- Title
- Letter from Frederick C. Dockweiler to Senator Hugh Burns, October 7, 1952
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- Creator
- Dockweiler, Frederick C. (Frederick Charles), 1909-2000
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- Date
- 10 July 1952
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- Description
- Correspondence from Frederick C. Dockweiler, Chairman of Committee Against Socialist Housing, to Senator Hugh Burns, Chairman of State Senate Committee on Un-American Activities, appealing the Senator to hold a full and open hearing to probe the Communistic infiltration in the City Housing Authority.
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- Format Extent
- 2 pages
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- Subject
- Political campaigns; Public housing--California--Los Angeles; Communism; Burns, Hugh M., 1902-; Wilkinson, Frank, 1914-2006; Bowron, Fletcher, 1887-1968; Dockweiler, Frederick C. (Frederick Charles), 1909-2000
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- Note
- Frederick Charles Dockweiler (1909-2000) was the son of Isidore B. Dockweiler and Gertrude Reeve Dockweiler. He was a lawyer active in Los Angeles and California political issues, notable for his stands on various state and local ballot initiatives. From 1948 to 1952, Frederick Dockweiler vigorously fought for initiatives opposing public housing in Los Angeles and California. In 1964, he campaigned for a proposition against pay TV, and he actively opposed an initiative supporting censorship in 1972.
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- Collection
- Dockweiler Family Papers, CSLA-12, Series 2. Political Activities; Box No. 2; Folder No. 10
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- Type
- ["Correspondence"]
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- Geographic Location
- Sacramento (Calif.); Los Angeles (Calif.)
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- Language
- eng
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