vol. 42, no. 3 (mislabled No. 11)

May 1977 No. 11

1 Campaign against spying begins

california campaign to

end , igvreiumient spying, a coalition of

organizations including the ACLU, has

begun mobilizing support for the

Federal Intelligence Agencies Control

Act of 1977, a bill which would com-

pletely overhaul U.S. intelligence

agencies.

H.R. 6051 introduced on April 5 by

Rep. Herman Badillo (D-NY) and 23

co-sponsors:

e prohibits political surveillance .

and preventive action against

U.S. citizens;

e bans intrusive investigative.

methods such as wiretapping and

bugging;

e protects "whistleblowers" who

could no longer be fired from

government jobs for revealing ~

illegal intelligence activities;

e creates a special prosecutor

who would be free from any

- conflicts of interest to investigate

violations of the Act.

"After a torrent of disclosures of

official crimes and abuses committed in

the name of intelligence, the time has

come for such comprehensive legislative

reform," according to John H. Shat-

of the ACLU's

Washington ae working to gather

support for H.R. 6051.

Two California representatives are

currently co-sponsors of the bill, Ron

Dellums and Fortney Stark, but not one

U.S. Senator has yet to lend their

support.

"The battle to seek passage of H.R.

6051,' according to Morton Halperin,

director of the ACLU's project on

National Security and Civil Liberties,

"cannot be fought in Washington,

D.C., but must come from the people

back home." "`Congress is not hearing

that this issue is important to their

constitutents,'' Halperin claimed

addressing a meeting sponsored by the

Campaign Against Government Spying

last week. `Unless this sentiment

changes," he predicted that ``this

legislation will not pass.'"

Thus the ACLU and many other .

groups are first attempting to stimulate

the broadest pesibl: co-sponsorship of

_ fresh,' he claims, and thus `

-now while the time is

this important legislation, and are

asking ACLU members throughout the

country to contact representatives

urging them to become sponsors.

Halperin claims that the ``climate in

Congress is going against repressive

legislation, though it is not necessarily

in favor of taking affirmative steps to

remedy the past abuses. =

"Memories of past disgraces are

`political

activity; pressure from constituents,

could assure the complete overhaul of (c)

the federal intelligence agencies. If we

don't mount a nationwide campaign

ripe, the

unrestrained growth of these agencies

will continue to quietly creep back."

`The Campaign against government

_ spying will operate as the organizing

vehicle in Northern California to gather

the necessary support for H.R. 6051.

Composed of many of the same groups

who were able to effectively stop the

94th Congress from approving Senate

Bill One, it is expected that these same

forces will be able to initiate a viable

campaign for H.R. 6051.

ACLU MEMBERS ARE URGED TO

TAKE ACTION, SEE PAGE 4.

Hish Court to hear Bakke case

The constitutionality of special

admissions programs which take af-

firmative steps to extend educational

opportunities to qualified minorities

will soon be ao by the U.S. Su-

preme Court.

The American Civil Liberties Union

_will submit arguments appealing the

California Supreme Court's decision in

`Bakke v. U.C. Board of Regents, which

held that the U.C. Davis Medical

School's special admission program,

challenged by white male plaintiff -

Bakke, was unconstitutional, because

its guidelines included considerations of

race. :

In a friend of the court brief,

currently being prepared by the ACLU

of Northern and Southern California

and the ACLU's National Office, at-

torneys will argue that the affirmative

action program administered by the

U.C. Davis Medical School did not have

an adverse impact on the admission of

white male students.

Rather, the ACLU contends that (c)

U.C. Davis's admission policy

promoted diversity in the student body _

and the medical profession, and was

`meant to expand medical education

opportunities to persons from

economically or educationally disad-

vantaged Paes

An immensely controversial case, the

California State Supreme Court's

decision in Bakke has nearly paralyzed

any special consideration of minority

and female applicants applying to state

professional schools.

Whether the defendants - the

University of California - should have

even appealed the unfavorable State

Supreme Court decision was challenged

by many state and national civil rights

groups, fearing that appealing the case

before-a less-friendly U.S. Supreme

Court could result in an even more .

restrictive opinion capable of per-

manently crippling attempts to remedy

past discrimination in _ professional

schools.

