KTLA News: "Mayor Tom Bradley solicits donations for the March of Dimes" (1975)

[No audio] [Street noise] [Mayor Tom Bradley] Good morning. [Annette] Good morning, how are you? [Bradley] How are you? [Bradley] I'm starting what is called the non-mothers, "March of Dimes." [Woman] The non-mothers. [Bradley] Yes. [Woman] Well, the mothers march is a mother's march no matter. [Bradley] We think the time has come when we should not leave this job to mothers alone, [Bradley] and they've asked if I would join with them as the first non-mother to solicit for the, "March of Dimes," to, help in this fight against birth defects. And you're my first customer. [Woman] I'm very proud to be your first customer. [Bradley] Yes. [Bradley] Ah, have you contributed in the past to "March of Dimes." [Woman] Oh, yes. [Woman] Oh, yes. I was in the early "March of Dimes," during the Depression we called it, [Woman] um, mile. [No audio] [Street, traffic noise] [Woman] Dimes. "Mile of Dimes." [Bradley] Oh, you go way back. [Woman] I go way back. Very nice. [Bradley] Your first name is? [Annette] Annette. [Bradley] Annette. [Bradley] It's a pleasure to meet you, and, ah, and I'm happy to receive your contribution. [Annette] I'll have to get my purse, as the, as the housewife does. [Bradley] Yes, dear. [KTLA Reporter] Mr. Mayor, why are you on the, on the street this morning? The time has come when, ah, the important, events of the, "March of Dimes," should not be left to mothers alone. We've traditionally done that. And mothers have marched all over the neighborhoods. And this year they're launching, in this January, an innovation. Asking fathers to join in this fight. And I'm, ah, here today to kick off this drive and to be the first non-mother to march and to solicit funds for the, "March of Dimes." To fight against the ever-increasing number of, ah, crippling birth defects that, that occurr. [KTLA Reporter] Have there been many men to volunteer up to now? [Bradley] I don't know, ah, how many men have yet agreed to join. I was happy to be the first. [Female Reporter] Mayor Bradley, will you be knocking on more doors today? [Bradley] I don't know how many more they're going to assign to me, but I'll be pleased to do whatever the group wants. [Anette] I'll start out with this. But if you want me to, I actually have dimes that I can count out. [laughs] [Bradley] It's better to take your dollars. [Street, traffic noise, background conversation] [Laughter] [Bradley] There you are. Thank you, very much for your contribution. [Anette] You're welcome. It's a pleasure. [Bradley] Thank you again, bye. [Reporter, unintelligible]