vol. 35, no. 3

American

Civil Liberties

Union

Volume XXXV

SAN FRANCISCO, MARCH, 1970

No. 3

Conditions At Soledad

Suit Challenges

Censorship Of

Parolee's Speech

Rick Hyland is a parolee who served a nortion of his

sentence (for armed robbery) at Soledad. In January a guard

at Soledad, during an altercation between prisoners, dis`

charged his rifle, killing three inmates. Another guard was

later killed by inmates.

Students at the Santa Cruz

campus of U.C. sponsored a pub-

lic meeting on conditions at Sol-

edad and invited Hyland, a fre-

quent public speaker active in

the Peace and Freedom Party, to

address the meeting. Hyland

asked his parole agent for per-

mission to address the meeting.

The permission was granted but

_ later rescinded when the agent's

superiors concluded Hyland's

speech might not be in the best

interests of the Department of

Corrections.

Soledad Staff Attends

Hyland did not, of course, at-

tend the meeting. Corrections

sent three members of the Sole-

dad staff to address the meeting;

those speakers took the position -

' that the students ought not to

demonstrate against Soledad be-

cause they were not in posses-

sion of the facts. The students,

in order to get a critical view by

someone familiar with Soledad

conditions, again invited Hyland.

to speak. The meeting was sched-

uled for January 29. On Janu-

ary 27 Hyland's request for per-

mission to speak was again de-

nied. Hyland's parole agent in-

formed him in writing that he

would not be able to address

meetings in Santa Cruz on the

scheduled topic as long as the sit-

uation at Soledad was unstable.

Court Action -

On January 28 staff counsel

Paul Halvonik sought a tempo-

rary restraining order on behalf

of Hyland and his potential audi-

Policy Decision

ence in the Federal District

Court. A hearing was scheduled

for the morning of January 29

before Federal District Court

Judge Albert Wollenberg. At

that hearing Deputy State Attor- .

ney General Edward P. O'Brien

stated that he had consulted with

the Department of Corrections

and that officials nad changed

their minds about Hyland's

speech; he would be permitted

to go to Santa Cruz that night.

The change in attitude was

doubtless inspired by the Attor-

ney. General in a transparent at-

tempt to moot the controversy

and O'Brien in fact urged that

the case be dismissed.

Continuing Controversy

Halvonik, however, observed

that while a temporary restrain-

ing order for that night's meet-

ing was now unnecessary, the

case was not moot because he

had asked for further relief in-

cluding a request that the Court

declare unconstitutional a condi-

tion of parole requiring Hyland

to receive permission from his

- parole agent before addressing

public gatherings and an injunc-

tion permanently enjoining the

Department of Corrections from

prohibiting parolees from speak-

ing to assemblies at U.C. Santa

Cruz. Judge Wollenberg conclud-

ed that there was a continuing

controversy and ordered the At-

torney General to respond to the

request for further relief. A fur-

ther hearing was scheduled for

February 27 and Hyland spoke

to the students that night.

Vote for 18-Year-Olds

Endorsed by ACLU

The National Board of the American Civil Liberties

Union and the board of the Northern California branch

have voted to endorse and to advocate extension of voting

rights to 18-year-olds in both state and national elections.

The vote on the branch board was 14-2 with one abstention.

The ACLU policy decision cul-

minates more than two years of

study and discussion within the

ACLU National Board and _ its

subject-matter committees. The

Board action confirms the rec-

ommendations of the June 1968

biennial conference of the civil

liberties organization.

Arguments

Arguments put forward by the

ACLU for lowering the voting

age are:

1. Society has the burden of

proof to show why one portion

of society should be denied the

franchise while other groups en-

joy it. No adequate showing can

be made against 18-21 year old

citizens. :

2. The ACLU and society in

general have asserted rights of

young people to control other

aspects of their lives, and should

not deny them the most impor-

tant control they can exercise,

the right to elect their own rep-

resentatives of seats of govern-

ment.

3. Political democracy is vi-

able when the franchised com-

munity and the politically active

community are identical, and,

conversely, democracy is endan-

gered when large segments of

the politically active community

is denied the franchise.

State Action

An early poll among the 47

affiliates of the ACLU indicates

that 15 state or regional organi-

zations of ACLU are ready to

back present bills lowering the

voting age in their states. In two

of these cases, legislative pro-

posals would lower the age to 19,

in the others enfranchisement at

18 is proposed.

The ACLU national organiza-

tion will aim its legislative ef-

forts at the Congress through

the Washington, D.C. office, The

Northern California branch will

support appropriate bills in the

State Legislature.

Reminder

Contributions

To ACLUNC

Are Deductible

Since Federal and State in-

come taxes will soon become

payable, the ACLUNC wishes to

remind its supporters that con-

tributions to the branch, not to

national, are deductible for in-

come tax purposes.

The latest ruling of the In-

ternal Revenue Service came on

April 8, 1968 when it decided

that "your legislative activities

appear to be insubstantial in re-

lation to your total activities,"

and, consequently the original

ruling of October 17, 1962 con-

tinued in force despite the Sac-

ramento legislative program that

was started by the branch in

January 1967.

Exonerate Two

Newspaper

Vendors in S.F.

' Last month saw two victories

in the growing line of "vendor"

cases handled by ACLUNC, John

Richardson of San Francisco, ar-

rested in September for selling

an issue of the Berkeley Barb

depicting on its cover an uncom-

plimentary drawing of the Presi-

dent's sexual organ that served

as a flagpole for the stars and

stripes, was found not guilty by

Municipal Court Judge Harry

Low of obscenity (the caricature

was in bad taste and crude, but

not obscene), blocking the side-

walk, being a public nuisance

and disturbing the peace,

Charges against Steve K. John-

son of San Francisco, arrested

for selling such papers as the

Tribe and the Militant, were

dropped by arrangement with

the District Attorney.

The Chicago Seven

Redwood High School

Hirsute Runners

Challenge

Haircut Regs.

Redwood High School in Marin County has no regulation

limiting the length of hair of its male students. The athletic

department, however, does have such a regulation which pro-

vides that athletes will be clean shaven and that their hair

will "be out of the eyes, trimmed above the ears and above

the collar in the back." A num-

ber of students interested in

competing in field and track at

the high schoo! were told that

they would be unable to partici-

pate unless they had their hair

cut. Their hair fashion would not

be considered "long" by today's

standards but it does violate the

regulation. Four of the trackmen,

Brian Pusser, Kevin Pusser,

Bryan Tracy and Dave Silver-

man, have asked the Federal

District Court in San Francisco

to declare the regulation uncon-

stitutional. They are represented

in their suit by ACLU volunteer

attorney Robert McCreadie of

Novato and staff counsel Paul

Halvonik.

