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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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1966-74: Press Unit
Folder Title: Press Releases - October 1968
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MEMO TO THE PRESS
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10.2.68
# 610
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
October 2, 1968
through
October 5, 1968
Wednesday, October 2
5:00 pm
Depart Sacramento Municipal Airport for
Eureka (Arcata Airport)
6:00 pm
Arrive Arcata Airport
6:30 pm
Ingemar Club, 2nd & M Streets, fund raising
reception for Republican candidates
8:00 pm
Fund raising dinner, Eureka Inn, (speech
covered live on television)
Overnight-Eureka Inn
Thursday, October 3
9:15 am
Depart Eureka (Arcata Field) for Lakeport
10:00 am
Arrive Lakeport
1:30 pm
Arrive Lake County Fairgrounds for fund
raising BBQ
3:45 pm
Depart Lakeport for Chico Municipal Airport
4:30 pm
Arrive Chico Airport. (Remarks)
5:05 pm
Color taping of news conference (Channel 12)
with Assemblyman Ray Johnson, Republican
Congressional candidate Oz Dunaway, and
Assembly candidate Stan Young
5:30 pm
Arrive GOP Headquarters, 237 Broadway, Chico,
for precinct workers and volunteers meeting
7:30 pm
Fund raising dinner and reception, Elks
Club, 330 Wall Street. (Speech)
9:00 pm
Depart for Chico Municipal Airport for
Sacramento Municipal Airport
Overnight-Sacramento
Friday, October 4
9:45 am
Depart Sacramento Municipal Airport for
Fresno Municipal Airport
10:45 am
Arrive Fresno Municipal Airport, press
availability
11:00 am
Proceed to tour of Fresno Fairgrounds with
Senator Hugh Burns, Assemblyman Ernie Mobley
and John Grady, fair director
12:15 pm
Fund raising luncheon for Assemblyman
Ernie Mobley, Elks Lodge, 5240 East Kings
Canyon Road, (Speech)
1:45 pm
Depart for Fresno Municipal Airport
2:00 pm
Depart for Bakersfield
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2:45 pm
Arrive Bakersfield. Press availability
at room in airport
7:00 pm
Reception for Assemblyman Kent Stacy at
home of Reynold Mettler, 2727 22nd Street,
West Bakersfield
7:30 pm
Depart for Albert Good Auditorium for
fund raising dinner
9:30 pm
Depart for Bakersfield Airport for Santa
Monica
10:15 pm
Arrive Santa Monica Airport
Overnight-Los Angeles
Saturday, October 5
2:00 pm
"Newsmakers" - KNXT Studios
7:00 pm
Arrive Santa Fe Inn, 10478 Valley Boulevard,
El Monte--press availability with Assembly
candidate Gordon Browning
7:30 pm
Fund raising dinner for GOP candidates
Overnight-Los Angeles
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10.2.68
For your information, Governor Reagan's departure from Sacramento
Municipal Airport today is now expected to be at approximately 4:30 pm
instead of 5:00 pm.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE:
immediate
Sac mento, Califoi a
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10.2.68
#611
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has signed legislation
L.
(AB-9, /Greene) which will insure that California's educationally
handicapped children continue to "receive the kind of specialized
training they need and deserve."
He said the measure will allocate funds already on hand to the
statewide program on an accelerated basis. The funds can now be
pumped into the program four months earlier than was originally planned
to meet deficiencies which might otherwise have occurred, he said.
The governor said his action "will provide local school boards
the full amount of funds necessary to hire teachers to continue
classes for these unfortunate children so that they will receive the
best education possible."
He noted that he gave assurances several weeks ago that he would
take whatever action was necessary to fully finance the requirements
of the educationally handicapped children's program.
However, he pointed out that AB-9 was not, in itself, needed to
meet this commitment since it could have been, and was being done
through administrative action. Nonetheless, he said he signed the
bill "to dramatize the concern I share with parents of our educationally
handicapped children that these youngsters receive the kind of special-
ized training they need and deserve."
Governor Reagan contrasted the forthright manner in which AB-9
was written with the "hastily contrived" authorship of an omnibus
education bill (AB-8, L. Greene) sent to him by the legislature during
the recent Special Session.
He said he will not sign AB-8 which was "passed under the guise
of property tax relief" because the multi-million dollar spending
measure "would, in fact, add to the already top-heavy tax burden borne
by the people of California."
He called AB-8 "very poor legislation, not only because it pur-
ports falsely to ease taxes, but also because it artificially triple-
joints three separate education programs into a single, massive spending
measure." The bill would boost state spending during fiscal 1968-69
alone by a total of $22 million, and would multiply this expenditure
many times over during the years to come.
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The governor said the three individual programs which were tied
together in the omnibus measure--the Miller-Unruh reading program, kin-
dergarten classes, and the state's mentally gifted program-- "bear no
meaningful, direct relationship to each other and were triple-jointed
in this manner to preclude consideration of each program on its own,
individual merits.
"Certainly, there is no question in my mind that the mentally
gifted program deserves continued support. Nor is there any doubt that
we should pursue additional improvements in our kindergarten and
remedial reading programs.
"It is tragic, therefore, for the people of California that this
measure was thrown together in such 'all-or-nothing' fashion at the
very last minute when, in fact, the legislature had a full eight months
to work out legislation within a responsible fiscal framework which
would truly meet individual problems of educational financing."
The governor pointed out that "reform of the state's overall
school financing structure is essential if we are to look forward to
the long-range, orderly development and improvement of our public
school system in California.
"This bill runs directly counter to the achievement of such aims
by merely adding another awkward layer to the already confusing patterns
of educational financing and fails completely to meet the problems it
purports to solve, 11 he said.
Governor Reagan said the administration "intends to take the
initiative during the next regular session of the legislature to
recommend specific ways of meeting the challenge of school financing
in order that the taxpayers of California will get the greatest benefit
from their tax dollars."
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With respect to AB 8, the governor said he placed the subject of
property tax relief on special call to "reduce taxes--not to increase
government spending.
"Under no circumstances can this bill be construed as providing
property tax relief.
"On the contrary, the many millions of dollars this bill would
spend would come directly out of the taxpayer's pocket," he said.
"At a time when many Californians have been asked to pay the
first installment of their 1968 state income tax bill, this is hardly
an occasion to request that they assume the added cost of expensive new
spending measures," he added.
The governor also pointed out that "because the measure was passed
under the guise of property tax relief, it clearly constituted a breach
of the agreement he had with the legislative leadership for enactment
of such legislation.
"The bill, therefore, violates the spirit of the special call,"
he said.
Governor Reagan noted that the property tax relief legislation
he did place on the call was subsequently passed by the legislature.
It was signed by the governor September 23. If it is approved by the
voters in November, the measure will reduce property taxes this year by
some $261 million for homeowners, renters, senior citizens and
businessmen.
AB 8 would raise to some $30 million the overall state appropria-
tion for the Miller-Unruh reading program in 1968-69---$14 million more
than the amount appropriated in the current state budget which was
passed by the legislature and signed by the governor June 29.
Governor Reagan said the additional $14 million appropriation is
"another undesirable example of open-ended financing. If approved,
it would not only set an undesirable precedent for the future, but
would also be inconsistent with legislation (SB 609-Miller, Chapter 995)
which established a priority system for funding Miller-Unruh applica-
tions from school districts should program deficits occur."
