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Collection: Ronald Reagan Gubernatorial Campaign: Files,
1966
Folder Title: [Handouts: Issue Statements]
Box: C30
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Ronald Reagan
SPEAKS OUT ON THE ISSUES
CRIME
California, with 9% of the nation's population, has 17% of the nation's
crime. It costs the average family of four a minimum of $ 1,000.00 a year.
Our skyrocketing crime rate dates from certain judicial rulings that
took much of the law inforcement authority away from local police and left
them handicapped in their efforts to protect the law-abiding citizen from
the increasingly insolent criminal element.
As Governor, I will:
1. Take positive action to restore to the cities and counties their
rights to enact local ordinances designed to meet local law
enforcement problems.
2. Support and work for a plan to take the appointment of judges
out of politics.
3. Call on the legislature to re-enact those key crime prevention
bills passed overwhelmingly by the legislature at its last session
but vetoed by the Governor. When re-enacted, I will sign these
measures into law.
4. Ask legislative support in an effort to end the growing flood of
smut and pornography aimed primarily at degrading our young
people.
5. Recommend legislation aimed at curbing the growing use of
narcotics, hallucinatory drugs and pep pills, especially in
schools and on campuses.
It will be my purpose to see that California's streets and neighbor-
hoods become safe again.
Southern California Headquarters: 3257 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90005 (213) 381-5771
Northern California Headquarters: 46 Kearny Street, San Francisco 94108 (415) 392-8305
Ronald Reagan
SPEAKS OUT ON THE ISSUES
PUBLIC WELFARE
I strongly support welfare programs designed to provide the permanently
disabled, the aged and the infirm, with not only the necessities of life, but also
some of the comforts with which can make life worth living.
Another area of welfare has to do with those who are in need of temporary
help until they can regain their rightful places in our productive economy. It is
here that we have, too often, strayed from welfare's original purpose. We
frequently perpetuate poverty by making welfare a way of life rather than by
using it to help people back to productive jobs.
As Governor, I will:
1.
Propose a commission to redefine welfare's goals and recommend
appropriate legislation.
2.
Explore every avenue whereby, through state, business, labor
cooperation, the business climate can be improved and thousands
of new jobs provided.
3.
Seek to provide useful employment in our public institutions, or
training for as many welfare recipients as possible in order to
give them the self-respect which comes from useful service and
to hasten the day when they can take their places in California's
productive economy.
Southern California Headquarters: 3257 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90005 (213) 381-5771
Headquarters: 46 Kearnv Street. San Francisco 94108 (415) 392-8305
Ronald Reagan
SPEAKS OUT ON THE ISSUES
- HEALTH -
Our unmatched health industry with its basic general and convalescent
hospitals; registered nurses; licensed technicians, therapists and
pharmacists; and Doctors of medicine, dentistry, optometry, podiatry and
chiropractic was developed under our free enterprise - creative society
system.
TO insure the continuing high quality of medical care for all our citizens
I strongly support:
1. The free choice system in health care.
2. Actuarily sound, privately operated health insurance to augment
social security, Medicare and public welfare.
As Governor, I will:
1. Continue to respect the traditional, ethical doctor-patient
relationship and will vigorously oppose any interference with
this age-old relationship.
2. Continue to protect the independence and integrity of our local
religious, community and privately accredited hospitals. Each
institution must be allowed to develop at the local level so that
it can best meet local conditions and needs. These institutions
must be allowed to maintain their traditional autonomy.
3. Appoint to the state Health and Welfare agency and its review
council professional and public people who will encourage the
creative genius of our magnificently trained professional people
and our independent health institutions to work at the local
levels for the betterment of the health of all our people.
4. Rededicate our civil servants in the areas of health and welfare
to the task of providing the best service possible for those they
serve by keeping their services oriented within the community.
California government must again become the servant of the people, in
the area of health as well as all areas of public responsibility.
So. Calif. Headqtrs: 3257 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles,Calif.90005 213-381-5771
No. Calif. Headqtrs: 46 Kearny St., San Francisco, Calif.94108 415-392-8305
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RONALD REAGAN SPEAKS OUT
ON THE ISSUES
EDUCATION
Education if the bulwark of freedom. Removed too far from parental
influence, it can become the tool of tyranny. Local control of education is
basic to the traditions of America. Only with local control can Americans
be assured that their children will receive the finest education possible,
with safeguards against ideological or political indoctrination.
Financial support of our state's school system was once evenly div-
ided between the local communities and the state. Today, the state's
share has fallen to 35 per cent.
As Governor, I will:
1. Work to increase the state's contributions to local school
districts, to relieve the growing burden on local property
taxpayers.
2. Seek appropriate ways to help local school districts attract
and keep good teachers.
3. Call for legislation to put unification of local school dis-
tricts on a voluntary--not compulsory--basis.
4. Work to assure the teaching profession a position of dignity and
respect, and to restore to our educational system the teaching
of the traditional concepts of individual responsibility and
good citizenship.
5. Explore every modern technique and technology in education that
could lead to giving. the taxpayer more for his educational
dollar.
