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Proceedings and Reports 1974 Pre-Primary Election Convention of California Labor COPE AFL-CIO San Francisco, April 11, 1974 CALIFORNIA LABOR COUNCIL ON POLITICAL EDUCATION AFL-CIO John F. Henning, Secretary-Treasurer 995 Market Street, San Francisco 94103 _~' 151 Offieers of the California Labor Council on Political Education JOHN F. HENNING Executive Secretary-Treasurer ALBIN J. GRUHN President MANUEL DIAS General Vice President VICE PRESIDENTS, GEOGRAPHICAL District No. 1 District No. 8 Max J. Osslo Thomas A. Small District No. 2 District No. 9 M. R. Callahan Joseph R. Garcia Ray S. Mendoza Wm. G. Dowd District No. 3 District No. 10 Anthony J. Bogdanowicz Richard K. Groulx Chester L. Migden Lamar Childers John A. Cinquemani District No. 11 Kenneth D. Larson Leo Mitchell Joseph H. Seymour District No. 12 Ray M. Wilson Loretta Riley District No. 4 District No. 13 Paul Miller Harry Finks District No. 5 District No. 14 Bennie Arellano Raymond K. Nelson District No. 6 District No. 15 Manuel M. Lopez Lloyd J. Lea District No. 7 C. A. Green VICE PRESIDENTS, AT LARGE James P. McLoughlin Joseph P. Mazzola James B. Booe Steve Edney Edward T. Shedlock Fred D. Fletcher Sigmund Arywitz Frank S. McKee Hal Shean TABLE OF CONTENTS Proceedings of the 1974 Pre-Primary Convention - 3-23 EndorsementRecommendations................................................ 11-22 Report of the Secretary-Treasurer 24-30 Roll of Delegates .31-37 Membership Report .38-50 Report of the Auditors 561-66 PROCEEDINGS of the 1974 Pre*Primary Election Convention of the California Labor Council on Political Education AFL*CIO Thursday, April I1, 1974 Civic Auditorium San Francisco, California Call to Order leaders of intelligence and imagination. We need leaders of courage, compassion President Albin J. Gruhn called the con- and conscience. vention to order at 10:23 a.m. in the Civic "To this end guide the deliberations and Auditorium: decisions made here today. Amen." "Delegates, I do declare this 1974 Pre- Primary Convention of the California La- Introduction of bor Council on Political Education in order to transact such business as may legally The Honorable Joseph L. Alioto come before it." Mayor of San Francbco He then led the delegates in the pledge Mayor Joseph L. Alioto was then intro- of allegiance to the flag. duced to the delegates by President Gruhn for the welcoming address: Invocation "Delegates, it is once again my pleasure Reverend Andrew Juvinall and privilege to introduce to you for a Pastor Emeritus welcome to San Francisco (I have said it Hamilton United Methodist Church before and I will say it again) one of the San Francisco great labor mayors, in fact, one of the greatest labor mayors, of any city in this President Gruhn introduced the Rever- country-one who has been a true friend end Andrew Juvinall, Pastor Emeritus, of the trade-union movement and one who Hamilton United Methodist Church, San just recently, in a labor-strike situation in Francisco, who delivered the following in- San Francisco, stood up with the trade- vocation: union movement in its endeavors to obtain "Let us pray. better wages and better conditions for the "God of all peoples, we invoke Your workforce in the public sector. blessing on this convocation. We thank "So it is indeed a pleasure for me to You that despite abuses of power we have present to you again to this Convention the a free country, we have a free labor mayor of the City and County of San Fran- movement. Our freedom will continue as cisco: Mayor Joseph L. Alioto." long as we are willing to be alert and responsible. Welcome to San Francisco "We don't need to tell You that we have many problems on this planet; and even The Honorable Joseph L. Alloto in this Garden of Eden called California Mayor of San Francisco we ask that Your spirit of wisdom be "Right off the bat, Ladies and Gentle- present as important choices are made men, I have got to thank the Reverend for here today. referring to California as 'the Garden of "We sorely need leaders who put people Eden.' I have got to thank him for that. above power and personal profit. We need But I want to assure the Reverend and 3 the rest of you too, that the apple tree does byists are being condemned just because not grow in San Francisco. they are lobbyists. As I told some of you "I want to tell you about the Garden of folks, the Archbishop was a lobbyist too Eden; and I want to tell you one other when he lobbied for social justice for the thing. And this may