Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
118564222
label
Press Releases - March 1968
core
doc
dtoType
document
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
118564222
contentType
document
title
Press Releases - March 1968
citationUrl
identifierLocal
840
collections
Ronald Reagan's Governor's Papers of the Press Unit
Press Releases
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
imageCount
1
hasImages
yes
source
import
hasTranscription
no
Source extras
naId
118564222
coverageEndDate
logicalDate
1975-12-31
year
1975
coverageStartDate
logicalDate
1967-01-01
year
1967
levelOfDescription
fileUnit
recordType
description
ocrSource
nara-archive
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
document
mediaId
22ed5e70b9488c30
ocrText
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Digital Library Collections
This is a PDF of a folder from our textual
collections.
Collection: Reagan, Ronald: Gubernatorial Papers,
1966-74: Press Unit
Folder Title: Press Releases - March 1968
Box: P8
To see more digitized collections visit:
https://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digital-library
To see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories
visit: https://reaganlibrary.gov/document-collection
Contact a reference archivist at: [email protected]
Citation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/citing
National Archives Catalogue:
https://catalog.archives.gov/
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 3.1.68
139
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Harold F. Cary of San Diego,
vice president of Westgate California Foods, Inc., to a four-year
term on the Pacific Marine Fisheries Commission.
The governor also reappointed Assemblyman Vincent Thomas of
San Pedro and State of California Department of Fish and Game
Director Walter T. Shannon to four-year terms as commissioners.
The appointments require Senate confirmation.
The posts pay necessary travel expenses, plus $10 per diem for
non-state officers.
Cary, a 54-year old Democrat, replaces Ray E. Welsch of Fort Bragg
whose term expired.
Cary was vice president for planning and project development
in the Van Camp Sea Food Division of the Ralston Purina Company,
Long Beach, from 1964-67. He served as assistant to the president of
the Van Camp Sea Food Company from 1959-64, and was general manager
of the American Tunaboat Association in San Diego from 1948-59.
He is a director of the National Canners' Association and is
a former member of the board of directors of the National Fisheries
Institute.
He resides at 1834 Torrance Street, San Diego.
EJG
OFFI E OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
140
445-4571 3.1.68
Governor Ronald Reagan today named rancher Marvin R. Fagundes and
auto dealer Robert W. Jenson, both of Napa, to four-year terms on the
25th District Agricultural Association's board of directors.
The board operates the Napa Town and County Fair.
The posts pay necessary expenses.
Fagundes, a 29-year old Republican, replaces Boyd B. Margolis of Nat
Jenson, 40, succeeds Harold Moskowite of Napa. Both outgoing members'
terms expired.
Fagundes attended the University of California at Davis and
has been in the cattle and sheep raising business since 1960. He was an
agricultural inspector with Napa County from 1958-60.
He also serves as a apecial deputy sheriff with the Napa County
Sheriff's Office.
He resides at 341 Jefferson Street, Napa.
Jenson, a Republican, owns and operates the Jenson Motor Center,
and is president of the Silverado Travel Agency.
He helped found the Big Brothers of America organization in
San Francisco, and is a former chairman and director of the local
chapter of the American Red Cross.
Jenson, a 1948 graduate of Utah State University, lives at
10 Oak Grove way, Napa.
BTA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.1.68
# 141
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed a bill which requires that
computations made for the purpose of state school fund foundation
apportionments be based on corrected assessed valuation levels in
cases where equalization proceedings have substantially reduced or
increased valuation levels.
The urgency bill, (AB-9, Cory) was passed unanimously by both
the Assembly and Senate.
Governor Reagan said he agreed with the legislature that state
school aid should be based on the actual assessed wealth of school
districts.
Orange County this year suffered a $23 million reduction in
assessed valuation. However, under terms of the bill, the county
will receive an estimated additional $230,000 in state school aid.
Recommending passage of the bill were the State Department of
Education, the Orange County superintendent of schools and the
Huntington Beach and Brea-Olinda school districts.
*
*
*
Governor Reagan also signed a bill (AB-125, Badham) which
authorizes the directors of the California water district to change
or supplement an authorized plan of works, and requires a public
hearing before any change may be adopted.
The bill also authorizes a water district to incur additional
bonded indebtedness, if necessary, to carry out the new plan.
California Districts Securities Commission approval is required
if bonds for the original plan have been certified.
The bill's provisions are effective until the 61st day after
adjournment of the 1968 regular legislative session.
The legislation was passed unanimously by both the Assembly and
Senate.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.1.68
#142
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Ernest B. Smith, an attorney
and member of the Oakland Police Department for the past 10 years, as
his assistant legal affairs secretary.
In the job, Smith, a 37-year old Republican, will maintain
liaison with legal and law enforcement agencies and organizations; will
have staff responsibilities in criminal justice matters; will assist
in coordinating emergency planning and operations; and will provide
technical assistance to the California Council on Criminal Justice.
He will also provide assistance to Legal Affairs Secretary
Edwin Meese III on matters of interstate and international extradition.
Smith joined the Oakland Police Department in 1957 after gradua-
tion from the University of California at Berkeley with a B.A. Degree
in criminology. He received a Masters' Degree in criminology three
years later.
He was admitted the practice of law in California in 1966 after
graduation from San Francisco Law School.
Smith was granted a leave of absence from his job as a homicide
investigator with the Oakland Police Department to accept the new
administration post. Over the past decade, he has served in the
department's divisions of planning and research, criminal investiga-
tion, training and crime analysis. He was also an administrative
assistant to two deputy police chiefs.
He was the winner of the J. Edgar Hoover Medal as the outstanding
graduate of the FBI National Academy last year.
Smith has served as president of the University of California
School of Criminology Alumni Association since 1966 and is chairman
of Legal Research Committee of the Peace Officers' Research Association
of California.
He is also a member of the board of directors of the Oakland
Police Officers' Association.
For the past two years he has been a lecturer in police science
at Merritt College in Oakland.
He is married and has four children
He resides at 16062 Via Nueva Street, San Lorenzo, but plans to
move to Sacramento in the near future.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: SUNDAY, March 3, 1968
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.1.68
#143
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today the creation of a
research program to test the feasibility of a total, cohesive system
for substituting self-reliance for welfare dependency in California.
"With the increase in the national welfare rolls more than
doubling last year, it is evident that our welfare system is not
meeting its goals, Governor Reagan said. "There may be many reasons,
but one, surely, is the present highly fragmented approach in which
a variety of agencies work separately and sometimes inconsistently
with the welfare client.
"In the present welfare system, or lack of it, we have little
way of measuring how effective public services are. The person in
need of help may be passed from one agency to another without any
report back or follow-up to determine what finally happened, the
governor added.
"I have asked Spencer Williams to design and establish a small
research model of a completely integrated system, including the
private sector, aimed at overcoming dependency," Governor Reagan
said. "When the design phase is completed, we plan to test the
system on a small scale in some suitable locale."
The governor said that while plans are only in the formative
stage, he expected that the new system would take those persons
receiving any form of public assistance, welfare, rehabilitation,
training or employment services--and provide an individualized,
coordinated program for them under a single agency.
Williams named Thomas E. Sawyer, a veteran system engineer
currently with TRW's civil systems section as project manager.
Sawyer, 35, has been serving as a consultant to the State
Job Training and Placement Council and other governmental units.
TRW is a Southern California space industries firm.
Sawyer, of 1435 Windsor Drive, Thousand Oaks, is an engineer and
also a Coro Foundation graduate in public administration. He is a
candidate for a doctorate in public administration at the University of
Southern California. Sawyer is the author of several current
publications on welfare topics.
Williams said that Sawyer brings to his new assignment a
"beckground of practical and academic experience that uniquely fits him
for this assignment.
"His assignment is to get at the roots of dependency and by
using the best principles of modern management work out a total
systems approach that will snap the dependency cycle," Williams said.
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
# 144
445-4571 3.1.68
Sacramento--Governor Ronald Reagan today named two
prominent Californians to 16-year terms on the University of
California Board of Regents.
H.R. Haldeman, Los Angeles advertising man, was named to succeed
Laurence J. Kennedy Jr. of Redding.
W. Glenn Campbell, director of the Hoover Institution on War,
Revolution and Peace, was named to succeed Einar O. Mohn of Menlo Park.
The terms of Kennedy and Mohn expired March 1, 1968.
Haldeman, 41, is a vice president of J. Walter Thompson & Co.
and manager of the firm's Los Angeles office since 1961. He has
been with the company for 18 years in New York, San Francisco and
Los Angeles.
He served as an ex-officio member of the Board of Regents as
president of the U.C.L.A. Alumni Association from 1965-67.
Education organizations he has served on include the Coordinating
Council for Higher Education, chairman of the Board of Trustees of
the California Institute of the Arts, past chairman and member of
the Board of Trustees of the U.C.L.A. Foundation and a member of the
board and past president of the International Student Center, Inc.
Haldeman also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Coro
Foundation, the Board of Jr. Achievement, the District Attorney's
Advisory Council and the Advisory Board of the Junior Arts Center.
A native of Los Angeles, Haldeman resides at 465 Muirfield Road.
He is on the Board of Governors and past chairman of the Southern
California Council of the American Association of Advertising
Agencies and is a member of the board of the Better Business Bureau
of Los Angeles.
Haldeman was graduated from U.CL.A. with a BS degree and in 1964
attended the executive program of the U.C.L.A. Graduate School of
Business Administration. He attended U.S.C. and the University of
Redlands before entering U.C.L.A. in 1964.
He is married and has four children. Haldeman is a member of
the California Club, Bel Air Bay Club, Town Hall, Los Angeles Club,
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, the California State Chamber of
Commerce, the World Affairs Council and the Los Angeles Country Club.
-1-
Campbell, 43, is an educator and author and has been director
of the Hoover Institution since 1960.
He received a BA degree in economics and political science
from the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, in 1944 and
an MA and PhD in economics from Harvard. As an undergraduate and
graduate student he won several fellowships and honors, culminating
in the Henry Lee Fellowship in Political Economy which at that time
(1945-46) was the top fellowship for graduate students in economics
at Harvard.
He taught at Harvard from 1946-51 and from 1951-54 was a re-
search economist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. From 1954-59
he was research director, American Enterprise Institute for Public
Policy Research in Washington, D.C.
In 1962 he served as chairman of the Board of Trustees, Institute
for Social Science Research, Washington, and was a founding member,
executive board, Center for Strategic Studies, Georgetown University.
He became a trustee of the Herbert Hoover Bithplace Foundation
in 1964 and from 1965-67 was president of The Philadelphia Society.
In 1966 he served as director, Belgian American Educational Foundation
and from 1957-58 was special lecturer, Industrial College of the
Armed Forces. In 1956-57 he was co-director for the report on
American Competitive Enterprise, Foreign Economic Development and
the Aid Program, written for Senate special committee studying the
foreign aid program.
Campbell is a member of the American Academy of Political and
Social Sciences, and American Economic Association, the Royal Economic
Society, the Mont Pelerin Society and the National Tax Association.
He edited and co-authored "Economics of Mobilization and War"
and was a co-author of "Economics of Compulsory Health Insurance,"
"Assuring the primacy of Nation Security" and other publications.
Campbell, born in Komoka, Ontario, became a naturalized citizen
in 1953. He is married and has three children. He resides at
26915 Alejandro Drive, Los Altos Hills.
#
#
#
#
#
#
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
3.1.68
#145
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"I have been informed of Governor Romney's press conference.
In light of the fact that I am not a candidate, I am unable to
understand his allusion to a man from California. I regret also
that in announcing his withdrawal as a
/candidate for president, Governor Romney appeared to be appealing
to a faction within our Party. I had hoped we had learned the lesson
of 1964.
"It is time for Republicans to forget labels and resolve, as
I have resolved, to rally behind our Republican presidential nominee,
whomever he may be, for the good of our Party and our nation."
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
3.1.68
#146
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
March 4, 1968
through
March 10, 1968
Monday, March 4
10:30 a.m.
Depart Sacramento Municipal Airport for San Diego.
11:45 a.m.
Arrive San Diego Airport (Lockheed Air Terminal).
Proceed to Community Concourse for 20th Annual
California and Pacific Southwest Recreation and
Park Conference. Luncheon speech.
2:30 p.m.
Depart for Sacramento Municipal Airport
4:00 p.m.
Arrive Sacramento.
Tuesday, March 5
9:30 a.m.
Press Conference.
1:30 p.m.
Picture with Senator Collier and representatives
from Sebastopol for Sebastopol Apple Blossom
Festival.
3:00 p.m.
Proceed to Senate Chamber with Easter Seal poster
child Kelly Rose for presentation to Legislature.
4:30 p.m.
Remarks to group from Sar Diego for Assemblyman
Barnes, Governor's Council Room.
6:00 p.m.
California Wine Institute Reception, Empire Room,
Senator Hotel. Mrs. Reagan will attend.
Wednesday, March 6
5:00 p.m.
Depart for San Francisco.
7:00 p.m.
