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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Collection: Ronald Reagan Gubernatorial Campaign: Files,
1966
Folder Title: RR Speeches and Statements Book II
(5 of 6)
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SUBJECT:
ADDRESS TO:
EXCERPTS FROM RR SPEECH - LODI
DATE: 10-12-66
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Citizens Committee To Elect
RONALD REAGAN GOVERNOR
NEWS RELEASE.
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
Release: Thurs. 10.6--7:30 pm
EXCERPTS FROM SPEECH BY RONALD REAGAN, CHICO, OCTOBER 6
The Governor, in his customary attempt to hoodwink the voters by telling them where
he might stand and where he would like them to think I stand, is running around the
crate referring to his "free higher education" program. And he says I would endanger
free education.
Now, I wonder who he thinks he is kidding. Education, higher or lower, inSCalifornia
or out, is not free.
It is paid for by you and me the taxpayers whether or not we own property.
And now the Governor's fiscal policies are endangering the quality of our entire ed-
ucation system at every level.
These policies have already forced a nearly-50% cut in state funds to local school
districts and doubled the property tax to our homeowners.
And at the higher education level, he is juggling funds and using up reserves to meet
current needs. Money specifically earmarked for other purposes is being used to help our
state colleges and universities.
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And even this is not enough. We are being forced to go to a S213 million bond issue
for school construction. I approve of, and endorse, this bond issue, Proposition 2. it
has been made necessary by the irresponsible fiscal policies of this Governor; but this
should be the last time. Hereafter, we should be able to meet expansion and construction
as of our colleg: university system on 3 pay-as-you-go basis.
Our college professors are underpaid and, to cut costs, the Governor reneges on the
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promised pay incr ase.
our Legislature approves more than $400 million a year for higher education, or approx-
mately $1,300 for each state college student, and approximately $2,900 for each state
university student.
And yet, this Governor allows 18;500 out-of-state students to attend our schools
for 3 tuition of one-half to one-third of the actual costs. And you pay the difference->
E subsidy for out-of-state university students of nearly $2,000 a year.
Free higher education? Not for you, the takpayer.
And as costs continue to spiral and demand continues to mount, it grows less and less
free.
Now, I have not advocated an immediate program of tuition charges for in-state stu-
dents, but I do say that we must begin to study the problem lest we reach the point where
the only other alternative is to cut back on the quality of the education our colleges
and universities can offer.
With tax burdens in California already double the national average, with property take.
already at the breaking point, how long can we continue asking you to pay virtually all
the costs of a voluntary education program? How long can we ask the average taxpayer
to subsidize these students from wealthy families who go to state universities to take
advantage of the fine facilities they have to offer?
Education in California is complusory through high school. We pay those costs gladly
knowing that a literate citizenry is necessary to make our form of government work SUCCESS
telly.
University and college training is voluntary. True, the good that accrues to 745
state from our university graduates is immunsyrable, but that good also accrues to then
who is to say that all of us, in one way or another, should not pay for the benefits
child cont to us as individuals? It is my belief that we all must pay a share of our My
The question I raise 1. long can We continue to put an ever-increasing burden
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Where is his breaking point?
Ink we are approac try it. And when that time comes, our alternative will then
Buttion, or a poorer quality of education. I. think we should look strongly at these
alternatives and then, if we, the people, chose partial tuition, we must do so within
the context of a program that will make certain that the students who cannot afford tui-
tion can still have an education.
If we chose this course, we must also have an augmented program of scholarships for
the acidy students. There must be a plan of tuition payment deferred until after gradu-
ation when the student is earning. This, plus our many student loan funds, should pro-
best the right of every student, who wants an education, to get it. Then, I make one
additional proposal. The Governor, through the Council of Governors, should urge the
government to grant tax credits to parents for at least a portion of the cost of
educating their children.
We must do everything in power to assure those persons, who wish a higher education,
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chance to get it at a price they can afford. Though, we must also do it at a price the
ready over-burdened taxpayer--you and me and all of us--can afford.
10.6.66
NOTE:
Since Mr. Reagan speaks from notes, there may be changes in the above text.
However, he will stand by these quotes.
445
Citizens Committee To Elect
RONALD REAGAN GOVERNOR
NEWS RELEASE.
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
Release: ON DELIVERY
Clyde Beane
EXCERPTS FROM SPEECH BY RONALD REAGAN, MASONIC TEMPLE, OCTOBER 11, 1966
Now, as you know, I am an advocate of cost-of-living increases for those persons
living on Social Security on the grounds that inflation each month is cutting more
deeply into their purchasing power.
There is also another group that is living off a fixed income and faces the same
problem of ever-dwindling purchasing power. That group is made up of our retired
teachers, who received their last general increase in benefits ten years ago in 1956.
Since then clre cost-of-living index has increased more than 20%.
Particularly affected are those teachers who retired before 1956. At that time
teachers' salaries were so low that their pensions, based on those salaries, do not
even provide bare existence.
Certainly, we as citizens of a state which has one of the great educational systems
in the world, can do better than this for those people who have made this system what
it is.
Therefore, as Governor, I would propose to the Legislature that retired teachers
especially those who retired bafore 1956, be granted a cost-of-living increase and that
their pensions hereafter have a cost-of-living clause in them.
Only in this way can we assure our retired citizens that the deliberately-planned
inflation inflicted on our people from Washington will not wipe out their savings and
reduce them to lives of hardship in their retirement years.
NOTE: Since Mr. Reagan speaks from notes there may be changes in this text.
