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    "ocrText": "Ronald Reagan Presidential Library\nDigital Library Collections\nThis is a PDF of a folder from our textual\ncollections.\nCollection: Reagan, Ronald: Gubernatorial Papers,\n1966-74: Press Unit\nFolder Title: Press Releases - April 1968\nBox: P8\nTo see more digitized collections visit:\nhttps://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digital-library\nTo see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories\nvisit: https://reaganlibrary.gov/document-collection\nContact a reference archivist at: [email protected]\nCitation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/citing\nNational Archives Catalogue:\nhttps://catalog.archives.gov/\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.2.68\n#232\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has issued a proclamation calling attention\nto the American Cancer Society's Annual Cancer Crusade.\nText of the proclamation follows:\n\"WHEREAS, the American Cancer Society's Annual Cancer Crusade has\nattracted the volunteer efforts of thousands of Californians; and\n\"WHEREAS, these volunteers will continue their work until virtually\nevery family in the state has been contact; and\n\"\n\"WHEREAS, the American Cancer Crusade workers, by their voluntary\nefforts, have played a major role in the advances of recent years in\nthe detection and treatment of this disease; and\n\"WHEREAS, the purpose of the Annual Cancer Crusade is to alert the\npublic to cancer's warning signs; to stress the need for periodic\ncheckups and to raise the funds for programs of research, education and\nservice to cancer patients;\n\"NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do hereby\ncommend the American Cancer Society's Annual Cancer Crusade to the\nattention of all Californians and urge that they support the fight\nagainst cancer.\"\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4.3.68\n# # 233\nSo that there will be no misinterpretation or confusion as to\nremarks made by Governor Reagan at the Sacramento airport today, the\nfollowing was transcribed from a tape recording of the interview:\n\"Well, I never set out to make a career of public life. I was\ncoming about to the end of a career and looking forward to sitting\non the porch in a rocking chair and I still haven't changed that. I\ndid what I'm doing because I had some strong beliefs and thought\nthat circumstances had put me in a place where I could be of some\nservice.\"\nAny implication that the governor is considering retiring from\npublic life is in error. His reference to \"end of a career\" was to\nhis career as an actor and not as governor.\nOFFICE OF THE GOVF\nOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4.3.68\n# 234\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Robert A. Hornby of\nLos Angeles, president and chief executive officer of the Pacific\nLighting Corporation, as a member of the State Coordinating Council\nfor Higher Education.\nThe post pays necessary expenses and requires Senate confirma-\ntion.\nHornby, 67, will fill the unexpired term of Dudley Swim of\nMonterey who resigned. The term will end November 1, 1970. Swim\nwas recently appointed to the State College Board of Trustees by\nGovernor Reagan.\nHornby, a Republican, is a trustee of the University of\nSouthern California and a member of the school's Buildings and\nGrounds Committee. He is a member of the U.S.C. School of Business\nAdvisory Council and is a consulting professor-lecturer in the School\nof Business Administration.\nA registered civil engineer, Hornby attended the University of\nCalifornia.\nHe is a director of the United California Bank and is a member\nof the firm's administrative committee.\nHornby is a former director of the American Gas Association; is\na past president of the Pacific Coast Gas Association; is a director\nof the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce; and is a trustee of both\nthe Joint Council on Economic Education in New York City and the\nNorthern California Council on Economic Education.\nHe lives at 435 South Curson West, Los Angeles\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4.3.68\n# 235\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Hermosa Beach attorney\nThomas W. Fredricks to the municipal court bench of the South Bay\nJudicial District.\nThe post pays $23,000 annually.\nFredricks, a 46-year old Republican, replaces Judge Raymond\nChoate who was elevated to the Superior Court bench by Governor\nReagan.\nFredricks, a 1948 graduate of the University of Southern\nCalifornia Law School, has served as Hermosa Beach city attorney and\ncity prosecutor for the past two decades. In addition, he has been\nin private practice in Hermosa Beach since 1953.\nHe is a former president of the South Bay Bar Association and is\nnow serving a second four-year term as a member of the board of\ntrustees of the Hermosa Beach City School District. He was chosen\nboard president in 1965.\nFredricks was a member of the Hermosa Beach Planning Commission\nfrom 1958-62 and was selected as Hermosa Beach's \"man of the year\"\nin 1963.\nHe is an honorary life member of the California State Parent\nTeachers' Association and is a former director of the Hermosa Beach\nChamber of Commerce. He has also served as president and director\nof the Hermosa Beach Baseball League.\nHe is a past president and a former director of the South Bay\nVisiting Nurses Association and is a past director of the South Bay\nYMCA.\nFredricks is married, has two children, and resides at 562 24th\nStreet, Hermosa Beach.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GO\nRNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4.3.68\n# 236\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Riverside lawyer Gerald\nF. Schulte to the Riverside Municiple Court bench.\nThe post pays $23,000 annually.\nSchulte, 41, succeeds Judge Francis Estudillo who was\nelevated to the Superior Court bench by Governor Reagan.\nA Republican, Schulte is a graduate of Stanford University\nand Hastings College of Law. He is a former assistant Riverside\nCounty Counsel and has been a law partner in the firm of Badger,\nSchulte and Biddle since 1957.\nHe is a vice president of the Riverside Family Service\nOrganization and is a former president of the Uptown Kiwanis Club.\nHe is a past member of the Riverside City Library Board and is\na former chairman of the Riverside Muscular Dystrophy Society. He\nis also a past president of the Riverside 20-30 Club.\nDuring the Korean War, he served as a 1st Lieutenant with\nthe U.S. Army's Seventh Division. He was a rifle platoon leader\nand a company commander during the hostilities.\nSchulte and his wife, Dorothy, have three children ranging\nin age from 8 to 15. They reside at 1125 Via Vallarta, Riverside.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4.3.68\n# 237\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has named Robert W. Sigg as chairman\nof the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board. The\nappointment was effective March 28.\nSigg, a Republican, was first named to the board by the\ngovernor last November. He replaces Gerald F. Maher as chairman.\nMaher will continue as a member.\nSigg practiced law in Los Angeles with the legal firm of\nHill, Farrar and Burrill prior to accepting the $24,000-a-year\nappointment as a board member. As chairman, he will receive an\nadditional $500 annually.\nHe now resides at 5412 Raimer way, Carmichael.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GC RNOR\nRELEASE:\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4.3.68\n#238\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Leslie E. Wolbert of\nParadise to the 3rd District Agricultural Association's board of\ndirectors. The association operates the Silver Dollar Fair in\nButte County.\nThe governor also reappointed Ralph T. Filson, a retired\nChico High School agricultural teacher, to the board. Filson,\na 66-year old Democrat, was first appointed in 1944.\nThe jobs pay necessary expenses. The appointments are for\nfour-year terms.\nWolbert, a retired electrical superintendent, worked for the\nPacific Gas and Electric Company in San Rafael for 28 years. A\nRepublican, he now lives at 5800 Pickett Lane, Paradise, and\nserves as a member of the Paradise Fire Protection District and\nthe American Legion.\nWolbert, 75, replaces John Jaekel of Chico whose term expired.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.3.68\n#239\nGovernor Ronald Reagan reiterated today that a\n\"Draft Reagan\" committee in California headed by a\nMr. Val Valdez is absolutely unauthorized by the governor.\nGovernor Reagan again asked Valdez to stop his efforts\non a \"Draft Reagan\" committee and said his actions are\nunwarranted, irresponsible and only serve to confuse the\nsituation.\nThe governor pointed out that on January 31 he issued\na statement saying Valdez is not a part of his favorite\nson delegation and has no position in the Republican Party.\nThe renewed request from the governor came as a result\nof newspaper ads in the Antelope Valley which said Valdez\nis associated with a Reagan for President committee.\n***\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4.4.68\nGovernor Reagan will meet briefly with members of the new\nAutomobile Accident Study Commission at 11:15 A.M. today in the\nGovernor's Council Room.\nCopies of the governor's charge to the Commission will be\ndistributed to the press at the meeting.\nPress coverage is invited.\n# 3 # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.4.68\n#240\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed\nthe following bills:\nAB 77 - Ketchum\nProvides that for purposes of Vehicle Code\n(Chapter 12)\nprovisions relating to the size, weight\nand load of vehicles, equipment which is\nattached to the vehicle, such as booms and\nmasts, but which is not attendant to the\nefficient operation of the vehicle, shall\nbe considered a load.\nThe bill clarifies an area of confusion as\nto whether such equipment is an integral\npart of the vehicle and subject to the\nsingle vehicle length limitation, or a load\nand subject to other Vehicle Code provisions\nrelating to loads. It will facilitate\nuniform interpretation and enforcement of\nthe Vehicle Code.\nAB 82 - Crown\nAppropriates $750,000 for use in the\n(Chapter 8)\nCrippled Children Services program during\nthe remainder of the current fiscal year.\nThis appropriation will augment funds\ncontained in the Budget Act of 1967 for\nallocation to cities and counties for\nservices to physically handicapped children.\nAB 402 - Bagley\nDirects the Board of Administration of the\n(Chapter 10)\nPublic Employees' Retirement System to\nmodify California's Social Security Agree-\nment to exclude from coverage all services\nof election workers and officials paid\nless than $50 a calendar quarter.\nAB 704 - Schabarum\nProvides that the total amount of bonds\n(Chapter 13)\nissued by a junior college district which\nwill be superseded by a new junior college\ndistrict under designated circumstances for\nall purposes on July 1, 1968, shall not\nexceed 5 per cent of the taxable property,\nunmodified by the so-called \"Collier\nFactor, of such district. The bill's\nprovisions are not effective after June 30,\n1968.\nSB 274 - Kennick\nProvides that a county which received less\n(Chapter 11)\nthan the maximum reimbursement from the\nstate in any fiscal year for special pro-\nbation services which reduce the rate of\ncommitments from such county, may receive,\nin the next succeeding fiscal year and\npayable in quarterly installments, reim-\nbursement from the state of the difference\nup to such maximum. The bill applies to\namounts payable to counties for the 1966-67\nfiscal year and all subsequent fiscal years.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4.4.68\n# 241\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has issued a proclamation proclaiming\nApril 5, 1968 as GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR DAY in California.\nThe text of the proclamation follows:\n\"WHEREAS, the death of General Douglas MacArthur on April 5,\n1964, left the people of the free world with a\nprofound sense of sadness and deep loss; and\n\"WHEREAS, Californians and free men everywhere respect\nthe memory of the \"Old Soldier\" whose passing\nthey have deeply mourned; and\n\"WHEREAS, The Bataan-Corregidor Society of America, organized\nand founded on the concept of liberty and democracy,\nand dedicated to the cause for which thousands\nof Americans and Filipinos valiantly fought and\ngave their lives, is composed of Americans,\nFilipino-Americans, and Filipinos bound together\nby an uncommon bond of friendship; and\n\"WHEREAS, the society is observing the fourth anniversary\nof the death of General Douglas MacArthur with\na memorial dinner April 7, 1968, in San Francisco;\n\"NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do\nhereby proclaim April 5, 1968 as GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR DAY in\nCalifornia, and invite all the people of California to honor on\nthis day the memory of General Douglas MacArthur and those who\nfell at Bataan and Corregidor.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.4.68\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following state-\nment:\n\"The murder of Martin Luther King was a shocking\nact of violence that solves none of our nation's\nproblems.\n\"It is more evidence of a moral sickness that\nseems to be afflicting our nation.\n\"I want to extend my deepest sympathy to the\nfamily of Reverend King.\n\"I urge all Californians to remain calm in the\nface of one single act of violence.\"\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.5.68\n#242\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Hayward newspaper\npublisher Floyd Sparks as a member of the California Toll\nBridge Authority.