Date of Award
1963
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Department
History
First Advisor
Malcolm R. Eiseler
First Committee Member
Raymond L. McIlwena [?]
Second Committee Member
Alonzo L. Baker
Abstract
It was the purpose of this study (1) to investigate the circumstances that seemed to warrant this le6islati on; (2) to study the important aspects of the bill itself; (3) to follow the bill through its heated political battle prior to its legislative passage; (4) to trace the factors that led to its defeat as a referendum measure; (5) to grasp the significance of defeat to Governor Olson; and (6) to determine the merits of the measure in relationship to conservation and production.
Pages
160
Recommended Citation
Serlin, George Marshall. (1963). The Atkinson Bill of 1939 : a study of an oil conservation and control act. University of the Pacific, Thesis. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1542