VISTA, Calif., Oct. 31—Norton Sandler, the Socialist Workers Party candidate for mayor of Los Angeles, speaks at rally of 60 postal workers and their supporters protesting outside the office of U.S. Representative Darell Issa, who sponsored legislation to force $3 billion in cuts in post offices and mail processing facilities. James Harris, the party’s candidate for president, also took part.

“The Socialist Workers Party stands with postal workers in their fight against closures and cuts,” Harris said. “They affect the working class as a whole.”

Sandler addressed the California ballot referendum known as Proposition 32, aimed at outlawing unions’ right to financially back political campaigns. “The ruling class fears an independent labor movement,” he said. “That’s why they want Proposition 32 passed. They fear the day when labor will run our own independent working-class candidates.”

The measure was defeated.

—BILL ARTH