However, he will stand by the above quotes.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HEADQUARTERS: 46 ST., SUITE 600, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 94103 PHONE (415) 302-3305
CALIFORNIA ADQUARTERS 3157 BOULEVARD. LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA 90005 PHONE (213) 631 5771
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REAGAN FOR GOVERNOR HEADQUARTERS
3257 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles
213-381-5771
RELEASE: As of 6:30 p.m.
Contact: Lyn Nofziger or Clyde Beane
EXCERPTS CF SPEECH BY RONALD REAGAN
Public Town Heeting Rally, Colton High School Whitmer Auditorium
Cctober 13, 1966
Cne of the promises the Governor made four years ago was the
promise of an adequate farm labor force.
Like so many of his promises this one, too, remains unkept.
Ch, the Governor's people put out figures, and so does the
U. S. Department of Labor. to show that there's been no real problem,
labor is plentiful and everyone is making money.
I like in particular the one from the Department of Labor
that said only three states were in trouble over getting enough pickers
for their row crops--Florida, Texas and California. The Department
neglected to mention that the row crops from these three states
probably comprise 90 percent of the nation's total.
But here in this San Bernardino country it isn't the row
crops that are being hurt the most this year. It is the grape growers.
And they face a nearly #3 million dollar loss because they
cannot get enough labor to meet their peak harvest needs. They faced
the same problem last year and 3,000 acres of grapes were not even
pruned as a result.
This year the situation will be even worse. Government red
tape makes it nearly impossible for them to get the labor they need--
1,300 workers.
Because of the cancellation of the bracero program farmers
in this area have been forced to recruit workers from as far away as
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COLTON EXCERPTS
page 2
Texas. This year to date they have recruited 5.745 workers to maintain
an average work force of just 350. How with 1,300 workers needed they
are in real trouble. Troubles that cannot be solved this year. These
problems can be solved only when an aggressive state government makes
up its mind that California's farm labor needs cannot be met at peak
harvest time without an able, willing supply of supplemental labor.
Once that need is recognized--as it has not been in Sacramento in the
last seven years--then an administration that knows the problems of
the farmers and sympathizes with them--can set out at both the state
and national levels to help recruit that labor force.
10.13.66
NOTE: Since Mr. Reagan speaks from notes there may be changes in this
text. However, he will stand by the above quotes.
REASAN F12 GOVERNOR HEADQUARTERS
3457 Lilshire Boulevard
LCS Angeles
213-381-5771
RELEASE: As of 12:30 p.m.
Contact: Lyn Nofziger or Clyde Beane
EXCERPTS FROM SPEECH BY RONALD REAGAN
Inter-Service Club Council of San Bernardino, October 13
Just recently, in another one of those flurries of activity
the Governor is so famous for in election years, the Transportation
Agency announced it had awarded a contract to a research firm to study
the economic benefits that might come from using the space over and
under freeways. The firm that received the contract is Real Estate
Research Corporation of Los Angeles.
Now I am not saying that such a study of the space over and
under freeways is not a good idea. It is. In fact if it had been
done sooner it might have prevented at least one lucrative contract
from being awarded. Although I'm not sure. As the recent bidding on
highway patrol cars shows, a lot of lucrative contracts have been going
out from this administration over the last seven years.
You remember the highway patrol car bids. For six years
the specifications were written in such a way only one dealer could
bid. Then when a public spirited citizen named Manning Post raised a
ruckus the specifications were re-written. And the result was bids
from nine dealers and a low bid that saved the state more than 2600,000
over last year.
But the Highway Fatrol Commissioner isn't the only member of
the Governor's inner circle involved in lush contract awards.
The Transportation Agency, which suddenly is interested in
studying use of space above and below freeways has done pretty well by
at least one firm.
SAF BERMANDINC EXCERPTS page 2
That firm has been allowed to lease an area under a Los
Angeles freeway for a net return to the state of $142.41 a month. Then,
in turn this same firm contracts with the state to store automobiles
on the property at an average payment from the state of 2,690 a month
last year.
This is a pretty fair return on a 142 investment.
Now, as I am sure you know, I have no objection to business
making a profit but it seems to me that a profit of more than
15 hundred percent is just a little exorbitant, especially when that
profit is coming out of the taxpayers' pockets.
I think it is high time the entire system of state contracts
and state bidding procedures got a good looking at.
The so-called experts have told me I can't cut the state
budget. But I can tell you that if this kind of contract award is
commonplace in this administration a new Governor won't have to cut
the budget very much. He can balance the budget just by demanding
that the state adhere to the normal practice of awarding contracts
to the lowest responsive and responsible bidders.
And by demanding that his department heads quit writing
specifications so that only one company can bid.
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10.13.66
NOTE: Since Mr. Reagan speaks from notes there may be changes in this
text. However, he will stand by the above quotes.
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This is Ronald Reagan. I think you'll agree nothing exposes
the leadership gap in Sacramento more glaringly than events
that have taken place on campuses of some of our universities.
Preservation of free speech certainly doesn't justify letting
beatniks disrupt the academic community and interfere with
our universities' purpose. We must preserve the right to learn
as well as to teach. As Governor, I will work to return our
universities to their original purpose as institutions of
learning and research, and to restore to them the respect they
deserve.
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This is Ronald Reagan, I'd like to talk with you a minute about
Berkeley. I think you'll agree nothing exposes the leadership
gap in Sacramento more glaringly than events that have taken
place on campuses of some of our universities. Preservation
of free speech certainly doesn't justify letting beatniks and
advocates of sexual orgies, drug usage and filthy speech disrupt
the academic community and interfere with our universities'
purpose. In preserving academic freedom, we must preserve the
right to learn as well as to teach. As Governor, I will work to
return our universities to their original purpose as institutions
of learning and research, and to restore to them the respect
they deserve, which has been lost through indifference and lack
of leadership. As Governor, I will also ask legislative support
in an effort to end the growing flood of smut and pornography
the growing use of narcotics, hallucinatory drugs and pep
pills
especially in schools and on campuses.
