vol. 44, no. 6

Volume XLIX a

Abortion bight MovesOn'T eeceiks

Choice Groups

Lobby Solons

The ACLU and other pro-choice

organizations ate staging an intense

lobbying campaign to take advantage of

"a half-a-loaf second chance" for Medi-

Cal funded abortions.

The "`half-a-loaf' is $12.5 million,

enough for six months full funding, set

in reserve by the legislature's: joint

ACLU members can help fight for

full Medi-Cal funding. Here's how:

Write your state representatives and

tell them to support a full funding bill.

The address is State Capitol,

Sacramento 95814.

If you live close to Sacramento,

organize a few friends and visit your

legislators. Also, many legislators are in

their home districts Thursday af-

ternoons and all day Friday.

Sign-up for the Civil Liberties Lobby

so you can receive regular information

on this and other issues critical to

ACLU members. See the coupon on the

back page.

budget conference committee. This

"reserve" fund was a device developed

by the conference committee as the only

way of getting past the abortion

deadlock which threatened to prolong

the legislature's 1979 budget process.

even further into the new fiscal year.

(The budget was eventually passed 12

days beyond the deadline.)

For the reserve funds to be released,

starting January 1, 1980, the legislature

must pass a _ separate bill.

For the second year running, the

legislature cut 90 percent of the Medi-

Cal funding for abortions. However, the

abortions have continued as the result

-of a series of legal actions brought by

the ACLU along with other BUORUEyS

(see story p. 1).

August 20, the day the legislature

returns from its post-budget break, is

the day picked for the Civil Liberties

Lobby (see coupon back page) and

others to rally in Sacramento for a day

of face-to-face lobbying. The bill to

allow for full-funding in January must

be passed in four weeks, by September

15, when the legislature retires for the

year.

The harder fight is expected in the

state senate. Lobbyists have identified

the following northern California

senators as key: John Garamendi (D,

representing a large section of the

Sierra from Sacramento south); John

Nejedly R, Contra Costa); Jim Nielson

(R, Napa, Solona, Sacarmento, Yolo);

Jerry Smith (D, Santa Clara); Rose Ann

Vuich (D, Fresno); and Ken Maddy (D,

Fresno).

ACLU Helps Lead Campaign

To Defeat Proposition 1

The Boards of Directors of the

American Civil Liberties Union of

Northern and Southern California have

initiated the formation of a state-wide

coalition to oppose State Senator Alan

Robbins' anti-integration amendment,

which will appear on the November

ballot as Proposition 1.

Following the ACLU's Board of

Directors meeting, representatives from

more than SO civil. rights, labor,

For Prop 1 background see page 3. A

look at school integration issues 25

years after Brown.

religious, political, and community

organizations pledged their support to

defeat Proposition 1 at a meeting held

in Los Angeles on July 17. Groups

represented included the N.A.A.C.P.,

the YWCA, the League of Women

Voters, MALDEF (Mexical-American

_ Legal Defense and Education Fund),

California Federation of Teachers/

AFL-CIO, the Union of American

Hebrew Congregations, and_ the

California Democratic Council.

Plans to organize a_ northern

California campaign are currently

underway, with Eva Jefferson Paterson,

Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors,

and Executive Director Dorothy

Ehrlich serving on the state-wide

steering committee.

The initiative, which was scheduled

originally to appear on the general

election ballot in June of 1980, was

moved up to the November ballot when

Governor Brown signed a bill in June to

call for a special election. ACLU and

other organizations had previously

succeeded in stopping the state con- -

stitutional amendment from reaching

the ballot in 1978 through legislative

action. In 1979, two-thirds majority of

both houses supported the legislation

allowing the measure to be placed on

the upcoming ballot.

Proponents claim that Proposition 1,

commonly referred to as the "Robbins

Amendment", would halt school

desegregation throughout California.

Temporary campaign headquarters

have been established in San Francisco.

ACLU members who are interested in

working against Proposition 1 in their

committees are urged to send in the

coupon located on the back page of the

ACLU News.