Arrive Fairmont Hotel for California Taxpayers
Association Annual Meeting. Dinner speech.
Thursday, March 7
12:20 p.m.
Western College Association Luncheon, Senator Hotel.
Remarks.
2:00 p.m.
Greetings to members of the Park Commission and
William Mott, Jr., Governor's Office.
4:00 p.m.
Picture for St. Patrick's Day, Governor's Office.
Friday, March 8
11:30 a.m.
Brief greetings to Frances Dillon, new president of
CSEA, Governor's Office.
3:10 p.m.
Depart Sacramento Metropolitan Airport for
Los Angeles.
4:00 p.m.
Arrive Los Angeles
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, March 9
No public appointments scheduled
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, March 10
5:00 p.m.
Depart Los Angeles International Airport for
Sacramento Metropolitan Airport
6:00 p.m.
Arrive Sacramento.
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
# 147
445-4571 3.4.68
Governor Ronald Reagan today named three persons to the 10th
District Agricultural Association's board of directors.
The board operates the Siskiyou County Fair.
The appointments pay necessary expenses.
Named were:
--Mt. Shasta lumberman Martin M. Cooper, 41. A Republican,
he succeeds Lynn B. Thompson of Mt. Shasta whose term expired.
Cooper's appointment is for a four-year term.
He is a member of the Mt. Shasta Union Elementary School District
Board, and has been employed at Coopers' Mill, a Mt. Shasta lumber
firm, for the past 11 years.
He resides at 303 Adams Drive, Mt. Shasta.
Ralph Turk, a 61-year old Republican, and retired resident
manager of the J.F. Sharp Lumber Company, Happy Camp.
He is a former member of the local school board and a past
member of the Siskiyou County Grand Jury.
Turk is now engaged in farming and resides at Box 497, Happy
Camp.
He will fill the unexpired term of Edward C. Smith of Hornbrook
who resigned. The term ends January 15, 1972.
Reginald D. Wetzel, 68, a McCloud Realtor. A Republican, he
worked more than four decades for the McCloud River Lumber
Company before retiring to enter the real estate business.
He will fill the unexpired term of Hiram Wellman of McCloud
who resigned. The term expires January 15, 1970.
Wetzel is a member of the McCloud Service Club, the local
chamber of commerce and the Siskiyou County Juvenile Justice
Committee.
He lives at P.O. Box 406 McCloud.
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
EJG
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Caspar Wa Weinberger, Director
445-4141 March 4, 1968
Sa cramento--State Finance Director Caspar W. Weinberger said to-
day he is happy that Assemblyman Winfield A. Shoemaker "has discovered
that balancing the state budget will require responsible action and
statesmanship on the part of the legislature.
"It appears that Mr. Shoemaker is agreeable to much of the legis-
lation the administration has proposed because that is the way the new
budget will be balance, " he said.
"The really regrettable part about Mr. Shoemaker's press conference
is that it may give some people a totally false impression as to the
credit of the state. It is hard to see how anything but harm can come to
California from irresponsible statements that we face a potential
deficit of $358 million.
"It has been perfectly clear since the day the budget was published
that legislative action will be required to reduce spending programs
by $76 million, and we hope prompt legislative action will be taken to
secure enactments that we will recommend.
"It also is true that unless the legislature revises last year's
school fund increase bill so that it will in fact conform to the cost
estimates they made, we will have to take $152 million from other
programs.
"While it is thus crystal clear that legislative action will indeed
be required, we think it would better serve the interests of all
Californians if the majority caucus chairman proposed legislative
action, rather than make irresponsible predictions of potential
deficits," Weinberger said.
"I am grateful he also recognizes the need for legislation to
reduce the costs of Medi-Cal and welfare."
In addition, Weinberger said, Shoemaker advocates lower
administrative costs for welfare. "We agree completely and would hope
he will press the federal government to revise its rules and laws so
that the state can be more flexible in its administration of welfare.
We are happy he agrees with us.
-1-
"The same is true for Medi-Cal. We were particularly pleased that
Mr. Shoemaker has joined our fight, which this administration began
last year, to secure the flexibility through which real cost savings
may be achieved."
Another error Shoemaker made, Weinberger said, came when he said
the state intended to spend $350,000 more for two renal dialysis
centers. "The facts are that the state's cost will be $67,500--an error
of about 500 percent on Shoemaker's part," Weinberger said.
Further, Weinberger said Shoemaker adds state, local and federal
costs into the categorical assistance program and comes up with a
$25 million figure. However, the state's share of this actually is
$10 million.
Weinberger said he hopes Shoemaker truly favors property tax relief
because he knows legislation "is being prepared to give the property
taxpayers of California $155 million in relief and I trust he will
support this measure."
The finance director said he also is gratified Shoemaker supports
the administration's position that money can be saved by implementing
cost-saving devices. "The facts of the matter are that the
administration has already achieved millions of dollars of savings in
administrative costs and has made government much more efficient."
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
-2-
OFFICE OF THE GOVER.
R
MEMO TO THE RESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
3.5.68
Department of Parks and Recreation Director William
Penn Mott, Jr. will hold a press conference in
Room #1190 on Thursday, March 7 at 9:30 a.m., to
discuss his department's plan for the recreational
area around Oroville.
# # #
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 3.5.58
# 148
Governor Ronald Reagan has proclaimed the week of March 7 through
14, 1968, as CONSERVATION WEEK.
Text of the proclamation follows:
WHEREAS
California is world famous for the rich variety and
great profusion of its trees and shrubbery; and
WHEREAS
Everything from the palms and tropical plants of the
south to the magnificent redwoods and giant evergreens
of the north flourishes in the hospitable climates
of the Golden State; and
WHEREAS
The anniversary of the birth of Luther Burbank, the
great California botanist, is March 7; and
WHEREAS
The natural beauty which we enjoy was inherited from
past generations, and we have an obligation to future
generations to conserve and enrich this bounty;
NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do hereby
proclaim the week of March 7-14 as CONSERVATION WEEK and March 7
as ARBOR DAY and urge organizations and individuals to plant
trees and shrubs for the beautification of their communities.
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: WEDNESDAY A.M.'S
Sacramento, California
March 6, 1968
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 3.5.68
# 149
Following is the text of a telegram from Governor Ronald Reagan
to Senator George Murphy and Republican Bob Wilson, chairmen of the
Senate and Congressional Republican Campaign Committees, to be read
at the 1968 Republican Gala in Washington, D.C., Tuesday night:
I regret deeply being unable to join you tonight at the 1968
Republican Gala. But I am pleased that California, through both of
you, is playing such an important role in raising the funds to help
give us a Republican majority in Congress. The work and effort
you have devoted to the building of our party is beyond mere thanks.
All I can say is that all of us charged with the leadership of our
party are extremely grateful.
There is no cause today more important than raising money and
working to help elect Republican candidates, not only to Congress
but also to every level of state and national office.
Americans are growing increasingly unhappy with the Democrats'
inability to solve our problems--any of our problems. They want a
meaningful alternative.
In the last seven years, the Democrats have succeeded only in
creating new problems, both at home and abroad. They have sunk us
ever deeper into the morass of Vietnam; they have tolerated and
continue to tolerate a bastion of communism in Cuba: they have let
NATO deteriorate in Europe and watched idly as DeGaulle has become
an enemy in France.
At home we have watched helplessly the failure of our elected
leaders to solve the problems of crime and rioting, of the deteriora-
tion of our cities, of inflation, of poverty in the midst of afflu-
ence, of pollution, in short, the problems of an ever more urban
civilization. The Democrats are still offering the methods and answers
of the 1930's to meet the crises of the 1960's.
And over all, above the ineptitude and failures hang the credi-
bility gap and the morality gap and the leadership gap--gaps between
what is and what should be.
# 149
That is why the election of Republicans in November is more vital
than ever before. Americans must be given the right to choose an
alternative. They must be given the facts, they must be given the
candidates and they must be assured that Republicans have solutions
and programs to meet and solve the problems of our times.
And above all, they must be told that Republicans have the will
to solve those problems and that they are united in their efforts to
return responsible, responsive government to our country and our
people. The months ahead are too crucial to allow for bickering and
backbiting among Republicans. The need for victory is too great.
If we are divided, we may lose forever the opportunity to meet the
challenges of this generation.
But if we are united, I am convinced that this year Americans
will look to us to restore peace and respect abroad and provide
meaningful answers at home.
My plea tonight, on this great occasion, is to all Republicans--
give us unity and then work to make sure that that unity carries
us to victory.
# # # # # # #
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVE. OR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.6.68
# 150
Governor Ronald Reagan and Chief Justice Roger J. Traynor,
chairman of the California Judicial Council, today jointly announced
plans for holding a bipartisan statewide citizens' conference to
enlist grass roots support for a program to take the selection of
judges out of partisan politics.
The day-long conference will be held in Sacramento March 18
at the El Dorado Hotel. The agenda for the conference includes a
major luncheon address by former U.S. Attorney General Herbert Brownell
and remarks by the governor and the chief justice.
The subject of the meeting will be a judicial selection plan
which is backed by the administration, the Judicial Council and the
State Bar of California. The plan--which assures that only those
who are qualified will be named as judges--has been introduced in
the legislature by Senator Donald L. Grunsky of Watsonville and
co-authored by Assemblyman William T. Bagley of San Rafael.
Legislative approval of the plan would be followed by a vote
of the people next November on a constitutional amendment.
Governor Reagan and Chief Justice Traynor have invited some
500 key business, professional, labor and civic leaders from through-
out the state to attend the March 18 conference and to participate as
members of a Statewide Citizens' Committee in Support of the
California Judicial Selection Plan.
These committee members will, in turn, form local committees
in their own respective areas to encourage public support of the
measure through a broadly based public information effort. This
effort will take the form of talks before civic groups, service
clubs and business and professional organizations. These talks will
provide a thorough explanation of the plan and its merits. Committee
members will also attempt to secure organizational endorsement for
the measure whenever possible.
The governor and the chief justice have jointly named four
prominent Californians to head up the statewide committee. They are:
--William F. Bramstedt, 62, vice president of the Standard oil
Company of California. A member of the firm since 1927, he serves
as a member of the public affairs committee of the San Francisco
-1-
# 150
Chamber of Commerce and is a former chairman of the Far East-America
Council for Trade and Industry.
--Burnham Enersen, 62, a San Francisco lawyer and former
president of both the State Bar of California and the Bar Association
of San Francisco. A 1930 graduate of Harvard Law School, he is a
partner in the San Francisco law firm of McCutchen, Doyle, Brown,
Trautman and Enersen.
--William H. Birnie, 41, an attorney in the legal department
of the Carnation Company, Los Angeles. A graduate of the U.S.C. Law
School, he serves on the Law and Order Committee of the Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce and is a past president of the Wilshire Chamber
of Commerce.
--Joseph A. Ball, a former president of the State Bar of
California and a past director of the American Judicature Society.
Ball, 65, is also a former chairman of the National Conference of
Bar Presidents. He is a long-time member of the California Law
Revision Commission and is a partner in the Long Beach law firm of
Ball, Hunt, Hart and Brown.
Governor Reagan and Chief Justice Traynor both expressed hope
that the judicial selection plan will receive quick and favorable
action by the legislature.
In a joint statement, they said:
"While California has, indeed, achieved an enviable reputation
for the quality of its judiciary, there remains the chance under the
present system that at some time in the future the selection of
judges might be made without regard to merit, proven honor, ability
and integrity.
"A judicial selection system based solely on competence and
not on possible political considerations, will insure that the
administration of justice continues to be in the very best interests
of the people of this state.
"The citizens' conference we have called--and the results we
hope it will accomplish in the months ahead--indicates the importance
we both attach to enactment of the plan."
Governor Reagan noted that one of his campaign pledges was
"aimed squarely at taking the appointment of judges out of partisan
politics.
"This judicial selection plan was developed with exhaustive
-2-
# 150
care. It will maintain the highest standards of selection, and
insure that any governor must select only the most qualified candi-
dates for appointment to the bench. "
Chief Justice Traynor said the plan "can provide another
major advance in the steadily rising standards of the judiciary of
our state. It will minimize any risk that factors other than merit
will control judicial appointments. It will maximize the possibili-
ties of highly qualified appointees."
# # #
-3-
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
#151
445-4571 3.6.68
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Roy P. Ferrari of
Guadalupe and E. Dick Kleck of Paso Robles to four-year terms on
the 16th District Agricultural Association's board of directors. The
board operates the San Luis Obispo County Fair.
The posts pay necessary expenses.
Ferrari, 33, was first appointed January 27, 1965. Kleck, 68,
was first named to the board January 22, 1960. Both are Democrats.
Ferrari is a dairy farmer and resides at P.O. Box 353, Guadalupe.
Kleck is a retired San Luis Obispo County supervisor and one
of the founders of the fair. He lives at Route 1, Box 200-A,
Paso Robles.
#########
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.6.68
# 152
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Santa Barbara furniture
chain owner William H. Wilson and Frank M. Woods, a San Francisco
businessman, to four-year terms on the State Harbors and Watercraft
Commission.