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This is Ronald Reagan. My opponents want to make extremism
an issue in the campaign, well, I'm not the founder or member
of any extremist organization. But Misters Brown and Cranston
are the proud co-founders of the California Democratic Council,
the ultra-loft-wing organization that is for admission of Red
China to the UN, abolishing the House Committee on UnAmerican
Activities, -- it's even against the anti-riot bill. I leave
you to decide who is extreme.
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This is Ronald Reagan. My opponents have tried very hard
to make extremism an issue in the campaign so far, instead of
duscussing the real issues. Well, as long as they brought up
this matter of extremism, I'd like to point out a few things.
In the first place, anyone who votes for me is buying my
philosophy -- I'm not buying his, And what's more, I'm not
the founder or even member of any extremist organization. But
Misters Brown and Cranston are the proud co-founders of the
C.D.C. - the California Democratic Council - the ultra-left-
wing organization that is for admission of Red China to the
UN, abolishing the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities,
ending the bombing of North Vietnam and is even against the
anti-riot bill. Mr. Brown seems to be taken over by this
group he started and whose positions parallel those of the
Communist party. So, on the basis of deeds, not words, perhaps
extremism should be an issue in this campaign, and on the basis
of these facts, I leave it to your good judgment to decide
who is extreme.
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This is Ronald Reagan. I believe that morality in government is a
major issue in the campaign for governor. I strongly object to the
government becoming a hunting ground for public officials, with
favors being granted to friends, and relatives. The present Governor
has repeatedly selected political cronies, hacks and defeated
Democratic candidates to fill important positions
in order to
build a political machine. I have no political debts to pay. As
Governor I will make all appointments on the basis of experience
and qualifications.
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This is Ronald Reagan. I believe that morality in government
is a major issue in the campaign for governor. I strongly
object to the government becoming a hunting ground for public
officials, with favors being granted to friends, and relatives.
I firmly believe that the most qualified persons must be
chosen to fill appointive offices in California. The present
Governor has repeatedly violated this principle by selecting
political cronies, hacks and defeated Democratic candidates to
fill important positions in order to build a political
machine. I have no political debts to pay. As Governor I will
make all appointments on the basis of experience and
qualifications. And in order to insure the integrity and
independence of California's judicial system, I'll establish
an independent review board - representing the public is -,to
nominate a panel of five outstanding attorneys as candidates
to fill each judicial vacancy. This is in keeping with my
position that California government must be honest, efficient,
and responsive to the people.
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This is Ronald Reagan. For eight years, an experienced
politician has been running California. That experienced
leadership has led us to an unemployment rate 40% higher
than the rest of the country. Our taxes average $100 more
per person than anywhere else in the country. We are national
leaders as far as crime rate goes -- and campus disorders.
All this under experienced leadership, Well, I think we
can do better than that and I think what can make the difference
is a difference in leadership -- a difference in philosophy.
I believe a great society must be a free society -- that is,
a creative society, calling on the genius and power of the
people instead of relying on the doubtful genius and
accumulated power of a few people in Sacramento. I think what
is needed is not so much professional politicians -- we've had
enough of that -- but rather, new faces, new ideas, new
citizen-politicians and, above all, a new faith in freedom.
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This is Ronald Reagan. I submit to you that after 8 years
of leadership by an experienced politician, California has
the highest rate of unemployment and taxes in the country.
It's also a leader in crime and campus disorders. Well, I
think we can do better with fewer professional politicians
and more citizen-politicians. People from all walks of life
with a common sense approach to our problems. The future
of California requiresnew ideas, new faces, and above all,
a new faith in freedom.
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This is Ronald Reagan. In an era of changing technology and
increasing inflation, and at a time when the dignity and worth
of the individual is of growing importance, labor-management
relations occupy a special place in the affairs of men and
government. Neither labor nor management must be allowed to
dominate. Government must make sure it is not captured by the
political arm of either side and thus rendered incapable of
dealing fairly with the problems of both. As Governor, I
will seek legislation that would submit to a secret ballot all
union policy matters, including strike votes. This would
ensure labor's rank-and-file the right to make decisions governing
their futures without coercion from either unions or management.
Further, I will work in the field of farm labor to ensure fair
wages and good working conditions for the laborer, while, at
the same time, insisting that no farm union would be able to
take action to prevent the harvesting of crops. Since collective
bargaining is the basis for all labor-management relations, I
will make it my business, as Governor, to make such bargaining
an effective and equitable instrument in California.
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This is Ronald Reagan. I believe government must make sure it
is not captured by the political arm of either labor or
management since it would then be rendered incapable of dealing
fairly with the problems of both. As Governor, I will seek
legislation that would submit to a secret ballot all union
policy matters, including strike votes. This would ensure
labor's rank-and-file the right to make decisions governing
their futures without coercion from either unions or manage-
ment. I will make it my business, as Governor, to make
collective bargaining an effective and equitable instrument
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This is Ronald Reagan. I want to make my position on welfare
perfectly clear. I strongly support welfare programs that
are designed to provide the pormanently disabled, the aged and
the infirm with, not only the necessities of life, but also
some of the comforts which can make life worth living. Another
area of welfare has to do with those who need temporary help
until they can regain their rightful places in our productive
economy. But here we too often stray from welfare's original
purpose. The problem is we frequently perpetuate poverty by
making welfare a way of life rather than using it to help people
back to productive jobs. Welfare recipients increase in number
almost three times as fast as our increase in population and
the cost has doubled in 5 years. As Governor, I will propose
a commission to redefine welfare's goals and recommend
appropriate legislation.