`Aug-Sept 1979

Justices Stay

Medi-Cal Cut

For the seventh time, a California

court blocked the implementation of

legislative restrictions to choke off

abortion funding for poor women in

California. The latest action, a tem-

porary stay issued by the state Supreme

Court on August 9, came just six days

before the cut-off date of August 15.

ACLU's Staff Counsel Margaret

Crosby brought the request for a

temporary stay to the state Supreme

Court on August 6, claiming that ``the

`concrete effects of the new restrictions

will be devastating for the poor women

in California.'' The restrictions ap-

proved of by the legislature, as a result

of a political compromise reached on

July 13, would have cut out funding for

over 8,000 women each month.

This is the second year in a row that

the legislature has passed restrictions

cutting off 90% of abortion funds. Then,

as now, the ACLU and six public interest

law firms went to court and successfully

stopped the implementation of the

restrictions. A series of court orders

maintained the funding, resulting in the

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case finally winding its way up to the

California Supreme Court.

_ For the first time, 2.8 million Medi-

Cal beneficiaries were officially notified

by mail that they could no longer

choose to terminate a pregnancy, except

in a few extraordinary cases, which

would allow for fewer than 10% of the (c)

abortions ordinarily performed.

The notices brought the prediction of

poor women seeking back-alley

abortionists close to reality. Among a

number of declarations submitted to

the court, the following story was told

by a Los Angeles family pi Eese

counselor:

"On Friday, July 27 1979, I received

a telephone call from a woman, whom I

will call Sue, who was three weeks

pregnant. She was quite obviously

extremely upset. She wanted me to refer

her to a physician for an abortion. I

informed her that I know of no

physician who would terminate a

pregnancy at such an early stage, that

she would have to wait. At that point,

Sue brought up the Medi-Cal funding

cut-off and insisted that she had to have

an abortion before funds became

unavailable. I repeated that I knew of

no one who would do an abortion so -

early and suggested that she wait until

her pregnancy was further advanced

and borrow the money.

continued on page 3

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CHAPTER -

CONFERENCE

"Civil Liberties in the 80's"

BOARD

Criminal Justice Repression

Rights of Disabled and Elderly

Gun Control: Yes or No? :

Anti-integration Initiative: Prop. 1.

Come to Point Bonita Outdoor Center in the Marin County Head-

lands overlooking beaches, bay and ocean, and join chapter acti- |

vists, local and national staff, NC board members, and some just

plain civil libertarians for a weekend of discussion, reflection,

companionship and fun. Open to all ACLU members. $32 for

For registration information contact Michael P. Miller, ACLU NC,

814 Mission St., S.F. 94103, 415-777-4880.

`Sept. 28, 29 and 30

Aug.-Sept. 1979

aclu news

Suit Supports Eatiployee Rights:

When most cripleee in private

businesses go to work, the right to free

speech does not go with them. This may

change as the result of a lawsuit filed by

the ACLU of Northern California last

month on behalf of an attorney fired for

being a member of a_ political

organization. :

According to a complaint filed in the

Contra Costa Superior Court by the

ACLU, attorney David Weintraub was

recently fired by a Contra Costa law

firm solely because of his affiliation and

activities with the National Lawyers

Guild. -

"Employers cannot contre "the .

political beliefs and activities of their

employees,'' according to Alan

Schlosser, ACLU Staff Counsel

representing Weintraub. "Just as |

discrimination on the basis of race and

sex is illegal, the state legislature has

also prohibited (in Sections 1101 and

1102 of the Labor Code) retaliation by

employers against their employees that

is motivated by an employee's political.

activities and affiliations," Schlosser

said.

The ACLU's own policy, recently

adopted by the national Board, asserts

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leave fundamental rights at home each

day when they report for work.

`In all cases, the employee's right to

free speech and association should be

limited only by minimal and

traditionally acceptable time, place and

manner regulations, provided that the

employee's exercise of the right does not

substantially, materially, and directly

interfere with his or her bona fide job

performance, or _ substantially,

materially, and directly obstruct other

employees. This should not protect

speech which directly interferes with the

ability of the Su OE adequately to

perform his/her job."'

The lawsuit brought last month

requests that the Superior Court

declare that the Legal Clinic of Worrell,

Martelle, Pappas and Mulling had

violated David Weintraub's rights, and

Weintraub be awarded compensatory

and punitive damages.