The appointments pay necessary travel expenses and require
Senate confirmation.
Wilson, 43, replaces Louis L. Haber of Santa Cruz. Woods, a
34-year old Republican, succeeds Ralph Montali of Piedmont. Both
outgoing members' terms expired.
Wilson, a Republican, operates a chain of furniture stores
throughout California. He is a past commodore of the Santa Barbara
Yacht Club and has long been interested in boating. He is also
active in Santa Barbara community affairs.
He resides at 1530 Roble Avenue, Santa Barbara.
Woods, president of a San Francisco marketing firm, is a member
of the St. Francis Yacht Club and the St. Francis Yacht Racing
Association. He has owned and raced sail boats in California since
1961.
He lives at 2516 Gough Street, San Francisco.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.6.68
# 153
Governor Ronald Reagan today named retired farmer B.H. "Bob"
Hill and hardware store owner Walter W. Stroming, both of Mariposa,
to four-year terms on the 35-A District Agricultural Association's
board of directors. The board operates the Mariposa County Fair.
The posts pay necessary expenses.
Hill, 62, replaces Lilburn E. Schatz of Raymond. Stroming, 54,
succeeds Harold Trabucco of Mariposa. Both outgoing members' terms
expired.
Hill, a Republican, is president of the Mariposa Historical
Society and is a past president of the Merced County Farm Bureau. He
served as a director of the Merced County Farm Supply Company for 10
years.
He resides on Star Route, Box 232, Mariposa.
Stroming operates a well drilling and machinery company and a
hardware store in Mariposa. A Republican, he is a member of the
Mariposa County Farm Bureau and the Mariposa Chamber of Commerce.
He lives at P.O. Box 321, Mariposa.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVE OR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.6.68
# 154
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Kelseyville rancher, Jack
H. Clifford to the board of directors of the California State Fair
and Exposition.
Clifford, a 42-year old Republican, will fill the unexpired
term of Jack K. Robbins of Monterey who resigned. The term will end
February 1, 1970.
Clifford raises registered quarter horses and cattle and has
served as a director of the Pacific Coast Quarter Horse Association
for the past two years.
He owns several well known quarter horse stallions including a
former world champion, "War Chant".
He has been racing quarter horses for many years.
A veteran of World War II, he is married and has three children.
He and his family live at Box 20, Route 1, Kelseyville.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.6.68
155
Sacramento--Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he has directed
the State Finance Department to ask the University of California and
the state colleges immediately to submit their highest priorities for
additional capital outlay projects.
The governor said he acted because additional funds may be avail-
able from bonuses received for oil drilling contracts on state tidelands
off Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.
Experts, acting on figures from oil lease bonuses received by the
federal government last month, estimate that the additional revenue
that may come into the state tideland oil fund could approach $10
million in bonuses.
"Because of the apparent availability of additional tidelands
funds caused by expectations of higher bonuses, more money can now be
channeled into capital outlay for the state colleges and the university,'
the governor said.
"The Finance Department has been instructed to ask the university
and state colleges immediately to submit their highest priorities for
capital outlay projects.
"I would hope that this additional money would be used for
library facilities at the colleges and for medical school construction
at the university," Governor Reagan said.
The governor explained that the federal government last month
leased submerged lands for development of oil fields and received
bonuses substantially higher than anticipated.
Therefore, he said, a study of adjoining state-owned tidelands
indicates that similar bonuses will be paid the state when it begins
leasing its submerged oil fields in May.
Governor Reagan said that when the exact figures are known after
the oil lease bids are submitted and accepted, he will augment the
capital outlay budgets for the university and state colleges to con-
form with the additional tidelands funds that the state will receive.
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.7.68
# 156
Governor Ronald Reagan today named world-famed chemist, A. J.
Haagen-Smit of the California Institute of Technology, as a member
and chairman of the State Air Resources Board.
The governor also appointed Eureka Forestry consultant John
Gleason Miles to the board to fill out the unexpired term of Marshall
Boden of Los Altos who resigned. The term will end July 1, 1970.
Haagen-Smit, 67, succeeds Louis J. Fuller of North Hollywood
who resigned. Haagen-Smit's term will expire July 1, 1971.
A native of the Netherlands, Haagen-Smit studied at the University
of Utrecht where he received a Ph. D. in organic chemistry.
He was the first to discover the nature and origin of smog in
the Los Angeles basin. He took a year's leave of absence a few years
ago from Caltech to direct air pollution control for the Southern
California Edison Company.
Since 1950 he has served as senior consultant to the Los Angeles
County Air Pollution Control District and was a recipient of the dis-
tinguished Chambers Award of the Air Pollution Control Association of
America.
Dr. Haagen Smit, a professor at Caltech since 1937, was an
original member of the Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board. During
the two years he served on the board he was chairman of its Criteria
Committee.
He is a member of the Atomic Energy Commission's Committee on
Biology and Medicine and serves on the Research and Development
Committee of the National Institute of Health. He also is a member
of the Clean Air Committee of the City and County of Los Angeles.
He is a Democrat and lives at 416 South Berkeley Avenue, Pasadena.
Miles, a Republican, is a graduate of the University of Minnesota
in forestry. He is a consultant to private forest owners, conserva-
tion associations, local governments, and state and federal resource
agencies.
From 1957-63, he directed forestry operations for the Simpson
Timber Company of Arcata.
He is a part-time lecturer in forestry at Humboldt State College.
Miles, 51, is chairman of the National Resource Committee of the
Eureka Chamber of Commerce and serves on the Executive Committee of the
California Forest Pest Action Council.
He is a Republican and resides at 305 Sonoma Street, Eureka.
Both appointments pay necessary expenses and require Senate con-
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.7.68
# 157
Governor Ronald Reagan today urged passage of enabling legislation
which would lead to the creation of a Western Interstate Nuclear
Compact.
The legislation, introduced today by Assemblyman William Campbell,
would enable California to join with other western states in pursuing
a strong regional approach to the development of nuclear energy for
peaceful purposes.
Ratification of the compact requires legislative approval by at
least five of the 13 western states and consent of Congress.
Terms of the legislation must be essentially identical in each
of the states which approve it.
Governor Reagan said the compact will provide the west with
"a unified and powerful voice in dealings with the federal government
on nuclear matters which vitally affect this region. It will also
enable the western states to exercise maximum influence on national
nuclear policy.
"Within the next few years, California's citizens can be bene-
ficiaries of an almost limitless technological horizon through the
peaceful uses of atomic energy, " he said.
"The Western Interstate Nuclear Compact will assure that
California and its sister states have maximum elbow room to develop
the nuclear resources of the region through technological and indus-
trial progress.
"It will enable us to draw upon the scientific resources of
both the federal government and those of our own states while, at
the same time, giving us the legal umbrella necessary to adapt these
resources to our own particular needs."
Ratification of the compact "will help to eliminate excessive
and duplicatory regulations pertaining to such matters as the handl-
ing and transportation of fissionable materials,' he said.
The 1967 Western Governors' Conference urged the states it
represents to become part of the compact.
# # #
EJG
Sacramento, California
RELEASE:
Immediate
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 3.7.68
# 158
Governor Ronald Reagan today named three persons to the Regional
Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region.
The jobs pay necessary travel expenses.
Named were:
Ray L. Stoyer, 50, general manager of the Santee County Water
District since 1957. A Republican, Stoyer will fill the unexpired term
of Robert E. Weese of Oceanside who resigned. The term will end
September 30, 1968.
Under Stoyer's leadership, the Santee County Water District
established a wastewater reclamation project which uses modern water
management concepts and practices.
He is a member of a five-man Industrial Development Commission
which serves as an advisory committee to the city of El Cajon and the
San Diego County Board of Supervisors. He also serves as Grossmont
District Chairman of the Boy Scouts of America, and is a director and
past chairman of the Santee Chamber of Commerce.
He resides at P.O. Box 70, Santee.
Einer A. May of Poway, district representative of the Aid
Association for Lutherans Life Insurance Sales. May, a 49-year old
Republican, succeeds Earl T. Pridemore of Pacific Beach whose term
expired.
He has been a vice president of the Poway Municipal Water District
since 1962.
May served in the U.S. Navy from 1936-57. He was commissioned an
ensign in 1944 and worked his way through the ranks to lieutenant
commander. Before retiring from the Navy he was attached to the U.S.
Embassy in Germany where he worked as a lieutenant commander in the
Navy section for the Military Advisory Assistance Group.
He lives at 12248 Vaughan Road, Poway.
William S. Tellam, 36, of Julian. A ranch manager for the Starr-
Rutherford Cattle Company since 1953, Julian serves as county director
of the Farm Bureau and is vice president of the San Diego County Cattle-
men's Association.
He studied animal husbandry at the University of Arizona and took
courses in business administration at Claremont Men's College.
Tellam succeeds Linden R. Burzell of Vista. He resides at
P.O. Box 615, Julian.
The terms of Tellam and May will expire September 30, 1971.
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
# 159
445-4571 3.8.68
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Mabel Charlotte Love of
Woodfords to the Alpine County Board of Supervisors, third district.
She replaces Bernice Dangberg of Woodfords.
Mrs. Love is married to Lewis A. Love, judge of the justice
court, Alpine County Judicial District.
She is a former school teacher and served as superintendent of
schools for Alpine County from 1959-63.
A Republican, Mrs. Love helped form the Alpine County Museum
in Markleeville and was active in organizing the Alpine County Historical
Society.
#######
RJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: MONDAY, March 11, 1968
Sacramento, California
A.M.'s
Contact: Paul Beck
# 160
445-4571 3.8.68
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Viola V. Williamson of
Sacramento and Evelyn M. Griffith of Burbank to four-year terms on
the State Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners.
The posts pay necessary expenses.
Mrs. Williamson, a Democrat, succeeds Julia M. Thomas of Sacramento.
Mrs. Griffith, a Republican, replaces Elsa S. Roslund of Long Beach.
Mrs. Williamson is secretary of the Licensed Vocational Nurses
League and is a member of the executive board of the Sacramento
County Hospital Vocational Nurse Committee. She resides at 4428
Cabrillo Way, Sacramento.
Mrs. Griffith is president of district eight of the Licensed
Vocational Nurses League and a member of the Parliamentary Law Club
of Glendale. She is employed part time by the Glendale Adventist
Hospital. She lives at 2353 North Reese Place, Burbank.
Governor Reagan also reappointed Edith M. McKinney of Los Angeles.
She was first named to the board in 1964.
Mrs. McKinney was recently elected vice president of the Board
of Vocational Nurse Examiners. She is an organizer and past president
of both the Licensed Vocational Nurses League of California,
district one, of Los Angeles, and the Licensed Vocational Nurses
Operating Room Group.
She is a past director of volunteers for the Watts Health Branch
of the Los Angeles City Health Department.
She lives at 1512 East 110th Street, Los Angeles.
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVER
RELEASE:
mmediate
Sa cramento, Californ_a
Contact: Paul Beck
# 161
445-4571 3.8.68
The governor's office has been informed that a full-page advertise-
ment recommending a write-in for Governor Reagan in the New Hampshire
Presidential Primary has been placed in the Manchester, N.H. Union by
Phoebe and Kent Courtney, publishers of a right-wing newspaper, "The
Independent American."
The Courtneys twice have been asked to refrain from advocating
the candidacy of Governor Reagan.
The action on their part is unauthorized, irresponsible and
apparently designed to embarrass Governor Reagan by connecting his
name with that of former Governor George Wallace of Alabama, whom
the Courtneys also support.
Governor Reagan is opposed to the candidacy of Wallace and
opposes his position on most issues, including those on civil rights.
In addition, Governor Reagan is not a candidate for president.
Any campaign to write in his name in New Hampshire is unauthorized
and will be done over his objections.
Following are texts of correspondence with the Courtneys:
"Mrs. Phoebe Courtney
November 6, 1967
Managing Editor
The Independent American
P.O. Box 4223
New Orleans, Louisiana 70118
"Dear Mrs. Courtney:
"Your recent pamphlet entitled "Reagan for President, IF
"
has been brought to my attention.
"This is to inform you that Ronald Reagan is not a candidate for
president and is not seeking support in this area.
"He would appreciate it if you would cease any efforts on his
behalf.
"Sincerely,
signed Lyn Nofziger
Communications Director
"Mrs. Phoebe Courtney
November 13, 1967
Managing Editor
The Independent American
P.O. Box 4223
New Orleans, Louisiana 70118
"Dear Mrs. Courtney:
"I have told you to do nothing except to request that you cease
advocating that Ronald Reagan be president.
"This request was made on behalf of Governor Reagan. It had
nothing to do, as you well know, with freedom of the press.
"I would like at this time to repeat the request. Would you
please refrain from advocating that Governor Reagan run for
president.
"Sincerely,
signed Lyn Nofziger
Communications Director
"Dear Mr. Nofziger:
November 8, 1967
"I have just received your November 6 letter in which you state
that Governor Ronald Reagan would appreciate it if I "would
cease any efforts on his behalf."