\nThe post pays necessary expenses.\nSparks, a 67-year old Republican, succeeds Joseph J.\nDiviny of San Francisco who resigned.\nSparks publishes the Hayward Daily Review, the Fremont\nArgus and Livermore Herald. He has owned the Daily Review\nsince 1944.\nHe is a journalism graduate of Whitman College, Walla\nWalla, Washington.\nSparks is a member of the Highway Committee of the\nHayward Chamber of Commerce and is on the Highway Advisory\nBoard of Alameda County.\nHe is married, has two children, and lives at 21218 Birch\nStreet, Hayward.\n# # *\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.5.68\n#243\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has named Gretchen Woerz Ehrlich\nof Santa Barbara to the 19th District Agricultural Association's\nBoard of directors. The association operates the Santa Barbara\nCounty Fair.\nThe governor also reappointed Santa Barbara florist\nRobert P. Rowe to the board. Rowe, 57, was first appointed\nin 1960. A Republican, he owns and manages Orchids By Rowe,\na Santa Barbara flower shop.\nBoth appointments pay necessary expenses and are for\nfour-year terms.\nMrs. Ehrlich, a Republican, succeeds Jules J. Brasseur\nof Santa Barbara whose term expired. She is a housewife\nand a member of the Junior League of Santa Barbara.\nMrs. Ehrlich and her husband, Grant, have long been\ninterested in breeding and showing horses.\nThey reside at 532 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara.\nRowe lives at 814 Cambridge Avenue, Santa Barbara.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4.5.68\n# 244\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Willows rancher Donald\nLederer to the 42nd District Agricultural Association's board of\ndirectors. The association operates the Glenn County Fair.\nThe job pays necessary expenses.\nLederer, 36, will fill out the unexpired term of the late\nAllan C. Myers of Orland. The term ends January 15, 1969.\nA Republican, Lederer raises sheep, hay, alfalfa and barley\non his rural Willows ranch.\nHe is president of the Glenn County Wool Growers' Association\nand is a former member of the Kanawha School Board. He is also a\nmember of the Junior Livestock Fair Board and is a Willows Key 4-H\nleader.\nHe resides at Route 1, Box 228, Willows.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4.5.68\n# 245\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named El Centro insurance man\nCurtis A. Swain and Lester A. Bornt, a Holtville farmer, to four-\nyear terms on the 45th District Agricultural Association's board of\ndirectors.\nThe association operates the California Mid-Winter Fair.\nThe posts pay necessary expenses.\nSwain, 40, replaces R. S. Obergfell of El Centro. Bornt, a\n41-year old Republican, succeeds William L. Moreno of Calexico. Both\noutgoing members' terms expired.\nSwain, a Republican, operates the Swain Insurance Agency in\nEl Centro and is a member of the Rotary Club, the Insurance Agency\nAssociation and the Life Underwriters Association.\nHe lives at 2468 West Main, El Centro.\nBornt is chairman of the Imperial County Planning Committee,\nis a member of the Holtville Unified School Board; is a director of\nthe Imperial County Farm Bureau; and is a member of the Imperial\nCounty Rabies Control Council.\nHe is engaged in the farming and cattle feeding business.\nHe resides at Route 1, Box 135, Holtville.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4.5.68\n# 246\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named cattle ranchers Robert A.\nDal Porto of Oakley and Frank S. Arata of Antioch to four-year terms\non the 23rd District Agricultural Association's board of directors.\nThe association operates the Contra Costa County Fair.\nThe posts pay necessary expenses.\nDal Porto, 42, replaces Charles J. Wright of El Sobrante.\nArata, a 58-year old Republican, succeeds Joseph S. Silva of\nBrentwood. Both outgoing members' terms expired.\nDal Porto, a Republican, has served as chairman of the\nContra Costa County Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation\nCommittee for 15 years and has been a member of the Oakley Union\nSchool Board since 1950.\nHe lives at Route 2, Box 234, Oakley.\nArata is a director of the California Cattlemen's Association\nand is a member of the California Farm Bureau Federation. He\nraises beef cattle, hay and grain.\nHe resides at 514 Lynn Avenue, Antioch.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4.5.68\n# 247\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named physicians Alexander A.\nRoger of Los Angeles and James L. DePuy of Watsonville to four-year\nterms on the State Board of Public Health.\nThe posts pay travel expenses.\nRoger, a 57-year old Republican, replaces Arthur E. Varden\nof San Bernardino. DePuy, 47, succeeds Lenor S. Goerke of Pacific\nPalisades. Both outgoing members' terms expired.\nRoger, a specialist in internal medicine, is a 1933 graduate\nof the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine. He serves as\nchairman of the Los Angeles County Hospital Advisory Commission\nand is director and former president of the Los Angeles County\nHeart Association.\nHe was chief of staff of the Mount Sinai Hospital from\n1946-60.\nHe resides at 815 North Whittier Drive, Beverly Hills.\nDePuy, .a Republican, is a 1944 graduate of the University of\nMichigan Medical School.\nHe served in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps. during World War II\nand the Korean War. He was a surgeon in residence at the U.S.\nHospital in San Francisco from 1948-50.\nDePuy is board chairman of the Watsonville Community Hospital\nand is a delegate of the Santa Cruz County Medical Society to the\nAmerican Medical Association. He has been a partner in the\nWatsonville medical offices of DePuy, Hoskins, Bushman and Jonat since\n1950.\nHe lives at 40 Eastern Drive, Watsonville.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.5.68\n#248\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Orange County Farm\nBureau president Gordon Holmes Bishop and Anaheim businessman\nBurr Williams to four-year terms on the 32nd District Agri-\ncultural Association's board of directors. The association\noperates the Orange County Fair.\nThe jobs pay necessary expenses.\nBishop, 49, replaces Robert L. Wetzler of Anaheim.\nWilliams, a 58-year old Republican, succeeds Ralph A. Diedrich\nof Fullerton. Both outgoing members' terms expired.\nBishop, a citrus grower, is a member of the Policy\nCommittee of the California Farm Bureau Federation and is\na former trustee of the Orange Unified School District. He\nis a Republican.\nHe resides at 18621 Lassen Drive, Santa Ana.\nWilliams operates the Orco Microfilming Service of\nAnaheim and is a vice president and director of the California\nMission Trails Association, Ltd. He is a director of the Big\nBrothers of Orange County and is a past president of the\nAnaheim 20-30 club.\nHe lives at 312 London Place, Anaheim.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, Californ\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.5.68\n#249\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\n(SUBJECT TO CHANGE)\nApril 6, 1968\nthrough\nApril 14, 1968\nSaturday, April 6\nNoon\nDepart Friendship Airport, Baltimore, Maryland,\nfor San Francisco International Airport via\nUAL #63\n2:30 p.m.\nArrive San Francisco - Proceed to Tahoe\n3:30 p.m.\nArrive Tahoe Airport\n(Approx.)\n6:35 p.m.\nInternational Ski Federation World Cup\nCompetition, No-host reception drop-by\nwith Governor Paul Laxalt, Tamarack Lounge,\nSahara Tahoe\n7:00 p.m.\nDinner, High Sierra Room, Sahara Tahoe\n8:15 p.m.\nBanquet program begins. Remarks.\nSunday, April 7\n9:00 -\n11:00 a.m.\nFinal World Cup Race\n2:45 p.m.\nLive Television - RR Awards - World Cup to\nWinners - Top of Tram - Heavenly Valley\n3:45 p.m.\nDepart Tahoe Airport for Phoenix, Arizona\n6:15 p.m. (MST) Arrive Phoenix\nMonday, April 8\nVACATION - Phoenix\nTuesday, April 9\n10:00 a.m. (MST) Depart Phoenix Airport\n11:00 a.m.\nArrive Albuquerque, New Mexico, Airport\n11:15 a.m.\nPress availability at airport\n12:30 p.m.\nRSCC luncheon, Albuquerque Civic Auditorium.\nSpeech.\n2:15 p.m.\nDepart airport for Phoenix\n3:15 p.m.\nArrive Phoenix - press availability at airport\n6:15 p.m.\nRSCC Reception at Goldwater home\n7:00 p.m.\nRSCC Dinner, Del Webb's Towne House Convention\nCenter. Speech.\nWednesday, April 9\nthrough\nNO PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS SCHEDULED\nSunday, April 14\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, Californ\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.5.68\n#251\nThe following directive, signed by William P. Clark, Jr.\nwas issued today:\n\"To: Heads of Agencies, Departments, Major Units and\nOther Key Personnel\nFuneral services for the Reverend Dr. Martin\nLuther King, Jr., will be held the week of April 8,\n1968. Exact day and hour are now unknown, but will\nbe made public as soon as possible.\nAddressees of this memorandum will allow employees\ninformal time off to attend memorial services as the\nemployee may desire.\nWidest possible dissemination of the informa-\ntion contained in this memorandum will be the\nresponsibility of the above addressees.\"\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Califo ia\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4.5.68\n# 250\nThe following is the text of a message from Governor Ronald\nReagan that was delivered by Paul Beck, press secretary, to a group\nmeeting at the State Capitol to pay tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King:\n\"A piece of our nation died last night. It started dying and\nDr. Kings' murder began with our first acceptance of compromise with\nthe laws of the land. That compromise ranges from our indifference\nwhen some would apply the law unequally to those today, black or\nwhite.\n\"The American dream that we have nursed so long is not that\nevery man be level with every other man, but that every man be free\nto become whatever God intended he should be. Keeping this dream\nand this promise is our responsibility and we can do no less than\nto make sure that we pass it on to our children.\n\"One problem overshadows all others in this land and the\ncowardly hand of an assasin laid that problem on America's doorstep\nlast night. No American should ever again have to tell his child he\nis denied some of the blessings of this land because he is in some\nway different. You and I can make the difference. We must insure\nequal rights and equal opportunity and equal treatment for all our\ncitizens, and we can do this only be becoming involved ourselves.\"\n#\n#\n#\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, Californ\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.5.68\nGovernor Reagan has changed his schedule to\narrive in Sacramento from Washington, D.C. at\n1:30 a.m., Saturday, April 6, instead of as\npreviously reported. The governor will arrive\nat the Sacramento Municipal Airport.\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE\nRNOR\nREI\nSE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.8.68\n#252\nOakland Mayor John H. Reading will represent the State of\nCalifornia at funeral services tomorrow for the Reverend\nDr. Martin Luther King Jr.\nGovernor Reagan designated Mayor Reading to be the state's\nofficial representative at the rites which will be held in the\nEbenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Reverend King\nserved as pastor of the church.\nMayor Reading is scheduled to fly to Atlanta this evening\nfrom Oakland.\nMeanwhile, Governor Reagan's Executive Secretary William\nP. Clark Jr. restated the contents of a directive issued Friday\npermitting State employees informal time off to attend such\nmemorial services as the employee may desire. The directive,\nwhich applies to all state employees, regardless of race,\ncolor or creed, was sent to heads of state agencies and depart-\nments and other key personnel.\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOV. NOR\nRELEASE:\nIn\ndiate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4.8.68\n# 253\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement\nregarding the opening of the major league baseball season Wednesday.\n\"The opening of the major league baseball season Wednesday\nwill be most welcome to a nation beset by trouble and strife.\nI am hopeful it will presage a return to normalcy among our\npeople and turn our minds to the better side of our national life.\n\"Baseball not only is a symbol of competition without rancor\nbut also in recent years has offered Negroes of athletic ability\nunparalleled chances for fame and success.\n\"California in the last few years has become the major league\nbaseball capital of the nation.\n\"With the addition of the Oakland Athletics we now have\nfour teams, two in each league, more than any other state.\n\"I want particularly to welcome the Athletics to California\nand to Oakland and wish them the best of success in their league\nand with their fans. They are a great new asset both to California\nand to the bay area.\n\"I am pleased they chose California and I know they will get\nthe support they deserve.\n\"I am pleased, too, that it is time now to play ball. The\nnation will be the better off for it.\"\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.10.68\n#254\nGovernor Ronald Reagan, contacted in Phoenix, Arizona, today\nand informed that the Parents' Patrol headquarters building in\nDel Paso Heights, destroyed by an arsonist last night,\nimmediately issued the following statement:\n\"I am heartsick and angered to learn of this vicious and\nirresponsible act which is obviously intended to cripple the dedicated\nefforts of the Parents' Patrol program.\n\"Arson has always been an attack against the defenseless. This\ntime it is an attack against the very fiber of the community itself.