Assembly Committee Hearings ~.

CRIMINAL INDICTMENTS PROMISED BY DISTRICT ATTORNEY

LOS ANGELES, -- Taking kers:" "It is very embarrassing to have, testimony from a number of prominent to admit this," said Verner, "especially state and county officials, includlng Cali­ with my very strong feelings on the sub­ fornia Secretary of State Edmund G. Brown, ject." Jr. and District 'Attorney Brown had several other witnesses avail­ joseph P. Busch, an Assembly Committee abe in the audience, and read from numer­ has uncovered widespread fraud in the ous letters and affidavits Citing decep­ certification of Proposition 22 for the tion similar to that experienced by the November 7 ballot. The Farm Bureau and other agribusiness interests have admitted spending over $240,{)00 in placing the measure on the ballot, and expect to spend even more in advertising during the closing weeks of the campaign, Illegal use of minors to secure signa­ tures, use of "dodger" cards and gross misrepresentation of fact were among the tactics exposed during hearings of the, Assembly Committee on Elections and Re­ apportionment in Los Angeles October 12. The most dramatic testimony during tfiectay-came -from Secretary of S~ate Edmund Brown, who earlier made an un­ successful attempt to have Proposition 22 removed from the ballot because of Secretary of State Edmund ,G. Brown, Jr. reads' several affidavits to the As­ the fraud he had uncovered. sembly Committee demonstrating that Proposition 22 !lad been fraudulently Brown showed the Committee NBC and qualified for the November 7 ballot. CBS film clips of Robert Walters of Amer­ ican Advertising and Sales, one of several public, relations firms paid to gain cer­ 1Lo~ .ang'tltlt ~intt~ Fri., Sept. 15, 1972 tification for Proposition 22, demonstrating how he had instructed signature-gatherers to use a printed "dodger card" to cover up the official description of the Proposi­ tion on its petitions. .Brown Sues to Remove • Brown also had a number of people in the audience come forward to tell the Committee how they had been deceived into either signing the petitions for the District Attorney joseph Busch: "If you measure or gathering signatures for it. have enough money, you can get anything on the ballot." Farm Ballot Measure

Hams and Rabbi Verne!. ':alls Drive for Signatures Worst Case of ht his testimony Los Angeles Courity District Attorney joseph P. Busch singled Election Fraud to Be Uncovered in State out.the big- money interests behind Prop­ BY WILLIAM ENDICOTT osition 22 severely, saying "If you have Times Staff Writer enough money, you can get anything on the ballot," SACRA~1ENTO - Secretary of signers, ,. Busch recommended the elimination of State Edmund G, Brown Jr. filed Brown called it the "worst case paid signature gatherers, saying that the suit. Thursday in Sacramento Supe- , of election fraud to ever be uncov­ rate of invalid and fraudulent signatures ered in California," from paid gatherers was much higher than riot' Court to remove a controversial from unpaid. farm labor in it i a.t i ve from the Brov..-n's action stemmed from in­ Fifteen year old john Ham and his Busch said that the rate of invalid sig­ Xovember general election ballot. vestigations by- his office and dis­ mother, Mrs. Grace Ham, tell the Com­ natures on Proposition 22 was among the trict attorneys in 10 counties. highest at 37%, and that many of those He sa.id more than 63.036 signa­ mittee how they were tricked into gather­ said he had received approxi­ ~g invalid signatures were forgeries or other­ tures on petitions to qua.lify 1he He signatures for Proposition 22. mately 3.000 letters and signed wise fraudulent. Such fraud is a crime mea"ure for the ballot ''1I'ere oh­ under California law, and Busch said that statem~nts from persons who said Fifteen-year-old john Ham of Norwalk _he expected his investigations to result tained as a result of fraudu lent and they signed petitions under false testified under oath that he had been paid in criminal indictments. misleading representation" made to pretenses, eighteen cents a name to gather Signatures for the proposition by a public relations Even Committee members gave examples firm. His mother, Mrs. Grace Ham, then of the fraudulent handling of