"Mr. Nofziger, this is one of the most astounding letters I
have ever received in the 13 years of publication of THE
INDEPENDENT AMERICAN. You, sir, have dared to presume to
interfere with the editorial policies of THE INDEPENDENT AMERICAN
newspaper! This, in spite of the First Amendment of the U.S.
Constitution which, surely you are aware, Mr. Nofziger, guarantees
"freedom of the press."
"It is the editorial policy of THE INDEPENDENT AMERICAN to urge
the drafting of Governor Ronald Reagan for President--and I
might add, it will continue to be our policy unless and/or until
Governor Reagan, by his actions, proves himself unworthy to
represent the Cause of Conservatism in this county.
"I might point out that THE INDEPENDENT AMERICAN is indeed
"independent." I belong to neither the Republican nor the
Democratic party, therefore no party discipline can be exercised
against me. As a matter of fact, I am registered as an Independent.
"Yours for a free press,
signed Phoebe Courtney, Managing Editor
THE INDEPENDENT AMERICAN
#
#
#
#
#
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, Califor
1
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
3.8.68
CORRECTION
CORRECTION
In press release #161 dated today, the third line in the
first paragraph should read:
has been placed in the Manchester, N.H. Union
Leader by Phoebe and Kent Courtney
# # #
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN R
MEMO TO THE
ESS
Sacramento, Califor. a
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
3.8.68
#162
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
March 10, 1968
through
March 17, 1968
Sunday, March 10
Arrive Sacramento Municipal Airport at 5:15 p.m.
Monday, March 11
11:30 a.m.
Lunch in office with Senator Knowland
1:00 p.m.
Meeting with California Insurance Agents Association
officers and directors and Assemblyman Monagan,
Governor's Office
4:00 p.m.
Meeting with Israeli Consul Generals from
Los Angeles and San Francisco, Governor's Office
4:30 p.m.
Pictures with Assemblyman Gonsalves with represent-
atives of the DeMolay and Knights of Columbus,
Governor's Office
Tuesday, March 12
11:15 a.m.
Brief greetings to Republican women from Santa
Monica and Assemblyman Priolo, Governor's Council
Room
1:00 p.m.
Press Conference
1:45 p.m.
Picture with Mr. Thomas F. Seay, Imperial Potentate
of the Shrine of North America, Governor's Office
2:15 p.m.
Depart for Fresno
3:15 p.m.
Arrive Fresno - proceed via car to Parlier to view
Migrant Housing development
4:00 p.m.
Arrive Parlier for tour of migrant housing facilitie
7:00 p.m.
Reception and fund-raising dinner, Hacienda Motel.
Speech.
9:40 p.m.
Depart for Sacramento Municipal Airport
10:40 p.m.
Arrive Sacramento
Wednesday, March 13
Noon
Northern California County Supervisors Association -
Legislative Session luncheon reception, Senator
Hotel
12:30 p.m.
Lunch in office with Board of Directors of Merchants
and Manufacturers Association
2:45 p.m.
Greetings to members of the San Francisco Medical
Society, Governor's Council Room
3:00 p.m.
Presentation ceremony for deed to State of Pepper-
wood acquisition to Humboldt Redwoods State Park,
Governor's Office
Thursday, March 14
11:30 a.m.
Depart for Old State Fairgrounds for Joint Sacrament
Service Club Luncheon
Noon
Arrive Governor's Hall for luncheon, Speech.
3:00 p.m.
Governor's Council Meeting, Governor's Council Room
4:30 p.m.
Presentation of Reagan Irish Family Crest,
Governor's Office
Friday, March 15
3:10 p.m.
Depart via PSA #380 for Los Angeles International
4:00 p.m.
Arrive Los Angeles
Overnight Los Angeles
Saturday, March 16
10:30 a.m.
Dedication of Vincent Thomas Bridge Approach
Sunday, March 17
Return to Sacramento (afternoon)
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact; Paul Beck
445-4571 3.8.68
# 163
Governor Ronald Reagan today sent the following wire to Clay
Meyers, Secretary of State of Oregon:
"I am informed that on Monday you will release the names of those
you consider possible candidates for the offices of president and vice
president of the United States.
"This is to inform you that because I am a favorite son candidate
in California I will not ask to have my name removed from the Oregon
presidential ballot if it is placed there.
"At the same time I am not now and under no circumstances will
I be a candidate for the office of vice president. Therefore, I
would be most appreciative if you would remove my name from
consideration. However, if you do put it on, I would welcome, at
your earliest convenience, the affadavit of disclaimer that I
understand you provide for those who wish to remove their names."
# # # # # #
PR
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
3.8.68
C-O-R-R-E-C-T-T-O-N
In press release #163 dated today, please correct
spelling of Secretary of State of Oregon to Myers,
instead of Meyers.
# # #
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1968
Sacramento, California
A.M.'S
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.8.68
# 164
Sacramento--Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that
legislation designed to give meaningful relief to California's
property taxpayers will be introduced into the Legislature this week.
The governor said he had requested Assemblyman John G. Veneman
(R-Modesto) to carry the measure. Veneman is chairman of the Assembly
Committee on Revenue and Taxation.
"Meaningful property tax relief is vital to every Californian",
Governor Reagan said, "and this legislation provides for a very
significant way to give that property tax relief.
"The net result of this legislation will be the funneling of
approximately $155 million to the counties, who in turn will pass
the property tax relief on to their local citizens.
"This legislation is a splendid example of teamwork and coopera-
tion on the part of many individuals and groups and reflects the
continuing desire of this Administration to do everything possible
to help remove a heavy burden from the shoulders of California's
property owners.
"I wish to especially commend the County Supervisor's Association
of California, legislative leaders like Assemblyman Veneman and others
who have worked together to assist the taxpayers of our state.
"I now urge the Legislature to carry out through this legisla-
tion an important step in easing the burden on California's homeowners,"
the governor said.
Under the legislation, one-half cent of the present state sales
tax will be funneled to the counties under a formula that is based
both on population and collection of sales taxes. In addition, each
of the 58 counties will receive a $40,000 allocation.
The bill also calls for repeal of the tax on household goods and
personal effects beginning in 1969.
In return for the half-cent of sales taxes, the counties will
assume the complete financing of $36 million in programs that currently
are paid for by the state.
The $155 million in property tax relief is part of the overall
tax relief program sponsored by Governor Reagan last year. A total
of $278 million in property tax relief was contained in last year's
legislation and includes $22 million worth of refunds on property taxes
for senior citizens
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.11.68
# 165
A 50 percent increase in hospital benefits for wage earners was
proposed by Governor Ronald Reagan in legislation introduced today
"to give the worker badly needed extra protection."
The administration bill to increase the daily hospital benefit
paid under State Disability Insurance from $12 to $18 a day was
authored by Assemblyman Newton R. Russell (R-Tujunga).
"This increase will give the worker badly needed extra protec-
tion, = Governor Reagan said. "The daily hospital benefit has not
been increased since 1958, while hospital costs have steadily
advanced."
Assemblyman Russell said the increase would not require any
additional funding since the Disability Insurance Fund is operating
at a surplus.
Russell said workers who have supplementary insurance should
further benefit by reduction in premiums or extension of benefits.
Cost of the additional hospital benefits was estimated at
$16 million a year by the Department of Employment.
Disability insurance currently provides a weekly benefit of up
to $80 for not to exceed 26 weeks and a daily hospital benefit of
$12 for a maximum of 20 days for disabilities incurred off the job.
The cost of the insurance program is paid by a 1 percent tax on
the first $7,400 in wages. The Disability Insurance Fund had a
$73.4 . million balance at the end of 1967, an increase of $16 million
during the year.
# # #
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul ck
445-4571
3.11.68
# 166
Dudley Swim, a Carmel Valley rancher, and Livermore vintner
Karl L. Wente, were named today as trustees of the California state
colleges by Governor Ronald Reagan.
The appointments are for eight year terms and pay necessary
expenses.
Swim, appointed by the governor last April to the Coordinating
Council for Higher Education, is a trustee of Rockford College in
Illinois, and Wabash College, Indiana.
He is a trustee of the Cordell Hull Foundation for International
Education; is a former director of the Fremont Foundation; is a
member of the Advisory Board of the Hoover Institution on War,
Revolution and Peace; is a member of the founding committee and cur-
rently a director of the Stanford Research Institute; and is chairman
of the Advisory Council to the Department of Nutritional Sciences at
the University of California, Berkeley.
Swim is a 1926 graduate of Stanford University and served as
president of the Stanford Alumni Association from 1951-52. He holds
AB and MA degrees from the university.
A Republican, he raises cattle on his Druid Hills Ranch in
Carmel Valley. He is chairman of the board of National Airlines and
is a director of the Providence Washington Insurance Company.
Swim is a trustee of the Free Society Association and is presi
dent of the Monterey County Foundation for Conservation. He served
as national vice commander of the American Legion in 1946.
He resides on Carmel Valley Road, Carmel Valley.
Wente, a Republican, is president of Wente Brothers' Winery in
Livermore. He also serves as president of Wente Farms and the Wente
Land and Cattle Company.
A graduate of Stanford University with an MS degree, he is a
director of the American Automobile Association.
He is also a director of the Livermore Valley Memorial Hospital,
the Livermore Water District and the Livermore branch of the Bank of
America.
He lives at 5565 Telsa Road, Livermore.
Wente, 40, replaces Donald M. Hart of Bakersfield. Swim, a 62-
year old Republican, succeeds Gregson E. Bautzer of Beverly Hills.
Both outgoing members' terms expired.
The State College Board of Trustees is comprised of 20 members,
including the governor, the superintendent of public instruction, the
lieutenant governor and a chief executive officer chosen by the trustee
The chief executive officer is Chancelior Glenn Dumke.
The remaining 16 trustees are appointed by the governor. EJG
#
#
#
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
R
RELEASE: Inunediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
3.11.68
#167
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Los Angeles pediatrician
Mayo R. DeLilly to a three-year term on the California Board of Nursing
Education and Nurse Registration Advisory Council.
The post pays necessary expenses.
DeLilly, a 42-year-old Republican, replaces Robert H. Warren of
Los Angeles whose term expired.
DeLilly is a 1948 graduate of the Howard University School of
Medicine, Washington, D. C.
He is one of the founders, a director and treasurer of the Julian
W. Ross Medical Center, Inc., and is a past president of the African
Scholarship Association.
He lives at 1841 Virginia Road, Los Angeles.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
3.11.68
#168
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Rachel T. Ayers, director of
nursing for the City of Hope Medical Center in Duarte, to the State
Board of Nursing Education and Nurse Registration.
The governor also reappointed Sister Mary Beata, dean of the
University of San Francisco School of Nursing, to the board.
The appointments will expire January 15, 1972.
The posts pay $25 per diem plus expenses.
Mrs. Ayers, a Republican, replaces Fay O. Wilson of Los Angeles
whose term expired.
Mrs. Ayers has received degrees in nursing from DePaul University
in Chicago and U.C.L.A.
She is a first vice president of district 32, California Nurses
Association (CNA), and is a former secretary of the CNA's Research
Conference Group.
She lives at 1155 East Del Mar Boulevard, Pasadena.
Sister Mary Beata is a graduate of the Mercy School of Nursing,
San Diego; the San Francisco College for Women; and St. Louis University.
A Republican, she has been the dean of nursing at the University of
San Francisco School of Nursing since 1957.
She resides at St. Mary's Hospital, 2200 Hayes Street, San Francisco
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
3.11.68
#169
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Stanton D. Elliott of Eureka,
a wholesale food supplier and restaurateur, to a four-year term on the
State Industrial Welfare Commission.
The post pays $20 per diem plus travel expenses.
Elliott, 47, replaces Norman S. Lezin of Santa Cruz whose term
expired.
A Republican, Elliott was a Eureka area dairy owner from 1947-54
until he founded Fresh Freeze Enterprises which operates seven
restaurants and a wholesale food supply business.
He is chairman of the board of trustees of the Restaurant Workers'
Health and Welfare Fund, and is a director and former president of the
California Restaurant Association. He is a past director of the
Eureka Chamber of Commerce.
He lives at 815 Hodgson Street, Eureka.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
3.11.68
#170
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Los Angeles labor union offi-
cial George W. Smith to a two-year term on the State Apprenticeship
Council.
The post pays $20 for each day a member attends meetings plus
necessary travel expenses.
Smith, a 49-year-old Democrat, replaces Webb Green of Sun Valley
whose term expired.
Smith is business manager of IBEW union local 18 in Los Angeles.
He serves as vice president for both the State Association of
Electrical Workers in California and the Southern Joint Conference of
Electrical Workers.
He is a member of the executive board of the UCLA Institute of
Industrial Relations Alumni Association; is on the Health and Welfare
and Education committees of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor,
AFL-CIO; is co-chairman of the Legislative Committee of the Los Angeles
County District Attorney's Advisory Council; and is a director of the
Los Angeles County branch of the American Cancer Society.
He lives at 6730 Bedford Street, Los Angeles.