\nThose responsible must be apprehended and punished.\n\"But mere punishment of those who perpetrated this deed will not\nmitigate its effects.\n\"What is needed--and needed immediately--is a response by all the\ndecent citizens of Sacramento which will tell those who have worked so\nhard to make the Parents' Patrol program a success, that their efforts\nhave not gone unnoticed and have not been in vain.\n\"Community action by responsible citizens is basic to the solution\nof community problems. The Parents' Patrol has been solving problems\nin our Negro area since this program began last summer. But all of\nus, black or white, have profited by their work and all of us have a\nstake in seeing it continued and expanded.\n\"For this reason, I am today sending a personal letter to the\nnews media and the civic organizations in the Sacramento area appeal-\ning to them to lend not only moral but also financial support to the\nParents' Patrol program.\n\"If this program fails, if those who would rather burn than build\ncan succeed in destroying programs like this, then they will be the\nvictors and those who believe in brotherhood and in working together\nfor the common good will be the losers.\n\"We cannot let this happen. I urge with all my heart that\nSacramento prove that efforts and programs such as the Parents' Patrol\nare worthwhile and can work to the benefit of all our people.\"\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 4.10.68\n# 255\nSeveral months ago, two panes of security glass were\ninstalled in the windows of the Governor's private study in\nthe Capitol. Subsequently, these panes were found to contain\na number of visual imperfections.\nThe imperfections are now being corrected at no cost\nto the State of California.\nThe work was scheduled for this week as a convenience,\nsince Governor Reagan is now away from his office, on vacation.\nThe above is intended to correct any misunderstandings\nwhich may exist in connection with this work.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.11.68\n# 256\nThe Governor's Office announced today that the following\nbills have been signed:\nAB 251 - Chappie\nAuthorizes Alpine County to receive\n(Chapter 4)\n$2,500 annually from the Airport Assis-\ntance Revolving Fund for construction and\nmaintenance of an airport without provid-\ning any matching funds.\nAB 295 - Ray E. Johnson\n(Chapter 15)\nDeletes provisions requiring the Depart-\nment of Agriculture to report to the\nGovernor and the Legislature findings on\nvarious subjects including artificial\ninsemination of bovine animals, commercial\nfeed, brand inspection fees, milk inspec-\ntion fees, milk product plant licenses,\nfarm product processors, and stabilization\nand marketing of fluid milk and fluid\ncream.\nAB 691 - Ray E. Johnson\n(Chapter 16)\nAppropriates $152,262 to the Department\nURGENCY\nof Parks and Recreation from the amount\nappropriated by the Budget Act of 1965\nfor the development of the Lime Saddle\narea in the Oroville State Recreation\nArea, for expenditure in the Thermalito\nForebay area, Oroville Project.\nOFFICE OF THE GO RNOR\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.11.68\n# 257\nThe Governor's Office announced today that the following\nbills have been signed by Acting Governor Robert H. Finch:\nAB 43 - Burke\nProvides that when local property assessments\n(Chapter 24)\nare adjusted upward or downward by the county\nboard of equalization of the county tax appeals\nboard, after the property tax rate has been\nset on the basis of the original tax roll,\nthe county auditor shall furnish to the super-\nintendent of public instruction on or before\nApril 15 the corrected assessed valuation\nwithin local school districts. The superin-\ntendent of public instruction is directed to\nuse the corrected assessed valuation for com-\nputing district aid and area-wide aid used in\ncomputing state school apportionments.\nAB 61 - McMillan\nExempts textile maintenance establishments\n(Chapter 19)\n(laundries and dry cleaners) weighing. count-\ning, or measuring any article in connection\nwith the business of such establishments from\nthe provisions of the Weighmasters Law.\nAB 134 - Dent\nPrescribes separate procedures concerning\n(Chapter 25)\nuncollected taxes to be applicable in those\ncounties which operate under alternative pro-\ncedure for distribution of property tax levies\non the secured roll, for purposes of estab-\nlishing school district tax rates by boards\nof supervisors, involving the fixing of an\nallowance for subsequent additions, cancel-\nlations and corrections affecting the tax\nrolls, and authorizing the fixing of an\nallowance for delinquencies. The bill becomes\noperative on November 1, 1968.\nAB 164 - Knox\nProvides that counties advancing current\n(Chapter 26)\noperating requirements to subsidiary political\nsubdivisions may, upon a finding that time is\nof the essence, accept bids for loans without\nadvertising and fixes net interest cost at\n6 per cent, rather than 5 per cent, on all\nloans for such purpose. The bill also specif-\nically authorizes use of public agency revenue\nbonds, notes, tax anticipation warrants, and\ncertain evidences of indebtedness, to secure\npublic deposits.\nAB 184 - Mobley\nRepeals Section 6718 of the Welfare and Insti-\n(Chapter 27)\ntutions Code relating to county auditors'\nstate settlement reports with respect to com-\nmitments to hospitals for the mentally\nretarded. The deleted section was removed\nfrom the law in 1965 and inadvertently added\nto recodification legislation adopted in 1967.\nAB 187 - Mobley &\nAmends Welfare and Institutions Code Section\nDunlap\n6713 to correct a section reference. The bill\n(Chapter 28)\nmakes no substantive change in the law.\nAB 188 - Mobley &\nMakes a technical amendment to a provision\nDunlap\nof the Government Code relating to bonded\n(Chapter 20)\nindebtedness for the construction of major\ncounty roads. The law presently refers to\n-1-\n# 257\n(AB 188)\n\"primary county roads\". The bill eliminates\nthe word \"primary\" and adds the word \"select\"\nas all principal county roads are now desig-\nnated. The bill also deletes an absolute\nreference to bonds existing in 1880. Such\nbonds are no longer in existence.\nAB 189 - Dent\nMakes a conforming change in the Education\n(Chapter 21)\nCode to reflect legislation enacted in 1967\nauthorizing a school district to pay salaries\nof certificated employees twice a month.\nAB 271 - Chappie\nExtends the time in which a fire protection\n(Chapter 29)\ndistrict can file prescribed statement, map\nor plat and certificate of completion in order\nthat a district annexation is effective for\nassessment and tax purposes in 1968.\nAB 337 - Pattee\nRepeals provisions of the Agricultural Code\n(Chapter 30)\nwhich provide for the licensing of warehouses\nto store agricultural products under bond.\nAB 346 - Porter\nAllows any irrigation district, reclamation\n(Chapter 22)\ndistrict, water district or municipal corpor-\nation, to levy a tax on property within its\nboundaries.\nAB 405 - Knox\nProvides that the cost of the financial\n(Chapter 31)\nfeasibility report required in connection with\na city or county reclamation project shall be\na charge, in its entirety, against the city or\ncounty and allows the city or county to collect\na proportion of the cost from private land-\nowners included therein, rather than having\nthe District Securities Commission collect\nfrom both the city or county and private land-\nowners.\nAB 884 - Quimby &\nProvides that a resolution, trust indenture,\nCoombs\nor mortgage by a redevelopment agency author-\n(Chapter 32)\nizing redevelopment bonds may provide for the\nrate of interest on such bonded indebtedness\nwhich shall not exceed 7 per cent. The bill\nfurther declares that such provision shall be\napplicable to bonds of a redevelopment agency\nwhich have been authorized by the agency prior\nto the effective date of this act but which\nhave not been issued prior to such date.\nSB 78 - Stiern\nEliminates the requirement that the real prop-\n(Chapter 17)\nerty transfer tax be evidenced by documentary\nstamps supplied by the State Board of Equaliza-\ntion.\nSB 137 - Whetmore\nSpecifically allows counties to contract with\n(Chapter 23)\nblind persons licensed by the Bureau of Voca-\ntional Rehabilitation to operate snackbars and\ncafeterias, as well as vending stands, in\ncounty owned or occupied buildings.\nSB 185 - Short\nAuthorizes the director of the Department of\n(Chapter 18)\nGeneral Services to sell, exchange, lease or\notherwise dispose of 165 acres of Stockton\nState Hospital land which is no longer needed\nfor hospital purposes,\n# #\n-2-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.11.68\n# 258\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today that the federal\ngovernment has granted funds to the State Department of Employ-\nment with which to resume payment of federal unemployment benefits\nto federal employees and ex-servicemen for weeks of unemployment\nbeginning April 7.\nThe funds were made available from next fiscal year's\nappropriation to finance the federal benefit program. As agent\nfor the federal government, the Department of Employment will\nnow be able to resume payments Monday, April 15.\nPayments were suspended with the close of business March 15\nwhen the federal appropriation for the fiscal year 1968 was\nexhausted.\nPayment for the weeks of unemployment ending on March 16,\nMarch 23, March 30 and April 6 will be made when a supplemental\nappropriation now before the Congress is approved.\n\"California cannot legally loan the federal government the\nmoney necessary to pay these benefits from its own state\nunemployment insurance fund, = Governor Reagan pointed out.\nThree weeks ago he sent a telegram to members of California's\ncongressional delegation asking them to do their utmost to obtain\na resumption of benefits.\nIn the wire, he noted that the suspension in funds was\n\"having a detrimental effect on the morale of our Armed Service\npersonnel returning from Vietnam and on California's economy.\n\"This is not the first time the state has been forced to\nsuspend these federal benefit payments because of the failure\nof Congress to approve a timely appropriation,\" the telegram said.\nHe asked the state's representatives and senators to do all\nin their power \"to break this log-jam\" by bringing about early\nagreement on the final version of the supplemental appropriation\nbill, HR-15399.\nIn February, federal unemployment benefits in California\ntotaled about $2,325,000.\nRegular state unemployment benefits were not interrupted,\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVI\nOR\nRELEASE: I ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4.11.68\n# 259\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today sent a telegram to the Secretary\ntwo\nof the Army requesting authorization to organize/new National Guard\nunits in the state to replace those which will enter federal service\nin May.\nHe called the restoration of this troop strength in California\n\"of immediate and critical importance.\"\nThe governor's wire was sent following an announcement that\ntwo National Guard units from Southern California will enter federal\nservice on May 13. The announcement was made by General Glenn C.\nAmes, the state adjutant general and commander of the California Army\nNational Guard.\nThe telegram said:\n\"Request authorizationto organize units to replace the 1st\nSquadron, 18th Armored Cavalry, and the 40th Aviation Company enter-\ning active federal service May 13. The crises in our cities mandate\nthat we retain at the present level our capability to render support\nto our communities when needed. The activation of these two elements\nrepresents a reduction of 1,012 troops in Southern California. I\nregard the restoration of this strength of immediate and critical\nimportance. Therefore, I respectfully request authority be granted\nand funding provided for the activation of the Armored Cavalry\nSquadron and an aviation company.\"\nActing Governor Robert H. Finch joined with Governor Reagan in\nexpressing\"a deep sense of pride in the competence and proficiency\nselected\"\nof the units which have been\n/\nfor military service in the\nactive Army.\nThe lieutenant governor said:\n\"I am both pleased and proud that our national leaders have\nrecognized the quality of training and degree of combat readiness\nwhich these two elite California National Guard units possess. The\ndedicated men who serve in them will surely bring honor to our\nstate and nation.\"\nHe reiterated that \"all necessary steps are being taken to insure\nthat the activation does not adversely affect the state's capability\nfor meeting any emergency which might arise in California.\"\n-1-\n# 259\nPage 2\nGeneral Ames said the two units which will be pressed into\nservice are part of the Selected Reserve Force which has been under-\ngoing an intensified training program for the past two years in\npreparation for a possible federal call-up. The units have been\nmanned and equipped at 100 percent and have been given priorities\nfor school and other training spaces to insure that their readiness\nposture was maintained.\nHe said that advance elements of these organizations will\ndepart within the next few days for their mobilization stations to\nmake final arrangements for the arrival of the main body of troops\nwhich will occur not later than May 13. These units have been\ncalled for a 24 months period of federal active service.\n#\n#\n#\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nR\nRELEASE: II. ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4.12.68\n# 260\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following Easter\nmessage:\n\"On Easter, we honor a man who lived and died like no other\nthe world has ever known. To those who believe in His triumph over\ndeath, He brought renewed hope, a living faith.