the financing of this mine. But by then, his name had secured its place in the mining history books. Politics Federal By March 1920, Hyde was active in Republican politics, working as an engineer for Herbert Hoover, who was being mentioned as a candidate for president. Concerning Hoover's campaign intentions, Hyde was "believed by political observers to speak with more authority than any other San Franciscan." In 1925 Hyde became a candidate himself—for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate, but Republican Senator Samuel M. Shortridge was renominated and reelected the next year. Los Angeles Hyde, who in 1929 was living at 1954 Argyle Avenue, Hollywood, was appointed to the Los Angeles Board of Public Works by Mayor John C. Porter, serving until 1930, when he had a disagreement with Porter and "resigned to develop a mine." Elections In the 1930s, the 2nd District was generally Hollywood west of Vermont, north of Melrose and west to Beverly Hills. Hyde ousted incumbent Councilman Thomas F. Cooke from his 2nd District seat in 1931 and was reelected every two years until the election of 1939, when he was defeated by Norris J. Nelson. In that year Hyde was said to be the victim of a "purge" of the City Council directed by Mayor Fletcher Bowron. Controversies 1931 Hyde voted against instructing the city attorney to appeal a judge's decision ordering the city to stop the practice of segregating its swimming pools by race, a decision that was put into effect in summer 1931. The vote was 6 in favor of an appeal and 8 opposed, including Hyde, a decision that resulted in the pools being immediately desegregated. 1932 In an open letter, he attacked the Rev. Martin Luther Thomas, chief investigator for City Prosecutor Johnson, claiming Thomas was engaged in a "racket " of soliciting money, to be sent to the City Hall. Hyde claimed that "highly profitable gambling, bootlegging, etc.," were thriving openly under Mayor John C. Porter. 1933 He introduced a resolution asking for a State Senate inquiry into vice conditions in Los Angeles, claiming that intimate relations existed among "criminals, peace officers, law-enforcement agencies and unscrupulous politicians" and demanding investigation by an outside agency. 1934 Hyde also introduced a resolution that would have put the council on record in opposition to public assistance to the unemployed in favor of a plan that would have governmental agencies help in granting