With such a program and plan of action we can work toward the creative
educational system that Californians need and deserve.
SOUTHERN CALIF. HEADQUARTERS: 3257 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90005 (213) 381-5771
NORTHERN CALIF. HEADQUARTERS: 46 Kearny Street, San Francisco 94108 (415) 392-8305
Citizens Committee To Elect
RONALD REAGAN GOVERNOR
NEWS RELEASE.
RONALD REAGAN SPEAKS OUT ON THE ISSUES
#3 EDUCATION
Education is the bulwark of freedom. Removed too far from parental
influence, it can become the tool of tyranny.
Local control of education is basic to the traditions of America.
Only with local control can Americans be assured that their children will
receive the finest education possible, with safeguards against ideological
or political indoctrination.
Financial support of our state's school system was once evenly divided
between the local communities and the state. Today, the state's share
has fallen to 35%.
As Governor, I will:
*
Work to increase the state's contributions to local school
districts in order to relieve the growing burden on local property taxpayers.
Seek appropriate ways to help local school districts attract
and keep good teachers.
Call for legislation to put unification of local school
districts on a voluntary-not compulsory-
Work to assure the teaching profession a position of dignity
and respect, and to restore to our educational system the teaching of the
traditional concepts of individual responsibility and good citizenship.
Explore every modern technique and technology in education that
could lead to giving the taxpayer more for his educational dollar.
With such a program and plan of action we can work toward the
Creative Educational System that Californians need and deserve,
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HEADQUARTERS: 3257 WILSHIRE BLVD., LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 90005 - Phone (213) 381-5771
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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HEADQUARTERS: 46 KEARNY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. 94108 - Phone (415) 382-8305
#4
RONALD REAGAN SPEAKS OUT
ON THE ISSUES
ACADEMIC FREEDOM
Nothing exposes the "leadership gap" in Sacramento more glaringly than
recent events that have taken place on campuses of some of our California uni-
versities.
In preserving academic freedom, we must preserve the right to learn as
well as to teach. We must make sure the principal purpose of our universities
is served; namely, to provide an education for the thousands of young men and
women who go there for that purpose.
Faculty, from teaching assistants to professors, must be ever aware of
a responsibility that goes beyond teaching a subject in a classroom. Members
of the faculty must set examples in and out of the classroom of adult behavior,
decent conduct and good citizenship for the young people in their charge.
Preservation of free speech does not justify letting beatniks, and advo-
cates of sexual orgies, drug usage and "filthy speech disrupt the academic
community and interfere with our universities' purpose. No one would deny-
that free speech includes the right to criticize every aspect of national
policy, but when some Americans are fighting and dying for their country,
free. speech must stop short of lending comfort and aid to the enemy.
As Governor, I would consider it my responsibility to take the lead
in returning our universities to their original purpose as institutions of
learning and research, and restoring to them the respect they deserve and
which has been lost through indifference and lack of leadership.
SOUTHERN CALIF. HEADQUARTERS: 3257 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90005 (213) 381-5771
NORTHERN CALIF. HEADOUARTERS: 46 Kearny Street, San Francisco 94108 (415) 392-8305
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RONALD REAGAN SPEAKS OUT
ON THE ISSUES
AGRICULTURE
Agriculture is the biggest single industry in California. Our
99,000 farms are larger and have an estimated value four times higher than
the farms in the other 49 states. Directly, or indirectly, farming in
California is responsible for one-third of all our jobs and 70% of all
cash transactions.
We lead the nation in variety of crops--some 200 in all and 90% of
them are produced with no government subsidy. California farm workers
receive an hourly wage 40¢ higher than the national average.
In spite of this, the present administration has refused to meet its
obligations to agriculture. Only a weather miracle prevented a catastrophe
last year when California farmers were treated like guinea pigs in a soci-
ological experiment by the Federal government. Violating a campaign pledge,
the Governor refused to speak in behalf of the farmer when it was evident
that domestic labor would be inadequate.
Net income to California farmers was the lowest in five years by
$200,000,000 due to the labor shortage.
The farmer's problems become the housewife's problems as she shops.
Today she is paying the highest prices she has ever paid, but the grower
is receiving the lowest share of the market basket dollar he has ever
received. A responsible administration would offer more than empty words
and unkept pledges.
As Governor, I will:
1. Provide the agricultural community with sufficient status in the
state government so as to insure recognition and understanding
of the farmers' pressing problems.
2. Review the tax structure with a view towards elimination of
discriminatory and regressive taxes.
3. Face squarely the problem of farm labor and the need for a
solution that will guarantee an adequate labor supply with pro-
tection for both the welfare of the farmer and the worker.
4. Use the prestige of the Governor's office to press upon the
Federal government the need for a complete review of the 64-year
old unrealistic limitation of 160 acres on the size of irrigated
farms.
SOUTHERN CALIF. HEADQUARTERS : 3257 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90005 (213) 381-5771
NORTHERN CALIF. HEADQUARTERS : 46 Kearny Street, San Francisco 94108 (415) 392-8305
#6
RONALD REAGAN SPEAKS OUT
ON THE ISSUES
POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS
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. This has been done in an attempt to
build a political machine. As a candidate obligated to no one, I have no
political debts to pay.
