Iron pants
Subtitle: Oregon's anti-New Deal governor, Charles Henry Martin
By: Gary Murrell.
Publisher: Washington State University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Pullman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
Subjects: Martin, Charles H. 1863-1946.; United States. Army -- Biography.; Governors -- Oregon -- Biography.; New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Oregon.; Oregon -- Politics and government -- 1859-1950.; United States -- History, Military -- 19th century.; United States -- History, Military -- 20th century.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "In 1934 Oregon's newly-elected Democratic governor, Charles Henry Martin, quickly turned his formidable talents to attacking labor unions and reformers in Northwest industry. He empowered a secret Red Squad within the Oregon State Police bureaucracy, which was involved in spying and using disruptive tactics against union activists up and down the West Coast.".

"The author also explores Martin's equally intriguing military career (1887-1927). A graduate of West Point, Martin was at center stage in a number of key events including chasing elements of Coxey's Army, the Philippines acquisition, entering China's Forbidden City during the Boxer Rebellion, commanding the all-black Ninety-second Division after World War I, and perpetuating the Army's discriminatory policies of the 1920s."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-217) and index.