Plaintiffs' Witnesses

A hearing which spanned three

days was held before Chief Fed-

eral District Judge George B.

`Harris. McCreadie presented a

dazzling string of witnesses in

support of plaintiffs,

Not the least impressive of the

witnesses were the plaintiffs

themselves. Last year there was

no haircut regulation and plain-

tiffs wore their hair in the same

fashion they affect this year.

During the last season they were

on a championship cross-country

team and Kevin Pusser set a

high school record for the one

and three mile runs. ce

Ne Health Hazards

Two physicians, including an

Olympic medal winner, testified

that long hair presented no

health hazards. A coach from

nearby Tamalpais High School

stated that he did not enforce (c)

any hair length rules and that

Improper Use

Of Contempt |

Procedures

The National Board of Directors of the American Civil

Liberties Union views with gravest concern the extraordi-

nary and unconstitutional use of summary contempt power

at the end of a trial. The procedures now being employed

by the federal court in Chicago and by other courts in

recent controversial trials appear

to be such misuses of proper

judicial procedure.

Summary Action

The summary contempt pro-

cedures provided by law were

reserved for exceptional circum-

stances and unusual situations

where it is necessary to sum-

marily and instantly and immedi- .

ately vindicate the dignity of the

court, such as situations involv-

ing threatening the judge or dis-

rupting a hearing or obstructing

court procedures so that the

same are otherwise incapable of

continuing. It only applies in

those unusual situations where

instant action is necessary to

protect the judicial institution it-

self and when there is such an

open, serious threat to orderly

procedure that instant and sum-

mary punishment, as distinguish-

ed from due and deliberate pro-

cedure, is required.

Proper Procedures

Except in those rare situations

as outlined above contempt pro-

cedures should only be employ-

ed after:

1) Specific appropriate warn-

ings shall have been given at

the time of the alleged contemp-

tuous conduct;

2) The contempt proceedings

shall have been referred for

handling to another judge;

3) The alleged contempt shall

be tried only after written

charges are delivered to the al-

leged contemnor and he shall

have been given an opportunity

to reply in writing thereto, and

4) The contempt proceedings

shall be conducted subject to all

rights of due process guaranteed

to defendants in criminal trials,

including the right of the de-

fendant to present evidence in.

his behalf.

Accumulating Sentences

We find particularly reprehen-

sible the practice of accumulat-

ing numerous short sentences

imposed after trial and long

after the alleged acts of con-

tempt have occurred, as a means

of denying a jury trial and other

guaranteed rights normally pro-

vided in criminal procedures.

long hair did not affect the per-

formance of his track team. His

best runner, he observed, had

hair down to his shoulders and

the only morale problems creat-

ed by hair occurred a few years

earlier when he attempted to en-

force a haircut regulation.

A member of the University of

California relay team testified

that long hair did not affect his'

performance and that the only

morale problem ever created by

long hair was when the Cal track

coach attempted to enforce a

haircut regulation.

Superintendent Torrey

Perhaps the most startling wit-

ness produced by McCreadie was

Robert Torrey, Superintendent

of Education of the Tamalpais

Union High School District

which includes Redwood High

School. Torrey, a defendant in

the suit, testified that he felt

the haircut regulation was un-

reasonable and that it did not

promote any legitimate needs of |

the athletic department.

"Morale and Discipline"

The defense put three wit-

nesses on the stand. They were

Donald Kreps, Principal of Red-

wood High, Robert Troppman,

Athletic Director of Redwood

High, and Reg Carolan, a tight

end for the world champion Kan-

sags City Chiefs football team.

They all repeated the same

theme, that the regulation was

unnecessary for "morale and dis-

cipline." During a searching

cross-examination by McCreadie,

however, Coach Troppman gon-

ceded that last year's champion-

ship cross-country team which in-

cluded plaintiffs was well disci-

plined and had a high morale.

When asked if he would enforce

a rule requiring all boys to part

their hair in the middle in order

to promote morale and discipline,

Troppman said that he would not

because such a regulation would

be "unreasonable."

"Uniformity of Thought"

Carolan testified that Hank

Stram, coach of the Kansas City

Chiefs, has stringent rules

against long hair and facial hair.

These rules, he said, helped pro-

mote "uniformity of thought."

On cross- examination, Carolan

conceded that Ben Davidson's

moustache did not undermine the

morale of the Oakland Raiders

and that Joe Namath's long hair

did not affect his performance

or will to win.

Closing Argument

In the closing argument Paul

Halvonik urged Judge Harris to

declare the school regulation un-

constitutional. He relied heavily

on ACLUNC's Federal District

Court victory last October in the

case of Oliff v. East Side Union

High School District. In that case

Federal District Judge Robert

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ACLUNC

Annual Meeting

The annual meeting of the

general membership of ACLU

of Northern California is in

the process of planning. It

will be held in San Francisco

in May and will feature Ed-

ward J. Ennis, Chairman of

the Board of Directors of the

National ACLU.

The April issue of the

NEWS will carry full details

of the meeting.

Surveillance System

Seek To

Enjoin

Army Spying

On Civilians

The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit on Febru-

ary 17 in the United States District Court for the District

of Columbia against Defense Secretary Melvin Laird, Army

Secretary Resor, Chief of Staff General Westmoreland and

Brig. General Blakefield of the U.S. Army Intelligence

Command.

Injunctive Relief

The ACLU suit seeks declara-

tory and injunctive relief for

more than a dozen plaintiffs,

civilian individuals and organiza-

tions, who wish to exercise their

rights under the First. Amend-

ment of the United States Con-

stitution to engage in peaceful

' political protest, demonstrations,

marches, rallies, church meet-

ings and other forms of protect-

ed expression and assembly with-

out surveillance by the Army

agents and without becoming the

subjects of dossiers, reports and

files in the Army's data bank

and intelligence network.

