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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 - September 1968\nBox: P9\nTo see more digitized collections visit:\nhttps://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digital-library\nTo see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories visit:\nhttps://reaganlibrary.gov/document-collection\nContact a reference archivist at: [email protected]\nCitation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/citing\nNational Archives Catalogue: https://catalog.archives.gov/\nOFFICE OF THE GOVEI R\nRELEASE: ....adiate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.3.68\n#564\nGovernor Ronald Reagan, announcing he has vetoed a bill (AB-1465,\nUnruh) which would have created another state employment program for\nyouth, said today California already has \"a highly successful\" summer\njobs-for-youth program underway and that the Unruh proposal would\nonly add \"to the frustrations of minority unemployment.\"\nThe measure allocated $1.5 million to local agencies and $250,000\nto the Department of Employment to maintain youth employment service\nactivities at the 1966 level of service. The funds would have been\nused in a continuing program of youth employment during the months\nof June through September of each year.\nIn his veto letter, the governor said:\n\"The state already has a highly successful summer employment\nprogram underway. This program, together with the recently enacted\nseries of job training and development measures, will have a more lasting\neffect on unemployment than the costly make-work projects proposed by\nAB 1465.\n\"I share the feeling of those people who have studied this problem,\nthat temporary make-work of the kind proposed in this bill only adds\nto the frustrations of minority unemployment.\n\"This year the Department of Employment has placed approximately\n136,000 persons under the age of 23 years in both the public and\nprivate sectors. Many of these youths are from disadvantaged areas.\n\"New programs enacted this year will result in action being taken\nto solve the problems of the disadvantaged areas and to prepare\nindividuals for employment. For example, the Work Incentive Program\ncreated by AB 210 (Chapter 1369) is aimed at making individuals\nemployable and giving them an incentive to leave the welfare rolls.\n\"It is anticipated that this program in the first year will train\nand ultimately result in permanent employment for approximately\n1, 745 youths under 24 years of age who are currently receiving welfare\ngrants. This legislation authorizes an expenditure level of $17 mil-\nlion, of which $3.8 million is new state money.\"\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVE.\n)R\nRELEASE: 1. ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.3.68\n#565\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has vetoed legislation\n(AB-730, Veneman) which would have established a separate retirement\nsystem for approximately 600 state employees who work for the\nlegislature\nHe said the action was in keeping with his policy of consistently\nsupporting salary and retirement benefits \"that are equitable both\nto public employees and to the taxpayers alike.\"\nIn his veto letter, the governor said:\n\"The cost to the state's taxpayers would amount to an estimated\nequivalent of $1,800,000 a year as a result of providing a very rich\nretirement plan to a very few state employees.\n\"The program would not be funded on an actuarially sound basis,\ntherefore the costs in the early years of operation would be small\nand would increase dramatically as the state's share of liability\nunder the program grew from year to year.\n\"Although the employee's contribution rate would average slightly\nless than for the existing Public Employees Retirement System, the\nbenefits, and consequently the taxpayer's share, would be substantially\nhigher.\n\"The proposed benefits under this bill would be from two to three\ntimes greater than under the existing system, and since the employee's\ncontribution would be limited to seven percent, the taxpayer's cost\nwould run an estimated five times higher than the present contribu-\ntion rate.\n\"I can find no justification for asking the citizens of this state\nto pay these added costs in light of the fact that legislative\nemployees are eligible for membership in our Public Employees\nRetirement System which serves approximately 400,000 state and local\ngovernment workers.\n\"I have consistently supported salary and retirement benefits\nthat are equitable both to public employees and to taxpayers alike.\nMy veto of this bill is in keeping with this policy.\"\n#\n#\n#\nOFFICE OF THE GOVI\nOR\nRELEASE: Im ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.3.68\n#566\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has vetoed a bill\n(SB-517, Collier) which would have granted a driver, convicted of\ndriving under the influence of intoxicating liquor, the choice of\neither serving a jail sentence or having his driver's license sus-\npended.\nThe governor said he took the action because the choice of\npenalties for such offenses should remain within the discretion of\nthe judge and not the offender.\nThe bill would have required the court, if it decided to suspend\nthe license of a person convicted for the first time of driving under\nthe influence of intoxicating liquor, to grant the driver the choice\nof serving a 10-day jail term or having his driver's license suspended.\nIt would have allowed a person, upon certain second convictions\nfor driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor the choice of\nserving a 20-day jail term or having his driver's license suspended.\nIn his veto letter, the governor said:\n\"I recognize that many persons must have a driver's license to\ncontinue their present employment. However, the reason for the sus-\npension of the driving privilege is not to punish the violator by\ndriver\ndepriving him of employment but to remove a dangerous/from the highway\nand thereby protect other motorists. The professional driver should be\nmore fully aware of this fact than the average motorist.\n\"There may be a need to give judges greater flexibility in\ndetermining penalties in cases involving driving under the influence\nof intoxicating liquor; however, SB-517 does not achieve this objective.\nIt places the discretion, with respect to the choice of penalties, with\nthe offender rather than the judge.\n\"A person convicted of driving under the influence of intoxicating\nliquor has an absolute right under this bill to select a jail sentence\ninstead of a license suspension, no matter how flagrant his conduct\nmay have been.\n\"Discretion in these matters should rest with the judge and not\nwith the offender.\"\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELFASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Califor\na\nContact:\nPaul back\n445-4571\n9.3.68\n#567\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has vetoed legislation\n(SB 1223, Moscone) deleting boards of police commissioners, city and\ntown marshals irom the list of persons authorized to issue a license\nto carry a concealed firearm.\nHe said that the bill \"should receive further legislative study.\n\"The entire question of the issuance by local law enforcement\nofficials of licenses to carry concealed firearms is a difficult one, \"\nthe governor said. \"There is a difference of opinion among issuing\nauthorities concerning the principles governing the issuance of such\npermits. This difference is illustrated by the opposition expressed\nby many law enforcement officials to this bill.\"\nThe measure would have required an applicant for such a license\nto reside within the city or county served by the licensing officer.\nThe bill also provided that, in court proceedings to compel issuance\nof a license to carry a concealed firearm, the person whose application\nhad been denied would have had to prove he was eligible for the license.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.3.68\n#568\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has vetoed the following bills:\nAB 866 - Fong\nProvides a two-year experimental program of year-\nround operation at one high school. It estimates\nthe expenditure of $1.2 million and estimates the involvement of\n2,000 full-time equivalent students.\nREASON FOR VETO:\nGovernor Reagan said: \"The program outlined\nin this bill, though called experimental, is not\ntruly experimental in that it neither establishes ways for clear\nevaluation of the effects of the total program or of its component\nparts. It is not an innovation of a continuous school year; year-\nround schools have been tried in many U.S. school districts.\n\"There is little doubt, of course, that any school district might\nwell benefit in its general educational program by having the kinds of\ncourses available during the summer for those students who would\nvoluntarily avail themselves of the opportunity.\n\"There is need for the opportunity during summer for students to\nimprove themselves in subjects in which they are weak and to have the\nopportunity to explore new areas. Summer session programs currently\nmeet these needs in many school districts.\n\"We have a great need for true experiments to test new ideas and\nnew approaches to the teaching of our young. The practical proposal\noutlined in this bill does not go far enough in providing ways to\nassess the nature or meaning of whatever results may accrue. There\nis insufficient evidence that it significantly adds to what a quality\nsummer session could achieve. It also raises certain questions which\nshould be considered in advance: what would be the effects on those\nwho take advantage of the speeded-up graduation suggested who do not\nintend a college experience but who may be too young for normal employ-\nment? and, can the families of students who most need special help\nafford year-round attendance by their children?\"\nAB 1208 - Brathwaite Makes a comprehensive revision, reorganization\nand recodification of the California statutes\nrelating to the exemption of debtors' property from attachment, execu-\ntion, and similar judicial process.\nREASON FOR VETO:\nGovernor Reagan said: \"While I am in accord with\nthe general objectives of AB 1208, I believe that\nthe provisions relating to the absolute exemption of wages from attach-\nment prior to judgement are too broad. The objective in this area is\nto enable a debtor to support himself and his family and to prevent\nimpairment of that ability by garnishment. On the other hand, the\ncreditor should have reasonable legal recourse to collect indebtedness\ndue him, particularly in instances where the debtor may leave the area\nof jurisdiction of the creditor. I believe that the provisions of the\nFederal Consumer Credit Protection Act achieve a better balance\nbetween the two objectives by exempting essentially 75 percent of\nwages from garnishment prior to judgement. I would welcome\nre-introduction of this bill next session amended in this respect to\nconform to the Federal Consumer Credit Protection Act.\nAB 1711 - Bear\nProhibits the use of wiretap or eavesdropping\nevidence obtained in any other state, country or\njurisdiction which, if obtained in this state would have been illegal.\nThe bill also generally prohibits the copying or reproducing of any\nphotograph, negative, or print, of a body or a portion thereof taken\nin the course of a post mortem examination or autopsy made or caused to\nbe made by the coroner.\nREASON FOR VETO:\nGovernor Reagan said: \"I have no quarrel with\nthe principal objective of AB 1711. However, the\nbill is so broadly worded that it would have the unintended effect of\nimpeding the legitimate use of autopsy photographs in medical education\nand research. Leaders of the medical profession and experts in the\nfields of forensic pathology and medical research have indicated the\n-1-\n#568\ndetrimental effect that this legislation would have on scientific\nadvancement.\nIf\nAB 1964 - Veneman\nWould exempt from sales and use tax, gross receipts\nfrom the sale or lease of equipment and all other\npersonal property bought for use in connection with exploration for,\nor production of, oil, gas or minerals on the outer Continental Shelf.\nREASON FOR VETO:\nGovernor Reagan said: \"This proposal constitutes\na change in the basic tax policy of this state\nin that it would provide preferential sales tax treatment and a tax\nshelter for part of an important domestic industry which is in com-\npetition with other parts not receiving the same treatment. Explora-\ntion for petroleum and gas on the Continental Shelf competes with\nexploration on the mainland in California. Production there will\ncompete with production here. A tax advantage for companies drilling\nand producing there would disadvantage other companies drilling and\nproducing here. The latter, in turn, would seek similar tax treatment,\nwith a consequent further serious erosion of the important sales tax\nbase.\n\"Moreover, granting this exemption would afford an opportunity for tax\nevasion, since costly equipment which had been purchased tax-free under\nprovisions of this bill--barges, derricks, drilling equipment and the\nlike--could be returned to the mainland and used in direct competition\nwith similar equipment on which sales tax had been paid.\n\"However, in the interests of doing everything possible to encourage\nCalifornia industry, it would appear that a narrow exemption could be\nsupported if the tangible personal property of the kind contemplated\nby this bill were purchased exclusively for use on the outer Continental\nShelf, and if no use is made in California by the purchaser other than\nthe actual shipment to the Continental Shelf.\n\"I believe strongly that California industry should be encouraged and\nsupported, and a narrow tax exemption of the kind described above would\naccomplish that purpose. But, this measure offers at least the oppor-\ntunity for tax evasion, which should not be encouraged.