Oral history interview with Gardiner Johnson : oral history transcript / By Gabrielle Morris, Regional Oral History Office, University of California Berkeley for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1983.

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Oral history interview with Gardiner Johnson : oral history transcript / By Gabrielle Morris, Regional Oral History Office, University of California Berkeley for the State Government Oral History Program, California State Archives, 1983.

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Gardiner Johnson's oral history discusses his career as California state assemblyman 1935-1946 and Republican party activities 1932-1966. Discusses Alameda County politics; legislative friction with governors Culbert Olson and Earl Warren; criminal justice and penal reform; Youth Authority; lobbying; World War II postwar employment and public works planning studies and legislation; state tax legislation. Also discusses election campaigns 1934, 1942, 1952-64, including Republican national conventions, Goldwater, Reagan and Warren as political candidates; conservative leaders and organizations; and references to numerous political figures of the period.

249 p. ; 29 cm.

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State Government Oral History Program (Calif.)

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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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California state assemblyman 1935-1946; also member Alameda County Republican Central Committee for many years; Republican State Central Committee, 1934-1946, 1950-1982; Republican National Committee, 1964-1968; and a practicing attorney in San Francisco. From the description of Oral history interview with Gardiner Johnson : oral history transcript / By Gabrielle Morris, Regional Oral History Office, University of California Berkeley for the State Government Oral History Program, Cal...

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