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This is Ronald Reagan. I want to make my position on welfare
perfectly clear. I strongly support welfare programs for the
permanently disabled, the aged and infirm
including the
comforts that make life worth living. However, we must not
perpetuate poverty by making welfare a way of life. Welfare
recipients increase in number almost three times as fast as our
increase in population. I propose a commission to redefine
welfare's goals and recommend appropriate legislation.
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This is Ronald Reagan. In 1964 the voters of California chose
to nullify the Rumford Act and restore their freedom. to sell
or rent or dispose of their property according to their own
wishes. Governor Brown saw bigotry in this decision by two-
thirds of California's voters, and the Brown appointed State
Supreme Court declared Proposition 14 unconstitutional. You
may be interested to know that on September 11, Governor Brown
told a nationwide audience this law only applies to multiple
dwellings, whereas, in fact, it applies to every home with an
FHA, Cal Vet or GI loan.
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Open Letter to the Ford Motor Company Employees
California bno had too much of professional politicious running and ruining
the state. This 10 precincly why I had the doutings to cak for this job, because I
think sometimes 10 takes the hind of claim, fresh air thinking from someone who is
not guided by preendence, who gets in and seys, "Prove to me that we need this - and
see if we can do without LE."
My purpose is to males government, once again, the servent of the people at a
cost the people one afford to PAV. in this scate have reached the breaking
point. They are the highest is the nation and $100 par person shove the national
average, The budget is growing facter than the population and the effects of inflation
cochined.
Yet, the Covernor refuses to face = to his responsibility to hold spending to
a minimum consistent with providing for the general walfure. As Governor, I would
call in the state's best tax broins to davise 2 complete revision, modernization
and simplification of the scate's entire car structure.
In an are of changing technology and increasing inflation, and at a time when
the dignity and the worth of the individual is of growing importance, labor-manujament
relations occupy 2 special place in the affairs of men and government.
It is vital, however, that government remain an importial but keenly interested
third party in such relations, striving to insure that the entire community be the
long-term benaficiaries in any collective burgaining agreements. Neithor Labor nor
management must be allowed to dominade.
I will cesk logiclation that would to = secret billot all union policy
mathers. This winld BRBUND Lubor's charright : decisions govern-
ing chair futures. I spack out on later from - background of 22 years 23 = union
member, including six terms as president of 2 working union and many years of collect-
ive burgaining duperience.
I have 2 very strong Cosire to try and put into alfect in Secremento the things
in which I believe, and I would be very proud and hoppy for any of you the dialded
to IP 7 way.
Thank you very much,
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Citizens Committee To Elect
RONALD REAGAN
GOVERNOR
State Chairman:
Philip Battaglia
Southern Calif. Co-Chairmen:
Dirk Eldredge
Thomas Pike
Northern Calif. Chairman:
To:
California Rifle & Pistol Association
Thomas Reed
I know there is a strong movement toward rigid control of the use
and purchase of guns; however, any regulatory measure regarding firearms
should be devised only after consultation with law enforcement officials
and recognized sportsmen's associations.
First consideration is the Constitutional right of a citizen to
own and bear arms.
The CRPA's point that illegal use of and not the ownership of guns
should be the subject of legislative controls is a good one. Persons
with criminal records or juveniles could well be subject to restrictions.
We need both education and safety laws to reduce gun accidents and
the misuse of firearms while at the same time protecting the traditional
right to possess firearms. The legitimate use of arms in hunting, target
shooting and gun collecting should not be forgotten, or the right for a
person to protect his home and family.
A proposal to aid the hunter-sportsman by my running mate, Robert
Finch, has merit. Requirement of mandatory hunter safety instruction
prior to issuance of the first California hunting license would be comp-
arable to our present regulations for a young driver.
I reiterate that laws aimed at reducing crime require careful con-
sideration so that government does not infringe on legitimate ownership
and use of firearms.
Ronald Reagan
10.18.66
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HEADQUARTERS: 46 KEARNY ST., SUITE 600, SAN FRANCISCO.
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RONALD REAGAN
GOVERNOR
RONALD REAGAN SUPPORTS CALIFORNIA LIQUOR INDUSTRY FAIR TRADE LAWS
Ronald Reagan states that after reviewing the important question of
California's liquor industry Fair Trade laws, his position is:
(1) Since I favor the present California legislation
pertaining to minimum pricing for alcoholic beverages,
should the California Supreme Court uphold its
constitutionality In the pending Holzheiser case
I will vigorously enforce such current laws; and
(2) Should the California Supreme Court hold the current
laws to be unconstitutional, I will work closely with
the Iiquor retailing industry to propose a new law
which will meet constitutional standards and still
afford protection to this important industry which
traditionally has consisted of numerous individually-
operated stores risking lifetime savings to operate a
profitable small-scale business.
Mr. Reagan has taken this position because the abolition of current
fair trade protection in this important retailing area would merely
increase the likelihood of monopolistic practices, and would not
necessarily result in lower retail pric 3 as claimed by opponents of
this legislation.
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The
Reagan supports Milk Act
the importance to the dairy industry in California of strong and
DAIRYMAN
proper leudership by the Governor, next month's gubernatorial election is of major
intere
With the necessity for diligent and strict enforcement of the Milk Stabilization
Valume 46, No. 10
October, 1966
.t in the future, The Dairyman asked Republican candidate Ronald Reagan the
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price for their product, that will properly compensate them for the large in-
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vestments in their herds and dairies and which will adequately pay them for
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the long hard hours that they put in. producing the finest milk in the world."
BUSINESS MANAGER: Frank Raymond
Q: Would you support the vigorous enforcement of the Milk Stabilization Act
of California?