No Legitimate Purpose

Plaintiffs seek the protection

of the Court for their lawful po-

litical activity; they claim the

Army is engaged in surveillance

and distribution of information -

about them which can serve no

legitimate military purpose. The

suit alleges that dossiers are ac-

quired through the Army spy

system by anonymous infor-

mants from the FBI, local and

_state police, and through the

use of photographic and elec-

tronic equipment. It claims that

such information is circulated

regularly, widely and indiscrimi-

nately by the Army to every

troop command in the form of

weekly teletype reports.

Copies of the military teletype

reports for March 13, 14 and 18,

1968 naming many of the plain-

tiffs are attached to the ACLU

complaint as evidence.

`Blacklist'

The suit refers to an eight-by-

`ten glossy paperback booklet

known in the Army intelligence

circles as the "Blacklist" be-

lieved to contain profiles of in-

dividuals and organizations who,

in the opinion of its compilers,

"might cause trouble for the

Army."

Much of the initial evidence

against the Army Surveillance

system is derived from an article

published in the January 1970

issue. of Washington Monthly en-

titled "CON US INTELLI-

GENCE: THE ARMY WATCHES

CIVILIAN POLITICS" by Chris-

topher H. Pyle. Mr. Pyle was

present at the ACLU press con-

ference announcing the suit.

List of Plaintiffs

The plaintiffs participating in

the suit against the military in-

telligence system are as follows:

Arlo Tatum, Central Commit-

Mid-Peninsula

Meeting

On Thursday March 5,

starting at 8 p.m., the Mid-

Peninsula Chapter will hold

its annual membership meet-

ing at the Menlo Park Recre-

ation Center (Santa Cruz and

Menlo Park Streets) in Menlo

Park.

The speaker of the evening

will be Dr. John Hessel of the

Population Research Institute,

Stanford University. His topic

will be "Population Control

versus Civil Liberties."

The meeting is free and

open to the public. All Mid-

Peninsula Chapter members,

as well as non-chapter mem-

bers are cordially invited to

attend and to bring their

friends.

ACLU NEWS

MARCH, 1970

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tee for Conscientious Objectors.

Women Strike for Peace.

Conrad Lynn, a black attorney

from New York.

Chicago Area Women for

Peace.

Vietnam Week Committee of

the University of Pennsylvania,

by its members: Richard M. Fei-

genberg, Lawrence R. Cohen, and

Frederick W. Stanton, of Phila-

delphia.

Vietnam Education Group.

Rev. Albert B. Cleage, Jr. a

Detroit Black Nationalist.

Veterans for Peace in Viet-

nam.

Benjamin N. Wyatt, Jr, a

black attorney from Los Angeles.

American Federation of State,

County and Municipal Employ-

ees, and its Local 1733 in Mem-

phis, Tenn.

Vietnam Moratorium Commit-

tee. /

Clergy and Laymen Concerne

About Vietnam.

War Resisters League.

Three Vacaville Inmates

Liberty Triumphs

When Liberty

(Sch. Dist.) Loses

The principal of Liberty Union

High School suspended -two stu-

dents, Michael Bishop and Abra-

ham Kaplan, for violating a

school regulation which prohib-

ited "extreme" hair fashions.

"Extreme Hair Cuts

The suspensions were appealed

to the School District Board of

Trustees where ACLUNC volun-

teer attorney John Diaz Coker

of Contra Costa County pointed

out that the State Court of Ap-

peal has held that a regulation

prohibiting "extreme" hair fash-

ions is unconstitutionally vague.

The Board of Trustees, in a de-

cision that would have glad-

dened the heart of the most law-

less Southern school officials,

conceded that their rule was un-

constitutional but declined to

reinstate the students; the boys,

they said, would have to learn to

obey "the rules." .

"Take Us to Court

The Trustees were unmoved

by Coker's suggestion that when

it came to rule-obeying they

were setting a bad example. The

boys would have to cut their

hair, the Trustees said, unless

Coker "took them to court." So

he did. Assisted by fellow ACL-

UNC volunteer lawyer Carroll

Patrick O'Brien, he sought a tem-

porary restraining order in the

Contra Costa Superior Court.

Judge Joseph Genser immediate-

ly issued an order requiring the

reinstatement of Bishop and

Kaplan.

Support Due

Process In Parole

Revocation Cases

In 1967 Judge Raymond Sherwin of the Solano County

Superior Court issued a writ of habeas corpus releasing

Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther Party Minister of Infor-

mation, from the custody of the California Adult Authority.

Sherwin ruled that the Adult Authority had deprived Cleaver

of due process of law by revok-

ing his parole without giving

him a hearing.

The Court of Appeal reversed

Judge Sherwin's decision; it

held that he should not have or-

dered Cleaver's release but only

order that Cleaver be given a

hearing. ACLUNC, participating

as a friend of the Court, had

asked the Court of Appeal to up-

hold Sherwin's ruling on the

ground that California's parole

revocation procedures denied the

parolee of due process of law.

`The Court of Appeal, however,

ruled that since Cleaver had not

yet had a parole revocation hear-

ing it would not assume that the

hearing it was ordering would be

inconsistent with due process

procedures. The Court of Ap-

peal also suggested that indeed

there was nothing wrong with

the customary parole revocation

procedures in California.

ACLUNC Intervenes

The manner in which paroles

are revoked in California is

once again on trial before Judge

Sherwin. Three Vacaville in-

mates have petitioned for writ

of habeas corpus contending

that the revocation of their par-

oles is not pursuant to due proc-

ess law, Judge Sherwin has is-

sued an order requiring the

Adult Authority to defend its

procedures and ACLUNC has

joined the case as friend of the

Court supporting the prisoners.

Arguments

In ACLUNC's amicus brief,

staff counsel. Paul Halvonik

maintains that the Court of Ap-

peal's Cleaver decision does not

control the new litigation. Cleav-

er had not yet had a parole hear-

ing but the present petitioners

have had a parole revocation

hearing in which they have re-

_almost every

ceived none of the guarantees of

due process of law, The prison-

ers' parole was revoked although

they did not receive the assist-

ance of counsel, they were not

given the right effectively to pre-

sent evidence and to compel .

testimony, they were denied the

right to confront their accusers,

and they were provided with no

reasonable basis for the decision

to remove -their liberty.

Factual Question

A parole revocation proceed-

ing should not be confused with

an Adult Authority decision to

grant or deny parole. Parole is

granted or denied in the abso-

lute discretion of the Adult

Authority and a number of in-

tangible factors thus come into

play in the Adult Authority's de-.

cision. In a parole revocation

proceeding, on the other hand,

the Adult Authority is called

upon to make a factual decision.