The ACLU of Northern California

has strongly supported the institution of

affirmative action programs, and

adopted a policy over four years ago

which promulgated the following

position:

"When discrimination - partic-

ularly in employment and education

- has been long and widely practiced

against a particular class, it cannot

be satisfactorily eliminated merely by

the adoption of neutral, `color-blind'

standards for the selection of ap-

plicants for available jobs or

educational programs. Affirmative

action is required to overcome the

handicaps imposed by _ past

discrimination of this sort; and, at

the present time, affirmative action

is especially demanded to increase

the employment and the educational

_ opportunities of racial minorities

and women."

Recent U.S. public opinion spalle

indicate that a great majority of people

oppose policies, which pollsters

characterized as, "reverse discrimina-

tion."" And yet, according to the brief

which the ACLU is preparing, af-

firmative action programs do not have a

disproportionate impact against white

applicants to U.C. Davis Medical

School. In fact the policy left whites in

84% of the available positions, although

California has a population which is

approximately 75% white. The

minorities admissions goal was only

16%, which is less than the 25% -

_ minority population in California. -

ACLU claims that historically the

continued on page 3

Brown's crime

package attacked

By Brent A. Burnhart

Legislative Representative

At the time Jerry Brown took office i in.

January, 1975, it appeared to civil

libertarians - after eight long years

under Ronald Reagan, that civil

liberties would have a staunch friend as

Governor of California. Former ACLU

staff people such as Paul Halvonik and

Alice Daniels were appointed to im-

portant positions on the Brown staff.

Other public interest attorneys with a

strong public interest background such

as J. Anthony Kline, Rose Bird and

James Lorenz also secured positions

within the Administration which ap-

peared to argue well for a genuine

solicitude for the Bill of Rights.

Two and a half years later, it seems

clear that that exultation was

premature - that at bottom line civil

liberties mean no more to Edmund G.

Brown, Jr., than they did to his

predecessor. In fact, the total picture is

worse. During the Reagan years, the

ACLU could look to a_ liberal

Democratic Legislature to thwart: the

repressive legislation of the. Reagan

Administration. Under Jerry Brown, it

is questionable whether the Democratic

- Leadership will be able to withstand

Jerry Brown's thrust to adopt a tough-

on-crime image. Even such staunch

civil libertarians as John Knox (D-

Richmond) seem to have abandoned

opposition to crime programs they

would never have brooked in earlier

days - at least whenever the "new"

crime package bears the Governor's

imprimatur.

However, Jerry Brown's. crime

package offers nothing new. The 8-

point program proudly unfolded by the

Governor like a nervous bridegroom

before the California District Attorney's

Association in April, is comprised.

completely of old programs pushed for

many years by law enforcement, At-

torney General Younger, and hard-

nosed Anticrimers such as Senator

George Deukmejian. During the

Reagan Administration those programs

were repeatedly successfully beaten

back - generally in the Assembly

Criminal Justice Committee. But in

1977 the Brown Administration is

dusting off those stale proposals and

repackaging them under Jerry Brown' s

shiny new label. _

The program includes: dismantling

and refashioning the new determinate

sentencing law to enhance government

discretion, encourage disparity and

disproportionality in sentencing, and

generally give rebirth to indeterminancy

in the determinate package; mandatory

continued on page 3

Special election issue - see pages 2 and 3

May 1977 |

, aclu news

_ELECTION

ACLU board election

The following statements were sub-

mitted by the twelve candidates for

election to the Board of Directors of the

ACLU of Northern California. The By-

laws permit two methods of

nomination. Some candidates were

nominated by the present Board after

consideration of the nominating

committee's recommendations. Others

- were nominated by petitions bearing

the signatures of a minimum of fifteen

ACLU members.

Ten candidates are to be lected for

the three-year term commencing in

September 1977 and ending in August

of 1980. Every ACLU member is

eligible to vote. Each of the individuals

who share a joint membership may vote

separately. The ballot and voting in-

structions are located on the opposite

page.

Howard C. Anawalt

I teach Law at the University of Santa

Clara and have practiced law. I have

been a member of the ACLU for about

fifteen years and have worked with the

Santa Clara Valley Chapter during the

past ten years as board member, legal

adviser and helper on projects.

I believe the ACLU should ac-

complish the following: (1) Continued

strong work to develop due process and

equal protection for individuals and to

extend First Amendment rights.

