KTLA News: "Ralph Woolpert discusses involving Mayor Bradley in the ongoing transit strike" (1974)

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The KTLA newsfilm collection at UCLA consists of cut and unedited stories, outtakes and fill footage, originally shot on 16mm reversal film stock with magnetic soundtrack. Some footage, particularly material not used for broadcast, may be without sound.

Title: "Ralph Woolpert of the Mayor’s Labor Management Committee discusses involving Mayor Bradley in the ongoing transit strike." Date: September 16, 1974.

Summary: Ralph Woolpert, vice chairman of the Mayor’s Labor Management Committee, reports on the proceedings of a meeting he just attended. During the meeting, they reached the conclusion that the time has come for the mayor to immediately intervene in the ongoing Southern California Rapid Transit District (RTD) bus strike. They will also make specific recommendations to the mayor, but will not disclose those recommendations to the press. Woolpert also responds to a few questions from members of the press about the strike.

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Complete Record: The KTLA newsfilm collection at UCLA consists of cut and unedited stories, outtakes and fill footage, originally shot on 16mm reversal film stock with magnetic soundtrack. Some footage, particularly material not used for broadcast, may be without sound. Title: "Ralph Woolpert of the Mayor’s Labor Management Committee discusses involving Mayor Bradley in the ongoing transit strike." Date: September 16, 1974. Summary: Ralph Woolpert, vice chairman of the Mayor’s Labor Management Committee, reports on the proceedings of a meeting he just attended. During the meeting, they reached the conclusion that the time has come for the mayor to immediately intervene in the ongoing Southern California Rapid Transit District (RTD) bus strike. They will also make specific recommendations to the mayor, but will not disclose those recommendations to the press. Woolpert also responds to a few questions from members of the press about the strike. Learn more about this UCLA Film & Television Archive project: ucla.in/2Fg1OzE © 2019 The Regents of the University of California

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the one decisive conclusion was to recommend to the mayor that as soon as he returns to the city on Monday morning that he immediately intervene in the situation personally and and see what he can do to bring about the end of this a rather tragic situation mr. Warburg you and the mayor had a breakfast before he left for his vacation what happened then and subsequently well the mayor and his executive committee of the labor management committee met with the mayor the week prior to his leaving on his vacation at that time we thoroughly reviewed with the mayor the situation there was an annus feeling of the committee that it was it would have been inopportune for him to have intervened at that time that the situation simply hadn't ripened to a point where his intervention would have done any good whatsoever since then he has kept in touch through his office with the situation I've personally kept in touch with the staff of the mayor and we felt that he's had a pretty good feel of the situation all the way through what was decided this morning we're going to make some specific recommendations but we don't think it's appropriate this time to to say what they are we think that that really should be left up to the mayor because we're going to try to give him a number of options with those options make the buses run anytime soon are we optimistic well you always have to be optimistic in a situation of this kind but when you've had a strike of this length go on for as long as it has I don't think anyone ought to expect a dramatic wind up of the thing I think it will take a little while for the mayor to to exercise his persuasive powers and the and the in the position he occupies so we're very hopeful of course that it can be brought to a resolution in the very near future but to pick a date I think would be be unwise is one of the recommendations to replace the conciliator again I would rather not make any specific statement on what our particular recommendation will be to the mayor privately how do you feel about the whole thing well I think the thing is dragged on long enough that somebody's do do some head-banging and I think the mayor

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