Under California law parole can

only be revoked if a specific con-

dition of probation has been vio-

lated. Such decision must neces-

sarily be based on solid factual

evidence. The decision to revoke

parole, in other words, is exact-

ly that kind of decision which,

under our Constitution, is usual-

ly made within the truth-finding

safeguards of those procedures

we call "due process of law."

Anomalous Situation

These rights are provided in

administrative

hearing in California, except

the parole revocation proceed-

ings. It is an anomaly that a man

is entitled to the assistance of

counsel and the right to con-

front his accusers when his liq-

uor license is at stake but not,

in the parole revocation proceed-

ings, when his very liberty is at.

stake.

Thomas Budd of Oakland

Alcoholism Case

Returns To U. S.

Supreme Court

ACLUNC volunteer attorney George Duke has asked the

United States Supreme Court to review and reverse Thomas

Budd's conviction under California's "drunk in a public

piace'' law. It is the second time the Budd case has heen to

the highest court.

Punishing for Disease

The Budd case began in the

Oakland Municipal Court when

former staff counsel Marshall

Krause argued that a law against

public drunkenness, when ap-

plied to an alcoholic, punishes

the alcoholic not for a crime

voluntarily committed but for a

disease. The trial court ruled

against Budd, the Superior Court

upheld that determination, the

appellate courts of California re-

fused to pass on the question

and the United States Supreme

Court, Justices Douglas and For-

tas dissenting, refused to review

the case. A writ of habeas cor-

pus was then filed in the federal

district court,

Court Split in 1968

While the petition for habeas

corpus was pending in the fed-

eral district court the United

States Supreme Court agreed to

review a case raising similar is-

sues. That case, Powell v. Texas,

was decided in 1968 by a Court

which divided 4-1-4 in affirming

the conviction of a chronic al-

coholic for public drunkenness.

Four Justices declared that such

a conviction did not violate the

prohibition against cruel and un-

usual punishment, four dissent-

ed and declared that it was cruel

and unusual punishment, and

the ninth Justice Byron White,

stated the pivotal question was

whether the `particular defend-

ant could resist becoming in-

toxicated and being in public.

If the defendant's conduct was

not at all voluntary then, in

White's view, a conviction for

`public drunkenness would be

1970 Membership Drive

cruel and unusual punishment.

White did not find sufficient

evidence in the Powell record to

disclose that Powell had not be-

come voluntarily drunk and had

not voluntarily appeared in pub-

lic.

Ruling Against Budd

After the Powell decision the

Budd matter came on for hear-

ing before district court Judge

Oliver Carter who found Budd's

conviction constitutional under

authority of the Powell case.

Judge Carter's ruling was up-

held by the Ninth Circuit of the

United States Court of Appeals

last November.

ACLU Contentions

In the petition to the Supreme

Court, Duke contends that

Budd's case, unlike Powell's con-

tains medical testimony estab-

lishing that he had no control

over his drinking and that his

pattern of conduct when drunk

was uncontrollable. Budd's case

is further distinguished from

Powell's by the fact that the

California and Texas laws are

different. The Texas law under

which Powell was convicted

made it a crime to be drunk in

public; the California law, how-

ever, makes it unlawful for a

person to be intoxicated in pub-

lic "in such condition that he is

unable to exercise care for his

own safety or the safety of oth-

ers." This extra condition, Duke -

urges, makes simple inability to

act a crime. If the inability of

an alcoholic to care for himself

or others can be made a crime

then the inabilities to "act" cre-

ated. by any other disease could

equally be made a crime.

CONTINUING NEED

FOR VOLUNTEERS

The Branch Office sincerly thanks those members who

have indicated their willingness to help in the annual mem-

bership campaign. It welcomes additional offers of help

by way of assistance in the San Francisco Office and in

telephoning prospects.

Several members cutside of

San Francisco have informed us

that they would be willing to

- assist the drive in their areas.

Below is a list of the local mem-

bership who may be contacted

and who will be most pleased

(and relieved) to receive offers

of help.

Berkeley/Albany Chapter -

No chairman appointed yet, but

write or call the Chapter office,

1919 Berkeley Way, Berkeley,

Telephone: 548-1322.

Fresno Chapter - Mrs. Joy

Chittick, 4647 N. Maroa, Fresno,

Telephone: 222-3568.

Mid-Peninsula Chapter - Mrs.

Marlene Levenson, 251 Scripps

Court, Palo Alto, Telephone: 327-

3541.

Marin Chapter: Mr. Sidney

Koakin, 1025 Sir Francis Drake,

San Anselmo, Telephone: 456-

1212.

Monterey Chapter-Dr. Russell

Williams, 980 Cass Street, Mon-

terey.

Mt. Diablo Chapter- To be

appointed. Meantime, notify Mrs.

Miriam Di Pace, 316 Jordan

Court, Martinez, Telephone: 228-

0323.

Sacramento Chapter - Mrs.

Myra Schimke, 3518 Ronk Way,

Sacramento, Telephone: 487-5336.

Santa Clara Chapter - Mr.

Frank Van Wagner, 1568 Fair-

orchard Ave., San Jose, Tele-

phone: 264-1494,

Santa Cruz Chapter - Mrs.

Edithe Couey, RFD Swanton

Road, Davenport, Telephone:

923-1098.

Sonoma Chapter-Mrs. Linda

Macpherson, 631 Spencer Ave.,

Santa Rosa, Telephone: 542-1326.

Stockton Chapter-Mr, Frank

Jones, 1721 Lucerne, Stockton,

Telephone` 462-8393.

Oakland Area Council - Mrs.

B'Anne Hoff, 6049 Skyone Blvd.,

Oakland, Telephone: 653-9552.

Chico Area - Miss Virginia

Lawrence, P.O, Box 825, Corning,

Telephone: 824-4743.

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All ACLUNC Officers Re-Elected

Many Changes -

On Branch Board

Of Directors

All of the officers of the ACLUNC board were re-elected

at the February board meeting. Howard H. Jewel continues

as chairman but pending his return from South America in

April, Prof. Van Dusen Kennedy, vice chairman, serves as

acting chairman. Mrs. Helen Salz was re-elected as a vice-

chairman and Howard A. Fried-

man as Secretary-Treasurer.

