he did not "deem it necessary to dignify these scurrilous attacks by replying thereto." In his next try, though, in 1945, Timberlake won a narrow victory over Gay. He was reelected in the primary vote in every election thereafter until his retirement in 1969. In that year the 6th district included the Airport area, Westchester, Baldwin Hills, Hyde Park and Leimert Park and Mar Vista-Venice. Positions Housing, 1952–53. Timberlake was in dispute with Council President Harold A. Henry over many issues, including a controversial $1 million plan to build public housing in Los Angeles (Timberlake being the leader of the prohousing bloc and Henry opposing), with Timberlake disputing many of Henry's rulings from the chair, as council president. One of Timberlake's objections upset Henry so much that in January 1953 he was led to exclaim, "Mr. Timberlake, if you persist in this intolerable situation, there will be ways devised to prevent you!" FEPC, 1958. He was opposed to establishing a Fair Employment Practices Commission in the city of Los Angeles. The council vote was a tie, 7-7. Chavez Ravine, 1958. Timberlake locked horns with fellow Council Member John C. Holland over the use of Chavez Ravine as a stadium for the Los Angeles Dodgers, which Timberlake favored and Holland vehemently opposed. Timberlake at one point told Holland in a council meeting that "You are the lowest thing I ever heard of!" He was angry because, he said, Holland had "sent slanted press releases to papers in my district." Yorty, 1963–65. Timberlake was roundly criticized by Mayor Samuel Yorty when the former, as acting mayor, appointed one of Yorty's bitterest foes, C. Lemoine Blanchard, to the city Airport Commission while Yorty was out of the country, touring Europe. "It is a tragic thing that Timberlake assumed such action while the duly elected mayor is away on a duty trip," Yorty said. Though Timberlake was described as a Yorty opponent, he was later said to have become "increasingly friendly" with the mayor. References Access to the Los Angeles Times links may require the use of a library card. 1896 births 1973 deaths Presidents of the Los Angeles City Council 20th-century American politicians British emigrants to the United States People from Basingstoke People from Hemet, California