The NLG has been particularly active

in defending the rights of workers,

minorities, women, and the poor.

During this initial interview,

Weintraub explained his active

membership in the Bay Area NLG since

1976. In fact, the resume he gave the

firm showed that he was employed by the

Bay Area NLG during 1977 and 1978 as

the staff coordinator at the chapter

office in San Francisco and that he was

president of the San Francisco Lawyers

Guild Bar Association.

On March 7, 1979, a little over a

week after the initial interview,

Weintraub went to work for The Legal

Clinic. On March 8, he was told that the

law firm had decided to discharge him

because of his affiliation and activities

with the NLG.

Street Sweeping Slows

The streets of San Francisco are safer

for punk rock fans, street musicians,

First Amendment pamphleteers, gays,

tourists, and even the natives as a result

of an ACLU law suit filed last May.

After more than a year of monitoring

and several months of research with

local. court records, ACLU lawyers

concluded that city police, the district

attorney, and the sheriff had neatly

swept away several constitutional rights

through their vigorious enforcement of

two San Francisco ordinances relating

to blocking sidewalks and doorways.

- ACLU attorneys and researchers

alleged that during the first three

months of this year, at least 750 people

were arrested for violating local Police

Code sections 20A and 20B, which

prohibit obstructing sidewalks and

standing in doorways without the

owner's consent. In nearly all those

cases, charges were dropped by the

prosecutor and none went to trial.

After the ACLU brought forward

these allegations in a taxpayers' suit

asking that the ordinance be repealed,

the number dramatically reduced in

which those suspected of blocking

sidewalks and doorways, were arrested,

held in jail or forced to post bail, and

had charges dropped.

Shortly after the suit was filed,

arrests dwindled from 75 per week

under 20A and 20B to five a week.

Negotiation between ACLU attorneys

and city law enforcement officials

named in the suit have led to legislation

proposed to the Board of Supervisors to

repeal the two ordinances.

The Board is also considering new

legislation to deal with sidewalk and

doorway blocking. ACLU attorneys are

taking a ``wait-and-see"' attitude

toward the new proposed ordinances.

"The ordinance itself is un-

constitutional because its terms cover

everything from obstructing a sidewalk

while waiting for a bus, to standing ina

doorway to get out of the rain, leading

the police to arrest people on the basis

of status or appearance rather than -

conduct,"

Schwartz.

_ The suit also alleges that the patterns

of enforcement - arrest followed by

custody and the summary dismissal -

is also unconstitutional because the

arrests cannot be reviewed by the

courts.

ACLU attorneys were aided in their

research by law interns Betsy Wolkin

said staff attorney Amitai

and Liz Symonds, and the ACLU's -

volunteer complaint desk counselors.

Court Deletes

Arrest Records

Law enforcement agencies may no

longer provide public employers with ~

the arrest records of potential job

applicants where no conviction has

resulted from the arrest.

The practice violates

the state

constitutional right to privacy, ruled a

state Court of Appeal in early August.

`The case developed out of a practice

in which the state Department of

Justice distributed so-called ``rap

sheets" to any public agency which

wanted to check the criminal records of

potential employees. These rap sheets

included incidents where individuals

were detained or arrested by the police,

but no court conviction resulted.

The court said that while the

Department of Justice can for law

enforcement purposes legally keep

arrest records, even when no conviction

results, the department cannot freely

give that information out. Potential

public employers may continue to

obtain data on convictions, but arrest

information must be deleted from the

criminal history : sheets compiled by the

_ State. -

The ACLU, represented by aitoracy

Robert Knox of Steinhart, Goldberg,

Feigenbaum and Ladar, intervened as a

friend of the court to argue that law

enforcement agencies were indeed

violating the California Constitution i in

giving out arrest information.

The ACLU theory, which | the court

adopted, was that arrest, not followed

by a conviction, is no evidence of

wrongdoing. A record of arrest can, -

however, hurt people seeking jobs.

Employers do not distinguish between

merely being charged with a crime and

being found guilty after a trial.