hurt you, too, be- poor, and the Jewish community spokes- cause I literally want to apologize for it. men are lobbyists when they lobby for You can't get a cheap McDonald ham- child care centers, and the Protestant burger in San Francisco either! churches are lobbyists when they lobby for the right to private education. All of these "I want to make it absolutely clear be- folks are lobbyists. cause I am looking at a book that some- body put here called 'Robert's Rules of Outlaws Good Lobbyists Order' that I am here in my capacity as "There are good lobbyists and there are Mayor of San Francisco and that's the bad lobbyists. But the problem with Prop- only hat that I intend to wear. I do have osition Nine is that literally it outlaws the another hat, as you know, as a gubernator- good lobbyists and leaves those corporate ial candidate. But far be it from me to heads, those executives who run the mon- try to confuse the two this morning. opoly corporations of this State, who don't "However, I want to welcome you folks show up in the open as lobbyists-the Sal- to what may be an historical convention. vatoris and the David Packards and the Because I want to tell you something. I Firestones-alone. have read Proposition Nine very closely "And you know, there are some people (I stayed up until 1:30 the other night). who think that consumerism was invented And if Proposition Nine passes, you may yesterday or that it was invented by Ralph never have a convention again from here Nader, who has done an outstanding job. on in! But those of us who know the history of the labor movement know that the folks "You may have to go back to the cata- who were in there fighting for better hours combs that you were in at the turn of the and minimum pay were the labor unions; century from some of the definitions that the folks who were in there fighting for I have read on Proposition Nine. So this truth in advertising on food products were may be, as I say, a very, very historic the labor unions; the folks who were in convention. there fighting for a decent public educa- "But I want to welcome you to San tion for all children were the labor unions Francisco. I want to tell you that what who wanted a decent public education for you are deliberating about is not just im- the boys and girls of the working com- portant to you. It is important to this en- munity. We know that long before these tire State. Not what you do on specific things were invented the really good lob- matters, but the fact that the representa- byists on behalf of most people were the tives of the workingmen and the working- labor unions. But now John Gardner, an women of America are gathered here to out-of-state Republican, has literally said exercise their right under the First in his printed arguments that the purpose Amendment and their right under the of Proposition Nine among other things is Fourteenth Amendment really to set out to take away the political lobbying the kind of political choices they want and strength of the labor unions. He has lit- to raise money for them. erally said it! 1 "I want to say that Jack Henning ought 'Prop. Soaks Poor' to be proud to be sued by that crowd or "We have a so-called 'Clean campaign whoever sued him yesterday. I have been law' that probably will be passed in June sued too, you know. Remember John because it has acquired a motherhood la- Mitchell and Egil Krogh. And I was sued bel. Proposition One had a motherhood by the Chamber of Commerce three label too, you know-tax ceilings, lower weeks ago-for a billion dollars. And I taxes. But then we all read the fine print don't have a billion dollars. They sued me and we realized that in that fine print anyway. And a Federal judge threatened Proposition One was just a deal to soak to hold me in contempt of court. He issued the poor to help the rich-and the voters a show-cause order. He said: Show up in exercised their intelligence upon it. And court to tell me why you shouldn't be held now we are going to have to do the same in contempt. thing, it seems to me, on this other mat- "I want to remind you of that because ter. And I don't know anybody who can I want to demonstrate why your lobbying bring it about better than you folks. activities are important. Do you think that "You know, the labor unions were the the union-busting tactics are finished? At original lobbyists. And some of those lob- the turn of the century did you have to 4 fight the police breaking strikes? Not at "Delegates, I am pleased to take thiis the turn of the century.