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Miller: some mutterings around about a lynching this year if 

 this wasn't taken care of. So one day there was a 

 fellow by the name of Nathan, he was a known agitator. 

 He came into town and I had him pointed out to me.* I 

 said, "Come here, Nathan, here in my car. w 



He got in the car and he says, "What are you 

 doing to do, Sheriff?" 



"I'm going to take you to the line and get you 

 out of here." 



"Well, why?" 



"I'm going to take you out of here to save your 

 life. There are some mutterings around here, they 

 don't want you around here, and I think I have a right 

 to save your life." So I took him to the Contra Costa 

 -Alameda County line and gave him $5 and said, "Don't 

 come back. I don't want you dead. I'd rather have 

 you alive." And this was my way of getting rid of 

 agitators in such a way as to save their lives and 

 save trouble. 



Baum: I think Nathan had been run out of town in 1934. 



Miller: Yes. Yes, he'd been run out and he was one of the 

 main agitators. 



Baum: He was a recognized organizer, I think. 



J.B. Nathan, a union organizer, arrived in Brentwood 

 on June 20, 1936; was persuaded to leave the area 

 under escort the following day. [WB] 