Bill of Rights Day

Save the date

Sunday

~ December 16, 1979

Sheraton Palace Hotel

San Francisco

4:00 - 6:00 p.m.

ee Ban on Synanon Speech Challenged

For over a year, a large-scale legal

war has been waging between the

controversial Synanon Foundation and

various members of the news media.

Two of the many pending law suits

involve Synanon and ABC television

plus. their local affiliate KGO-TV,. |

channel 7. Synanon sued ABC and

KGO for defamation. KGO responded

_with its own suit charging Synanon and

all its members with a "series of threats,

intimidation, harassment and other

abusive acts against plaintiffs" (KGO

news reporters and executives).

KGO had broadcast a series of

reports on Synanon and its leaders.

Synanon responded by publicly

claiming the reports were unfair and

-untrue, and Synanon members

launched a program of informational

activities to attack and challenge KGO

and its reporters. For example,

Synanon put up posters attacking KGO

on utility poles throughout the Bay

Area, including the neighborhoods ot

the KGO plaintiffs.

The result of the KGO counter suit

was an injunction issued by the San

Francisco Superior Court prohibiting

all Synanon members from continuing

many of their attempts to respond to

KGO. The banned activities include

communicating with the KGO em-

ployees at their residences (this covers

telephone calls also), posting signs in

their neighborhoods, sending `"`an-

noying mail," and speaking or ap-

proaching the KGO employees on the

public streets.

The ACLU of Northern California

joined Synanon's appeal from this

injunction in early July by submitting a

friend of the court brief, prepared

by cooperating attorney Steven

Stathatos, in support of the

organization's members. The ACLU is

challenging the constitutionality of the

court order, arguing that the injunction

is an overboard restraint on a wide

range of protected free speech activities.

KGO employees complained of

mysterious vexing incidents - blinking

lights outside their windows and un- -

wanted pizza deliveries. But, they could

not prove that the anonymous mischief

was perpetuated by Synanon members.

The only "harassment'' definitely

linked to Synanon were the signed

posters, letters, and flyers attacking the

KGO news reports on Synanon itself.

These, the ACLU asserts, are all classic

forms of protected expression. The

targets of prime time news attacks have

a constitutional right to make un-

favorable remarks about the media. In

fact, the media should expect it.

Even if there had been evidence of -

legal wrongdoing by a few Synanon

- members, the ACLU brief points out

that acts committed by a handful of

people could not justify the court

directing a sweeping legal restraint

against all other 900 Bay Area residents

who belong to or support Synanon. To

base an injunction solely on mem-

bership in any organization, however

unpopular, clearly violates the con-

stitutional guarantee of freedom of

association.

Aug.-Sept. 1979

aclu news

By Tomas J. Lewis

In May, 1954, the United States Supreme Court

ruled in Brown vs. Board of Education that racial dis-

crimination in the public school system was unconsti-

tutional.

In its unanimous decision, the high court, then

under the leadership of Chief Justice Earl Warren, |

reversed a Topeka, Kansas, trial court and ordered @

the school district there to begin the complete desegre- 0x00A7

gation of its entire school system.

The practical effect of this landmark decision was

that segregated school districts throughout the @

country were required to desegregate their schools.

Today the Topeka school district still is segregated.

And according to experts, so are many other school

districts around the country - including at least six in |

and around the Southern California area.

In Los Angeles, for example, the school district has |

been under court order to desegregate since 1970.

However, according to experts, the district - like its :

counterpart in Topeka, Kansas - is no closer to dese- |

gregating its schools today than it was when the courts

first ordered desegregation.

A crucial test

In fact, a limited plan now being used in Los 0x00A7

Angeles, although considered far from adequate by |

those who favor desegregation, may face a crucial test

in November.

At that time the electorate will be asked to vote on

Proposition 1, an anti-integration measure which, if

passed, purports to limit. the scope of school desegre-

gation in California to that which is peace by the

federal constitution.

Its author, State Sen. Alan Robbins, admittedly

drafted the constitutional amendment in an effort to

stop the school desegregation process from being

carried out in Los Angeles.

However, according to experts, the amendment

would not have any effect in Los Angeles because the

California Supreme Court said that the school district

here had been intentionally segregated.