Many Changes

There are many changes on the

board of directors. Leo Borre-

gard and John Brisbin Ruther-

ford, having served two conse-

cutive three-year terms, were in-

eligible for re-election. Three va-

cancies were created by the un-

availability of Dr. Alfred J. Aze-

vedo, Dr. Price M. Cobbs and

Prof. -Mare A. Franklin, who

were all eligible for re-election.

Finally, five vacancies were

created during the past year by

resignations for one reason or an-

other of Mrs. La Verda O. Allen,

Jr.. Rev. Hamilton Boswell,

Gerald D. Marcus, Robert L.

Nolan, M.D., and Henry J, Rodri-

guez.

Three Former Members

Three persons who have pre-

viously seen service on the board

were elected: Ralph Atkinson,

Chairman of the Monterey Junior

College Board of Trustees; Prof.

Robert M. O'Neil of the School

of Law at the University of Cali-

fornia, Berkeley, who served for

about 15 months a couple of

years ago; and Richard J.

Werthimer, a resident of Marin

county, who practices law in San

Francisco. Atkinson and Werthi-

mer have previously been active

in the ACLU's legislative pro-

gram, :

New Members

Elected to the board for the

first time were Prof. Anthony G.

Amsterdam of Stanford Law

School; Michael A. Harris of

Sausalito, political writer for the

San Francisco Chronicle; Clifton

R. Jeffers of San Francisco, an

attorney and Assistant Regional

Administrator for Equal Oppor-

tunity, Region Six, Department

of Housing and Urban Develop-

ment; Regino Montes, San Fran.

cisco Developer-Researcher with

the Mission Area Community Ac-

tion Board, Inc.; Prof. Howard K.

Schachman of the Department of

Microbiology at the University of

California; and Michael Traynor,

San Francisco attorney.

There are thirty at-large mem-

bers of the branch board of di-

rectors, Of these, three are black

and one of Japanese ancestry.

Chapter Members

Ten of the eleven chapters pres-

ently each elect a member to the

branch board of directors, The

exception is the distant Fresno

chapter. The only change in

chapter representation came re-

cently when the Mt, Diablo Chap-

ter named Bern Jacobson, who is

employed by the Judicial Coun-

cil, to replace Richard Patsey.

The chapters have not elected

members of racial minorities to

the board.

To the extent that biographical

information has been received

from new board members, it is

summarized as follows:

Anthony G., Amsterdam

Prof. Anthony G. Amsterdam

joined the Stanford University

Law School faculty last year. He

came here from the University

of Pennsylvania Law School with

which he was associated from

1962-1964. He graduated from its

law school summa cum laude in

1960 having served as Editor-in-

Chief of the Law Review. Upon

graduation he served as law

clerk for one year to Mr. Justice

Frankfurter, The following year

he served as an Asst. U.S. Attor-

ney for the District of Columbia.

More recently he was on leave

from the Univ. of Penn, Law

School to serve as litigating at-

torney with the NAACP Legal

Defense and Educational Fund,

Inc. He has also been active with

the ACLU in various capacities

and served as a consultant to

Federal agencies, He was also a

member of the Fact-Finding

Comm. to Investigate the Dis-

turbances at Columbia Univ, He

has written many law review ar-

ticles and is the author of a

couple of legal books.

For the ACLU, Mr. Amsterdam

has handled such cases as that

of Howard Brett Levy, in asso-

ciation with Charles Morgan; the

Arthur Kinoy case, in associa-

tion with Morton Stavis; and the

amicus brief in Miranda v. Ari-

zona. For the Legal Defense

Fund he handled the Martin

Luther King contempt case in

Birmingham; several of the Shut-

_ tlesworth cases and the presently

pending matter of the grand

jury subpoena served on Earl

Caldwell, He has worked with

the ACLU and the Fund in cap-

ital punishment litigation, par-

ticularly in California and Flo-

rida. . :

Mchael Harris, newspaper re-

porter and writer, has been with

the San Francisco Chronicle

since September, 1951. Born in

New York, April 25, 1922, he

graduated from the University

of Wisconsin in 0x00B043 as a history

major.

During World War II, Mr.

Harris served as a navigator in

the Army Air Force, flying

-Continued on Page 4

Protest Mayor's

Opposition to

School Plan

Last month the ACLU of

Northern California strongly con-

demned Mayor Joseph Alioto's

recent opposition to the San

Francisco Board of Education's

elementary school complex pro-

posal. :

"The Mayor's position," said

the ACLU "is indistinguishable

from that of Deep South gover-

nors and mayors in seeking to

avoid through delay the meeting

of the constitutional, statutory

and moral obligations to inte-

grate schools. His position is un-

fortunate on the part of a Mayor

and surprising on the part of a

lawyer sworn to uphold the law.

"The Mayor's clear obligation,"

the ACLU went on to say, "is

to encourage the Board of Edu-

cation to extend its present plan-

ning to encompass the goal of

total integration that is both es-

sential to quality education and

required by state and federal

law.

"The ACLU of Northern Cali-

fornia will offer all assistance

within its power to further racial

integration in public schools. We

urge all citizens who respect

their country and its institutions

to join us in supporting the clear-

ly established law in this area."

Santa Clara

Folds Mar.

Conference

The Santa Clara Valley Chap-

ter of ACLUNC will hold a con-

ference and annual membership

meeting on Saturday, March 14,

1940 at Bergin Hall, Univ. of San-

ta Clara School of Law, Santa

Clara St. and The Alameda in

Santa Clara, from 10 a.m. to 4

p.m,

Excellent Panel

The conference will discuss the

"Changing Complexion of Ameri- -

can Secondary Schools: Student

Rights and the Law." It will open

with a panel discussion with the

following participants: Modera-

tor, Howard Anawalt, Prof. of

Constitutional Law, Santa Clara

School of Law; Edmund D. Mc-

Murray, Junior Counsel for the

State Dept. of Education; Miss

Robin Yeamans, attorney for the

Legal Aid Society, Sacramento;

Peter Coppleman, attorney for

the California Rural Legal As-

sistance Foundation, Gilroy; and,

Stephen Manley, attorney for the

Legal Aid Society, San Jose.

Luncheon and Movie

At 12 p.m. a luncheon will be

served at Benson Parlors where

an address will be given by a

prominent speaker. At 2 p.m, a

film will be shown titled "The

High School," a San Francisco

Newsreel production. A business

meeting, including elections, will

conclude the conference.

