Oral history interview with Thomas M. Rees : oral history transcript / By Carlos Vasquez, Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles, for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1987.

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Oral history interview with Thomas M. Rees : oral history transcript / By Carlos Vasquez, Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles, for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1987.

Rees discusses his family background, education, World War II service; conversion from Republican to Democratic parties in the early 1950s; agricultural implement business in Mexico; and participation in national Democratic Party conventions from 1965 to 1968. He comments on a wide range of individuals and issues involved in California and national politics from the 1950s to 1987.

[ix], ii, 388 p. ; 29 cm.

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Rees, Thomas M., 1925-

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In 1954, Thomas M. Rees was elected to represent the Fifty-ninth Assembly District of the California State Assembly. He served in the assembly until 1962, when he was elected as Los Angeles County's sole California state senator until the senate was reapportioned in 1965. In 1966 Rees was elected to the United States House of Representatives, where he served until 1976. In the state assembley and senate Rees specialized in legislation dealing with metropolitan planning, social insurance, state f...

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Administrative History Documentation of California state government with the use of oral history techniques began in 1969 with the Earl Warren Era Oral History Project. It was initiated by the Regional Oral History Office of the Bancroft Library and "centered on key developments in politics and government administration at the state and county level, innovations in criminal justice, public health, and social welfare from 1928-1953." ...

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