Proposition 22. told the Committee that she had been Committee chairman and Assembleyman required to come to the firm's office Henry A. Waxman (D. - Los Angeles) to sign the petition as the official sig­ ,told of being asked to sign a petition Who's Behind the Fraud? on the advice that it would "lower food nature gatherer in order for john to be The Fair Labor Practices Committee , California Agricultural Conf $63,000 paid. prices" and "help farm workers." Only by persistent questioning was he able to a front group for agribusiness interests in Dried Fruit Assn. $30,000 Both acts--the gathering of signatures read the true Proposition statement under the state of California spent more. than Allied Grape Growers $23,741 $240,000 to qualify Proposition 22 for for an initiative by a minor, and the the dodger card, whereupon he refused to Am. Dehydrated Onion & Garlic $10,000 certifying of those signatures by some­ Sign. the ballot on November 7 and intends Southern Pacific Tran, $10.000 one other than the gatherer--are illegal Assembleyman Leon Ralph of Watts was to spend over $600,000 more to get it Calcot Limited $10,000 under California law and sUbject to cri­ told how Chicanos had been paid to circu­ past the voters. This committee hired the California Farm Bureau $10,000 public relations firms Alan Blanchard & minal penalties. john and Mrs. Ham told late· the petition in his district, noting Diamond Walnut Growers, Inc. $10,000 Associates and American Advertising and the Committee they were unaware of this that a Black person would automatically Associated Dairymen $5,000 illegality at the time john was employed Sales to collect the signatures needed to Tri Valley Growers $5,000 assume that a petition circulated by a qualify the initiative. by the firm. and that they had voluntarily Chicano would be favorable to farm workers. California Canners & Growers $5,000 come forward to give their testimony when And Speaker of the California Assembly Where did the Fair Labor Practices Sonoma-Marin Dairymen $5,000 they had learned of it. Bob Moretti, also a member of the Com­ Committee get the money to hire these Hunt Wesson Foods, Inc. $3,000 Brown also calleaon Rabbi David Verner mittee, noted that those initiatives with firms? The follOWing is a partial list Seaboard Lemon Assn. $3,373 of UCLA, who told the Committee he had heavy promotion from public relations firms of those who made the largestcontributions Villa Park Orchards Assn. $2,894 been persuaded to sign the petition after have traditionally involved the most de­ to finance the 'Fair Labor Practices Com­ Oxnard Santa Clara Lemon Assn. $2,778 being told that it was "to help farm wor- ception and fraud. mittee so far: Calavo Growers $2,594 , -,

Vol. XXXII-No. 43 Los Angeles, C.liforni. October 4, 1972 SACRAMENTO REPORT

United Auto Workers Region 6 Director Jerry Whipple is Prop. 22...Anti Mot It Clln "Un·Do" among the leading unionists By Vern Cannon trate the farm worker's efforts to days at the emploYer's request, Legislative Representative secure any of the organizing col-· thus. thor~ughly eliminating eco­ in California urging a lective bargaining rights enjoyed nomic action. "NO" vote on Proposition 22. One of these issues, Proposition by other workers. It would be ille­ 22, the so-called Agricultural La­ gal for any citizen to notify the lIn convention, delegates to the bor Relations Act, is by far the public of the boycott of a product. California Teamsters Legislative most controversial and worst la­ A worker would not be able to Council recommended a, "Vote bor legislation ever proposed in vote in more than one election in' No" position. Every effort will be, California. year's time; he would have to be made to advise Teamster mem­ What does it do? Better yet, employed for 100 days to be eli­ bers of this position and the . what does it un-do. Should it gar­ gible to vite. No more temporary contents of this bad proposition. workers than permanent workers It'll be a battle against hundreds AIL.I:II,.. ner a majority of the vote, Propo­ could participate in an election. of thousands of agricultural dol- sition 22 would completely frus- Strikes could be stopped for sixty lars. .. . AFL-CIO NEWS. WASHINGTON. D. C.•, AUGUST 26. 