He noted that last year's state expenditure for the Miller-Unruh
reading program was $7.6 million and that this figure was more than
doubled--to $16 million--in the current state budget. Governor Reagan
also pointed out that the State Department of Education advised school
districts in advance that this year's $16 million would be allocated
on a priority basis.
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Legislative Analyst A. Alan Post reported September 19 that the
full $14 million Miller-Unruh appropriation probably could not be used
in the current year "since school classes have already begun and it
would be most difficult to secure competent teachers to establish all
programs for which applications have been submitted."
In reference to the section of AB 8 dealing with kindergarten
programs, the governor said the measure would provide additional
financial inducements to school districts for creating single day-long
kindergarten classes, rather than double sessions. He warned that this
could create enormous pressures to build many additional classrooms,
since a day-long class would occupy the same classroom previously used
by two half-day classes.
"Construction costs for the additional classrooms would be pro-
hibitive in many cases," he said.
"Certainly, the brunt of the burden for paying the cost of such
construction would have to fall directly on the taxpayer," he added.
The governor also pointed out that the additional allowance which
the state would be required to provide for the AB 8 kindergarten could
cost the taxpayers an estimated $25 million in the third year of
operation.
"I have consistently supported improvement of our kindergarten
programs and I will continue to do so," he added. "However, I believe
there are many improvements yet to be made within the existing frame-
work of such programs. Finishing this task should be our first
priority, after which new improvements can be instituted on a sound,
orderly basis."
For example, he noted that a number of school districts in
California are still operating minimum length (2½-hour) kindergarten
classes, rather than the 3-hour classes for which the state already
provides additional allowances. "We should first concentrate on
bringing the program up to the 3-hour standard, before taking the step
toward full-day sessions," he said.
The governor said that the legislation was so loosely written
that a school district could merely add another 20 minutes to each
three-hour, half-day session and thereby obtain $2600 per class extra
even though the same district would not actually incur any additional
cost for the 20-minute extension, and, even assuming such a short period
would have some small educational benefit.
"In such a case, the additional funds would not amount to an
incentive for program improvement, but would merely represent an
additional source of state funds totally unrelated to the bill's
purported objectives," he said.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVE
OR
MEMO TC HE PRESS
Sacramento, Calif
e)
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10.4.68
#613
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
October 7, 1968
through
October , 1968
Monday, October 7
8:00 p.n
Dinner for Hank Arklin at Knollwood Country
Club, 12024 Balboa Boulevard, Granada Hills.
Speech.
Overnight-Los Angeles
Tuesday, October 8
1:15 pm
Dedication ceremonies for Centinela Valley
Community Hospital, 935 South Flower Street,
Inglewood. Remarks by RR.
2:45 pm
Depart hospital for Airesearch Terminal,
LA International Airport.
3:15 pm
Depart Airesearch for Imperial County
Airport.
3:45 pm
Arrive Imperial County Airport--press
availability. (NOTE: Miss Nancy Dickerson
(age 20) has been named one of four Diamond
Star Winners from 4-H Clubs in California.
The Diamond Star is the highest 4-H award.
Miss Dickerson will travel to Washington, D.C.
in January to receive her award from the
president. Miss Dickerson will present
to RR a "batch" of steaks which will be
frozen and flown to the executive residence.
Adolph Von Merron of the University of Cali-
fornia Extension is making the arrangements
for the steaks.)
6:00 pm
Fundraising reception at Airporter Inn
sponsored by county Republican Central
Committee.
6:45 pm
Imperial Valley Country Club for buffet
luau, sponsored by county RCC.
7:00 pm
Imperial County fund-raising dinner at
Country Club, sponsored by county RCC.
Speech.
8:45 pm
Depart Imperial County Airport for San Diego
Airport (Lindbergh Field).
Overnight-San Diego
Wednesday, October 9
8:45 am
Joint meeting of State Bar and Conference
of Judges at Hilton Inn. Remarks.
11:00 am
Depart San Diego for Houston
(PDT)
3:45 pm
Arrive Houston
(CDT)
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7:30 pm
Fund-raising dinner for Nixon, Agnew and
Paul Eggers, Texas candidate for governor,
at Rice Hotel.
Overnight-Houston
Thursday, October 10
10:00 am
Depart Houston for Asheville North Carolina
(CDT)
12:45 pm
Arrive Asheville for Jim Gardner-for-Gover-
(EDT)
nor fund-raising luncheon, Grove Park Inn.
2:00 pm
Depart Asheville Airport for Charlotte
2:30 pm
Arrive Charlotte
5:00 pm
Fund-raising reception for Gardner at Red
Carpet Inn.
6:00 pm
Gardner fund-raising reception at Gaston
Country Club, Gastonia.
6:30 pm
Gardner fund-raising dinner (Country Club)
8:30 pm
Depart Charlotte for Chattanooga, Tennessee
(EDT)
9:00 pm
Arrive Chattanooga for fund-raising recep-
(EDT)
tion and dinner for Nixon and Congressman
Bill Brock. Speech.
Overnight-Chattanooga
Friday, October 11
1:00 pm
Depart Chattanooga, Tennessee for Jackson,
(EDT)
Tennessee.
3:00 pm
Arrive Jackson for Nixon-John Williams-for-
(CDT)
Congress rally, Jackson Coliseum.
4:30 pm
Depart Jackson for Springfield, Missouri.
(CDT)
5:30 pm
Arrive Springfield.
(CDT)
7:30 pm
Fund-raising reception at Colinial Hotel
for Congressman Tom Curtis, Republican
candidate for Senate.
8:00 pm
Nixon and Curtis-for-Senate rally at Mula
Shrine Auditorium.
9:15 pm
Depart Springfield for Oklahoma City
(CDT)
9:45 pm
Arrive Oklahoma City
Overnight-Oklahoma City
Saturday, October 12
11:30 am
Rally for Senatorial candidate Henry Bellmon
and Congressman Jim Smith at Midwest City,
near Oklahoma City.
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12:30 pm
Depart Oklahoma City Airport for Wichita,
(CDT)
Kansas.
1:00 pm
Arrive Wichita for fund-raising luncheon
(CDT)
for Senatorial candidate Bob Dole and
gubernatorial candidate Rick Harman at
Broadview Hotel.
3:00 pm
Depart Wichita for Seattle, Washington.
(CDT)
4:00 pm
Arrive Seattle
(PDT)
9:00 pm
Congressional Medal of Honor speech at
Seattle Center Arena. (Annual dinner which
honors living Medal of Honor winners)
10:30 pm
Depart Seattle for Los Angeles
12:30 pm
Arrive Los Angeles
a.m.
Overnight-Los Angeles
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10.7.68
#614
William P. Clark, Jr., executive secretary to Governor Ronald
Reagan, today announced a partial reorganization of the Governor's
Office.
He said a Program Development Section has been created to further
plan and coordinate the major "creative society" programs of the
Reagan administration. It will be headed by Rus Walton, 47, of
Los Altos Hills.
The new section will also include the functions of research,
special reports and publications, and speakers' bureau activities.
It will bring together in one section several units which previously
existed separately in the Governor's Office.
The Program Development Section will be separate from the Press
Section which will continue in its basic communications role with the
news media.
The Press Section formerly was a part of the Communications
Section headed by Lyn Nofziger and included the governor's Schedule
and Travel units.
Paul Beck will continue to head the Press Section as press
secretary. Ed Gray, previously assistant press secretary, was elevated
to associate press secretary. Mrs. Nancy Clark Reynolds will continue
as assistant press secretary.
