Who would have ever dreamed : ms. : Los Angeles, Calif., 1966.

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Who would have ever dreamed : ms. : Los Angeles, Calif., 1966.

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Memoirs written for the Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles; edited and indexed by that office. Photocopies of letters inserted throughout. Move to California from Oregon, 1923; work as accountant; election as Republican to state assembly, 1938; service in U.S. Congress, 1943-45 and 1947-53; career as mayor of Los Angeles, 1953-1961, with discussion of housing, major league baseball, Khrushchev's visit, campaigns, state water problems, etc.

[61], 500 leaves ; 28 cm.

University of California, Bancroft Library, ARL

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