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Ph'Hic Your Want Ads—fififiWOODLANDPolitical Coercion, Charged To Rolph by Garrison JailFree 5SACRAMENTO—Political pressure! TWO—That the governor and hi: bordering on lt;bta.km.il .nd coercion («dvi»°r, .ought support po-, . . liticnl fences with public works con-wo* exerted in attempt, to fore. »'I ,„bll bu,.n«»x.DoSAN FR Havana. lt;‘ulto give California public works con-ttact. t.i Governor Ralph', friend.,! THRKE That the governor, olfire' ^ Rr,..Col. Walter K. Garrison at Udi ,e«-ia»kvl Ga.ruon to contribute to . fundi ,Rterday ,„!d a senate inquiry beard. ,lt;» ««ht F«t.tor Inman last fall and, » ^On the theme of this .peetaeulor that Earl lae Kelly pul.be work. ,b- ,statement from the ousted public rector, suggested that Garrtaon a,.- ^works director the first investigation ! preach contractors for eontr,buttons. ]t ^ J of a governor shown on records of! FOUR-That Finance Director by cu,this State began. land Vandegrift incurred an excessive sn Kr(nlc|••If you're going to stay in politics;obligation in committing the state | banned narc you aren't going to do it that way., pay $00,000 e year for 25 years fo, , |{oLColonel Garrison quoted Assemblyman I San Francisco building space. j|,c puck;William llornblower of San Francisco As Sheridan Downey, attorney for foum, {Q cj as saying during an audience with the investigators. Uni witnesses' ,lu)l ( Governor Rolph fiver trucking con- through their stories other evidence lhl bou tracts. (levied inferential charges against the!ico as „curj“If*you do. Garrison said he was administration. ^ entry into (told by hornblowcr, “I oppose every No Crooked Deal ibit of legislation you bring in. “I don’t know of any crooked flea! Ajma (Je |• I told llornblower. ‘That’s either in my department while I was there. Waaj,jn|ftoI blackmail or coercion and I'll not be Garrison saifl in concluding his tcsti- ^.. tnlked either blackmailed nor coerced by mony. wilh hor fyou.’ ” An effort to infer connection be- Havanas»nRolph (.ament tween Yandegrift's part in negotia-. ..everylhin|During the same interview. Garri- tion for a *110,000 Ventura county ' jj said the governor complained, hospital site and his almost simultan- i s reck(,j-They won't let me tnke care of myjeous purchase of personal ranch ProPJ flt;1‘mer Mrfriends.” jerty from the same concern drew ,er mThe llornblower incident, electri- tention. ! inen^Ncwfying a crowded committee room to There was rt brief inning for the •1 ‘ (strained attention, typified the story Rolph forces when Tim Reardon, col- haof the public works director. orful highway commissioned and long- ,l ” 'Three months to a day before he time political associate of the gover-testificd Garrison was removed bylease whencontrol. I ntnr .tor. at bis own request took the stand. Phon,‘-Governor Rolph for “disloyalty. | He defended Rolph generally, spe- 'H te-timony overshadowed that -ifically justifying both the governor Ml*§, IV of four other witnesses. anti th? highway commission in includ-NYit'i anti-admini'tration forces in ing a roatl past the San Mateo ranch jnded secondary highways.I. M. Inman of Sacramento cov- Reardon denied that the governor KNIGH' s and drew from, initiated tie movement for inclusion Millsup o s against the ad-! 'f the road, saying it was demanded ployed as mini*tra' :on: by resident' of the district involved. Grafton sO.NK That Governor Rolph per-, He attacked Garrison as ir.expcri- and assur-onalh lt;nFeted included in the li*33- enced. ridiculed James I. Her*, deputy Miss N«35 highway program a road ravers- »usted with his superior and left the which con) ing property owned by his family and stand under the committee's promise been divi suited for subdivision purposes. [to recall him. grades. ----- of the firSameMan Tolls Same Bell
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Woodland Daily Democrat
Woodland, California, US
Wed, Jan 11, 1933
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