Miss Patricia Gayman, schedule secretary to the governor, will
report to the executive secretary.
Arthur Van Court, travel secretary, becomes a member of the Legal
Affairs Section headed by Edwin Meese, III.
Named as assistant secretary for Program Development under Walton
is Thomas C. Ellick, formerly special assistant to the cabinet.
O. James Gibson, previously research and planning secretary, was
appointed special assistant for research.
In keeping with the philosophy of the Reagan administration, the
function of the Program Development Section will provide close
cooperation with the private and independent sectors in a creative
partnership approach to state problems.
Walton joined the administration in February, 1967, as deputy
director of the Department of Motor Vehicles and special assistant to
the governor.
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Since early this year he has headed a team which assisted the
governor in the production of a series of "creative studies". These
papers, three of which have already been issued, are intended to out-
line the Reagan administration's position on major issues such as
human relations, law and order, education, etc.
Prior to joining the administration, Walton headed his own public
relations organization. He was a founder and the first executive
director of the United Republicans of California (UROC). In addition
to a career as a corporate public relations manager, he was for 10
years public affairs director for the National Association of
Manufacturers in the 13 western states.
Walton and his three children maintain their home in Los Altos
Hills (25351 Fremont Road).
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER R
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-457.
10.8.68
C-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N
The Governor's speech before a joint meeting of the
State Bar and Conference of Judges on Wednesday,
October 9 is for P.M.'s release.
PARDON:
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Californi
Contact:
Paul Bec..
445-4571
10.10.68
#615
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Paula Adams Tennant, a Susan-
ville attorney, to the California Youth Authority Board,
The appointment pays $20,500 annually and requires Senate
confirmation.
Mrs. Tennant will fill the unexpired term of Mrs. Lee Stubbs Penland
of Redwood City who resigned. The term will end March 15, 1969.
Mrs. Tennant, a Republican, is a graduate of the University of
Wisconsin and the Lincoln Law School in San Francisco.
She is a member of the Ethics Committee of the State Bar of
California and also has served as president of the Lassen County Bar
Association.
She is also a former district attorney of Lassen County and
served on the Citizen Committee for Lassen County Junior College.
Mrs. Tennant is now in private law practice.
She lives at 612 Willow Street, Susanville.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Inmediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10.10.68
#616
Irving Teichner, vice-president of the Board of Traffic Com-
missioners for the City of Los Angeles, has been appointed by Governor
Ronald Reagan as a member of the Governor's Traffic Safety Committee.
Teichner, 56, is president of a food products company in Los
Angeles. He has served for ten years as a member, and five terms as
president, of the Los Angeles City Traffic Commission. He was
designated "man-of-the-year" in 1964 by the Hollywood B'nai B'rith
Lodge. He also has been cited for his participation in civic activities
by Mayor Samuel Yorty, the Los Angeles City Council and the Board of
Supervisors of Los Angeles County.
Teichner lives at 10450 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, Californi
Contact:
Paul Bec..
445-4571
10.11.68
#617
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
October 11, 1968
through
October 20, 1968
Monday, October 14
11:25 am
League of California Cities Speech, Chandler
Pavilion, Los Angeles Music Center
2:30 pm
Ceremony for construction of Service Center,
108th Street and Central Avenue, Los Angeles
5:30 pm
Reception for Assemblyman Bill Campbell at
California Country Club, 1509 South Workman
Mill Road, City of Industry
7:30 pm
Rally for Campbell at Mapleleaf Park, La
Puente
(Overnight - Los Angeles)
Tuesday, October 15
Noon
Luncheon for Congressional candidate
Bill Teague against Richard Hanna and
Assembly candidate Bruce Nestande against
Ken Cory at Grand Hotel, 7 Freedom Way,
Anaheim
2:00 pm
Precinct workers' rally at Garden Grove Park.
3:45 pm
Dedication ceremonies for Saddleback Junior
College
7:20 pm
Reception and dinner for Assemblyman
Floyd Wakefield at Los Coyotes Country Club,
8888 Los Coyotes Drive, Buena Park
(Overnight - Los Angeles)
Wednesday, October 16
11:00 am
Depart Santa Monica Airport for San Diego
11:30 am
Arrive San Diego Airport
Noon
California Highway Patrol Luncheon at Bahia
Hotel. Speech.
5:30 pm
Reception for Assemblyman Pete Wilson at Le
Baron Hotel, Mission Valley.
6:15 pm
Fund-raising reception for Assembly candidate
Tom Hom at residence of Dr. Leonard Bloom,
4605 Yerba Santa Drive, San Diego.
from
8:00 pm
Depart/San Diego Airport for Santa Monica
Airport
(Overnight - Los Angeles)
Thursday, October 17
7:00 pm
50th Anniversary Award Banquet of California
Manufacturers' Association, Beverly-Hilton
Hotel. Speech.
(Overnight - Los Angeles)
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Friday, October 18
8:00 an
Depart Santa Monica Airport for Watsonville
Airport
9:00 am
Arrive Watsonville - proceed to University
of California at Santa Cruz for Regents'
Meeting
9:30 am
Regents Meeting - Dining Hall of Dining
Common, Crown College
pm
Depart for Los Angeles
7:30 pm
Fund-raising reception-dinner for Assembly
candidate Norma Yocum at Huntington-Sheraton
Hotel, Oak Knoll Avenue, Pasadena
(Overnight - Los Angeles)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19 - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20
No appointments scheduled
(Overnight - Los Angeles)
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10.11.68
#618
Governor Ronald Reagan has proclaimed the week of October 13,
1968, as B'NAI B'RITH WEEK.
Text of the proclamation follows:
"WHEREAS, B'nai B'rith is the oldest service organization founded
in America, having been organized in New York City on October 13,
1843; and
"WHEREAS, B'nai B'rith has been a conscientious, vital and con-
cerned force in our communities and has enthusiastically devoted the
energies of its 600,000 members worldwide to community service and
humanitarian goals; and
"WHEREAS, B'nai B'rith has offered much-needed support to America's
philanthropies in pursuit of its motto of 'Benevolence, Brotherly
Love and Harmony;' and
"WHEREAS, B'nai B'rith has been involved in the building of
character among young people through vast, comprehensive programs of
social, cultural, interfaith, community service and athletic activities
through its B'nai B'rith Youth Organization; and
"WHEREAS, B'nai B'rith has helped reawaken the spirit of religious
interest and commitment in college-age men and women through its
Hillel Program;
"NOW THEREFORE I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do
hereby proclaim the week of October 13, 1968, as B'NAI B'RITH WEEK,
and urge that Californians join with the millions of American citizens
in congratulating The Sons Of The Covenant of B'nai B'rith on its
125th anniversary of service to the community."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10.15.68
# 619
Governor Ronald Reagan and California PTA President Mrs. Robley
Berry of Berkeley today urged the swift formation of drug abuse com-
combat
mittees by parent-teacher groups around the state to help the
"cancerous spread" of drugs "in our schools and among our children."
The appeal was contained in a letter which was signed jointly by
the governor and Mrs. Robley and sent to the presidents of parent-
teacher groups representing some 2,000 junior high and high schools in
California.
The proposal to form drug abuse committees at the school level was
made in Governor Reagan's Creative Paper on Law Enforcement issued last
May. He called for utilization of total community resources to cope
with the growing narcotics problem.
The letter notes that the proposal carries the endorsement of
California Medical Association and the California Peace Officers
Association. County medical societies, peace officer groups and
school superintendents in California also have pledged their assistance
to the program.
