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Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
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Governor Merriam, speaking in Colusa on July 17, threatened martial law in San Francisco to suppress communistic unrest, ready to mobilize National Guard, reserves, and American Legion if needed, pending input from Mayor Rossi and a citizens' committee.
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COLUSA. Cal., July 17. (U.P.) to call upon all military reserve forces and the entire California populace if necessary to stop trouble in San Francisco and to crush Communistic developments.
In a stirring speech at a meeting of service clubs he said he hesitated to declare martial law in San Francisco, but that if conditions continued and if Mayor Angelo Rossi and a citizen committee of 500 decided that martial law was required, he would order all national guardsmen to San Francisco.
If the guard was not enough, he would call upon all army reserve forces and the American legion.
Legion officials, he said, had conferred with him and promised that the organization was ready to cooperate in any way the state desired in order to control the situation in San Francisco.
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Colusa, Cal.
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July 17
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In a speech at a meeting of service clubs in Colusa, Merriam threatened to call upon all military reserve forces and the entire California populace if necessary to stop trouble in San Francisco and crush Communistic developments. He hesitated to declare martial law but would do so if Mayor Angelo Rossi and a citizen committee of 500 decided it was required, ordering all national guardsmen to San Francisco. If insufficient, he would call upon army reserve forces and the American Legion, whose officials had conferred with him and promised cooperation.