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PRESS RELEASE - PB - #1
Governor Ronald Reagan
January 3, 1967
PRESS
RELEASE: PM's of Tuesday, Jan 3.
SACRAMENTO-- Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed Gordon C.
Luce, Senior Vice President of Home Federal Savings & Loan Assn. of
San Diego, as Administrator of the State Transportation Agency.
At the same time, the Governor said that Luce, 41, of La Jolla,
will become Executive Director of government management departments
following reorganization of the executive branch of state government.
His ultimate responsibilities will include such departments
as Banking, Savings and Loan Real Estate, Insurance, Corporations,
General Services and Public Works, Governor Reagan said.
"This is a step toward properly placing executive level
functions of government within the Governor's Office. Mr. Luce's long
background in business administration will have a profound influence
on my plans to increase efficiency and cut costs in government,"
Reagan said.
Luce called his appointment "a great opportunity. I have every
intention of carrying out the Governor's policies in streamlining the
executive level of government in areas in which I will have
responsibility."
Luce has been associated with Home Federal for the past 12
years and is withdrawing from the firm immediately. The new post
pays $27,500 a year.
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Luce received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford in 1950
and a Master's degree from the Stanford University School of Business
in 1952. He also is a graduate of the Indiana University School of
Savings and Loan and was associated with the Carnation Co. in Los
Angeles prior to joining Home Federal.
A specialist in business management and administration, Luce
is a third generation San Diegan. He is married to the former Karen
Turnbow. They have two sons and a daughter.
Luce served in the U. S. Infantry in the European Theater and
the occupation of Japan from 1946-48 and was awarded a Bronze Star.
He has been active in Republican presidential campaigns and
served in Governor Reagan's campaign.
Luce is a past president of the San Diego Downtown Association
and the University Club of San Diego and a member of the Stanford Club
of San Diego and the American Savings & Loan Institute.
He is a past chairman of Republican Associates of San Diego
County and is presently a director of the San Diego Symphony Association
and COMBO (Combined Arts of San Diego), a fund-raising organization;
a trustee of Republican Associates. He also has served on various
committees of the California Savings & Loan League.
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PRESS RELEASE-LN-1/3/67
Governor Ronald Reagan
#2
PRESS RELEASE: IMMEDIATE
SACRAMENTO--These people were sworn in at ceremonies at 10:30
this morning with Governor Reagan looking on. They were sworn in by
Assistant Secretary of State, Walter C. Stutler:
Earl Coke, Director of Agriculture; Harold Sullivan, Commissioner,
California Highway Patrol; Spencer Williams, Administrator of Health
and Welfare; Gordon Smith, Director of Finance; William Gianelli,
Director of Water Resources; Edgar Gillenwaters, Deputy Director of
Finance; James Dwight, Deputy Director of Finance; Gordon Luce,
Director of Transportation.
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PRESS ANNOUNCE NT
CAPITOL CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION
January 3, 1966
All members are urged to attend a meeting tomorrow
(Wednesday, January 4), at 2 p.m. in the Senate Lounge.
Agenda--Election, parking, housing, credentials, etc.
Earl C. Behrens, President
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
MEMO TO THE PRESS
The following department heads who served in the Brown
Administration are at the present time continuing to perform
their duties in the Administration of Governor Ronald Reagan:
Dr. James V. Lowry, Dept. of Mental Hygiene
Dr. Lesler Breslow, Dept. of Public Health (Term appointment)
Gene Blanc, Atomic Energy Coordinator
Richard A. McGee, Youth and Adult Corrections
Heman G. Stark, Dept. of Youth Authority
Ian Carpbell, Dept. of Conservation
Walter Shannon, Dept. of Fish & Game
Lachlan M. Richards, Dept. of Harbors & Watercraft
Thomas Bright, Dept. of Motor Vehicles
John Erreca, Dept. of Public Works
John W. Gaffney, California Disaster Office
Glenn B. Vance, State Fire Marshall
Walter J. Monasch, Dept. of Housing & Community Development
Richard Roddis, Insurance Commissioner
Ernest B. Webb, Dept. of Industrial Relations
The following department heads have submitted their resigna-
tions. Where their replacements have not been announced, the
ranking officer in each department is acting as the officer in
charge on a temporary basis:
Warren Thompson, Dept. of Rehabilitation
Thomas Moore, Dept. of Social Welfare
Hugo Fisher, Resources Agency Administrator
Fred L. Jones, Dept. of Parks and Recreation
Joseph M. Farber, Dept. of Veterans Affairs
Roderic L. Hill, Military Dept. (Adjutant General)
James O. Reimel, Director, ABC
John A. O'Kane, Supt. of Banks
Gareth W. Sadler, Savings & Loan Commissioner
Harold J. Powers, Director, Professional & Vocational Standards
Jerald S. Shutzbank, Corporations Commissioner
Helen Ewing Nelson, Consumer Counsel
1.3.67/PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
445-4571
SACRAMENTO--Appointment of Edgar M. Gillenwaters as Deputy
Director of Finance was announced today by Gov. Ronald Reagan.
Gillenwaters, 34, had been Administrative Assistant to Rep.
Bob Wilson (R-San Diego) since January, 1963.
In his new post he will be responsible for liaison with the
California Congressional delegation, government agencies and
Washington representatives of California industries. He will
maintain an office in Washington, D.C.
A native of Klamath Falls, Oregon, Gillenwaters attended
the University of Colorado. He is married to the former Jane
Haas. They have three children.
Gillenwaters served as a forward observer in Korea in 1950-
52 and became assistant manager of Transportes Aereos de Jalisco
(Jalisco Airlines) in Guadelajara, Mexico in 1953.
From 1954 to 1958 he was associated with Giant Resources,
Inc. of Denver, serving as assistant production manager, Uranium
Engineering Corp., Grand Junction, Colo.; manager, Edgemont Mining
and Uranium Corp., South Dakota, both Giant Industries subsidi-
aries, and as staff assistant to the parent corporation's board
of directors.
He joined Rohr Aircraft Corp., San Diego, in 1958, where he
was a staff assistant upon leaving in November, 1960. Gillenwaters
was an account executive for Barnes Chase Co., an advertising firm,
from 1960 until joining Congressman Wilson's staff in 1963.
Gillenwaters is a member of St. Patrick's Episcopal Church,
Washington, D.C. and a member of the executive committee, Republi-
can Associates of San Diego County.
The post pays $25,500 a year.
1.3.67/PB
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
PRESS RELEASE
A meeting to discuss California's fiscal and budgetary
situation was held Tuesday afternoon in the Office of Governor
Ronald Reagan.
Gov. Reagan opened the meeting with introductory remarks,
outlining his broad views and Philip M. Battaglia, Executive
Secretary to the Governor, followed with further comments.
Gordon P. Smith, State Finance Director, conducted a broad
discussion of the goals of the Reagan Administration with parti-
cular emphasis upon economy in the operation of the state govern-
ment and the need for a common sense approach to governmental
fiscal matters.
Financial problems of the state were outlined, including
a discussion of the current 1966-67 budget for the remainder of
the fiscal year as well as preparation of the 1967-68 budget.
Emphasis was placed on the effects of the fiscal problems
in such critical areas as the public schools, the university
and college system and health and welfare matters.
Discussion also centered on the Reagan Administration's
approach to solving the budgetary and fiscal problems and on the
technical details of completing work on the 1967-68 budget,
including timing that will be used in submitting the budget to
the Legislature.
Organization of the Finance Department also was discussed.
Others attending included Lt. Gov. Robert H. Finch; Controller
Houston I. Flournoy; Sen. John McCarthy, the Senate Republican
(MORE)
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leader; Assemblyman Robert Monagan, the Assembly Republican
leader; Assemblyman Don Mulford, the Assembly Republican caucus
chairman; Frederick E. Balderston of the University of California;
Dr. Glenn S. Dumke, Chancellor, the California State Colleges; Dr.
Max Rafferty, Supt. of Public Instruction; Spencer Williams,
Administrator, Health & Welfare; Lyn Nofziger, Press Secretary;
and Dirk Eldredge, Assistant Executive Secretary.
1.3.67/PB
INAUGURAL COM .TTEE 1967
Sacramento, California
AC 916 - 445-9432
January 9, 1967
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
A limited number of colorful "first edition" official souvenir
programs--produced by Walt Disney in honor of Governor Ronald Reagan's
historic inaugural here last week--are "still available to the
public, but going fast," Inaugural Director Sandy Quinn announced
today.
Copies of the 24-page booklet, described by Quinn as "a true
collector's item, If may be ordered by mail from the Inaugural
Committee, P. O. Box 2511, Sacramento, he said. No telephone orders
will be accepted "because we wouldn't be able to handle the demand,"
he added.
The programs sell for $2.00 per copy and include:
-Detailed information on inaugural week events.
New photos and etchings portraying California's colorful
mission heritage.
-Stories and sketches highlighting unique moments in the
state's early history.
New photographs of Governor and Mrs. Reagan and Lt. Governor
and Mrs. Finch.
Pictures and biographies of the state's new constitutional
officers.
--A roster of state officials.
The front cover features a three-inch seal of the State of
California in gold leaf blind embossing. The title page carries a
striking photo of the State Capitol.
