1984 Democratic Presidential Primary


                         Mondale for President, Inc.
                                              


Hispanic Piece
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Mondale's Commitment
 
•  Increase the number of appoint­ments of Hispanics to all levels within his administration.

•  Rigorous enforcement of voting rights act, particularly Sec. 5 to insure Hispanics have equitable districts from which to run for elective office.

•  Restore integrity to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights by rehiring all those members fired by President Reagan.

•  An economic recovery program that reduces unemployment and produces jobs for all Americans.

•  Increased assistance thru Sec. 8A set aside programs and the SBA to insure small minority business greater success.

•  Federal assistance to border areas to ease the impact of Peso devaluation on local economies and local businesses hardest hit by an unstable Latin American economy.

•  Insure that Hispanics are in­strumental in the development of U.S. Foreign policy in Latin America and in other areas.

•  Immigration reform that is fair and reasonable to all Americans.
 
La Misión de Mondale
 
•  Aumentar el número de nombra­iento de hispanos en todos los niveles dentro de su administracion.

•  Acatarse rigurosamente al Decreto del Derecho al Voto, especialmente a la quinta sección, para asegurar que los hispanos tengan distritos equitativos para poder lanzar sus campanas politicas para puestos electivos.

•  Restaurar la integridad de la Comisión Sobre Derechos Civiles por medio de la renominación de todos aquellos miembros despedidos par el presidente Reagan.

•  Establecer un programa de restablecimiento económico que reduzca el desempleo y produzca trabajos para todos los residentes de los Estados Unidos.

•    Aumentar la ayuda, por medio de la Sección 8A para asegurar que los pequeños negocios de minorías obtengan mayor éxito.

•    Proveer asistencia federal a áreas fronterizas para disminuir el impacto de la devaluación del peso en las economías locales y en los negocios locales que han recibido las mayores sacudidas de la inestabilidad de las economías de Latinoamérica.

•    Establecer una reforma en las leyes de inmigración que sea justa y razonable para todos los americanos.



Mondale's Record
 
•  As Chair of the President's Task Force on Youth Employment em­phasized the need to focus on employment of Hispanic and other minority youth.

•  Appointed more Hispanics to positions throughout the Federal Government in Carter/Mondale Ad­ministration than all other ad­ministrations combined (including the Judiciary).

•  As Senator supported the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act in 1974-75 to apply to language minorities which led to the radical upheaval of Hispanic political power.

•  As Senator, was the first to study intensely the problems of migrant laborers in the states while a member of the Subcom­mittee on Migrant Labor in the mid-1960's.

•  As Attorney General in Min­nesota, assisted in passage of the first bi-lingual education program in that State to aid the education of Hispanic migrant workers.

•  Defended the independence of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights when it came under attack by current administration.


Los Antecedentes de Mondale
 
•  Como director de la Junta Presidencial Sobre Empleos Para la Juventud, Mondale enfatizó la urgencia de emplear a la juventud hispana y a otras minorias.

•  Durante la administración de Carter/Mondale nombro a mas hispanos a puestos en el gobierno federal (incluyendo el ramo judiciario) que todas las otras ad­ministraciones juntas.

•  Como senador en 1974 y en 1975, apoyó la reautorización del Decreto del Derecho al Voto para que se aplicara a las minorias linguisticas. Esto tuvo como efec­to una metamorfosis radical en el poder político hispano.

•  Como fiscal nacional en Min­nesota, brindó ayuda en la aprobación del primer programa de educación bilinque en ese estado, para asistir en la educa­ción de los trabajadores migratorios hispanos.

•  Defendió la independencia de la Comisión Sobre Derechos Civiles de los Estados Unidos cuando la Comisión se vio atacada por miembros de la administración actual.


MONDALE AND THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT: A commitment to increasing minority voting strength.
 
