Pass along as you see fit... it's been a long hot weekend and hotter today.
Thanks to the FReepers who stopped by the booths and I'll be in touch with those who signed the log. I may be slow on the draw, but the promised follow-up WILL happen.
Jim, Dale, Flag Brigade Saundra, Impeach98... feel free to fill in the blanks. We'll have more photos coming in from PDN members who covered the rally between volunteers to help out.
Ping's y'all.
Sacramento area ping.
It is important to also note the following on Hiram Johnson.
http://www.sacbee.com/static/archive/news/projects/people_of_century/century_special/johnson.html As governor, Johnson led successful fights for institution of initiative, referendum and recall laws; the direct primary election; the eight-hour work day for women and children; the workers compensation act; pure food and drug acts; free textbooks in public schools; pensions for retired teachers; and more government control of the railroads and utilities.
But he also played a leading role in advocating the exclusion of Japanese from the state and country and opposed American participation in both the League of Nations and the United Nations. After six years as governor, Johnson was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1916 and was re-elected four times. He died on Aug. 6, 1945, the day the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
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From California archives
In 1917 Jonnson resigned the governorship to become United States Senator, a position he held for the next 24 years.
He died August 6, 1945. Three weeks before his death he cast one of three dissenting votes in the senate against American participation in World War II.
From
http://www.janet.org/janet_history/niiya_chron.html 19 May 1913 Governor Hiram Johnson signed the 1913 Alien Land Law, to become effective on August 10.
Jan. 19, 1920 3,000 members of the Filipino Labor Union walked off their jobs; Japanese workers soon joined them. By early February, 8,300 laborers were on strike, representing 77% of the work force.
Nov. 1920 The new 1920 Alien Land Law, a more stringent measure intended to close loopholes in the 1913 Alien Land Law, passed as a ballot initiative. It was to become effective on December 9.
Nov. 13, 1922 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the Ozawa case, definitively prohibiting Japanese from becoming naturalized citizens on the basis of race. This ban lasted until 1952. A similar case involving the denial of naturalization was also ruled upon.