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plants in the world; therefore, we should have a Director of Agriculture that
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would cigorously support and enforce the Milk Stabilization Act in eccry way.
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I would appoint a strong Director of Agriculture capable of carrying out the
provisions of the Act and I would specifically instruct him to see that this was
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done. I would eliminate the Director as a political tool of the Governor and
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consumer, dairymen and distributors. I would strengthen the Act in every
possible way; and I would not allow the Department to act as a political tool
such is now the case.
IN THIS ISSUE:
Do you feel that the Act has been adequately enforced in the past? If no,
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what would you do to make more effective enforcement possible?
A:
"No." "For many years the Act has not been adequately enforced and as a re-
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sult every dairyman and distributor knows that a great mass of unfair and
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unjust business practices have arisen and exist. I would not allow my Director
and his staff to close their eyes to these conditions, but I would insist upon
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strict enforcement and do everything within my power to eliminate the unfair
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business practices and the causes which have created them. We cannot close
our eyes to the facts concerning the conditions which exist and these will not
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be eliminated without vigorous, diligent effort. I will insist upon action which
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will be in the best interests of the dairy industry and all of the people of
California."
Q: How would you proceed in arriving at a position if legislation was proposed
THIS MONTH'S COVER
that would substantially change the Milk Stabilization Act?
How now, black and white cow? It could
A: "I would not arbitrarily make a decision on any such legislation, but I would
be bovine ladies at a sale, but it isn't.
meet with the leaders of all segments of the industry and endeavor to develop
The group on this month's cover were
the unity within the industry necessary to adopt legislation for the best in-
terests of the people and of dairy industry as a whole rather than the interests
enjoying a cooling and cleaning shower in
of special groups.
the wash pen at the Jake Cloo Dairy,
Chino, Calif., when THE DAIRYMAN visited
I am firmly against a Federal milk order for California because facts and statis-
to do the story on page 22. The COWS
tics proce that none of the Federal orders in the States where they exist have
jammed in the pen intrigued our photog-
operated as efficiently or as satisfactorily to the benefit of the dairymen, dis-
rapher
...
they reminded him of New
tributors or public, as the California Milk Stabilization Act. A Federal order
York City subways during the rush hours.
would only mean more distant Federal bureaucracy with arbitrary, uneconomi-
(There is a similarity, although the con-
cal and inefficient decisions from Washington. The California Milk Stabiliza-
tented expressions here are dissimilar to
tion Act has proved to be one of the finest legislation of its kind in the United
a subway scene) After he took this pic-
States. I am in favor of strengthering this Act and seeing that it is cigorously
ture he had the cleanest legs (from waist
enforced."
down) in town.
By his answers Reagan has committed himself to uphold and strengthen the
and its enforcement.
Published the first Saturday of each month
On the other hand the incumbent, Gov. Edmind C. "Pat" Brown, Democrat.
for market milk producers, processors) and
distributors.
has come out in favor of state-wide pooling for California.
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At a meeting Sept. 6. at Clovis, Calif., Gov. Brown said. "With regard to the
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dainy industry. I 1:111 in favor of state-widh pooling. and I will work stre monsly to
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achieve it in the legislatica your of 1967."
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8-14-66
RONALD REAGAN ON PROPERTY TAX
"I lean very definitely toward the idea that the property tax,
as it is administrated, is archaic and old-fashioned, and in its origin
it never contemplated a system where millions of homeowners would own
plots of ground that were not productive of wealth and that would continue
to increase in value, due to factors beyond their control, to such an
inflation where the average homeowner would have to realize that he could
A
not live out his life in his own home - simply because of the tax burden.
Nor did they envision a credit system in which millions of people would
be taxed on the basis of owning a home when they only owned a small
equity in it and the rest was a mortgage held by someone else.
"I believe a tax reform would reveal a combination of income and
sales tax, where the money goes in and the money goes out - plus a third
tax which is, wherever possible, a tax that pays for a specific service
to that service, such as our gas tax to our highways.
"Property taxes are increasing twice as fast as personal income and
B
are a factor in the slump that has hit our building industry five times
harder in California than in the rest of the nation."
A. Source. Speech at CRA Convention, San Joss, April 2, 1966.
B. Campaign kick-off speech (telecast), Sept. 9, 1966. Biltmore Hotel,
Io:
UNIVERSITY NEWSPAPER
The crime problem in this state presents a distressing
picture. With time persons of the nation's population, California
accounts for percent of doe nacion's crice.
Our skyrociating crime Tate dause from certain judicial
rulings that took much of the Law enforcement authority away from
local police and laft them handicapped in their afforts to procest
the 1ow-sbiding citizen from the increastagly insolect criminal
element.
As Covernor, I will take positive secion CD resipre to the
cities and counties their vights =0 TODGE local outinesses designed
to meet Local Lew enforcement problems.
I will cell 02 the Incisipture to re-unset those key crime
provention bills passed overwhaldingly by the logislature at in;
list session but veteed by the Governor, Moon re-anacked, = will
sign these measures into law, as Governor.
I will ask legislative support in an effort to end the
growing flood of critic and postiography simed primarily as degrading
our young people.
I will sponsor legislation nimed at curbing the growing
use of menuntics, hallustmacory drugs and pep pills, expecially in
schools and on compuses.
I vill $93 to it, =s Governor of California, that the
streets and neighborhoods Lecome cofe again.
I think from yours backmalve been pingued by the political
assointment of judges. There is C. plan it work in the state of
Missouri which I think betrs ilose vataking,
Something similar is needed in California--u plan under
which
Improve,
scholuce
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of
the
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public 001.0 #? with : pistl of legal minds from which the
Governor EMICE min his to the boach. We used CO take
the political participaty 000 :1 the appointment of judges once and
for all.
