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Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 16

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Oakland Tribunei
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Oakland, California
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16
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THURSDAY EVENING Dakland Tribune B-M AUGUST 28, 19197 SHORE LEASE UP TO VOTERS OF BERKELEY BERKELEY, proposed waterfront lease, now in course of construction, may be submitted by the "council as an Snitiative measure to be decided upon by the voters of the city, instead of being passed upon by the five members of the official body as was case in the last lease. That this would be the action of the council as a means of averting further difficulties in the of referendum petitions, became known today following a series conferences held in the office of Mayor Louis Bartlett at the city hall with Rufus Jennings, Oakland capitalist. LITTLE TIME LEFT If, however, the council decides to at a special election called for place the lease, on the a ballot Tuesday, September document must be in final shape by next Tuesday, according to City Attorney Frank V. Cornish. Berkeley's original lease awarded to Jennings by the old council: headed by Mayor Samuel C.

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