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Washington Merry-Go-Round on Hiram Johnson and California politics
The piece surveys Hiram Johnson’s potential renewed clash with the Roosevelt administration in California, noting Johnson’s past shifts and current bid to influence the 1938 gubernatorial, Senate races. It tracks Olson, Murphy, Olson, McAdoo, Downey, and Preston on the Democratic field, the Haight- Olson- Murphy dynamic, and WW II era political intrigues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Golden State
Hiram Johnson
Herbert Huever
Franklin Roosevelt
Bols
Nob Hill
San Francisco Bay
Johnson
California
Charles Evans Hughes
Wooden Wilson
Sam Shortridge
Hiram
Phil LaFollette
Raymond Haight
Phil
Haight
Culbert Olson
Upton Sinclair
Olson
Wisconsin
CIO
Murphy
Jerry McConnor
White House
Steve Early
Houston
Presidents
E M Watson
Early
Hanging Bridge
Royal Gorge
Colorado
Steve
McAdoo
Sheridan Downey
Francis Townsend
John W Preston
State Supreme Court
Downey
Roosevelt
Tom Mooney
George Davis
Mooney
US Supreme Court
Elliott Roosevelt
Fort Worth
Texas
Maury Maverick
United Feature Syndicate, Inc