Registration for the confer-

ence: $2.00; lunch, $1.75, Checks

may be sent to Dennis DeCuir,

President, Student Bar Assoc.,

University of Santa Clara School

of Law, Santa Clara, Ca. 95053.

Michael Traynor, Prof. Anthony G. Amsterdam and Michael Harris, who were recently elected Directors

Mutiny Conviction

Reversal

Sought

In Case Of Pvt.

Nesrey Sood

On February 24, staff counse] Paul Halvonik and his ap-

pellate co-counsel, Captain Paul Saunders, urged a panel of

Army's Board of Review to reverse Nesrey Sood's mutiny

conviction. The hearing was held in Falls Church, Virginia.

Sood was convicted by a Presidio court-martial over a

year ago for his participation in

a non-violent demonstration pro-

testing abysmal conditions at the

Presidio stockade. Sood is the

first of the "Presidio 27" to re-

ceive a hearing in an Army ap-

pellate court. The hearing was

scheduled only after Captain

Saunders filed a writ of man-

date directed to the entire Board

of Review demanding a hearing

date. The writ was denied but

the hearing date was immediate-

ly set. If customary treatment

had been accorded Sood the case

would have been heard last No-

vember; but the Presidio 27 have

never received customary treat-

ment.

Constitutional Attack

At the hearing Halvonik and

Saunders urged that the court-

martial law officers had com-

"mitted numerous errors in limit-

ing cross-examination of wit-

nesses. They argued, addition-

ally, that the evidence presented

at the court-martial does not

support the mutiny conviction

Congress Urged

To Legalize Use

Of Marijuana

The ACLU has asked Con-

gress to legalize the use and pos-

session of marijuana.

Testifying before a House sub-

committee, Lawrence Speiser,

director of the ACLU's Wash-

ington office, last month said

the government has "not met its

burden of demonstrating,

through scientific evidence, that

the use of marijuana is intrin-

sically harmful, causes anti-so-

cial behavior or leads to use of

stronger drugs."

It must follow then, he said,

that "from the standpoint of so-

cial and legislative policy, mari-

juana, being no more harmful

than alcohol or tobacco, should

be given equal treatment with

them,"

_ seven years

and that the mutiny statute is in

conflict with the United States

Constitution, The unconstitution-

al attack is on the grounds that

the statute is so vague that no one

can be sure what it means, thus

accounting for the absur?! con-

viction in Sood's case, ari that

by permitting the Army to es-

calate a mere "disobedic ice to

an order" to a capital offense be-

cause of the political views of

the demonstrators, the statute

violates the First Amendment

guarantees of free expression

and petition for redress of

grievances,

Intolerable Sentence

Sood's attorneys further ar-

gued that even if the mutiny con-

viction could be upheld, the pun-

ishment imposed on Sood was

too severe, Sood was originally

sentenced to 15 years af hard

labor, forfeiture of pay ind al-

lowances and a dishonorabie dis-

charge. Lieutenant Genera! Stan-

ley Larsen, Presidio Command-

ant, reduced the sentence to

and, withir . two

hours after Larson's acticn, the

Secretary of the Army, exercis- "

ing clemency powers through a

subordinate, reduced the sen-

tence to two years. But two

years for, as Sood puts it, "sit-

ting on the Man's grass" is still

an intolerable sentence.

Case Under Submission

The Board of Review panel,

after hearing the argument, took

the matter under submission.

When the Board will make its

decision cannot be predicted.

Military attorneys think it is not

unlikely that Sood will serve his

entire sentence before the de-

cision is rendered.

If Sood's conviction is not re-

versed by the Board of Review,

the Court of Military Appeals

will be asked to review his case.

If the Court of Military Appeals

does not reverse the decision the

case will be taken to the Fed-

eral District Court.

Distinguished Judges Serve

High School Bill of Rights

Writing Contest Opens

High Schools in Northern California Chapter areas, as

well as in Chico and San Mateo county, have received

posters and flyers containing information about the Bill of

Rights writing contest. Students currently enrolled in the

10, 11, and 12th grades are eligible to submit an essay, poem,

satire, or statement of not more

than 3,000 words on the subject

The Bill Of Rights, Is It For

Real?

The Judges

Five eminent Bay Area resi-

dents have agreed to select the

_final winners in Northern Cali-

fornia after the Chapters have re-

ceived the essays and chosen lo-

cal winners. The judges are:

William K. Coblentz, esq., San

Francisco attorney and Regent of

the University of Calif,;

Art Hoppe, author, columnist

for the San Francisco Chronicle;

Mrs, Alexander Meiklejohn,

widow of the co-founder of

ACLUNC and recipient of the

Presidential Medal of Freedom;

Charles Muscatine, author,

Professor of English, University

of California, Berkeley;

Rt. Rev. C. Kilmer Myers,

Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese

of California.

Prizes

Essay winners in Northern

California will be eligible to win

the national contest and will re-

ceive $100, $75, or $50 for first,

second and third place entries.

Excerpts from their essays will

be printed in the ACLUNC News.

The National winners will be

published in Bantam Books and

receive up to $100 for that honor.

National ACLU will award $300

to the first place winner, and

$200, $150, and $100 to the next

three respectively.

_ . Submission of Entries

Entries should be submitted to

local Chapters by April 15, 1970.

Entrants outside of Chapter areas

may submit entries directly to:

Miss Carol Weintraub, ACLUNC

Chapter Director, 503 Market,

San Francisco, Ca., 94105, (tele-

phone 433-2750) by that date.

Judging of the final winners will

begin on May 1, 1970.

ACLU NEWS

MARCH, 1970

Page 3

Many Changes On Branch

Board Of Directors

Continued from Page 3-

thirty-five missions, mostly from

Italy, and mostly taking supplies

to Tito and other partisans.

"T suppose," says Mr. Harris,

"that my newspaper assignments

of most interest to the ACLU

include the series on secrecy in

government that led to the

Brown Act (I wrote the Act's

preamble), my coverage of the

presidential and senatorial cam-

paigns of 1968 and, although it

led to a loss of liberty for about

nine people, the stories on the

California assessor's scandals, I

have also written a number of

pieces for The Nation, a couple

for The Progressive and some for

various other publications, in-

cluding Cry California and City.

I was the Fortune correspondent

in San Francisco for 14 years

and, during the newspaper strike

of 1948, a regular on `""Newspaper

of the Air.' I am a former chair-

man of the Chronicle unit of

the American Newspaper Guild

and a current member of the

Sausalito Public Library board

of trustees."