13 to strilli, police boards. I think this
1s : Milk shat whenever evidence is pre-
sended, UNITED have 2 cevil your police commission.
Whenever to revealti re 2. :: Cuty are not living up to their
duty and AVOID obligation, this V.: community should do something about
it.
Ca capital punishment, : don't think there is anyone in this
country 2010 doesn't wish 123 world each the day when 10 is univicessary.
Dut, consphing the Stat , Cave che vight to take Lives, in the
defense 02 our CUT and the opinions of ECC in 100 inforce-
ment was fact it is = deberrone to crime 5.15 check ic does provent
nurders, I have DO application of the continuation of capical punishment.
I will my, however, 15 Grar entivience indicates capital
puniciment is purply and not ai determent, then cortainly
10 should be abulished.
I believe 1.- ONE entire penal system, IS no Bouger being purply
versonnes, but = system for tobabilitation and deterrence,
10.20.66
To:
THE DOCKET
There are many issues in Chis campaign --- crime, high cost of
government, julicial appointments, wildore and education --- but
involved 1: all of these is the overriding problem of a leadership
gap in Sacremento.
Only the best qualified persons should be chosen to fill appoint-
1ve offices in California. Tat the present Covernor has repeatally
violated this principle by selecting political dronies, hacks and
defeated Democratic Party candidates to fill important positions. As
a citisen-politicion, obligated to no political machine, I will be
free 02 policiesi debts in choosing by appointmes. I will provide
extensive background information on every appointive offloer 30 that
the legislature and the public will be assured of their qualifications.
In niking appointments to judgships, I will ascablish an independent
review board of lawyers, scholars and representatives of the public 2
nominate a panel of five outstanding attorneys to fill each judicial
vaccnay, This will tend to insure the integrity and indepandence of the
judicial system 10 California.
Education is the bulwark of freedom, We must work toward the
creative educational system that Californians noad and deserve. Because
of the ever increasing cost cl education, we are going to have to explore
the idea of assessing a part of the cost of state collage educations by
increased tuition against those who are receiving the elusation, I sug-
gestia @ study of this matter bacause the alternative to not charging
tuition eight CARD :s the againsing choice of limiting the quality of
our college and university systems. But, 18 and when buicien 13 decided
upon, it should be accompanied by on sugmented program of scholarships
for needy students --- a plan for allowing students to defer payment of
cuition until after graduation. And, while the news thing Ls Fuseral,
certainly we should urge upon the Federal government income tax credits
to parents for part of the educational costs.
California sulbroment afficials have been handlemped by car-
this ****** judicial rilits thich book law mis maders authority any
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from local communities. As I will : take positive socion to
rescore 20 wishe : CREDE Resul addresses
design :)
2021 : problems. In the future, the
state 1 gistions
influits
Allis L: passive 300 intended DD
premings so that judges do Lot have
to male CALLS
My children's AMERICANCE in L. films billed 10 the capacity of
the people doe the yours problems
California our base To solvation whittering and millising the notli-
ties and enargies of the prople.
10.20.66
J TELETHON, OAKLAND, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1966'
"Well Jack, this is really a misquote and it bothers me because all my
life I've been a nature lover, I'm an outdoorsman and I burn a lot of oak-
wood off our own ranch in a fireplace, but I always wait until the limbs fall
off the tree before I cut them up for the fire, and I've never cut one down.
Why this came about was, I was trying to explain my support of a program
up in the Redwoods called the "Redwood Park and Recreation Plan" in contrast
to the proposed national parks
because a great deal of misinformation has
been given to the people.
We have already 28 state parks, scattered from the Oregon border down
some 500 miles. We have probably the greatest and most successful conservation
program that has ever been conducted any place in the world. We have preserved
in those28 parks some 115,000 acres which represents all but six or eight
thousand acres of the truly virgin growth--the big trees as we think of them--
the stately groves.
And of the six or eight thousand acres still outside the park, at least
half of that has been earmarked by the private owners and has been held invio-
late, waiting until the state can acquire those groves and add them to the parks.
Now presently, Congressman Don Clausen has a new plan which could lead to
a national park and which could possibly be helpful in that area with regard
to tourism and giving them an additional factor in thier economy; and it would
not involve privately-held land because-- of the four counties particularly--
more than 50 percent of those counties is presently owned by the government--
the Federal government
the Six Rivers National Forest is 416,000 acres! And
it doesn't seem much sense
to take privately-hold, tarparing
land off the tax roles and addit for the purpose of a park when the government
already owns these hundreds of thousands of acres to this same area,
Now his plan is one that involves- if there is to be a national park--
utilizing already held government-ownad land.
Now, where the misquote came from. I was speaking to an audience in a
city--San Francisco, to be exact--and I thought maybe, being a farmer myself,
that it might be necessary to explain how big was 115,000 acres.
So I pointed out that--if you could visualize it in a picture if you
had it in a strip a mile wide with a road running down the middle SO that you
had a half a mile of trees on both sides of you of this type of forest--and
then you set out to drive through 115,000 acres, you'd have to drive almost
200 miles to go through that many acres.
And since the redwood parks are not so much for recreation- they're a
scenie attraction CO view; we found that the tourists who go there go to
see; to look--as a matter of fact, you can't get very far into those redwood
forests without being overwhelmed by the ferns and the underbruch and the growth
and SO forth, and then you're SO surrounded that there isnt anything to se--and
I made the remark 20 not as it's quoted- I made the remark that 200 miles of that,
that's an awful lot of trees to look at.