\n'Yet, His message of love and human brotherhood is one for all\nmen, everywhere--regardless of religion or creed. For His life\nwas spent in the service of His fellow man, no matter how lowly.\nHe was truly His brother's brother, a leader, yet a servant, one\nwho sought to change the hearts of men.\n\"Is it any wonder, then, that the Prince of Peace should be the\narchitect of the peace we seek? Is it at all strange that His life\nshould be such an example for us to follow in these days of strife\nand turmoil?\n\"If true human understanding and brotherhood are to prevail in\nour land, we, too, must be about His business--that of changing the\nhearts of men.\nMy best wishes to all Californians for a joyous and meaningful\nEaster. 11\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: SUNDAY\nSacramento, Califor.\n1\nAPR\n14, 1968 (A.M.'s)\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4.12.68\n# 261\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today that the administration\nhas begun implementation of a series of task force recommendations\nwhich \"will achieve significant operating economies in state govern-\nment during the years ahead through the creation of an integrated\nwarehouse system using stringent inventory management controls.\"\nHe said the action will enable the state to reduce its continu-\ning inventory investment from $30 million to $17.5 million annually,\nthus freeing some $12.5 million for essential alternative uses. The\nplan will also reduce overall operating costs by $3 million per year,\nfrom $8.7 million to $5.7 million.\n\"By combining an integrated, centrally managed warehousing pro-\ngram with aggressively applied statewide inventory management poli-\ncies,\" he said, \"we will be able to avoid duplicated inventories, lack\nof product standardization, unnecessary staff and warehouse facili-\nties, and uneconomical distribution practices.\"\nThe governor said he has signed an executive order authorizing\nGeneral Andrew R. Lolli, director of the Department of General\nServices, to proceed with plans to centralize the operations of\neight key expendable goods warehouses. The warehouses, which have\nbeen operated by individual state departments, will now come under\nthe control of General Services. The eight facilities redistribute\nsupplies to departmental warehouses at or near the point of use.\nThe state's continuing expendable goods inventory is stored in\n1,473 different facilities at 646 separate locations and represents\na running investment of $30 million, Lolli said. Over 3,000,000\nsquare feet and approximately 1,000 man years are now required to\nservice this investment at a direct ownership cost of $8.7 million\nper year, he added.\nLolli said $5 million of the $30 million continuing inventory\ninvestment is currently held in the eight principal redistribution\nwarehouses which will now be administered by General Services.\n\"Central management of these warehouses will enable the state to\nreduce the $5 million inventory to $2.5 million and cut annual operat-\ning costs by $900,000,\" he said.\nAn extension of these efficiencies to all warehousing operations\nthrough closely integrated and coordinated inventory management\n-1-\n# 261\npractices will provide the overall economies projected under the\nplan, he explained.\nLolli also noted that the State of California owns one and\nthree quarter million items of accountable equipment having an\nForty million\naggregate value in excess of $330 million.\n/\ndollars is being\nspent each year to replace these goods, he said. Lolli emphasized\nthat during the next five years the state will reduce this inventory\nby more than $33 million through improved standards for acquisition,\nutilization, and disposal.\nGovernor Reagan reemphasized that the continued progress the\nadministration is making to implement such task force studies as\nthese \"once again belies the skeptical predictions of some that the\nrecommendations would end up being relegated to the shelves of govern-\nment to quietly age and gather dust.\"\nHe noted that the administration has already implemented more\nthan 265 proposals to improve the quality and efficiency of state\ngovernment operations. They were submitted by his 250-man task\nforce of business and professional men.\nThe task force team, known as the Governor's Survey on Efficiency\nand Cost Control, made some 2,000 specific recommendations of which\n832 are now undergoing evaluation and review by the administration.\nAnother 143 will require legislative action.\nThe 265 proposals which have been put into effect to date are\nexpected to result in potential annual savings to the state approxi-\nmating $56.4 million. Potential one-time savings will amount to\nnearly $13.8 million.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\n-2-\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Ca. .ornia\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.12.68\n# 262\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:\n\"Tonight, as they have for thousands of years, Jewish\npeople throughout the world will celebrate Passover.\n\"Many times in the past, Passover has been observed at\ngreat personal risk to the participants as was, indeed, the\nfirst Passover.\n\"The years of discrimination against, and persecution of,\nthe Jewish people is one of the saddest chapters of human\nhistory. To penalize a people because they are, in some way,\ndifferent is to make a mockery of a dream that is almost as\nold as man.\n\"This dream--that men of different religions and different\nraces and different cultures can live together in peace--has\ncome nearest to realization in America, and it is a source of\ngreat satisfaction to me that tonight, those of the Jewish\nfaith who reside in California will be able to gather together\nin peace, to celebrate their holiday without fear.\n\"On behalf of all of us, I wish them a happy holiday.\"\n# # #\nEJG\nOF\nTHE\nGOVERNOR\nSacramento, Californ\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.12.68\n#263\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nApril 15, 1968\nthrough\nApril 21, 1968\nMonday, April 15\n9:30 a.m.\nMeeting with members of the Favorite Son Delegation,\nAirport Marina Hotel, Los Angeles\n1:00 p.m.\nDepart Los Angeles International Airport for\nSacramento Municipal Airport\n2:00 p.m.\nArrive Sacramento\nTuesday, April 16\n9:30 a.m.\nPRESS CONFERENCE\n2:45 p.m.\nBrief greetings to National City Chamber of Commerce\nand Senator Mills, Governor's Council Room\n4:30 p.m.\nPresentation of Fire Awards to: Campbell, Oakland,\nSanta Ana, Covina, Hayward, Grass Valley, Richmond,\nBarstow, Crest Forest Fire District, San Diego,\nPleasanton, Governor's Office\nWednesday, April 17\n5:00 p.m.\nCivic dinner prior to Oakland Athletics Game,\nOakland Arena\n7:30 p.m.\nGovernor to throw out first ball for Oakland\nAthletics Game, Oakland Coliseum Complex\nThursday, April 18\n1:30 p.m.\nMeeting with editors of State College newspapers\nat Hotel Senator\n7:00 p.m.\nBoat trip (and reception on board) from Fisherman's\nWharf, San Francisco, to Jack London Square,\nOakland\n8:00 p.m.\nMarin County fund raiser at Goodman's No. 10\nRestaurant, Jack London Square. Remarks.\nFriday, April 19\n9:30 a.m.\nExecutive Session, Board of Regents, University\nof California at Davis\nSaturday, April 20 (No public appointments scheduled)\nSunday, April 21\n(No public appointments scheduled)\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.16.68\n#264\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:\n\"I have asked Assemblyman Jack Veneman, chairman of the Assembly\nRevenue and Taxation Committee, and he has agreed, to introduce a bill\ntoday, revising the state income tax law so as to replace this year's\nsystem of tax credits, with a system that will conform very closely\nto the personal exemption provisions of the federal law. In short,\ninstead of the $8 tax credit in this year's tax bill, we would--if this\nbill passes--go to a system by which each taxpayer would have a personal\nexemption of $600, as well as a $600 exemption for each dependent. We\nalso hope, when the figures are completed, that we will be able to\ninclude in the bill a provision allowing an additional double exemption\nfor all over 65 years of age, as is the case with the federal law.\n\"By rearranging the tax brackets and allowing a standard deduction\nof $1,000 for single taxpayers and $2,000 for married couples filing\njoint returns, and increasing the deduction in the case of a single\nparent who works to support her children, we would ease substantially\nthe extra burden which the middle income taxpayer with a large family\nhad to shoulder this year. The total revenue received by the state\nunder these revisions would remain almost exactly the same as at present,\nbut certain inequities which were encountered in the first year's\nexperience under the tax law would be removed, and we would move much\ncloser to a situation in which the state income tax law is similar to\nthe federal law, thus removing much of the present nuisance that all of\nus encounter in trying to compute and file two separate tax returns.\n\"I am very hopeful that Assemblyman Veneman's bill will pass, and\nthat we can thus spread the burden of taxation more equitably on the\nbasis of ability to pay, while recognizing the larger expenditures\nrequired by families with more children.\"\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE G. ERNOR\nFOR LEASE: 1 p.m., 4-16-68\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.16.68\n# 265\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today asked the House Committee on\nInterior and Insular Affairs to give special consideration to\nthree key points in connection with the proposed establishment\nof a Redwood National Park in Northern California.\nHe requested:\n--That the committee agree to make the U. S. Department of\nAgriculture's northern Redwood Purchase Unit available for land\nexchange purposes in order to maintain the area's basis for\nstable employment.\n--That some form of economic payment be made to local\ngovernments to help offset any reduced income they may suffer\nas a result of the removal of private land and timber from the\ntax rolls.\n--That the question of whether state park lands are to be\nincluded in a Redwood National Park be kept optional, as specified\nin U. S. Senate Bill S-2515.\nThese points were contained in a prepared statement\npresented to Committee Chairman Wayne Aspinall of Colorado at\nthe opening of public hearings today in Crescent City on the\nproposed creation of a Redwood National Park.\nThe Governor's statement concluded:\n\"It is my earnest hope that as a result of these and later\ncongressional hearings, we can work together to help create a\ntruly meaningful and magnificent Redwood National Park that can\nbe passed on to posterity as a shining beacon of untrammeled\nnatural beauty.\n\"I also hope that we can not only create a meaningful park,\nbut also maintain & strong local economy and bring to a permanent\nend the divisive debate that has raged for the past several years\nbetween the aesthetics of conservation and the economics of industry\nGovernor Bengan's statement was presented to the committee\nby Secretary for Resources Norman B. Livermore Jr. and State Parks\nand Recreation Department Director William Penn Mott Jr.\n-1-\n#265\nLivermore said, \"It is our strong hope that this committee\nurge the House of Representatives to make it possible to purchase,\nby means of cash plus the Redwood Purchase Unit, sufficient super-\nlative redwoods to enable the creation of a Redwood National Park.\na\nIn our opinion, such/purchase is both possible and desirable.\"\nMott reiterated the desire of the state to cooperate with\nthe federal government in developing a meaningful Redwood National\nPark. He called for agreement on the boundary for such a park\nas soon as possible so that both preservationists and lumbermen\nfinally \"know where they stand.\"\n# # #\n-2-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.17.68\n# 266\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named San Jose attorney\nAlfonso L. Romero and Los Angeles County Deputy Marshal\nCarl J. Johnson to four-year terms on the State Veterans' Board.\nThe posts pay $20 per meeting day, plus expenses.\nRomero, 44, replaces Irving Klein of Santa Rosa. Johnson,\na 56-year old Republican, succeeds Sidney L. Gelber of Hollywood.\nBoth outgoing members' terms expired.\nRomero, a Republican, is a 1958 graduate of the Lincoln\nUniversity Law School. Since 1963, he has been a partner in\nthe San Jose law firm of Field, Romero and Weger. He is vice\npresident of the Mexican-American Civic Council and serves as\na trustee of the San Jose Disabled Veterans' Salvage Shop, Inc.\nHe lives at 625 Sobrato Drive, Campbell.\nJohnson has been a deputy marshal in Los Angeles County\nsince 1949 and is a part-time instructor at Rio Hondo Junior\nCollege where he teaches a peace officer course.\nHe is zoning committee chairman of the Fair View valley\nImprovement Association; is president of the Operation 55\nCommunity Improvement Association; is a former American Legion\ncommander and is currently vice-chairman of the organization's\nNational Security Council. He also serves as a vice president\nof the NAACP.\nHe resides at 976 E. 55th Street, Los Angeles.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.17.68\n# 267\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today praised the Assembly Revenue\nand Taxation Committee for approving legislation designed to give\n$155 million in property tax relief to California property owners.\n\"I hope this progressive action is the forerunner of a\nbipartisan effort to return the taxpayers' money to the taxpayers,\"\nGovernor Reagan said.