Governor Reagan also reappointed the following persons to two-year
terms on the Apprenticeship Council:
--Fred A. Schmitz, a Redwood City plumbing and heating contractor.
--Richard M. Lane of Los Angeles, a construction company owner.
--Bernard S. Miles, business representative of the International
Association of Machinists' Lodge 68, San Francisco.
--Fred V. Adam of Los Angeles, business manager of the Carpet
Linoleum and Soft Tile Installers' Local 1247.
--Francis A. Knapp, production manager of Lederer, Street and Zeus
Company, Berkeley.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.11.68
MEMO TO THE PRESS
This is a reminder that the governor's press conference will be
held at 1:00 p.m. this Tuesday instead of the normal 1:30 hour.
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.12.68
# 171
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Sacramento insurance man
Joseph A. Barbee to the Commission on Housing and Community Develop-
ment.
The job pays $25 per diem plus expenses and requires Senate
confirmation.
Barbee, a 34-year old Republican, replaces Everett Griffin of
San Francisco who resigned.
Barbee, an insurance agent for the California Western States
Life Insurance Company since 1964, is a director of the Sacramento
County branch of the American Society, the Salvation Army and the
Sacramento Association of Life Underwriters.
He is a graduate of Kent State University and served as a
teacher and administrator with the Grant Union School District from
1961-64.
He played professional football with the Baltimore Colts in
1955 and the Oakland Raiders in 1960.
He lives at 2591 Kadema Drive, Sacramento.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.12.68
# 172
Governor Ronald Reagan today named San Diego physician John R.
Ford to the Advisory Committee to the Pre-School Education Program.
He replaces Thomas G. Harward of Needles who resigned. Ford
will serve at the pleasure of the governor.
Ford, 44, is a member of the State Board of Education and
serves as chairman of the Governor's Committee on Creative Citizen-
ship.
He is a member of the San Diego City Parks and Recreation Board:
is on the Education and Parks, and Recreation committees of the
San Diego Chamber of Commerce; is a member of the Insurance Review
Committee of the San Diego County Medical Society; is a member of
the Citizens' Advisory Committee of Finance to the San Diego Board
of Education; and was a director of the American Cancer Society for
many years.
Ford, a Republican, is a 1943 graduate of Andrews University,
Barren Springs, Michigan. He took his M. D. Degree from the Loma
Linda University School of Medicine in 1947.
He is married, has four children and resides at 2534 Imperial
Avenue, San Diego.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVEF
R
RELEASE: I ediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.12.68
# 173
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed San Diego County
Supervisor Frank A. Gibson to a four-year term on the State Mental
Retardation Program Advisory Board.
Gibson, 73, was first appointed November 17, 1965.
The governor also named member Emmett M. Engstrom, administrator
of the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Terra Bella, as chairman of
the Advisory Board. Engstrom was appointed last April by Governor
Reagan.
Gibson, a Republican, is a director of the San Diego County
Association for Retarded Children and the San Diego chapter of the
American Red Cross. He is on the board of directors of the Southern
California Youth Foundation and is a member of the Hospital Planning
Council of San Diego.
He has been a San Diego County supervisor for twenty years.
He lives at 2606 Evergreen Street, San Diego.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.12.68
4174
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"Yesterday's San Francisco Examiner tells a story that should
bother every decent person who reads it.
"It is the story of two wounded negro veterans of Vietnam who
have been refused a chance to rent decent apartments. According to
the story, one wants to become a welder and has applied for apprentice
membership in the Welder's Union but has received no answer to his
application.
"I have asked Robert Keyes, our Special Assistant for Community
Relations, to check out this story to see if the situation has been
correctly stated and if so to see what, if any,action the state can
take to help these two veterans. But this problem and others like
it should be solved in the hearts and consciences of San Francisco's
decent citizens. I am sure the entire state will be watching to see
how they respond. I cannot believe that these two cases are typical
of the attitudes of the people of San Francisco or of California."
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.12.68
# 175
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Allen F. Breed to a
four-year term as director of the Department of the Youth Authority
and chairman of the Youth Authority Board.
The job, which includes both functions, pays $23,000 annually
and requires Senate confirmation.
Breed, 47, was first named to the post February 1 to fill the
unexpired term of Heman Stark who retired January 31. The term ends
Friday, March 15.
Breed, a career civil servant, served as administrative super-
intendent of the Northern California Youth Center in Stockton from
1965 until being chosen as Stark's successor.
He joined the Department of Youth Authority in 1945 as group
supervisor for the Stockton Arsenal Camp. He has also served as
assistant chief of the Division of Institutions, superintendent of
the Fricot Ranch School and superintendent of the Preston School of
Industry.
He has worked as a consultant in juvenile corrections to the
states of Nevada and Alaska and the federal government.
A Republican, Breed is a member of the National Council on
Crime and Delinquency, and the National Association of Training
Schools and Juvenile Agencies.
Breed, his wife and three children, reside at 1410 Edgewood
Drive, Lodi.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.12.68
# 176
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed former Los Angeles
police detective Henry W. Kerr and retired F.B.I. agent Curtis O.
Lynum of San Mateo to four-year terms on the California Adult
Authority.
The jobs pay $20,500 annually. The appointments require Senate
confirmation.
Kerr, who retired last fall as assistant commander of the
Los Angeles Police Department's detective bureau, was appointed to
the Adult Authority October 18, 1967.
He joined the Los Angeles Police Department in 1937 and reached
the rank of inspector in 1953. He is a former director of the
Los Angeles Fire and Police Protective League and Variety Boys' Club.
He is a 54-year old Republican and resides at 9946 Nita Avenue,
Chatsworth.
Lynum, 50, was first appointed to the post last December 19.
A Republican, he went to work for the F.B.I. in 1941 as a
special agent. From 1963 to his retirement last July, he was in
charge of the F.B.I.'s San Francisco office.
He headed F.B.I. operations in such cases as the Frank Sinatra
kidnapping in 1963, the Hale Champion kidnapping in 1965, and the
Danville, California crash of a Pacific Air Lines plane in 1964.
He is a 1940 graduate of the University of Minnesota.
He lives at 644 West Hillsdale Boulevard, San Mateo.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.12.68
#177
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Loomis cattle and
horse breeder Alexander V. Gomez and Charles F. Wuesthoff, manager
of the Wells Fargo Bank in Auburn, to four-year terms on the 20th
District Agricultural Association's board of directors. The board
operates the Auburn District Fair.
The posts pay necessary expenses.
Gomez, 62, has served on the board since 1957. Wuesthoff was
first appointed June 11, 1964.
Gomez, a Republican, has participated for many years in live-
stock and horse show activities of the Auburn District Fair.
He is a former director of the Thoroughbred Breeders' Associa-
tion and is a director of the Tahoe Cattlemen's Association.
He lives at Route 2, Box 2795, Loomis.
Wuesthoff, a 45-year old Democrat, is a director of the Auburn
Chamber of Commerce. He has managed the Wells Fargo Bank in Auburn
for the past five years.
He resides at P.O. Box 525, Auburn.
# # #
EJG
HEALTH AND WELFARE AGENCY
RELEASE: PM'S WEDNESDAY
Sacramento, California
MARCH 13
Contact: Spencer Williams
March 12, 1968
(Editors: The formal announcement will be made at a news
briefing scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 13 in the News
Conference Room of the State Capitol. Scheduled to be present
are Mayor Hyde of Fresno; Joseph Reich, Chairman of the Board
of Supervisors; Spencer Williams and Thomas E. Sawyer.)
Spencer Williams announced today that Fresno will be the site
of an unique new test effort to reduce hard core unemployment,
welfare dependency and potential dependency.
"This pilot project will test the idea that close coordination
among the literally dozens of separate agencies--federal, state
and local--attempting to solve the critical problems of un-
employment and public dependency, plus the vital cooperation of
the private sector, can make them far more effective in replac-
ing dependency with self-reliance," Williams, Administrator of
the Health and Welfare Agency, said.
"Present individual efforts by these separate agencies, though
of high quality and strongly supported by dedicated personnel,
are fragmented, often overlapping, and sometimes even competing,"
Williams said. "One of the results is that we have 1.2 million
Californians on the welfare rolls at a cost of more than $1 billion
annually."
Governor Ronald Reagan, in directing Williams to establish the
project, noted "it is evident our present welfare system is
not meeting its goals.
"There is a growing recognition that welfare programs as we
have known them in the past tend really to perpetuate poverty
to the point where there are cases in which families have been
on one form or another of the public dole for three and even
-2-
four generations," Governor Reagan said. "We hope to change
this approach. This pilot project should move us another step
towards giving people the opportunity and responsibility for
earning their own living, toward making them self-supporting so
they no longer need the program."
The test program has been dubbed Project FOCUS, standing for
Fresno Organization for Coordination of Urban Services.
"By focusing our presently scattered efforts, we believe we can
be more effective in replacing welfare and unemployment checks
with pay checks, providing better social services to those who
need them, relieving professional social workers of mounds of
routine paperwork and cutting layers of red tape for those who
need help," Williams added.
Mayor Floyd H. Hyde of Fresno and Joseph Reich, Chairman of the
Fresno County Board of Supervisors, joined in expressing satis-
faction with the selection of Fresno and pledged their fullest
cooperation.
"The proposed research pilot project to develop a program to
better enable people to break the cycle of dependency is, indeed,
challenging," Mayor Hyde said. "The city of Fresno is enthusi-
astic about the project."
"This concentrated, highly coordinated approach will certainly
merit the approval of the citizens of Fresno County," Chairman
Reich said. "I will do everything I can to insure its success."
"Fresno was selected because its local officials have demonstrated
their concern and initiative in meeting the needs of its citizens
and because, on a relatively small scale, it typifies the
problems of the modern metropolis," Williams said.
-3-
"We have made the selection at this early stage because we
want to work closely with local people in designing the project,"
Williams said. "We want local government, private industry and
the persons receiving assistance all to have a voice in the
solution of this critical problem.
"The project will encompass a portion of the city of Fresno and
possibly small adjacent areas of the county," Williams said.
He said the exact boundaries will be worked out with local and
federal officials as the project is formulated.
The project is headed by Thomas E. Sawyer, a systems engineer
from a Southern California aerospace firm. The systems approach
to problem solving was developed in the defense and space
industries to solve highly complex problems having many
variables.
#####
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.13.68
# 178
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Frederick E. Llewellyn of
Glendale, president and general manager of Forest Lawn Memorial Park,
and Monsignor Thomas A. Kirby, pastor of St. Basil's Church in Vallejo,
to four-year terms on the State Cemetery Board.
The posts pay $25 per diem while on official business, plus
expenses. The appointments require Senate confirmation.
Llewellyn, 50, replaces Harry Groman of Beverly Hills. Kirby,
62, succeeds Alex Googooian of San Gabriel. Both outgoing members'
terms expired.
Llewellyn, a Republican, is a former director of the Los Angeles
Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Glendale Chamber of Commerce.
He is president of the Harvard Business School Alumni Association
and is a member of the Los Angeles World Affairs Council.
He resides at 1521 Virginia Road, San Marino.
Monsignor Kirby is a former trustee of DeWitt State Hospital
and serves as a member of the Vallejo City Unified School District's
Compensatory Education Committee.
He is a former director of the Sacramento Rotary Club and is
a director and treasurer of the Friends of Vallejo Public Library.
He lives at 1200 Tuolumne Street, Vallejo.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.13.68
# 179
Governor Ronald Reagan today named 30 prominent Californians
to the newly-formed California Advisory Commission on Marine and
Coastal Resources.
The posts pay necessary expenses and require Senate confirmation.
The commission was created by the 1967 legislature (AB-1686) to
advise the governor and the legislature on matters relating to the
conservation and development of the state's marine and coastal
resources. The commission will also review, analyze and recommend
action on all elements deemed essential to the creation of a compre-
hensive ocean plan for California.
The new commission supersedes the Governor's Advisory Commission
on Ocean Resources.
Named by the governor were:
--Robert W. Dawson, assistant cashier in the Bank of America's
National Division, Los Angeles.
--Wallace J. Holm, Monterey architect.
--Joseph Francis Knight, vice president and general manager of
Kaiser Refactories, Oakland.
--Robert O. Briggs, vice president of the Dillingham Corp.,
San Diego.
--Robert B. Krueger, Los Angeles attorney.
--Milner B. Shaefer, director of Marine Resources for the
University of California, San Diego. He also serves as science advisor
to the U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
--William Aaron Neirenberg, director of the Scripps Institute
of Oceanography, La Jolla.
--Andreas B. Rechnitzer, director of ocean systems operations
for the North American Rockwell Corp., Long Beach.
--John D. Reilly, Jr., vice president and director of Todd
Shipyards Corp., San Francisco.
(chairman)
--Wilbert M. Chapman, director of the Division of Marine
Resources of the Ralston-Farina Company, San Diego.
--Gordon G. Lill, senior science advisor to the Lockheed Aircraft
Corp., Burbank.
--George W. Milias, assemblyman, Gilroy.
--David S. Potter of the Defense Research Laboratories and AC
Electronics division. General Motors Corp.. Goleta.