1972 Calfornia Labor Battles New Move To Hamstring Farm Workers Union Los Angeles-California labor pledged an all-out fight for support of the United Farm Workers against a November election initiative that threatens the survival of the fledgling union. The latest campaign to be waged in behalf of the UFW emerged here at the ninth biennial con­ vention of the California state AFL-CIO. The target is Proposition 22, the Agricultural Labor Relations initiative, which if passed would outlaw specified types of strikes, ~~_.------­ picketing and boycotts in the farm industry. Among other anti-labor measures it would create a board with power to certify organizations as bargaining representatives, con­ duct elections and prevent ''unfair'' labor practices. JohD F. HeDDiDg, executive seeretary-treasurer of the state federatioD, aDnounced formatioD James Herman, President of Ships Clerks of a United Labor Committee to battle the proposal during aD ap­ Local 34 of the International Longshore pearance of UFW Director Cesar men's and Warehousemen's Union, ask~, Chavez at the coDveDtion. Henning named Chavez as his 3,000 trade unionists to vote "NO" on co-chairman to head the United Proposition 22 at a rally in San Fran Labor Committee to defeat the ini-. John Hennin~. Exec. ~ecretary -Treasurer of the California State tiative and said the organization AFL-CISJ. (rlght).and re~t of delegates to the recent State AFL-CIO cisco September 30. . Conventlon pledged thelr full support to Cesar Chavez and the wIll encompass Teamster, Auto United Farm Workers in the campaign to defeat Proposition 22. Workers and Longshoremen as well as AFL-CIO unions. He receiv;;.': 1------'---- ~-:' tion with the provision that more unanimous approval from the dele­ funds wilI be made available as gates for an im~ediate $10,000 necessary. contribution from the state federa- Henning told the delegates that

Proposition 22 NO x State's Bishops Oppose Proposition 22

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The National Labor Relations Act," said Catholic Bishops WhoOppose Catholic bishops of California have the bishops, "the provisions ofProp­ Proposition 22 asked voters to reje~t Proposition osition 22 actually deprive or restrict 22, a November ballot proposal to the (present) rights of the state's restrict unionizing activities offarm farm workers." The Most Rev. joseph T.McGucke1'4Arch­ laborers and outlaw secondary boy­ The bishops outlined several of !;>ishopof cotts of agricultural pro(Jucts. their specific objections to the prop­ osition: the M~st Rev. TImothy M.nnfug,A.rch~ The proposal is 'supported by hishopof Los Angeles . . large agricultural interests and op­ posed py unions, most notably Ce­ • "The election criteria andpro­ The Most Rev. Floyd L. Begin, zar Chavez' United Farm' Workers cedures proposed in the initiative so Oakland Union. The UFW's current lettuce restrict the farm workers' fre~dom The Rev. Hugh A.Donohoe, a~sbop boycott would be crIppled' by the choosing to join a union that they. of FresnQMost . law. must be declared in directopposition .~:.:.:.: CALLING THEIR OPPOSITION to the basic right of free choice." to Proposition 22 a matter of "con­ science," the California bishops de­ • "The criteria for worker eli­ gibility ar~ so worded as to deny The .. Most Rev. Alden J.B~n~. B~.~op ·of clared: Sacramento '.' ' "It is our conclusion' that this the vast :majority of farm workers proposed act deviates sowidely from the right to vote." ~" theM~!itRev~ Harry /0.. a just and equitable approach to • "The proPosed actgrants to the Archbishop Timothy Manning of Mont¢rey' .. . settling agricultural labor Droblems employers management rights which of Los Angeles that, if adopted, it would undoubted­ make it virtually impossible for the TheltJ~tRev. Leo T.Maher, ly 'create far more serious tensions farm workers to negotiate many is­ SanDlego .• and difficulties than it attempts to sues affecting their basic working conditions." .7'h~tMd~tRev. John solve." ······BiShp~~fLos Angeles The statement by the California • "The basic right of workers to bishops took exception to claims strike is so conditioned by the act i~k~~ii~ev.w~U1ams J.Mc~i).at~r by proponents of the bill that it as to render this right meaning­ ·AuXihat.Y Bishop of San r:....n..i~n/ followed National Labor Relations les'S. " Act' guidelines. "Although publicized as following closely the terms of the 4-THE MONITOR. SEPTEMBER 28,19n