\nThe bill (AB 149), carried by Assemblyman John G. Veneman,\nwas sent to the Assembly Ways and Means Committee, where the\ngovernor said he hopes it will receive \"prompt consideration to\nenable a quick vote by the entire Assembly.\"\n\"This legislation is one of the most important measures to\ncome before the Legislature this year,\" Governor Reagan said.\n\"It is a major step forward toward easing the burden on Califor-\nnia's homeowners. And it carries out a pledge made by the\nadministration and the legislature last year to give meaningful\nproperty tax relief to our citizens.\n\"I earnestly hope this legislation will continue to receive\nthe bipartisan support it deserves for the benefit of all Califor-\nnians and that all legislators will work together to pass this\nproperty tax savings on to their constituents,\" Governor Reagan\nsaid.\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4.18.68\n# 268\nGovernor Reagan will have a luncheon-meeting today at noon in his\noffice with members of a \"blue-ribbon\" committee selected to help\ncoordinate the governor's \"Summer Jobs for Youth\" campaign. Members\nof this committee include: John T. Hay, general manager, California\nState Chamber of Commerce; William A Simpson, Jr., president of\nthe William Simpson Construction Company, Los Angeles; and E. James\nHouseberg, executive vice president of the Grower-Shipper Vegetable\nAssociation of Central California, Salinas. Also at the lunch will\nbe Albin J. Gruhn, president of the AFL-CIO, San Francisco, and\nEinor Mohn, president of the Western Conference of Teamsters,\nBurlingame. Gruhn and Mohn comprise the coordinating committee for\nthe campaign.\nSpencer Williams, secretary for Human Relations, and Peter\nWeinberger, director of the State Department of Employment will join\nthe governor and the committee members at lunch. Weinberger has\nbeen asked by the governor to serve as a focal point of the summer\njob campaign. Weinberger's staff will offer assistance and support\nto the Blue-Ribbon Private Industry Committee. In addition, offices\nof the State Employment Service will serve as community job centers\nfor the summer campaign.\nGovernor Reagan has asked the committee to advise ways to help\nCalifornia employers take a good, close look at available jobs they\nhave --jobs at the beginning level where real work is involved to\njustify the pay--and match them to the employment needs of youth.\nNews film and photo coverage of the first several minutes of\nthe lunch is invited.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4.18.68\n# 269\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed\nthe following bills:\nAB 51 - Pattee\nPermits an elementary school district which\n(Chapter 37)\nwithdraws from a junior high school system to\ntransfer to its own district general fund the\nunused balance of funds available to educate\nseventh and eighth grades, so as to reduce\nmaximum tax rates which may be assessed for\nthat purpose in the following fiscal year.\nAB 227 - Leroy F. Greene\n(Chapter 34)\nRequires that the State Board of Education in\napproving proposals for the formation of new\nunified school districts based upon the division\nof existing high school districts determine,\namong other things, that the assessed valuation\nper pupil in kindergarten through grades twelve\nin any of the proposed new unified districts\ndoes not vary from the average assessed valua-\ntion per pupil, in all of the territory of which\nthe new districts are comprised, by more than\n10 per cent.\nAB 294 - Ray E. Johnson\n(Chapter 38)\nPermits an incorporated city or fire protection\ndistrict to file a petition for exemption from\ncounty tax levy for structural fire protection\nonce, rather than annually. Board of supervisors\nmay terminate an exemption if the city or dis-\ntrict does not comply with the requirements to\nobtain the exemption.\nAB 524 - Belotti\nProvides that the increase in the maximum tax\n(Chapter 35)\nrate of a junior college district, for any\ninter-district attendance agreements and any\npart and equipment lease agreements, shall\nremain in effect until the end of the fifth\n(rather than fourth) consecutive fiscal year,\nfollowing the election date at which the first\ndistrict bond issue is passed, in junior college\ndistricts in which such fifth year expires on\nJuly 1, 1969.\nThe bill also provides that such increase in\nthe maximum tax rate shall remain in effect\nuntil the end of the fourth consecutive fiscal\nyear following such an election date for junior\ncollege district in which such fourth year\nexpires on July 1, 1970.\nSB 70 - Mills\nPermits the board of directors of irrigation\n(Chapter 33)\ndistricts of over 500,000 acres to appoint the\ndistrict treasurer. The treasurer of such dis-\ntricts is presently an elected officer.\nSB 613 - Lagomarsino\n(Chapter 36)\nPermits use of a sample ballot not in booklet\nform in a punchcard voting system when the\nofficial ballot will consist of one or more\nindividual ballot cards.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4.19.68\n# 270\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has reappointed Bishop Department\nStore owner D. Clark Conder and Gary E. Coyan of Markleeville,\nan Alpine Unified School District bus driver, to four-year terms\non the 18th District Agricultural Association's board of directors.\nThe association operates the Eastern Sierra Tri-County Fair.\nThe posts pay necessary expenses.\nConder, a 54-year old Democrat, was first appointed to the\nboard in 1960. He is president of a department store and shoe\nstore in Bishop. He is also president of the Inyo Wholesale\nDistributing Company. Conder is a past president of the Lions\nClub; is a former president and currently a director of the\nRotary Club; and is a director and executive secretary of the\nChamber of Commerce.\nHe lives at 668 Sycamore Lane, Bishop.\nCoyan, 34, has served on the fair board since 1964. A\nRepublican, he is a director of the Alpine County Fish and Game\nCommission. In addition to his job as a school bus driver, he\nowns a resort and ice cream stand in Markleeville.\nHe resides at Box 28, Markleeville.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.19.68\n# 271\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has named retired real estate man\nG. Kelton Steele of Freshwater to the Board of Harbor Commissioners\nfor Humboldt Bay.\nThe appointment pays $500 per annum and requires Senate\nconfirmation,\nSteele will fill the unexpired term of Robin P. Arkley of\nArcata who resigned. The term ends January 30, 1970.\nSteele, a 55-year old Republican, is a past president of the\nEureka Rotary Club and Eureka Chamber of Commerce. Until retiring\na few years ago, Steele was a timber broker.\nHe is a native of Humboldt County and received his education\nin the Eureka public schools. He then attended Stanford University\nand graduated with a degree in engineering.\nHe lives at P.O. Box 74, Eureka.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF TH GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: MONDAy,4/22,A.M.'s\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4.19.68\n0 272\nSacramento--Two hundred members of city and county human relations\ncommissions will meet in Sacramento this week for a Governor's Conference\nto discuss problems of California's Negroes, Americans of Mexican\ndescent, and other minorities.\nTheme of the conference is \"Human Rights in California: New Pro-\ngrams and Approaches at the Local Level.\"\nRepresentatives of all 33 local human relations commissions in\nCalifornia have been invited to the conference. It opens with a\ndinner meeting April 25 at the E1 Mirador Hotel and continues with\npanel discussions throughout Friday, April 26.\nGov. Ronald Reagan will address the group Friday morning. Featured\nspeaker for the luncheon will be Lt. Gov. Robert H. Finch. Chairman for\nthe meeting will be Pier Gherini, chairman of the California Fair\nEmployment Practice Commission.\nSpeaking at the Thursday evening dinner will be John Anson Ford,\nLos Angeles County supervisor from 1934 to 1958 and a founder of the\nfirst local human relations agency in California, established in Los\nAngeles County in 1944.\nOn Friday morning, Ray Schneyer, special assistant to the\npresident of Lockheed Missile and Space Co., will discuss Lockheed's\n\"Vocational Improvement Program\", under which disadvantaged, hard-core\nunemployed applicants with arrest records have been hired as productive\nworkers.\nFriday panelists will discuss \"Public Programs for Community\nService\", \"Projects of Local Commissions\", and \"How Local Commissions\nCan Work with Civil Rights Groups\". Moderators for the panels will be\nMrs. Stella Sandoval, FEPC Commissioner; Max Mont, Commissioner, Los\nAngeles City Human Relations Commission; and C. L. Dellums, FEPC\nCommissioner.\nParticipating in the panels will be top level REPC and other\nstate agency officials, commissioners and officers representing city and\ncounty commissions, and spokesmen for civil rights groups across the State\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.19.68\n# 273\nFred E. Hummel of Ventura, a leading west coast architect,\nwas named today by Governor Ronald Reagan as California's State\nArchitect.\nThe appointment is subject to Senate confirmation and pays\n$21,000 annually.\nHummel, a 41-year old Republican, will assume the duties of\nthe post May 1. He will fill the unexpired term of Carl C. McElvy\nof Fair Oaks who is resigning to return to private practice.\nMcElvy was named to the job in 1963 at the time the post\nwas created. He was reappointed last February by Governor Reagan.\nHummel is a senior partner in the Ventura architectural firm\nof Hummel, Rasmussen and Love. He began the business as a one-man\noperation in 1957. The sphere of the firm's operations now extends\nthroughout the United States and to several foreign countries.\nHe attended Nordhoff High School in Ojai and was graduated\nfrom the University of California School of Architecture in Berkeley.\nHummel began his career as an architectural draftsman in\nSacramento with the State Division of Architecture in 1952. He\nworked for the State for about five months before joining the\nSacramento architectural firm of Gordon Stafford where he was\nemployed for two and one half years. He then worked for Dreyfuss\nand Blackford, another Sacramento design firm, for two and one\nhalf years. He returned to Ventura to open his own office in 1957.\nHe is a veteran of both World War II and the Korean War.\nIn 1962, he served as executive director of the California\nCouncil of the American Institute of Architects (A.I.A.);\nwas president of the Santa Barbara chapter of the A.I.A. in 1949; has\nbeen a director of the Ventura chapter of the A. I. A. for the past\nthree years; served on the Ventura City Planning Commission in 1963;\nand has been a director of the Ventura County Forum of the Arts\nsince 1965.\nHe is a member of the Review Board of the Channel Islands\nHarbor of Ventura County; is active in YMCA and Boy Scout work;\nbelongs to the Navy League and the Ventura Chamber of Commerce; and\nhas been an architecture instructor for the U. C. L. A. extension\nprogram on several occasions over the past few years.\nHe resides at 3002 Seahorse Avenue, Ventura.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVE. .OR\nMEMO TO T1 PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.19.68\n#274\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nApril 20, 1968\nthrough\nApril 28, 1968\nSaturday, April 20\n4:45 p.m.\nDepart Sacramento Municipal Airport for San Luis\nObispo\n6:15 p.m.\nArrive San Luis Obispo\nOvernight\nSunday, April 21\nSan Luis Obispo Trail Ride\n5:00 p.m.\nDepart California Valley Airport, San Luis Obispo\nCounty for Sacramento Municipal Airport\n6:30 p.m.\nArrive Sacramento\nMonday, April 22\n10:00 a.m.\nBrief greetings to Governor's Conference on\nDelinquency Prevention, Senator Hotel\n1:50 p.m.\nPicture with High School Winner of Design Contest\nfor Governor's Scholars' Award, Governor's Office\n2:00 p.m.\nMeeting with young people attending Hearst Founda-\ntion's Senate Youth Program and Senator Donald\nGrunsky, Governor's Council Room\n2:50 p.m.\nPresentation of \"Plan Bulldozer\" by representatives\nof Associated General Contractors, Governor's Office\n4:00 p.m.\nPicture with Burt Smith, Real Estate Commissioner\n4:45 p.m.\nSigning of proclamation for Mother's Day with\nAssemblyman Ray Johnson, Governor's Office\nTuesday, April 23\n10:30 a.m.\nMeeting with Superintendents of Schools, Governor's\nOffice\n1:30 p.m.\nPRESS CONFERENCE\n2:45 p.m.\nGreetings to Senator Bill Richardson and Chamber of\nCommerce members, Governor's Office\n4:00 p.m.\nGovernor's Council Meeting, Governor's Council Room\nWednesday, April 24\n10:00 a.m.\nMeeting with Union Leaders, Governor's Office\n1:30 p.m.\nMeeting with Junior College Student Body Presidents,\nSenator Hotel\n4:30 p.m.\nSigning of \"America, The Beautiful\" proclamation,\nGovernor's Office\n7:30 p.m.\nCSEA Medal of Valor Awards Dinner, El Dorado Hotel\nThursday, April 25\n9:30 a.m.\nMeeting with Presidents of School Boards, Governor's\nOffice\n11:45 a.m.\nCSEA Institute on Government Luncheon, El Dorado\nHotel. Speech.\n-1-\n#274\nThursday, April 25 (continued)\n2:45 p.m.\nMeeting with Assemblyman Ray Johnson and Butte\nCounty Republican Women, Governor's Office\n5:00 p.m.\nDepart Sacramento Municipal Airport for Los Angeles\n6:00 p.m.\nArrive Santa Monica Airport\n10:00 p.m.\nDepart for Santa Monica Airport\n11:00 p.m.\nArrive Sacramento Municipal Airport\nFriday, April 26\n10:00 a.m.\nMeeting with members of the FEPC, Governor's Council\nRoom\n10:30 a.m.\nGovernor's Conference on Human Relations, El Mirador\nHotel. Speech.\n11:00 a.m.