\n\"It is only in rare cases that tax exemptions are warranted, and when\nwarranted, they should be kept as narrow as possible.\"\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\n-2-\nOFFICE OF THE GOVEP\nR\nRELEASE:\nIm'\ndiate\nSacramento, Califor...a\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.4.68\n# 569\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today commended the California Department\nof General Services for helping to save the taxpayers of California\nsome $33 million during the first 17 months of the Reagan adminis-\ntration.\nThese savings were made possible by the implementation of sound,\nbusinesslike purchasing and operating practices, the governor said.\nThe complete savings story was made public in a report by General\nServices Director Andrew R. Lolli to the Commission on California\nState Government Organization and Economy.\nThe Commission is often referred to as the \"Little Hoover\nCommission. #\nThe report covered the period from February 1, 1967--one month\nafter Governor Reagan took office--to June 30th, 1968.\nLolli's report--presented last week--also revealed that the\nfederal government was so impressed with the $1.7 million in savings\nwhich the state was able to make on 156 specific items, compared with\nwhat the federal government was paying for the same items, that the\nfederal government adopted the state's purchasing practices.\nGovernor Reagan--who had reviewed Lolli's report prior to its\npresentation to the \"Little Hoover\" Commission--praised the Depart-\nment of General Services and the commission itself for what Reagan\ndescribed as their \"cost-conscious attitudes and continuing efforts\nto provide the most efficient services and programs possible\".\nThe governor said that the cumulative dollar total of the\neconomies brought about by the Department of General Services in its\nareas of responsibility for the first 17-month period is $33,417,680.\nHe indicated that these economies resulted from action in the\nfollowing broad categories:\n1) More competitive bidding, consolidation of purchases and\nimproved procurement procedures.\n2) Improvements in systems and methods affecting both other\nstate agencies and General Services.\n3) Savings through internal reorganization, centralized storage\nand disposition of state records, more efficient use of human and\nmaterial resources, improved control and use of building space and\nother administrative improvements.\n4) Returning unused funds to appropriation sources.\n5) Cancelling previously budgeted Public Works projects which\nwere carefully evaluated and deemed as unnecessary,\n-1-\n#569\n\"The Department of General Services has brought about dramatic\nimprovements in many of the state's business management functions\nso that they are now performed more efficiently and economically,\"\nGovernor Reagan said.\nHe enumerated the following as typical of the improvements which\nhave been implemented:\na) Establishment of space utilization standards resulting in more\nefficient use of state-owned and state-leased office space.\nb) Standards specifications for communications equipment used\nby different state agencies resulting in consolidation of requirements,\nmore competitive bidding--elimination of \"single sources\" of supply--\nand, as a consequence, sharply reduced costs with no decrease in\nquality.\nc) Elimination of non-essential telephone equipment and services.\nd) Improved management of the Office of State Printing through\nmore efficient and economical techniques and reduction of inventories.\ne) Establishment of a moratorium on filing equipment purchases\nto insure maximum use of existing equipment.\n£) Improved vehicle pool charge-out system, using business-proven\n\"credit card\" techniques.\ng) Adoption of different methods of janitorial services.\nh) More efficient assignment and utilization of state police\npersonnel.\nThe governor said that there are also a number of important pro-\njects which have resulted in increased economy and overall efficiency\nthrough consolidation and centralized control of business management\nfunctions. These improvements are still being implemented.\n\"As a consequence, while we are extremely pleased with the progress\nso far, we know that there are many other areas where we can reduce\ncost and improve overall efficiency\" the governor said.\n\"I know that the taxpayers of this state join me in thanking the\nDepartment of General Services and the Little Hoover Commission for\nall that has been done so far.\"\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\n-2-\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: In diate\nSacramento, Californ\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n9.4.68\n#570\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the transfer of $3.3 million\nfrom the state's general fund to a forward-looking \"Work Incentive\nProgram (WIN) designed to move unemployed fathers off the welfare rolls\nand into productive jobs.\nAn executive order officially transferring the funds to the WIN\nproject has been signed by State Finance Director Caspar Weinberger,\nthe governor said.\nThe state monies, plus $13.2 million in federal funds, will be\nused to underwrite the cost of the program during the balance of the\n1968-69 fiscal year.\nThe state appropriation was made possible through passage of an\nadministration-backed bill (AB 210, Chappie) which was signed by\nGovernor Reagan this year.\nGovernor Reagan said that between 15,000 and 18,000 welfare recip-\nients will be enrolled in the program and moved through the 12,000\njob training positions allocated to the program between September 10,\n1968 and June 30, 1969.\nWIN is administered by the state's Human Relations Agency through\nthe Department of Employment, in cooperation with the Department of\nSocial Welfare, for the U.S. Department of Labor.\nThe Chappie bill provided the enabling legislation necessary to\nestablish the Work Incentive Programs which were called for in 1967\namendments to the Social Security Act as passed by Congress.\nSpencer Williams, California's secretary for Human Relations, said\nthe purpose of the program is to move recipients of Aid to Families\nwith Dependent Children--especially unemployed fathers--off of welfare\ninto productive employment and useful roles in their communities.\nA secondary purpose of the program is to reduce welfare caseloads.\n\"These have always been major objectives of Governor Reagan and\nhis administration,\" Williams said.\nThe program proposes to accomplish these objectives by replacing\nand stepping up community work and training programs formerly operated\nunder the Department of Social Welfare. These activities will be\nreplaced with work incentive programs in the Department of Employment\nfor recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)\nreferred by the county welfare departments.\n-1-\n#570\nInitially the program will be operative in 26 California counties.\nIn others the Department of Social Welfare will administer substitute\nprograms until, with additional funding, WIN can accommodate all\neligible welfare recipients in the state.\nThe State Department of Rehabilitation, through contract with the\nDepartment of Employment, will provide services to disabled persons\neligible under the program.\nWhen a welfare recipient is enrolled in the WIN program, an initial\nassessment of his needs and abilities will be made. If he cannot im-\nmediately be placed in a job, an \"employability plan\" will be developed.\nThe first part of this plan will be an orientation program designed\nto help motivate the individual prior to his entrance into a job train-\ning program or directly into permanent employment.\nWelfare recipients currently participating in work experience and\ntraining programs through welfare departments will be enrolled in the\nWIN Program to help assure continuity of job rehabilitation services.\nPriority of referral to the WIN Program by the Department of Social\nWelfare--through the various counties- will be given unemployed fathers\nwhose families are receiving AFDC funds.\nThe program, broken down into three main categories, includes:\n1) Regular employment and on-the-job training\n2) Institutional and work experience projects\n3) Special work projects\nThe average cost per position in the program, including administra-\ntion expenses, is estimated at $1,375.\nHere are the number of positions and funds (total of federal and\nstate) appropriated for each county: (see attached sheet)\n-2-\n#570\nCounty\nNo. of Positions\nAppropriation\nCOASTAL AREA\nAlameda\n768\n$973,888\nContra Costa\n416\n527,522\nHumboldt\n96\n121,736\nMonterey\n128\n162,315\nSan Francisco\n544\n689,837\nSan Mateo\n160\n202,893\nSanta Clara\n544\n689,837\nSolano\n96\n121,736\nSonoma\n160\n202,893\nINTERIOR AREA\nButte\n64\n81,157\nFresno\n544\n689,837\nKern\n288\n365,208\nKings\n64\n81,157\nMerced\n96\n121,736\nSacramento\n512\n649,259\nSan Joaquin\n256\n324,629\nStanislaus\n192\n243,472\nTulare\n256\n324,629\nLOS ANGELES METROPOLITAN AREA\nLos Angeles\n4,992\n6,330,275\nSOUTHERN AREA\nOrange\n256\n324,629\nRiverside\n288\n365,208\nSan Bernardino\n480\n608,680\nSan Diego\n480\n608,680\nSan Luis Obispo\n64\n81,157\nSanta Barbara\n128\n162,315\nVentura\n128\n162,315\nCENTRAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA OFFICES\n1,283,000\nTOTALS\n12,000\n$16,500,000\n# # #\n-3-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVF\nOR\nRELEASE: I ediate\nSacramento, Califormia\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.5-68\n# 571\nA new computerized billing system has enabled California's\nMedi-Cal program to recover more than a million dollars in overpay-\nments since January 1, Spencer Williams, Health and Welfare adminis-\ntrator, disclosed today.\nIn a report to Governor Ronald Reagan, Williams said the system\nalso is rejecting duplicate billings that otherwise would cost the\nstate another $100,000 monthly.\nWilliams said a report from the State Office of Health Care\nServices shows that for the six-month period ending June 1, 1968, a\ntotal of $752,000 in such claims was rejected.\nHe said he directed California Blue Shield, which handles the\nbilling, to go back through claims paid since the start of Medi-Cal\nin March, 1966, to recover overpayments estimated at approximately\n$2.5 million during the 22-month period. In addition to the\n$1 million that has been identified and voluntarily returned, Williams\nsaid, work toward identification and collection of the balance is now\nin progress.\nThe system was developed in cooperation with California Blue\nShield, the fiscal intermediary under contract with the state for\npaying claims under the program. The system electronically compares\nall new claims for medical services with previous claims and rejects\nthose that appear to be duplicates.\nWilliams said: \"These claims are processed at the rate of about\n70,000 a day.\n\"While the sums identified are substantial, he said, \"the\novercharges still represent less than one percent of the total medical\nservice claims.\"\nMedical service claims include those from physicians, dentists,\npharmacists, and other individual providers. Hospital and nursing\nhome claims are processed differently.\nWilliams said the preventive program was put into operation after\na test project indicated that duplicates could be economically identi-\nfied and recovered.\nWilliams said many of the duplicate billings resulted from delays\nin payment that led doctors to think that the first bill had gone\nastray. A new law sponsored by the administration which reduces the\n-1-\n# 571\nbilling period from six to two months, and improved processing,\nshould cut down on duplications, he said.\nNoting that there is evidence that some hospitals and nursing\nhomes have also submitted duplicate bills, Williams said another\nsystem was installed last March to detect these in advance of payment.\nHospital and nursing home accounts are finally settled on the basis\nof actual audits, and overcharges are simply deducted from future\npayments, Williams said.\n#\n#\n#\n-2-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVE\nR\nMEMO TO\n: PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571 9.5.68\nGovernor Reagan will sign a proclamation calling for a special\nlegislative session on the subjects of unemployment disability benefits\nand workmen's compensation benefits in his office today at 2:30 p.m.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.6.68\n#572\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement in\nsupport of \"Hire the 40-Plus Worker\" Week, an annual observance of the\nCalifornia State Employment Service to remind employers of a not fully\nutilized source of manpower to fill job vacancies:\n\"September 16 through 20 is 'Hire the 40-Plus Worker' Week, during\nwhich each year the California State Employment Service calls to the\nattention of employers the assets of experience, maturity and reliability\nwhich the qualified older worker brings to his job.\n\"I endorse this observance, for it has been amply demonstrated\nthat ability knows no age limit.\n\"Employers everywhere concede that some of their most valuable\nemployees are in their forties and fifties and sixties, and sometimes\neven older.\n\"And yet, sometimes, qualified people are ignored when a job\nvacancy occurs, simply because they are in their forties or fifties or\nsixties.\n\"I therefore urge employers to avail themselves of this large\nsource of know-how and experience in the labor market. Business and\nindustry needs their steady work habits, their serious approach to the\njob, their proven record of productivity.\"\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERI\nMEMO TO THE\nESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n9.6.68\n#573\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nSeptember 9, 1968\nthrough\nSeptember 15, 1968\nMonday, September 9\n9:30 a.m.\nMeeting with Republican legislative leaders,\nGovernor's Office\nTuesday, September 10\n1:30 p.m.