#179
-2-
--S. Russel Keim of the Committee on Ocean Engineering, National
Academy of Engineering, La Jolla and Washington, D.C.
--Erman Pearson of the Department of Civil Engineering, University
of California, Berkeley.
--Richard B. Tibby, assistant director of the Catalina Marine
Science Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
--Thomas R. Gardiner of the Gardiner Manufacturing Company,
Oakland.
--Richard M. Clare, Santa Maria attorney.
--John F. Bonner, senior vice president of the Pacific Gas and
Electric Company, San Francisco.
--Frederick C. Stanford, director of planning and research for
the Port of Los Angeles, San Pedro.
--Julius Von Nostitz, president of the California Wildlife
Federation, San Francisco.
--S. V. Wantrup, Professor of agricultural economics, University
of California, Berkeley.
--F. Gilman Blake, senior research scientist for the Chevron
Research Company, La Habra.
--John Robb, assistant manager of business development for the
Bechtel Corporation, San Francisco.
--John Harville, director of the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
Moss Landing.
--J. Jamison Moore, executive director of Modern Management, a
Beverly Hills consulting firm.
--Robert L. Wiegel of the Department of Civil Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley.
--John G. Peterson, president of the Washington Fish and Oyster
Company of San Francisco.
--Georg Treichel, director of the Center for the Study of General
Ecology and Environmental Planning, San Francisco.
--Joseph Kaplan, professor of physics at UCLA.
Lill, Stanford, Nostitz and Wantrup are Democrats. Pearson is
an Independent. The remainder of the governor's appointees are
Republicans.
In addition to the governor's appointees, six legislators have
been selected as members of the commission, three by the Senate Rules
Committee and three by the Assembly Speaker. They are:
--Senators Ralph C. Dills, Robert J. Lagomarsino and James Q.
Wedworth.
--Assemblymen James B. Hayes, Winfield Shoemaker and Pete Wilson.
# # #
EJG
-2-
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO TH PRESS
Sacramento, Californ
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
3.13.68
C-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N
In press release #179 dated today, new member
Wilbert M. Chapman of the California Advisory
Commission on Marine and Coastal Resources is
director of Marine Resources of the Ralston-
Purina Company, San Diego.
# # #
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Gacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
3-13-68
C-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N
In press release #180 dated today, the new chief
of the State Collection Agency Licensing Bureau
has a salary range of $1048-$1273 per month.
# # #
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.13.68
#180
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Noel A. Black of Santa Rosa,
sales manager of Manufactured Homes of California, as chief of the
State Collection Agency Licensing Bureau.
The post has a salary range of $1,048-$1,273 annually. The
appointment requires Senate confirmation.
Black, who will serve at the pleasure of the governor, replaces
George Soloff of Sacramento who resigned.
In addition to his job as sales manager for Manufactured Homes
of California, Black is Trust Department manager of the Idaco Lumber
Company of Healdsburg.
Black, a 35-year old Republican is a graduate of Albion College.
He lives at 5409 Monte Verde Drive, Santa Rosa.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE:
Immediate
Sacramento, Californ
Contact:
Paul BE
445-4571
3.13.68
# 181
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed a deed enabling the State
of California to officially take possession of the 1,400-acre,
$7 million Pepperwood Grove addition to Humboldt Redwoods State Park
in Humboldt County.
The grove, purchased through contributions from the federal
government, the state, the Save-the-Redwoods League and the private
sector, will increase the size of the state park to 40,436 acres.
The new Pepperwood Grove addition will extend along the famed
26-mile "Avenue of the Giants" an additional 7 miles northward from
Redcrest to Stafford along old U.S. Highway 101, and will create a new
northern entrance to the state's largest redwood park.
Governor Reagan noted that the total purchase price included a
contribution of $1,575,000 by the Save-the-Redwoods League, $3,500,000
from the federal government and the state's $1,925,000. "This, " he
said, "is an excellent example of how the state, the federal government
and the private sector can work together to preserve California's
redwoods".
The governor also acknowledged a gift of 27 acres, valued at
$40,000, from the Pacific Lumber Company.
Governor Reagan praised the Save-the Redwoods League for its many
contributions in both money and effort. Since the "League" was created
in 1918, it has contributed more than $13 million for the acquisition
of valuable redwood acreage and watershed. Of that, nearly half--
$6,192,000--was for Humboldt Redwoods State Park alone.
Humboldt Redwoods State Park was established in October 1921 as
a 297-acre timber-land preserve. Two months later the Save-the-
Redwoods League added 40 acres as its first contribution. Of the 208
parcels of property that have been acquired since, the League has
granted 101, including this latest parcel of 1,400 acres.
"These actions of the League have contributed in large measure
toward making the Humboldt Redwoods the most outstanding of California's
redwood state parks".
The Pepperwood Grove addition consists of solid stands of heavy-
growth "showcase timber, which, if converted to lumber, would yield
some 116 million board feet. The addition will be used primarily as an
interpretive area to tell the story of the redwoods through naturalist
programs and nature trails to the nearly one-half million persons that
visit the park annually.
Those present at the ceremony in Governor Reagan's office also
included Resources Agency Administrator Norman Livermore, Parks and
Recreation Director William Penn Mott, Jr., Save-the-Redwoods League
President Ralph Chaney, League Secretary Newton Drury, League Assistant
Secretary John DeWitt, and Stanwood Murphy, President of the Pacific
Lumber Company from whom the grove was purchased.
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.14.68
# 182
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Long Beach land developer
Alfred F. Smith and William J. Stark, Cerritos city manager, to
four-year terms on the State Building Standards Commission.
The posts pay necessary travel expenses.
Smith, 48, replaces Richard H. Barrett of Hillsborough. Stark,
a 38-year old Democrat, succeeds Max W. Strauss of Los Angeles. Both
outgoing members' terms expired.
Smith, a Republican, is owner of the Alfred Smith Development
Company. He is also president of Williamette Hotels, Inc., of
Portland, Oregon.
He is a 1941 graduate of Stanford University and serves as a
member of the Los Angeles District Attorney's Advisory Committee.
He lives at 3643 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach.
Stark has served as city manager of Cerritos for the past seven
years. He holds a B. A. Degree in public administration from U.C.L.A.
and an M. A. Degree in local government from Los Angeles State College.
He is a member of the International City Managers' Association
and serves on the Technical Transportation Subcommittee of the League
of California Cities.
Prior to becoming Cerritos city manager he was a building inspector
in the Los Angeles County Engineering Department.
He resides at 1045 Molino Avenue, Long Beach.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVE OR
RELEASE: In diate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.14.68
# 183
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Jerrold T. Davis of Grass
Valley, a special supervisor in the State Bureau of Agricultural
Education, to a four-year term on the 17th District Agricultural
Associations's board of directors. The board operates the Nevada
County District Fair.
The governor also reappointed Henry E. Magonigal, a Smartville
cattle rancher, to the board. He was first appointed in 1958. His
new term will expire January 15, 1972.
Davis, 43, replaces Kenneth E. Maloney of Nevada City whose term
expired.
A Democrat, he works closely with Future Farmers of America and
Four-H Clubs in his job with the Bureau of Agricultural Education.
He taught vocational agriculture at Winters High School and
Nevada Union High School before taking his current job with the
State last July.
He also farmed grain and cattle in the Williams area for five
years prior to becoming a teacher.
He lives at P.O. Box 197, Grass Valley.
Magonigal, a 62-year old Republican, has been raising cattle
in western Nevada County for many years. He is a director and vice
president of the Tahoe Cattlemen's Association. He is also president
of the Nevada County Purebred Beef Breeders and has been chairman of
the annual Junior Livestock Auction since 1956.
For the past eight years he has served as chairman of the fair
board.
He resides on Star Route, Smartville.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.14.68
# 184
Governor Ronald Reagan today named William P. Beachem, a
Los Angeles real estate broker, to a four-year term on the State
Board of Barber Examiners.
The job pays $25 per diem plus expenses and requires Senate
confirmation.
Beachem, 39, replaces James M. Stewart of Los Angeles whose term
expired.
A Republican, Beachem is owner of the Great Western Investment
Company of Los Angeles. He is a member of the Los Angeles Urban
League, the Los Angeles Realty Board, Inc., the National Association
of Real Estate Boards and the Educational Committee of the Consoli-
dated Realty Board.
He lives at 10242 South Van Ness Avenue, Los Angeles.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.14.68
# 185
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Wilma B. Muth, a Bishop
housewife, to the State Advisory Hospital Council.
The job pays necessary expenses and requires Senate confirmation.
Mrs. Muth, a Republican, will fill the unexpired term of
Lucille Hosmer of San Carlos who resigned. The term ends October 1,
1971.
She is a vice president of the High Sierra Business and Pro-
fessional Women's Club and served from 1958-62 as a member of the
Bishop City Council.
She lives at 398 Vista Drive, Bishop.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.14.68
186
Governor Ronald Reagan has proclaimed the period between March 1
and April 15 as EASTER SEAL MONTH.
Text of the proclamation follows:
WHEREAS
The Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults
of California has for the past 41 years admirably and
devotedly provided the physically handicapped of this
state and their families with services vital to helping
these handicapped attain maximum physical improvement
and emotional maturity; and
WHEREAS
The dedicated work of the 49 Local Easter Seal organiza-
tions throughout California has served this past year
over 25,000 crippled children and adults, providing
proper care and treatment, and securing education,
training and employment opportunities consistent with
their abilities; and
WHEREAS
The Easter Seal Society has taken major steps in
California to help create a climate of acceptance of
disabled persons which will help these persons to
contribute to the fullest extent of their competence to
the well-being of the community; and
WHEREAS
The Easter Seal Society has avowed to continue and
intensify its many efforts to assist disabled children
and adults in finding and making effective use of
resources which will be helpful in developing their
abilities and in living purposeful lives; and
WHEREAS
The continuation of the Easter Seal Society's noble
efforts is dependent upon the voluntary support of
California's private citizens;
NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do hereby
proclaim that the period between March 1 and April 15 be designated
as EASTER SEAL MONTH, heralding to the people of California the
laudable achievements of the Easter Seal Society and spurring their
voluntary support to the 1968 Easter Seal Campaign conducted during
this period.
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
FOR IMMEDIA.E RELEASE
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.14.68
187
Sacramento--Governor Ronald Reagan today signed a sworn affidavit
declaring he is not a candidate for the Republican vice presidential
nomination.
The affidavit will be sent to Clay Myers, Secretary of State of
Oregon, so that the governor's name can be removed from the Oregon
ballot.
Governor Reagan said in signing the affidavit that he is "not
now and under no circumstances will I be a candidate for the Office
of Vice President."
Under Oregon law, an affidavit must be signed in order to remove
his name from the ballot.
The governor repeated that because he is a favorite son candidate
in California he will not ask to have his name removed from the
Oregon presidential ballot.
The Oregon Secretary of State had placed the governor's name on
both the presidential and vice presidential ballots.
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.14.68
Governor Reagan will meet briefly with heavyweight boxing
contender Jerry Quarry tomorrow at 11 A.M. in the governor's office.
Quarry will serve as grand marshall of tomorrow night's
St. Patrick's Day Parade in Sacramento.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
3.14.68
#188
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed the first contract for
pre-payment of physicians' services for Medi-Cal recipients.
At the same time, Governor Reagan instructed Spencer Williams,
secretary of Human Relations, to immediately accelerate negotiations
with various other providers of medical services with the idea of
obtaining competitive bids for a "viable pre-payment plan within
the funds available."
The historic contract was signed with the San Joaquin Foundation
for Medical Care.
"This is another major step toward improving services for Medi-Cal
recipients while at the same time controlling ever-spiraling costs,"
the governor said.
"It is essential that we encourage other private professional
health-care groups to participate more in improving the quality of
their health care services while simultaneously keeping costs under
control."
Calling the first pre-payment contract "an important milestone," the
governor said Williams has under consideration other pre-payment
proposals, including plans from California Blue Shield, the Kaiser
Foundation and others.
"Our objective is to provide optimum care at the lowest practical
cost," the governor said. "To that end, we have invited competitive
pre-payment proposals from the various providers of health care
services."
The contract signed today with the Foundation is a health
insurance-type contract which covers 21,800 persons in four counties.
It culminates five months of study.
The foundation is composed of members of the San Joaquin Medical
Society.
"A pre-payment plan is in keeping with the intent of the original
Medi-Cal legislation," the governor said, "and is consistent with
recommendations made by various legislators, medical experts, and the
Assembly Public Health Committee, as well as recommendations made by
the Office of Health Care Services.
-1-
#188
"There should be no doubt in the minds of anyone familiar with our
current Medi-Cal program that prompt and positive action must be taken
to keep the lid on ever-escalating costs.
"I want to reiterate that this administration not only recognizes
the need for providing medical care to those who cannot afford it, but
the state has been and is continuing to take the lead in meeting its
responsibility.