     "As an original co-sponsor of the 1964 Voting Rights Act I have always believed it should be the role of the Federal Government to insure that all citizens are given equal op­portunity to exercise their franchise and participate freely in the elec­toral process. This act, without a doubt, has had the most significant impact on insuring that minorities are not denied their voting rights.
     In 1974, while I was still in the Senate, we reauthorized the Act to apply to language minorities, which of course, meant Hispanic Americans. We wanted to end the disenfran­chisement of Hispanics from the political process in the West,
Southwest and Midwest. We knew that gerrymandering, at-large elec­tion schemes, and literacy re­quirements were making political gains in Hispanic America impossible.
     As a result of the reauthorization, and a strengthening of the Voting Rights section of the Department of Justice under the Carter/Mondale Administration, Hispanics were able to make significant gains in the political process.
     Hispanic Americans are now a key to successful elections in several states and as President, I am com­mitted to insuring that the Voting Rights Act continues to assist Hispanic America in developing its political clout."
– Walter F. Mondale

MONDALE Blasts Reagan for Tampering with the U.S. Commission On Civil Rights:
 
     At a fundraiser recently held in San Antonio, Texas, Mondale said, "I think it is a disgrace that this Ad­ministration continues to go back on its word, and continues to tamper with the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. This commission was estab­lished in 1958 to insure that all basic human rights were preserved in America, and no President has ever challenged that premise until now ...President Reagan should be ashamed of himself."
     Mondale's record, since his days as Attorney General in Minnesota, demonstrates a great sensitivity to individual civil rights. Mondale con­tinued: "I have a two point plan to remedy President Reagan's tamper­ing with the commission – First, I'll fire everybody he hired, and then I'll hire everybody he fired."
     Mondale stated that the Reagan policy of giving lip service to qual­ity, while doing everything possible to undermine the essential federal role in promoting civil rights, has severely damaged the credibility of our government as a promoter of equality, opportunity, and justice.
     His blatant attempt to undermine the integrity of the Civil Rights Commission is but the most physical manifestation of Reagan's hostility to effective civil rights enforce­ments. "I feel that we need national leadership which affirms the neces­sary role of the Commission to call the shots on civil rights enforcement issues precisely the way they see them. I will provide that leadership with the Commission and in other areas of civil rights enforcement."

EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION: THE MONDALE PLAN
 
    "In the field of education, the sim­ple fact is that our Constitution entitles each student in this country to an equal, and desegregated, education.
     The educational opportunity for all Americans must be equal. But that doesn't mean that educational' insti­tutions and programs should not recognize the need to protect and enhance our pluralistic society. America means respect for diversity, for heritage, for culture. Each group in our society expresses our freedom and enhances our strength.
     Lately there has been a debate about bilingual education. Some fear that it will lead to another Quebec right here in America. I think this is a false analogy and a phony issue. Hispanic parents want their children to master English, because they know that it's a key to economic and social success. But these parents also believe that their children will learn better if the language of their heritage has a place in the school system.
     And they are right.
     Linguistic diversity isn't a prob­lem – it's an opportunity. Too few Americans know any language other than English. This impedes our trade and impoverishes our diplo­macy. More than before, we cannot afford our cultural myopia.
     I have been a strong supporter of increased funds for bilingual educa­tion. (I also sponsored an effort to provide bilingual proceedings in some of our federal courts.) Dual language education has the virtue of keeping immigrant children at their grade level in important substantive areas, while teaching them English intensively during other parts of the day. Bilingual education thus insures that the equal education mandate of our Constitution is satisfied."

MONDALE AND IMMIGRATION POLICY
 
     "I strongly oppose the Simpson-­Mazzoli Bill."
     Although Mondale recognizes the need for immigration reform, there are too many flaws in the Simpson-Mazzoli Bill which make it unacceptable as legislation needed to reform inadequate immigration laws. Basic points Mondale has stressed concerning immigration include:
- An amnesty for millions of un­documented people in the U.S.
- Family reunification must remain a fundamental part of any immigra­tion reform package.
- Insuring that whatever legislation that is passed not include discrimi­nation elements, such as a National Identity card or employer sanctions.
- An increase in the number of Latinos that are allowed to immi­grate to the U.S. annually.
- Establishment of a strong work­ing relationship with governments both North and South of our bor­ders to jointly analyze and solve problems leading to illegal immigra­tion into the U.S.

