...73; Delmatier, Mclntosh, and Waters, Rumble of California Politics, 272-73. 33. Upton Sinclair, /, Governor of California, and How I Ended Poverty: A True Story of the Future (Los Angeles: Upton Sinclair, 1934); Clarence Frederic Mclntosh, "Upton Sinclair and the EPIC Movement,...

...booklet that became the principal organizing tool of the campaign. Bearing the remarkable title, I, Governor of California: And How I Ended Poverty: A True Story of the Future, the 64-page pamphlet narrated its story backward from the future in the style of Edward Bellamy's Utopian...

...registered as a Democrat. Sinclair also completed a pamphlet cast in the form of futurist fiction, I, Governor of California and How I Ended Poverty — A True Story of the Future, which soon became the manifesto of one of the most improbable political campaigns in American history....

...Fascism, and ultimately Bolshevism." To spread the word about his program, Sinclair wrote a pamphlet, "I, Governor of California and How I Ended Poverty: A True Story of the Future," which soon reached a very large audience. To get out voters, Sinclair established the End Poverty League...

...Aid, 1931; Committee on Economic Security, Social Security in America, p. 245. 41. Upton Sinclair, /, Governor of California, and How I Ended Poverty: A True Story of the Future (Los Angeles: Upton Sinclair, 1933), pp. 21-24; Delmatier et al., California Politics, chap. 8; Putnam,...

...candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor of California. In a self-published fantasy called /, Governor of California, and How I Ended Poverty: A True Story of the Future, he outlined what he called EPIC — End Poverty in California. Its motto was "Production for Use,"...

...a Democrat. A few weeks later he published his central campaign document — a pamphlet entitled I, Governor of California and How I Ended Poverty; A True Story of the Future.1 IV Sinclair had been a Socialist for thirty years, and the decision to leave the party was...

...pressure on state and local governments.45 Sinclair's writings were used to portray him as a dangerous OF CALIFORNIA And How I Ended Poverty A True Story of the Future By UPTON SINCLAIR This is not just a pamphlet. ; This is the beginning of a Crusade. A Two* Year Plan...

...political establishment by winning the Democratic gubernatorial primary. His cleverly titled booklet, /, Governor of California, And How I Ended Poverty: A True Story of the Future, and his "End Poverty in California" campaign, known as EPIC, ignited a grassroots upheaval throughout...

...metropolis." THE 19308: EPIC STRUGGLES In 1933, in the depths of the Depression, Upton Sinclair published /, Governor of California and How I Ended Poverty: A True Story of the Future. In this slim volume, Sinclair described how, as governor, he would put the state's unemployed to work...