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If approved by voters, Proposition 1 would amend

the California Constitution and require school

districts to follow federal, rather than state, guidelines

on school desegregation.

Federal guidelines require school districts to deseg-

regate only in cases where the segregation was inten-

tional, while California standards require

desegregation of schools regardless of the cause.

Unintentional segregation

Thus, if the measure becomes law, school districts

which can prove that any segregation was uninten-

tional would be exempt from desegregating their

schools.

But supporters of school integration claim other-

wise. They say that if the so-called Robbins Amend-

ment is passed, it will result in the resegregation of

schools now being desegregated and this would

amount to an intentional act of segregation.

Even those who oppose school integration appear

divided on the wisdom of Proposition 1. Some of these

say the measure, rather than stopping busing for

school desegregation, may actually increase it.

Tomas J. Lewis is the editor of the Open Forum, the

ACLU of Southern California's monthly newsletter. 7

Hilary Crosby

Joms Staff

Managing the ACLU's Mission

Street offices for eleven staff and many

volunteers requires administrative skill,

continued from page |

science.'

Justices Stay Cuts

She cried, `There is no money. I'm

_going to do what women used to do, I'm

going to use something to help myself

and you will have me on your con-

Sue, by this point in tears,

IDraft Update

Ever since hundreds of ACLU

members. attending the national

Biennial Conference swarmed all over

Capitol Hill in mid-June, the draft has

been scheduled to come up in the House

attention to detail, accounting. prowess

- and a good sense of humor.

From ordering supplies to preparing

financial statements, the office

manager cum bookkeeper at the ACLU

of Northern. California i is responsible for

the `nuts and bolts" operations of the

office, as well as more complex ac-

counting procedures, and also serves as

staff to the board's Budget

Management Committee.

New office manager Hilary Crosby,

who replaces Les Schmidt, brings a

diverse background in managing

resources and finances - from a

restaurant, to a theater troupe, to a

NASA contractor.

Crosby owned and operated the

Underdog restaurant in Cambridge,

Massachusetts, for four years. She said,

"I devised systems for dealing with day-

to-day problems of supply and

maintenance which kept drudgery to a

minimum.' The restaurant also won

awards from the Boston Magazine and

the Boston Real Paper.

Before the Underdog, Crosby was a

bookkeeper for a geological research

firm with NASA and Air Force con-

tracts.

Crosby's interest in theatre led her

to New York, classes at the American

Mime Theater, and a _ subsequent

position as general manager with a

Cambridge-based theatre group. The

theatre position demanded ability in

fund raising, publicity, box office

management, plus technical theatre

skills. ;

In 1978, California (``no snow or ice')

beckoned and Crosby moved to the Bay

Area. "`Though I had dreams of a big

corporate paycheck, I quickly became

disillusioned,' she related, and found

herself doing door-to-door canvassing

for the Citizens' Action League, next-

door neighbors to the ACLU.

Temporary assignments followed the

CAL experience until, in July, Crosby

noticed the ACLU's ad for an office

manager in a San Francisco paper.

Schmidt, who preceeded Crosby for

three years, is planning a career in

accounting and needed to work directly

for a C.P.A. firm in order to get his

license. However, he is not lost to the

ACLU. Schmidt will continue to serve

ACLU as a new member of the Board's

Budget-Management Committee.

hung up. I took the clear implication of

her statement to be that she would use

some object to attempt to induce an

abortion herself."

Two petitions are currently before the

Supreme Court, asking that the

Supreme Court ultimately declare

unconstitutional the legislature's

decision in 1978 and 1979 to turn back

the clock on the poor women in

California who choose to exercise their

right to terminate a pregnancy.

of Representatives "`next week."

However, the House adjourned

August 3, without voting on H.R. 4040,

the Defense Department authorization . :

bill, which contains the draft

registration provisions. The

representatives will not return until

September 5.

Anti-draft forces, with strong ACLU

leadership in Washington and in many

states, are cautiously optimistic that the

registration bills will lose in this session

A decision about whether the court

will accept the petition for hearing is

expected within the next two months,

and during that period, the temporary

stay will allow for the funds to be

maintained.

of Congress.

