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Miller? fires, and they were storing it all down there with 

 this tremendous oil storage up here, and I wanted 

 half of that foamite here. I couldn't get it because 

 the votes were down there. So I made a statement. I 

 said, "Governor," — there was a packed gallery of 

 people — "Contra Costa County outships Los Angeles 

 and San Francisco and Oakland combined in tons of 

 water-borne freight*" 



"Can you prove that?" 



"Yes, sir. I can use your navy statistics." 



The people from Los Angeles gasped. 



"And Contra Costa County has more vulnerable 

 inflammable explosive material than anywhere else in 

 the United States." 



"Can you prove that?" 



"Yes, sir. Governor, you want me to prove it? 

 These are secret things that I get from the army and 

 navy in Washington. I have them here. Would you 

 like me to prove it?" 



He turned to the navy and he turned to the army, 

 the general and the captain, and he said, "No, Sheriff. 