Mr, Harris resides in eorealic:

He is married and the father of

three boys. He has been a mem-

ber of the ACLU since 1950.

Clifton R. Jeffers

Clifton R. Jeffers is a grad-

uate of Hastings College of the

Law in San Francisco, He be-

came a Deputy Attorney Gen-

eral for the State of California,

Criminal Division, San Francisco

office, in 1964. At that time he

' was the only black attorney in

the criminal division. In 1966

Mr. Jeffers transferred to the

consumer fraud division of the

Attorney General's office, shift-

ing its emphasis to cases of fraud

perpetrated on ghetto residents.

In the Spring of 1969 Mr. Jeffers

left the Attorney General's of-

fice to assume his present duties

"Immoral'

Postal Employee

Sues Commission

Sally Moore was fired from

her position as a Distribution

Clerk with the San Francisco

Post Office when a United States

Civil Service Commission inves-

tigator discovered that she was

residing with a man to whom

"she was not married. Such con-

duct, said the Civil Service Com-

mission, was "immoral" and es-

tablished that Miss Moore was

"unsuitable" for federal employ-

ment.

Federal Suit

Last month staff counsel Paul

Halvonik filed suit in the Fed-

eral District Court on behalf of

Miss Moore. Named as defend-

ants are the United States Civil

Service Commission and San

Francisco Postmaster Lim P.

Lee.

The suit is identical to one

previously filed by ACLUNC on

behalf of Neal Mindel. Mindel

had, before working for the Post

Office, lived with a woman not

his wife and this was found by

the Commission to make him un-

suitable for a job. as a postal

clerk,

Right of Privacy

Mindel's case has already been

argued and submitted for de-

cision to Federal District Judge

Robert F. Peckham. As in Min-

del's case, the Moore suit con-

tends that the Civil Service

Commission ruling violates her

right of privacy; forces her, un-

constitutionally, to remain celi-

bate or become married; and was

made pursuant to a standard

("immorality") that has no rele-

vance to the job she performed

and is unconstitutionally vague.

The suit asks that Miss Moore

be reinstated in her job and be

reimbursed for the wages she

has lost.

ACLU NEWS

MARCH, 1970

Page 4

as Assistant Regional Administra-

tor for Equal Opportunity, Re-

gion Six (the Western States),

Department of Housing and Ur-

ban Development.

Mr. Jeffers has been quite ac-

tive in NAACP affairs in San

Francisco, serving for a time as

President of the Ingleside Chap-

ter. As President of the Ingle-

side Chapter Mr. Jeffers gained

a reputation as a very articulate

critic of police practices, It was

after his vigorous public critic.

ism of the handling of the

O'Brien case that the Police De-

partment reversed itself and the

District Attorney asked for an

indictment against Michael O'-

Brien.

Mr. Jeffers' wife, Mary, is an

instructor in Political Science at

the College of San Mateo.

Regino Montes

Regino Montes of San Fran-

cisco is Program Developer and

Researcher for the Mission Area

Community Action Board, Inc.

He was born and raised in Saf-

ford, Arizona. He has studied at

Eastern Arizona College, Antioch

College and various other col-

leges. Before coming to San

Francisco he worked for the

Puerto Rican Community De-

velopment Project in New York

City. For many years he worked

as a free lance writer and re-

searcher.

Mr, Montes has done volunteer

work for Addiction Workers

Alert to Rehabilitation and Edu-

cation, and served on the boards

of the National Association for

Puerto Rican Civil Rights and

the Puerto Rican Institute for

Political Participation.

He has been associated with

numerous organizations in New

York City and San Francisco.

Among them have been the Na-

tional Association for Commuc-

nity Development, League for In-

dustrial Democracy, Inter-Agency

Committee for Mexican Ameri-

ean Affairs, Real `Alternatives

Program, Latino Local Develop-

ment Co., League of United La-

tin American Citizens and Mis-

sion Coalition Organization.

Robert M. O'Neil, Professor of

Law at Boalt Hall, Berkeley,

graduated from Harvard Law

School in '61. He was law clerk

to Mr. Justice William J. Bren-

nan, Jr. from 1962-63. He came

to Boalt Hall in 1963 and in 1966

became a professor of law and,

for the first time, a member of

the ACLUNC Board. In Septem-

ber 1967 he moved to Buffalo

where he not only taught law

but was executive assistant to

the president. While there he

was a member of the Board of

the Niagara Frontier Chapter of

ACLU. After spending five

months in Geneva exploring in-

ternational human rights and in-

ternational copyright law, Mr.

O'Neil resumed his former post

at Boalt Hall last fall,

Mr, O'Neil is serving part time

as Counsel of the Assembly on

University Goals and Govern-

ance-a project launched by the

American Academy of Arts and

Sciences to survey many current

issues and problems of American

higher education. :

Mr, O'Neil's major writings

have been law review articles in

constitutional and administrative

law. E. P. Dutton and Co. will pub-

lish sometime in March his first

major book "The Price of De-

pendency: Civil Liberties in the

Welfare State-A survey of in-

fringements and erosions of per-

sonal and political liberties in

welfare, public housing, govern-

ment employment and various

other government .benefit pro-

grams.

Besides teaching a course on

Freedom of Speech at San Fran-

cisco. State College in the sum-

mer of 1962, he has written a

couple of books on civil liberties

for elementary and secondary

schools and a survey of freedom

of expression: Free Speech: Re-

sponsible Communication under

Law, for college use.

Hirsute Runner

Challenges

Haircut Rules

Continued from Page 1-

Peckham held unconstitutional,

as an infringement of free ex-

pression and the right to privacy,

a regulation prohibiting male

students with-long hair from at-

tending high school. Judge Peck-

ham ruled that a high school

haircut regulation is only lawful

when it can be shown that long

hair materially and substantially

harms some legitimate school

function. No evidence was pre-

sented at the hearing indicating

that a hair fashion that violated

the regulation would inhibit an

athlete's performance, create a

health hazard or undermine mor-

ale or discipline. There was only

the remotest speculation that

morale and discipline could be

affected by students wearing hair

longer than that approved by the

`coach. All the empirical evidence

was to the contrary. Moreover,.

