KTLA News: "Mayor Tom Bradley holds press conference on trip to Washington, D.C." (1975)

[Mayor Tom Bradley] These microphones are, [Bradley] It looks like a bayonet field.[Laughs] [Reporters unintelligible] [No audio] We were there representing the National League of Cities and the U. S. Conference of Mayors, ah, to describe our priorities and our concerns for the cities of this nation. As the Congress and the administration will be dealing with them in the coming year. High among our priorities was the question of a, an extension of the revenue sharing program Second, we were concerned about public service, jobs program. And in particular, about a, million jobs for, the youth of this nation, this summer. And we wanted to have some assurance we'd get that money, early enough to, ah, effectively plan for its use. [No audio] I'm very pleased to report that, our sessions in Washington over the weekend, ah, were very good. We had excellent reception from the, members of the Congress. And, ah, in my case, with members of the administration. Three congressmen that I talked with. Our state senators in our California delegation. I had an opportunity to meet with the speaker, Albert and, ah, Tip O'Neill, the Majority Whip. And in each case, they committed to us that, ah, they were going to support the summer jobs program for the youth. That will have great meaning to the City of Los Angeles. Because we are hoping to hire, over seventeen thousand young people. And if these funds are made available, it is our expectation that we'll easily meet that mark. In addition to that, I had an opportunity to meet with, ah, Mrs. Carla Hills, the, new, ah, nominee to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. And I also met with the, ah, Secretary of Transportation, Mr. William Coleman, who was confirmed just day before yesterday. And it was interesting that, to our [camera noise] problems here, and at my request, he said he will  come to Los Angeles at an early date. Where he can, ah, discuss with us locally what, his office may do in, in assisting us. And finally, I met with, members of the, the administration. Mr. Jack Marsh and, Mr. Jim Falk of the White House, to talk about, ah, an issue that I think is of concern to all of Southern California, not just Los Angeles. The Northrop Corporation, as you well know, is bidding for, the, ah, contract for a Navy fighter plane. And they're in competition with, another firm in Texas. And we're concerned about getting that contract because it will mean not only, some twelve thousand jobs, or even more, in Southern California. But if we fail to get that contract, I think will have a significant implication for the Southern California community, because we would then, for all intents and purposes, be out of the business of air frame, production, for the Defense Department. I had good reaction there, and good reaction from members of the Congress. That matter is now under consideration, and it is my hope that, ah, we will be of some assistance in, in getting fair evaluation and consideration of the Northrop, ah, bid. I think that we are going to get enough jobs for, at least seventeen thousand young people this summer. [Laughter] [Reporter, unintelligible] [Laughter] [Bradley] Which was, what do I make of last night's election. [Bradley] Well, of course the, ah, preliminary results, [Bradley] indicate that, ah, Assemblyman Bill Greene, won the race for the Senate. I was of course disappointed. I worked very hard to see that Kenny Washington would be elected. And, we are going to be looking at the final results, and, ah, and the committee is considering the question of a recount. It was a very close election. Ah, ten minutes prior to the final results coming in, Kenny Washington was leading by three hundred votes. And in the final six precincts that came in the, trend was reversed and Bill Greene became the apparent winner. [Reporter, unintelligible] We don't know. We're going to be looking at, ah, at the ballots and we're going to look at the possibility of, of, ah, a recount. We would like to see whether or not there is any, disparity, because in no case earlier in the evening, had there been that kind of dramatic change in, in the votes coming in. It had run pretty close throughout the evening. And we do want to look at those last, not only the last six but the last fourteen precincts where, a seven hundred, ah, vote turnaround did occur. [Reporter, unintelligible] Yes. [Reporter] The election had been pretty widely, [Camera noise] The RTD election, you lost that. And now last night, [Camera noise] [Bradley] If you're going to make [Bradley] those kinds of, [Bradley] of analyses, then I would say, [Camera noise. [No audio] [Camera noise] [KTLA Reporter, Stan Chambers] served many years in the council with, ah, Bob Stevenson. What was your reaction yesterday, in Washington, when you heard of his death. I was very shocked to learn of his untimely passing and very saddened to learn of it. Bob and I were longtime friends and colleagues and, I know that the people of the 13th District are going to miss him. But I think that the people of this city will miss, his kind of compassionate and concerned representation in City Council. [Reporter] Your honor, ah, [Unintelligible] Yes, I think that, ah, this would be a timely, ah, period for such a special election. [Reporter] Mayor Bradley, you've just returned from Washington and, ah,