But I didn't mean it in any way that we do not want to preserve that
great heritage in that area. And we have preserved it, and, if we are to have
a national park, my contention is: let's have it for the right reasons let's
not pretend that it's necessary to preserve something (when) we should be very
proud of what we have done already in preserving the giant virgin growth of our
redwoods,
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Citizens Committee To Elect
RONALD REAGAN GOVERNOR
NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
Release: As of 8:30 p.m.
Clyde Beane
EXCERPTS OF SPEECH BY RONALD REAGAN
Delivered to -Reagan for Governor Committee and Republican
Central Committee of Riverside County, Riverside, October 13
Now once every four years the Governor all of a sudden starts
listening to the people. From June to November he wants what they want. But
from November until the June of four years later he wants what the CDC wants.
Take for instance the Rumford Act. All of a sudden the Governor
wants a blue ribbon commission to study it. To suggest changes. But three years
ago when it was before the Legislature it was suggested that a commission be
appointed to study the problem before enactment of any law and the Governor
would have nothing to do with the idea.
Instead he had his lieutenants ram it through the Legislature. Then
he challenged the right of the people even to vote on a proposition to repeal
it and when the courts ruled in favor of the people's right of petition the
Governor charged them with being reminiscent of Nazism and labeled them the
shock troops of bigotry.
But now it is election year and the Governor has seen polls that show
three-fourths of the people oppose the Rumford Act. That's too big a body of
shock troops of bigotry for the Governor to let go by--he needs that vote too.
So he decided to appoint a blue ribbon commission. Hopefully this
commission will give the appearance of helping both the opponents and proponents
of the adt without reaching any conclusions harmful to his campaign.
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This ploy is so obvious that many good people asked to serve on the
commission refused and it took him weeks to round up a commission it's too
late and too little.
And then the Governor went further. He decided this issue should be
taken out of politics. We shouldn't talk about it.
Well, I intend to keep talking about it. I, for one, don't believe
the people of California are the shock troops of bigotry. I believe that the
right to dispose of and control one's own property is a basic human right and
as Governor I will fight to uphold that right.
10.13.66
NOTE: Since Mr. Reagan speaks from notes there may be changes in this text.
However, he will stand by the above quotes.
Citizens Committee To Elect
RONALD REAGAN GOVERNOR
NEWS RELEASE..
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
Release: MAY 12--4:00 p.m.
EXCERPTS FROM A SPEECH BY RONALD REAGAN, COW PALACE, MAY 12
"There is a leadership gap and a morality and decency gap in Sacramento.
"And there is no better illustration of that than what has been perpe-
trated on the Berkeley campus at the University of California at Berkeley where
a small minority of beatniks, radicals and filthy speech advocates have brought
such shame to and such a loss of confidence in a great University that applica-
tions for enrollment were down 21% this year and are expected to decline even
further next years.
"You have read about the report of the Senate Subcommittee on Un-American
Activities--its charges that the campus has become a rallying point for
Communists and a center of sexual misconduct.
"Now I have not seen that report--it has not yet been made public--but I
do have information that verifies at least part of that report. The incidents
in this report are so bad, so contrary to our standards of decent human behavior
I cannot recite them to you in detail.
"But there is clear evidence of the sort of things that should not be per-
mitted on a university campus.
"The report tells us that many of those attending were clearly of high
school age. The hall WaS entirely dark except for the light from two movie
screens. On these screens the nude terses of men and women were portrayed from
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time to time in suggestive positions and movements.
"Three rock and roll bands played simultaneously. The smell of marijuana
was thick throughout the hall. There were signs that some of those present had
taken dope, There were indications of other happenings that cannot be mentioned
here.
"How could this happen on the campus of a great University? It happened
because those responsible abdicated their responsibilities.
"The dance was only called to a halt when janitors finally cut off the
power in the gymnasium forcing those attending to leave.
"And this certainly is not the only sign of a leadership gap on the campus.
"It began a year ago when so-called 'free-speech advocates', who in truth
have no appreciation of freedom, were allowed to assault and humiliate an
officer of the law. This was the moment when the ring-leaders should have been
taken by the scruff of the neck and thrown off of the campus--permanently.
"It continued through the filthy speech movement, through activities of
the Vietnam Day Committee and all this has been allowed to go on in the name of
academic freedom.
"What in Heaven's name does academic freedom have to dc with rioting, with
anarchy, with attempts to destroy the primary purpose of the University which
is to educate our young people?
"This is why I know there must be some substance to the Committee's report.
This is why I am also convinced that just the issuance of that report is not
enough, not enough for the people of California and not enough for those involved.
"The charges made by the Committee are the results of private investiga-
tions. They must now be brought out in public haarings 2: which those involved
must be forced to testify.
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"Otherwise there is a real danger that the charges will be swept under
the rug.
"These charges must neither be swept under the rug by a timid adminis-
tration or by public apologists for the University. The public has a right
to know from open hearings whether the situation at Berkeley is as the report
says.
"The citizens who pay the taxes that support the University also have a
right to know that, if the situation is as the report says, that those respon-
sible will be fired, that the University will be cleaned up and restored to
its position as a major institution of learning and research.
"The Covernor has abdicated his responsibility in this area. His only
answer has been to ask the Board of Regents to investigate. This is a straight
coverup. What kind of political nonsense is it to ask the Board of Regents
to investigate a situation in which it may be involved?
"For this reason I. today have called on the State Legislature to hold
public hearings into the charges of Communism and blatant sexual misbehavior
on the campus. I have sent personal wires to Senator Hugh Burns, the Presi-
dent Pro Tem of the Senate and to Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh urging that
they hold joint public hearings.
"Only in this way can we get at the facts. Only this way car. we find
who is responsible for the degradation of a great University.
"Only this way can WE determine what steps must be taken to restore the
University to its position, steps that might go even beyond what I have already
suggested.