A likely compromise will be to delete

the actual registration provisions in the

House bill, but to call on the President

to study various registration alter-

natives.

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Aug.-Sept. 1979

oe news

By Michael P. Miller

"Don't we have rights? We had it

under control. Now the place is a mess

again. The members of the ACLU don't

live here." That's from an angry San

Jose resident talking about the ACLU's .

challenge to the local "hooker patrol.''

When, in its. efforts to stop street

prostitution and alleged harassment of

residents, does a volunteer citizens

group start stepping on constitutionally

protected rights? When does official co-

operation with the group become of-

ficial misconduct? When does wat-

ching, monitoring, and verbal per-

suading become intolerable

harassment?

Last May, citizens from central San

Jose formed a group to drive prostitutes

out of their neighborhood. Like many

central city residential areas, they felt

overrun by `"`prostitutes, pimps, and

pushers."' The group received official

encouragement from the City Council

and extensive help from the local police.

One City Council member, Tom

McEnery, even joined the patrol.

The group's basic method is to join

police officers in walking the streets in'

an effort to discourage prostitutes and

- their customers.

Alerted to the Be members of

the Santa Clara Valley ACLU Chapter,

looked at what the citizens group,

dubbed the `"`hooker patrol," and the

police were really doing. According to

chapter board member Paul Jenson,

here is what they found:

o Police stopping people on _ the

street and making personal iden-

tification information available to the

private patroi.

(c) Police forcing individuals on the

street to face patrol members' cameras.

o Patrol members, in the company of

police, vigorously harassing people on

the street through threats of verbal

violence, close and prolonged following,

taking photographs, and writing down

car license numbers.

One newspaper reporter wrote, "I

watched the police stop seven suspected

prostitutes. In every case, the officer did

the talking and told the women to leave,

while members of the citizens' patrol

stood off a few feet, took pictures and

made what could be called jeering and

harassing remarks."

This conduct, concluded the

chapter, was an inexcusable invasion of

privacy and deprived people of their

rights to due process. If the alleged

prostitutes were breaking the law, they

should be arrested or cited. If not, then

the police sanctioned harassment, and

punished suspees without any chance

of a trial.

Police even stopped ACLU's Jenson,

seized his tape recorder, took his

identification and turned it over to the

patrol, then wrestled with him so the

patrol could try to take his photograph.

The ACLU chapter started their

protest with San Jose Police Chief

Joseph McNamara. The story was soon

picked up by local media. And the

chapter went to the city counsel.

Neither McNamara, nor the counsel,

admitted any wrong doing.

A local newspaper published an

article sympathetic to the patrol with

ae CALENDAR

MT. DIABLO

ANNUAL MEETING and PICNIC

Sunday, August 26, Larkey

Park, 2271 Buena Vista Ave., Walnut

Creek. Swimming and sociability at 3

p-m., program at 5 p.m., picnic at 6

p:m.; board elections; Bring your

own picnic; BBQ _ available;

beverages provided. ACLU NC Field

Rep. Michael P. Miller speaker. (Mt.

Diablo Chapter includes eastern

Contra Costa County.)

SONOMA

ANNUAL PICNIC Sunday, Sept. 2,

noon to 6 p.m., Villa Chanticlear,

1248 N. Fitch Mt. Rd., Healdsburg.

$5.00 admission includes food and

board elections.

drawing chance on case of wine;

singing, magic, ventriloquist, and

Conclave Features Shattuck.

Film, Panels, Debate ( Fun)

John Shattuck, national ACLU

legislative director, will be the featured

participant at this year's annual

Chapter-Board Conference, _ titled

"Civil Liberties in the 80's," September

28, 29, and 30. :

Shattuck will join panels on "`Nuclear

Power and Civil Liberties,' ""Repressive

Trends in Criminal Justice," and

deliver a keynote speech looking at

ACLU membership action and _ lob-

bying.

Joining Shattuck will be Linda

Valentino, coordinator of the AFSC Los

Angeles-based Police Surveillance

Program. Valentino, recently featured

in Time and People for her work to stop

police abuse, this month helped plan

several days of legislative hearings on

eee re

against Prop. 1.