The design of the booklet reflects the "Fiesta California"
theme which was interwoven through the fabric of inaugural week events
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PRESS RELL SE - PB - #5
Governor Ronald Reagan
January 10, 1967
FOR RELEASE WEDNESDAY A.M. IS
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced formation of a six-man
Water Resources Task Force to undertake a comprehensive review of the
financing and construction progress of the State Water Project.
"We are near the half-way mark in terms of construction of the
project," the governor said, "and it is time to evaluate exactly where
the State Water Project stands from a financial and construction
standpoint.
"I want to make it absolutely clear, however, that there is no
question in my mind as to the basic integrity and soundness of the
project and its financing.
"What I am asking these six men to do, in cooperation with
William R. Gianelli, director of the Department of Water Resources, is
to conduct a midpoint review of the project," the governor said.
Reagan asked the Task Force to complete its assignment within
60 days. Conclusions reached by the committee will be used by the
governor and Gianelli as guidelines in pushing the State Water Project
to a successful completion.
By requiring an early report from the committee "we will be able
to consider any necessary legislation which might be required," the
governor said.
Staff personnel and information from the Department of Water
Resources will be made available to the Task Force, which may also seek
outside assistance if necessary in preparing its report.
Gianelli noted that the Burns-Porter Act ratified by California
voters in 1960 contemplated construction of certain state water
facilities at price levels of the late 1950s.
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At this time it is not certain whether revenue bonds used to
finance the project will be adequate to meet construction costs which
have increased since passage of the Burns-Porter Act, he said.
Gianelli also pointed out that the water needs of California have
changed since 1960 because of the adverse decision of the U.S. Supreme
Court concerning the allocation of Colorado River water supplies.
Construction of new projects by the federal government and
local agencies, and changing patterns of water requirements, have also
affected the state's water needs, he said.
As a result, Gianelli added, special attention should be given
to determining whether the Burns-Porter Act will meet the water needs
of California or whether the project should be modified to reflect any
changed conditions.
At the same time, the water resources director said, engineering
and related problems should be carefully examined to see if the State
Water Project will be able to meet its timetable. This includes
delivery of agricultural water in Kern County next year and delivery
of water south of the Tehachapi Mountains in 1971 and 1972.
Chairman of the Task Force will be Clair A. Hill, a widely-
known water engineer from Redding. Others on the committee are
Harvey O. Banks of San Francisco, former director of the Water Resources
Department under Goodwin Knight; M. J. Shelton, vice president of the
La Mesa engineering firm of Koebig and Koebig; Samuel Nelson, chief
engineer of the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power; Gerald Jones,
a Sacramento consulting engineer; and Don M. Davis of Stone & Youngberg,
San Francisco financial and investment firm.
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PRESS RELEA - PB - #6
Governor Ro. ld Reagan
January 11 1967
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Norman B. Livermore Jr., a San Francisco businessman with a
long background in forestry and conservation, today was named by
Governor Ronald Reagan as administrator of the State Resources Agency.
Livermore, 55, is treasurer of the Pacific Lumber Co.,
San Francisco, a post he will resign upon assuming his new duties.
A former director of the Sierra Club and a member of its Outing
Committee, Livermore is a life member of the widely-known conservation
organization and is a former director and officer of the Redwood Region
Conservation Council.
"We are indeed fortunate to have the services of a man with
Mr. Livermore's experience and background," Governor Reagan said in
announcing the appointment.
"He has a unique record. He has had a long association with the
Sierra Club and has a first-hand interest in the outdoors. In
addition, Mr. Livermore is extremely knowledgeable about the lumbering
industry.
"This broad range of experience will be of great assistance in
helping formulate plans and programs to preserve and protect
California's tremendous resources," the governor said.
Livermore is the third agency administrator to be named by the
governor. Under proposals still under consideration for reorganiza-
tion of the executive branch, Livermore will eventually join with two
other key executives in health and welfare and transportation, working
directly out of the governor's office. The post pays $27,500 yearly.
A fourth generation Californian and a Republican, Livermore is
married to the former Virginia Pennoyer. They have five children.
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Livermore graduated with a bachelor of arts degree from
Stanford University in 1933 where he was president of the Inter-
fraternity Council and captain of the varsity baseball team. He
attended Harvard Graduate School of Business in 1933-34 and received
a MBA degree from Stanford in 1936.
During the summers between 1937 and 1942 he operated a pack
train for outings of the Sierra Club. During the winters, he served
as a junior accountant with Price Waterhouse & Co. in San Francisco
and London and as an investment counsellor.
Livermore served in air intelligence with the U.S. Navy from
1942 to 1945, taking part in amphibious landings in Sicily, Palua,
Okinawa and Iwo Jima. He holds the rank of Lt. Cmdr. (ret.) in the
Navy Reserve.
After the war, Livermore again operated pack trains in the
Sierras and was owner and operator of a sawmill until 1952 when he
joined Pacific Lumber Co. as treasurer.
He is a member of the California committee of American Forest
Products Industries, Inc.; associate director of the California Forest
Protective Assn., a member of the State Chamber of Commerce's natural
resources committee; a director and member of the executive committee
of the Forest Genetics Research Foundation of Portland, Ore., and a
member and former chairman of the Commonwealth Club forest and
recreation section.
He also is organizer, executive secretary and currently honorary
member of the High Sierra Packers Assn. and has written and lectured
on various conservation and land use matters.
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PRESS
Governor 5 ald Reagan
January 12, 1967
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
State Health and Welfare Administrator Spencer Williams announced
today that eight state-operated Multi-Service Centers will be closed
SO that better service can be provided to the five centers that will
remain in operation.
As of last month, Williams said, the five centers that will remain
open on a pilot-program basis accounted for 91 percent of the caseload.
"This program of concentrating the best of our combined services--
both public and private--will provide the best service to the greatest
number of people," Williams said.
"But more important," he added
"the reduction in the number of
our Multi-Service Centers will enable us to determine better the
effectiveness of the program in the five centers that will continue
in operation."
Williams noted that A. Alan Post, the legislative analyst,
recommended when the program was initiated that the method of meeting
problems faced by poverty-area residents should be carefully evaluated.
"The program should have been tried on a pilot basis originally
rather than opening and attempting to build a program around 13
centers," Williams said. "Some type of trial and error period and
subsequent evaluation is needed before this program can reach its
fullest potential."
Centers that will remain open are in South Los Angeles, East
Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego and Richmond. Centers that will
be closed effective Feb. 11 are in Oakland, Venice, San Bernardino,
Long Beach, Fresno, Bakersfield, Stockton and Vallejo.
However, Williams emphasized, no case that is currently being
handled by the service centers will be dropped. All persons now being
helped will be handled by offices of departments from which they are
already receiving services.
The Department of Rehabilitation will maintain field offices in
Venice and Vallejo following closure of the service centers in those
locations.
Rehabilitation cases in other areas where the centers will be close.
will be transferred to the nearest field office of the department and
all persons currently receiving rehabilitation services will continue
to have that opportunity, Williams said.
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Employment service field offices will continue to be open in the
eight cities where the service centers are being closed.
The 13 Multi-Service Centers were authorized by the Legislature in
an effort to provide a "single-door" approach to solving many poverty-
area problems.
They originally were designed to include services for rehabilitation
employment, youth authority, corrections, social welfare, mental
hygiene, public health, consumer counsel and Fair Employment Practices
Commission.
The idea behind the plan was to use a "team" approach among various
state and local agencies, eliminate overlapping and referrals among
departments and coordinate services of all levels of government.
However, an examination of the program disclosed that there was
some duplication of services among centers and department field offices
and that local agencies did not participate to the extent necessary
for a successful program, Williams said.
With proper development of the five centers, he added, better
coordination of existing programs can be achieved.
Williams said Governor Ronald Reagan has requested all participating
state departments to give complete support to the service center concept
under its new format so that a valid test may be made.
At the same time, Dirk Eldredge, assistant executive secretary to
the governor who is responsible for local government liaison, will work
closely with local agencies in the five locations to build a stronger
partnership between the centers and local authorities.
Williams also said that private business and industry will become
involved in the program through the statewide job opportunity program
being developed by H. C. McClellan.
The task force on welfare, headed by Lt. Gov. Robert H. Finch, also
will work closely with it in evaluating the new approach.
Williams noted that directors of the 13 centers--when asked to list
a priority for those that should remain open--selected those centers
that will continue in operation.
A general fund expenditure of $3.4 million was authorized by the
Legislature during the current fiscal year. Williams said funds unused
by the eight closed centers will be diverted to the remaining five
centers.
In addition, he said, by putting the program on a pilot basis with
five centers, a total of $4.4 million can be saved in the 1967-68 budge
Wherever possible, Williams added, employees will be transferred to
the five remaining service centers. Other employees will be asked to
remain in state service and every effort will be made to minimize dis-
placements, he said.
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PRESS RELEASE - PB - #10
Governor Ronald Reagan
January 12, 1967
FOR RELEASE FRIDAY A.M.'S
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Edward B. Hutchinson, Palo Alto
real estate developer, as deputy director of the Department of General
Services
Hutchinson, 36, is a native of Chicago and was graduated with a
bachelor of arts degree from Stanford University in 1955.