"The Medi-Cal program was enacted without prior experience on
which to base sound fiscal decisions. There now is enough experience
to proceed, and unless we move forward with this approach, the state
may be unable to pay for the program within existing tax revenues,"
the governor said.
Governor Reagan also pointed out that "it is not the proper role
of the state to practice medicine. Our role should be to serve as an
agent for our citizens, seeing to it that their needs are met in the
most efficient and practical manner.
"A comprehensive and well-thought-out pre-payment plan, similar to
medical insurance that many of us purchase individually, will have two
significant effects:
"First, it will provide better medical services for the thousands
of Californians who through no fault of their own cannot now afford it.
"Second, it will enable the state to funnel funds that it now spends
for administration into actual care."
Williams, in explaining the contract with the San Joaquin group,
said the plan covers physicians services to cash grant public assistance
recipients under the aid programs for families with dependent children,
the disabled and the blind in Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne and San
Joaquin counties.
The premium varies for the different classes of aid recipients and
their total number, with the total monthly state payment to the
Foundation currently set at $165,000.
Basically, the state will pay the foundation a flat monthly payment
for each person in the eligible class no matter how much physican service
a recipient receives.
If the physician costs exceed the state payment, the loss suffered
by the foundation will be pro-rated to all the participating physicians.
If payments exceed costs, they will be placed in a reserve fund. The
amount remaining in the reserve fund will revert to the state at the
end of the contract period, ending Feb. 1, 1969.
-2-
#188
Persons receiving old age assistance are not initially covered
by the contract nor are those persons in the medically indigent class
who do not receive cash grant assistance. However, Williams emphasized,
they will continue to be eligible for medical assistance to the same
extent and on the same basis as those not in the pilot project.
The one-year contract actually became effective February 1, 1968.
The foundation has held claims for the period prior to signing of the
contract.
The contract grows out of pioneering efforts earlier this year to
develop a complete patient and health service supplier profile. All
Medi-Cal claims for the area were channeled through the foundation to
compile a complete record showing all services received by the patient
and from whom they were received.
This total patient history permits a close check on utilization
of services or providing of inappropriate services, pinpointing
doctor-hopping, duplication of services, or inappropriate treatment.
The comprehensive accounting of services will also permit develop-
ment of norms for practice that will be very useful in making cost
comparisons and developing utilization controls, Williams said.
# # #
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.15.68
# 189
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Edgar H. Popke of Sonora and
Olive H. Auser of Groveland to four-year terms on the 29th District
Agricultural Association's board of directors. The board operates
the Mother Lode Fair.
The posts pay necessary expenses.
Popke, 44, replaces Richard W. West of Sonora. Mrs. Auser, a
Republican, succeeds K. Irma McClelland of Sonora. Both outgoing
members' terms expired.
Popke, a Republican, is employed by the U.S. Post Office in
Sonora. He is a member and past captain of the Tuolumne County
Sheriff's posse and is a veteran of World War II.
He lives at P.O. Box 1182, Sonora.
Mrs. Auser is a member of the Citizens' Advisory Committee to
Modesto Junior College and serves on the Tuolumne County Board of
Education.
She was a trustee of the Groveland School District for six years.
Mrs. Auser works part-time in the Groveland Post Office.
She resides at Box 113, Groveland.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.15.68
# 190
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Taft automobile dealer
Wayne Hall and Edward R. Jacobsen, a Tehachapi orchard farmer, to
four-year terms on the 15th District Agricultural Association's
board of directors.
The board operates the Kern County Fair.
Hall, 52, replaces Ann Oglesby of Bakersfield.
A 29-year old Republican, Jacobsen succeeds William A. Thompson.
Both outgoing members' terms expired.
Hall, a Republican, is owner-manager of the Pioneer Chevrolet-
Buick Company, Inc., of Taft.
A retired Air Force colonel, Hall is a past president of the
Taft chamber of Commerce and the Taft Kiwanis Club. He is also a
director of the Taft Industrial Corp.
He holds a B. S. Degree in petroleum engineering from Texas
Technical College, Lubbock, Texas.
He lives at 400 A Street, Taft.
Thompson farms the Jacobsen Orchards, Inc., and is associated
with Jacobsen Brothers' Turf Farm, both of Tehachapi.
He is chairman of the Tehachapi Recreation and Parks District,
and is a member of the Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce and Kern County
Farm Bureau.
He resides at 543 Jacobsen Court, Tehachapi.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
3.15.68
#191
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
March 18, 1968
through
March 24, 1968
Monday, March 18
10:00 a.m.
Citizens Conference on California Merit Plan for
Judicial Selection, Hotel El Dorado. Remarks.
11:00 a.m.
Greetings to Oakland-Richmond students touring
State Capitol under auspices of Educational
Horizons Project, Governor's Office
Noon
Judicial Selection Program luncheon, Hotel El Dorado
4:00 p.m.
Depart for Van Nuys Airport
5:00 p.m.
Arrive Van Nuys
6:00 p.m.
Senator Brooke Reception given by USC Graduate
School of Business Administration, Lautrec Room,
Ambassador Hotel
6:30 p.m.
Depart for Beverly Hilton Hotel
7:00 p.m.
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick Reception and Dinner.
Speech.
10:30 p.m.
Proceed to Van Nuys Airport to depart for Sacramento
Tuesday, March 19
10:30 a.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
Noon
Lunch with members of Coordinating Council for
Higher Education, Governor's Council Room
2:45 p.m.
Brief greetings to Assemblyman Bob Burke and
constituents, Governor's Council Room
Wednesday, March 20
10:00 a.m.
Depart Sacramento Municipal Airport for Ventura
County Airport, Oxnard
11:00 a.m.
Arrive Ventura County Airport - proceed to Ventura
County Fairgrounds, Ventura
11:20 a.m.
Annual Convention of California Farm Bureau Federa-
tion, Agricultural Building. Speech.
12:15 p.m.
Ventura County GOP fund-raising luncheon, Elks
Club, 801 South A Street, Oxnard. Remarks.
5:30 p.m.
Depart Los Angeles International Airport for
Sacramento Municipal Airport
6:30 p.m.
Arrive Sacramento
Thursday, March 21
11:30 a.m.
Picture with California Maid of Cotton and Assembly-
man Victor Veysey, Governor's Office
11:45 a.m.
Greetings to ladies of the Jr. League of San Diego,
Governor's Council Room
1:30 p.m.
Meeting with Union of South Africa Ambassador to
the United States, Harold L. T. Taswell, Governor's
Office
2:30 p.m.
Meeting with Senator Dymally and group of Negro
ministers, Governor's Office
-1-
#191
Friday, March 22
11:30 a.m.
Meeting with Julius Von Nostitz, President of the
California Wild-Life Federation, Inc., Governor's
Office
3:10 p.m.
Depart - Sacramento Metropolitan Airport for
Los Angeles
4:00 p.m.
Arrive Los Angeles
Overnight - Los Angeles
Saturday, March 23
No public appointments scheduled
Sunday, March 24
Afternoon
Return to Sacramento
# # #
-2-
OFFICE OF THE GOVEPNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califo. La
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
3.15.68
#192
Governor Ronald Reagan today assumed the chairmanship of his
"Favorite Son" delegation which seeks to represent California at the
Republican National Convention in June.
William French Smith of Los Angeles, who has been serving as
chairman said the switch has been made "in response to urgings by
members of the delegation including myself."
"We feel that only direct leadership by Governor Reagan can
assure California of playing a major role at the national convention,"
Smith said. "In response to urgings by members of the delegation,
including myself, the governor has agreed to take personal charge of
the delegation."
Smith disclosed he will continue to serve as Reagan's chief aide
on the delegation with the title of deputy chairman. State Republican
Chairman James Halley will remain as vice chairman.
Simultaneously, Governor Reagan announced that he will ask the
delegation, if it wins at the polls in the June primary, to accept his
proposals that Thomas C. Reed of Ross (Marin County) and Mrs. Eleanor
Ring of Coronado be named as national committeeman and national
committeewoman respectively.
Reed, Northern California Chairman of Governor Reagan's guberna-
torial campaign, has served as Governor Reagan's political eyes and
ears during the last year. Mrs. Ring has long been active in Republican
Party circles in San Diego.
Governor Reagan also disclosed that he has asked that Rep. Glenard
P. Lipscomb of Los Angeles and Mrs. Nita Wentner of Walnut Creek be
named to the Platform Committee of the Republican National Convention.
Lipscomb, chairman of the California Republican Congressional
Delegation, has served on two previous platform committees and in 1964
was chief aide to the platform committee chairman. Mrs. Wentner was
active in the Reagan campaign.
Governor Reagan said the appointments of Lipscomb and Mrs. Wentner
were necessary at this time "because it is essential that California's
voice be heard during the early considerations of the Republican
Platform."
The governor said he had disclosed his national committee choices
"in order to clear the air and assure continued harmony within the
delegation."
Currently Gardiner Johnson of Piedmont and Mrs. Ann Bowler of
Long Beach are national committeeman and national committeewoman.
Governor Reagan praised Johnson and Mrs. Bowler for their "dedicated
service" to the Republican Party in California and the nation.
"We can be grateful to Gardiner Johnson and Mrs. Ann Bowler for
their service above and beyond the call and duty to the cause of
Republicanism."
PB
OFFICE OF THE GO'
NOR
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.18.68
# 193
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Hollister turkey farmer
Wilbert F. Ehret and Quentin J. Tobias, a Tres Pinos cattle rancher,
to four-year terms on the 33rd District Agricultural Association's
board of directors. The board operates the San Benito County Fair.
The posts pay necessary expenses.
Ehret, 54, replaces Eugene R. Carbone of Hollister. Tobias,
a 49-year old Republican, succeeds Frank S. Guerra of Hollister.
Both outgoing members' terms expired.
Ehret, a Republican, is president of the San Joaquin Turkey
Growers' Association and has served as clerk of the Cienaga Union
School District for the past five years.
He lives at 1315 Limekiln Road, Hollister.
Tobias is a director of the San Benito County Farm Bureau; is
chairman of the Paicines Farm Center; is a trustee of the Tres
Pinos Union School District; and is on the board of directors of
the San Benito County Cattlemen's Association.
He resides at 50 Santa Anita Road, Tres Pinos.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.18.68
# 194
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Steve Courso of Riverside
and Donald H. Oliphant, Sr. of Walnut Creek, to four-year terms on
the State Board of Cosmetology.
The jobs pay $25 per diem plus expenses.
Courso, a 58-year old Republican, replaces Irene Blackman Straw
of Cobb. Oliphant, 48, succeeds Guy Cherney of San Francisco. Both
outgoing members' terms expired.
Courso operates cosmetology schools in Riverside, San Bernardino,
Barstow and Pomona.
He is a member of the Downtown Riverside Businessmen's Associa-
tion, the Riverside Art Association and the Barstow Chamber of
Commerce.
He lives at 4340 Isabella Street, Riverside.
Oliphant, a Republican, owns and operates the Paris Beauty
College of Concord. He is also owner and director of the Jane Fain
Beauty Salons, Inc.
He serves as treasurer of the California Cosmetology Associa-
tion; is a director of the California Association of Schools of
Cosmetology; and is public services director of the Concord Rotary
Club.
He resides at 44 Winfield Lane, Walnut Creek.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOV OR
MEMO TO THF PRESS
Sacramento, Calif a
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
3.18.68
R-E-M-I-N-D-E-R
Tomorrow's press conference will be held at
10:30 a.m., instead of 9:30 a.m.
# # #
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.18.68
# 195
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Quincy contractor
Robin R. Jeskey to the State Public Library Development Board.
The appointment pays expenses while on official business.
Jeskey, a 56-year old member of the Plumas County Board of
Supervisors, will fill out the unexpired term of Lucile V. Mohr of
San Francisco who resigned.
A Republican, Jeskey operates an excavating, grading and
paving firm in Quincy. He is currently serving his second term as
a Plumas County supervisor.
He is a member of the Quincy P.T.A., Feather River Grange
Post 440 and the High Sierra Sportsmen's Club.
He lieves at Route 1, Box 684, Quincy.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.18.68
# 196
Governor Ronald Reagan today joined with the California
Wildlife Federation in proclaiming this week as National Wildlife
Week.
In a statement, the governor said:
"We in California are particularly blessed with a beautiful
out-of-doors and precious natural resources.
"We must use these resources wisely in order that future
generations may have the same opportunities for their enjoyment
as we have had.
"While the schools are teaching the dangers of pollution and
erosion, we adults should be working to keep our country a health-
ful place in which to live.
"Observation of National Wildlife Week should make all of us
more mindful of the many natural resources which bless this land
and the importance of conserving them for both ourselves and our
children.
The key theme of National Wildlife Week 1968--March 17-23--
is "Learn to Live With Nature."
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
3.19.68
#197
Governor Ronald Reagan today announced his "full and complete
support" for precedent-setting legislation introduced by Assemblyman
Leon Ralph, (D-Los Angeles) which signals a new concept in urban
housing for low income persons.
The proposed new law would permit the Department of Public Works to
use highway funds to replace owner-occupied housing of low income
individuals whose residences are removed by state highway construction.
