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Gov Edmund Gerald Pat Brown Sr — Part 6

32 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Gov Edmund Gerald Pat Brown Sr · 31 pages OCR'd
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at . a % UIs, police chief did re- ; j * mind the-Governor, however, Lh oe, ‘arker Brown mgs " fon, i t ento oy m; wit 1 Seven openly "stated ° “that when the governor sought favor of the Legislature “heowas required ‘to grant “some favor in return.. - — f ge'vou said it was a case : yequid pro quo,’ that you ‘ ‘ ‘give a judgeship- ‘or. m thing’ and thus could > ‘piford to go to the Legis-. ¢ e:too often.”, .-: 5 oe cited a “newspaper, Pere wr ee Ores et in. “Blast at. Law. Enforcement Attack _ More fuel was: : heaped on the bitter. feud between fice Chief Parker and Governor Edmund G. Brown ‘when Parker’ accused the Governor of “unwar- ated by some’ ulterior 4 in criticizing local’ Taw pnior cement, and scored 4 Palltmore Hotel, charged the or had made “gratuitous th P, Aiited attacks” on law enforcement in Los Angeles} ta) _asserted, “and the é Ned improvements. in administration of crimi- ‘Justice seem to have ag- i 4 cefed | in the’: ‘halls of de | ‘ fefe’ which ‘reported that, Miexander Popé,- former Los & on individual. legislators’ committee chairmen, en- ging, cajoling; some- es threatening them . rd ying patronage. a Parker pointed ‘out he ap ently incurred -further, gu: Le ANTUNES EVENING wf et ore. (05 ANGELES FILLS Bote for “misuse of sta ¢ rayatcd the problem. FE re chief’ cited ihe; « “*E‘respectfully submit it | <-, f the! _ Parker, in a 19-page letter to 7 ig,time the voices and opin- rca veconclling ° your Brown, part of which he used 1 tus’ of dedicated, - -experi- a ote hl a'kbeech yesterday befate the + walif “a}tack upon’ me my : . Downtown *Optimis jeneed “and qualified law | poeuous statement toncern- Optimists.Club at : ment efficers..are_ "a. - vituperative * “commen . Koncerning Parker’s perform- ‘ Mnce-of his duties... - Y 48 is difficult to undér- fi the reason for your in- ; vlese «: of my “public \State- ‘na@iits concerning -your. ‘role . ‘ae the legisiative “process ged your action in the. oe chine Gun” Walker case,” . itf.(Peter J.) Pitchess and 3 anted attack upon me in im: eal of you than I, and yet $% Se included . a. break { of. statisti¢s “In nis .let-: © Showing that in the six dyegrs: ‘between 1954..and ..1960 «the,erime rate in the state in ajoy felony cases increased 209%Her cent,as compared | per cent,’ . er said° he "pelieved . a Bs-"-Governor’s _ anger. “apparently provoked” .He ive rnatorial anger with a S| fate ent. concerning the con H : Erwin Walker, who ot and killed a California High- way patrolman-ahd shot two Los Angeles’ policemen,‘ one jot: whom {s- still paralyzed as a result. «The goverhor’s action inj _OTHER: SITUATIONS. : This conclusion, the police 6 LY 64-SRoOs” re yand County. ieee attorney now Brown's pEM AL EVIRESS vo % his’ blistering couner-*- tive secretary, must: nate — _ or: last: Parker said ee st 1g 2 stitutes a clear and pres be ef’ track of-79 bills, in addi-! : 7 ~ executive was. “ | depiger to the'state itse™, nid which he “has. to. ride! SELES. CALIF, DIVISTGN 5 oT ype. stavement he ‘filed’ with the commuting the sentence, Par- Lone ud G. Garews =3i.7- CITES CRITICISM Dae, #Senate- Judiciary Committee Ker charged, “Hiustrates ar ef, OIF: x / . ‘The police official -pointed wWexMerch 27,.in which--he ack of concern for the. prob. » LSM OR be te others ‘were far mofe @8@erathe word. “patronage,” lems of the police,” flee. Lave CoP - £ are singled out tor attack, Bh cr that statement as chief said,-.“was not based e: 3 (sgyine upon the. Walker case alone “3 -raust ‘sonchitde you aré : “The po sition of the but has its genesis.in a series ] Des sad motivated by some ulterior i his s itis conveyed (of situations” in which Brown is purpose.” : through staff to the leg- was involved while district NOT re-onpE ‘With’ the exception of” the? ators, carries” great (attorney of San Francisco and ‘oot -California has the high- be of Nevada, Parker as 5 trime rate in-the natjon, 5 uf, apreakdown. ‘of ‘sta weight in terms of patron: age.” 2 ey HOT ACCUSATION y-statement, Parker, z de- , “does not charge jou |d “the use of patronége, |4 attorney general. of. Califor) The governor's “first con- flict with the -police” came g trial of three defesd- accused of murder in cisco on May 7, 1947, accord-| ing to Parker, ‘who charged: 191 may 2 ~ 1961 ee . eee eee
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