\nPRESS CONFERENCE\nWednesday, September 11\nNo public appointments scheduled\nThursday, September 12\nNo public appointments scheduled\nFriday, September 13\nAfternoon\nDepart for Los Angeles\nSaturday, September 14\nNoon\nFundraiser for Joe Holt, GOP Congressional\ncandidate in the San Fernando Valley, Lakeside\nCountry Club, Hollywood\nSunday, September 15\nAfternoon\nReturn to Sacramento\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.6.68\n#574\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Thomas A. Newell of Glendora\nto the Los Angeles County Municipal Court bench, Citrus Judicial\nDistrict.\nThe job pays $23,000 annually.\nNewell, a 43-year old Republican, succeeds Judge Paul Egly who\nwas elevated to the superior court.\nNewell, municipal court commissioner for the Citrus Judicial\nDistrict since 1965, is a 1960 graduate of the Southwestern University\nSchool of Law.\nFollowing his admission to the state bar in 1960 he went to work\nas a Los Angeles County deputy district attorney. Three years later he\nentered private practice in Azusa. He assumed his duties as court\ncommissioner in December, 1965.\nHe served as a police officer in Pasadena from 1947-50 and was\nchief clerk of the municipal court's criminal division, Pasadena\nJudicial District, from 1951-60,\nNewell is married and has five children.\nHe lives at 418 West Northridge, Glendora.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\nIm\ndiate\nSacramento, Californ\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.9.68\n#575\nSTATEMENT BY GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN REGARDING TAX RELIEF LEGISLATION\nFOR ACTION DURING A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE:\n\"I am today advising leaders of both parties in the legislature\nof my views concerning tax relief legislation and telling them I will\nplace property and income tax relief legislation before a Special\nSession providing they can assure me of early passage.\n\"It is a simple program which is designed to give the taxpayers\nof California a quarter of a billion dollars in tax relief. It is\nmy belief- and this is shared by the Republican leadership in the\nlegislature that we have a solemn obligation to give immediate tax\nrelief to the citizens of this state.\n\"I am urging the Democratic leaders to help us in this endeavor.\n\"At the same time, however, I want to make it perfectly clear that\nthe placement of tax relief legislation on call for the Special\nSession is contingent on an agreement from the legislative leader-\nship that it accept the view that taxes are too high and that the\npeople's money must be returned to the people.\n\"What I will submit to the legislature, if that agreement is\nreached, is a simple program of tax relief containing substantial\nreductions in taxes for most Californians. This program and the\nnecessary legislation, I must emphasize, cannot be cluttered up with\nnew forms of increased spending.\n\"Tax relief has been promised by both parties. Far too much time\nhas already been spent debating rather than acting. Too many attempts\nhave been made to provide tax relief while simultaneously increasing\nthe cost of state government. I do not advocate any program which\nties tax relief into further spending of the people's money.\n\"This program generally, would call for $155 million in property\ntax relief, as agreed to more than a year ago when the sales tax was\nincreased. It also provides for $20 million for property tax relief\nto our senior citizens and $40 million in inventory tax relief. In\naddition, it calls for a $35 million reduction in income taxes for\nwere\nthe group of middle-income citizens with large families who/required\nto pay a disproportionate share of the income tax increase of 1967.\n-1-\n#575\n\"This adds up to a quarter of a billion dollar package of tax\nrelief--a truly substantial reduction.\n\"Because the Republican leadership has agreed with this approach\nand because it is the right thing to do--I now urge the Democrats\nin the legislature to join with us in a truly bipartisan move to\ncut the costs of government and return unneeded taxpayers' money\nto the taxpayers.\"\nNOTE: Governor Reagan met with the legislative leaders at 2:30 P.M.\ntoday in his office.\n#\n#\n#\nPB\n-2-\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nMEMO TO THE\nESS\nSacramento, Californi.\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n9.10.68\nGovernor Reagan will meet with the Toll Bridge\nAuthority in the Governor's Council Room at 11 a.m.\ntoday.\nHe will meet the Maid of California at 11:45 a.m.\nin his office and is expected to attend the Governor's\nCup Races at Cal-Expo for the running of the race which\nwill be at approximately 6 p.m.\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul\nck\n445-4571\n9.10.68\n#576\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the start of a three-part\nprogram designed to provide better employment opportunities for the\ndisadvantaged, expand the administration's apprenticeship program to\ninclude state government and more fully utilize the talents and\nabilities of state employees through a new individual and team\ndevelopment training program.\nAll three phases of the program will involve individual depart-\nment and agency administrators and--when applicable--the State\nPersonnel Board.\nThe governor said the purpose of the program is to help assure\nCalifornians the chance to obtain and hold any available job for which\nhe is qualified.\nIn addition, he said the state has an obligation to develop the\ntalents of its employees so that they may better serve the public.\n\"We believe this program will help accomplish these objectives, \"\nthe governor said.\nThe Career Opportunities phase of the program is designed to:\nA) Identify the availability of job opportunities within the State\nCivil Service System to the disadvantaged; B) Create new employment\nand career opportunities; C) Develop personnel policies which will\nhelp in the placement of the disadvantaged and; D) Upgrade the skills\nof disadvantaged individuals to prepare them for civil service\nadvancement.\nOne important part of the program will be an extensive review\nof existing employment requirements to assure that they accurately\nreflect job needs.\n\"We do not intend to lower important standards, but if we find we\nare requiring an applicant for a custodial job to have a college or\neven high school diploma, we are certainly going to revise those\nrequirements to better suit the needs of the job, \" the governor said.\nReagan said his cabinet secretary will provide liaison with the\nState Personnel Board in the implementation of the Career Opportunities\nprogram, which will be headed by Richard A. Bernheimer, supervisor of\nthe Career Opportunities Development Unit.\nThe second part of the program expands apprenticeship concepts to\ninclude state government.\n-1-\n#576\nPrivate industry is now providing more than 20,000 man hours of\napprenticeship training annually.\nDuring June, proclaimed by the governor as Apprenticeship Month,\n1600 new apprentices were enrolled, an increase of 770 over the same\nperiod of 1967.\n\"The apprenticeship program is a proven and effective method of\ntraining and placing young people in skilled trades and occupations in\nprivate industry. Now we are going to see if it won't work in state\ngovernment,\" the governor said.\nThe state employs approximately 3,200 people in apprenticeable\nclassifications but, at the present, has only 51 apprentices.\nAt the normally accepted ratio of one apprentice to five journey-\nmen, that figure should be over 600, he said.\nThe governor noted that the California Highway Patrol has already\nrequested consultation on establishing an apprenticeship program for\npatrolmen.\nHe said the State Personnel Board has offered full cooperation\nand that the California State Employees Association has indicated its\napproval.\nThe third phase of the program is designed to help state employees-\nthose to be employed through the Career Opportunities and apprenticeship\nprograms, as well as those now employed--to maintain the highest level\nof performance possible.\nUnder the program, each department, individually or jointly, will\nimplement, maintain and continuously evaluate an employee training\nprogram.\nThe governor said that the responsibility for improving the\ncapabilities of each state employee begins with the employee himself\nand extends to and through all levels of supervision within each\ndepartment and agency.\nHe said that when a department's training needs exceed its\ncapabilities, or when training can be more effectively conducted on a\nbroader basis, other training programs will be developed.\nGovernor Reagan said that a State Personnel Development Advisory\nCommittee will be appointed to review state training policies and\nadvise the cabinet of training needs and recommend new programs.\nThe committee will include the governor's cabinet secretary, a\n-2-\n#576\ndepartment director, a division chief, and the chairmen of the Deputy\nDirector's Conference, Personnel Officer's Council and State Training\nOfficer's Association, a member of the executive office of the State\nPersonnel Board, personnel and training executives from private\nindustry, and representatives from the academic world. The state\ntraining officer will serve as secretary.\n# # #\nEJG\n-3-\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nMEMO TO THE the RESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n9.10.68\n#577\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nSeptember 18, 1968\nthrough\nSeptember 19, 1968\nWednesday, September 18\n2:30 p.m.\nDepart Sacramento Municipal Airport for Rockford,\nIllinois via charter jet.\n7:30 p.m.\nArrive Rockford for Ogilvie for Governor Rally\n(CDT)\nOvernight - Rockford\nThursday, September 19\n10:30 a.m.\nDepart via charter jet for Middletown, Ohio\n(CDT)\n12:15 p.m.\nArrive Middletown, Ohio for airport rally for\n(EDT)\nCongressman Donald Lukens\n12:30 p.m.\nFund raising luncheon for Congressman Lukens\n4:00 p.m.\nDepart for Cincinnati via charter jet\n4:30 p.m.\nArrive Cincinnati\n8:30 p.m.\nNixon-Agnew $1,000-a-plate dinner\n11:30 p.m.\nDepart for Chicago via charter jet to proceed via\ncommercial airline to Los Angeles for overnight\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVEF\nR\nRELEASE: TI RSDAY, A.M.'S\nSacramento, California\nSeptember 12, 1968\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.11.68\nPLEASE GUARD AGAINST\n#578\nPREMATURE RELEASE\nGovernor Reagan today announced that new procedures for issuing\ndrivers' licenses in all California Department of Motor Vehicles\noffices have proven to be effective deterrents against illegal use\nof licenses by forgers, confidence men and others who swindle the\npublic and business community.\nIt is estimated that the new procedures will save bonding and\ninsurance companies, banks, other financial institutions and business\nfirms many thousands of dollars each year.\nIn making the announcement, the governor commended Department of\nfor\nMotor Vehicles' Director, Verne Orr, / initiating and implementing\nthe new procedures.\n\"This, once again, demonstrates that sound business practices do\nwork in government,\" Governor Reagan said.\nThe new DMV policy, while effective, is extremely simple.\n\"The California drivers' license has become the accepted identifi-\ncation card for check cashing and otherrelated purposes,\" he said.\n\"Unfortunately, forgers, confidence men, bad check artists and\nothers use the California license to establish their own \"identity\"\nfor the purposes of bilking the public and business community out of\nmillions of dollars each year.\n\"Under the old system, all anyone had to do to obtain a license\nwas to make application, pay a fee, take the test and be issued,\nover-the-counter, a license--or at least a temporary license good\nfor sixty days.\n\"But when an individual knows that his new license will be mailed\nto him, he is not so inclined to give law enforcement officers the\naddress where he can be reached if he is not an honest citizen.\n\"If he does give his correct address, and he is wanted for any-\nthing, the police will know where to get him. And they do.\n\"If he puts down a false address, the license never reaches him\nbut, instead, is returned to Sacramento and the public is that much\nsafer,\" the governor said.\nHe added that in checking back over the records of past years,\nan average of 4,000 licenses was returned to DMV each year--\nundeliverable because of \"incorrect\" addresses.\n\"Unfortunately, under the old system, criminals within that\n-1-\n#578\n4,000 had their temporary licenses in their possession from the time\nthey left the DMV offices. And a confidence man, swindler or bad\ncheck artist can hurt a lot of people in 60 days, # he said.\nUnder the program, an applicant for a new, renewal or duplicate\nlicense pays his fee, takes a test, if required, and is given a\nsimple receipt.\nThis is an accounting document which indicates that the appropri-\nate fee has been paid. It lists the individual's name and address\nbut contains no description. It is not a license and is not con-\nsidered acceptable for identification purposes.\nAt the end of each business day, temporary licenses--which were\nformerly handed out to applicants are now mailed to the address\nwhich they have given. At the same time, appropriate notification\nis given Sacramento to begin processing a permanent license.\nIf the applicant has given a legitimate address, he receives\nhis temporary license in the mail the following day and has in his\npossession a valid driver's license which many stores recognize as\nidentification for check cashing and other purposes.\nIf the application has not listed a legitimate address, the\ntemporary license is returned to Sacramento and the would-be con man\nis thwarted.\nThe governor revealed that since the new system was established,\nthe number of \"undeliverable\" licenses has been averaging between\n400 and 500 per month.\nHe said that Director Orr estimates the mailing costs for the\nnew system will run in the neighborhood of $25,000 per year.