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Mayor Thomas Bradley Welcomes the National Urban League Conference to California

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Public service is Thomas Bradley's third career. The Los Angeles Mayor who was chairman of the important State, County and Federal Affairs Committee, previously was a policeman and a lawyer.

The one-time high school and UCLA athlete worked his way up to the rank of lieutenant in his 21 years with the Los Angeles Police Department. he studied law in his spare time at Southwestern university, won his degree and was admitted to the bar in 1957. He later opened his own law office.

Mr. Bradley, who has a broad background in community service including much experience in youth work, was elected to the Los Angeles City Council in 1963. he was also the Council's delegate to the Los Angeles County Division of the League of California Cities.

Mayor Bradley is a member of the board of directors of the Avalon-Carver Community Center and the Advisory Board of the Community Relations Conference of Southern California. He is a Grand Polemarch of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. He also continued to be active in the United Civil Rights Committee and holds membership in the NAACP and the Urban League.