A veteran of the Korean War, he was engaged in commercial and
industrial real estate with Hare, Brewer & Kelley, Inc., Palo Altc,
prior to joining state service.
Before joining the real estate firm in 1957, he served for a year
as sales manager for the Grolier Society, Inc., encyclopedia publishers,
in Munich, Germany.
In November and December of 1965, Hutchinson served as director of
transportation of the American Christmas Train and Trucks--a relief
program for the people of Vietnam.
Under his direction, more than 50 boxcars and 7,000 truckloads of
supplies were gathered from throughout the United States. Hutchinson
supervised distribution of the material to the Vietnamese people while
spending January and February of 1966 in that country.
The program was jointly sponsored by the U.S. Junior Chamber of
Commerce, the National Young Republicans and the National Young
Democrats.
Hutchinson served in 1964-65 as governor of area six of the United
Republicans of California and is a member of the Young Republicans and
the San Mateo County and State Republican committees. He also is a
member of the Citizen's Advisory Committee of Sequoia High School
District in San Mateo County.
He is married to the former Kirsten Rasmussen. They have four
children. Hutchinson attends Menlo Park Presbyterian Church. The post
pays approximately $22,000 annually.
# # #
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Governor Ronald Reagan
January PRESS
Governor Reagan will make a statement
immediately following his meeting with the
Board of Regents in Press Conference Room #1190.
Paul Beck
Assistant Press Secretary
# # #
PRESS RELEASE - PB - #11
Governor Ronald Reagan
January 13, 1967
FOR RELEASE FRIDAY P.M.'S, JAN. 13
Appointment of Henry M. Shine Jr., veteran attorney associated
with numerous governmental activities, as director of Professional and
Vocational Standards was announced today by Governor Ronald Reagan.
Shine, 45, of Sacramento, was director of the National Housing
Center of the National Association of Home Builders in Washington before
accepting appointment to the $21, ,500-a-year post.
He joined the NAHB in 1961 as legislative director engaged in
matters affecting the home building industry and became director of the
NHC in 1965 where he was responsible for liaison with various NAHB
offices, international relations and trade missions.
A native of Maine, Shine was graduated from Harvard with a
bachelor of arts degree in 1947 and was graduated cum laude with an
LL.B from Notre Dame in 1951. He also undertook graduate studies at
Southern Methodist School of Law.
From 1953-55 he was assistant to a commissioner of the federal
Hoover Commission and until 1957 specialized as an attorney involved in
foreign legal problems with Dresser Industries. The following year he
became Washington representative with Dresser, reporting on government
actions and trends.
He served from April, 1958 to December, 1959 as assistant staff
director of the Commission on Civil Rights responsible for creation and
supervision of state advisory committees. In January, 1959, he joined
the U.S. Department of Commerce as executive director and counsel to
the U. S. Science Exhibit at the Seattle World's Fair, where he served
until 1961.
Shine formerly served on the board of governors of the Washington
Foreign Law Society and is a member of the American Bar Association's
international and comparative law section. He is former chairman of
the National Committee on Lawyers and Legal Services in the Defense
Establishment and the Real Property Law Section's committee on public
regulation of land use.
He is a member of state and national bar associations, is listed
in "Who's Who in Commerce and Industry" and "Who's Who in American
Universities and Colleges" and has lectured at Brookings Institution's
public affairs fellowship program.
Hamilton
Shine graduated from Alexander High School in Los Angeles and
entered the U.S. Navy in 1942. He is a Lt. Cmdr. in the Reserve. Shine
is married and has two children. He assumes his new post Feb. 1.
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MEMO TO THE PRESS
Governor Ronald Reagan
January 13, 1967
PRESS
C-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N
In press release #11 issued today for P.M.'s
release, please note in last paragraph that Shine
graduated from Alexander Hamilton School in Los Angeles.
Thank you.
Paul Beck
Assistant Press Secretary
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PRESS RELEASE - PB - #12
Governor Ronald Reagan
January 13, 1967
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
J. William Orozco, Southern California businessman and Mexican-
American leader, today was named by Governor Ronald Reagan as the
governor's representative in Los Angeles.
In addition to broad duties in heading the Los Angeles office,
Orozco, 45, will have special assignments within the Mexican-American
community, the governor said.
"Bill Orozco's administrative experience will be of tremendous
assistance to me and the people of California in operating this
important office," Governor Reagan said, adding:
"He is widely known and greatly respected within the Mexican-
American community. His familiarity with the people of the community
and his knowledge of the problems confronting many of them will be
extremely helpful.
"I can't emphasize too strongly the importance my administra-
tion attaches to the belief that government must be responsive to the
people. Bill Orozco's duties in this area will help us achieve that
goal," the governor said.
Orozco is a native of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico and became a
naturalized citizen in 1943.
A World War II veteran of five European campaigns, he has been
associated with his father, J. David Orozco, in a Spanish language
radio firm and has been in the advertising and insurance fields. He is
a partner in Orozco Travel Service, Los Angeles.
He was the Republican nominee for Congress in the November, 1966
election, narrowly losing to the incumbent in the heavily-Democratic
29th District.
Orozco attended Los Angeles High School and the University of
Puebla, Mexico. He is treasurer and former chairman of the Greater
East Los Angeles Committee on the Aging, a member of Mayor Samuel W.
Yorty's Citizens Advisory Committee and Dist. Atty. Evelle J. Younger's
Advisory Council, founder-president of the Pueblo of Los Angeles
Republican Association, a group chartered by the Los Angeles County
Republican Central Committee and a director of Beneficencia Mexicana.
He is president of the Comite (cq) Mexicano-Civico Patriotico;
secretary of the Inter-American Club, Inc. and past treasurer, vice
president and director of the Mexican Chamber of Commerce.
Orozco has been active in numerous Republican election campaigns
since 1952 and is active in many civic and charitable organizations.
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PRESS RELEASE - PB - #13
Governor Ronald Reagan
January 13, 1967
FOR RELEASE SUNDAY A.M. 'S
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced the timetable for
presenting to the State Legislature his proposals for new legislation
in key areas of government.
"During the next 60 days," the governor said, "these proposals
will be submitted to the Legislature for consideration.
"As I noted in my inaugural address, I fully intend to carry out
the program I enunciated during the campaign for governor. The thrust
of these suggestions to the Legislature will be to restore to the
fullest extent the right of the people to manage their own affairs.
"A great deal of creative thinking has already been put into
these proposals and much study remains to be done before they are
completed. We are continually soliciting sound ideas and suggestions
and they will be incorporated into our proposals as the time for
presenting them approaches," Governor Reagan said.
The budget for the 1967-68 fiscal year will be submitted to the
Legislature on Tuesday, Jan. 31, he said. Specific recommendations
and detailed programs relating to the budget will follow.
Reagan said that because of the "failure of the previous
administration to act in an open and above-board manner, we are faced,
as I'm sure most Californians are aware, with a massive gap between
spending and income.
"By squeezing, cutting and trimming, the budget presented to the
Legislature will represent an honest and fair approach to the problems
we inherited. I am confident the Legislature and the taxpayers of
California can be assured their money is being well spent," Governor
Reagan said.
However, the governor pointed out that submission of the budget
is just one part of the financial program. The other will be his pro-
posals on fiscal reform, scheduled to be laid before the Legislature at
and of Februarv.
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Governor Reagan repeated that his administration is committed to
property tax relief and that plans for reforming the tax structure will
be a major and essential item of his plan.
As in other areas, details and specifics are being hammered out
for what he called "a comprehensive tax reform program."
Reagan said he will present his message on proposed crime legis-
lation to the Legislature on Tuesday, Jan. 17. Reorganization of the
executive branch of government hopefully also will be put before the
Legislature next week, he said.
Detailed proposals on legislation involving welfare are scheduled
to be submitted the week of Jan. 23 and a program dealing with agricul-
ture will be given to the Legislature the following week.
Parks and Recreation proposals are to be presented during the
second week of February, followed by a detailed and comprehensive
program on education the week after that, Governor Reagan said.
In addition, the governor said other proposals on less critical
subjects will be presented during the course of the next few months.
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MEMO TO THE PRESS
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Governor onald Reagan
January iu, 1967
A committee of newspaper, radio and television representa-
tives agreed on the following list of working procedures for the
Governor's press conferences in 1963. These procedures worked
satisfactorily. They are acceptable to the Governor's Office and
will be followed in the future.
Rule 7 is modified to permit hand movie cameras to be used
only at the side of the room or in the area at the back of the
sound cameras, never in front of the cameras.
1. Television cameramen and radio technicians will
have their equipment in position and ready to operate before
the conference begins.
2. Television cameramen will use film of such speed that
artificial lighting can be held to a minimum.
3. Cameras and other equipment will be set up behind
seats provided for reporters so that the recording process
does not obstruct the orderly process of question-and-answer.
4. Seating at press tables will be by assignment.
5. Cameramen and technicians will not move about un-
necessarily nor will equipment be moved during the course of a
news conference.
6. There will be no halting of the news conference for
repeats of answers and no delay of the conference for close up
pictures.
