he was an ice-cream maker when he accepted a position at sears roebuck selling appliances and televisions. i am assuming it is the geary and the sonics years. he became active in the union. he spent more than 50 years as a san francisco union leader. he retired at the age of 80 in 2004. i think our current secretary- treasurer of the labor council and many brothers and sisters of the labor movement are honored with his -- honoring his memory at grace cathedral this weekend. he earned a reputation as a fierce but friendly fighter for workers' rights. he was respected for his ability to help settle disputes. when the council got involved in bart negotiations shuttling back and forth between the unions and management, he in ado his union work, he served on several non-profit boards. i also wanted to thank his longtime colleague, alexis gonzales that worked so closely with walter over the years for making sure that we have been informed about the wishes of his family and the labor movement. they had three children, then moved to south san francisco in 1955 where they became active in the luth

if your tires had been getting aged and you thought next week i will run down two sears roebuck to get a new set you are out of luck. the l.a. to get a new set is to go before the government tire board to prove to have the essential reason to get a new set of tires. the comet american could no longer purchase all of those were used in the war effort most supported those changes and that was of course, with a wave of patriotism swept through everybody wanted to win the war. fighting men overseas and the way in which the war has begun with japan for the declaration of war was given to the secretary of war that a angered everybody. but what did the government do to suddenly help the economy? it did when it did and it began regulating everything. so the allocation of almost all materials with a good be used to control the fuel supply and industrial production. the board is one of the most powerful agencies ever created with hundreds of thousands of bureaucrats. looking at every american new york city alone 7 million ration books were issued. the very first week it went into effect spring 1

your tires had been getting a little aged and you thought, oh, well, next week i'll run down to sears roebuck and get a new set of tires, you are out of luck. and the only way you could get another set of tires was to go before the government's tire board and prove that you had an essential reason for getting a new set of tires. likewise, radios, bicycles, clocks -- even clocks, the common american could no longer purchase after the spring of 1942. all of those mechanisms were used in the war effort. now, most americans supported the sudden changes. and that was, of course, with the wave of patriotism that swept through, everyone wanted to win the war. most people did. many people had new -- knew fighting men overseas and the way the war had began with japan bombing pearl harbor before the declaration of war was given to the secretary of state and that angered everyone but what did the government do to suddenly help the american economy meet the war emergency? well, it did what it does a lot of time and it began regulating everything. the federal war production board took control of the alloc