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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.1 --w@w£v!tS -'1| 5'9 | *^f,ttlSttC V.ol. 27-No. 42 I. !i ', ...~~~ ~ ~~~~. A- M .I.. .1 '-WE should see the presidential election...fo.-!.WMt-t.it WsS -i, Ronald Reagan is a poHitician of unqu u.p.*l,ani., 'Unquestioned, that is, by- a commandin-g m bof^Ameni- -can vqters. Howe'ver, the people.gavo him- no ,policy- man- I. .~ ..t; .'. date. Certasnly Senate and House returns. 8ehim no man- Calif-ornia labor -survivred th'e -servicenep_fund,s-and-depri-ved: the veterans farm- and home,kks.. .datie for the militairy occutpation of Ni'carwk _M.manidate. .Reagan. landslide byj winning.fib-. poor an-d dleedy:ofvital-svice'. It Pro'position 30 ps-edto providc for. corrpting the. p _ of the Si,em>C6u.:. tral. maj'orities in both the State would have' espeiall1y hX.impover-- a SSO million-bond- issue for fund- Legislature and the State C'ongres- ished famnilies with c'hiklien as well in$g senior centers. No. mandate.for awarding. the NatiomL: borw Avlations sional delegation and by,crushin'g as the aged and haindicaplvd. Proposition. 31 passed ex'cluding ku-othecorpomations'of,.Americea. Na-oX4* f( toftx. Prposition 39, which had been de- Among.-the other Orvpositions, property,tax -reassessments from ing s'odl.security payments. No mandate -forturning back signed to-give control 'of the. S'tate -results and the Stise-AMLCIO Po filre protection improvements. the dock ofliberahsoyI ;.i Assembly and Se'na'te to the',Re,- sition's on.. them.... Propositio 32 passed chanlging. publican Pa-ry. Proposition;.25.psei prvid state constitutional controls over -t is. Labor's d'uty to ..-pr.eserve the"Values the President Labor also shared in the victory a$325 n}illion-l 6nd,issue for water CoUrtS of Appeal and the Supreme would, de..ry It means struggle. It mieans resistnce. Labor over Propositilon 36 which would polluticon control. Court. have state and local must tell Mr. Reagan "he ain't seen nothing Xd. destro'yed gov- Proposition 26 vassedtX provide P'roposition 33 passed postpon- ernment services in such areas 'as a S450 -million b6nd-:4ssue -to -con- ing proprty ta'x payments for dis- health, education, welfare and po- struct and imprv sools. abled, persons. lice and fire protection. In the Proposition-27 passed to provide. P'roposition 34 lost. It would process it would have put thou- a S100- mil-lion bond isaue for haz- have provided -relief from tax reas- sands of AF]LCIO members out of ardous 'substance cleanup. sessment on improvement of his- Jhn F: Henning work. 'Propositiodn 28 passed to provide toric structures. Executive Secretary-Treasu'rer- The defeat -of Pr'oposition 41. a S75 -million .bond issue-to meet Propositionl 37 passed legalizing Californ'ia Labor Federation, AFLCIO represented another major win for drinking water-standards-. : a state ottery. labor. The proposition would hav'e Propositionl 29 passed to provide -Proposition 38 passed, urging cut milin ofdlars from welfar a $650 m"I'llon bond issue for state fConti'nued on Page 4) Gettiig Read siate~~ALCOEect on TA- PAS-'SEMB' QX Score.. ... ~ ~ ~ ..463.% E'ndo'rse'd-losers ................. .. 26 ..Tb¢.gii.fr.at ab.orr..Federa- .Continen.tal.P IQ#r 40, 1 of the .to. Jack Henning executive secre- - 2 7 . s _ _ L _ _~~~~ii I .-_i M .2a_": L=iM_. .................E!t..o ->P- = *.-z .. 7 - - -F=~~~~~~~~~~-~A1. TI3 7g 7 >r-1"w- esrfmt a4fe Endorsed Mu"ek . ..........10(62.5wo) of meetings December, 17, 18 and 19 -They will re,v'iew in detail resolu- The standing committ-ee is re-. Endorsd losers..........0-a- -000000- 9901 0*e 6 in San Francisco. tions an& "Policy statements sponsible for formulating, recom- The Standing Co.m,mittee on adopted by.tie. 1984 convention of' mendations to' the E?uive Coun- -U.S. CONGRESS Legislati.on, -with -its Legislative the Federati'on "anid related p'r-opos- cil on pro-cedures%o advrancing the Endorsed w'inners ...............28 (66.607o) Advisory group, will meet Mon- als advanced in the interim pertain- Federation's. legislati've program Endorsed losers ....... 