, police chief did re- ; j
* mind the-Governor, however, Lh oe,
‘arker Brown mgs " fon,
i t ento oy
m; wit 1
Seven openly "stated ° “that
when the governor sought
favor of the Legislature
“heowas required ‘to grant
“some favor in return.. - —
f ge'vou said it was a case
: yequid pro quo,’ that you
‘ ‘ ‘give a judgeship- ‘or.
m thing’ and thus could
> ‘piford to go to the Legis-.
¢ e:too often.”, .-:
5 oe cited a “newspaper,
Pere wr ee Ores
et in. “Blast at.
Law. Enforcement Attack
_ More fuel was: : heaped on the bitter. feud between
fice Chief Parker and Governor Edmund G. Brown
‘when Parker’ accused the Governor of “unwar-
ated by some’ ulterior
4 in criticizing local’ Taw
pnior cement, and scored 4
Palltmore Hotel, charged the
or had made “gratuitous
th P,
Aiited attacks” on law enforcement in Los Angeles}
ta)
_asserted, “and the
é Ned improvements. in
administration of crimi-
‘Justice seem to have ag-
i
4
cefed | in the’: ‘halls of de |
‘
fefe’ which ‘reported that,
Miexander Popé,- former Los
& on individual. legislators’
committee chairmen, en-
ging, cajoling; some-
es threatening them . rd
ying patronage. a
Parker pointed ‘out he ap
ently incurred -further, gu:
Le ANTUNES EVENING
wf
et ore.
(05 ANGELES FILLS
Bote for “misuse of sta ¢ rayatcd the problem. FE re chief’ cited ihe;
« “*E‘respectfully submit it | <-, f the!
_ Parker, in a 19-page letter to 7 ig,time the voices and opin- rca veconclling ° your
Brown, part of which he used 1 tus’ of dedicated, - -experi- a ote hl
a'kbeech yesterday befate the + walif “a}tack upon’ me my : .
Downtown *Optimis jeneed “and qualified law | poeuous statement toncern-
Optimists.Club at : ment efficers..are_
"a.
- vituperative * “commen
. Koncerning Parker’s perform-
‘ Mnce-of his duties... -
Y 48 is difficult to undér-
fi the reason for your in-
; vlese «: of my “public \State-
‘na@iits concerning -your. ‘role
. ‘ae the legisiative “process
ged your action in the.
oe chine Gun” Walker case,” .
itf.(Peter J.) Pitchess and 3
anted attack upon me in im:
eal of you than I, and yet $%
Se included . a. break {
of. statisti¢s “In nis .let-:
© Showing that in the six
dyegrs: ‘between 1954..and ..1960
«the,erime rate in the state in
ajoy felony cases increased
209%Her cent,as compared
| per cent,’ .
er said° he "pelieved . a
Bs-"-Governor’s _ anger.
“apparently provoked”
.He
ive
rnatorial anger with a S| fate
ent. concerning the con
H
: Erwin Walker, who ot
and killed a California High-
way patrolman-ahd shot two
Los Angeles’ policemen,‘ one
jot: whom {s- still paralyzed as
a result.
«The goverhor’s action inj
_OTHER: SITUATIONS. :
This conclusion, the police
6
LY 64-SRoOs”
re yand County. ieee attorney now Brown's pEM AL EVIRESS
vo % his’ blistering couner-*- tive secretary, must: nate — _
or: last: Parker said ee st 1g 2 stitutes a clear and pres be ef’ track of-79 bills, in addi-! : 7 ~
executive was. “ | depiger to the'state itse™, nid which he “has. to. ride! SELES. CALIF,
DIVISTGN
5
oT ype. stavement he ‘filed’ with the commuting the sentence, Par- Lone ud G. Garews
=3i.7- CITES CRITICISM Dae, #Senate- Judiciary Committee Ker charged, “Hiustrates ar ef, OIF: x / .
‘The police official -pointed wWexMerch 27,.in which--he ack of concern for the. prob. » LSM OR be te
others ‘were far mofe @8@erathe word. “patronage,” lems of the police,” flee. Lave CoP
- £ are singled out tor attack, Bh cr that statement as chief said,-.“was not based
e: 3 (sgyine upon the. Walker case alone “3
-raust ‘sonchitde you aré : “The po sition of the but has its genesis.in a series ] Des sad
motivated by some ulterior i his s itis conveyed (of situations” in which Brown is
purpose.” : through staff to the leg- was involved while district NOT re-onpE
‘With’ the exception of” the? ators, carries” great (attorney of San Francisco and ‘oot
-California has the high-
be of Nevada, Parker as 5
trime rate in-the natjon, 5
uf, apreakdown. ‘of ‘sta
weight in terms of patron:
age.” 2
ey HOT ACCUSATION
y-statement, Parker,
z
de-
, “does not charge jou |d
“the use of patronége, |4
attorney general. of. Califor)
The governor's “first con-
flict with the -police” came
g trial of three defesd-
accused of murder in
cisco on May 7, 1947, accord-|
ing to Parker, ‘who charged:
191 may 2
~
1961
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