As Governor, I will:
1. Make all appointments to state offices on the basis of experience
and qualifications, and not on the basis of personal loyalties or
political obligations.
2. Provide extensive background information on every appointive
officer so that the legislature and the public will be assured
of their qualifications.
3. I will establish an independent review board of lawyers, scholars,
and representatives of the public to nominate a panel of five
outstanding attorneys to fill each judicial vacancy. This will
insure the integrity and independence of the judicial system in
California.
These proposals are in line with my positive program to make California
government honest, efficient, and responsive to the people.
SOUTHERN CALIF. HEADQUARTERS: 3257 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90005 (213) 381-5771
NORTHERN CALIF. HEADQUARTERS: 46 Kearny Street, San Francisco 94108 (415) 392-8305
RONALD REAGAN SPEAKS OUT
ON THE ISSUES
#7
TAXES AND EXPENSIVE CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT
Taxes in California have reached the breaking point. They are the highest
in the nation and $100 per person above the national average. Under the present
administration's CO ly budget practices, they will soar even higher next year.
California's budget is growing faster than its population and the effects
of inflation, combined. California's state bureaucracy is growing more rapidly
than even Parkinson's Law allows for.
Yet, the Governor refuses to face up to his responsibility to hold spending
to a minimum, consistent with providing for the general welfare. He compounds
his personal failures by appointing hacks, cronies and defeated candidates to
positions of high responsibility.
This year's budget can be cut by $245 million, without elimination of a
single program. It is commonly accepted business practice that a budget can be
cut 10% to 15% without impairing efficiency. My proposal calls, initially, for
a 5% cut.
As Governor, I would:
1.
Establish a task force to look into further ways to reduce the
budget without reducing services or efficiency, and with an
eye toward implementing cost-effectiveness studies in all of
the state's najor programs.
2.
Call in a committee made up of the state's best tax brains to
devise a complete revision, modernization and simplification
of the state's entire tax structure.
3.
Cut the budget consistent with good business practice.
My purpose is to make government, once again, the servant of the people
at a cost the people can afford to pay.
SOUTHERN CALIF. HEADQUARTERS: 3257 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90005 (213) 381-5771
NORTHERN CALIF. HEADQUARTERS: 46 Kearny Street, San Francisco 94108 (415) 392-8305
RONALD REAGAN SPEAKS OUT.
#
ON THE ISSUES
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SMOG CONTROL
I am strongly committed to eradicating smog in California. Unfor-
tunately, the present administration in Sacramento has provided us with
too little and too late in the field of smog prevention and control.
As Governor, I will:
1. Work to establish uniform laws on air pollution to insure
minimum state wide standards for the reduction of pollutants
from diesel trucks and buses, autos, and industrial plants.
2. Call for legislation to coordinate research in California
on smog prevention and control that is currently being
conducted separately by the state, county agencies, auto
manufacturers, and the Federal government.
3. Work closely with local agencies in making certain that
pollutants from industry are adequately regulated and con-
trolled.
4. Remove smog from politics and influence by special interest
groups to insure that positive steps toward air purification
are taken immediately and without fear of political reprisals.
With decisive action, such as this, we can hasten the day when
all Californians can once more breathe clean, fresh air.
SOUTHERN CALIF. HEADQUARTERS: 3257 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90005 (213) 381-5771
NORTHERN CALIF. HEADQUARTERS : 46 Kearny Street, San Francisco 94108 (415) 392-8305
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RONALD REAGAN SPEAKS OUT
ON THE ISSUES
CALIFORNIA'S RECREATION AREAS
Every state park loses money each year (except one) and this is
due--in great part--to waste, inefficiency, and poor management of the
park system.
Funds for park acquisit'on and restoration have been diverted
by the Governor to other projects, and this should be stopped. However,
land now in the state park system plus federal lands meet all need pro-
jections for the future. Parks in the state system are only 20% developed
at present. The cost of full development of these existing parks is esti-
mated at $564 million.
Many of those in the Division of Beaches and Parks who are "know-
ledgeable" are frustrated because of the appointed "administrators" they
must answer to--administrators who are political "cronies" with no real
knowledge of the problems.
California must assure, at minimal cost, complete access to state
owned recreational facilities. While recreation area development is an
expense to the taxpayers, revenues from increased tourism more than
compensate for the expenditures. Furthermore, in order to compete with
neighboring states for tourists, the cost for the use of state facilities
should not exceed substantially the costs charged by other states.
As Governor, I will:
1. Favor any legislative proposals which would endeavor
to fully develop these recreational facilities.
2. Establish realistic use-costs which would make these
facilities easily available to those interested Cali
fornians and out-of-state tourists who might be avoiding
California parks because of lack of development and
unreasonable costs.
3. Insist on maximum development of high-use areas before
considering new areas.
SOUTHERN CALIF. HEADQUARTERS: 3257 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90005 (213) 381-5771
NORTHERN CALIF. HEADQUARTERS: 46 Kearny Street, San Francisco 94108 (415) 392-8305