While the organizational structure of each drug abuse committee
should be based on local considerations, the letter suggests that
membership include concerned parents, teachers, students, school
administrators, medical people, peace officers and community leaders.
"The goal is to discuss the problem on a local basis, to present
youngsters with relevant medical facts that will give them the know-
ledge they 'll need to turn away from drugs and drug peddlers, and to
develop solutions which will work in each community," the letter says.
The activities of each committee, it continues, could include
reviewing and recommending informational material for students and
parents, holding seminars with responsible presentations on dangerous
drugs, student-parent-teacher discussions, and publicity campaigns
aimed at halting the spread of drug use.
"This is one problem that cannot wait until tomorrow; it demands
action today. The future of an entire generation is at stake, " the
letter says.
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State of California
OF
THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
SACRAMENTO 95814
CALIFORNIA
RONALD REAGAN
GOVERNOR
October 14, 1968
Dear PTA President:
We're sure that we do not have to tell you of the size
and scope of the dangerous drug menace in California, or
of its cancerous spread in our schools and among our
children. The purpose of this letter is not to remind
you of a critical medical and social problem, but to
solicit your help in combatting it.
We urgently recommend that steps be taken by your group
to establish a "drug abuse" " committee within your organi-
zation. Letters suggesting formation of such committees
are being sent to PTA presidents at nearly 2,000 junior
and senior high schools in the state. It is our hope
that the vast majority of PTA units will move ahead on
this proposal as soon as possible.
The idea of forming these committees was first set forth
in the Governor's Creative Paper on Law and Order as a
means of enlisting community assistance-- in this case
action at the neighborhood, or school level--to combat
drug abuse. The suggestion has been endorsed by the
California Medical Association and the California Peace
Officers' Association, and is being implemented with the
assistance of the California PTA.
Under this proposal, local PTAs would organize drug abuse
committees to work in consultation with county medical
societies and law enforcement agencies. These groups have
agreed to help, and are prepared to offer expert guidance.
While the specific structure of each drug abuse committee
should be left to local option, based on neighborhood con-
siderations and conditions, it is suggested that these
groups include not just concerned parents and teachers,
but also students, school administrators, medical people,
peace officers and community officials.
The goal is to discuss the problem on a local basis, to
present youngsters with relevant medical facts that will
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give them the knowledge they'll need to turn away from
drugs and drug peddlers, and to develop solutions which
will work in each community.
All county medical societies in California have drug abuse
committees and all local law enforcement agencies have long
been involved in combatting this increasingly serious prob-
lem. These groups have been notified of this proposal,
and should be contacted by each PTA.
Activities of such a committee could include reviewing and
recommending informational material for students and par-
ents, holding seminars with responsible presentations on
dangerous drugs, student-parent-teacher discussions, and
publicity campaigns aimed at halting the spread of drug
use.
In forming your committee, we suggest that you include in
your group the elements of your neighborhood and school
that are essential to the success of this venture, then
contact local medical and law enforcement people. The
direction your committee will take and the effectiveness
of its results will be measured by the frankness with
which the group approaches the problem, and the effort
that is made.
If you need assistance or guidance, please call on the
California PTA. Statewide follow-up will be made in
several months to measure the effectiveness of the
proposal.
This is one problem that cannot wait until tomorrow; it
demands action today. The future of an entire generation
is at stake.
Sincerely,
Ranned Reagan
RONALD REAGAN
Governor
Margaret Berry
Mrs Robley Berry, President
California PTA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10.15.68
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On release #619, dated today, the last part of the first sentence
should read "...by parent-teacher groups around the state to help
combat the "cancerous spread" of drugs "in our schools and among our
children."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10.16.68
#620
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of
Jerry W. Fielder of Dixon as chief deputy director of the California
Department of Agriculture. He replaces Richard Lyng, who was promoted
to director of the department last month.
Fielder is 53, a native Californian and a Republican. His annual
salary will be $23,500.
A career agriculturist, Fielder was graduated from the University
of California at Davis in 1939 with a Bachelor of Science degree in
agronomy.
Following graduation, he was assistant manager of the Blythe
Alfalfa Growers' Association and then served two years as a naval
officer on a destroyer during World War II.
In 1946 he established the Dixon Dryer Company, an alfalfa pro-
cessing and dehydrating company with offices and plant in Dixon.
In 1960 he organized the Delta Dehydrating Corporation with its
plant located at Clarksburg, and in 1963 he established the North
American Dehydrating Corporation with plant location at Rocky Ford,
Colorado. Both companies produce and process dehydrated alfalfa pro-
ducts and sugar beet pulp.
Fielder has served his community on the city council and civic
organizations. He also served two years as president of the UC Davis
Alumni Association and as a charter director and president of the
Cal-Aggie Alumni Foundation, a position he currently holds.
He has been a member of the Agricultural Advisory Council of the
University of California, was president of that body for one year, and
is a past president of the American Dehydrators' Association.
Currently, Fielder is completing his sixth year as a member of
the U.S. Department of Agriculture Grain and Forage Crops Research
Advisory Committee; is the secretary-treasurer of Trans-World Agricul-
tural Development Corporation, and is president of the California Grain
and Feed Association.
He is a member of the Dixon Rotary Club; Commonwealth Club, San
Francisco; Comstock Club, Sacramento; Merchants' Exchange Club, San
Francisco; Masonic Lodge, Dixon; Knights Templar, and the Ben Ali Shrine.
Fielder will take up his new duties on November 12 in order to
allow time to put his affairs in order.
He and his wife, Mary Margaret, live in Dixon and have two chil-
dren---a daughter, Mrs. Russel Durkee of Martinez, and a son,
Jerry M. Fielder, a senior at UCLA.
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10.16.68
# 621
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced that Shermer L. Sibley,
president of Pacific Gas and Electric Co., has accepted his invitation
to serve as general chairman of the Annual Governor's Traffic Safety
Conference.
The conference will be held in Sacramento December 12 and 13, 1968.
Serving as co-vice chairmen will be State Secretary of Business
and Transportation Gordon C. Luce and State Treasurer Ivy Baker Priest.
In a letter asking Sibley to serve as general chairman, Reagan
stated that, "with your leadership this conference can be a forward-
looking working session and will encourage the free exchange of ideas
among progressive, imaginative citizens."
Pointing to his deep concern over the waste of human and economic
resources arising from traffic accidents, Reagan set the theme for
this year's conference as "The Driver--Traffic's Undesigned Factor.'
The tentative schedule calls for the conference to be called to
order at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 12 in the Empire room of the Senator
Hotel, Sacramento.
The opening session will feature an address by Governor Reagan
and introduction of the panel participants.
The balance of the opening day and the following morning will
feature panel discussions on research, judges and law enforcement, and
driver training.
During the closing day luncheon, Friday Dec. 13, recommendations
on traffic safety improvements will be made by the three panels.
Sibley, of 1291 Laurel Lane, Lafayette, is a director of the
California Traffic Safety Foundation and a member of the Governor's
Committee on Traffic Safety.
A graduate of the University of California, Sibley is a member of
the Advisory Board, University of Santa Clara College of Business; and
the Engineering Advisory Council, University of California.
He also is a director of the International House Corp., University
of California; Independent Colleges of Northern California, Inc.;
Stanford Research Institute; and various electric and gas industry
trade associations.
In 1967 Sibley served as president of the United Bay Area Crusade.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO.
