Driver for Earl Warren

Earl Warren as Governor of California 1943? (The photo is public domain from Wikipedia, photographer unknown.)

Jack says he was a driver for Earl Warren in Bakersfield. Warren later became Governor of California and then Supreme Court Chief Justice.  Bakersfield was Warren's home town and Warren went to Bakersfield High.  Jack says he was his driver when he was in Bakersfield. He drove his dad's Buick. He says his dad and Warren were good friends. Jack says he started this job, which was unpaid, when he was 13! Since he was born in 1922 he would have started in 1935. Jack says that he was Warren's driver when he was D.A. in Alameda and later when he was running for Attorney General. This is what Wikipedia says Warren was doing this period.  "In 1938 he won the primaries in all major parties, thanks to a system called "cross filing," and was elected [as Attroney General] without serious opposition. Once elected he organized state law enforcement officials into regions and led a statewide anti-crime effort. One of his major initiatives was to crack down on gambling ships operating off the coast of Southern California. As Attorney General, Warren is most remembered for being the moving force behind Japanese internment during the war—the compulsory removal of people of Japanese descent to inland internment camps away from the war zone along the coast. Following the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Warren organized the state's civilian defense program, warning in January, 1942, that, "The Japanese situation as it exists in this state today may well be the Achilles heel of the entire civilian defense effort." Throughout his lifetime, Warren maintained that this seemed to be the right decision at the time."  Warren was elected Governor in 1942. Warren recommended Jack to be a commissioned officer in the Navy, and I believe he was the youngest Lieutenants during that time.