\n\"But, when you realize that it costs the state an average of\n$16,000 to process just one forger from arrest through imprisonment\nand to eventual release, this increased postal bill is really a very\ncheap and effective form of insurance,\" the governor said.\n\"What is more important is the fact that literally thousands of\nCalifornians and business firms are being saved thousands of dollars\neach year by the simple but effective device which deprives the\ncriminal element of the universally accepted Identification Card\nthey need to ply their trade--the California Driver's License, \" he\nstated.\nCoincidental with the new mail-out policy, major efficiencies\nhave been achieved within the Department of Motor Vehicles. The\n-2-\n#578\nold time of up to 40 days for processing applications for renewals\nof drivers' licenses has been reduced, under Orr's direction, to 10\nworking days.\nThis improvement in service to the public will enable the\ndepartment, soon after the first of the year, to alter the temporary\ndriver's license. Now valid for 60 days, it is anticipated that the\nterm of validity will be reduced to 30 days.\n# # # # #\nEJG\n-3-\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, Californi\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.10.68\n#579\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Burlingame labor leader\nDonald D. Blewett as a member of the State Unemployment Insurance\nAppeals Board.\nThe post pays $24,000 per year. The appointment is subject to\nSenate confirmation.\nBlewett, a 49-year old Democrat, replaces James M. Shumway who\nresigned to become a Republican candidate for Congress.\nBlewett, assistant research director for the Western Conference\nof Teamsters since 1962, became acting research director in 1967.\nHe began his career as a truck driver in Butte, Montana. In 1953,\nhe was elected secretary-treasurer of Montana Teamsters' Local 190, a\nposition he held for the next five years. He was selected as recording\nsecretary of Montana Joint Council 23 in 1954 and became a member of\nthe executive board of the Over-The-Road-Division of the Western\nConference of Teamsters in 1956.\nBlewett was appointed to the research department of the conference\nin 1961.\nHe has attended the Montana School of Mines at Butte and the\nUniversity of Utah at Salt Lake City.\nBlewett is married and has three children. He resides at 948 Sun-\nset Drive, San Carlos.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE:\nImm\niate\nSacramento, Californi.\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n9.11.68\n#580\nGovernor Ronald Reagan said today he was disappointed that Senate\nDemocrats have refused to agree to meaningful property tax relief that\nhe had proposed and which had the support of the Assembly and Senate\nRepublicans.\nBecause of this refusal, he said he would be unable to put the\nsubject on special call at this time.\nHowever, the governor said a new proposal submitted by Sen. George\nMiller would be studied to determine its merits.\n\"I expect to be able to determine by late this afternoon the\nmerits of this new, last-minute proposal and whether there is sufficient\nsupport within the legislature to finally give California's property\ntaxpayers the relief they so desperately need and deserve,\" the\ngovernor said.\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE:\n:\nediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.11.68\n#581\nThe following statement was issued today by Governor Reagan:\n\"There is a great deal of concern in the legislature over my veto\nof AB 1711, primarily because of the section of the bill which pro-\nhibits the copying or reproducing of any photograph, negative or print\nof a body or portion of a body taken in the course of a post mortem\nexamination or an autopsy.\n\"As I have said before, I favor the principle of the bill. However,\nit is so broadly worded that it would actually impede the legitimate\nuse of autopsy photographs in medical education and research.\n\"For that reason I vetoed it.\n\"Now, I understand a new version of the bill, taking care of this\ndefect, has been prepared. If that is the case, I will ask the\nlegislature to consider it on special call after we have disposed of\nthe matter of property tax relief.\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO'\nMEMO TO TH PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.12.68\nGovernor Reagan, at approximately 9:15 a.m. today, signed a\nproclamation adding the subject of property tax relief to the special\nsession of the legislature.\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: I ediate\nSacramento, Californi,\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.12.68\n#582\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today sent the following telegram to\nmembers of the California Congressional Delegation:\n\"While I am in complete agreement with the $6 billion spending cut\nrequired by Congress, the freezing of funds for the federal highway\nprogram has been improperly included in the cut by the administration.\n\"Such action is neither a true economy move nor a reduction in the\noverall cost of government. This is an evasive subterfuge to fool the\npublic that such deferrals are economy measures,\n\"In addition, it is contrary to the 'sense of Congress' as contained\nin the Federal Highway Act of 1968. It also is in direct conflict with\na promise made to the Western Governors by Price Daniel, representing\nthe President, who stated that highway trust funds would not be held\nback or included in the spending cut.\n\"Gas taxes collected by the federal government and earmarked for\nhighway construction under the laws are still being collected. But\napparently they will be diverted to other spending through loans from\nthe federal highway program.\n\" This continuing disruption of the highway program by the executive\nbranch in Washington will adversely affect the construction industry\nand the labor force. Construction land costs continue to increase.\nIt is vital to complete major highway construction as quickly as pos-\nsible to avoid these increased costs.\n11 On behalf of the State of California, I urge your vigorous and\nimmediate action opposing this improper and regrettable action.\nRONALD REAGAN\nGOVERNOR\"\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nR\nRELEASE:\nImr.\nliate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.13.68\n# 583\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement\nin connection with the 168th anniversary of Mexican independence\nfrom Spain:\n\"On this 15th and 16th of September, when Mexico's greatest\nholiday is being observed, I am happy and proud to be able to send\nmy most cordial greetings to Mexicans and Americans of Mexican descent\nin California.\n\"It is a privilege to join you in paying tribute to Padre Hidalgo,\nthe Father of Mexico's independence, and to those who fought along\nside him against the forces who placed themselves above the sover-\neignty of the Mexican people.\n\"We recognize in our California heritage the splendid spiritual,\ncultural and human values left by those heroes of Mexican independence.\n\"We recognize the great contributions which Mexicans have made to\nCalifornia- from the first Mexicans who came to found cities and to\nbring civilization to this territory, to our fellow citizens of\ntoday who work in business and the professions in agriculture, in\nindustry and in government.\n\"We recognize, too, that in our history there are inscribed the\nnames of Californians of Mexican ancestry who have given their lives\nin defense of this nation.\n\"On this symbolic occasion we join the Mexican community in\nreaffirming those basic and inalienable principles handed down by\nPadre Hidalgo:\nFaith in the people and in the exercise of their rights,\nDevotion to liberty,\nBelief in democracy, and the\nConviction that only that which is built with labor and on the\nsolid ground of justice will endure and prosper.'\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE /RESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.13.68\nThe governor has added the autopsy bill to special call of\nthe legislature.\n# #\n#\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: SUR_AY, A.M.'S\nSacramento California\nSeptember 15, 1968\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.13.68\n#584\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has delivered to the legislature a\nreport--\"the most ambitious and far reaching of its kind ever under-\ntaken by state government which peers into California's future and\ndetails the enormity of the challenges and opportunities which lie\nahead.\nThe report, a 361-page document prepared by the State Office of\nPlanning not only considers the complex social and technological\nchanges taking place in California, but also outlines approaches to\ncope effectively with the continuing problems of development.\nOne of the governor's early directives on taking office was to\ninstruct the State Office of Planning to move ahead with the\nCalifornia Development Plan program as part of the administration's\nefforts to chart a positive course for the future.\nHe requested that the effort not just result in \"another report,\"\nbut that it produce the kind of meaningful material which could truly\nbenefit the people of California.\n\"By virtue of the new thrust we have given the program,\nCalifornia now possesses a unique and thoroughgoing study of develop-\nmental processes and problems ever undertaken by any state, Governor\nReagan said.\nHe urged that the program now be \"given the fullest possible\nattention and support so that the state can proceed in an orderly\nmanner in planning and developing the most effective use of our total\nresources.\nHe noted that advance copies of the report have been received\nenthusiastically by experts and officials knowledgeable in the areas\nof planning and development.\nRobert L. Williams, executive director of the American Institute\nof Planners, said:\n\"Without question this important document could well become one\nof the most fundamental instruments for sound growth in California\never to reach the point of broad public discussion.\"\nWilliam R. MacDougall, manager of the County Supervisors'\nAssociation of California, called the report \"exciting in its concepts\nfor bold steps ahead and probably intentionally challenging.\n\"We hope that this development plan will be widely circulated\n-1-\n#584\nthroughout California. Heavy discussion of its many recommendations\nis essential.\nProfessor Harold Tokmakian, director of the Fresno State College\nprogram of city and regional planning, said the report \"offers an\nunprecedented opportunity for the creative planning necessary to\nsolve the multifarious social, economic and environmental problems of\ngrowth and change facing the state.\"\nSierra Club President Edgar Wayburn called the report \"broad in\nits vision for the future and its concern for preventing deterioration\nin the quality of our environment. It can be a charter for future\nprogress in California.\"\nOther comments:\nmonumental document in this whole field.\"\nDavid K. Hartley, director\nCouncil of State Planning Agencies\n--\"A unique and exceptional document. No other state to our\nknowledge has taken such a comprehensive look at its past, present\nand future; and few, if any, are prepared to meet the monumental\nurban problem as recommended by this excellent report.\"\nRichard Carpenter, executive director and\ngeneral counsel, League of California Cities\n-\"Provides Californians with the focus for debate and action\non a broad front in the coming months and years. It should prove\ninvaluable in the continuing task of dealing effectively with develop-\nment issues confronting the state. 11\nJames A. Barnes, executive director\nSacramento Regional Area Planning Commission\nThe report treats virtually all the significant development\nissues facing California and analyzes their implications for the\nfuture.\nThe role of state government in the developmental process, it\npoints out, must be part of a creative relationship with local and\nfederal agencies, as well as the private sector.\nThe document covers in great detail California's growth\ncharacteristics, including population and employment trends. It dis-\ncusses California's resources, their management and utilization.\nThe state's urban development, including housing, transportation,\nhealth, education, waste management and environmental quality is looked\nat from almost every conceivable angle.\n-2-\n#584\nThe report says that by 1980, the 16 counties making up the\nthree most urbanized regions of the state--San Francisco, Los Angeles\nand San Diego--will continue to have about 80 percent of the state's\npopulation. \"In terms of sheer numbers, an additional 10 million\npeople will then be living in these three regions.\"\nMore than one hundred general recommendations are contained in\nthe report.\nThe study notes that language has not been provided for specific\nlegislation, but that existing legislation has been analyzed, and\nimprovements or additional legislation have been suggested, together\nwith supporting arguments.\nOther recommendations deal with (a) the activities of line\nagencies for which the governor already has the statutory authority\nnecessary for implementation, (b) more effective coordination and\ncooperation between various levels of government and state government\nand (c) those calling for further study and analysis.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\n-3-\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.13.68\n#585\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nSeptember 16, 1968\nthrough\nSeptember 22, 1968\nMonday, September 16\nNo public appointments scheduled\nTuesday, September 17\n9:30 A.M.\nPress Conference\n6:00 P.M.\nDepart for Maynard Nelson Fund-Raiser\nin Sacramento\nOvernight-Sacramento\nWednesday, September 18\n9:20 A.M.\nDepart Sacramento Municipal for Fresno\nMunicipal Airport\n10:30 A.M.\nArrive Fresno Airport to greet Mr. Nixon\nNoon\nProceed to Convention Center to introduce\nMr. Nixon at farm speech\n2:30 P.M.