7. Hand movie cameras may be used only from behind sound
cameras or at the sides of the room--never in view of the rear
cameras.
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8. Still photographers may take pictures during the
press conference in available light only.
9. The wishes of all reporters regarding identification
or quotation will be respected. Newspapermen will not be
photographed while asking questions.
10. Every effort will be made to exhaust a subject before
questioning begins on another.
11. There will be no post-press conference questioning.
12. It will be up to individual radio-television
representatives to arrange for any special filming or taping
for future programs, documentaries, etc.
13. Written or oral notices can be filed by any
newspaper representative who doesn't want his voiced questions
to be shown on television or aired on radio.
14. Senior correspondent will end the news conference
when he deems it advisable.
Lyn Nofziger
Communications Director
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PRESS RELEI
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Governor Ronald Reagan
January 16, 1967
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Burton E. Smith, 1966 president of the California Real Estate
Association and nationally-known leader in this field, today was
appointed by Governor Ronald Reagan as State Real Estate Commissioner.
Smith, 50, is owner of a realty firm in Bellflower and has been
active in numerous real estate associations for nearly 20 years.
Appointment of Smith, a Democrat, to the $22,500 a year post is
subject to Senate confirmation. His term will expire Jan. 15, 1971.
Smith attended public schools in the San Pedro area and was graduated
from the University of Southern California in 1941 with a degree in
business administration. He has written numerous articles on real
estate and has lectured widely, including instructing real estate
courses at Long Beach City College.
He is chairman of the Real Estate Advisory Board of Cerritos Junior
College and a member of the University of California Advisory Committee
on Real Estate Education and the State Real Estate Education Research
Advisory Committee.
Smith received his first real estate salesman's license in 1947 and
organized his firm which serves the Bellflower and Long Beach areas in
1950. He is recognized throughout the nation as an authority on real
estate syndicates and investments.
A director of the Bellflower National Bank, Smith served two terms
as president of his community's Chamber of Commerce and has held various
local and regional real estate association offices.
He served as president of the 55,000-member CREA in 1966 and was a
CREA vice president in 1956. A CREA director since 1954, Smith also is
a director of the National Association of Real Estate Boards and 1967
chairman of the State Association Committee of the NAREB which coordinates
real estate activities among the 50 state associations.
Smith has been a strong advocate of the CREA's Equal Rights Program
dedicated to educating all members on their responsibilities of equal
service to all in the housing industry and has been a leader in sponsor-
ing industry forums between the CREA and allied organizations.
He and his wife, Betty, have two sons.
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PRESS RELEASE-LN-#16
Governor Ronald Reagan
January 16, 1967
PRESS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SACRAMENTO--Governor Ronald Reagan today named two men to
the California Highway Commission to succeed commissioners whose
terms have expired.
Vernon J. Cristina, long active in the transportation field
and head of Cristina Warehouse Co. in San Jose, was named to a four-
year term. He succeeds Roger S. Woolley of Rancho Santa Fe.
Moon Lim Lee, Weaverville businessman with a long record of
civic activities, was named to succeed Joseph C. Houghteling of
Atherton, also for a four-year term.
Confirmation by the State Senate is required for both men.
"Selection of Mr. Cristina and Mr. Lee is part of the
continuing process this administration is undertaking to assure that
the best qualified men are named to key positions, Reagan said.
The backgrounds of both prove that this requirement has
been met and that they will fairly represent the taxpayers of
California inthe critical area of highways," the Governor added.
Senator Fred W. Marler, Jr. (R-Redding), in whose district
Lee lived prior to reapportionment, said the new commissioner "is
an outstanding citizen of proven capability. His appointment will
insure proper representation for a vast section of Northern Calif-
ornia on the Highway Commission.
"He is from a pioneer California family and I am personally
aware of his abilities and interests that have benefited his
community for many years," Marler said.
Cristina, 51, is owner and operator of Cristina Warehouse Co.
and Cristina Drayage, both of San Jose. From 1948 to 1959 he was
vice president, Garden City Transportation Co. and president of
Garden City Warehouse Co. and Coastal Terminals, Inc., all of
San Jose.
He operated and managed orchard properties and a general
store in San Benito County from 1937 to 1948.
Cristina attended San Jose High School and was graduated from
the University of Santa Clara with a major in political science.
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He has been active in numerous civic activities. He is past
president of both the Santa Clara County Transportation Club and
the Santa Clara County Truck Owners' Assn. and is a member of the
Board of Governors of the California Truck Owners Assn.
A Republican, Cristina is married and has three sons.
Lee operated a grocery business in Weaverville from 1922 to
1948 and since 1949 has operated an appliance firm.
He received his education in his native Trinity County and
has been active in civic affairs, including the Weaverville Chamber
of Commerce. He is a director of the Highway 299 Assn., the Trinity
County Recreation Park and Parkway District and the Weaverville
Sanitary District.
He is past president of the Trinity County Historical Society,
a member of the Chinese Historical Society of America and serves on
the advisory committee of the California National Highway Week
Commission.
In addition, Lee is a member of the Farm Bureau, the North
Fork Grange and the American Field Service.
He is married and has one daughter.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: IMMEDIATE
Sacramento, California
Tuesday
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
January 17, 1967
SACRAMENTO--Two appointments to the State Public Utilities
Commission were announced today by Governor Ronald Reagan.
Frederic (cq) P. Morrissey, professor of business adminis-
tration at the Graduate School of Business at UC, Berkeley, was
nominated to succeed George G. Grover of San Francisco.
Former State Senator William Symons, Jr. of Bishop was named
to replace Frederic B. Holoboff of San Mateo.
Both terms to the $26,000-a-year post expire January 1, 1973
and require State Senate confirmation.
Morrissey, 46, lives in El Cerrito and is a native of Canada.
He was graduated from the University of Toronto in 1943 with a
bachelor of commerce degree and received a masters in commerce
three years later. He received his Ph.D from Columbia in 1949.
A naturalized citizen, Morrissey served in the Canadian Army
during World War II and taught at the University of Toronto before
coming to Berkeley in 1949.
Morrissey served as Associate Dean of the Graduate School of
Business from 1961-65 and is a visiting professor at Stanford's
Department of Industrial Engineering.
Dr. Morrissey has received two Ford Foundation grants, is a
member of the Insitute of Basic Mathematics for Business and is
recognized as an authority in the Public Utility field. He has
written extensively on utilities and their regulation.
He is a member of the American Economic Assn., the Canadian
Political Science Assn., the Royal Economic Assn. and the Western
Economic Assn. and has lectured extensively.
A Republican, he is married to the former Eileen MacMillan.
They have two children.
Symons started the Symons Livestock Transportation Co. in
1931 at the age of 18 and in 1937 entered the ranching business
on leased land near Bishop. From 1941 to 1942 he managed Kellogg
Ranch in Nevada and the following year started Symons Ranch on
U.S. 6 near Bishop.
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The Symons Ranch initially was a new development but ultimately
became one of the most productive cattle ranching operations in the
eastern part of California. Symons sold the ranch in 1961.
In 1958-59 he received the Goodyear Soil Conservation Award
for outstanding achievements in soil conservation practices.
Symons, 53, has had a long career in government service. He
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was a Justice of the Peace/Mono County from 1945-47 and in 1947
was elected to the Benton Elementary School Board, serving about
eight years.
In 1948 he was elected to the Mono County Board of Supervisors,
serving until 1962, including four terms as chairman. He was
appointed by then Governor Earl Warren to the 18th District
Agricultural Assn. in 1950 and in 1962 was elected State Senator
from the 28th District.
When the Senate was reapportioned, Symons did not seek re-
election. During his term in the Senate, he was vice chairman of
the Public Utilities Committee and served on the Senate Fact
Finding Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities.
Symons, a Republican, is married and has one son.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento
445-4571
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Contact: Lyn Nofziger
January 17, 1967
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Dr. James V. Lowry as
director of the Department of Mental Hygiene.
Dr. Lowry, 53, has served as director since 1964. A psychiatrist,
he was formerly assistant surgeon general and chief of the bureau of
medical services of the U.S. Public Health Service.
Governor Reagan said reappointment of Dr. Lowry is in keeping with
his policy of retaining those department heads who are best qualified.
"Dr. Lowry has vast experience in the field of public health
services," Governor Reagan said, "and he has established his ability
to direct the Department of Mental Hygiene. I am convinced that our
state government will be served best by retention of Dr. Lowry."
The post pays $26,000 annually and requires Senate confirmation.
The term is at the pleasure of the governor.
Lowry, a resident of Davis, is a native of Milwaukee and received
his bachelor of science and medical degrees from the University of
Wisconsin. His residency in psychiatry was served at the United States
Public Health Service Hospital in Ft. Worth and at the Colorado
Psychopathic Hospital in Denver.
He has made a career in the public health service field, beginning
with the research staff of the National Institute of Health in
Washington, D. C., 1940-43. He was appointed clinical director, then
medical officer in charge of the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital
at Lexington, Kentucky.