"discipline"? cannot, in itself,

serve as a talisman to justify a

regulation. If it were otherwise

any arbitrary rule would be be-

yond attack because it could be

argued that students would learn

"discipline" from following the

rule. Students, for example,

would have to part their hair in

the middle if told to do so by the

coach. Even Coach Troppman ad-

mitted that such a rule would be

"unreasonable" but actually such

a rule would be less subversive

of the plaintiffs' rights than the

hair length rule. If plaintiffs

were required to part their hair

in the middle to participate in

track, at least they could part

their hair as they pleased when

they went home. The plaintiffs

cannot wear their hair as they

please at night and shorter dur-

ing the daytime.

D.A.'s Argument

The schoo] district's attorney,

Marin Deputy County Counsel

Richard Godine, suggested that

the Oliff case had been wrongly

decided by Judge Peckham and

urged, moreover, that it was in-

applicable because the plaintiffs

were not being excluded from

school but only from the school's

athletic program. Godino also put

2 good deal of emphasis on "dis-

cipline" and stated that it was

the "undisciplined" people in our

society who placed bombs in po-

lice stations. Godino was sup-

ported by San Francisco attorney

J. Stewart Harrison who ap-

peared as a friend of the Court

on behalf of the California

Coaches Associtaion.

Harrison interjected into the

proceedings the contention that

hair longer than that permitted

by the regulations was "effemi-

nate." That allegation, Halvonik

responded, is a "slur on our

founding fathers." .

Chief Judge Harris has taken

the case of the Marin athletes un-

der submission for later decision.

While he is considering the mat-

ter the plaintiffs are participat-

ing in Redwood High School

track and. field events pursuant

to a temporary restraining order

issued by the Judge with the

consent of the defendants.

Michael Traynor

Michael Traynor, 35, a native

Californian, is a partner in the

San Francisco law firm of

Cooley, Crowley, Gaither, God-

ward, Castro and Huddelson. He

is the son of former Chief Jus-

tice Roger Traynor.

Mr. Traynor received an A.B.

from the University of Califor-

nia in 1955 and an LL.B. from

Harvard Law School in 1960.

During his brief career he has

been President of the San Fran-

cisco Barrister's Club, a Direc-

tor of the San Francisco Bar As-

sociation, the Vice Chairman and

Acting Chairman of the San

Francisco Neighborhood Legal

Assistance Foundation, and has

written for the California Law

Review. He is currently a mem-

ber of the Sierra Club's legal

committee and has been a fre-

quent volunteer attorney for

ACLUNC.

Police Problems

between Geary and O'Farrell.

administration of justice.

S.F. Membership Meeting

The San Francisco Council of ACLUNC will hold a public

and membership meeting on Sunday, March 15, from 7 p.m.

to 10 p.m., at the First Unitarian Church, 1187 Franklin Street,

The main speaker will be Dr. Richard Korn, Professor of

Criminology at the University of California at Berkeley, who

will discuss the changing situation of the individual and the

Legisiative Report

A Scene Of

Great Chaos In

Sacramento

After all the blood shed in the Capitol in connection with

the Republican takeover last session, a reasonable man

would think that the legislators would long for the relative

quiet of the "orderly" consideration of bills. But things were

hardly less unsettled than last year as the session spent its

traditional first month in ma-

neuvering for position.

Shrade Takes Over

A palace coup in the Senate

commanded most of the head-

lines, Howard Way (R.-Exeter),

who had forged a shaky coali-

tion out of moderate Republi-

cans and some liberal Democrats

last spring and, promising noth-

ing more than increased honesty,

unseated Hugh Burns (D.-Fres-

no) as president pro tempore,

. was himself unseated by a long-

Jack |

time Burns _ supporter,

Shrade (R.-San Diego). Shrade,

who thinks the Governor is too

liberal, put together a coalition

of very conservative Republicans

and Democrats who were (1)

loyal to the fallen Burns, and,

(2) swayed byShrade's prom-

ises (which included protection

for all incumbent Democrats in

reapportionment). But Shrade,

a well-known "friend" of lobby-

ing interests, was not in office

two weeks before it was dis-

closed that last year he had ac-

cepted a $5,000 campaign con-

tribution (he does not run again

until 1972) from some savings

and loan institutions just two

weeks before he cast a favorable

vote in committee on a bill of

vital monetary interest to those

same institutions. Coming on

the heels of the resignations and

reshuffling caused by Way's

downfall, this new revelation

both bore out what Shrade's

critics had charged and stimu-

lated talk of a new coup-this

before -Shrade had even com-

pleted his all important commit-

tee selections. Now cynics are

predicting that Shrade will not

last though April.

The Assembly is quieter, and

has begun the serious considera-

tion of bills. The mix of propos-

als affecting civil liberties in-

terests is different this year but

the tenor of legislation is the

same-punitive, repressive and

negative-and, it being an elec-

tion year, the political courage

to deal with such legislation in

a straightforward fashion is in

os

The first right of a citizen

Is the right

To be responsible a

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION

OF NORTHERN CATLEORNIS

ever shorter supply than before.

A sampler for civil libertar-

ians would include bills to:

e@ Make public employees sign

an oath disavowing knowing

and active membership in or-

ganizations dedicated to the vio-

lent overthrow of the govern- -

ment;

e Bar from public employ-

ment those who advocate the

overthrow of the government by

force and violence;

e Abolish the death penalty;

@ Require a grand jury to be

chosen at random from lists of

registered voters;

e Authorize widespread wire-

tapping and electronic eaves-

dropping;

e Expand the Governor's pow-

er during "emergencies" such as

the People's Park confrontation;

e Make it a misdemeanor to

show a Viet Cong flag under

circumstances making a breach

of the peace likely;

e Outlaw, or at least severely

burden, rock festivals and other

unpopular assemblies and par-

ades by permitting local agen-

cies to require security in ad-

vance and payment of all the

cost of "protecting the health

and safety" caused by the event;

_ @ Increase marijuana penal-

ties;

e Cut back the scope of the

State Constitution's protection

against unreasonable search and

seizures;

e Abolish tenure;

@ Reform the parole revoca-

tion procedures;

The "thirty-day rule" prevents

the hearing of most bills until

thirty days after their introduc-

tion, but by the writing of next

month's column the fate of

many of these bills will be

known. Meanwhile the legisla-

tors have until April 4 to intro-

duce bills, so many of the up-

coming bills are still being .

drafted.

-Charles C. Marson,

Legislative Representative

Asst, Staff Counsel.

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