\nDepart Fresno for Illinois via private\njet\n7:30 P.M.\nArrive Rockford for Ogilvie for Governor\n(CDT)\nRally\nOvernight - Rockford\nThursday, September 19\n10:30 A.M.\nDepart via charter jet for Middletown,\n(CDT)\nOhio\n12:15 P.M.\nArrive Middletown, Ohio for airport rally\n(EDT)\nfor Congressman Donald Lukens\n12:30 P.M.\nFund raising luncheon for Congressman\nLukens\n4:00 P.M.\nDepart for Cincinnati via charter jet\n4:30 P.M.\nArrive Cincinnati\n8:30 P.M.\nNixon-Agnew $1,000-a-plate dinner\n11:30 P.M.\nDepart for Chicago via charter jet to\nproceed via commercial airline to\nLos Angeles for overnight\nFriday, September 20\n9:30 A.M.\nArrive UCLA's Macgowan Hall for Executive\nSession of the Board of Regents.\n(Overnight-LA)\nSaturday, September 21\nNO PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS SCHEDULED\nSunday, September 22\nAfternoon\nReturn to Sacramento - Overnight\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: In diate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571 9.13.68\n#586\nThe following statement was issued today by Governor Reagan:\n\"The University of California has announced the appointment of\nBlack Panther Minister of Information Eldridge Cleaver as the principal\nlecturer in a course which carries five units of credit toward gradua-\ntion and which will be conducted in university facilities.\n\"In other words, the university has chosen to put its full\nauthority and prestige behind Mr. Cleaver and the class he has been\ndesignated to teach.\n\"The chancellor, who is ultimately responsible for this decision,\nhas chosen to waive all educational criteria normally required of a\nperson to teach.\n\"I must confess that I am astounded that university officials\nwould have even contemplated such a decision.\n\"Perhaps on the heels of the campus Viet Cong rally, the Vietnam\ncommencement and other recent performances of a similar inappropriate\nnature, I should not have been surprised.\n\"But I am.\n\"The people of this state have a right to expect that a great\ninstitution of learning--one which they have established and maintained,\nand to which they entrust their children--will exercise great care in\nthe selection of faculty, both in terms of academic preparation and in\ndedication to the objective and scholarly teaching of truth.\n\"It is extremely disturbing to me that the university has elected\nto ignore even the minimum standards of academic competence which the\npeople of California have every right to expect for faculty members.\n\"Moreover, it is not in keeping with the nature of a quality in-\nstitution to place in the role of teacher a person whose approach to\nsocial issues has consistently been emotional rather than rational,\ncoercive, even violent, rather than problem-solving.\n\"Added to all of this is the criminal history of the new faculty\nmember. Here is his record:\n\"In 1954, he was convicted of possession of narcotics and was\nsentenced to state prison.\n\"Two years later he was paroled. While on parole, in 1958, he\nwas convicted of two counts of assault with intent to commit murder\nand one count of assault with a deadly weapon. He was again sentenced\n-1-\n#586\nto state prison to finish his original term, and on the new offenses.\n\"Then, in 1968, while on parole from state prison, he was charged\nwith three counts of assault with intent to kill and is pending trial\non these charges. He is also pending a hearing on revocation of his\nparole for the prior offenses.\n\"Over the centuries, the academic world has developed a common\nlaw which defines appropriate standards of excellence for those who\nrepresent higher learning.\n\"In one single act, the Berkeley administrators would undo years\nof academic commitment and dedication to the highest values of the\nteaching profession.\n\"For all these reasons, I have requested that this matter be taken\nup immediately by the Board of Regents of the University of California\nand that this action be rescinded.\"\n#\n#\n#\n-2-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN(\nRELEASE: Imm late\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.13.68\n#587\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today sent the following letter to\nMr. John Wagner, chairman of the Sacramento \"Remember the Pueblo\"\nCommittee:\n\"I am honored to add my endorsement to your efforts to have our\ncitizens remember the Pueblo.\n\"I wholeheartedly support the efforts of the Sacramento\n'Remember the Pueblo' Committee and urge the citizens of this area\nto participate actively in the endeavor.\n\"We dare not forget, even for one moment, that members of the\nPueblo crew are being held by an enemy which has demonstrated its\ngross disregard for international law and common human decency.\n\"As a nation, we have a solemn obligation--to work, without\nrespite, for the immediate release of these brave men who have put\ntheir lives on the line for freedom.\n\"By backing the 'Remember the Pueblo' effort, we have an oppor-\ntunity to translate our citizen concern into a strong reaffirmation\nof support for the intensification of efforts by our government to\nsecure the release of the Pueblo and its crew with honor.\"\n#\n#\n#\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO..\nRELEASE: Imm. iate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n9.16.68\n#588\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today called attention to his plan to\nreorganize and streamline the executive branch of state government.\nHe noted that the plan, which was developed by the administration\nand which has \"proven to be highly successful in practice over the\npast 20 months,\" became officially effective September 14.\nThe governor called the reorganization \"one of the most far\nreaching and significant accomplishments ever made by a state adminis-\ntration.\n\"During the campaign I pledged to the people of California that\nif elected I would overhaul the unwieldly structure of the executive\nbranch by improving departmental representation at the cabinet level.\n\"On taking office, we moved immediately to implement the concepts\nof this plan. Since that time we have proven its effectiveness on an\nevery-day basis.\n\"The plan works and works well. It virtually eliminates the\ntop-heavy structure which had been in effect under the previous\nadministration and permits a direct line of communication from the\ngovernor to individual department heads,\" he said.\nThe reorganization is basically designed to coordinate the\nfunctions of the executive branch and improve two-way communications\nbetween the governor and his executive departments.\nUnder the plan, nearly all of the principal departments of the\nexecutive branch are grouped--insofar as practicable- under four cabinet\nlevel secretaries which represent the areas of:\n--Business and Transportation\nResources\nHuman Relations\nAgriculture and Services\nGovernor Reagan said that for the first time in the history of\nCalifornia state government, agriculture is now represented directly at\nthe cabinet level.\n\"This is as it should be,\" he said, \"because agriculture is one of\nthe most vital elements of our economy and, therefore, deserves such\nhigh-level representation.\"\n-1-\n#588\nThe secretaries of Agriculture and Services; Business and\nTransportation; Resources; and Human Relations--along with the director\nof finance, the governor's executive secretary and his cabinet\nsecretary--comprise the governor's cabinet.\nThey not only advise the governor on major policy and program\nmatters, but also serve as the primary communications link for\neffective transmission of policy problems and decisions between the\ngovernor and the operating departments.\nIncluded in the Agriculture and Services Agency are the departments\nof Agriculture, General Services, Professional and Vocational Standards,\nVeterans' Affairs, Commerce, Employees' Retirement System, Teachers'\nRetirement System, Franchise Tax Board and State Fire Marshall.\nDepartments included in the other three agencies are:\nResources: Conservation, Fish and Game, Harbors and Watercraft,\nParks and Recreation, Water Resources, Air Resources Board, Colorado\nRiver Board and Water Resources Control Board.\nHuman Relations: Corrections, Mental Hygiene, Youth Authority,\nPublic Health, Health Care Services, Rehabilitation, Social Welfare,\nIndustrial Relations and Human Resources Development.\nBusiness and Transportation: Aeronautics, Highway Patrol, Motor\nVehicles, Public Works, Banking, Corporations, Housing and Community\nDevelopment, Insurance, Real Estate and Savings and Loan.\nGovernor Reagan pointed out that the agency secretaries are not\nintended to function as super administrators or executive managers of\nthe departments. Rather, he said, administration of each department is\ndirected by the department head who functions as an expert in his\nparticular area. In this way, the individual department serves as the\nbasic operating unit of state government.\nThe governor also explained that the plan makes it possible for\nthe cabinet-level agency secretary to function essentially in a\npolicy-level role. Because he is excluded from daily administration\nand operating decisions--except where such decisions may represent a\nchange in policy--the secretary may better familiarize himself with\nall major problems of state government and not solely with those of the\ndepartments within his own agency.\nIn this way, all points of view can be brought to bear on basic\nprogram and policy decisions and cabinet-level policy decisions may be\ncommunicated throughout the executive branch promptly, effectively,\naccurately and with common understanding, the governor said.\n-2-\n#588\nGovernor Reagan said that the title of \"agency administrator\" has\nbeen changed to \"secretary\" and that with the creation of the\nAgriculture and Services Agency, Earl Coke officially becomes secretary\npreviously\nof the agency. He/functioned as both the agency administrator and\ndirector of the Department of Agriculture.\nCoke announced the appointment of Kenneth F. Hall, assistant\ncabinet secretary to Governor Reagan for the past year as assistant\nsecretary for Agriculture and Services.\nAs assistant to Cabinet Secretary Win Adams, Hall's duties have\nincluded liaison among the governor, his cabinet and the departments.\nHall, 30, is a 1960 graduate of the University of Redlands and\nholds a master's degree in political science from the University of\nSouthern California (1967).\nHe served as administrative assistant to Assemblyman Newton R.\nRussell of the 62nd Assembly District from 1964-66 and was a member\nof the U.S. Army Reserve from 1960-66.\nHe was the recipient of a fellowship grant from the Ford Founda-\ntion for advanced study in political science and secondary education.\nHe is married, has a one year-old daughter, and lives at 5208\nCarrington, Sacramento. His salary will be $23,500 per year.\nCoke also announced that Richard E. Lyng, deputy director of the\nDepartment of Agriculture since April, 1967, will now become director\nof the department. His salary will be $23,600 per year.\nGovernor Reagan said he is naming J. Bryan Sullivan, Jr.,\ncommissioner of the State Economic Development Agency for the past\n10 months, as director of the newly created Department of Commerce.\nSullivan was product data systems manager for the Lockheed Missiles\nhis\nand Space Company in Sunnyvale prior to/appointment to state service.\nHis salary will be $22,600 per year.\nThe governor also announced the appointment of Lucian Vandergrift,\nassistant secretary of the Human Relations Agency, as acting director\nof the newly formed Department of Human Resources Development, pending\nNovember 13, 1968.\nthe effective date of AB 1463,7 In addition, Vandergrift, who joined\nthe administration last May, will continue his duties as assistant\nsecretary for Human Relations. He served as district attorney of Butte\nCounty from 1962 to May of 1968.\nAlso under the reorganization, Carel E. H. Mulder becomes director\nof the Department of Health Care Services, previously called the Office\nof Health Care Services, which he headed. Mulder's salary will be\n$22,600 per year.\nGovernor Reagan said that Spencer Williams, Norman B. Livermore,\nand Gordon C. Luce will continue to head the Human Relations, Resources\nand Business and Transportation agencies, respectively. Their titles\nare also changed from \"administrator\" to \"secretary\".\n-3-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nRELEASE: Imm\niate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.17.68\n# 589\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has named Thomas M. McMurray, a former\nCongressional aide, as assistant cabinet secretary.\nMcMurray, 28, replaces Kenneth F. Hall who has been appointed\nassistant secretary of the Agriculture and Services Agency.\nA Republican, McMurray is a 1962 graduate of the University of\nNotre Dame with a B. S. Degree in mechanical engineering.\nHe worked as an electrodynamics test engineer for the McDonnell\nAircraft Company from 1962-64 and served as legislative assistant\nto U. S. Representative Robert H. Michel, of the Illinois 18th\nCongressional District, from 1965-67.\nHe then became associate publisher of the Mid-County Press in\nLewiston, Illinois, a position he held until recently.\nMcMurray is a member of the American Ordinance Association and\na former member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.\nHe is also a past member of the House of Representatives\nCongressional Secretaries' Club.\nHe is married and has four children. He and his family will\nreside at 3826 Breuner Avenue, Sacramento.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Ininediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.17.68\n# 590\nGovernor Reagan read the following statement at the beginning\nof today's press conference:\n\"I am asking the members of the legislature interested in the\nBart problem to come in with a solution by 5:00 P.M. tonight, in\norder that we can put the measure on special call if some agreement\nhas been reached.