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Schmitz thought it necessary to form this body to manage the crisis during the disaster, although there was no legal basis for it. It first assembled in the basement of the ruined Hall of
Justice on the afternoon of the earthquake, Wednesday, April 18, at 3 p.m. By 5 p.m. the location became
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published the first list of the members of the committee with 49 names - it did not include that of the Mayor - which originated the name
Committee of Fifty. Later, more and more people went to the meetings and here are the names of people who were mentioned by different sources as members:
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Overnight the
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760:History and Statistics, chairman Frank S. Drum
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419:John Martin
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