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Milk first became acquainted with the [[Peoples Temple]] while running for the California State Assembly. Temple member Sharon Amos organized the Temple's leafleting campaign for Milk. Amos requested the delivery of 30,000 pamphlets and Milk's campaign delivered them to the Temple.<ref>Shilts, Randy, ''The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk'', St. Martin's Press. 1982 ISBN|978-0-312-52330-5, page 234</ref>  

Milk first became acquainted with the [[Peoples Temple]] while running for the California State Assembly. Temple member Sharon Amos organized the Temple's leafleting campaign for Milk. Amos requested the delivery of 30,000 pamphlets and Milk's campaign delivered them to the Temple.<ref>Shilts, Randy, ''The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk'', St. Martin's Press. 1982 ISBN|978-0-312-52330-5, page 234</ref>  

Milk and Gov. [[Jerry Brown]] spoke at several People's Temple events.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,919893-1,00.html "Another Day of Death."] ''Time Magazine''. 11 December 1978  {{webarchive|url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybWre0B?url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,919893-1,00.html |date=24 January 2011 }}</ref>.<ref>Johnson, Tom, "Politicians Try to Explain Ties To Jones, Washington Star Ledger (Time-Life News Service), November 23, 1978</ref> Milk, a perennial candidate for office until he finally won a supervisor’s seat in 1977, aggressively sought Jones’s political blessing. "Our paths have crossed," Milk wrote Jones during an earlier campaign for supervisor, in a letter filled with the kind of awed reverence that the cult leader demanded from his followers. "They will stay crossed. It is a fight that I will walk with you into . . . The first time I heard you, you made a statement: 'Take one of us, and you must take all of us.'"<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=eGxKhxJ_lCEC&pg=PA40&lpg=PA40&dq=milk+They+will+stay+crossed.+It+is+a+fight+that+I+will+walk+with+you+into+.+.+.+The+first+time+I+heard+you,+you+made+a+statement:+%E2%80%9CTake+one+of+us,+and+you&source=bl&ots=3PBYi9a51h&sig=ACfU3U0om-zW5FxztgeNmnnE2teoUj7fhQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNyMfTtKPgAhXq6YMKHVIRC8kQ6AEwAHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=milk%20They%20will%20stay%20crossed.%20It%20is%20a%20fight%20that%20I%20will%20walk%20with%20you%20into%20.%20.%20.%20The%20first%20time%20I%20heard%20you%2C%20you%20made%20a%20statement%3A%20%E2%80%9CTake%20one%20of%20us%2C%20and%20you&f=false A Lavender Look at the Temple: A Gay Perspective of the Peoples Temple], Michael Bellefountaine, Dora Bellefountaine, iUniverse, 2011.</ref>  

Milk and Gov. [[Jerry Brown]] spoke at several People's Temple events.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,919893-1,00.html "Another Day of Death."] ''Time Magazine''. 11 December 1978  {{webarchive|url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybWre0B?url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,919893-1,00.html |date=24 January 2011 }}</ref>.<ref>Johnson, Tom, "Politicians Try to Explain Ties To Jones, Washington Star Ledger (Time-Life News Service), November 23, 1978</ref> Milk, a perennial candidate for office until he finally won a supervisor's seat in 1977, aggressively sought Jones's political blessing. "Our paths have crossed," Milk wrote Jones during an earlier campaign for supervisor, in a letter filled with the kind of awed reverence that the cult leader demanded from his followers. "They will stay crossed. It is a fight that I will walk with you into . . . The first time I heard you, you made a statement: 'Take one of us, and you must take all of us.'"<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=eGxKhxJ_lCEC&pg=PA40&lpg=PA40&dq=milk+They+will+stay+crossed.+It+is+a+fight+that+I+will+walk+with+you+into+.+.+.+The+first+time+I+heard+you,+you+made+a+statement:+%E2%80%9CTake+one+of+us,+and+you&source=bl&ots=3PBYi9a51h&sig=ACfU3U0om-zW5FxztgeNmnnE2teoUj7fhQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNyMfTtKPgAhXq6YMKHVIRC8kQ6AEwAHoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=milk%20They%20will%20stay%20crossed.%20It%20is%20a%20fight%20that%20I%20will%20walk%20with%20you%20into%20.%20.%20.%20The%20first%20time%20I%20heard%20you%2C%20you%20made%20a%20statement%3A%20%E2%80%9CTake%20one%20of%20us%2C%20and%20you&f=false A Lavender Look at the Temple: A Gay Perspective of the Peoples Temple], Michael Bellefountaine, Dora Bellefountaine, iUniverse, 2011.</ref>  

Milk was enthusiastically received at the Temple, and he always sent glowing thank-you notes to [[Jim Jones]] after visits. Milk ally Richard Boyle recalls "[b]oth Milk and I spoke at the temple to the cheers of thousands of Jones' followers and won their support." <ref>Boyle, Richard David, [http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_11257530 ''Local writer tells inside story of "Milk"''], Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, December 17, 2008 {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybY8AXh?url=http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_11257530 |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref> Boyle explained that it was vital for both his campaign and Milk's that they be received well at the Temple "because Jones was not only Moscone's appointed head of the Housing Authority but also could turn out an army of volunteers."

Milk was enthusiastically received at the Temple, and he always sent glowing thank-you notes to [[Jim Jones]] after visits. Milk ally Richard Boyle recalls "[b]oth Milk and I spoke at the temple to the cheers of thousands of Jones' followers and won their support." <ref>Boyle, Richard David, [http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_11257530 ''Local writer tells inside story of "Milk"''], Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, December 17, 2008 {{webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5vybY8AXh?url=http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_11257530 |date=January 24, 2011 }}</ref> Boyle explained that it was vital for both his campaign and Milk's that they be received well at the Temple "because Jones was not only Moscone's appointed head of the Housing Authority but also could turn out an army of volunteers."