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
10.18.68
#622
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
October 21, 1968
through
October 23, 1968
Monday, October 21
Noon
Channel City Club, Granada Theatre,
Santa Barbara. Speech.
1:10 p.m.
Channel City Women's Forum, Towne House,
222 West Corrillo Street. Remarks.
6:30 p.m.
Reception for Assembly Candidate Randolph Siple,
Villa Sirena, Channel Islands Harbor, Oxnard
Overnight - Los Angeles
Tuesday, October 22
10:30 a.m.
Depart Santa Monica Airport for San Jose Airport
11:30 a.m.
Arrive San Jose Airport
Noon
Luncheon for Assemblyman Earl Crandall, San Jose
Country Club
6:30 p.m.
Reception for Assemblyman Frank Murphy, Tanner
Wilson Residence, Santa Cruz
7:30 p.m.
Depart for Watsonville Airport
8:10 p.m.
Arrive Sacramento Municipal Airport
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, October 23
11:30 a.m.
Picture with Ray Nesbit, executive officer of
State Wildlife Board and winner of "Conservationist
of the Year" award, and Al Schiavon, executive vice
president of California Wildlife Federation,
Governor's Office
6:00 p.m.
Reception for Assembly candidate Fred Corfee,
Sutter Club
(Schedule for the remainder of the week will be issued on Monday morning)
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MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, Califor
a
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10.21.68
# 623
(THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF OUR EARLIER SCHEDULE FOR THIS WEEK WHICH
WAS ISSUED FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18).
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
October 23, 1968
through
October 27, 1968
Wednesday, October 23
8:30 p.m.
Depart Sacramento Municipal Airport
(PDT)
for Helena, Montana
11:00 p.m.
Arrive Helena Airport.
(MDT)
(Overnight-Relena)
Thursday, October 24
10:00 a.m.
Fund-raising breakfast at Helena
(MDT)
Civic Center for Richard Nixon,
Governor Tom Babcock and Dick Smiley,
candidate for Congress.
10:40 a.m,
Depart Helena Airport for South Bend,
Indiana.
2:30 p.m.
Arrive South Bend (St. Joseph County
(CDT)
Airport, Stockert Flying Service) --
airport rally for Richard Nixon;
Indiana Secretary of State Ed Whitcomb,
candidate for Governor; Will Erwin,
candidate for Congress; State Senator
Bill Ruckelshaus, candidate for U.S.
Senate; Dick Folz, candidate for
Lt. Governor.
3:00 p.m.
Fund-raising reception, M.R. Falcons
Clubhouse, for Nixon-Whitcomb-
Ruckelshaus-Erwin. Remarks.
3:50 p.m.
Depart St. Joseph County Airport for
(CDT)
Grand Rapids, Michigan.
5:15 p.m.
Arrive Kent County Airport, Northern
(EDT)
Flight Service, Grand Rapids.
5:45 p.m.
Press availability with Congressman
Gerald Ford and Governor George Romney
at Pantland Hotel (Continental Room),
Grand Rapids.
7:00 p.m.
Nixon-Ford fund-raising dinner,
Grand Rapids Civic Auditorium. Speech.
(Overnight-Grand Rapids)
Friday, October 25
10:30 a.m.
Depart Kent County Airport, Grand
(EDT)
Rapids, for Reading, Pennsylvania.
11:45 a.m.
Arrive Spaatz Field (Reading Air
(EDT)
Service), Reading, Pennsylvania.
12:15 p.m.
Fund-raising luncheon, Abraham Lincoln
Hotel, for Richard Nixon; Congressman
Richard Schweiker, candidate for U.S.
Senate; and Peter Yonavick, candidate
for Congress. Speech.
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1:30 p.m.
Depart Spaatz Field, Reading, for
(EDT)
Boston, Mass.
2:30 p.m.
Arrive Boston, Logan International
Airport, American Airlines hanger,
west apron.
3:10 p.m.
Press availability with Governor John
Volpe at Logan International Inn,
Attache Room.
7:00 p.m.
Fund-raising reception, Shateau de
Ville (Venetian Room), Saugus, Mass.,
for Richard Nixon; Congressman William
Bates; and Bill Abbott, candidate for
Congress. Remarks.
8:00 p.m.
Fund-raising dinner, Shateau de Ville,
for Nixon-Bates-Abbott. Speech.
(Overnight-Boston)
Saturday, October 26
9:30 a.m.
Depart Logan Airport, Boston, for
(EDT)
Bridgeport, Conn.
10:00 a.m.
Arrive Bridgeport Municipal Airport.
(EDT)
10:15 a.m.
Press availability with Congressional
candidate Lowell Weicker at Four Winds
Restaurant.
10:45 a.m.
Nixon-Weicker rally, Lexington Plaza,
downtown Bridgeport. Speech.
11:40 a.m.
Helicopter to Westbury, L.I., New York.
(EDT)
12:00 noon
Arrive Roosevelt Raceway, Westbury.
Press availability (top floor) with
Congressional candidates Mason Hampton
and Abe Seldin, and Congressmen James
Grover and Jack Wydler.
12:55 p.m.
Fund-raising luncheon, Roosevelt
Raceway Building. Speech.
1:20 p.m.
Helicopter to Republic Aviation Air
(EDT)
Field, Farmingdale, L.I., New York.
1:45 p.m.
Depart Farmingdale for Jacksonville,
(EDT)
Florida.
3:30 p.m.
Arrive Jacksonville, Imeson Airport
(EDT)
(Standard Ramp, Laurie Yonge Flying
Service).
3:45 p.m.
Senate Fish Fry and rally for Congress-
man Ed Gurney, candidate for Senate,
at Pritchetts Kitchen (outdoor). Speech.
5:00 p.m.
Depart Imeson Field, Jacksonville, for
(EDT)
New Orleans.
5:00 p.m.
Arrive New Orleans International Airport
(CDT)
(Moisant Field), General Aviation Corp.
5:40 p.m.
Rally for David Treen, candidate for
Congress, Arch Bishop Shaw High School,
Westwego. Speech.
7:00 p.m.
Fund-raising reception for Treen,
Monteleone Hotel.
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9:00 p.m.
Fund-raising dinner for Treen, Plinsoll
Club, World Trade Center. Speech.
10:30 p.m.
Depart New Orleans International
(CDT)
Airport for Sacramento.
12:00 Midnight
Arrive Sacramento Municipal Airport.
(PDT)
(Overnight-Sacramento)
Sunday, October 27
No public appointments scheduled.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10.21.68
# 624
Governor Ronald Reagan today sent the following telegram to
Mrs. Joseph A. Beek of Balboa Island:
"I know there is little I can say that will ease the grief you
are experiencing over the loss of your husband. Joe was held in high
esteem by his host of friends in the capitol. His wise counsel and
conscientious performance of an exacting job have won him the admira-
tion of all who had the privilege to work with him. Certainly
California will miss this dedicated public servant. His 55 years of
active, continuous participation in the affairs of state warrant our
highest commendation.
"I have directed that the flag over the capitol be flown at
half staff, in respect to his memory, through Thursday.
"You have my deepest sympathy. May God be with you. "
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RELEASE: mmodiate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
# 625
445-4571
10-22-68
Formation of a statewide Inter-Agency Council On Drug Abuse will
highlight a work session on narcotics and dangerous drug control
called by Governor Ronald Reagan for Thursday, October 24 at 10 a.m.
in the Governor's Council Room at the state capitol.
