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TABLE OF CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION i 



TABLE OF CONTENTS iv 



BACKGROUND OF THE BRENTWOOD PLAN 1 



CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH OF JOHN A. MILLER 5 



CAMPAIGN FOR SHERIFF OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, 1934 21 



MODERNIZING THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE 31 



THE BRENTWOOD-MILLER PLAN IN OPERATION 40 



LAFOLLETTB COMMITTEE HEARINGS, 1939 69 



AREA COORDINATOR DURING WORLD WAR II 78 



POST-WAR ACTIVITIES 85 



PARTIAL INDEX 89 