(2) Develop a strong discussion within

the ACLU on the specific stands and

general

(3) Build a persuasive case for civil

liberties, so that they will not be

discarded in times of unrest, war,

emergency, or, economic hardship.

Incumbent: No

Nominated by: Petition

James J. Brosnahan

Law partner in the San Francisco

firm of Morrison and Foerster,

specializing in civil and criminal trial

work. Past president of the San

Francisco Barristers Club, presently

serves as President of the

Association of San Francisco. Also

serves on the Board of Directors of the

Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund and

the ACLU of Northern California.

' Active in various American Bar,

State Bar and local Bar committees.

Member of the American Board of

Trial Advocates, the International

Academy of Trial Lawyers, the

American Law Institute and is a trustee

of the Practising Law Institute.

Author of Trial Handbook for .

California Lawyers and numerous

articles dealing with civil and criminal

trial work. Is presently a lecturer,.

teaching trial practice at Boalt Hall.

Incumbent: Yes

Nominated by: Board of Directors

`Mary C. Dunlap

I am a public

interest lawyer,

and teacher, em-

ployed by Equal

Rights Advo-

cates, Inc. I have :

served ERA, Inc. since sits foandine: its

purpose is to litigate and to educate in

order to end sex-based discrimination

under law. In. this vein, I am lead

counsel in a number of sex

ordinate the ef-

philosophy of the group.

Bar.

' Sexual Equality Committee,

discrimination cases, including Rich-

mond Unified School District v. Berg

(cert. granted Jan. 25, 1977). I have high

hopes for the

California, because of its dedication to

the rights of the individual, pursuant to

the Constitution in particular, against

the ceaseless intrusions of a massive

and sometimes brainless and heartless

external authority. If elected, I will

serve aggressively and with a sense of

humor.

Incumbent: No

Nominated by: Board of Directors

James C. Goodwin

Our task is

heavy: to edu-

cate, organize,

mobilize and co-

fort to establish

human Tights over the coalescence of

economic determinants and national

security. What we are up against is the

power of manufactured culture to

destroy in our minds any accurate

perception of the realities about us or

feeling of moral implications.

I still believe that racism and sexism -

are the major unfinished business of

this century, that there can be and

sometimes is, a beloved community of

resistance; that there is an American ~

revolutionary morality and tradition

(from founders like Tom Paine, Abigail

and Sam Adams, to abolitionists like

Bill Garrison, Fred. Douglass, the

Grimke sisters, and Sojourner Truth)

and it is from this tradition that we take

our sustenance.

Incumbent: Yes

Nominated by: Board of Directors

J oseph R.. Grodin

Practiced law for 18 years

representing unions and various. civil

rights and civil liberties causes, in- -

cluding volunteer ACLU attorney in

Wirta (Woman for Peace) v. A.C.

Transit (Cal. Sup. Ct.), Mississippi

Challenge, etc.

Served (1975-76) as member of first

Agricultural Labor Relations Board.

Professor at U.C. Hastings Law School

since 1972, teaching labor law, em-

ployment discrimination, formerly

constitutional law; on leave to Stanford,

fall, 1977.

Past president, Constitutional Rights

Foundation, American Jewish Congress

(Northern California), Americans for

Democratic Action. (Northern

California). Member, ACLU Legal |

Committee since 1972, ACLU-NC

Board since September, 1976.

Incumbent: Yes

Nominated by: Board of Directors

Neil F. Horton

- [have been active with the American

_ Civil Liberties Union of Northern

California since 1964. I have served on

the Berkeley Board of Directors. I

served as Berkeley's Chapter

representative to the Northern

California Board and I currently am.a

member at large on the Northern

California Board. Among the board

committees which I either chaired or on

which I participated actively were the

whose

report resulted in substantially in-

ACLU - Northern -

and authored

creasing the number of women

currently serving on the board; the

committee which recommended the -

establishment of an office in a Se

neighborhood devoted to the civil

liberties problems of the urban |

minorities and the poor; the committee -

to pick an executive director; and the |

committee to establish a nuclear power

policy.

~ Incumbent: Yes

Nominated by: Board of Directors

Marshall W. Krause

Ihave been a lawyer since 1957 anda

member of the ACLU since 1958. In |

1959 I started doing volunteer work as a

lawyer for the ACLU and in 1960 was.

hired as the ACLU's staff attorney. I

remained in that position until 1968.