State departments active in combatting the drug problem will
convene at the morning session to report and exchange information on
activities being conducted by government, The California Medical
Association will coordinate organization of the inter-agency council,
which will include representatives of state agencies, at the afternoon
meeting.
In announcing the work session, Governor Reagan said: "Responsible
citizens are extremely concerned over the growing drug menace,
particularly among our youth. I believe that this inter-agency group
can be an effective vehicle in the drive to head off the wholesale
poisoning of young people. This is one problem which just cannot wait.
It demands immediate action. The future of an entire generation is
at stake."
Dr. Malcolm Todd, of Long Beach, president of the California
Medical Association, announced that the council will move as quickly
as possible to provide guidance for action programs at the local level.
One of the first tasks of the group will be to inventory instructional
materials being used in the fight against dangerous drugs, Dr. Todd
added.
Among organizations and groups that have been invited to send
representatives to the work session are the California Peace Officers
Association, California PTA, California Narcotic Officers Association,
County Supervisors Association, League of California Cities, California
Association of School Administrators, California Federation of
Business and Professional Womens Clubs, the State Bar Association and
the California Council of Churches.
(The press is invited to attend a noon luncheon Thursday at the
Hotel Senator to be held in connection with the work session).
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE:
immediate
Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul Be
#626
445-4571
10-22-68
Governor Ronald Reagan today proclaimed October 27 as
Navy Day in California.
Text of the proclamation follows:
"WHEREAS
California leads the nation in providing men on
active duty with the U. S. Navy, with 68,000 officers
and men on active duty in all parts of the world; and
"WHEREAS
There are more than 79,000 men on active duty in the
U. S. Navy in the state of California, with 39,000 Nav-
al Reservists in California and more than 80,000
civilian employees; and
"WHEREAS
California leads the nation in retired Navy personnel
with 59,000 of them living in the Golden State; and
"WHEREAS
The carriers, destroyers and other ships of the Navy
sail in and out through California's many seaports
as armed troops pass through on their way to fighting
in Vietnam, and the survivors, wounded and the dead
first touch California on their way back, with
California leading in casualties suffered in Vietnam;
and
"WHEREAS
Californians are pledged not to forget the members
of the Pueblo crew of the U. S. Navy, who are being
held by the enemy on the far side of the Pacific
Ocean, in gross disregard for international law and
common human decency; and
"WHEREAS
It is of vital interest to all citizens of the United
States of America that we possess a sound national
defense; and
"WHEREAS
It is well known that our strong Navy is making
great contributions to the security of our nation
and free men everywhere,
"NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do
hereby proclaim Sunday, October 27, 1968 as NAVY DAY in
California, urging all Californians to take part in appropriate
observance of this day to demonstrate to the men of the U. S. is
Navy the gratitude, respect and pride in which we hold them.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, Califorr
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10-23-68
C-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N
Governor Reagan's scheduled departure from Sacramento
Municipal Airport this evening has been changed from
8:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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Contact:
Paul Be
445-4571
10.23.68
#627
Governor Ronald Reagan today congratulated Ray J. Nesbit, State
Wildlife Conservation Board executive secretary, who has been named
"Conservationist of the Year" by the California Wildlife Federation
and the Wears Roebuck Foundation.
Award of the honor places Nesbit's name in contention for the
much coveted President's Trophy to be awarded by the National Wildlife
Federation, the governor said during an informal ceremony in his
Capitol office. The governor was unable to attend the California
Wildlife Federation's recent Achievement Recognition Dinner and
the
personally award/"Governor's Trophy for 1968."
"This is a well-deserved award, presented to an outstanding
conservation leader, by the two organizations which have such
excellent programs for fish and wildlife conservation as well as for
outdoor recreation," the governor said.
Nesbit, who has been in state service for 22 years, has served
as executive officer of the Wildlife Conservation Board since 1958,
and has been instrumental in starting a number of programs beneficial
to both California sportsmen and fish and wildlife resources. He was
an employee of the Division of Water Resources for eight years before
joining the Wildlife Conservation Board 14 years ago.
"In its 21 years, the board has constructed 243 projects to
improve fish habitat, provide fishing access, and develop wildlife
habitat and public hunting," Governor Reagan said. "The majority of
these projects are built and then turned over to cities, counties and
local districts for operation and maintenance, thus assuring local
responsibility and control. Last year, eight and one-half million
user days of outdoor recreation were counted at Wildlife Conservation
Board projects."
The governor also pointed out that the Wildlife Conservation
Board has carried out its program under Nesbit's direction for the
past 10 years with the lowest overhead cost--five percent--of any
capital program in state government.
During Nesbit's tenure as executive officer, the Wildlife
Conservation Board's programs have included: stream clearance on the
North Coast, rehabilitation of the silver salmon runs; establishment
of ocean fishing piers, which now serve some four and one-half million
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people annually; implementation of a program of artificial reefs
around !ishing piers; and the purchase of about 34,000 acres of land
dedicated to wildlife and public access purposes.
In addition to his regular duties, Nesbit served as chairman of
a task force to develop a fish, wildlife and recreational development
program for the State Water Project shortly after Governor Reagan
took office. The Wildlife Conservation Board subsequently was
assigned the responsibility for developing fishing access along the
444-mile California Aqueduct. Earlier, Nesbit represented the state
on the Colorado River Land Use Planning Commission which developed
the present program of public use of the Colorado River and its banks
and which eliminated squatter problems then existing.
Nesbit is a graduate of Kent State University, Ohio, and has
done graduate work at the University of Michigan, School of Forestry
and Conservation. He served in the Navy amphibian forces for four
years during World War II. He is married and has two children.
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Contact:
Paul F
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445-4571
10-24-08
Governor Ronald Reagan today expressed his deep appreciation to
Bay Area law enforcement officials for the swift and decisive action
they have taken during the past 48 hours to back up the University of
California administration and campus police in efforts to restore
order on the Berkeley campus.
He said that peace officers from over two dozen police and
sheriffs' departments in six counties have assisted in the arrest of
some 200 law violators who invaded various university buildings,
disrupted normal educational activities, destroyed property, and even
caused injuries to persons.
"I am gratified, " he said, "that campus administrators have
finally responded in this manner. I have often urged, as have the
people of our state, that university officials deal firmly and
resolutely with those offenders who resort to violence and coercion
in seeking to achieve their own selfish ends.
"As a member of the University of California Board of Regents,
and as a concerned parent and citizen, I am even more convinced than
ever that appeasement and capitulation to persons intent on breaking
the rules on our campuses only strengthen the prospects for greater
confrontation.
"It is clear to all that the only way public institutions of
higher education can survive in our democratic society is to assure
that the interests of the vast majority of students and faculty are
safeguarded from the destructive and unlawful acts of a violent few.
"Indeed, there is abundant evidence that the people of California--
who have established and maintain our university and state college
systems are insisting that these institutions meet their responsibili-
ties and demonstrate their dedication to the high purposes of scholar-
ship and excellence in teaching, free from disruption and violence.
"The continuing attempts of a cynical, self-appointed and unrep-
resentative minority on our campuses to wrest from the majority,
through coercion, the right to determine its own affairs are intolerable
and must be met with appropriate action.
"Lieutenant Governor Robert Finch and I wish to compliment the
Berkeley administration for its response to organized attacks on
campus operations and facilities by a violent few.
