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Miller* not a party Republican. I vote for people the way I 



see them, regardless of church, color, creed, religion 

 or politics* I've always been that way. I pick a man 

 if I think he's a good man, and I'll vote for him 

 regardless of what his religion is or what his creed. 

 This has been my way of life and I'm not a party 

 politician. I was active in this ways I managed many 

 campaigns, yes. 



As a young man I managed a number of campaigns, 

 particularly for congressman, and I did manage Senator 

 Sharkey's campaign when he had a terrific fight to 

 be re-elected senator of this county, and that's why 

 he took me into San Francisco. There had been a 

 fight on between the sheriff, Veale, and Sharkey, in 

 which they placed a man by the name of Tony Reggiardo 

 to try to beat the sheriff, in 1918. The year might 

 not be correct. But anyhow, this is what happened. 

 In retaliation the cohorts of the sheriff put up a 

 candidate against Senator Sharkey, and Mr. Galvin 

 asked me if I would manage this campaign and I did. 

 Later on I managed campaigns for four or five various 

 people who were congressmen seeking re-election, and 



