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Oil lobbyist top spender at last legislative session
Sworn statements filed with the legislative auditor show Charles R. Stevens, a San Francisco attorney for major oil companies, spent 4174 during the month long 1954 session. Other notable expenditures include Emil Hoerchner for the Californa State Brewers Institute at 176.41 and Sam Collins for the Union Oil Co at 1995. The report lists multiple industry and labor group lobbyists with varied totals across the session.
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Sacramento
Legislative
Charles R. Stevens
San Francisco
Emil Hoerchner
Californa State Brewers Institute
Institute
Arthur H. Samish
Frank X. Flynn
Samish
Southern California Spirits Foundation
Northern California Wholesale
Jefferson J. Peyser
Wine Institute
Ray Adams
California Tavern and
Lynn Peterson
Pabst Brewing Co
Tarnoff
California
Sam Collins
Assembly
Union OU Co
Don Cleary
Elmer Bromley
AFL California Federation of Labor
Eugene P. Conser
California Real Estate Assn
Richard Carpenter
League of California
Frankeis J. Carr
Pacific Gas and Electric
Walter Little