\nLegislative-Press Golf Tournament, El Macero Country\nClub\n5:00 p.m.\nDepart Sacramento Municipal Airport for Boise,\nIdaho (detailed schedule forthcoming Monday)\n(Overnight - Boise)\nSaturday, April 27\nNoon\nAddress, University of Colorado, Boulder\nAfternoon\nReturn to Sacramento\nSunday, April 28\nNo appointments scheduled\n# # #\n-2-\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.22.68\nIn response to numerous requests, the governor's\noffice is considering a press plane for the convenience\nof the press during the governor's trip to Florida,\nChicago and Cleveland beginning on or about May 18 and\nending about May 22. Tentative plans indicate a depar-\nture from Los Angeles, probably on May 18, and a return\nto Los Angeles, probably about May 23.\nTransportation charges will be prorated among those\nparticipating. Hotel and other accommodations will be\narranged, with each individual responsible for payment\nof his own charges.\nIn order to make plans, it is imperative that\nreservations be made in writing to me by May 1.\nPaul Beck\nPress Secretary\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.22.68\nPress coverage is invited at 4 p.m. today when\nReal Estate Commissioner Burton Smith and repre-\nsentatives of the California Real Estate Association\ndiscuss with Governor Reagan a new anti-discrimination\nclause for real estate contracts.\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 4.22.68\n# 275\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has reappointed Donald C. Blake of\nNevada City to a four-year term on the California Advisory Board\nof Collection Agencies\nThe post pays $25 per diem plus necessary expenses.\nBlake, a 52-year old Republican, was first appointed by the\ngovernor last September. His new term will expire in 1972.\nHe is a former Nevada County supervisor and is retired from\na building supply business in the area.\nHe lives at Route 1, Box 375, Nevada City.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n455-4571\n4.22.68\n# 276\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has proclaimed the week of April 21-27,\n1968, as Youth Temperance Education Week.\nText of the proclamation follows:\n\"WHEREAS, the incidence of the use of dangerous drugs and\nnarcotics is reaching alarming proportions among California's\nyouth; and\n\"WHEREAS, this use is undertaken without knowing or under-\nstanding the dangers inherent in such practices; and\n\"WHEREAS, our young people must be taught the perils of such\nexperiments as well as the effects of alcohol on the human system,\nand the desirability of temperance in the use of alcohol; and\n\"WHEREAS, a study is now being conducted in the\nhopes of establishing the guidelines and materials necessary for\nsuch an educational program;\n\"NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do\nhereby proclaim the week of April 21-27, 1968, Youth Temperance\nEducation Week and urge the people of California to cooperate with\nprograms of temperance education.\"\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.22.68\n# 277\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has proclaimed the week of April 21-27,\n1968, as National Library Week.\nText of the proclamation follows:\n\"WHEREAS, libraries have been maintained in California since\nthe days of the mining camps when miners would often borrow the\nsame book over and over again from the single shelf available; and\n\"WHEREAS, through the years California's libraries have\nexpanded to provide improved services for the growing opulation;\nand\n\"WHEREAS, our libraries will continue to play an important\nrole in the future as we seek not only the recorded knowledge of\nthe past, but also the up-to-date facts;\n\"NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do\nhereby proclaim April 21-27, 1968, National Library Week in\nCalifornia and urge all citizens to utilize use and support their\nlocal libraries.\"\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.22.68\nBecause of a conflict in schedules,\nthe photo session with CREA officials,\nscheduled for 4 p.m. today, must be\npostponed until a later date.\nThe meeting will be rescheduled for\na later date.\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4.23.68\n# 278\nSCHEDULE FOR GOVERNOR'S APRIL 26-27 TRIP\nBoise, Idaho\nFriday, April 26\n5:30 P.M.\nDepart Sacramento (old airport)\n(PST)\nfor Boise, Idaho.\n7:00 P.M.\nArrive Boise.\n(MST)\n8:10 P.M.\nArrive Boise College Student Union\nfor RSCC fund-raising dinner.\n(Speech).\n9:30 P.M.\nDepart Boise airport for Stapleton\nInternational Airport, Denver.\n11:00 P.M.\nArrive Denver (Coombs Aircraft\n(MST)\nTerminal).\nOvernight, Harvest House Hotel,\nBoulder, Colorado.\nSaturday, April 27\n9:30 A.M.\nPrivate breakfast at Harvest\nHouse Hotel with University of\nColorado Regents, Governor Love,\nand other officials. (Brief\nremarks).\n11:15 A.M.\nStudent Forum at Macky Auditorium,\nUniversity of Colorado. (Speech).\n12:00 Noon\nQuestions and answers from\nstudents and press, alternating\n(30 mins.)\n12:45 P.M.\nDepart campus for Denver.\n1:45 P.M.\nDepart Stapleton International\nAirport, Denver, for Sacramento.\n2:45 P.M.\nArrive Sacramento (old airport).\n(PST)\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOV NOR\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.24.68\n#279\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has proclaimed the week of April 21-27,\n1968, as Discover America Planning Week.\nText of the proclamation follows:\n\"WHEREAS, the United States is rich in history and blessed\nwith a wealth of scenic, historical, recreational, cultural,\neducational and industrial attractions to interest and delight\ntravelers; and\n\"WHEREAS, by discovering America through travel we can gain\nknowledge and appreciation of our national heritage; and\n\"WHEREAS, this understanding helps us to become better citizens;\n\"NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do\nhereby proclaim April 21-27, 1968, Discover America Planning Week\nand urge the citizens of California to make their plans now to\nvisit some of our historical outstanding landmarks.\"\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 4.25.68\n# 280\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today congratulated leaders of both\nparties in the Assembly who have agreed to a bipartisan effort to\npass administration-backed legislation aimed at improving the\nstate's job development and placement programs.\n\"Constructive and positive leadership such as this is vital\nand can solve many of the problems we face in California,\" the\ngovernor said.\nGovernor Reagan said he had asked Lieutenant Governor\nRobert H. Finch to assist the Assembly leadership and authors of\nthe bills in the package by advising them of findings made by the\nJob Training and Placement Council. Finch was named by Governor\nReagan to head the Council more than a year ago.\n\"I have repeatedly called attention to the fact that getting\njobs for our thousands of unemployed citizens is one of the major\ntasks that confront us,\" the governor said.\n\"The bills contained in this package reflect a growing\nawareness that government--while taking the lead--cannot single-\nhandedly correct all the ills that beset our society.\n\"Indeed, it is gratifying to note that the legislation\nrecognizes that the private sector--business, industry, service\norganizations and the individual--must contribute to this effort to\nassist the disadvantaged by training the unemployed and then finding\njobs for them.\n\"These bills are the result of intensive study by the administra-\ntion and their authors for many months are are a joint, cooperative\neffort aimed at changing conditions which in the past promised much\nbut achieved little.\n\"I am particularly pleased that my proposal for reorganization\nof several departments has received this bipartisan support. Legisla-\ntion creating a Department of Human Resources Development is the direct\nresult of intensive study and work by officials in the Health and\nWelfare Agency and my cabinet.\n\"I congratulate those legislators who assisted the administration\nin preparing this program and urge quick action on this legislation.\nIt is the right thing to do,\" the governor said,\n###\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4.25.68\n# 281\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has proclaimed the week of April 21-27,\n1968, as UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE WEEK.\nText of the proclamation follows:\n\"WHEREAS, citizens of this community have selflessly served\nas members of the United States Army Reserve units for many years,\nanswering the call to active duty during two world wars, the Korean\nconflict, and the Berlin crisis, many sacrificing their lives for\nthe cause of a Free America; and\n\"WHEREAS, these citizen-soldiers continue to give up weekends,\nvacations, and evenings to maintain a high state of readiness so\nthat they will be prepared when called upon to defend the nation\nfrom external threats to its security; and\n\"WHEREAS, these citizen-soldiers of the United States Army\nReserve are observing their 60th anniversary on April 23 and the\npeople of the community owe so much to these patriotic fellow\ncitizens;\n\"NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do\nhereby proclaim April 21-27, 1968, UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE WEEK\nand call upon all citizens of California to join in a tribute to the\nUnited States Army Reserve citizen-soldiers of this state and\ncountry who have given so much of themselves so that this country\ncould remain the greatest democratic society in the world.\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.25.68\n# 282\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has proclaimed the week of April 22-26,\n1968 as PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK.\nText of the proclamation follows:\n\"WHEREAS, Public Schools Week, an event which has been observed\nin California since 1919, will be celebrated April 22 through April\n26, 1968; and\n\"WHEREAS, continuing faith in American ideals and institutions,\nand the social and economic stability of the state and the nation,\ndepend upon free public education; and\n\"WHEREAS, the purpose of Public Schools Week is to renew the\ndedication of the citizens of California to the continuation and\nimprovement of our system of free public schools; and\n\"WHEREAS, Public School Week affords every citizen of the\nstate the opportunity to remain informed about the public schools\nin his community;\n\"NOW THEREFORE, Is RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do\nhereby proclaim April 22-26, 1968, PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK and urge\nthe people of California to participate in the programs designed\nto enhance their understanding of the work of the dedicated teachers\nand administrators to whom is entrusted the education of the future\ncitizens of this state.\"\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OFTTHE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.25.68\n#283\nThe following telegram was sent by Governor Ronald Reagan today\nto all members of the California Congressional Delegation and Senators\nThomas H. Kuchel and George Murphy:\n\"Administration-backed legislation for a broad-scale revision and\nrevitalization of California job development and placement programs has\nbeen introduced by Republican and Democratic leaders of the California\nAssembly. The package of bills has bipartisan support in the Assembly\nand has received the enthusiastic endorsement of Lieutenant Governor\nRobert H. Finch and the Senate Republican leader. Principal authors\nare Assembly Minority Leader Monagan, Speaker Unruh, and Assemblymen\nVeneman, Campbell and Ralph.\n\"Designed to meet the tremendous problems of California in\nunemployment as well as other areas, this legislation consists of a\nseries of six bills which may serve as a model for other states which,\nlike California, must train and find jobs for their citizens and\nthereby solve a major cause of poverty.\n\"For this legislation to become fully effective, the package will\nrequire changes in federal laws and regulations. The detailed\nlegislative proposals which my administration and the legislature have\ndrawn up will be forwarded to you within the next few days.\n\"I urgently solicit your support of this program. It is a\npositive effort which, through bipartisan cooperation, can change\nprograms which in the past promised much but achieved little.\"\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4.26.68\n# 284\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed the\nfollowing bills:\nAB 60 - Monagan\nPermits board of supervisors to pass ordinances\n(Chapter 41)\ndisposing of unclaimed bicycles and toys in\npossession of the sheriff to the county welfare\ndepartment as well as the county probation officer\nfor use in juvenile delinquency work.\nAB 214 - Belotti\nDeletes provisions authorizing the 22nd District\n(Chapter 46)\nAgricultural Association to construct a sports\narena. The bill also deletes provision authoriz-\ning the Department of Agriculture to advance funds\nfor paying premiums to county or district agri-\ncultural associations.\nAB 317 - Bagley\nMakes a nonsubstantive amendment to a Code of\n(Chapter 47)\nCivil Procedure section relating to jurors.\nThe bill was introduced by the Legislative Council\nas a part of a continuing program of codification\nto maintain the codes.\nAB 318 - Bagley\nMakes nonsubstantive amendments to Civil Code\n(Chapter 48)\nprovisions relating to obligations arising from\nparticular transactions.\nAB 355 - Crandall\nAuthorizes governing boards of school districts\nand Dent\nto pay in advance for postage stamps and permits\n(Chapter 42)\nand services provided by other governmental\nagencies when such action will result in decreased\ncost or which cannot be secured without payment\nin advance.