"Vice Issue Was Planted by a Wolden Supporter," Was Friday Morning's CHRONICLE Headline:

Praise of Mayor's Policy On Deviates Engineered By Ex-Police Informer

By George Draper

Assessor Russell L. Wolden's plan to inject the issue of homosexuality in the mayoral campaign came apart at the seams yesterday.

He made his muddy charges in a speech on Wednesday. But they boomeranged sadly when it turned out that the whole mess was a plant by ́a behind-the-scenes operator

in the Wolden campaign.

In a radio speech, Wolden claimed San Francisco has

become the national headquarters for organized sex deviates.

To support this claim he cited a resolution passed last month in Denver by the Mat. tachine Society, an organization dealing with the problem of homosexuality.

SLANDER SUIT (The Society replied with a $1.1 million slander suit against Wolden. See Page 4.)

The resolution, as made public by Wolden, praised Mayor George Christopher and Police Chief Thomas Cahill for their tolerant attitudes towards sex deviates. It turned out yesterday, however, that the resolution was planted with the Mattachine Society.

The mysterious figure who worked the resolution

through the Society during

its Denver convention turned out to be William Patrick Brandhove.

EX-COMMUNIST

Brandhove was once a Communist, later a loud exCommunist-and built up a long police record during both periods. More recently he has been performing chores for the Wolden campaign since its launching early this year.

He attended the Denver convention as a delegate and served as parliamentarian during business sessions.

The use of the Mattachine Society resolution was branded by Mayor Christopher as "the sorriest event in San Francisco's political history." "In a blind drive for office mattachine REVIEW

my opponent has degraded the city," Christopher said. "Under no circumstances would I covet any office so much that I would stoop to maligning somebody," Christopher told a meeting of the 21st District Democratic League last night in a candidates night speech.

Brandhove told The Chronicle last night that he attended the Denver conven. tion but had absolutely nothing to do with the controversial resolution.

WHY HE JOINED "I'm not a homosexual but I joined the Mattachine Society only to find out about its activities," he said.

Brandhove's continuing interest in the resolution, used as a campaign device by Wolden, was illustrated by the fact he telephoned Denver only ten days ago and ordered some copies of the resolution sent to him in San Francisco.

The copies were forwarded to him by air mail, special delivery and one of these appeared 'Wednesday in a neighborhood newspaper.

Darlene Armbeck, stenog. rapher and notary public, who sent the copies of the resolution to Brandhove, told The Chronicle these were the only copies which have so far been released.

Brandhove, according to Mattachine Society officials, joined the society last Au gust.

A DELEGATE

He paid his $16 dues and attended the convention on September 4 as one of 50

delegates.of the tiny organization from some 12 states.

In fact, Brandhove was registered at the Albany Hotel in Denver where the convention was held and where most of the delegates stayed.

Harold L. Call, the soci ety's director of publications, said yesterday that Brandhove's room was right next to his.

"Brandhove's room became sort of the headquarters for the San Francisco delegation," said Call.

One evening, said Call, about six members of the society's executive committee met with Brandhove in his room.

At that time, Call said, Brandhove presented a draft of the resolution praising Christopher and Cahill.

"We thought it was unac ceptable," said Call, “because it was tantamount to a political endorsement of Mayor Christopher and Chief Cahill."

During the discussion on Brandhove's suggestion, Call said, someone asked Brandhove why he was so interested in having the resolution passed by the convention.

"He told us," said Call, "that he was asked to do it by San Francisco Police Sergeant Ted Dolan and another police officer named Murphy."

POLICE SERGEANT Sergeant Dolan, assigned to the personnel staff at the police academy, denied he had called Brandhove in Den-