Following 1968 I was a reporter on -

KQED's NEWSROOM and taught law ~

classes at San Francisco State

University and the Law School of the

University of California at Berkeley.

Author of two books; California

Search and Seizure Practice and

California Civil Writs; and have written

numerous articles. On -the Board . of

Directors of ACLU-NC since 1974 and ~

also serve on the Boards of the

- Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Library ao -

KQED, Inc.

Incumbent: Yes

Nominated by: Board of Directors

Jonathan C. Lewis

ACLU activities: Incumbent member |

of the ACLU-NC Board (1976/77); Yolo -

ACLU Chairperson (1975/76); Marin

ACLU Board member (1974); volunteer

staffer for Campaign Against the Death

Penalty Initiative (1972). Other ac-

tivities; President of California Tax

Reform Association (1976/77); Member

of Friends Committee on Legislation

`Executive Committee (1976).

It is my notion that the new bat-

tlefield for civil libertarians will be the -

defense of the individual's right to basic

economic security and a decent

standard of living. With increasing

disparity between rich and poor, I think .

civil libertarians must take the con-

stitution into the marketplace, tax

system, housing, health care, and

wherever else human dignity is crushed

_ by greed. ACLU may or may not be the

most appropriate vehicle for developing

a Bill of Rights on the problems of

economic survival. However, these are

the questions of deep concern to me.

Incumbent: Yes __.

Nominated by: Board of Directors

Doris Holmes Lowe, Ph.D.

Academic,

Career, and Per-

sonal Counselor |

in the Peralta |

School District.

Active commu-

nity interests saelude pac service on the

Board of the YWCA, one of the

founders of the Berkeley Institute for

Inquiry, instrumental in establishing a

Black Studies Program and an effective

Tutorial Service at Merritt College.

Conducted a study for the State of

California for the purpose of developing

a guide for effective Peer Counseling,

"Guidelines for Peer

Counseling."" Was _ co-author of

"Racism and the Turn of the Century."

Serves as chairperson of Foreign

Students Advising Committee, Lone

CEU's:

~ Legal Defense Fund,

- stitutional law teacher.

Albany and ACLU-NC.

Mountain College, and Field Advisor

for all graduate students in Counseling

and Guidance Placement, College of

Alameda.

' Has actively served on the Board of

~ ACLU-NC since 1976.

Incumbent: Yes - 2

Nominated by: Board of Directors

Eva Patterson Jefferson.

'. My interest in

the ACLU pri- |

marily involves

encouraging the

organization to

expand its' no-

tion of civil liberties | hich entails

putting a greater emphasis on 14th'

- Amendment issuestwhich impact black

and poor people. I have no illusions that

this move will result in scores of new

memberships from black, brown,

yellow, and red people, as well as the

poor, but it is important for the Union

- to expand its objectives in order to deal

with the needs of a more diverse

constituency.

1971 BA Northwestern University

1971-1972 Director - Student Rights

Project - ACLU of Northern California

1975 JD - Boalt Hall (Admitted to

California Bar - December 1975)

1975 - Present: Staff Attorney - Legal -

Aid Society of Alameda County | :

Incumbent: No -

`Nominated bys Board of Directors -

Sanford Jay Rosen

I have been

the Maryland.

chair-

person . and

national board

member, Natio-

nal ACLU's Assistant Legal Director,

consultant to the NAACP LDF,

Associate. Director of the Council on

`Legal Education Opportunity, Legal

Director of the Mexican American

and a con-

As a private practitioner, civil

liberties remains my primary preoc-

cupation. I'm an active member of this

Affiliate's Legal Committee, a member

of ACLU's briefing team in the Bakke

(affirmative action in medical school -

_ admissions) case, lead appellate counsel

in the Kent State civil cases (chosen by

SCLU and the Ohio CLU), Special

Counsel to the National Council of

Churches' Division of Church and

Society, and a member of the Executive

Committee of the State Bar's Legal

Services Section.