From 1947 to 1954, he served as chief of community services of
the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He was
appointed assistant surgeon general in 1957, then became deputy chief
and later chief of the bureau of medical services, the post he left to
accept his present position.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: IMMEDIATE
Sacramento, California
Tuesday
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
January 17, 1967
SACRAMENTO--Dr. Preston Martin, professor of finance and
director of urban development research at the Graduate School of
Business Administration at USC, today was named by Governor
Ronald Reagan as State Savings and Loan Commissioner.
At the same time, Governor Reagan announced the filling of
three other key positions.
John C. Montgomery, a member of the Ventura County Board of
Supervisors, was nominated as Director of the Department of
Social Welfare. The $24,500-a-year post is subject to State
Senate confirmation.
Governor Reagan also filled two vacancies on the State Board
of Agriculture. Warren T. Smith, Dean of Agriculture at Califor-
nia State Polytechnic College, San Luis Obispo, was appointed to
a four-year term to replace Lloyd Dowler of Fresno.
Dr. Francisco Bravo, a Los Angeles physician and long-time
leader in the Mexican-American Community, was named to a four-year
term on the Board of Agriculture to replace Lionel Steinberg of
Palm Springs.
The nomination of Martin to the $24,500 annual post as
Savings and Loan Commissioner requires Senate confirmation. He
succeeds Gareth W. Sadler of Pasadena.
Martin, 43, lives in Pasadena. He is married and has three
children.
Martin
He took his undergraduate work at the University of Oklahoma
and at USC, receiving a BS in Finance in 1947. He received a
Master's Degree in Finance the following year from USC and won
his Ph.D in economics and monetary economics from Indiana
University in 1952. His dissertation was on "Branch and Unit
Banking in California.' 11
Martin was Director of Executive Programs for business and
governmental executives at USC from 1959-63 and Stateside Co-
ordinator of the USC-AID project for the Institute of Public and
Business Administrative Organization in Karachi, Pakistan. He
twice was acting chairman of the Finance and Real Estate Depart-
ment at USC.
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His teaching fields include regional economics, business
economics, financial institutions and real estate finance. In
addition, he has written extensively in the area of savings and
loan institutions, housing and related monetary policies, and real
estate.
Martin, a Republican, has conducted research in several
related fields, including a paper on "Factors Influencing the
Geographical Distribution of Bank and Savings and Loan Accounts"
and another on "The Impact of Employment and Commercial Changes on
Housing Markets. II
His experience in the savings and loan field includes courses
taught in comparative financial institutions. From 1956 until his
appointment he directed 104 community and county analyses dealing
with the establishment of new savings and loan branches.
Martin, a director of Lincoln Savings and Loan, has severed
his connections with that firm and has disposed of S & L stock
holdings. He formerly was associated in a homebuilding firm. and
a mortgage finance and consumer financial firm and owned a research
company specializing in savings and loan matters.
He is a veteran of World War II.
Montgomery, nominated for the Social Welfare Department, is a
33-year-old Republican from Thousand Oaks. He replaces Thomas
G. Moore, Jr. of Sacramento.
He was graduated from California State Polytechnic College
in San Luis Obispo, is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and has
agricultural interests. He served as vice president of the
California Cattlemen's Assn. for three years and is a director of
the American National Cattlemen's Assn.
He was elected to the Board of Supervisors in 1962 and re-
elected last year when he served as board chairman.
Montgomery is chairman of numerous governmental and civic
organizations, including the Committee on Welfare, National Assn. of
Counties; the Urban Problems and Property Systems Committees of
the County Supervisors Assn. of California and the Committee on
Regional Planning of the Southern California Assn. of Governments.
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He has been active in Republican affairs, is a past president
of the Simi Valley Chamber of Commerce and has been associated in
numerous civic and charitable organizations.
Montgomery is married and has two children.
Both appointees to the State Board of Agriculture are Democrate.
Smith has been dean of agriculture at Cal Poly for the past
five years. He previously was assistant dean.
He was graduated from UC, Berkeley with a degree in forrestry
and also received a degree from UC, Davis in agricultural education.
The 56-year-old Smith has spent his entire life in forrestry and
agriculture. He spent 10 years with the U.S. Forest Service and
the National Park Service before joining the Navy in World War II.
Smith, 56, taught vocational agriculture at Madera Union High
School for 10 years before switching to higher education. He is
married and has one child.
Dr. Bravo, 56, has had a distinguished and varied business
career.
In addition to being a physician, he is a banker and rancher
and a leader in the Mexican-American community of Los Angeles. He
also has served on city commissions in Los Angeles.
Dr. Bravo received AB and MD degrees from Stanford and an
MA from USC.
He is married and has three children.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Release: IMMEDIATE
Sacramento, California
Wednesday
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
January 18, 1967
SACRAMENTO--Governor Ronald Reagan today appointed
Roy J. Bell of Los Angeles as administrative director of the
Division of Industrial Accidents.
Bell will resign as head of safety and public affairs at
Hughes Aircraft Co. He has served Hughes since 1953 as safety
supervisor and also was in charge of medical services, health
and safety and workmen's compensation administration.
Long active in the field of industrial accidents, Bell
served two terms as chairman of the Workmen's Compensation
Committee of the California Manufacturers Assn. For five
years, he has been chairman of the Technical Committee on
Workmen's Compensation and also served as vice chairman of
the Workmen's Compensation Committee of the California Con-
ference of Employers Assn.
Bell is the author of a widely-circulated paper dealing
with workmen's compensation, "Barriers to Employment," presented
to the Blue Ribbon Study Commission in 1964. He has been a
member of the President's, the Governor's and the People-to-
People committees for employment of the handicapped, He
received the People-to-People Committee award for International
Goodwill in 1966.
The state post pays $25,000 annually and Senate confirmation
is required. Bell replaces Thomas N. Saunders.
Born in Missoula, Montana in 1911, Bell moved to Los
Angeles in 1921 and has lived there ever since. He graduated
from Lincoln High School in 1929 where he was president of the
student body. In 1932, he graduated from Los Angeles City
College and began his business career in the credit department
of Bullock's. During World Mar II, Bell was a civilian member
of the Army Air Corps assigned to production control at Lockheed
Aircraft. Later, he became west coast manager of the National
Management Association, and organized more than 100 management
clubs.
Bell is married and has two married daughters. He is a
Republican.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Release:
IMMEDIATE
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
January 18, 1967
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced two appointments to the
California State Board of Pharmacy.
Robert M. McCurdy, a member of the board since 1962, was
reappointed, and Charles V. Cummins of Upland was named to replace
Oscar Wiener.
McCurdy has served as the first public member of the board under
a law requiring public representation on most state professional and
vocational boards. He is a former assistant city manager of Pasadena.
Cummins, a registered pharmacist, is owner of Gemmel Drug Co. of
Ontario, and president of six other retail drug companies. He is a
Lt. Commdr. in the Medical Service Corps of the U.S. Naval Reserve.
Born in Paris, Illinois in 1918, Cummins received his BS in
Pharmacy and Chemistry from Butler University, Indianapolis. He was
employed by a Paris drug company from 1935 until 1941 when he joined
the U.S. Navy.
Following release from active duty in 1946, Cummins purchased a
drug store in Chrisman, Ill. He owned and operated this store and two
others until 1955. Then he purchased the drug store in Ontario, later
selling his stores in Illinois. He is also associated in the ownership
and operation of drug stores in Upland, Montclair, Palm Springs, Redwood
City, Pomona and Upland.
Cummins is a member of the Southern California Pharmaceutical
Association executive board, the Ontario City Charter Revision study
committee, and served as president of the Ontario Businessmen's Associa-
tion board of directors. He and his wife, Dorothy, have four daughters.
one of them in her last year at the University of Pacific Pharmacy
School. He is a Republican, and a member of the Rotary Club, Masonic
Lodge, Scottish Rite and American Legion.
McCurdy, a native of Wanatah, Indiana, attended LaPorte, Indiana
High School, the Chicago Y.M.C.A. College and the University of Chicago.
He was an officer in France during the first World War. He served on
the National Rehabilitation Commission and was its chairman for fifteen
years. He was a member of the special committee which drafted the G.I.
Bill of Rights in 1944, and he is an honorary life member of the America
Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He is 71.
A veteran member of the California Committee for the Employment
of the Handicapped, he is also a past president and life director of the
Pasadena Tournament of Roses. Among many associations, he is a member
of the Pasadena Optimist Club, Pasadena Chamber of Commerce, Scottish
Rite and Al Malaikah Temple of the Shrine. He is a Republican.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: IMMEDIATE
#22
Sacramento, California
Wednesday
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
January 18, 1967
SACRAMENTO--Gov. Ronald Reagan PRESS today named William C. Hern,
a career man in industrial relations, as chief of the Division of
Labor Law Enforcement, Department of Industrial Relations.
Hern, 52, of Burlingame, has dealt with employer-employee
problems since 1943 when he was appointed director of industrial
relations for the American Forge Co. He also served as executive
assistant in the industry office of the 10th Regional War Labor
Board.
From 1946 until 1954, Hern was executive secretary of the
San Francisco Bakery Employers Association. He negotiated and
administered multi-employer collective bargaining contracts, and
he was responsible for handling of all grievances. He developed
and instituted health and welfare programs covering 5,000 employees.
