As Earl Warren leaves the Court after 16 years of wise and strong leadership. he takes his rightful place with those other great Chief Justices who have been placed by history in that special category of men who were not only notable jurists but statesmen with the wisdom and courage to help the Nation honor its commitment to the rule of law and equal justice for all. Earl Warren began his life in my home State of California. Born of immigrant parents who had been brought to the United States in infancy. his Norwegian father and Swedish mother settled first in San Diego and then moved to Los Angeles where Earl Warren was born on The Chief Justices social outlook stems from the circumstances of his youth. His father was a railroader who lost his job and home when the workers organized and struck for better working conditions. Those were the days when employers refused to rehire strikers.
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