To pay off debt incurred while writing this politician’s weekly newsletter, Robert Heinlein took up science fiction. This politician was supported by the ideological Olive Hill billboards of Aline Barnsdall. This politician made a campaign promise to immediately free Thomas Mooney, who had been falsely convicted with Warren Billings for their roles in the Preparedness Day Bombing. This politician’s electoral defeat to incumbent Governor Frank Merriam is detailed in his memoir subtitled “How I Got Licked.” This politician’s EPIC plan sought to end poverty in California. A book by this politician, and tests carried out by government chemist Harvey Wiley on the “poison squad,” spurred Congress to pass 1906 regulations. For 10 points, what socialist author’s novel about a Lithuanian immigrant led to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act? ■END■
ANSWER: Upton Sinclair [or Upton Beall Sinclair, Jr.] (The novel is The Jungle.)
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