\n\"I believe that eight months have been adequate time for the\nlegislature to come up with an acceptable plan.\n\"Let me say again that increased tolls are not acceptable. They\ninvolve re-financing the bonds of the San Francisco Bay Bridge, and\nall experts say this is utterly impractical at this time or within\nthe next several years.\n\"In addition, I think it is somewhat less than fair to ask the\ncommuters--those who already pay to use the bay bridge--to pick up\nthe full burden of the additional cost which could be as high as\n$144 million, especially since they have already contributed $180\nmillion toward Bart.\n\"There are still a number of choices for the three affected\ncounties--an increase in lieu tax, an increased sales tax, or a\ncombination. There are a number of methods of triggering these,\nand there are ways of putting time and revenue limits on them. In\nfact, four and a half years of the increased sales tax would solve\nthe whole problem.\n\"I am hopeful something can be worked out today. I do not\nbelieve we should wait until the first of the year or have to call\nthe entire legislature back after November 5 to solve what is\nprimarily a regional problem,\"\n#\n#\n#\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.17.68\n# 591\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today said he approves Assembly passage\nof AB 9 legislation which gives additional reassurances to parents\nof educationally handicapped children that $16 million is available\nfor their special educational needs.\nThe governor met with a group of parents last Friday and assured\nthem then that the money is available. He also told them he would\nask the legislature to take whatever action would be needed if funds\ndo not meet the amount required.\n\"Even though the bill was not needed,\" the governor said, \"I am\ngratified that the legislature agrees with me and supports my promise\nto these parents. We are all interested in providing our handicapped\nchildren with the best education possible.\"\n#\n#\n#\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\nIn\ndiate\nSacramento, Californ,\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.17.68\n#592\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has signed a proclama-\ntion placing on special call enabling legislation which will allow the\nstate to authorize payment of assistance funds to persons relocated\nas the result of highway construction.\nThe legislation, which is authored by Assemblyman Frank\nLanterman (R-La Canada), permits assistance payments to persons\nrelocated as the result of construction of both state and federal\nhighway projects.\nPresent law allows the state to pay only limited moving expenses\nto persons relocated by such construction.\nThe Federal Highway Act of 1968 gives the states until 1970 to\nenact enabling legislation without incurring funding penalties.\nEarlier this year, Governor Reagan signed legislation (AB-1072,\nRalph) which enables families whose homes are uprooted by highway\nconstruction--especially families in lower income brackets--to\nexchange their former home for a comparable replacement home without\nincurring a larger debt or facing the higher monthly payments normally\nincurred.\nLast month, the governor said he felt Californians should not\nhave to wait until 1970 to gain the benefits of the increased reloca-\ntion assistance.\n\"I believe that every citizen of this state who is dislocated as\nthe result of freeway construction should be entitled to fair and\nequitable consideration, \" he said.\n\"By expanding the concept of the new federal law to include all\nstate highways, not just those which are federally funded, we will be\nable to accomplish this objective, \" he added.\nSenators Randolph Collier (D-Yreka) and Tom Carrell (D-San\nFernando) have agreed to co-author the legislation, along with\nAssemblymen Robert Monagan (R-Tracy) and John Foran, (D-San Francisco.)\nEJG\n#\n#\n#\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n9.17.68\n#593\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he will immediately place\nthe subject of BART financing on special call. The governor's action\nfollowed an announcement this morning requesting the legislature to\nsubstantially agree to a solution by 5 p.m.\n\"I have been assured that there is substantial support within the\nlegislature for a plan which will increase the sales tax by a half a\ncent in the three counties that will be served by BART.\n\"At the same time, I want the legislature to know that it is free\nto consider an in lieu tax on motor vehicles as a possible method of\nfinancing the $144 million BART deficit, or some other alternative.\n\"However, I want to make it perfectly clear that I will not and\nindeed cannot shirk my responsibilities to all the citizens of\nCalifornia by permitting an increase in tolls on the Bay Bridge. If\nsuch legislation comes to my desk, I will veto it and call the legisla-\nture back into session to solve this financing problem.\"\nThe governor said that he agreed last week at a meeting with\nBay Area legislators to permit further investigation into the costs of\nrefinancing bonds on the Bay Bridge if tolls were raised.\n\"No evidence was introduced then and there is no evidence now that\na toll increase can be remotely constructed to be fiscally responsible.\nRefinancing of bonds on the Bay Bridge would cost an estimated $115\nto $130 million in interest alone. At the same time, the outlook for\neven the sale of new bonds is bleak in the next several years,\" he\nsaid.\nThe governor said a bill raising the sales tax in the three counties\nwill be authored by Sen. Lewis F. Sherman (R-Oakland).\nAssemblymen Don Mulford (R-Oakland) and Robert W. Crown (D-Oakland)\nsaid they supported the sales tax bill and told the governor they would\nurge their colleagues of both parties to quickly pass it and resolve\nthe financing problem once and for all.\nGovernor Reagan compared the sales tax proposal to legislation\npassed several years ago which raised the gas tax one cent to pay for\ndamage done by a disastrous Northern California flood.\nThe advantages of the sales tax are that it would have to be in\neffect for only 4½ years and would then be reduced to the original\namount.\n\"Now that I have been assured there is substantial support in the\nlegislature, I would hope that both houses act quickly and responsibly\nfor the people who live in the three-county BART area as well as for\nall the citizens of California.\"\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: I. ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.17.68\n# 594\nSpecial ceremonies signaling the implementation of a new mental\nhealth financing formula to benefit local communities were held today\nin the office of Governor Ronald Reagan.\nThe new formula--a major part of the governor's legislative pro-\ngram--provides equality in financing mental health services to counties\ncurrently penalized under terms of the Short-Doyle Act.\nUnder the new formula, community mental health programs will now\nbe financed on a 75 percent state-25 percent local financing formula.\nThe Short-Doyle Act originally provided for cost-sharing on a\n50-50 basis.\nThe act was amended in 1963 to provide a 75 percent state-25 per\ncent local cost-sharing ratio for program additions or new programs\napproved after June 30, 1963.\n\"Thus communities which had the foresight to establish mental\nhealth programs prior to July 1, 1963 were, in effect, penalized,\"\nthe governor said,\nBurgener\nThe bill (SB 542) appropriates $1,165,000 to finance the change.\nThis amount will cover the increased costs for the communities for\nthe remaining three quarters of the 1968-69 budget.\nThe governor said the money had been included in the 1968-69\nbudget in anticipation of the legislation.\nThe added cost to the state is expected to be near $1,650,000\nannually. A total savings of the same amount will accrue to communities\nparticipating in the program.\nThe bill was authored by Senators Clair Burgener (R-San Diego)\nand Alan Short (D-Stockton).\nParticipating in the special ceremonies were the two authors;\nHuman Relations Secretary Spencer Williams; Robert Hewitt, M.D.,\ndeputy director, Department of Mental Hygiene, and Caspar Weinberger,\nstate finance director.\n##########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: SUN Y, A.M.'s\nSacramento, Californi-\nSeptember 22, 1968\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.19.68\n#595\n(The film discussed in the following release is scheduled for a\npreview showing to the press at 2:30 P.M. today in the Governor's\nCouncil Room.)\nGovernor Ronald Reagan--in a 15-minute color film just produced\nby the California Resources Agency--reaffirms the determination of\nthe State of California to assure the continued protection and preser-\nvation of Lake Tahoe's crystal clear waters from pollution.\nThe film, narrated by the governor, will soon be made available\nfor showing by television stations, service clubs and other interested\norganizations.\nTitled \"Lake Tahoe Today and Tomorrow,\" the film reviews the\nwater quality problems of the lake and describes a number of joint\nstate, federal and local action programs designed to meet and solve\nsuch problems.\nFor example, the report goes into sewage disposal, water and\nland-use efforts now underway to insure the future beauty of the lake\nand its surrounding areas.\nLake Tahoe was selected as the subject because it provides an\nexcellent example of what the State of California--in cooperation with\nthe State of Nevada, federal and local authorities- is doing to pro-\ntect and preserve our priceless natural gifts for the enjoyment of\nboth present and future generations of Californians.\nThe film was narrated by the governor at the request of Norman B.\nLivermore, secretary of the state's Resources Agency.\nTahoe--one of the world's most famous lakes--has recently been\nthe subject of controversy as a result of articles describing it as\nbeing polluted and doomed,\" leaving the impression that nothing\nis being done to protect Lake Tahoe from pollution and excessive\ndevelopment of its shores.\n\"Nothing could be further from the truth,\" \" Governor Reagan said.\nThe fact that Tahoe is still one of the world's clearest lakes\nis demonstrated in the report which shows scientific readings being\ntaken which record light penetrating to depths exceeding 400 feet.\nFurther proof of the unique clarity of the lake is illustrated by the\nrecovery of growing plants from depths below 400 feet.\n-1-\n#595\n\"Only Crater Lake in Oregon also has plants growing at such\ndepths. If the lake did not have such a unique clarity, light could\nnot penetrate to these depths to support the plants and fish which\nnow live there, \" the film says.\nIt acknowledges that Lake Tahoe is beginning to mature and that\nnatural aging--perhaps taking as long as 100,000 years--will gradually\nchange the color of the water from blue to green.\nThis natural cycle has been speeded up, the report says, as man\nhas introduced great quantities of nitrogen into the watershed.\nNitrogen is the material upon which algae feed. The more algae in\nthe water, the less distance light penetrates beneath the surface of\nthe water.\nMajor sources of the nitrogen, which could accelerate plant and\nalgae growth, originate in the rapidly growing year-round population\nand recreational centers of the Tahoe Basin.\nTo minimize damage to the lake, sewage disposal agreements have\nbeen made between regulatory agencies in California and Nevada.\nThe policy being enforced today is that all sewage and waste\nmaterial treated or untreated-- be exported from the Lake Tahoe\nwatershed by 1970.\nNo sewage has been allowed to deliberately enter the lake since\n1950.\nThe film shows how the California and Nevada portions of the\nlake have been divided into four major areas for the export of sewage\neffluent.\nFrom the California portion of South Tahoe, treated water from\nthe most modern sewage treatment plant in the world is now being\nexported along a 27-mile underground pipeline to Indian Creek Reservoir\nin Alpine County, where it is distributed for irrigation to pastureland.\nBy the time it leaves the treatment plant, the material is\nreduced to a clear, colorless liquid that is pure enough to drink!\nFrom Emerald Bay to the state line, a California project is\nunder construction along the western and northern shores of the lake\nwhich will export treated water from that portion of the Tahoe Basin.\nOn the Nevada side, a treatment plant and pipeline are being\ncompleted to export treated waste materials from casinos at the south\nshore and from residential and commericial property in Douglas County.\n-2-\n#595\nThe Incline Village area of Nevada in the north is the only\ndeveloped area in the Tahoe Basin with no immediate means of export.\nHowever, plans are now underway to export treated waste materials\nfrom this area. In the meantime, the treated and purified liquid is\nbeing applied to a golf course in the area.\nCalifornia has already loaned more than $5.5 million to local\ndistricts at Lake Tahoe to supplement funds of local government in\nfinancing California export projects. Substantial federal money has\nalso been made available.\nThe report also says that a siltation problem, due to erosion\nwithin the watershed, is appearing in tributary streams throughout\nthe area as a result of construction activities associated with the\nbasin's rapid population growth.\nThe governor said that the solutions to this and other problems\nlie with a bi-state regional agency--awaiting ratification by Congress--\nwhich must govern land-use management of the area. Most of the\nagency's members are local residents.\nHe also reported that agreement has been reached by the California-\nNevada Compact Commission, for the distribution and use of interstate\nwaters of Lake Tahoe and the Truckee River. It must now be ratified\nby the legislatures of California and Nevada and gain Congressional\napproval as well.