Incumbent: No

Nominated by: Board of Directors

and Petition

| Fay Stender

I have prac-

ticed _consti-

tutional law in

this area for over |

20 years. I have |

served on the! ou

boards of many community

organizations, including the Berkeley

I believe

ACLU-NC can do better in achieving

true representation of all community

groups, and in sharing policy-making

and decision-making powers with

women and minority-group

representatives. I hope you willelect me -

continued on page 3

LEGAL

May 1977

aclu news |

New hearing for

prostitutes urged

`The California `Supreme Court

should hold a new hearing and -

reconsider its April decision in the

Hartway prostitution case, ACLU Staff

' Counsel Margaret C. Crosby argued in -

a petition filed recently.

Ruling against the ACLU in Hart-

-.way, the Supreme Court has held that

"selective enforcement" of prostitution

laws was not unconstitutional sex

discrimination, though evidence

showed: women are arrested in far.

- greater numbers than men for ues

or engaging in it.

The April decision, which foiled: a

hearing last August, `lost an op-

portunity to fashion a feasible standard

of proof for the defense of

`discriminatory enforcement,' the

ACLU brief asserts.

"The Court ignored overwhelming

proof of discrimination against women | |

in prostitution arrests," taking a step -

backward in the move toward con--

trolling unfair enforcement procedures

in California.

An important Supreme Court

decision, handed down less than two -

years ago in the Murgia case, held that

police enforcement methods must meet -

_ Constitutional standards if arrests. are

to hold up in Court.

Stender

continued from page 2 _

so I can continue to represent this view

on ACLU-NC and to press for a broader

concept of ACLU-NC's responsibilities .

to the community. We should be doing

better in the areas of women's rights, -

expanding rights of the disabled, more

cognizance and sensitivity to non-white

and simple humanity |

communities,

towards each other on the board itself.

Incumbent: Yes

Nominated by: Petition |

The Hartway decision "represents a

"tacit" overruling of that case,' Ms.

Campbell argued in her petition. The

effect of the decision is to confine the

defense of discriminatory enforcement

to the innocent, so that "a defendant

who may have violated the criminal law

"may not show. that the Police have -

violated the Constitution."

"The implications of this judicial

impotence are frightening, ACLU

argues. "It is inconceivable, in a society

_ committed to the rule of law, that the

police may knowingly, year after year,

arrest solely members of one race [or

sex] for an offense committed by all

races.[and sexes], and that the courts

are powerless to intervene."'

ACLU is joined by the Northern

California Police Practices Project and

SAVAK - the Iranian secret police.

Severe reprisals can result from

membership in the Iranian Student

documented evidence

the California Attorneys for Criminal .

Justice in the petition.

| California

"Masks defended

Claiming that the constitutional

rights. of Iranian Student Association

`members have been violated, the ACLU

of Northern California has asked the -

who were arrested for wearing masks at

a peaceful public demonstration.

- Tranian student demonstrators had

assembled on two occasions in August

and. October, 1976, to protest U.S.

support of the Shah of Iran, which they

believe .is repressive and dic-

tatorial. Many of the demonstrators

-wore masks to conceal their identity

because they feared reprisals from

ACLU Foundation of Northern

seeks legal director.

Request announcement of position,

Erancisea, 94103.

814 Mission Street, Suite 301, San |

Court of Appeal to bring a halt to the

criminal prosecution of two students

economic or physical reprisals

today.

tertainment or

Association which, like all dissident

groups, is banned by the Shah. Well

indicates that

known ``dissidents"' who return home to

Iran are greeted with long prison terms,

torture and often summary death -

sentences, the ACLU told the court in

its brief.

ACLU attorney Alan Schlosser

claims that the prosecution of the

Iranian students, under section 650a of

the Penal Code, which forbids people

from concealing their identity, is un-

constitutional. The First Amendment,

according to the petition, protects the

right to annonymous expression for

individuals and organizations who fear

for

expressing controversial views.

The real threat of reprisals, means

that anonymity is. necessary if the

students are to be free to protest and

inform the American public of the

repression they believe exists in Iran

Section 650a of the Penal Code does

allow for people to conceal their identity

in public for the purpose of "en-

amusement."

exception, according to the petition, is

unconstitutional discrimination based

`on the content of expression, for it

allows anonymity for Halloween

revelers but denies it to those expressing

dissenting political views.

The petition further contends that

the concealed faces of the Iranian

defendants not only protects the

demonstrators from reprisals, but is

also a dramatic symbol of the fear and

before the counting of the ballots.

