Iron Pants: Oregon's Anti-New Deal Governor, Charles Henry Martin

by Gary Murrell

In 1934, Oregon's newly-elected governor was a conservative anti-New Deal Democrat in a party dominated by President Roosevelt and his reformers. Here was a volatile combination certain to involve Charles Henry Martin in major political controversy. Governor Martin quickly turned his formidable talents to the destruction of labor unions and reformers in Northwest industries. He formed a secret Red Squad within the Oregon State Police bureaucracy,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087422196X
• ISBN13: 9780874221961
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Washington State University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"