";~~~~~/Rev. Juan Proposition 22 Opposed ...... Q"JJ9iil\}igeles by Inter-Faith.Group ~~~llf~~I!.~A~*e:ij6hn~~ Archbishop joseph T. McGucken We are morally bound to express our of San Francisco shock and consternation uPon reading Proposition 22. This is the initiative called an "Agricultural Labor Relations ACt" on which the people of California will vote on November 7. Its sponsors suggest that it w1ll give all farm wor­ Board of Rabbis Votes kers a chance to vote for union repre­ sentation, and will bring low prices to consumers and peace to the fields. We Unanimously to hope voters w1ll read the Act itself and learn the truth about it. The injustice which Proposition 22 would bring to thousands of farm workers ppose Proposition 22 must rouse the righteous indignation of all who under God are concerned for LOS ANGELES, California -- The Board We therefore wish to express· our op­ people. Instead of free elections, only of Rabbis ofSouthern Californiavoted unani: position to Proposition 22 on the Novem­ a very limited number coulu ever vote mously September 11 to oppose Pro­ ber 1972 ballot which would seriously res­ for their union representation. Strikes and position 22 and called for an investigation trict the agricultural workers of this state boycotts would be effectively eliminated. of the charges offraud and deception against in their right to strike and boycott and to The union movement would be crippled. the groups who collected the signatures to participate in proper union representation The only non-violent means of action put the initiative on the ballot November 7. elections. We call upon the members left to the farm workers would be taken The Board of Rabbis issued the following of our congregations to make careful study from them. statement: of the implications of this proposition and Committed as we are to justice for all "As rabbis, we are committed to the bi­ to defeat it on November 7,1972. men and women, we cannot before God blical talmudic injunction to share concern Weare also seriously disturbed over fail to raise our voices against any Bishop Charles F. Golden for" the rights of the laborer and to safe­ the manner in which Proposition 22 was initiative which would dim the hopes of guard his economic and social welfare. placed on the ballot and urge our elected thousands in the fields of our state. Our prophetic and halachic heritage officials to invesrtage the charges of fraud The Rt. Rev. Charles F. Golden summons us to manifest at all times a and deception that have been raised against Resident Bishop of Los Angeles Signed high regard for individual freedom and the groups that collected Signatures for the United Methodist Church dignity....and for the establishment of love initiative. and' righteousness in human ~fa1rs. The Rt. Rev. Walter H. Amos Robert W. Gray Bishop Executive Secretary Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Regional Office of the American Friends Service Committee Rev. M. E. Bradley *J:Ol1 !:n1\'tltl1 "llr-intt, Sat., Sept. 9,1972 tion 22 prior to' election Presiding Elder Rev. Marvin Henkelmann day, N 0\', 7. Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Pacific Coast Board Board members also said Moravian Church Rev. Oliver B. Garver,jr. Church Group they shared the concern of General Missioner Dr. Charles A. Malotte some elected officials as to Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles Executive Pastor the way in which Proposi­ Most Rev. juan Arzube Christian Church Opposes Farm tion 22 was placed on the Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles hallot through the initia­ Roman Rev. R. Truman Northup Executive of Pacific Coast Region th'e proeedure.