Sixty years in law, public service and international affairs
Subtitle: and related material
By: Herman Phleger; tape recorded interview conducted by Miriam F. Stein in 1977. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1979 :
Contributors: Sterling, J. E. Wallace 1906-; Stein, Miriam.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1977
Subjects: Di Giorgio, Joseph.; Hearst family.; Macondray family.; Atherton family.; Drury, Newton Bishop, 1889-1978.; University of California (1868-1952). Class of 1912.; Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association.; Stanford University.; United States. Dept. of State.; Matson Navigation Company.; Lawyers -- California -- San Francisco.; Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946.; Sacramento (Calif.) -- Social life and customs.; United States -- Politics and government.; United States -- Foreign relations.; Germany -- History -- 1945-1955.; San Francisco (Calif.) -- Waterfront.
Description: Comments on growing up in Sacramento; education at University of California, Class of 1912; career as a San Francisco lawyer, with discussion of labor cases, waterfront strikes, and representing Joseph DiGiorgio, Matson Navigation Company, Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association and the Hearst family; service on the Stanford University Board of Trustees; work as associate director, Legal Division, U.S. Military Government of Germany after World War II, and as legal adviser, U.S. Dept. of State, 1953-57; the Nuremberg trials; attendance at international conferences (Geneva, Suez, Antartica, etc.); appointment to various government committees; and continuing interest in international affairs. Information also about his wife's family, the Macondrays and the Athertons.

Appended: photocopies of two speeches, including remarks at Newton B. Drury's funeral.
Table of contents: title: Reel 1: Sep. 16, 1977. Track 1: 1020 ft., track 2: 502 ft.; title: Reel 2: Sep. 16, 1977. Track 1: 986 ft., track 2: 988 ft.; title: Reel 3: Sep. 23, 1977. Track 1: 989 ft., track 2: 998 ft.; title: Reel 4: Sep. 23, 1977. Track 1: 329 ft., track 2: blank; title: Reel 5: Oct. 4, 1977. Track 1: 989 ft., track 2: 994 ft.; title: Reel 6: Oct. 4 and 6, 1977. Track 1: 811 ft., track 2: 993 ft.; title: Reel 8: Oct. 11, 1977. Track 1: 985 ft., track 2: 993 ft.; title: Reel 9: Oct. 11, 1977. Track 1: 838 ft., track 2: blank; title: Reel 10: Oct. 19, 1977. Track 1: 984 ft., track 2: 989 ft.; title: Reel 11: Oct. 19, 1977. Track 1: 653 ft., track 2: blank; title: Reel 12: Oct. 25, 1977. Track 1: 984 ft., track 2: 572 ft.; title: Reel 13: Nov. 8, 1977. Track 1: 979 ft., track 2: 984 ft.; title: Reel 14: Nov. 8, 1977. Track 1: 743 ft., track 2: blank; title: Reel 15: Nov. 15, 1977. Track 1: 983 ft., track 2: 989 ft.; title: Reel 16: Nov. 15, 1977. Track 1: 611 ft., track 2: blank; title: Reel 17: Nov. 22, 1977. Track 1: 995 ft., track 2: 999 ft.; title: Reel 18: Nov. 22, 1977. Track 1: 643 ft., track 2: blank; title: Reel 19: Dec. 29, 1977. Track 1: 970 ft., track 2: 990 ft.; title: Reel 20: Nov. 29, 1977. Track 1: 957 ft., track 2: blank.; title: Phonotapes :