"Yes, there are things that can be done at the University even if a
hearing is never held. This administration could make changes. It could
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demand that the faculty jurisdictions be limited to academic matters.
"It could demand that the administrators be told that it is your job
to administer the University properly and if you don't WE will find someone
who will.
"The faculty could also be given a code of conduct that would force them
to serve as examples of good behavior and decency for the young people in
their charge.
"When those who advocate an open mind keep it open at both ends with no
thought process in the middle, the open mind becomes a hose for any idea that
comes along. If scholars are to be recognized as having a right to press
their particular value judgments, perhaps the time has come also for institu-
tions of higher learning to assert themselves 35 positive forces in the
battles for men S minds.
"This could mean they would insist up:n mature, responsible conduct and
respect for the individual from their faculty members and might even call on
them to be proponents of those ethical arf moral standards demanded by the
great majority of our society.
"These things could ba dons and should be done. The people not only have
a right to know what is going on a: their universities, they have a right to
expect the best from those responsible for it."
5.12.66
NOTE: Since Mr. Reagan speaks from notes, th-re may be some changes in his
quotes. However, he will stand by any statements in these excerpts.
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478-481
EXCERPTS FROM RONALD REAGAN SPEECH AT COW PALACE
May 12
"There is a leadership gap and a moràlity and decency gap in Sacramento.
And there is no better illustration of that than what has been perpetrated
on the Berkeley campus at the University of California at Berkeley, where
a small minority of beatniks, radicals and filthy speech advocates have
brought such shame to, and such a loss of confidence in, a great University
that applications for enrollment were down 21% this year and are expected
to decline even further next year.
"You have read about the report of the Senate Subcommittee on Un-American
Activities--its charges that the campus has become a rallying point for
Communists and a center of sexual misconduct.
"Now, I have not seen that report--it has not yet been made public--but
I do have information that verifies at least part of that report. The
incidents in this report are so bad, so contrary to our standards of
decent human behavior, I cannot recite them to you in detail.
"But there is clear evidence of the sort of things that should not be
permitted on a Unversity campus.
"The reporttells us that many of those attending were clearly of high
school age. The hall was entirely dark except for the light from two
movie screens. On these screens the nude torsos of men and women were
portrayed, from time to time, in suggestive positions and movements.
"Three rock and roll bands played simultaneously. The smell of marijuana
was thick throughout the hall. There were signs that some of those present
had taken dope. There were indications of other happenings that cannot
be mentioned here.
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COW PALACE SPEECH PAGE 2.
"How could this happen on the campus of a great University? It happened
because those responsible abdicated their responsibilities.
"The dance was only called to a halt when janitors finally cut off the
power in the gymnasium forcing those attending to leave.
"And this certainly is not the only sign of a leadership gap on the
campus.
"It began a year ago when so-called 'free speech advocates', who in
truth have no appreciation of freedom, were allowed to assault and
humiliate an officer of the law. This was the moment when the ring-
leaders should have been taken by the scruff of the neck and thrown off
the campus permanently.
"It continued through the filthy speech movement, through activities of
the Vietnam Day Committee and this has been allowed to go on in the name
of academic freedom.
"What in heaven's name does 'academic freedom' have to do with rioting,
with anarchy, with attempts to destroy the primary purpose of the University
which is to educate our young people?
"This is why I know there must be some substance to the Committee's
report. This is why I am also convinced that just the issuance of that
report is not enough, not enough for the people of California and not
enough for those involved.
"The charges made by the Committee are the results of private investiga-
tions. They must now be brought out in public hearings at which those
involved must be forced to testify.
"Otherwise there is a real danger that the charges will be swept under
the rug.
"These charges must neither be swept under the rug by a timid administra-
tion or by public apologists for the University. The public has a right
to know from open hearings whether the situation is as the report says.
480
COW PALACE SPEECH PAGE 3.
"The citizens who pay the taxes that support the University also have a
right to know that, if the situation is as the report says, that those
responsible will be fired, that the University will be cleaned up and
restored to its position as a major institution of learning and research.
"The Governor has abdicated his responsibility in this area. His only
answer has been to ask the Board Regents to investigate. This is a straight
cover-up. What kind of political nonsense is it to ask the Board of
Regents to investigate a situation in which it may be involved?
"For this reason, I today have called on the State Legislature to hold
public hearings into the charges of Communism and blatant sexual mis-
conduct on the campus. I have sent personal wires to Senator Hugh Burns,
the President Pro Tem of the Senate, and to Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh,
urging that they hold joint public hearings.
"Only in this way can we get at the facts. Only this way can we find out
who is responsible for the degradation of a great University.
"Only in this way can we determine what steps must be taken to restore the
University to its position, steps that might go even beyond what I have
already suggested.
"Yes, there are things that can be done at the University even if a
hearing is never held. This;administration could make changes. It could
demand that the faculty jurisdictions be limited to academic matters.
It could demand that the administrators be told that it is your job to
administer the University properly and if you don't, we will find someone
who will.
"The faculty could also be given a code of conduct that would force them
to serve as examples of good behavior and decency for the young people
in their charge.
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"When those who advocate an open mind keep it open at both ends with no
thought process in the middle, the open mind becomes a hose for any idea
that comes along. If scholars are to be recognized as having a right to
press their particular value judgements, perhaps the time has come also
for institutions of higher learning to assert themselves as positive
forces in the battles for men's minds.
"This could mean they would insist upon mature, responsible conduct and
respect for the individual from their faculty members and might even
call on them to be proponents of those ethical and moral standards
demanded by the great majority of our society.
"These things could be done and should be done. The people not only have
a right to know what is going on at their universities, they have a right
to expect the best from those responsible for it."