As World War II continued to rage overseas in January 1942, the U. S. Navy and other federal agencies called for assistance from regional and local groups.
The Weed Press newspaper reported on Jan. 9, 1942, that 5,000 radio technicians were needed to operate airplane detection and other defense devices. The newspaper said Siskiyou County attorneys were among the first to respond.
The 13,000-member California State Bar had already organized a speakers鈥� bureau to assist the Navy鈥檚 recruiting campaign, providing speakers to address civic clubs, women鈥檚 organizations, and movie theater and radio audiences.
The Siskiyou County attorneys in the speakers鈥� bureau included Yreka lawyers J. Everett Barr, Mark Brawman, Fred W. Burton, M.F. Buffum, C.E. Butler, J.P. Correia, James Davis, Sam Friedman, Charles Johnson, C. J. Luttrell, Floyd Merrill, Clayton Tapscott, and George Tebbe, Jr. Others were three lawyers from Mt. Shasta, Ott Haese, Donald Shannon and L.N. Lorsensen; and C.F. Eachwig of Tulelake and Roy Weaver of Dunsmuir.
In addition, Siskiyou Union High School District Superintendent J. E. Hurley joined the group.
Source: 鈥淐ounty Attorneys First to Respond to Nation鈥檚 War Defense Effort.鈥� Weed Press, 9 Jan. 1942, p. 6.
