San Francisco State University - Franciscan Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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I ordan Mancuso Edward Eddie Mancuso, who played golf here before the land was taken over by the college, re- turned to campus last fall. He was not here to play golf, but to give a political speech. Mancuso spoke to an audience of 300 students spread over the green lawn in front of the Com- mons. It was a classic fall day fwarm and sunnyj and a classic political speech flvlancuso blast- ed his opponents and then pro- ceeded to speak on every con- ceivable subject, no matter how remotely connected with the cam- Paisnl- ' sxiiligggnu Sam jordan, first Negro to run for mayor of San Francisco, and head of the Freedom Now party whose prem- ise is black leadership, had his cam- paign endorsed by AS President Tom Ramsay and the Liberal Students League. jordan lunched with Ramsay dur- ing the campaign and at that time claimed he had no big money behind him, that he was realistic about his meager chances of winning. But do not underestimate me. I would like to win, he added. He talked primarily about civil rights and the plight of the San Fran- cisco Negro. The Democrats have sold us down the river, said jordan. However, the attorney and former Golden Gloves boxing champ refused to admit he was a protest candidate or that he was trying to take votes away from the major candidates. First he blasted his two major opponents: both are puppets of special interest groups. Then he talked about everything from the youth of America to the mini- mum wage to lowcost housing, police morale, and, of course, the Muni. On Muni: It is still inade- quate-more cars are needed. On youth problems: Rising crime among today's youth can be solved by massive job-train- ing programs to keep them off the streets. Mancuso did not miss a trick. Near the end of his speech he leaned over the Speaker's Platform to wave at a little girl in a red dress. A i . Tom Ramsay Qfar leftj, introduced jordan Qsecond from rightj on behalf of the LSL. 27 K-

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Shelley jack Shelley, visiting STATE on a sunny October day, told a crowd of 3,000 gathered around the outdoor Speaker's Platform that his chief opponent, Harold S. Dobbs, reacts only to a dollar sign when it comes to progress for the city. Shelley, the epitome of the politi- cian par excellence, came up with some striking and imaginative lang- uage in describing Supervisor Dobbs. He referred to the supervisor's record as being refer, defer, and demur. He added that Dobbs has an adding machine brain and an ice box heart. The San Francisco congressman woke up a few placidly dozing students sprawled on the Commons lawn when he pledged improvement of Muni transpor- tation to the campus. The mayor has the power of appointment over the Public Utilities Commission which runs the Muni system. In addition to speaking on the Muni, Shelley said: Men are concerned with three needs: employment, housing, and improvement through education, He said San Francisco lost 50,000 jobop- portunities last year because city government and local businesses would not encourage cleaner industries felec- tronics, tool, and diej to move in. In- stead, they are moving down the penin- sula, Shelley said. He said there was great need for low cost housing, and especially projects like the middle-income 240-unit con- struction at St. Francis Square. Four of San Francisco's mayoralty candidates, including the man destined to be winner, jack Shelley, thought it important enough to take time out during their busy campaigns to woo STATE S seven thousand eligible voters. Shelley, Edward Mancuso, Sam jordan, and Herbert Steiner all set forth various promises to campus vot- ers, ranging from better Muni service fShelleyJ to hopes for a three day work week CSteinerl. ironically, the only major candidate who didn't make a call on campus voters was the favorite in the campaign, Harold Dobbs. And Dobbs lost the election by a 28,000 vote margin. Political candidates visit STATE

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Gators over '49ers- again By Ken Eastlack The Long Beach 49ers made a long, fruitless trip to the City of their name- sakes, and much like the big boys from Kezar Stadium returned home once again losers. This was STATE'S second win in as many weeks over a CCAA opponent. It was Long Beach's sixth loss in a row against the Gators. The big problem was supposed to be in containing the highly-tooted 49er halfback Dee Andrews. The problem was half solved by Andrews' surpris- ingly few appearances in the game, and, when he did appear in the game, by the strong Gator defense led by tackle Ted Freeman. Head Coach Vic Rowen was par- ticularly pleased with the 20-16 win because it showed that both the offen- sive and defensive squads had im- proved a great deal in the past two weeks. Rowen praised the defensive secondary's three pass interceptions, made by Mike Burke, Gil Haskil and john Escobar, as the key stopper to Long Beach drives, that eventually kept the Gator victory intact. Mike Carson, a quarterback con- verted from a basketball guard, proved for the second time that he plans to hold on to the starting post by leading the offense with 8 for 15 in the pass department without an interception and taking the ground route for three key first downs. Car- son also took the ball in from the one- yard line late in the fourth quarter for what turned out to be the winning score. Fullback jerry Brown scored the first Gator touchdown, also on a one- yard plunge, only 2 minutes 29 seconds into the game. Brown moved into the end zone midway again through the sec- ond period. This time from 2 yards out. T .3 -ff.,-i V .' V1.'.Gi-1-Y' --Nick Kumi., Long Beach got both its touchdowns in the second half, with Andrews sweep- ing right end on the one-yard line for the first tally fin the third periodj , and two desperation passes from jerry Otter- son to end Pat Brosnan in the last two minutes of play to register the other. Long Beach upped their score to 16 points with two successful 2-point conversions. Sixteen points, although a remark- able sum for this year's professional 49ers, was still to little for the Long Beach crew, and STATE of the Far Western Conference continued its mas- tery over the opponents from the sup- posedly stronger California Collegiate Athletic Association. QFBRN gi f 'pep' Q. 25559 ' ' ' if ,. '