If I call on university officials to remind members of those small
factions who participate in campus violence that they will lose their
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: SUNDAY, A.M.'S
Sacramento, Califor
Oc ber 27, 1968
Contact:
Paul BECK
445-4571
10.25.68
#629
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that fornia will host
the fall-1968 Republican Governors' Conference to be held in Palm
Springs, Dec. 4-7.
The conference will bring together governors from across the
nation, some of whom will probably be attending their first such
meeting.
"I am delighted that California has been selected as the host
state for this first post-election gathering of the Republican
governors,' Governor Reagan said.
"The timing is excellent, because he said, "it gives us a great
opportunity to plan and discuss federal-state relations knowing that
there will be a new administration in Washington D.C.
Most of the participants in the conference are expected to arrive
in Palm Springs Dec. 4. The following day, they will attend a
Governors' Breakfast and a series of private meetings.
The day of Dec. 5 will be highlighted by a western trail ride and
outdoor barbecue for the governors and their wives. Members of the
press and governors' staffs will attend a Mexican-style "fiesta"
nearby. After the barbecue, the governors and their wives will join
the other guests for an evening of entertainment in the "fiesta
tradition.'
Mrs. Reagan will be the hostess at a brunch on Dec. 5 for ladies
attending the conference. The brunch will be held at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. George Hearst, Sr.
governors'
On Dec. 6,/wives, staff wives and ladies of the press will attend
a California cheese and wine party at Rancho Xochimilco, a beautiful
Mexican-style ranch owned by Mrs. Howard Ahmanson and located in
Palm Desert. Top California designers will display the latest in
resort fashions.
A formal state dinner will be given on the evening of Dec. 6 in
the Riviera Hotel ballroom. Bob Hope and Les Brown will provide musica,
entertainment. Vietnam war veterans from nearby hospitals will be
invited to the dinner as special guests.
The second and final day of work sessions by the governors will
be held on Saturday, Dec. 7. The remainder of the weekend will be
devoted to rest and relaxation.
Governors and their wives will stay at the Canyon Hotel. Governors
staffs and members of the press will stay at the Spa Hotel where con-
ference work sessions will be held.
(FOR FURTHER DETAILS, CONTACT FRED VAN NATTA: 714-327-1181)
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#630
Governor Ronald Reagan today named superior court judges
John F. Aiso of Los Angeles and Bertram D. Janes of Quincy as associate
justices on the State Court of Appeal.
The posts pay $36,687 annually. The appointments are subject to
confirmation by the State Commission on Judicial Appointments.
Judge Also, 59, will serve in the 2nd Appellate District, Division
Five. He replaces Justice Shirley M. Hufstedler of Pasadena who was
appointed to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Janes, 53,
will fill a post created by the 1968 legislature in the 3rd Appellate
District.
Aiso, a native of Burbank, is a 1934 graduate of Harvard Law
School. He was graduated from Hollywood High School in Los Angeles
in 1926 and attended Seijo University in Tokyo, Japan, from 1926-27.
He graduated from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, in 1931
prior to taking his law studies. Also also attended Chuo University
in Tokyo where he took additional law courses from 1936-37.
He was named to the Los Angeles superior court bench in 1957 and
served as a municipal court judge from 1953-57. Aiso was commissioner
of the Los Angeles County superior court from 1952-53.
He was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1935 and to the
State Bar of California in 1941. He was engaged in private law
practice prior to 1952.
He has served as a member of the Los Angeles County Law Library
Board of Trustees since 1965. He received the National Award for Dis-
tinguished Community Leadership from the Japanese-American Citizens'
League in 1954 and was cited for "Achievement in the Field of Law" by
the Los Angeles Urban League in 1947. Aiso is a member of the American
Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Nisei Veterans Association and
Japanese-American Citizens League.
He and his wife Sumi have two children. They reside at 2200 Vista
del Mar Street, Los Angeles.
Judge Janes is a native of San Francisco, but has resided in
Plumas County since 1916. He is a 1939 graduate of the University of
California at Berkeley. He took his law degree from the school's
Boalt Hall in 1942.
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He was admitted to the State Bar in 1946 following service with
the U.S. Army and Air Force during World War II. He practiced law in
San Francisco for one year and then moved his office to Portola in 1947.
He served as Portola city attorney from 1947-50 and was elected as
Plumas County District attorney in 1950.
Janes was appointed to the superior court bench in Plumas County
in 1953 where he has served since then.
He has presided as 8 juvenile court judge in more than 20 counties
of the state, and because of his work with young people he was named
a delegate to the White House Conference on Children and Youth by
President Eisenhower in 1960.
He has served on a number of committees of the Conference of
California Judges and as a lecturer on trial and pre-trial procedures
for the University of California-State Bar Program of Continuing
Education of the Bar.
Over the past 24 years, Janes has been a scoutmaster, training
director and Feather River District Chairman of the Boy Scouts of
America. He 1S presently a member of the executive board of the
Mt. Lassen Area Council of the Boy Scouts.
He and his wife, Norma, live in rural Quincy. They have five
children.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
MEMO TO THE
ESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
10.25.68
#631
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
October 28, 1968
through
November 3, 1968
Monday, October 28
11:45 a.m.
Luncheon for Congressional candidate Jim
Shumway at W. H. Payne Residence, 220 Bartlett
Street, Woodland. Speech.
Overnight - Sacramento
Tuesday, October 29
7:15 p.m.
Alameda County Republican Fund Raising
Reception and Dinner, Goodman Hall, Jack
London Square, Oakland
Overnight - Sacramento
Wednesday, October 30
10:20 a.m.
Depart Sacramento Municipal Airport for
Modesto Airport.
11:00 a.m.
Arrive Modesto, airport rally for Senate
candidate Walter Regan
11:30 a.m.
Depart Modesto Airport for Merced
11:45 a.m.
Arrive Merced Airport
Noon
Luncheon, Pavilion Room, Merced County
Fairgrounds, for Assemblyman Frank Murphy
2:00 p.m.
Depart Merced Airport for Visalia
2:30 p.m.
Arrive Visalia Airport
6:30 p.m.
Turkey barbecue for Senator Howard Way,
Tulare Memorial Building. Speech.
p.m.
Return to Sacramento
Overnight - Sacramento
Thursday, October 31
Office appointments
Overnight - Sacramento
Friday, November 1
Noon
Depart Sacramento for Los Angeles
5:45 p.m.
Southern California Nixon-Agnew fund-raising
reception at California Museum of Science
and Industry
6:30 p.m.
Nixon-Agnew dinner and rally at Los Angeles
Sports Arena
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, November 2
and
Sunday, November 3
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
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Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
10.28.68
Please add the following to the Governor's
Schedule today:
7:30 p.m.
Reception for Nick Verreos,
candidate for Assembly, at
residence of Peter Hitchcock,
2880 Broadway, San Francisco
Thank you.
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Lawrence L. Fargher, 36, Santa Clara city councilman, has been
appointed to the Governor's Advisory Committee for Employment of the
Handicapped, Governor Ronald Reagan announced today
Fargher is head of systems engineering for United Technology
Center in Sunnyvale. He has been a member of the Santa Clara City
Council since 1962, serving as mayor in 1964-65. He is a director
of the Santa Clara County Sanitation District and the Santa Clara
County Heart Assn,
He also has been active in youth and delinquency prevention
activities in the county.
Fargher lives at 1755 Shamrock Ave., Santa Clara.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today proclaimed November as
Muscular Dystrophy month.
