Enforcing the law against gambling, bootlegging, graft, fraud, and subversion, 1922-1942 :
oral history transcript /
Oscar J. Jahnsen ; tape recorded interview conducted by Alice King and Miriam F. Stein in 1970. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1976 :
and related material,
1970-1976.

Description

Main Author

Jahnsen, Oscar J.

Related Names

Stein, Mimi, interviewer.
King, Alice Gore, interviewer.
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.

Language(s)

English

Subjects

Warren, Earl, > Warren, Earl, / 1891-1974.
California. > California. / Office of the Attorney General.
California. > California. / District Attorney (Alameda County)
Japanese Americans > Japanese Americans / Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945.
Crime > Crime / California.
Criminals > Criminals / California.
Prohibition > Prohibition / California.
California > California / Politics and government.
Oral histories.

Summary

Comments on his long career in law enforcement, as agent for the Internal Revenue Service's Bureau of Prohibition, and working with Earl Warren on the staff of the Alameda County district attorney's office and the California attorney general's office. Views on Japanese relocation during World War II also discussed. Copies of photographs inserted.

Note

Phonotape also available.
Also available online.

Physical Description

Transcript : [20], 212 leaves ; 28 cm. + related material.

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