Since 1956, Hern has been with Colonial Bakeries of South
San Francisco, as industrial relations director and presently as
executive vice president and general manager.
A native of Ohio, Hern earned his bachelor's degree at
San Jose State, and his master's degree in business administration
at the University of Chicago in 1941. He was named Industry
Man of the Year in 1965, and he served as chairman in 1966 of
the San Mateo County Human Resources Commission.
Hern replaces Sigmund Arywitz in the $19,500-a-year position.
Senate confirmation is required.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Release: EDIATE
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
January 18, 1967
The office of Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that
promised Los Angeles city and county participation will make it possible
to continue operation of many of the Venice multi-service center's
original services.
A spokesman for the governor said representatives of both Mayor
Sam Yorty and the board of supervisors has assured Governor Reagan
that both the city and county expect to begin full participation shortly
in operation of the center. Anticipating this local participation,
services will continue.
He said the offers of cooperation and participation had come from
Vice Mayor Joe Quinn and County Supervisor Burton W. Chace.
Spencer Williams, administrator of the state Health and Welfare
Agency, said meetings will be held shortly to discuss how best the city
and county can participate in the transition.
"This is in line with Governor Reagan's thinking that local
problems can best be met at the local level," Williams said.
He emphasized that the Venice Center has not been closed at any
time. "The state will continue to operate a rehabilitation center out
of the center even when the city and county take over other functions,"
he said.
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OFFICE OF THE GO ERNOR
Memo tc the Press #24
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
January 18, 1967
Harold Sullivan, Commissioner PRESS Highway
Patrol, has dispatched 260 CHP officers to San Quentin Prison
at the request of the Department of Corrections.
These officers will move into an area immediately surround-
ing the prison but will not enter the prison itself at this
time. Another 200 officers have been assigned to the area on
a stand-by basis.
Governor Reagan is being kept advised of the situation.
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HEALTH AND WELFARE AGENCY
For Immediat Release
Sacramento, California
Contact: Spencer Williams
January 19, 1967
State Health and Welfare Administrator PRESS today
announced changes in the Medi Cal program aimed at saving in excess
of $30 million in federal and state funds by the end of June 1967,
without affecting the level of quality for medical services.
Williams said a "tightening up" of the fiscal aspects of the
program was a "legal necessity" in view of financial limits imposed by
the California Legislature.
Medi-Cal provides a broad range of medical and health care for
approximately one million low-income Californians.
Williams said a number of changes which will be initiated as
soon as possible are the first in what may be a series of steps to
hold the program within legally required limits. He said that if
the previous administration had acted promptly when signs pointed towar
soaring program costs, "these measures might well be unnecessary."
The curtailment measures followed a series of meetings with
representatives of the California Medical Assn., the California
Hospital Assn., and nursing and convalescent home officials, as well
as the State Health Review and Program Council, he said.
Williams has called upon doctors and dentists, through their
statewide professional associations, to voluntarily aid in additional
program savings. He also announced a new "patient classification"
concept for various levels of care for hospital-confined beneficiaries
of the program.
Williams has urged members of the medical and dental professions
to defer "costly elective procedures" wherever feasible. He said that
further savings could also be realized "by exercising extra vigilance
in admitting patients to long-term care facilities."
He also urged that wherever possible special attention be given
to placing patients in facilities less costly than conventional
extended care facilities.
Among the steps being taken to reduce Medi-Cal costs is tighter
control of admissions to nursing and convalescent homes, and revised
methods of paying staff physicians at teaching and county hospitals,
drug bills, and free-standing clinics (clinics not a part of a hospital
or other licensed facility).
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate #25
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
January 20, 1967
The Reagan administration will sell the state plane used by
Governor Brown it was announced today by Philip M. Battaglia, the
governor's executive secretary.
"Sale of 'the Grizzly' and use of private charter planes and
commercial flights by Governor Reagan will save the taxpayers more than
$127,000 a year," Battaglia said.
He said an exhaustive analysis was undertaken as soon as
Governor Reagan took office to determine immediately whether continued
operation of the Grizzly could be justified from the standpoint of
economy.
"The Grizzly, with 19 seats, carried an average of 4.8 passengers
per trip last year," Battaglia said. "This is an obvious waste of the
taxpayers' money. Moreover, the 15-year-old Convair 340 cruises at
only 265 miles per hour while modern jet charter planes are available
which cruise at 480 miles per hour. This means a valuable saving of
the governor's time in addition to the money saved."
Battaglia said that if a six-passenger jet were chartered for
the same amount of flying mileage the Grizzly flew last year, the
saving would amount to $127,385 in addition to greatly reduced flying
time for the governor. He said the Grizzly cost $2.25 per mile versus
88¢ per mile on a small chartered jet.
Immediate sale of the Grizzly is expected, Battaglia indicated.
He said the plane was sought for use on a small feeder airline,
following conversion by Convair.
Battaglia disclosed that the state has seven other planes, at
least three of which can be used as a back-up for charter and commercial
flights if needed in an emergency. He said an analysis is underway to
determine whether all of these planes are required, and to assure
efficient use of them.
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STATEMENT BY THE GOVERNOR ON KERR'S DISMISSAL
1/20/67
"I Believe the board took a very responsible action today
in dismissing President Kerr. The matter of a vote of confidence
was brought up by Dr. Kerr, not the board. It was not on the
agenda and his request came as a complete surprise to all of us.
I do not feel it is proper to comment on how the regents,
including myself, voted in the executive session. I have nothing
more to say until I have had a chance to see the formal statement
issued by the regents after I left the meeting and until I have
had a. chance to assess the situation."
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TRANSPORTATION AGENCY
RELEASE: Immediate
Gordon Luce, Administrator
445-3513
January 23, 1967
Transportation Administrator Gordon PRESS Luce today named James C.
Schmidt, 39, of La Mesa as his chief assistant.
When Luce becomes executive director of Business and Government
Management Services under the proposed reorganization of the governor's
office, Schmidt will supervise real estate, banks, insurance, savings
and loan, corporation and other business-oriented divisions of state
government.
Schmidt's business background includes work with insurance
companies, banking with the Commercial National Bank of Peoria, Ill.
and working in surety bonding with Fidelity and Deposit Company of
Maryland.
Schmidt has a Business Administration degree from Illinois
Wesleyan University and a law degree from DePaul University in Chicago,
He is a member of both the Illinois and California Bar.
Since coming to California in 1958, Schmidt has been associated
with Home Federal Savings and Loan of San Diego where he is vice
president and counsel.
Schmidt and his wife, Jerrie, live at 10933 Dutton Drive, La Mesa.
They are the parents of twin girls, Julie and Sandra, 7.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
1.24.67
SCHEDULE 1.24-29.67
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24
9:30 am
Press Conference; Room 1190
10:15 am
Bill signing ceremony: AB 62, Assemblyman
Veysey, Senators Dolwig and Way, co-authors,
Assemblymen Unruh and Monagan, Senators
Burns and McCarthy; Governor's Office.
11:00 am
Presentation of flag: Senator Collier and
Sonoma County delegation; Governor's Office.
11:30 am
Meeting: Brian Deavers, Building and Con-
struction Trades Council, Assemblymen
Monagan and Veneman; Governor's Office
2:30 pm
Acceptance of Resolution: Mrs. Maymie
Anderson, Mayor of Maywood; Governor's
Office.
3:00 pm
Meeting: Junior College Association Steer-
ing Committee, Lt. Gov. Finch, Senator
Deukmejian; Governor's Office
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25
10:15 am
Drop by: Annual Meeting, Governor's Fire
Service Advisory Board; Room 130
10:30 am
Visit: His Excellency A.E. Ritchie,
Canadian Ambassador to the United States;
Governor's Office
12:00 noon
Luncheon: California State College Trustees;
Jubilee Room, Senator Hotel. No remarks
4:05 pm
Photo session: Junior Achievement Board;
Council Room
4:15 pm
Visit: His Excellency Torpen Roenne,
Danish Ambassador to the United States;
Governor's Office.
6:25 pm
Depart Sacramento, Western Flight #659
7:25 pm
Arrive Los Angeles International Airport
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26
and
Los Angeles
FRIDAY, JANUARY 27
SATURDAY, JANUARY 28
5:40 pm
Arrive Sacramento, Western Flight #658
7:40 pm
Banquet: United Republicans of California:
Empire Room, Senator Hotel
8:15 pm
Speech
9:00 pm
Depart banquet
SUNDAY, JANUARY 29
No appointments scheduled at this time
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File
STATEMENT BY LYN NOFZIGER FOR JOHN COX, UPI, 1-24-67:
The reason we are asking department's that are not
financed by the general fund to take a 10 percent cut is
this:
The money they spend still comes from the people in the
form of fees, or licenses or taxes. A lack of economy in
their areas inevitably will mean higher taxes or fees or
licenses. We feel it is important that the people be safe-
guarded in these areas just as they should be in the general
fund areas.
;;
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: FOR A.M.'S, FRIDAY,
Sacramento, California
JANUARY 27
#26
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
January 26, 1967
Peter Weinberger, San Francisco business executive, today was
named by Governor Ronald Reagan as state Director of Employment.
Appointment to the $24, 500-a-year post requires Senate
confirmation. He succeeds Albert B. Tieburg.