Howard C. Anawalt - 2 O

Tamed . Brosnahan ae

Mary C. Dunlap Ei

James C. Goodwin fe |

jovceh R. Grodin (3

Neil F. Horton - Ele

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VOTE VOTE VOT E VOTE

Candidates are listed below in alphabetical order. Vote for no more than ten

candidates. After marking your ballot, clip it out and return to:

ACLU of Northern: California

Elections Committee

814 Mission Street, Suite 301

`San Francisco, California 94103

Peel off the self-adhesive mailing label on this issue of the ACLU News and

place it in the upper left-hand corner of your envelope as the return address. It

contains the membership number we need to keep track of who has voted. If this

is a joint membership, please use both columns provided on the ballot below. If

you wish to insure the confidentiality of your vote, insert your ballot in a double

- envelope, with the mailing label on the outer. The envelopes will be pepatated:

Ballots must be returned to. the ACLU office

- before noon on Monday, June 6, 1977.

ACLU OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

1977 BOARD ELECTION BALLOT

Vote for no more than ten Candidates. Joint members use both columns.

~ Doris Holmes Lowe

Marshall W. Krause el

`Jonathan C. Lewis

Eva Jefferson Patterson -

Sanford Jay Rosen

Fay Stender

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brought against the two

classification

lack of freedom allegedly produced by

the present Iranian monarchy. ACLU's

petition

speech is protected by the constitution.

~The action before the California _

Court of Appeal, if successful, would

require that the criminal charges

students

currently before the San Francisco

Municipal Court, be dropped.

Legislation

continued from page | 1

sentences (i.e., precluding judges from

granting prob ation); abolition of bail on

appeal;. elimination of the local

`probation subsidy program; omnibus

pretrial motions; a new indeterminancy

akin to Mentally

Disordered Sex Offenders: Mentally

Disordered Violent Offenders;

abolition of attorney voir dire of

This

insists that such symbolic

bugging, more surveillance, more

records-keeping).

However, the staleness of the

programs presents more than a con-

sumer fraud issue. Each of the

programs, though touted as valuable

`tools to strengthen public safety and to

make the criminal justice system more

"efficient", poses serious dangers to the

rights of individuals. Chief Ed Davis is

fond of crowing that the ACLU is only

interested in the rights of criminals.

However, as ACLU members are well

aware, and as we had thought the -

Brown Administration was well at-

tuned, the issue is not the rights of"

criminals, but the rights of all in-

dividuals to be secure against un-

watranted government intrusion, and to

be assured fairness in the adjudication

and disposition matters before the

courts.

In next month's legislative column,

we will analyze each of these proposals,

and the dangers that they pose to the

fundamental rights of California

citizens. |

Bakke

continued from page |

interests of the individual are frequently

deemed subordinate to the enhan-

cement of the general welfare of the

entire society. In many _ situations

special programs for hiring in em-

ployment and in college admissions

have remained unscathed. Examples

given of preferential treatment include:

seniority rules; Union Shop laws;

veterans preference; tenure; and

geographical and economic preferences

in student admissions policies. Such

programs, though ACLU does not

necessarily support them, do illustrate

that the advancement of societal in-

terests over competing individual in-

terests, is not a new concept.

The long history of the subjugation of

minorities in the United States, ac-

cording to the ACLU's draft of the

brief, has often left the non-white

population out of the main-stream of

American society. Affirmative action, is

one step towards alleviating this racism,

with its goal designed to further the

cause of making medical professionals,

in this particular case, more responsive

to the needs of the groups whom they

serve, and furthermore, affirmative

action would empower minorities and

women with a greater amount of control

over their own destinies.

Briefs will be submitted early next

month to the U.S. Supreme Court, with

8 issues a year, monthly except bi-monthly in January-February, March-April,

_ July-August and November-December

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"organized crime" (translated: more 1977.

aclu news

May 1977

aclu news|

CHAPTERS

ACTION

ALERT

Immediate action is-needed to

effect bills currently before the U.S.

Congress, and the California

Assembly and Senate. Get involved.