\nAB 370 - Hayes\nRequires the State Air Resources Board to consider\n(Chapter 49)\ntechnological feasibility and economic cost in\ndetermining criteria for approval of motor vehicle\npollution control devices. The bill provides that\neach vehicle tested for certification comply with\nemission standards. It further establishes a\nschedule for installation of certified devices\nfor 1966 or later motor vehicles.\nAB 496 - Mulford\nAllows the benefits of the welfare exemption for\n(Chapter 50)\nfiscal year 1967-68 to certain organizations\notherwise qualified therefore except that the\narticles of incorporation did not provide for\nirrevocable dedication of corporate property to\ncharitable, scientific, religious or hospital\npurposes.\nSB 60 - Grunsky\nProvides a procedure whereby territory already a\n(Chapter 39)\npart of a county sanitation district may be annexed\nto an improvement district in that county sani-\ntation district.\n-1-\n# 284\nSB 100 - Danielson\nRequires all county clerks, instead of just\n(Chapter 43)\ncounty clerks with voter registration material\non computer tape or cards, to provide one copy\nof the index of registered voters to the Secre-\ntary of State at three specific times and permits\nSecretary of State to make such information\navailable.\nSB 156 - Schmitz\nProvides that candidates for a city or district\n(Chapter 44)\nelection may withdraw their statement of quali-\nfication until 5 p.m. of the working day after\nthe close of the nomination period, rather than\nuntil 3 calendar days after the close of the\nnomination period.\nSB 157 - Dymally\nMakes a nonsubstantive amendment to the Agri-\n(Chapter 40)\ncultural Code.\nThe bill was introduced at the request of the\nLegislative Counsel as a continuing program of\ncodification to maintain the codes.\nSB 178 - Bradley\nRepeals provisions providing for the Santa\n(Chapter 45)\nClara-Alameda-San Benito Water Authority.\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.26.68\n#285\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nApril 29, 1968\nthrough\nMay 5, 1968\nMonday, April 29\n1:30 p.m.\nMeeting with editors of private college newspapers\nin the state, Senator Hotel\n4:45 p.m.\nSigning of Mulford-Sherman Resolution (Anti-Litter\nMonth), Governor's Office\nTuesday, April 30\n9:30 a.m.\nPRESS CONFERENCE\n2:00 p.m.\nBrief remarks to Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and\nAssemblyman Carlos Moorhead, Governor's Council\nRoom\n2:30 p.m.\nBrief meeting with Francis Berton, Commander of\nDAV, Governor's Office\nWednesday, May 1\n1:30 p.m.\nMeeting with student body presidents of private\ncolleges, Senator Hotel\n3:00 p.m.\nMeeting with Senator Howard Way and group from\nMadera regarding 75th Anniversary of Madera,\nGovernor's Office\n7:00 p.m.\nSacramento Law Day Dinner, Officers Club, Mather\nAir Force Base\nThursday, May 2\n11:45 a.m.\nBrief greetings to South Bay Chamber of Commerce,\nGovernor's Office\n1:30 p.m.\nGreetings to Mendocino students and Assemblyman\nFrank Belotti, Governor's Office\n2:00 p.m.\nMeeting with Italian Ambassador to United States\nEgidio Ortona and Consul General of Italy Paolo\nMolasoni, Governor's Office\n2:45 p.m.\nMeeting with Ivy Baker Priest to pull San Francisco\nHarbor Improvement Bonds, Governor's Office\n6:00 p.m.\nBrief appearance at San Luis Obispo BBO, El Mirador\nHotel\nFriday, May 3\n10:30 a.m.\nDepart for Santa Monica Airport\n11:30 a.m.\nArrive Santa Monica\nNoon\nAddress American Women in Radio and Television\nConvention, Century Plaza Hotel\n9:30 p.m.\nReturn to Sacramento\n10:30 p.m.\nArrive Sacramento\n-1-\n#285\nSaturday, May 4\n9:30 a.m.\nDepart for Oroville Dam Dedication Ceremonies via\nhelicopter\n10:30 a.m.\nDedication Ceremonies at dam site\n11:30 a.m.\nTour of pumping plant facilities\n12:30 p.m.\nLuncheon\n2:00 p.m.\nReturn to Sacramento\n6:30 p.m.\nDepart for Oakland\n7:30 p.m.\nArrive Oakland Municipal Auditorium for UROC\nConvention\nReturn to Sacramento\nSunday, May 5\n2:30 p.m.\nSalute to Israel, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles\n# # #\n-2-\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4.26.68\n286\nGovernor Ronald Reagan took emergency action today to assure that\nCalifornia welfare recipients receive their May assistance payments on\ntime--Hay 1.\nThe governor signed a proclamation authorizing a loan from the\ngeneral fund to the state social welfare fund to cover the federal\nshare of welfare payments--some $33,227,000 which will not become\navailable to the state until May 1.\nUnder California law, the state controller must remit both state\nand federal funds to the counties no later than April 26 in order to\nmake payments to recipients on time.\nThe failure of Congress to make the federal funds available to\nthe state by today necessitated the governor's action.\nGovernor Reagan noted that welfare payments are made to some\n295,500 aged, 12,230 blind, 126,000 disabled and 813,200 dependent\nchildren recipients in California.\nThe monthly federal share of these payments in the state includes\n$14,644,700 for old age security, $813,300 in aid to the blind,\n$10,701,300 in aid to families with dependent children, and $7,062,700\nin aid to the needy disabled.\nThe governor said that failure to receive assistance checks on\ntime would work a severe hardship on many thousands of welfare\nrecipients in California.\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n4.29.68\n# 287\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has proclaimed the day of May 1, 1968,\nas LAW DAY USA.\nText of the proclamation follows:\n\"WHEREAS, May 1st is the Eleventh Annual National Observance\nof Law Day USA; and\n\"WHEREAS, the theme of Law Day this year--Only a Lawful Society\nCan Build a Better Society--bears a timely message; and\n\"WHEREAS, these words remind us that only by reliance upon the\ndue processes of law, and independent courts, and representative\ngovernment, can the resources of our nation be marshalled to achieve\nlasting progress; and\n\"WHEREAS, it is appropriate that we acknowledge our duty as\ncitizens and recognize our responsibilities as individuals to uphold\nthe law, the agencies of law enforcement, and the courts in the\nperformance of their lawful obligations;\n\"NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do\nhereby proclaim the day of May 1, 1968, LAW DAY USA and call upon\nall citizens to join in its observance through appropriate ceremonies,\nprograms and educational activities.\"\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 4.29.68\n# 288\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has proclaimed the month of May, 1968,\nas \"Anti-Litter Month\".\nText of the proclamation follows:\n\"WHEREAS, the existing conditions which relate to the effect\nthe appearance of the highways and byways of the State of California\nmay make extra efforts by the residents of California desirable; and\n\"WHEREAS, litter cleanup costs the taxpayers of California at\nleast $50 million annually; and\n\"WHEREAS, it is all-important that Californians do not fall into\na state of complacency, for it is only through the individual efforts\nof its citizenry that California will remain one of the cleanest and\nmost beautiful states in the nation;\n\"NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do\nhereby proclaim the month of May as California \"Anti-Litter Month\"\nand urge all Californians to support this proclamation by their\nindividual efforts for the beautification of this great state.\"\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERnOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.29.68\nA reminder that we MUST have requests in writing by Wednesday for\nthose who desire to make reservations on the press plane scheduled for\nMay 19-22. If you have not notified me in writing, please do so\nimmediately. Thank you.\n#\n#\n#\n#\n#\nPB\nHealth and Welfar Agency\nSpencer Williams, Administrator\nApril 29, 1968\nWELFARE, PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS\nWe are a humane and generous people and we accept\nwithout reservation our obligation to help the aged,\ndisabled and those unfortunates who, through no\nfault of their own, must depend upon their fellow\nman. But we are not going to perpetuate poverty by\nsubstituting a permanent dole for a paycheck. There\nis no humanity or charity in destroying self-reliance,\ndignity and self-respect\nthe very substance of\nmoral fiber.\n\"We seek reforms that will, wherever possible, change\nrelief check to pay check.\n\"In the whole area of welfare, everything will be\ndone to reduce administrative overhead, cut red tape\nand return control as much as possible to the county\nlevel. And the goal will be investment in, and\nsalvage of, human beings.\nfrom the inaugural address of Governor Ronald\nReagan, Sacramento, California, January 5, 1967.\nWelfare in California started on a new, creative course with the\ninauguration of Governor Ronald Reagan.\nThe ultimate objective was clear: Break the cycle of dependency\nthat has chained generations to ever-swelling welfare rolls.\nMany steps will be required to reach that distant destination.\nThe task of turning the welfare tide is enormous in both magnitude\nand complexity\nYear after year the number of persons on welfare and the money\nspent to support them has mounted.\nIn the past decade, expenditures for public assistance have risen\n157 percent and the average number of recipients has gone up\n126 percent while the state' population has increased by only\n38 percent\nThe Aid to Families with Dependent Children category leads the\nway, up from less than $90 million in 1956-57 to more than\n$401.5 million in 1966-67--an increase of 350 percent.\n-2-\nAid to the Totally Disabled, a program not even in operation a\ndecade ago, accounted for an expenditure of more than\n$132.5 million in the past fiscal year.\nOld Age Security payments, the largest category in 1956-57, has\ndropped into second place. However, in 1966-67 it required more\nthan $347 million, an increase of 47 percent over 1956-57.\nOn January 1, 1967, there were 1,148,000 Californians receiving\ncash grants from state welfare programs at an annual cost of\n$924 million.\nThis is equivalent to spending more than $100,000 an hour, every\nhour, night and day. It equals $3 million every business day.\nIn addition, cash grant welfare recipients received medical\nassistance at a cost of more than $373 million, bringing\nCalifornia's welfare bill to $1.3 billion.\nThe cash grant program currently includes:\n--292,000 men and women 65 years or older receiving Old\nAge Security payments. This group accounts for about\n35 percent of the total expenditure.*\n--120,000 receiving Aid to the Disabled. Another 12,500\npersons receive Aid to the Blind.\n-834,000 persons (75 percent of them children) in the Aid\nto Families with Dependent Children categories. This\ngroup accounts for about 45 percent of the total expendi-\ntures for cash grants.\nIn its first year, the Administration made significant achieve-\nments towards its declared goals. They include:\nCommunication Restored\nBefore 1967 relationships between the Department of Social Welfare\nand both the boards of supervisors and the welfare departments of\nthe 58 counties were so tense that effective communication had\nvirtually ceased. The first important step was the reestablishment\nof effective communication and this has been done.\n*see appendix for \"profiles\" of program recipients.\n-3-\nToday, harmonious working relationships exist and the spirit of\ncooperation has enabled the State and counties to strengthen\ntheir working partnership and make progress towards simplification\nof welfare procedures.\nCost Cut\nBasic administrative expenses of the Department of Social Welfare\nwere reduced 13 percent from original budget requests, a savings\nof $1,243,000 in the current fiscal year.\nAdministration Streamlined, Red Tape Slashed\nCalifornia was the first state to secure Federal approval for use\nof a simplified \"declaration of need\" application for Old Age\nSecurity eliminating unnecessary paperwork and repetitious\ninterviews.\nFour voluminous categorical aid program manuals were condensed\ninto one. Not only are there 2, 358 fewer pages, but the language\nhad been simplified and the content made more understandable.\nThis monumental revision was a joint State-county effort. Further\nefforts are under way to make department communications readily\naccessible to the social workers.\nExtension and Liberalization of Welfare Checked\nFor the first time in 15 years, the Administration successfully\nchecked the historic legislative pattern of extending and liberali-\nzing welfare benefits at each session.\nFraud and Abuse Studied\nA statewide Governor's fact-finding conference was convened as\nthe first step in determining the nature and extent of welfare\nfraud and abuse in California. On the recommendation of the\nconference, the State Social Welfare Board, with the assistance\nof a specially appointed advisory committee, conducted five\nhearings in different areas of the state and took thousands of\nwords of testimony from scores of witnesses representing every\nconceivable viewpoint. The Board's report and recommendations\nare not yet formulated.\n-4-\nMedi-Cal Costs Cut\nA $130 million deficit in the Medi-Cal program inherited from the\nprior fiscal year was eliminated and tighter administrative\ncontrols placed in effect which are expected to keep the program\nwithin appropriations this current fiscal year. A rollback of\nphysicians' fees, limitation of non-county hospital stays except\nin special circumstances, and closer checks on the medical\nnecessity for nursing home care were anticipated to save more\nthan $28 million in the current year\nThe first contract for prepayment of physicians' services was\nsigned, marking a major step forward in improving service to\nrecipients while at the same time controlling ever-spiraling\ncosts.