Name

Fight For Your Rights

Eo Yes, | want to join the Civil Liberties lobby and work.

with other ACLU members on issues such as the

draft and Medi- Cal abortion funding.

L] Yes, | want to help in the pecoming campaign

Address

City

Telephone (home)

S.F. 94103.

Return to: Lobby, ACLU-NC, 814 Mission St., Suite 301,

(office)

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law enforcement misconduct.

Also speaking on repressive trends in.

criminal justice will be Monterey

Chapter president Richard (Dick)

Criley. Criley, also Northern California

co-ordinator for the National Com-

mittee Against Repressive Legislation,

has spoken widely on FBI and CIA

abuses, criminal code reform, and the

FOIA.

Michael Vader, ACLU NC Board

member and director of the state's

affirmative action for the disabled

program, heads the panel on disabled

and elderly rights. Vader also founded

the Sacramento Legal Center for the

Elderly and Disabled.

Joining Vader will be Cy Hubbard,

executive secretary for the Governor's

Committee for Employment of the

Handicapped, and attorney Jim

Donald, deputy director for the State

Department of Rehabilitation. _

"Gun Control: Civil Liberties Issue

or No?'"' will be debated by San Jose

attorney Dan Hoffman, vice-president

of the California Coalition for Handgun

Control, and author Irving Cohen,

member of the ACLU NC and national

ACLU boards. Hoffman says yes,

Cohen no.

To compliment the nuclear power

discussion, there will be a film featuring

a late friend of the ACLU called `Paul

Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang."

The conference site is accessible to

the handicapped and child care. will be

available.

The conference will start Friday

evening and run through Sunday af-

ternoon. The cost is $32 for adults and

$22 for youths. This includes two nights

lodging and six meals. A meals-only

rate will be available for Marin County

residents.

the angry statement against the ACLU

which opens this story. But, behind the

denials and newspaper publicity, the

chapter's charges and proposals were

being taken very seriously. :

City officials and patrol represen-

tatives have had two _ negotiating

sessions with the chapter. Chief

McNamara, Council member McEnery,

Sessions, and a representative of the

city attorney joined the sessions.

The chapter has offered guidelines

for both the police and the patrol so

that they may act in a manner con-

sistent with the constitution. The

negotiations are going slowly, but some

agreement has been reached and a third

session is planned.

The chapter members recognize that

the neighborhood has a problem. But, if

_ people on the streets. are involved.in

illegal conduct which disturbs the

neighborhood, then there are legal

procedures which the police should

follow rather than encourage extra-

legal practices by organized citizens

groups. Concludes Jenson, `"The issue

isn't prostitution. It's whether people

_ who are in a community can use illegal.

means to effect. the results they . are.

after."

Other chapter members involved in

the negotiations are chairperson Tom

Ferrito, Howard Anawalt, Lynn Yates-

Carter, Lisa Kalvelage, Marilyn. Spiller,

and Diane Frank.

Chapter (ice

Carstens Dies

Arthur Carstens, long-time ACLU

activist and chapter leader, died June 2

at his home in Pebble Beach. He was

74.

Art had a long history of . work

through the ACLU in both. northern

and southern California, primarily at

the chapter level, consistent with his

beliefs in grassroots democracy and

participation.

In 1973, when the Monterey Chapter

had almost ceased to function, Art

organized the board and membership

and, in the words of. another, board

member, ``gently and. firmly en-

couraged, made suggestions and gave -

his time to bring the chapter back to.

`life.""

Art was born in Butte, Montana, in

1905. He received a masters degree

from the University of Chicago and (c)

joined the early New Deal ad-

ministration. 3

A one-time member of the Industrial _

Workers of the World (Wobblies), Art

had a long-time involvement with the

American labor movement . For many

years he worked as an administrator at

the Institute of Industrial Relations at

UCLA, retiring in 1970. One friend

from UCLA said Art was the univer- |

sity's `"`ambassador plenipotentiary to

the whole labor movement."

"In his persistent, yet gentle and

humorous manner, Art Carstens added

concepts, expanded our horizons, and

poked `holes in any pomposity which

reared its unwelcome head,"

remembered one Monterey Chapter

board member.

Art's family asked that contributions 0x00B0

be made to the ACLU.