Take action on the crucial matters

below: :

DEATH PENALTY:

Contact your state Senator and

`Assemblymember immediately

urging them to sustain the governor's

promised veto of dealth penalty

legislation (SB155) which has been

approved by the Assembly and the

Senate. Every single letter counts. If _

you need more information to help

you frame your arguments against

the death penalty, please check the

coupon below. e

Participate in the Coalition

_ Against the Death Penalty. Attend

the next monthly meeting scheduled

for Wednesday June 8, at 7:30 p.m.

at the ACLU office, 814 Mission

Street, Suite 301.

SUPPORT H.R. 6051

Contact Senator Cranston and

your Representative and urge them

to become sponsors. Order a copy of

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who are already sponsors. Become

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meeting, scheduled for Thursday,

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Mission Street at 7:30 p.m.

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Help needed

Complaint Desk volunteers are

needed in the affiliate office in San

Francisco. ACLU-NC receives

hundreds of calls each week and it is

our Complaint Desk volunteers who

refer, advise and assist these callers.

Started over five years ago, the

Complaint Desk has become one of

our most important tools in

protecting civil liberties on a one-to-

one basis in the community.

Volunteering for the Complaint

Desk is one of the best ways to get

involved in the ACLU. Training will

be provided, so if you can afford one

day a week, from 10 am to 4 pm,

please call Deborah Boyce at the

ACLU office (415) 777-4880.

Yolo

The annual General Membership

meeting has been set for June 1 at 7:30

pm at the Veterans' Memorial Center,

230 East 14th Street, Davis. The

meeting will update members on

Chapter litigation and activities; a guest

speaker will discuss a civil liberties

issue; and Chapter officers and board

members will be elected.

The meeting is being planned by

board member Nadine Noelting.

Additional information can be obtained

by calling Noelting (916) 666-2265 in

Woodland, or Karen Angel (916) 758-

' 0x00A7236 in Davis.

Robert Lieber has been appointed

Chair of the Chapter 1977-1978

Nominations Committee for officers

and board members. Serving with

Lieber are Mitzi Ayala, Hap Dunning

and Jonathan Lewis. ACLU members

wishing to make nominations may call

Lieber at (916) 756-7676.

Over two hundred people attended

the Chapter's fund-raising screening of

"The Front,' a movie about

blacklisting in the 50's, on May 3rd at

the Cinema 2 Theatre in Davis. Ac-

cording to Chapter Chairperson Karen

Angel, the money raised from the event

will be used for development of the

Chapter's community civil liberties

education program.

Volunteer attorneys throughout Yolo

County are working with people who

have problems or complaints in the civil

liberties area. The service is provided by

the Legal Affairs Committee of the Yolo

Chapter. The Committee is chaired by

volunteer attorney Norm Kulla, and can

be reached by calling the Chapter's

answering service in Davis (916) 758-

1301. Attorneys who wish to volunteer

time to the Committee may call Chapter

board member Gini Hinken (916) 756-

2036.

An ACLU Speaker's Bureau has

been formed to provide a free lecturer

to any school class or organization

interested in discussing a civil liberties

issue. Persons interested in obtaining a

speaker should call (916) 758-5236.

Marin

A telephone answering service will be

instituted this month by the Marin

Chapter for a trial period of six months. -

An advertising campaign in the Pacific

Sun and the Independent Journal will

inform Marin County residents of the

new telephone service as well as raise

their consciousness about specific civil

liberties issues in the county, according

to Bernie Moss, Chairperson of this

special project committee.

Bill Luft, Chairperson of the

Education Committee, will speak on the

history of the ACLU and current civil

liberties issues at the meeting of the

Transcendental Meditation Society in

their Center in San Rafael, May 20.

"Constitutional Straightjacket for

Equal Rights?" was the subject of

Jerome B. Falk, Jr.'s talk at the Annual

Meeting of the Chapter May 18 at the

Community Church in Tiburon.

Mr. Falk focused on the con-

stitutional issues in the Moonie and

Bakke cases. He is serving as volunteer

attorney on both of these ACLU cases.

This wine-dessert-discussion is the

first of what the Program Committee |

hopes will be a series of such fireside

chats on civil liberties issues. If there is

a sufficient membership support, these

programs will be held in the fall. Those

interested in attending are urged to

register their support by calling Fran

Miller, 454-8062.