•• ; Photo: Clemens of Copenhagen Church of the Brethren Worker Initiative Dr. Fred P. Register The general board of the Conference Minister Southern California Coun­ United Church of Christ cil of Chlll'ehes has ,"oten EdWin A. Sanders unanimously to oppose Presiding Clerk of Pacific Yearly Proposition 22, the Agri­ Meeting of Friends cultural Lahor Relations Act, which will appear, on Dr. Carl W. Segerhammar California ballots in ~o­ President. Pacific Southwest Synod "ember, Luthern Church in America "It is unfair to farm workers in that it eripples Dr. W. Sherman Skinner their Tights to strike and Interim Executive Secretary boycott, and e x c I u n e s Synod of Southern California most' migrants and season­ United Presbyterian Church in the USA al farm w 0 r k e l' s from l,mion representation elec­ Rev. Delbert j. VanderHaar Secretary for Western Regional Services tions," the board ,said in a and Family Life meeting this week. Reformed Church in America The board called on its dozen member denomina­ Rev. Roger Willis tions to study carefully Presiding Elder the contents of Proposi- African Methodist Episcopal Zion Rev. Priscilla A. Chaplin Dr. W. Sherman Skinner South Rocky Mountains District Southern California Council of Churches Citizens Against Proposition 22 LABOR UNIONS U.S. SENATORS STATE SENATORS ASSEMBLY(CONTINUED) Senator George McGovern State Senator David Roberti -- Yvonne Braithwaite Burke California Labor Ft;!deration, AFL-CIO Senator Alan Cranston State Senator Nicholas Petris Alan Sieroty All county central labor counci Is Senator john Tunney State Senator George Moscone Henry Waxman International Longshoremen and Senator Edward Kennedy (Senate l\1<.jority Leader) Bob Moretti Warehousemen's Union Senator Hubert H. Humprey State Senator Mervyn Dymally (Speaker of Assembly) United Auto Workers, Region 6 Senate Caucus Chairman) Walter Karabiarr Western Conference of Teamsters State Senator Anthony ~elienson john Burton State Senator Alfred H. Fang (Chairman,Rules Committee) State Senator Albert S. Rodda Willie L Brown,jr. CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES CONGRESSMEN State Senator Milton Marks (Chairman, Ways & Means) State Senator Alfred E. Alquist Charles Warren George Brown. State Senator Arlen Gregorio (Chairman, judiciary Committee) Pete Stark Edward Roybal State Senator Walter Stiern jack Fenton, (Majority Leader) Jim Stewart Ron Dellums Alister McAlister julian Camacho State Senator Anthony Belienson Walter W. Powers Vince Lavery Don Edwards John T. Knox Michael Shapiro Chet Holifield Leo j. Ryan Tom Rees STATE ASSEMBLY Alex P. Garcia Edlo Powell March K. Fong Bill Greene ASSEMBLY CANDIDATES jerome R. Waldie Ken Meade Leon D. Ralph Richard Alatorre john j. Miller Joe Gonsalves Dr. Ray Gonzales Leo T. McCarthy Peter R. Chacon juan Valadez john F. Foran Kenneth Cory john Vasconcellos Dixon Arnett Robert W. Crown CHURCH GROUPS Southern California Board of Rabbis Southern Cal.ifornia Council of Churches Northern California Ecumenical Council Religious Society of Friends Southern California Convention of no13 AngClc.G &imcs Christian Churches General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Church Executive Committee of the United MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 16, 1972 Church of Christ,San Diego Board of Missions,Southern California­ Arizona Conference, United Methodist Church Presbytery of Los Ranchos NO on Farm Labor Proposition 22 Presbytery of the Pacific Coalition of Urban Ministries Black.Catholic; Caucus As California moveS into the decade of the '70s California farmers on an equal footing with pro­ Interfaith Committee for Reconciliation maintaining and impl'Oving its position as the lead­ ducers in other states. and justice, San Diego Board of Christian SocIal Concerns, ing agricultural state in the nation. the need for Proposition 22 is unfair. because it \vould dis­ Southern-California-Arizona Conference legislation to bring stability to farm labor relations franchise most farm workers and prevent the United Methodist Church. Franciscan Fathers of California becomes increasingly apparent. establishment of freely chosen representative So.California Conference of the African No state or federal labor legislation covers farm unions. It would leave growers practically immune Methodist Episcopal Church Interfaith Committee for justice for workers now. Unions, chiefly Cesar Chavez' AFL­ to more economic pressure. It would make it vir­ F armworkers, San Francisco CIa unitfd Farm Workers Union, organize as best tually impossible for workers to negotiate basic Interfaith