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Upton Sinclair's End Poverty in California Campaign

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EPIC Campaign Pamphlets (Pro and Con)

I, Governor of California and How I Ended Poverty: A True Story of the Future

The document that launched the EPIC campaign, Sinclair's pamphlet was distributed by the tens of thousands in 1934 (pdf)

Immediate EPIC: The Final Statement of the Plan

Issued by Sinclair after winning the primary and amidst intense media criticism, this pamphlet alters some aspects of the EPIC plan. Read the full pamphlet on the Social Security Administration historical documents website.


Campaign song music and lyrics

Anti-EPIC literature

One of a series of anti-Sinclair pamphlets produced by the California League Against Sinclairism


Fake leaflet intended to show Communist support for Sinclair. In fact the Communist Party denounced EPIC

"Sincliar" dollars
circulated by opponents to make fun of EPIC's plan to issue a new currency

Brochure for 3rd Party candidate Raymond Haight


Brochure for 3rd Party candidate Raymond Haight

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