KNTV Channel 11 News Reels August 1, 1966

Description: Original camera footage edited for broadcast for KNTV San Jose Channel 11 news. Includes national, local, and sports coverage. The broadcast script for this date has not survived. Reel 1: Segment 1 (sound): Bob Marsden interviews a man regarding controversy with Santa Clara County Equal Opportunities Commission. "Bob, my initial reaction was one of surprise. I do feel this type of investigation should have originated from inside the EOC rather than an outside source." Reporter: "Wasn't there at one time such an investigation asked for from the EOC and it was more or less refused?" "I think you're referring to the request that was made of OEO in San Francisco. We were told at that time that being an agency unto ourselves we could clean our own house so to speak." Reporter: "Do you feel that the Stern-Allred report has any validity?" "Well, there are several areas that could be discussed in great depth, but uh, for example, as far as the charges of overpayment to certain staff members, it's got to be remembered that at this point, these individuals were hired prior to the 3rd March of this year, and at this time a memo from OEO in Washington was originated stating what salary levels and what guidelines would be placed on it." Reporter: "So they were actually hired before the salary stipulations were in effect?" "Yes, they were, Bob." Reporter: "What about the rest of the report -- the alleged falsification of records?" "Well, I'm not in a position to either support or deny any of these charges at this point --" [Cut off] Segment 2 (silent): Truck stopped in the middle of an intersection near the Hacienda Gardens Safeway and Atlas Tires. Driver in overalls, an older man, stands around while the two truck secures the truck and then tows it away. Reel 2: Segment 1 (silent): Shots of lines of passengers at ticket counters at San Francisco Airport, including Alaska Airlines, Western Airlines, Air France and Pan American. Segment 2 (silent): Man being interviewed, no sound. Segment 3 (silent): People working in a mail room, carts of envelopes being sorted and put into mail cubicles. Mail cart being pushed down a hallway. Two women working in the mail room, chatting. Bundles of mail being sorted. Segment 4 (silent): Exterior of a two-story apartment building, camera zooms in on the number 984 on the side of the building. Segment 5 (sound): Interview by Dennis Rowedder of hospital administrator in Santa Cruz County Hospital. "Do you think you'll get much trouble in replacing the nurses that resigned?" "Well, that's awfully hard to say. This is why we have asked these resignations to be accepted prior to termination dates, so we can have a few days to recruit for nurses. I know that we did have two applications at the County Hospital for recent graduates of nursing schools. Unfortunately these applications did not get to the medical director -- they were turned down by the director of nursing -- and we were informed of it because they got jobs at another hospital in the local area here, and that hospital contacted our hospital enquiring into the matter. But this is an indication at least that we're still gonna be able to get some nurses --" Segment 6 (sound): Interviews by Dennis Rowedder of two nurses at Santa Cruz County Hospital. The first replies to the previous interview claiming nurses applications were turned down. "This is not so. I'm surprised he would make a statement like this. These two nurses had been interviewed by us previously, and we had indicated we'd certainly be interested to employ them. But that there was this pending problem. And they have moved to Santa Cruz and came to the office the other day, and indicated they were interested in employment here in the area, but after learning that we had submitted our resignations, they said that they certainly supported us and would have submitted resignations also if they had been employed here. But since the situation existed, they had accepted positions at community hospitals because of this." Second nurse: "At yesterday's meeting we decided to submit our resignations immediately, instead of waiting for Thursday night midnight. I was delighted with the unity of the group to do this." Reporter: "Have you had any support from other hospitals?" "Yes, I had a call this morning from another hospital telling the vacancies that exist there and another institution, for immediate employment, and --" [cut off] Reel 3 (sound): Interview by Dennis Rowedder of woman standing in front of what appear to be empty mail cubicles. "Well, I wasn't particularly surprised. W had anticipated funding. We felt that if we succeeded in getting funds through the state and federal government, this would imply partnership and alliance, and some recognition of the importance of the work we wanted to do. But we didn't really expect to get it." Reporter: "What was the work you wanted to do?" "We had designed a project for the purpose of helping welfare recipients understand their entitlements under the welfare system, and their constitutional and statutory rights the same as any other citizen has. The welfare system is recognized as infringing on constitutional rights, and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare in recognition of this, mandated that all states beginning July 1st, 1967, must develop plans which would no longer infringe on constitutional rights of welfare recipients. Presumably until then it's all right [wry joke]. Low income people, people on welfare, often accept treatment which is unjust and less dignified than most citizens would." Reporter: "Mrs. Grant, would it not seem more important to tell people how to get off welfare rather than on it." "This is the main objection of most recipients of this organization, that welfare colonialism, the welfare industry, does not permit people to be independent, although the mandate of the law is that it should be administered for that purpose. There are various provisions in the law that keep people poor. Once you get on welfare, you're in a poverty trap, and there is a great effort on behalf of low income people and people who need welfare to keep away from it, or to get off it. We don't feel like we need to buttress this, we need to change some of the policies and practices so that, in effect, people can get off." Reporter: "May I ask are you on welfare, Mrs. Grant?" "Yes, I certainly am." Reporter: "Are you trying to get off?" "I tried to get off until I was so frustrated by the welfare department that I went to a law library and read some welfare and institution code, and at that point I was so shocked with the disparity between what I was entitled to and what I was getting that I decided I would find out more about welfare law and that I would help other people find out about it and help the public find out what is really happening and hopefully to project a more accurate income image of welfare recipients to the public so that the kind of --" [cut off] 8/11/66 A-C 559; 8/11/66 D-F 559; 8/11/66 J 559; 8/11/66 A-C 559; 8/11/66 D-F 559; 8/11/66 J 559; 8/11/66 A-C 559; 8/11/66 D-F 559; 8/11/66 J 559