Candidates for top office in the State Administration were guest speakers during the 60h annual meeting of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) in Buffalo. NY. Governor Nelson Rockefeller is seen at left along with fellow Republican, Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz, center, and Dr. Theodore Wenzl, CSEA president.
Members of the Operational Services Unit Bargaining team of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) pose with Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller after the governor signed into law bills covering pay raises and other benefits negotiated by CSEA. From left are Frederick C. Riester, CSEA attorney; Joseph P. Reedy, CSEA collective bargaining specialist; William McGowan; Francis Mitchell; Theodore Anderson; Yvonne Mitchell, unit secretary; Rockefeller; John Clark, unit vice-chairman; Theodore C. Wenzl, CSEA president; Sal Butero, team chairman; Robert Marshall; Ernest Hemstock; and Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz. Missing are team members Edward Malone and Clifford Miller.
New York State Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller posing with Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) representatives following the signing of the 1970 contract and salary bill. From left are: Collective Bargaining Specialist Joe Reedy, GOER staffer Marvin Naylor, CSEA Executive Director Joe Lochner (front) Collective Bargaining Specialist Jack Conoby, unknown woman, Political Action Director Bernie Ryan, Assistant Research Director Tom Coyle, Rockefeller, CSEA President Ted Wenzl, Research Director Bill Blom, State Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz, Jack Carey, Tom Lindon, Bob Guild and attorney Jim Roemer.
New York State Attorney General Louis J. Lefkowitz and Comptroller Arthur Levitt who were speaking to the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Delegates' Convention while campaigning for office. The headline reads "Internal Affairs Dominate CSEA Delegates' Convention."