Stanford University - Quad Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA)

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A Proposition Perhaps the most obvious, to the point of being obnoxious campus campaigning was the effort to stir up support for Proposition 14. A deluge of orange and black flyers and bumper stickers proclaimed Yes on 14. Pickets and the ex-horters that carried them strove to catch the eyes and ears of speeding bicyclists and otherwise busy students. Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, leaders of the United Farm Workers that initiated and endorsed the measure, both visited the campus as part of their statewide effort to turn liberal sympathies into votes. Criticized by opponents for violating the bastions of private property rights with badly written legislation, the measure was advocated by supporters as a needed step toward protecting the rights of farm workers through a functioning system for organization and arbitration. Although the efforts of the labor sympathizers were largely successful among university area voters, the fight for Proposition 14 was nevertheless another one lost by the UFW to the greater influence of the farm owners, leaving still unsettled the bitter disagreements between these two groups, each determined to defend their immediate interests and rights at whatever expense of time and energy—and money. 20

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fnolei By Tom n».inp A Congressman The political hesitancy evident throughout the country won out in this California congressional race too. Of the two liberal candidates, both former Stanford students, the 12th district voted by a 2 to 1 margin to return to Washington its more conservative but nationally respected incumbent, Paul McCloskey. His opponent. Democrat David Harris, challenged him vigorously in one of the few races that most would consider was run between two real personalities rather than robot electioneers. They met in more than two dozen public debates, both building up that close personal contact with their constituents that characterized their strategies. On campus, the Harris campaign especially demonstrated the touch of a personalized campaign. Many student volunteers, besides doing the normal button boasting, took to combing residences to speak individually to other students about Harris. At voting time, however, university precincts showed that only 56 percent had responded to their persuasions. Yet those who so strongly believed in David Harris and so actively took his ideas and ideals to the student body did not easily give up on his chances to succeed in the political arena. Even after the election was all over, they were reported to be saving their bumper stickers for next time. 19

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0 jn K| J 7 A Council of Residents Vic Petroff, Carole Houck, Deric Jennings, Al Tomasczuk 21