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L - Miscellaneous Correspondence
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Approx. 45 items. Memos and letters. Subjects include: agreement with LIFE Picture Service; Williams' meeting with Western Developers Council; discussions with California Trial Lawyers Assn. about "no-fault insurance; Chicano Moratorium (1971); letter of reaction from Judge Charles Loring following publication of editorial titled "Court Gags Jeopardize Public Rights"; commercial interests and "news" scoops; etc.
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Speeches
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Approx. 25 items--there are duplicate copies of some speeches. The folder contains speech manuscripts for remarks delivered at Bowdoin College, the Federal Bar Assn., The Buckley School, a speech about the Watts Riots (1965), remarks given at a panel discussion in Nashville, speeches at the Wilshire Bar Assn., Historical Society of Southern California, a short speech titled "A Five-minute History of the Los Angeles Times," etc. There are also several news clippings related to talks by Bassett.
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"Contempt" Case
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Approx 95 items - letters, memos, teletype messages and other material related to LAT contempt case, 1938 - 1941. Notable names and items include: Harry Chandler ; correspondence with various law firms (Cosgrove & O'Neil... Bailie, Turner & Lake... Hanson, Lovett & Dale... etc.) ; correspondence with Robert R. McCormick (Publisher, Chicago Tribune) ; material from Los Angeles Bar Assn. ; 7-pp. transcript of "Radio broadcast of Mayor Fletcher Bowron, Station KEHE, " 2/7/1939 (mention of LAT situation not seen in transcript - ?) ; numerous items of correspondence with publishers and others related to journalism expressing support for The Times in the contempt case.
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Free Press - Fair Trial (2 of 2)
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Approx. 55 items. Booklet titled "Fair Trial vs. A Free Press," legal documents, "State of New Mexico vs. Morris and Harrison, clippings from periodicals--Amer. Bar News, Amer. Political Science Assn., Atlantic Monthly, etc, memos, letters, material from L.A. County Bar Assn., speech texts, monograph by Robert Neeb, Jr., "Analysis of the Problems of Photograph and Broadcasting in Court Proceedings.
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Speeches - Los Angeles Bar Association
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3 items: three copies of speech Thomas presented to Los Angeles Bar Assn., 4/27/1978.
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Newsprint conservation - War Production Board and ANPA publications
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Approx. 20 items: 45-pp. booklet, transcript of War Production Board's "Appeals Board -- Los Angeles Newspapers," 11/29/1944, Washington, DC ; a collection of bulletins of WPB and American Newspaper Publishers Assn. related to newsprint conservation.
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