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The article on Sheridan Downey is missing citations. It seems thorough but where the information comes from is lacking. There are a few citations mentioned that I will have to locate the book and find where and how it fits into this article.

There are a few awkward sentences that could be restructured for better flow.

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In 1938, Downey ran for the U.S. Senate as a supporter of the proposed "Ham and Eggs" government pension program. Despite the strong backing incumbent senator William Gibbs McAdoo received from the White House, and a personal campaign appearance by President Franklin Roosevelt, Downey defeated McAdoo in the Democratic primary by more than 135,000 votes. Downey went on to o vicitory, defeating Republican Philip Bancroft by a 54-46 percent margin. On October 24, 1938, Downey appeared on the cover of Time.

Though he had been considered a staunch liberal, Downey as a senator became a conservative Democrat who won the support of California's major oil interests. He supported the efforts of oil companies and agribusiness to procure state, rather than federal, control of California's oil resources. He also worked to exempt the California Central Valley from the Reclamation Act of 1902, an action which assisted corporate farms. In the Senate, Downey also introduced a series of pension bills. In 1941 he was named chairman of a special Senate committee on old-age insurance. He took an early stand supporting a military draft but opposed the Roosevelt administration's plans to requisition industries in time of war. During World War II he called for the creation of a committee to investigate the status of blacks and other minorities in the armed forces. Downey advocated a postwar United Nations, international control of atomic energy, increased veterans' benefits, and federal pay raises. At the end of the war he opposed continuation of the military draft. During his years in the U.S. Senate, Downey often represented the interests of California's powerful motion picture industry. His shift from a liberal New Dealer to a conservative Democrat would become officially recognized after the war ended.

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 * 1) Kenneth Franklin Kurz, Nixon's Enemies, NTC/Contemporary Publishing Group, 1998, p. 102
 * 2) G. J. Barker-Benfield, Catherine Clinton, Portraits of American Women: From Settlement to the Present, Oxford University, 1998, pg. 554.
 * 3) Downey, Sheridan. 1947. They Would Rule the Valley San Francisco, self published
 * 4) Kenneth Franklin Kurz, Nixon's Enemies, NTC/Contemporary Publishing Group, 1998, p. 103
 * 5) http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000469
 * 6) "Sheridan Downey." Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1981.
 * 7) [ Labor History]. Aug2001, Vol. 42 Issue 3, p255-276. 22p.

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3-1-18 trying to locate the books used in the original works sited. 3-2-18 worked on a few citations and checking sentence structure (run ons and awkward flow)

3-8-2018 added citations on EPIC. Cleaned up sentence structure.

3-10-18 went to the Chico Library as the books listed are not available through the Butte Library site.

3-11-18 Started to edit the Politics section. Added the book he wrote in support of the Townsend movement to the Politics section. Looking for information on the "Ham and Eggs" platform as my sources are calling it something else. If that cant be verified I will be updating the information that I have verified.

3-13-18 restructured the entire first paragraph of U.S. Senate. The paragraph reads much better now. Added a link to the Ham and Eggs political platform.

3-18-2018 Peer Review of the 1933 Long Beach Earthquake.

4-1-2018 peer review response. All work has already been moved to the main space.

4-3-2018 looked for pictures that I could add. Found one but it really wasn't that great of a picture. I haven't decided yet if I will use it or just keep looking.

4-8-2018 re-read the article. I am happy with the way it reads and satisfied with the citations.