Mt. Diablo

The Mt. Diablo Chapter of the

ACLU of Northern California has

submitted the name of Board member,

Louise Clark, for an award from the

Contra Costa County Mental Health

Association at the annual Awards

Dinner. The nomination of Louise

Clark was made in recognition of her 6 -

years of dedicated service in the area of

criminal justice. It was largely through

her efforts and unrelenting campaign

that the Board of Supervisors of Contra

Costa County finally abandoned their

plans to build a dungeon-like jail

without windows and with multiple

occupancy cells. A citizens committee _

was appointed to work with another

architect and various consultants in

making new plans for a modern jail

which would comply with national

standards and guidelines, including

single occupancy cells, windows, and a |

number of innovative features. It was

felt that the actions of Louise Clark in

the area of criminal justice improved

the mental health of those detained, too

poor for bail and awaiting trial, as well

as their families and the entire com-

munity.

Also, the' Mt. Diablo Chapter is

presently conducting an essay contest in

the High Schools in the area. The

subject chosen for the Essay Contest in

"What are the implications for civil

rights in the death penalty?'"' Winners

will be announced in two weeks.

Berkeley-Albany- :

Kensington

The Chapter has had a very busy

spring. On April 22 we sponsored a

discussion on the Bakke Decision. Our

speakers were Sanford Jay Rosen,

Emma Coleman Jones, Milton Jacobs (c)

and John DeRonde. Our moderator was

Joseph Grodin, Professor of Law at

- Hastings Law School. On May 19, in

conjunction with the Campus Chapter |

of the ACLU, we sponsored a discussion

of the various cases involving the Ku

Klux Klan arising out of Camp Pen-

dleton. Our speakers were Mike

Pancer, from the San Diego Chapter of

the ACLU and David Weitzman, from

the Berkeley Albany Kensington

Chapter.

On June 29, 1977 the Chapter is

sponsoring a pot luck dinner at which.

David Fishlow, the Executive Director of

the ACLU of Northern California, will

speak about current civil liberties

issues, and will answer questions.

Details as to time, place, and what you

can bring will be in the next newsletter.

As always, all members are invited to

our Board meetings. The next one is

scheduled for Thursday, May 26, 1977

at 8:00 p.m. at the Friends' Education

Building at Walnut and Vine in

Berkeley. "

Oakland

Twenty-three persons, representing a

diversity of geography and ethnicity,

have been nominated to the Board of

Directors. Thirteen are new. nominees

and ten nominees are incumbent board

members, all are active and aggressive

community leaders. Board nominees

are: Rose Bonhag, Dar Coppersmith,

Michael Coppersmith, Terrio Echavez,

Mark Glickstein, Stanley Junas,

Florence Jurs, Janice Lapides, Jack

McKay, Geoff McLennan, Finis Mims,

Martin Nakahara, Beth Nelson, James

Pachl, Howard Parker, Lloyd Perry,

Ramon Rodriguez, Dennis Rothhaar,

Louise Rothman-Reimer, Phil Thomas,

Sandra Venning, Zachary Wasserman,

and Victoria Wells. Ballots will be

mailed to all Oakland members by mid-

May and should be returned promptly.

The nominee search and selection,

perhaps one of the largest and diverse

proposed boards in the chapter's

history, is a result of hard work and

determination by the nomination

committee chaired by Davis Riemer. -

Please add your support. 1977-78. is

going to be a pivotal year for the

Chapter and its talented board.

Why not start the second half of 1977

off with a bang? Everyone is invited to

- the 4 July potluck dinner featuring

Assembly member Tom Bates of

Alameda County, District 12. It will be

at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. Eugene

Vernon, located at 7133 Chabot Road,

just east of College Avenue. Please

bring the following foods: A-K, a main

dish; L-R a dessert; S-Z a salad.

Assembly member Bates, recently

elected to the California Legislature,

will talk at 8:30 on "Current Civil

Liberties Legislation in Sacramento."

Doors are open at 6:30, dinner begins at

7:00.

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SUNDAY JUNE 12, 1977

Jules Feiffer's

HOLD ME!

`Hilarious - a winning evening

of theater"

- Bernard Weiner, S.F. Chronicle

A benefit performance for the

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Little Fox Theater

533 Pacific, San Francisco

Reception and auction of

Jules Feiffer's original cartoon which

he has donated to the chapter

2 P.M.

SHOW TIME 3P.M.

Tickets at $10; $8.50; $6.50

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