Fletcher Bowron was an American lawyer, judge, and politician.
16 Facts About Fletcher Bowron
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Fletcher Bowron was the 35th Mayor of Los Angeles from 1938 to 1953.
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Fletcher Bowron dropped out of law school and became a reporter for San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles newspapers, working the City Hall and court beats in the latter city.
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Fletcher Bowron was finally admitted to the bar in 1917.
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Fletcher Bowron was then elected mayor of Los Angeles on a fusion ticket in 1938 in the wake of the corruption arising from the previous administration of Frank L Shaw, and earned the reputation of being lawful, unlike his predecessor.
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Fletcher Bowron obtained hundred million dollars from the Federal Housing Authority for the construction of 10,000 units.
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Fletcher Bowron forced the resignation of numerous officers, and prevented Los Angeles from becoming a wide open town.
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Fletcher Bowron ran on nonpartisan fusion tickets, but his popularity declined in his 4th term.
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Fletcher Bowron served during the era of World War II, most notably supporting the removal of Japanese Americans from California and their subsequent Internment.
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In January 1942 Fletcher Bowron began to call for relocating Japanese Americans away from the coast and putting them to work in farm camps.
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Fletcher Bowron forced all Japanese American employees of the City of Los Angeles to take a leave of absence and circulated propaganda targeted at people of Japanese descent.
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Fletcher Bowron additionally proposed allowing the government to ignore portions of the Selective Service Act and call Japanese Americans, including women and those whose age or physical status would otherwise exempt them, into non-combat military service if the war required it.
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Fletcher Bowron lost re-election in 1953 after having survived a number of recall attempts, with his defeat attributed partly to the loss of his liberal backing as a result of McCarthyism.
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Ten months later, Fletcher Bowron married his long-time executive assistant, Albine Norton.
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In 1967, Fletcher Bowron was named chairman of the city's Citizen's Committee on Zoning Practices and Procedures.
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Fletcher Bowron urged the defeat of these opposition City Council candidates in 1939:.