Weinberger, 52, is president of Prefax, Inc., a San Francisco
firm which distributes, by licensing, an aluminum anodizing process. He
has been president of the firm since 1964.
He is a brother of Caspar W. Weinberger, prominent San
Francisco attorney and a long-time Republican Party leader.
From 1963 to 1964 he was assistant secretary and assistant
treasurer of John E. Lindberg, Inc., a subsidiary of Champion Spark
Plug Co. He was engaged in management counseling in Palo Alto for two
years prior to that and from 1954 to 1961 was sales executive, vice
president and general sales manager of Visan Laboratories and western
sales manager of the Mytinger Corp.
Weinberger, a Republican, is a Lt. Col. in the Army reserve
and from 1952-54 was chief of the management division of the Army at
Ft. Ord, and served overseas in Korea and Japan.
He was manager of organization and personnel of Cosgrove & Co.,
Inc., San Francisco insurance brokers, from 1948 to 1952, and for two
years prior to that was personnel director of the U.S. War Assets Admin-
istration's Pacific Coast area.
As an industrial relations consultant in San Francisco
immediately after World War II, he prepared personnel programs and
policies and assisted in wage and hour cases and labor negotiations.
He was personnel and supply officer during the war and held
various supervisory positions with the federal government beginning in
1938 until 1941.
Weinberger was graduated from Harvard in 1937 with an AB in
history, government and economics. He did one year of graduate study
at the University of California and studied advanced personnel manage-
ment at Stanford.
He taught human relations, sales management, personnel
administration, U.S. history and management and organization at Golden
Gate College's Evening Division from 1946 to 1955 except for military
leave in 1952-54.
A native of San Francisco, Weinberger lives in San Bruno. He
is married and has three sons.
He was secretary of San Francisco's "Little Hoover Commission"
from 1950-52, has served as chairman of the San Bruno Planning Commission
and is active in numerous civic and charitable organizations.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: IMMEDIATE
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
January 26, 1967
PRESS
SACRAMENTO--Gov. Ronald Reagan will make his first out-of-
state speech since assuming office at a Lincoln Day dinner in
Eugene, Ore. on Feb. 11, the Governor's Office announced today.
The Governor will fly to Salem to hold a noon meeting with
Oregon Gov. Tom McCall, California Health and Welfare Administra-
tor Spencer Williams and Oregon welfare officials.
They will discuss the successful program developed in
Oregon under former Gov. Mark Hatfield to prevent fraud in
welfare cases. Also up for discussion between officials of the
two states will be Oregon's plan in which persons seeking em-
ployment compensation are urged to enroll in job retraining
programs or enter constructive work programs.
Gov. Reagan will speak at a Lincoln Day fund raising dinner
that evening in Eugene which is sponsored by the Lane County
Republican Central Committee. He will return to California next
morning.
Cost of the trip will be paid from proceeds of the fund-
raising dinner, the Governor's Office said.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: FOR A.M. 'S FRIDAY,
Sacramento, California
JANUARY 27
#28
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
January 26, 1967
Governor Reagan today named William H. Tolbert, manager of the
Ventura County Citrus Growers Committee, as deputy director of
employment, California Farm Labor Service.
Tolbert, of Santa Paula, has been involved in agriculture since
1933 and has had wide experience in farm labor problems.
A 62-year-old Republican, he served as national chairman of the
National Farm Labor User's Committee for 12 years. He was manager of
the Oregon Farmers Association's labor and procurement program from
1946 to 1947 and immediately following World War II was appointed by
former President Truman as regional director of seven states for the
labor branch of the War Food Administration.
From 1943-45 he was chief of transportation and recruiting for the
labor branch of the WFA and a year earlier was deputy administrator in
charge of operations for the Farm Labor Administration which became
the labor branch of the War Food Administration.
Tolbert was one of two men who set up a farm labor organization
within the Department of Agriculture in 1942 and also was instrumental
in making all international agreements for farm labor except the use of
Mexican nationals during that period.
He started in agriculture in 1933 as assistant manager of a ranch
in New Mexico.
Tolbert was educated in New Mexico and was graduated from
New Mexico State University in 1947 with a BS in animal husbandry.
He is active in civic affairs and serves on the Los Angeles and
California Chambers of Commerce agricultural committees. He also serves
on the advisory committees of the National Council of Agricultural
Employers and the Council of California Growers.
Tolbert is married and has two children.
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1.26.67/PB
NOTE TO PRESS: The above may be added or inserted
to the release on Mr. Weinberger's
appointment as director of Employment.
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
1.24.67
PRESS- RELEASE
SACRAMENTO Andrew R. Lolli, assistant to the vice president of
Hughes Aircraft, Fullerton, and a retired Army major general, today
was named by Gov. Ronald Reagan as director of the Department of
General Services.
His appointment to the $23,500 a year job is subject to Senate
confirmation. He succeeds Robert L. Harkness, who has resigned and
returned to a civil service post in the Department of Finance.
Lolli, 55, lives in Riverside and San Francisco. He joined
Hughes upon his retirement from the Army in August of 1966.
His last post in the Army was as commanding general of the
Western North American Defense Command, which included command of
more than 30,000 personnel and one and one-third million square
miles of geography.
In this capacity, all interceptor and fighter squadrons from
Alaska to the Mexican border (11 states and two Canadian provinces)
were under his direction. He is recognized as one of the top miss-
ile men in the free world and was presented the nation's third
highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, when he retired.
A native of Seatonville, Ill., Lolli entered the Army in 1940
after joining the National Guard in 1935 as an enlisted man.
He holds a bachelor of arts degree from Dickinson College in
Pennsylvania and has done graduate work in political science at
Fordham University. He also was graduated from the Command and
General Staff School, the Armed Forces Staff College and the Nation-
al War College.
He spent three years in the European Theatre of Operations
during World War II and after a brief tour at Fort Hood was assign-
ed in 1946 to the Plans, Operations and Training Division of Head-
quarters, Army Forces Western Pacific, Manila. The following year
he became director of training of the Philippine-Ryukyus Command.
He was chief of plans and priorities for a NATO command in
Southern Europe in 1952 and in 1955 served in the office of the
Secretary of Defense in Washington.
Following graduation from the National War College, Lolli was
assigned to various air defense commands in the United States, in-
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cluding air defense of the San Francisco-Travis AFB complex.
While at the Army Air Defense Command headquarters in Colorado
Springs, Lolli conceived and developed a system which provided for
the most practical means--short of actual combat--to test the com-
bat readiness of the Army's air defense missile units.
In January, 1962, he assumed command of the XX U.S. Army Corps
at Ft. Hayes, Ohio, and in August, 1963, became commanding general
of the IV Corps at the Presidio of San Francisco.
Lolli has not been affiliated with any political party.
1.24.67/PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
January 27, 1967
PRESS
A budget briefing will be held on Monday, January 30,
at 11 a.m. in the Department of Finance conference room
for accredited members of the Capitol Press Corps only.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERI
1
MEMO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
January 30, 1967
Copies of the budget will/available PRESS in the Finance
be
Conference Room (#1173) for accredited members of the Capitol
Press Corps at 9 a.m.
# # #
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: 5:00 P.M.
Sacramento, California
Monday
30
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
1.30.67
PLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE RELEASE
SACRAMENTO- Results of a special study on California's criti-
cal financial condition, conducted by three independent auditing
firms, were released today by Gov. Ronald Reagan.
The special study was made as a public service by Lybrand, Ross
Bros. & Montgomery; Touche, Ross, Bailey & Smart, and Arthur Young
& Co. It was conducted at no cost to the state.
"I would like to express my deep appreciation for the very
fine public service these firms and men have rendered," the Governor
said.
"They have worked exceedingly hard on this special study so
that I, as Governor, can present to the people of California a
and undistorted
clear/picture of this state's very critical financial condition.
"They deserve the heartfelt thanks of every Californian," the
Governor added.
Results of the special study follow:
"The statements below are based on data furnished to us by the
Department of Finance, the Controller, the Treasurer, the Auditor-
General and the Legislative Analyst. We wish to make it clear that
this information has been subjected to only limited inquiry and re-
view by us. We have not made an examination in accordance with
generally accepted auditing standards and we are therefore not in
a position to express an independent accountant's opinion as to the
fairness of the historical portion of the financial information
which is presented.
"It should also be understood that those portions of the prin-
cipal comments below which include projections of future revenues,
expenditures and cash-flow are based on assumptions and forecasts
provided to us by the Department of Finance. The ultimate realiza-
tion of those assumptions is contingent on future developments and
events and there is no assurance that they will be achieved.
Accordingly, we cannot assume responsibility for the accuracy of
these projections.
PRINCIPAL COMMENTS
"Following are brief highlights of the condition of 1966-67
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General Fund finances,
1966-67 CASH GAP
At July 1, 1966, the General Fund had
spendable cash in Treasury of
$192,991,000
The cash balance for June 30, 1967
is projected to be
7,698,000
$185,293,000
Outstarding borrowings from other
funds at June 30, 1967 are pro-
jected to be
180,000,000
Total Cash Depletion
$365,293,000
"Simply stated, the General Fund will have been depleted by
$365,293,000 of cash during the year ending June 30, 1967. This
has no direct relationship with the amount of the reported General
Fund book surplus at July 1, 1966 or the projected surplus at
Tune 30, 1967. Surplus on the State's books at any given date is
thing more than the excess of all General Fund assets, including
cash, over all General Fund liabilities. The book surpluses of the
General Fund, just like those of any business, include non-cash
items, such as accounts receivable, as well as cash in Treasury.
