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Miller: 









Baum: 



Miller: 



being sheriff — both sides at different times came 

 to me with gifts. I still have some. Not of money 

 or anything but personal gifts like a pair of chaps 

 or something. Unknown to the other, they'd take me 

 over to San Francisco and give me a pair of chaps or 

 another buckle or something, just a keepsake, and I 

 accepted those graciously, of course — after many 

 years. It was a long, long period before I knew that 

 certain farmers were [ growling], "This guy is a kid, 

 you wait and see." Always the same. "He'll never 

 do it! He'll never do it! It never can be done." 

 Yep. It wasn't universal, it was just a few. I knew 

 who they were, and I number them among my best friends 



today. There isn't a one that I have any animosity 



& at 

 toward, workers or farmers. Today I have nothing but 



friendship among them. 



How about your next election campaign, in 1938? Did 



these growers support you? 



I told them frankly, "You can stick your votes in 



your left ear, gentlemen. I don't need them. I ve 



got enough votes to be elected." And I did. And 