\n\"Lake Tahoe still can maintain its beauty, its clarity, its\npurity. We are determined that only nature shall age the lake, the\ngovernor concluded.\n(Additional information on the special filmed report can be\nobtained from Dean Thompson, Water Resources information officer,\nResources Building, 1416 9th Street, Sacramento 95814--Phone: (916)\n445-8228.)\n#\n#\n#\n#\n#\n-3-\nEJG\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Bec\n445-4571\n9.19.68\n#596\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today commended the Southern California\nRapid Transit District for inaugurating new and improved bus service\nto link more effectively residents of Watts and other inner city areas\nwith better employment opportunities in other parts of metropolitan\nLos Angeles.\nIn a letter to Milton McKay, acting general manager of the Southern\nCalifornia Rapid Transit District, the governor said that it was for just\nsuch a purpose that his administration supported, made part of his legis-\nlative program, and signed into law legislation which provided fuel\ntax relief to commute bus companies\nThe governor said that he hoped the tax relief provided by the\nbill (SB 202) had aided in the implementation of the new service.\nHe also expressed hope that other transit districts would follow\nthe example of the Southern California Rapid Transit District.\nSB 202 cut fuel taxes paid by bus companies from seven cents to\none cent per gallon--an 86 percent tax reduction.\nAlthough the reduced fuel tax bill cost the California Highway\nProgram more than $2 million in revenue each year, the measure had the\nactive support of the California Division of Highways, the California\nBusiness and Transportation Agency and the governor's office. Written\ninto the bill was the specific intent that the legislation was designed\nto improve mass transportation as it related to serving places of\nemployment.\nIn his letter to McKay, Governor Reagan referred to two specific\nlines inaugurated by the district:\n\"Your 176 line, linking South-Central Los Angeles residents with\nemployment areas in Beverly Hills, West Los Angeles and Pacific Palisades,\nfills an important need for faster and more economic service to these\nareas.\n\"Similarly, the new line 87, serving the Pomona Garden Public\nHousing Project in East Los Angeles, makes employment and medical ser-\nvices much more accessible,\" the governor said.\nPrior to the establishment of the two new \"job opportunity and\ncommuter lines,\" bus service took several hours with many transfers.\nPrivate jitney service has cost some job seekers and workers as much as\n$6 a day.\n\"Commute costs of this magnitude actually discourage many people\nfrom working or seeking employment, the governor said.\n\"It is our hope that by providing better public transportation in\nour major cities, Californians--especially those without automobiles--\nwill have one less hurdle in their paths when seeking employment or\ngoing to their jobs.\n\"This was the purpose of the fuel tax saving bill. We are pleased\nto see the action which the Southern California Transit District has\ntaken and we sincerely hope other transit districts will follow suit,\"\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO..\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n9.20.68\n#597\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nSeptember 23, 1968\nthrough\nSeptember 28, 1968\nMonday, September 23\n>:30 a.m.\nSignal, of Relocation Assistance bill, Governor's Off.\n11:30 a.m.\nMeeting with Osmer Dunaway, GOP candidate for\nCongress, Governor's Office\n5:00 p.m.\nDepart Sacramento Metropolitan Airport for\nLos Angeles\n5:50 p.m.\nArrive Los Angeles International Airport\n7:00 p.m.\nFund-raising dinner for Woody Smith, Lafayette\nHotel, Long Beach. Speech.\nTuesday, September 24\n2:00 p.m.\nPicture for Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation,\nGovernor's Office, Los Angeles\n3:00 p.m.\nDepart Los Angeles for San Bernardino\n4:15 p.m.\nArrive Uplander Motel for discussion with\nSan Bernardino area businessmen\n6:45 p.m.\nArrive Arrowhead Country Club, reception for\nRepublican candidates\n8:00 p.m.\nArrive Perris Hill Park for barbecue for\nRepublican candidates. Speech.\n9:00 p.m.\nDepart Ontario Airport for Sacramento\n10:00 p.m.\nArrive Sacramento Municipal Airport\nWednesday, September 25\n11:45 a.m.\nPicture with representatives of Sing-Out Asia\ngroup, Governor's Office\n1:30 p.m.\nPRESS CONFERENCE\n2:15 p.m.\nPicture for Children of the American Revolution,\nGovernor's Office\n8:00 p.m.\nCocktail reception and TV preview for Congres-\nsional candidate Elmore Duffy at KCRA studios\nThursday, September 26\n10:15 a.m.\nPresentation of Water Development Projects Map\nby Irrigation Districts' Association, Gov.'s Office\n1:30 p.m.\nBrief meeting with Gene Sternberg, International\nPresident of Optimist International, Governor's\nOffice\n1:45 p.m.\nPicture of and presentation by 4-H Club members,\nGovernor's Office\n4:30 p.m.\nDepart Sacramento Municipal Airport for Colorado\nSprings\n7:30 p.m.\nArrive Colorado Springs for Paul Bradley-Peter\n(MDT)\nDominick rally at International Center\nOvernight Colorado Springs\n-1-\n#597\nFriday, September 27\n8:15 a.m.\nDepart Colorado Springs for Rapid City, South\n(MDT)\nDakota\n9:15. a.m.\nArrive Rapid City for fund-raising breakfast\n(MDT)\nat Sheraton-Johnson Hotel for Senatorial candi-\ndate Archie Gubbrud.\nSpeech.\n10:45 a.m.\nDepart Rapid City for Sioux Falls, South Dakota\n(MDT)\n12:30 p.m.\nArrive Sioux Falls for Gubbrud fund-raising\n(CDT)\nluncheon at Civic Arena\n2:00 p.m.\nPress availability with Gubbrud\n2:45 p.m.\nDepart Sioux Falls for Cedar Rapids, Iowa\n(CDT)\n3:30 p.m.\nArrive Cedar Rapids\n(CDT)\n4:00 p.m.\nPress availability with gubernatorial candidate\nBob Ray and Senatorial candidate Dave Stanley\n7:30 p.m.\nFund-raising rally for Ray-Stanley at Cedar\nRapids Coliseum. Speech.\n8:30 p.m.\nFund-raising reception for Ray-Stanley at\nRoosevelt Hotel\nEvernight ceder Rapide\nSaturday, September 28\n9:15 a.m.\nDepart Cedar Rapids for Dallas, Texas\n(CDT)\n11:00 a.m.\nArrive Dallas (southwest airmotive terminal,\n(CDT)\nLove Field). Airport rally for Paul Eggers .\nTexas gubernatorial candidate\n12:00 Noon\nReception and buffet for Eggers\n1:00 p.m.\nDepart Dallas for Borger, Texas\n(CDT)\n1:45 p.m.\nArrive Borger for airport rally with Bob Price,\n(CDT)\nCongressional candidate\n2:30 p.m.\nDepart Borger for Santa Maria, California\n(CDT)\n3:00 p.m.\nArrive Santa Maria\n(PDT)\nHelicopter to Buellton. Fund-raising luncheon\nfor W. Don MacGillivray, Assembly candidate\n4:00 p.m.\nDedication ceremony at Solvang\n4:15 p.m.\nReturn by helicopter to Santa Maria\n5:00 p.m.\nDepart Santa Maria Airport for Los Angeles\n8:00 p.m.\nRepublican State Central Committee Convention\ndinner, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles. Speech\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nSunday, September 29\nP.M.\nReturn to Sacramento\n#\n#\n#\n-2-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nMEMO TO THE RESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n9.23.68\nGovernor Reagan will sign the property tax relief bill at\n9:30 a.m. today.\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, Californ\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.23.68\n#598\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today expressed concern over the Bi-State\nRegional Planning Compact for Lake Tahoe if the measure is not enacted\nby Congress this session.\nThe compact governs land-use management in the Tahoe Basin and\nestablishes an agency which Governor Reagan has described as\n\"\nholding the key to the future of Tahoe, one of the world's most\nfamous and beautiful lakes.\"\nIn letters to U.S. Senators George Murphy, Thomas Kuchel and\nHenry Jackson and Representatives Wayne Aspinall, Biz Johnson and\nGlen Lipscomb, the governor said that before the measure can be con-\nsidered by Congress, reports on the compact are required from\nSecretary of the Interior Stuart Udall and Agriculture Secretary\nOrville Freeman.\nGovernor Reagan said that, to date, the necessary reports have\nnot been submitted by either Udall or Freeman.\nHe asked the assistance of the six Senators and Congressmen in\nurging the two secretaries to submit their reports so that the compact\ncan be considered before the current session of Congress adjourns.\nEarlier this year, the California State Legislature passed a bill--\nAB 1023-which conformed California and Nevada law on the subject of\nbi-state land management for the Tahoe Basin.\nRequiring the approval of Congress, the Bi-State Regional Planning\nCompact measure was introduced by Congressmen Biz Johnson of California\nand Walter S. Baring of Nevada.\nUntil the compact is officially ratified, however, state law re-\nquires that the separate California agency--currently in operation--\nmust continue planning, establishing ordinances, enforcing its rules\nand regulations and other such activities.\n\"In addition to the obvious operating costs involved, the develop-\nment of such ordinances and the execution of the obligations of the Cali-\nfornia agency may complicate rather than complement the bi-state agency\nwhen and if it becomes effective, = the governor said.\n\"Funds spent and actions taken unilaterally may prove to be not\nonly needless, but actually injurious when the overall needs of the\ntwo-state Tahoe Basin are considered in their entirety.\n\"We therefore feel it is imperative that bilaterally, California\nand Nevada be allowed to get on with the business at hand so that\ntogether, we can assure that Lake Tahoe will be enjoyed by generations\nyet unborn,\n\"I will greatly appreciate any and all efforts which will encourage\nthe secretary of agriculture and secretary of the interior to file their\nreports immediately so that the Congress of the United States can ratify\nthis vital Bi-State Land Use Compact for the Tahoe Basin, Governor\nReagan said.\nOFICE OF THE GORERI\nRELEASE: I. ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.23.68\n#599\nGovernor Ronald Reagan issued the following statement today in\nconnection with the signing of the following bills--SB-8, SCA-1 and\nAB-12:\n\"Good morning.\n\"This is an occasion that brings great satisfaction to me personally,\nas it should to every California taxpayer. It represents a major step\ntoward fulfillment of one of my earliest campaign pledges--meaningful\nproperty tax relief.\n\"We have given property tax relief top priority in this adminis-\ntration.\n\"Certainly there was no one issue facing the people of California\nwhich deserved more attention.\n\"I am very pleased that members of the legislature were willing to\nresolve their differences on this matter. For without the spirit of\ncompromise which they displayed, agreement would not have been possible,\nnor would we be here today for this signing ceremony.\n\"I am confident that the people of California will add their over-\nwhelming approval of this legislation at the ballot box in November.\nIt is a responsible approach to property tax relief and represents a\ntruly unprecedented victory for millions of California homeowners,\nrenters, senior citizens and businessmen.\n\"I want to emphasize, however, that I do not consider this to be\nthe end of our efforts to ease the tax burden on Californians.\n\"As you know, I have directed the Commission on Tax Reform to make\nspecific recommendations for overhauling the state's antiquated tax\nstructure.\n\"I believe the need for such reform is urgent, and I hope to pursue\nthis course in the legislature next year by offering a comprehensive\nplan to completely revamp the present tax system.\n\"Before concluding these remarks, I also would like to comment on\nhere\nanother bill I will be signing/shortly.\n\"This bill--Assembly Bill 12, authored by Frank Lanterman--will\nallow the state to authorize payment of additional assistance funds to\nCalifornians who must relocate their homes and businesses as the result\nof freeway and highway construction.\nenabling\n\"Although the states have until 1970 to enact such/legislation\nwithout incurring funding penalties, this administration is determined\n-1-\n#599\nto see that Californians gain the additional assistance which they\nrequire immediately.\n\"I want to point out that the benefits of this new legislation\nwill be in addition to an administration bill which I signed earlier\nthis year. That bill--AB 1072--provides that families whose homes\nare uprooted by highway construction--especially families in lower\nincome brackets--can exchange their former home for a comparable\nreplacement home without incurring a larger debt or facing the higher\nmonthly payments normally incurred.\n\"Both bills represent tremendous progress in this area, and I am\nproud that the legislature has seen fit to act favorably on them.\n\"I also want to thank Assemblymen Lanterman and Monagan for\nworking so vigorously to help enact this legislation.\"\n#\n#\n#\n-2-\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571 9.23.68\n#600\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement\nhonoring Rosh Hashanah and the Jewish High Holy Days:\n\"On the occasion of Rosh Hashanah and the period\nof Jewish High Holy Days, I welcome the opportunity\nto extend to all my fellow Californians of the Jewish\nfaith my warm greetings and best wishes for the New\nYear.\n\"This solemn period which you will observe calls\nupon you to rededicate yourselves to the faith, the\nvalues, the ideals of your great heritage.\n\"The observance of this Holy Day period has added\nsignificance today when our world is fraught with\nturmoil and upheaval. Today, more than ever before,\nwe need to be reminded of those moral and spiritual\nvalues handed down to us from generation to generation.\n\"With best wishes for a blessed and peaceful year.\"\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: Im diate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n9.23.68\n#601\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced his general satisfaction\nwith the federal redwood park legislation which was passed by Congress\nlast week, and which represented a compromise between Senate and House\nproposals for a Redwood National Park. It is expected to be signed by\nthe president later this week.