Text of the proclamation follows:
"WHEREAS Public support is vital in the relentless battle
against the crippling disease of muscular dystrophy;
and
"WHEREAS In California, hundreds of children suffer with
incurable muscular dystrophy, a progressively
crippling disease which causes E. limited life
expectancy for its victims; and
"WHEREAS Direct patient aid to victims of this dreaded
disease is given without cost by Muscular Dystrophy
Associations of America volunteer chapters through-
out California and the nation to fight muscular
dystrophy and other disorders in the neuromuscular
unit; and
"WHEREAS Extensive research work is bringing hope to
millions suffering from muscular dystrophy and
other related neuromuscular diseases;
NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA,
do hereby proclaim the month of November, 1968, as MUSCULAR
DYSTROPHY MONTH in California, and I urge all of the citizens
of this state to support the important work of the Muscular
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445-4571
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#634
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has named Oxnard
attorney Roy A. Gustafson to the Ventura County superior court bench.
The post, newly created, pays $30,572 per year.
Gustafson, a 50-year old Republican, is a partner in the Oxnard
law firm of Gustafson and Cohen.
He is a 1942 graduate of the University of Minnesota law school.
He served for 10 years as district attorney of Ventura County.
He was elected to the post in 1950 and was reelected in 1954 and 1958.
He resigned eight years ago to found his own law firm.
Gustafson served as a vice president of the State Bar of
California from 1953-54 and was on its board of governors from 1951-
54. He was named a member of the California Law Revision Commission
in 1957 and was elected its chairman in 1960.
In 1959, he was elected president of the California District
Attorneys' Association, but resigned as Ventura district attorney
before taking office.
He was secretary-treasurer of the Ventura County Bar Association
from 1948-50.
Gustafson served as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy
during World War II.
He is married and lives at 770 Doris Avenue, Oxnard.
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has named Mrs. Toshiko
Yamamoto of Los Angeles to the State Board of Barber Examiners.
The job pays $25 for each day spent on board business.
Mrs. Yamamoto, a Republican, operates the Toshi Barber Shop in
Los Angeles. She is the first woman ever to serve on the board since
its creation in 1927.
She is a 1952 graduate of the American Barber College. Her
husband, George, is also a barber.
Mrs. Yamamoto is a member of the Business and Professional
Womens' Club, the Japanese-American Womens' Golf Club and the
Japanese Barber Association.
She resides at 253 South Gerhart Avenue, Los Angeles.
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#636
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Buena Park Fire Chief James W.
Verbeck as a member of the State Fire Advisory Board.
The post pays necessary expenses and requires Senate confirmation.
Verbeck, a 54-year old Democrat, will serve at the pleasure of the
governor. He replaces Ray Shukraft of San Diego who resigned.
He became a fireman in 1937 and worked himself up through the
ranks of the Compton Fire Department to battalion chief. In 1960 he
went to work for the Buena Park Fire Department.
He is a past president of the Orange County Fire Chief's
Association and the Harbor District Firemen's Association. He also
has served as chairman of the Compensation Law Committee of the
California State Firemen's Association since 1960.
He lives at 6002 Scott Way, Buena Park.
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#637
Governor Ronald Reagan has named Burlingame businessman George
Noel Keyston, Jr. to a four-year term on the I-A District Agricultural
Association's board of directors.
The association operates the Grand National Livestock Exposition,
Horse Show and Rodeo at the Cow Palace in San Francisco.
The post pays necessary expenses.
Keyston, a 40-year old Republican, succeeds the late Edgar D.
O'Brien of Woodside.
Keyston, a graduate of San Jose State College, operates a
Burlingame leather goods and upholstery manufacturing firm.
He is a director of the San Mateo County Development Association
and the Burlingame Chamber of Commerce.
He lives at 441 Edgewood Road, San Mateo.
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#638
Governor Ronald Reagan today commended a Southern California
sportsmen's group and the Los Angeles City Department of Recreation
and Parks for staging free ocean fishing trips for some 1,750
underprivileged Los Angeles youngsters.
The governor sent congratulatory letters to Robert Jurgens,
president of the Southern Council of Conservation Clubs, which
includes 65 individual sportsmen's groups in the Los Angeles region,
and William Frederickson, Jr., general manager of the Los Angeles
Recreation and Parks Department.
The recently-completed joint program was termed "an outstanding
commitment to citizen action in the field of youth activities" by the
governor.
He noted that few of the youngsters had fished before, and most
of them had never been to sea.
Individual sportsmen took part in the project and provided 62
man-days of supervised recreation. Much of the fishing gear was
donated by individuals, outdoor clubs and sporting goods firms, and
many of the volunteer sportsmen took time off from their jobs to
participate in the fishing trips.
Governor Reagan said the program was conducted "in the true spirit
of creative citizenship--a spirit that moves people of good will to
devote time and energy to providing constructive experiences for the
underprivileged."
Plans are being made to expand the program next year to include
youths from all of the city's recreation centers.
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#639
telegram
The following/was sent today to representatives of the ASUC
president's council who invited Governor Reagan to discuss on television
the "role of the Regents in the administration of the University of
California:"
"Governor Reagan has asked me to thank you for your telegram.
As I am sure you know, it has been the governor's practice and
continues to be his practice to meet with student representatives,
campus editors and others. Governor Reagan is looking forward to
meeting with you again to discuss in a calm and reasoned manner the
vital issues facing the University. For that reason, the governor
does not believe a televised discussion at this time would really
and significantly provide the answers to problems all of us are
seeking to resolve.
"Sincerely, Paul Beck, Press Secretary to Governor Reagan"
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Governor Ronald Reagan today urged California voters of all
political persuasions to go to the polls next Tuesday and give the
Republican Party a sweep in this year's election. "I know that
millions of patriotic citizens, Democrats and Independents, are con-
cerned and desirous of a change. That's why I am confident that
California will be in the Republican column this year.
"This is the year to continue the movement toward responsible
government that was started two years ago. We need Dick Nixon in the
White House and we need a Republican majority in the Congress to give
him the support he needs to put this great nation back on course.
Californians can contribute to this victory by electing Max Rafferty
to the U. S. Senate and our other fine Republicans to the House of
Representatives.
"At the same time, the voters of this state have the opportunity
to help this Administration's efforts toward returning government to
the people by electing enough Republicans to the Assembly and Senate
so that legislation aimed at correcting the ills of our society are
no longer bottled up in committee by partisan opposition.
"This year, we can restore our nation by electing Republicans to
the White House, the Congress and the Statehouse. I am confident the
voters of California recognize that this is a time of destiny and will
give us the opportunity to prove that government is by the people as
well as of and for the people. If
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MEMO TO THE PRESS
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
10.31.68
Governor Reagan will sign an agreement transferring the Port of
San Francisco to that city during a ceremony in the Governor's Office
today at 2:30 p.m. The agreement is consistent with terms of the
so-called S.F. Port bill (AB-190) which was signed by Governor Reagan
August 14, but is contingent upon passage of Prop. B & C in
San Francisco.
Representing the City of San Francisco at the ceremony will be
Thomas Mellon, chief administrative officer; Thomas O'Connor, city
attorney; and Nathan Cooper, city controller.
State Finance Director Caspar Weinberger will also
attend the ceremony. He will explain details of the action to members
of the press.
At 2:15 p.m. today the governor will greet Wendell Smith,
president of the United States Jaycees and other Jaycee officials
as part of that organization's campaign to stimulate membership
nationally. The press is also invited to attend this brief meeting,
which will be held in the Governor's Office.
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