June 19, 1970
The Los Angeles Police Department is holding three
counterrevolutionary Cuban gusanos [worms] who were
arraigned today on three counts of arson, conspiracy to
commit arson, and burglary. One of the three is being held
on two other counts of arson and burglary for his alleged
role in recent attacks on the Haymarket and the Los Angeles
election campaign headquarters of the Socialist Workers
Party.
The arrests came after three gusanos were captured by police in a new armed arson assault which took place on the Ashgrove, a local radical coffeehouse, on Sunday, June 7.
On June 8, the police arranged a lineup in which those captured Sunday evening appeared before witnesses of the attacks on the Haymarket, the SWP and the Ashgrove.
This increased level of police activity on the case, as well as these first arrests in a gusano attack on the radical movement, indicate that the police department and city administration are beginning to respond to the pressure being generated by the newly formed Citizens' Committee for the Right of Free Political Expression.
June 16, 1945
The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron
Shipbuilders and Helpers of America was ordered this week by
the Los Angeles Superior Court either to admit Negroes into
its San Pedro local (92) on a basis of complete equality; or
grant full autonomy, including the right to conduct contract
negotiations with employers, to the all-colored auxiliary A-
35. The decision, handed down in the case of Blakeney vs.
California Shipbuilding Corporation, is considered in local
Negro circles as an important victory for workers.
In their complaint and in the testimony before the court, the six Negroes who instituted the suit charged that though they had to pay the same fees, assessments and dues as paid by whites, they were allocated to an inferior status in a Jim Crow auxiliary and were discriminated against in job opportunities.
Although in the present case the judge found in favor of the Negroes, his decision does not necessitate the abolition of the Jim Crow auxiliary, which was one of the demands of the plaintiffs.