\nThe legislation represents the successful conclusion of fifty\nyears of effort to establish a national park in the redwood area of\nnorthern California.\nThe governor said that while the Resources Agency staff has not\nyet had time to analyze the conference committee report in detail,\npreliminary study indicates that inclusion of three state redwood parks\ninto the overall plan would be advisable if the end result is to be the\nbest possible national park.\nThe inclusion of state parks in the national park was not made\nmandatory in the legislation.\nAlthough the overall redwood park area has been described as\ncovering 58,000 acres, only some 28,000 actually will be under federal\ncontrol when the bill is signed. Of this, approximately 23,000 acres\nwill be formerly privately-owned redwood timberlands owned by lumber\ncompanies. The other 5,090 acres will consist largely of ocean-front\nacreage.\n\"Certainly the 27,500 acres comprising the three state parks in\nthe area--Jedediah Smith, Del Norte and Prairie Creek--contain the key\nacreage in terms of superlative primeval redwoods,\" the governor said.\n\"Fifty percent of the funds to establish these three state parks\nwere donated by the Save-the-Redwoods League, and these prime areas\nhave been protected by the State of California for all the people to\nenjoy,\" he added.\nIn connection with possible formal inclusion of the three state\nparks in the national park, the governor said he hoped the federal\ngovernment would cooperate with California so that its citizens will have\nbadly needed recreational lands near California population centers made\navailable to them by the federal government.\n\"One of our most pressing needs is for recreational lands in\nSouthern California, especially in the beach areas,\" he said.\n-1-\n#601\nThe federal government currently owns unused land in heavily\npopulated Southern California and in the San Francisco bay area, he\nnoted.\nIn order to work out suggestions for land exchanges, and/or long-\nterm leasing arrangements for such areas, the governor said he planned\nto appoint a special study commission to evaluate and make recommendations\nto him and the state legislature within the next six months.\nHe is working on the details of such a commission with Resources\nSecretary Norman Livermore.\nIn commenting further on the action of Congress, Governor Reagan\nsaid he was pleased that the conference committee bill provided for\nthe exchange of federally-owned timber lands---including 13,000 acres\nfrom the Northern Redwood Purchase Unit--in return for private timber\nacreage to be included within the federal park boundaries. This\nexchange in land and timber, rather than in cash, was a key item that\nwas continually requested by the governor since hearings on the redwood\npark started.\nThis provision is important in order to help stabilize employment\nin Humboldt and Del Norte counties by helping to insure a continuous\nsupply of timber for the lumber industry--an industry which is vitally\nimportant to the economy of the region.\nThe governor expressed disappointment that the legislation appeared\nto make no provision which would have helped to make up for serious tax\nlosses that will be suffered by local governments due to the removal of\nprivate lands from the tax rolls.\nHe also expressed the hope that the federal government would act\npromptly to initiate park development programs which would help provide\nlocal employment, by funding the purchase of private lands quickly.\nHe also called on the federal government to settle promptly and\nfairly such problems as right-of-way issues and the exact and final\ndelineation of park boundaries.\nThe governor expressed his deep appreciation for the efforts of\nLivermore and his agency staff in assisting the Congress to achieve the\nlong-sought Redwood National Park.\nHe also congratulated Senator Kuchel of California, Senator\nJackson of Washington, as well as Congressmen Harold \"Bizz\" Johnson of\nCalifornia and Wayne Aspinall of Colorado for the major roles they\nplayed in steering the legislation through to final passage.\n# # #\n-2-\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, Californi.\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.23.68\n#602\nGovernor Ronald Reagan said today he thinks suspension of the\nequal time rule for broadcasters in order to allow debate among the\nleading presidential candidates would serve \"no useful purpose.\"\nThe governor said, \"The people already know the issues and the\ncandidates. I see no purpose in Dick Nixon agreeing to debate\nHubert Humphrey and giving him the audience that he obviously has\nbeen unable to attract by himself. There are many ways for the\ncandidates to make their views known, if the people are willing to\nlisten. They are already listening to Mr. Nixon.\"\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: Ir diate\nSacramento, Californi.\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.24.68\n#603\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has proclaimed September 27, 1968, as\nAMERICAN INDIAN DAY.\nText of the proclamation follows:\n\"WHEREAS, Indians of America have contributed significantly to\nhistory and our present-day culture; and\n\"WHEREAS, a day to honor Indians was at one time declared\nAmerican Indian Day in California, and such a declaration should be\nmade annually; and\n\"WHEREAS, the Indian people in California are most anxious to\nhave established a permanent American Indian Day; and\n\"WHEREAS, many states take the opportunity to honor American\nIndians by designating a specific day for this purpose;\n\"NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do\nhereby proclaim the 27th day of September, 1968, and the fourth Friday\nof each September hereafter as AMERICAN INDIAN DAY, and urge that\nappropriate programs be encouraged on the fourth Friday of September\nfor the purpose of informing Californians of the valuable historical\nand cultural contributions, past and present, of American Indians.'\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.25.68\n# 604\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Kelseyville cattle rancher\nOscar S. Holdenried to the California Riding and Hiking Trails\nAdvisory Committee.\nThe job pays necessary expenses.\nHoldenried, a 67-year old Republican, replaces Mrs. Virginia\nOhm of Red Bluff who resigned.\nHoldenried, who will serve at the pleasure of the governor, is\npresident of the Lake County Cattlemen's Association and is a\nmember of the Clear Lake Horsemen's Association.\nHe has served for six years as a member of the Lake County\nAgricultural Stabilization Committee.\nHe lives on Renfro Drive, Kelseyville.\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.25.68\n#605\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today urged Californians to join in the\nobservance of National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week,\nOctober 6-12, 1968.\nThe governor explained that the purpose of N.E.P.H. Week is to\npromote a fuller understanding of the problems facing handicapped\ncitizens and a wider appreciation of their abilities.\n\"I urge each of you to broaden your awareness of the contributions\nthat so-called 'disabled' persons are making to our society every\nday. You will find they have the same wide range of skills, abilities\nand interests as other persons. Their endeavors extend to industry,\npublic service, labor, the arts, space technology, and in fact to\nevery field where they are given an opportunity to prove themselves,\"\nGovernor Reagan said.\nThe governor stressed the need for effective campaigns at the\nlocal level to promote employment of the handicapped, both during\nN.E.P.H. Week itself and continuing throughout the year. \"It is a\nfact that better public understanding and cooperation exist in commu-\nnities where local 'Employ the Handicapped' committees are active,\"\nthe governor said. \"Local committees provide the leadership and coordi-\nnation that are essential in any community program of action, and they\ngive the private citizen a way to offer his services.\"\nIn discussing recent developments affecting employment of disabled\npersons, the governor gave credit to supporters of Assembly Bill 7,\nsigned into law last June 6 in California. This legislation requires\nthat new public buildings constructed with state, city or county funds\nbe made accessible to and usable by the handicapped. \"I was pleased\nto sign the bill and am proud of the lawmakers, private citizens, organ-\nizations and state agencies which made the legislation possible,\"\nthe governor said.\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.25.68\nGovernor Reagan will sign AB-1 and AB-3, the workmen's compensation\nand unemployment disability bills, at 3:10 p.m. today in his office.\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.25.68\n# 606\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today signed legislation which substantially\nincreases workmen's compensation and unemployment disability benefits\nfor millions of California workers.\nThe legislation was in the form of two bills--AB-1 and AB-3--\nwhich were approved unanimously by members of both the Senate and\nAssembly during the recent special session of the legislature.\nAB-1 (Fenton) raises the maximum workmen's compensation temporary\ndisability benefit from $70 to $87.50 per week. The bill also increases\nthe maximum workmen's compensation death benefit and burial allowance.\nThe benefits are paid by employers.\nAB-3 (Zenovich) increases the maximum unemployment disability\nbenefit from $80 to $87 per week. This insurance is paid for by\nemployees in private industry.\nAt signing ceremonies in his capitol office, Governor Reagan\npraised business and labor for their cooperative efforts in making the\nlegislation possible.\n\"I want to congratulate those who worked so diligently for the\nsuccess of these bills. Without their efforts and cooperation, this\nneeded legislation would not have been possible.\n\"I also want to thank members of the legislature for the prompt\naction and the unanimity they demonstrated in support of the two\nmeasures during the special session.\n\"Their action assures that the working men and women of this state\nwill receive added protection to help meet their families' needs during\nperiods of disability resulting from both on-the-job and off-the-job\naccidents.\"\nThe governor paid special tribute to Assemblyman Pete Wilson\n(R-San Diego) who carried the workmen's compensation bill during the\nregular legislative session and \"whose efforts contributed in very\nlarge part to its ultimate success.'\n#\n#\n#\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO...\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.26.68\n#607\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has signed Assembly\nBill 4 (Bear and Unruh)\nThe legislation, which was placed on call by the governor during\nthe recent Special Session, restricts the use of photographs taken in\nthe course of a post mortem examination or autopsy. The bill permits\nthe use of autopsy photographs in the field of forensic pathology,\nmedical or scientific education or research or for use by law enforce-\nment agencies.\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n9.27.68\n#608\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has proclaimed the month of October, 1968,\nas NATIONAL WINE FESTIVAL MONTH.\nText of the proclamation follows:\n\"WHEREAS, California's diverse climate encourages more than\n9,000 growers to raise classic wine grapes with origins in every\nfavored corner of the world; and\n\"WHEREAS, the wines from these grapes are winning ever greater\ncritical acclaim from learned palates in all the United States and\naround the world; and\n\"WHEREAS, these wines are inimitably graced by their California\nheritage; and\n\"WHEREAS, the University of California and the industry through\ntheir shared research add to this heritage with each passing year;\nand\n\"WHEREAS, this present harvest is the harbinger of the bi-\ncentennial of vintaging in California,\n\"NOW THEREFORE I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do\nhereby proclaim the month of October, 1968 as NATIONAL WINE FESTIVAL\nMONTH in California.\"\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PLESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n9.27.68\nC-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N - Governor's Schedule\nGovernor Reagan will attend a fund raising\nluncheon for 5th Assembly District candidate\nDonald Pinkerton on September 30.\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n9.27.68\n#609\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nSeptember 30, 1968\nthrough\nOctober 2, 1968\n(Schedule for the remainder of the week will be released to press on\nMonday or Tuesday)\nMonday, September 30\n11:30 a.m.\nFund raising luncheon for 5th Assembly District\nCandidate John Dunlap at Elks Hall, Vallejo\nDonald Pinkerton\n2:30 p.m.\nCeremonies for passage of San Francisco Port\nAuthority bonds, World Trade Building,\nSan Francisco\n7:00 p.m.\nReception and dinner for Dr. Max Rafferty,\nHilton Hotel, San Francisco\n(Overnight - San Francisco)\nTuesday, October 1\n10:00 a.m.\nBrief greetings to National Hardwood Lumber\nAssociation, Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco\n10:45 a.m.\nArrive San Francisco Hilton for CREA Convention.\nSpeech.\n12:30 p.m.\nContra Costa County Republican Fund raising\nluncheon, Concord Inn, Concord. Speech.\n(Overnight Sacramento)\nWednesday, October 2\n3:00 p.m.\nGovernor's Council Meeting, Governor's Council\nRoom\n5:00 p.m.\nDepart Sacramento Municipal Airport for Arcata\n6:30 p.m.\nArrive Arcata Airport\n8:00 p.m.\nFund raising dinner for local Republican Central\nCommittee, Eureka Inn, Eureka. Speech.\n(Overnight - Eureka)\n# # #\nEJG"
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