1 dayj l)ecember 17, at 2:00 p.m. in. m-g to state 1leg'islation, accordinig during the upcoming session. The Executive Council will re- PROPOSITIONS ., a . ceive the committee report at its Endo.rsd,wipners .........13 (86.6%o) A er ca.'s>--F orei n rac e meeting December 18 and 19 at the San.Francisco Hilton. DeficitS til rows (Continued on Page 4) The nation's merchandise trade Americans' spent $30.8 billion on deficit. with other countries grew by import purchases in September or a record $12.6 billion in Septem- 10.5S percent more than in August. ber, bringing the year's total red Export sales were worth only $18.2 ink in trade so far to $96.3 billion. billion, just eight-tenths of one per- The monthly deficit was the sec- cent more than in August. All fi'g- ond largest on record. Americans ures are seasonally adjusted. less on oil but more spent imported The worst month for trade was Tho.e State's Worth On November the -on almost else. The Comparable 15, nmee-ting The first order of businesss on the everything July when the deficit reached Task IForce -will hold a meet- from, i chief impetus for the continuing public will be in-Room 1074A I0:00 15th will be. presentations by labor $14.06 billion. 'The August deficit ing oian Thursday and Friday, No- a.m. to 6:00 p.m. unions. Starting'at 11.30, tlhere will flood of foreign imports comes was $9.9 billion. from the overvalued U.S. dollar. vemb,per 15 and 16, at the California On November 16, it. will be in be a disuso of-the mornoiing pre- -The trade deficit.. with. Japan State Building, 107 South Broad- ,Room 1070 between 8:30 a.m. and sentations. Administration officials have alone was $4 bsillion and wvith Can- iin Los said they expect the total deficit for way, Angeles. 4:30p.m. ,From. 12:30Qto l':QO p.ma., there ada, $2.4 billion. The deficit with jEndorvndosen will..........be a discussion* of the Task all of 1984 to reach $130 billion, an 42 Taiwan was $1.0S billion and with Force activities regarding local all-ti'me high. West Germany, $1.2 -billion. In reporting the new trade loss, UTU. .ighs Efors governments. This. will focus on an the' Commerce Department said updating of a survey by the State New-Hg to e.ove-Cabose-. Senate- Subcommittee on Women As a result of a series of recent in the Work Force. ernI Pacific. employees in Los -A-fter the l:00 to lunch Price of for Jobless'-%7 National Mediation Board arbitra- Angeles.. 2:15,p.m. tion the Union -Pacific, break, Task .Force Members John decisions, ."There -are autos running into will ..Democracy Comp- Cla-ims Railroad freight trains running be- the -side o'f the t'rain, hot boxes Golpcr -and. Pam:Hemminger tween Los and Salt-Lakle make presentat'ions regarding The Republican Party in its First-time claims. na-tionwide for Angeles (over-heated w-heels) and other law. The from 3:00 - last month present period bid to ensure a friendly Con- unemploymenrinsurance comnpen eliminated cabooses. problems that can lead to a derail- On other' railroad com- " (Continued on Page 3) gress in a second -Reagan Ad- sation totaled .426,000 in the week this.basis, ment, he said. Trains. witho'ut ca- ministration has raised $225.4 ended October 20., the largest num- pames are considering plans. to do booses "risk injuring not only our million in the past 22 months. ber of applications in nearly a year, so as well, according to the Asso- own people but the general pub- Strike Time This is almost four times as the U1.S. Labor Department has re- ciated Pr'ess. lic." much as the ac- vealed. This would require non-engine A'series of rec'ent National Me' Down Democrats, a cording to figures released this -The sea'onally adjusted total of crew members to ride in locomo- diation Board decisions- allow rail- Time lost. because of krikes de- week by the Federal Election new applications by~Americans -tive at the front ofthe train on long roads to elim'inate cabooses from' clined to a'six-yea'r low in 1983-to Commission. seeking jobless aid.was the highest hauls. 25%7 of their long-haul trains and 4.5 million days from 5.8 million .in The $57.3 million the Dem- since the week -ended November The .United Transportation from-all local and switching.ope'ra- 1982 and 8.9 million-in 1981.' ocrats raited in the same pe- 1-9, 1983, When 435,000'such claims-- Union ppposes the.,elim'inafion of tions-. AThe Labor- Dearmen't said the riod was an Improvement over were filed wgith statc agencies ad- the c boo. Tht><-National. Rail-way',.b> totat wa's the.-Iowe'st. since .19771 their performan'ce in previous ministering such-programs. 'T>here- i-s mnuch that can go. ConfOunce, A management-goi whe 3.3 .loh'dayswerelostbe- election years', wvhen Republi-' The EImployment & Training wrong.with-a- freight. train en route- repOreWt'ing 120 railroad 'compaF cause of strikes. The highesttotal cans raised from five to six, Administration'.t weekly jobless a.nd-it ssae to- ave .a -person ies in epntract talks,.'is seekifig to in recent years was in.