MONDALE PLEDGES TO ASSIST HISPANICS IN REGISTERING ONE MILLION MORE BEFORE NOVEMBER 1984
     
     During a speech to members of LULAC, Mondale pledged to assist in raising monies for voter registra­tion in the Hispanic community. "I wrote Chuck Manatt a letter and proposed that the Democratic Party spend 4 million dollars in an effec­tive, agressive, well-organized nationally coordinated effort to register voters." Mondale wrote,
" ... and I pledge that my own cam­paign will raise ¼ of that budget."
     Mondale recognized several key voter registration organizations already beginning the work and in­formed the audience that as proof of his commitment, he had already made a contribution to the South­west Voter Registration Education Project, a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to voter reg­istration in the Hispanic community.
 
MONDALE PLEDGES SUPPORT TO HARD HIT SOUTHWEST BORDER AREA:
 
     "Businessmen and women in the Southwest have been hardest hit by an economic double whammy; Rea­ganomics coupled with a weak peso on the Mexican side of the border. I firmly believe that the role of the Federal government should be to assist businesses in every way possi­ble to reduce extremely high bank­ruptcy and foreclosure rates the area is now experiencing.
     As President, I would do so by in­suring that adequate federal assis­tance is available thru the SBA and other agencies, administered by peo­ple from the area who are fully aware of the problems that exist.
     The Federal government should also be in much closer communica­tion with officials on the Mexican side to jointly resolve the economic problems their country is experienc­ing, because I strongly believe that by doing so we will improve the economy along the Southern Border."


     The new year has begun with ma­jor endorsements of Walter Mondale by Hispanic elected leaders. Gov­ernor Toney Anaya of New Mexico and Rep. Robert Garcia (D-N.Y.) en­dorsed Fritz Mondale in Washington, D.C., joining Mayor Henry Cisneros of San Antonio, Texas, Anita Villareal of Illinois, and others.
     Governor Anaya is the country's highest ranking Hispanic elected official. He is the chairman of "Hispanic Voice '84", which he organized in 1982 to mobilize Hispanic voter participation in the 1984 elections. Widely respected as a leader and administrator in New Mexico, Governor Anaya has a grow­ing reputation as one of the rising young leaders of the Democratic Party. In response to the Governor's endorsement, Walter Mondale said, "It means a great deal to have Toney Anaya's support ".
     Congressman Robert Garcia, a Democrat from the Bronx, is the ranking Puerto Rican elected official in the country. He is currently serv­ing his fourth term in Congress, and is a member of the Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Committee, the Post Office and Civil Service Com­mittee, and the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee. Rep. Garcia is also chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
     In his endorsement statement, Congressman Garcia said that "Fritz Mondale has been in the forefront of American politics for years. He has proven himself a capable legislator, and he also knows his way around the White House – an asset for any future President .... He can beat Mr. Reagan because he has proven that he can gather the support of common men and women ... The Vice President has said that he wants to be 'The President who is remembered as having done more to bring the strength of Hispanic America to all levels of Government than any President in history.'
... I'm supporting Fritz Mondale because I know he will live up to his commitments ... This nation's poor and minorities can't afford another four years of Reaganomics."
     On a campaign swing through California in late January, Fritz Mondale was honored by the en­dorsement of California State Senator Art Torres, Assemblywoman Gloria Molina (D­-Los Angeles ), Los Angeles School Board member Larry Gonzales, and Democratic Party official Carmen Perez. Mondale said, "The support of these legislative and community leaders ensures a strong effort by the Mondale campaign in the Hispanic community. I recognize the importance of the Hispanic vote in the 1984 elections and will commit the time and resources needed to win an overwhelming percentage of the Hispanic vote."

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