William T. Sweigert Sr.: Administration and Ethics in the Governor's Office and the Courts, California, 1939-1975
Interviewee(s):
Sweigert, William T., Sr.
Interviewer(s):
Fry, Amelia
Title:
William T. Sweigert Sr.: Administration and Ethics in the Governor's Office and the Courts, California, 1939-1975
Abstract:
Comments on Earl Warren's political ethics and philosophy; Sweigert's appointment as Assistant DA, San Mateo County; Warren's attorney general campaign, 1938; attorney general's office: reorganization, 1940, and function in wartime; civil defense; 1942 and 1946 gubernatorial campaigns; Sweigert's appointments to the bench. In a joint interview with Judge Albert C. Wollenberg, Sweigert discusses the Warren health insurance proposal and its rejection by the California Medical Association and by the legislature.
Sweigert, William T., Sr. "William T. Sweigert Sr.: Administration and Ethics in the Governor's Office and the Courts, California, 1939-1975." Interview by Amelia Fry in 1972, 1973 and 1975. Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1987.