Committee to Aid Farmworkers, they can by strikes and boycotts. Neither grO\ver working conditions. Los Angeles California Migrant Ministry nor worker has the protection of law to delineate The 7,000-word initiative is opposed by the National Farm Workers Ministry the rights and define the responsibilities of each. Council of Churches of Northern and Southern Senate of Priests of Los Angeles R.C. Archdiocese Good farm legislation would strike a balance be­ California, the Southern California Board of Rab­ Hispanic Christian Coalition of tween the interests of farm owner and farm labo­ bis and the Roman Catholic Bishops of California. So. California rer tb the end that California agriculture as a Moving into a void left by state and federal law. the whole would continue to prosper. Such legislation bishops have for several years mediated between ,. POLITICAL would have to make special provision for the spe­ grower and worker. The bishops have said the initi­ AND CIVIC ACTION GROUPS cial conditions of farm economics and farm work; ative violates the "bedrock social doctrine" of their AND INDIVIDUALS both grower and laborer are extraordinarily vul­ church. nerable to economic pressure at harvest time. Charles Manatt, Chairman It can fairly be said that Proposition 22 violates California State Democratic Party Proposition 22 on the November ballot, an Agri­ also the bedrock social doctrine of American labol' 1972 California Democratic Platform cultural Labor Relations Act, purports to bring or­ law, which tries to reach an equitable balance be­ 1972 National DemocratiC Platform der from chaos on the California farm. Unfortu­ tween employer and employe in consonance \vith American Civil Liberties Union nately it would not. Community Action Board, the good of the nation. Proposition 22 would not Santa Clara County n would provoke, not prevent, conflict on the solve present difficulties but create new ones. It is Russell E. Blewett, Mayor farms. It. would retard, not encourage. the passage not a step forward but a step backward. We urge a Los Angeles CitY Council of national farm labor legislation, whichwould put No vote on Proposition 22. . Sacramento City Council San Francisco County Board of Supervisors Mayor Richard Marriott of Sacramento Mayor joseph Alioto of San Francisco NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INTERFAITH COMMITTEE FOR JUSTICE FOR FARM WORKERS Mrs. Coretta King Mexican-American Political Association National Assn. for Community Development Reverend John C. Moyer Reverend Frank Plaisted Father William O'Donnell American Civil Liberties Union Reverend Lewis E. Durham Reverend David Schilling Father Eugene J. Boyle C~ntro de Accion Social Autonomo Reverend William H. Stegall Msgr. Francis A. Quinn Father Frank Buismato, O.F.M. Derek C. Bok, President Ms. Doris McCullough Rabbi Sanford E. Rosen Mr. Jack Ahern Harvard University Ms. Gloria A. Carrillo Reverend Harry Scholefield Riverend Paul Berry Dr. and Mrs. Linus Pauling Reverend William A. Noel Ms. Rita Semel F ather james Casey Ms. Anne Draper Ms. Eldred Segal Msgr. james Flynn NAACP Reverend & Mrs. Robert M. Herhold Ms. Alan S. Wong Rabbi Jack Frankel Mr. William O. Smith Father Oliver Lynch, O.F.M. Reverend R. Richard Roe ENTERTAINMENT Father Pablo Garcra, O.P. Reverend Michael j. Burns Reverend Aron Gilmartin Reverend Donald E. Broderson Father john C. Petroni Reverend Robert Hawthorne PERSONALITIES Mr. Richard Garcra Father Daniel Derry Rabbi Roger Herst jack Lemmon joan Baez Mr. E.L. Wuelfing Father james MacDonald Reverend Andrew juvinal Father james S. Brusher, S.j. Ms. Elizabeth Kratz Dennis Weaver Warren Beatty Reverend Thomas W. Deveraux F ather Peter j. Sammon Dr. jerome A. Lackner F ather Donald Mackinnon Robert Culp john Lennon and Yoko Ono Reverend R. Richard Roe Reverend Howard Matson Kris Kristofferson Reverend Travis L. Campbell Paul Mazursky Mr. & Mrs. Keith Taeger F ather Max Oliva, S. j. Seymour Cassel Msgr. john Tracy Ellis jack Nicholson Reverend Marion W. Lemon Ms. Mary M. Freedlund Reverend Walter Press Shelly Winters PaufSimon Fred Zinneman Smothers Brothers Proposition 22 NO

California Citizens' "NO on Proposition 22" Committee • 1411 W. Olympic Blvd., Rm. 510 • Los Angeles, California 90015