\nFamily Planning\nA new family planning policy was adopted which gave social workers\nthe authority to initiate and conduct discussions with welfare\nrecipients with respect to family planning. This was coupled\nwith controls to ensure complete freedom from any pressure or\ncoercion.\nA Hand Up Instead of a Handout\nGreater emphasis was placed on rehabilitation as a means of\nrestoring individual dignity and self-support. The current budget\nof the Department of Rehabilitation was increased $5 million--a\nsound investment in the future productivity of those rehabilitated.\nMore than 6,600 disabled persons were returned to employment in\nthe fiscal year ending last June, of which some 1400 were removed\nfrom the welfare rolls at a first-year welfare savings of\n$2,750,000. The pace accelerated further in the new fiscal year\nand in the first seven months, the number of disabled persons\nreturned to employment was 90 percent higher than during the same\nperiod the previous year.\nSummer Jobs Provide More than Money\nThe State took the lead in providing summer employment for youth,\nplacing 600 in State jobs. The program will be enlarged this year.\nDirected in a large part towards young people from poverty areas,\nthe program offers more than money. In addition to payment of\nwages it stresses the virtues of work and provides the self-\nconfidence that comes from one knowing his ability to earn his\nown way in a competitive economy.\n-5-\nJob Training and Placement Coordinated\nState agencies were given clear and specific direction to provide\nconcerted and coordinated programs to secure training and employ-\nment for public assistance recipients. The California Job\nTraining and Placement Council, including representatives of both\ngovernment and private industry, was created to study and recommend\nways to reach the hard-core unemployed with needed training and\nemployment.\nCooperation among the county welfare departments and the State\ndepartments of Employment and Social Welfare was strengthened. As\na result, more emphasis and follow through is now being applied\nto the requirement that welfare recipients look for and take jobs\nthey can fill.\nIn addition, the Department of Employment, through its Human\nResources Development and Concentrated Employment programs, has\nemphasized the development of training and placement of persons\nfrom poverty areas. Many persons served by these programs are\nentering the labor market for the first time.\nFurther Coordination Proposed\nCombination of the Job Training and Placement Council, the\nService Centers, and the Office of Economic Opportunity into one\ndepartment of Human Resources Development is proposed as part of\nthe Governor' plan to reorganize the executive branch of State\nGovernment. This would further coordinate and strengthen job\ntraining and placement efforts\nCooperation with Private Sector Emphasized\nGovernor Reagan appointed H. C. McClellan to conduct statewide a\nprogram patterned after the one he so successfully initiated in\nthe Watts area of Los Angeles. The entire program is privately\nfinanced. His efforts, while directed toward all who lack\nopportunity, offer particular hope to those minorities with a\ndisproportionate share of poverty and unemployment. Greater\neffort has been made to cooperate with private welfare agencies.\nNew Methods Sought\nNew, more effective ways of reducing public dependency and\npotential dependency are under study. One such effort is Project\nFOCUS recently launched in cooperation with Fresno City and\nCounty. This pilot program will employ the most modern management\ntechniques to weld together all of the available resources,\n-6-\nFederal, State, local, and private, in a concerted thrust aimed\nat producing self-reliant citizens.\nGrowth of Welfare Rolls Slowed\nThere are encouraging signs that growth of the skyrocketing Aid\nto the Disabled and Aid to Families with Dependent Children\nprograms has been slowed. While total numbers are still up, the\nproportion of increase was less rapid than in the three years\npreceding 1967, in part, at least, the result of the increased\nemphasis on job placement, expanded efforts of rehabilitation and\na closer check on eligibility\nGoals\nThe major welfare goal of this Administration is to help our\ndisadvantaged and our needy to help themselves to achieve\nproductive, meaningful lives--to learn self-sufficiency and to\nfree themselves to the maximum extent possible from dependency on\npublic assistance. Employment is the route to that goal.\nShort Term\nCurrently there are an estimated 83,000 persons on state welfare\nrolls who are capable of training or employment. Some 12,000 of\nthese are in training programs, another 26,000 have part-time\nemployment. While the entire group is but a small portion of the\ntotal welfare roll, their employment would have a snowball effect\nsince it would eliminate need for aid to their dependents. If\nall 83,000 were on payrolls instead of aid rolls, the number of\npersons on welfare could be cut by more than 300,000. This would\nmean a monthly welfare savings of $15 million plus providing our\neconomy the benefit of their productivity.\nMore important, the children in these families would grow up in a\nself-supporting, independent atmosphere in which they would learn\nto recognize productive employment as the means to personal\nfulfillment.\nLong Range\nThe hope for significant reduction in public dependency lies with\nthe 480,000 children 12 years old or less who are now supported\non aid programs.\nIt is with this group that the cycle of recurring public dependency\nmust be snapped. They must not grow up to view welfare as a way\nof life.\n-7-\nConclusion\nWelfare presents many difficult and complex problems. There are\nno instant solutions. Major improvement will come only through\nhard work and sustained determination. Significant progress,\nhowever, was made in the first year of this Administration and\nfurther achievements are anticipated this year. However, many of\nthe proposals to change the direction of welfare, to stress self-\nsufficiency, and to streamline welfare administration, require\nchanges in State and Federal laws. Such changes have been\nrequested of the Legislature and the Congress.\nIn his message to the Legislature, the Governor recommended\nlegislation leading to a uniform standard of assistance which\nwould greatly simplify welfare administration and eliminate\npresent inequities.\nTo keep assistance to the disabled from becoming even more\ninequitable, the Governor sponsored urgency legislation to\nincrease the average maximum grant above the now established\nlegal ceiling pending enactment of legislation to provide better\nhome care services for the disabled under a more favorable\nFederal sharing formula that would reduce State cost by $4 million\nand eliminate the $1.6 million county contribution.\nThe Governor also proposed that when the taxpayer has been\nsupporting the aged and disabled, then the taxpayer should share\nin the estate with the provision that no settlement would be\nrequired as long as a surviving spouse lives in the home.\nOther recommendations were that computations of grants to married\npersons should take into account all shared items and that\nunnecessary disability assistance not be given to recipients\nliving with parents whose income is substantial.\nFinally, in an effort to provide an incentive for adults receiving\naid for dependent children to secure employment rather than remain\non welfare, the Governor proposed that the maximum family payments\nbe equal to the earnings of a family breadwinner working for the\nminimum legal wage.\nAPPENDIX\nCHARACTERISTICS OF AFDC\nThe typical AFDC family group is comprised of a 31-year-old\nmother, who has lived here 17 years, and her three children. The\nfamily is likely to be of a minority group; 28 percent are Negro\nand 23 percent are Mexican-Americans Eighty-five percent of\nthese family groups qualify for aid on the basis of the father's\ncontinued absence from the home The mother has had an average\nof nine years of education and is without work. Her past\nemployment is likely to have been in some kind of service, as a\nwaitress or domestic.\nThe average monthly assistance grant to this family is $171\nThere is some likelihood of outside income--43 percent have some\noutside income, averaging about $90 per month. This usually is\nin the form of contributions from the absent father, benefits\nfrom OASDI, or earnings of the mother Only about one-third of\nthe families have any personal property of value. Most of those\nwho do have some such property, have only a car--usually valued\nat less than $150.\nCHARACTERISTICS OF OAS\nThe typical Old Age Security recipient is 77, widowed, has lived\nhere 35 years, and has received OAS for seven years. Seventy\npercent are women. Negroes and Mexican-Americans are about\nequally represented in the caseload, comprising 15 percent of the\ntotal on OAS, and other minority groups represent about 3 percent.\nThe OAS recipient's average total monthly income is $160 from the\nwelfare grant, medical care and other income such as Social\nSecurity. About 25 percent own their home, 3 percent own income-\nproducing property, and 70 percent have property reserves--mostly\ncash, interment plots, or life insurance. Eighty-three percent\nlive in a house or apartment. Forty-four percent live alone.\nAbout 11 percent live in a hotel or rooming house. Six percent\nlive in some type of out-of-home care facility.\nThere are about 291,000 OAS recipients; 24 percent of the total\npersons on welfare.\nCHARACTERISTICS OF AFDC-U\nThe typical AFDC-Unemployed family consists of a 33-year-old\nfather, a 30-year-old mother, and their four children. The family\nhas lived here about 15 years. Twenty-two percent are Negro;\nDOSA NO\n26 percent are Mexican-American. The children in these families\nqualify on the basis of the father's unemployment. Usually both\nparents have completed about nine years of schooling. The\nfather's usual occupation is in operative, semiskilled or\nunskilled labor. The mothers are less likely to have ever had\nany kind of job than the mothers in the family group cases;\n43 percent of the \"U\" mothers have never been employed, compared\nto 23 percent of the family group mothers. Their employment,\nagain, has been in service work.\nThe \"U\" family has a monthly welfare grant of $206. Forty-four\npercent have some outside income, averaging $130 per month; in\nmost cases from unemployment insurance benefits or earnings from\nthe father's part-time work. Less than 50 percent of these\nfamilies have any personal property of value, and nearly all of\nthose who do, own only a car valued at less than $150.\nscoids\nto\ntack\nIssuated\nThere are about 800,000 AFDC recipients; 66 percent of the total\npersons on welfare. (AFDC family group and AFDC-Unemployed both\nwithin this total.)\nZAO 50 SBITSISETOANAHD\nDovil Bod TY et Implgiber programs 6.10\n10% SAO\n93% bas\nao as At\nauade Brus ,BAD\nwith month 0018 at account viddom Inser skill\nIntoct as dase hed/o fixts 9352\n-emont sevo $ vemod nieds as\nvisadorg Insured OT bas printising\nVidgin the\nsvil 01\n30 Issent S of describe If\nbuto they describe #2 80 coo, TVE judida\nIPO\nYOU\n$ to Vitaki\nylirst rigds Bite\nas and\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.30.68\n* 289\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement\nin observance of \"Invest-in-America Week\", April 28 - May 4:\n\"Californians today enjoy an unparalleled standard of\nliving, reaping the benefits of our industry and\nenterprise. Through continual voluntary saving and\nwise investment, we have contributed to our nation's\ngrowth, security and freedom.\n\"Throughout the nation, communities are planning obser-\nvances to emphasize the importance of each individual's\nrole in building a sound economy. This is not merely\na reminder that we should save a portion of our income\nfor personal security; it is a call to all Americans\nto marshal their financial resources as a means of\nstrengthening our country. Once again we are reminded\nthat with our savings accounts, our investments on\nhomes, life insurance, local business enterprises, in\nstocks or in bonds, each of us participates in Cali-\nfornia's and America's growth and prosperity.\n\"I urge my fellow Californians to consider that the\nimportance of personal savings and investments strengthens\nour common economic life and to observe April 28 through\nMay 4, 1963 as Invest-in-America Week. II\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE RESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n4.30.68\n#290\nFor your convenience, excerpts from last week's press conference\non April 23 follow in which the governor explains his position in\nresponse to a question concerning the presidency:\nQ. Governor, are you available for the presidency?\nA. I'm too old to be drafted in the army. I don't know\nwhat the answer to that is. I think any citizen in\nthe United States is available for that office if his\nfellow citizens decided that he was the individual\nthey wanted.\nQ. When you say the job seeks the man for the presidency,\nyou mean someone has to come to you first, you'll never\ngo after it?\nA.\nWell, I think once -- if your party selected you as a\nnominee, then you go after it, of course. You've\naccepted the responsibility, if they do. But I could\nnot -- could not conceive of myself soliciting that job,\nstanding up and saying, yes, I want --\nQ.\nUnder any circumstances?\nA.\nWell, at the moment, no, I can't.\n# # #\nPB"
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