Therefore, regardless of the amount of book surplus at any point
in time, the spendable cash available in the Treasury may range
from an amount ir excess of book surplus all the way down to zero.
ONE-TIME REVENUE ACCRUAL
"Under provisions of 2966 Senate Bill NO. 34, the estimated
Genera. Fund revenues for fiscal 1966-67 include $362,486,642 which
are expected to be earned but not received in cash by June 30,
Fiscal 1966-67 will be the first year in which such accrued revenue
are recognized for budgeting and accounting purposes. The result,
for 1966-67 only, is that the General Fund revenue budget is in-
flated by the $362,486,642 accrual but--as in prior years--the
equivalent cash will not be received until a subsequent year.
BORROWINGS AT YEAR-END
"Fiscal year 1967-68 will be the first time in 25 years in
which the General Fund will commence the year with projected out
standing borrowings ($180,000,000).
FUTURE BORROWING PROBLEMS
"The need for the General Fund to finance the cash gaps in its
budgets through temporary borrowings from other State funds is in-
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creasing, but its ability to close those gaps by such borrowing is
diminishing with each successive fiscal year.
"Borrowings at February, 1967 are projected to be $565,000,000,
and in excess of $900,000,000 by February, 1968, unless there is a
change in the present revenue structure or in the total expenditures
of the State. There is a high probability that the cash available
for future borrowings from other funds will not be sufficient to
meet General Fund borrowing demands at several periods during fis-
cal 1967-68."
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
GENERAL FUND
TEMPORARY BORROWINGS
(millions of dollars)
JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAK APR MAY JUN
600
600
1966-67
ESTIMATE
500
1965-66
500
400
400
300
300
200
200
100
100
\
\
D
0
JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FLB MAR APR MAY JUN
INCREASE
OVER 1965.60
41
70
111
167
172
207
244
294
225
275
180
millions of dollars
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
BREG
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
1.30.67
SCHEDULE 1.30.67--2.5.67
MONDAY, JANUARY 30
10:00 am
Depart Santa Monica Airport, private plane
11:00 am
Arrive Sacramento Airport
TUESDAY, JANUARY 31
10:30 am
Joint Session of the Legislature; Assembly
Chambers. Speech: Budget Message
1:30 pm
Press Conference; Room 1190
2:30 pm
Meeting: Senators Grunsky and McAteer,
Assemblyman Pattee; Governor's Office.
3:00 pm
Meeting: Einar Mohn, International Direc-
tor, Western Conference of Teamsters;
Governor's Office.
3:45 pm
Meeting: Senator Dymally, Assemblyman
Greene, Steve Spellman, consultant, Indus-
trial Relations Committee; Governor's Office.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1
10:00 am
Meeting: Dr. Richard Koch, president,
California Council for Retarded Children,
Senator Burgener, Spencer Williams, Admin-
istrator, Health & Welfare Agency; Gover-
nor's Office.
4:00 pm
Meeting: Senator Dolwig; Governor's Office.
4:30 pm
Meeting: Senator Richardson; Governor's
Office.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2
10:30 am
Meeting: California Water Resources De-
velopment Finance Committee; Council Room.
RIDAY, FEBRUARY 3
11:30 am
Meeting: Harry Barr, Vice President, Gen-
eral Motors Engineering Staff; Governor's
Office.
7:30 pm
Banquet: California Newspaper Publishers
Association; Ballroom, Hilton Hotel, San
Francisco.
8:15 pm
Speech
Overnight
Hilton Hotel, San Francisco
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4
8:00 am
Breakfast: California Newspaper Publishers
Association; Ballroom, Hilton Hotel
9:00 am
Presentation of awards
9:45 am
Depart breakfast
11:00 am
Depart San Francisco, United Flight #543
11:55 am
Arrive Los Angeles International Airport
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5
No appointments scheduled at this time.
1.29.67/JAK
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
January 30, 1967
PRESS
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today an interim plan for the
appointment of municipal and superior court judges pending enactment
of legislation on judicial selection procedures.
"This plan will assure a judiciary composed of judges who
possess professional competence and integrity," the governor said.
"It will result in putting on the bench men and women who are
held in respect by their associates in the administration of justice
and by the citizens of their community," he added.
The new plan goes beyond the present system in which prospective
names are submitted to the State Bar for a confidential rating on
fitness for a judicial post.
Governor Reagan said a Judicial Selection Advisory Board will
be appointed in each county. It will be composed of the president of
the local bar association or his representative, a judge of the Superior
or Municipal Court and citizen members.
These persons will be asked to advise the governor on the
qualifications of candidates proposed for judgeships.
Governor Reagan also said he intends to retain the system in
which each candidate for a judgeship is screened by the State Bar to
insure that appointees are professionally qualified and are not the
subject of disciplinary proceedings.
The governor noted that the interim plan for appointment of
superior and municipal court judges ultimately will be replaced by
proposed legislation designed to establish judicial selection systems
for the appointment of both trial and appellate judges.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE:
uesday, January 31
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
January 30, 1967
Charles P. Samson, a retired Army colonel with a long record in
logistics and administration, today was named by Governor Ronald
Reagan as director of the California Disaster Office.
The $21,500-a-year post is subject to Senate confirmation. He
succeeds John Gaffney.
Samson, 50, lives in San Francisco. He retired from the Army
in 1965 after 28 years of service.
He attended high school in Corvallis, Oregon and was graduated
from Oregon State University with a BS degree. He has undertaken
extensive graduate work in international relations and has studied at
New York University on safety administration and management.
Samson also has graduated from the Air War College, the Army
Command and General Staff College and numerous other specialized
service schools.
He has had wide experience at administrative levels in the
Army, including executive officer for the Army Chief of Staff, Far
East Theater and other key positions at the Pentagon.
In the area of logistics, Samson has held supervisory positions
relating to supply, transportation, distribution, procurement, mainten-
ance and coordination of domestic and overseas military and State
Department AID programs.
He has assisted in budget planning, preparation and execution
of various portions of the Defense Department's budget and has also had
wide and varied experience in personnel programs.
He is a Republican.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
January 30, 1967
PRESS
Governor Reagan's press conference of Tuesday,
January 31, at 1:30 p.m. has been cancelled and re-
scheduled for Thursday, February 2, at 9:30 a.m.
# # #
HEALTH AND WELFARE AGENCY
Spencer Williams, Administrator
445-6951
Jan. 31, 1967
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SACRAMENTO--State Health and Welfare Administrator Spencer
Williams today announced the selection of Carel E.H. Mulder to
head the California Medical Assistance Program (Medi-Cal).
Mulder, 52, will succeed Fernando G. Torgerson, who has re-
signed.
Mulder has had wide experience in the field of medical care
administration. He currently is acting chief of the Division of
Medical Services, Bureau of Family Services of the U.S. Depart-
ment of Health, Education and Welfare in Washington, D.C., and
has had major responsibilities at the national level for adminis-
tration and development of new state medical assistance programs
such as California's Medi-Cal program.
Before moving to the federal post in February 1965, Mulder
had served for 29 years with the California State Department of
Social Welfare in various executive capacities, including chief
of the state's Division of Medical Care.
Mulder is a graduate of St. Ignatius College, Amsterdam,
Netherlands. He has served as guest lecturer on Medical Care
Administration at the University of Michigan, Columbia University
and George Washington University.
He is a member of the American Public Welfare Assn. and
American Public Health Assn., past president of the National
Conference of State Welfare Finance Officers, and the Medical
Care Committee of APWA.
Prior to moving to Washington, Mulder was active in Sacra-
mento civic affairs.
He and his wife Jeanette have eight children.
The position pays $22,500 a year.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVER
R
RELEASE Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
1.31.67
PRESS
SACRAMENTO--Gov. Ronald Reagan has asked the Federal Office of
Economic Opportunity to extend grants which support current migrant
farm labor services.
The extension is sought to allow on-going programs to continue.
The Administration, meanwhile, has undertaken a study to determine
if it should apply for new grants.
In a wire to Sargent Shriver today, the Governor requested
that expiration dates for two grants funding the California Migrant
Master Plan be extended from Feb. 28 to March 31.
The California Migrant Master Plan provides temporary shelter,
day care, health services, and compensatory education for children
and adults who follow the crops.
Under a grant of $3.485 million in 1965-66, migrant workers
were provided with these basic services.
In the current fiscal year, a grant of $4.707 million has fin-
anced an expanded program.
State matching funds for this $8.942 million program have
amounted to $475,000 while local agencies have made in-kind contri-
butions amounting to $275,000.
The wire to Shriver also seeks authority to spend money avail-
able under the present grant for replacing housing units in the
Southern San Joaquin Valley which have been lost due to recent
storms.
Counties were housing units would be replaced are Kings,
Tulare and Kern.
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