ALAN CRANSTON - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 01/31/1974 - HFSID 79197

ALAN CRANSTON
He supports funding for the Riverside Unified School District
Typed Letter signed: "Alan Cranston" as Senate Majority Whip, 1p, 8½x11. On personal Senate letterhead. Washington, D.C., 1974 May 16. To Dr. Herman Goldberg, Director of the Office of Emergency School Aid. In full: "The Riverside Unified School District has submitted a proposal to your office requesting funding under the Emergency School Aid Act. This second year proposal includes an additional bilingual/multicultural component which Riverside hopes will further achieve the district's stated goal of providing equal educational opportunities for all its children. Riverside Unified School District has been leader in working for total school integration. I'm hopeful that you will give their application your full consideration, and the Office of Education will approve this proposal which would allow Riverside greater continuity in its efforts achieve its goals". Alan Cranston (1914-2000) served as Democratic Senator from California from 1969-1993. From 1977-1991, he was the Democratic Whip. From 1936-1938, he was a foreign correspondent for International News Service (now UPI). He attributed much of the American public's misperceptions of Nazism to a version of Hitler's Mein Kampf. Having read the original German version, Cranston drafted a word-for-word translation of the book, which was published. His version at a cover price of 10-cents, sold over 500,000 copies (it included Cranston's comments against Nazism). Hitler successfully sued him for copyright infringement and unauthorized revision. Cranston accepted $1 million in contributions from constituent, Charles H. Keating, Jr., the head of the Lincoln Federal Savings and Loan Association. He was one of the "Keating Five" and the only one to receive a formal reprimand by the Select Committee on Ethics in 1991 for "improper conduct". Normal mailing folds. Staple holes in top corner. Fine condition.