It would allow the department to acquire at cost unimproved, unoccupied
and non-residential property for use as sites for replacement housing.
The legislation is co-authored by Assemblyman Paul Priolo (R-Santa
Monica).
"Such creative legislation," Governor Reagan said, "with its new
concept of providing replacement housing for persons displaced by
highway development, could well become a pace setter nationally."
Gordon C. Luce, state secretary for Business and Transportation,
explained that this new approach to California's transportation plan
will insure that no homeowner will suffer an economic loss when
required to change residences because of highway construction.
"This could have an almost immediate effect in the Watts area of
Los Angeles," the governor said, "where right-of-way acquisition for
the future Century Freeway must begin soon.
"The success of the new approach in the Watts area could show us the
way in highway development in other urban areas of California and
certainly should provide a national pattern," Governor Reagan said.
Luce termed Ralph's bill "a giant step forward. At present, a family
with a limited income and a small equity in a modest home has trouble
finding another suitable dwelling they can afford."
He explained that the new legislation "provides for cooperative and
all-out effort by the entire community, which is essential if the new
concept is to succeed."
The Department of Public Works would undertake the initial steps to
provide displaced families of owner-occupied homes with ownership of
replacement housing without changing their economic position. The bill
provides that the department would be allowed to contract with other
public agencies, private individuals and corporations to aid in the
replacement project.
Another state department, Housing and Community Development, is
expressly authorized by a section of the new bill to assist the
Department of Public Works in all phases of relocation.
-1-
#196
Luce credited Rudolf Hess, chief right of way agent for the
California Division of Highways, for originating the concept from
which the new legislation evolved.
"Hess foresaw numerous problems for persons being displaced by
urban freeways and developed this new concept after much study and
planning."
Basically, the bill would provide replacement housing by any one of
the following ways:
Houses acquired in right-of-way transactions would be moved onto
parcels of land or individual lots and remodeled.
New homes would be built on lots.
Contracts would be entered into with private individuals, corpora-
tions or redevelopment agencies to provide homes.
Houses and lots would be purchased by the state and title transferred
to the families.
In all cases, state assistance would make up the monetary difference
so that the transferred homeowner would retain his same equity and
would make no larger monthly mortgage payment.
The legislation would charge the California Highway Commission with
defining those areas and families eligible for relocation assistance.
# # #
-2-
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.19.68
# 198
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Redding housewife Ella May
Gerlinger to the 27th District Agricultural Association's board of
directors.
The governor also reappointed Mary A. Perez to the board.
Both appointments are for four-year terms.
The Association operates the Shasta County Fair.
Mrs. Gerlinger, a Republican, replaces H. Brown Miller of
Redding whose term expired. A life-long resident of Shasta County,
she is a member of the Redding Riding Club and has been active for
years in 4-H and Boy and Girl Scout work.
She lives at 1832 Niles Lane, Redding.
Mrs. Perez was first appointed to the fair board in 1955 and
is active in 4-H work. She is a Republican.
She resides at Route 2, Box 5433, Anderson.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.19.68
Governor Reagan will participate in the dedication of
the East Los Angeles Service Center, 929 North Bonnie Beach Place,
tomorrow at 3:30 P.M.
The center provides a variety of city, county, state and
federal services from a single location.
#
#
#
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: In diate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
3.20.68
#199
Governor Ronald Reagan today lauded a decision by Secretary of
Transportation Alan S. Boyd which allocates an estimated $267 million
in federal highway funds to construct the Century Freeway in Los Angeles.
The governor praised members of the California congressional
their
delegation in Washington for / "long and arduous efforts to secure
the federal monies necessary to build the freeway" which will become
Route 105 of the interstate highway system.
"I am extremely pleased that our joint efforts to end the three-
year stalemate and make this long sought after project a reality have
finally come to fruition," he said.
"This administration has given the project a top priority for the
past 15 months. Secretary of Business and Transportation Gordon C. Luce
has met on a number of occasions with members of the California
delegation in a joint bi-partisan effort to pave the way for today's
decision.
"Our lawmakers from throughout California were highly instrumental
in getting the necessary legislation through Congress, particularly
Senators Kuchel and Murphy, and Congressmen Den Clausen of Crescent City
and Harold T. 'Bizz' Johnson of Roseville.
"Because the people of California, through their taxes, are
principal contributors to the federal treasury, I believe they are more
than entitled to this appropriation, particularly in view of the fact
that the freeway has become a necessity for handling our growing traffic
burden in Southern California."
Governor Reagan said that "since the appropriation will pay some
92 percent of the cost of building the freeway, the entire state will
benefit.
"These federal funds will now free state monies for undertaking
needed highway projects in both northern and southern California," he
said.
# # #
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.20.68
# 200
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Mrs. Medora Avilla
and Andrew F. Giambroni of Red Bluff to four-year terms on the
30th District Agricultural Association's board of directors. The
association operates the Tehama Totem Fair.
The jobs pay necessary expenses.
Mrs. Avilla, a Republican, has served on the board since
1956. She is a substitute school teacher and is a member of the
Red Bluff Women's Club.
She lives at 70 Sherman Avenue, Red Bluff.
Giambroni, a 44-year old Democrat, is a Red Bluff veterinarian.
He was first appointed to the board in 1961. He is a director of the
Tehama Taxpayers' Association and serves as treasurer of the Tehama
County Cattlemen's Association.
He resides at Route 2, Box 2675-A, Red Bluff.
#
#
#
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: J mediate
Sacramento, Calif nia
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.20.68
# 201
Governor Ronald Reagan today named San Diego businessman
and civic leader Patterson N. Hyndman to a four-year term on the
State Coordinating Council for Higher Education.
The post pays necessary expenses and requires Senate confirma-
tion.
Hyndman, a 53-year old Republican replaces H. R. Haldeman
of Los Angeles who resigned. Haldeman was named to University of
California board of regents March 1 by Governor Reagan.
Hyndman is a member and former president of the San Diego
County Board of Education. He is also a former member of the
governing board of the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District.
He has served as a member of the State Constitution Revision
Commission since 1964 and is currently the chairman of its Sub-
committee on Education.
He served a four-year term as a member of the Alumni Council
of the University of California and has been a member of the
Education Committee of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce.
Hyndman is also vice president of the San Diego Taxpayers'
Association; is president of the San Diego YMCA; and is vice
president of the Executives' Association of San Diego.
He is president of Pearson-Hyndman-DeKirby Inc., a San Diego
auto and equipment leasing company.
He is married, has two children and resides at 9620 Alto
Drive, La Mesa.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.21.68
# 202
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Robert F. Shryock of
South Pasadena and Howard E. Krauter of Bakersfield to four-year
terms on the State Board of Landscape Architects.
The jobs pay necessary expenses.
Shryock, a Republican, replaces Courtland Paul of Pasadena.
Krauter, 41, succeeds Theodore O. Osmundson, Jr. of Berkeley. Both
outgoing members' terms expired.
Shryock, 37, is a landscape architect and a member of the
South Pasadena Park and Recreation Commission. He is also a director
of the South Pasadena Beautiful Committee.
He is a graduate of the University of Oregon where he majored
in architecture.
He lives at 1403 Garfield Street, South Pasadena.
Krauter, a Republican, operates his own nursery in Bakersfield.
He is a director of the Kern County Zoological Association.
He attended Pepperdine College and is a licensed landscape
architect.
He resides at 4015 Noel Place, Bakersfield.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.21.68
# 203
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Melvin J. Monk of Dixon
to the 36th District Agricultural Association's board of directors.
The governor also reappointed Suisun fruit grower Maney L. German
to the board.
Both appointments are for four-year terms.
The board operates the Dixon May Fair.
Monk, a 44-year old Republican, replaces G. A. Grussendorf of
Dixon whose term expired.
Monk, Dixon manager of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company,
has served on the Dixon Park Commission since it was formed in 1963.
He is a past president and member of the Dixon Rotary Club and is
a member of the Solano County Juvinile Justice Commission.
He lives at Route 1, Box 147, Dixon.
German, 53, has served on the fair board since 1958. He is
a Democrat.
He resides at Route 1, Box 120, Suisun.
#
t
#
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.21.68
# 204
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Hanford rancher Fred
Giacomazzi to the 24-A District Agricultural Association's board of
directors. The board operates the Kings District Fair in Kings
County.
The governor also reappointed Lloyd E. Roe, 51, of Hanford
to the board.
The appointments are for four-year terms.
The posts pay necessary expenses.
Giacomazzi, a 62-year old Republican, replaces Jim R. Orton
of Stratford whose term expired.
Giacomazzi raises cotton, alfalfa, barley and operates a
dairy on his 1,200 acre ranch near Hanford. He is a founder and
director of the California Milk Producers' Federation and helped
organize the Kings Consolidated milk organization. He is also a
member of the Dairy Herd Improvement Association of Kings County.
He lives at 9624 Sixth Avenue, Hanford.
Roe, a Republican, was first appointed to the board in 1947.
graduate of the University of California at Davis, he is ranch
superintendent of Westlake Farms in Stratford.
He resides at 2040 McKinley Avenue, Hanford.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERI
RELEASE:
Imm
late
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.21.68
# 205
Governor Ronald Reagan today proposed a plan to use $400,000
in expected savings from the budgeted 1968-69 capital outlay program
to double the number of regional mental retardation centers in the
state.
The state now operates regional centers in Los Angeles and
San Francisco.
$400,000
Under the governor's proposal, the
would be used to
open two additional regional centers and finance their first-year
operations.
The governor's 1968-69 budget provides $1,600,000 for the
operation of the two existing centers.
He emphasized that creation of the two new centers would not
require any increase in the size of his overall state budget since
funds to finance them would come from savings in the budgeted
capital outlay program.
The location of the two new centers would be determined at a
later date.
Governor Reagan noted that the regional mental retardation
center program provides alternatives to care and treatment in state
hospitals for mentally retarded persons.
"I am proposing the two additional centers because I am con-
vinced the success of the program warrants its expansion to other
areas in the state,' he said.
"The program dovetails with the concept of this administration
that care and treatment of the mentally retarded is best accomplished
at the community level where surroundings and faces are familiar,"
he added.
The centers provide diagnostic services aimed at determining
the extent of mental retardation in individual patients. They also
provide consultation for parents of mentally retarded children and
make funds available for community services rendered to such patients.
Governor Reagan pointed out that his 1968-69 budget includes
$4 million for research and treatment of mental retardation.
"The additional funds I have proposed for programs such as
these will insure that we in California maintain our commanding lead
in the treatment of the mentally retarded.
"The latest available federal statistics show that California's
expenditures per mentally retarded patient under treatment are by
far the highest of any large state in the nation," he noted.
#
#
#
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
3.21.68
To accommodate numerous requests, Governor Reagan
will answer a few questions concerning Governor
Rockefeller's announcement at approximately
11:15 a.m. in his office.
Because of the tight schedule, it must be limited
to only a few minutes.
# # #
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.21.68
# 206
Governor Ronald Reagan today strongly urged Assemblyman
Edwin Z'Berg to immediately reconsider legislation his committee
killed yesterday to protect Lake Tahoe.
"It is extremely regretable that Mr. Z'Berg, for whatever
reason, permitted legislation already passed by the Nevada
Legislature to be killed.
"His action assures at least another year of pollution for
Lake Tahoe.
"As I said in a message to the California Legislature this
week, failure to enact this legislation would be a great tragedy for
the people of California, Nevada and the nation who are concerned
about maintenance of the unique environment of Lake Tahoe.
"It is inconceivable to me that a legislator would totally
ignore the facts and the dangers because of a personal whim. I call
upon Mr. Z'Berg to reconsider this ill-thought-out and petty action
and begin to act responsibly for the benefit of all concerned, " the
governor said.
Governor Reagan, who praised Nevada Governor Paul Laxalt and
the Nevada Legislature for their passage of legislation to protect
Lake Tahoe, said agreement on the proposed legislation in California
would have taken the very important first step toward protecting
Lake Tahoe.
While the legislation may not be perfect, Governor Reagan said,
it is in many respects stronger than legislation enacted by the Californ
Legislature last year and provided for an orderly approach to opera-
tion of a bi-state compact aimed at protecting the unique environment
of Lake Tahoe.
"My office has been in contact with Governor Laxalt's office
and we have been informed that the chances of any further action by
the Nevada Legislature this year on this plan are extremely remote.
"Therefore, unless the legislation which Mr. Z'Berg killed
yesterday is revived, the assemblyman has successfully guaranteed
further pollution of Lake Tahoe. It is difficult to believe that
Mr. Z'Berg would want to be known as the man who was responsible for
the destruction of one of the world's greatest scenic wonders,'
Governor Reagan said.
#
#
#
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.21.68
# 207
Governor Ronald Reagan today requested that $769,000 in
additional funds be allocated to the Public Health Department's
Crippled Children's Services Program in his 1968-69 budget.
He said the request would not require any increase in the
overall size of the budget because the funds would be provided from
expected savings in the budgeted capital outlay program.
Apparent dificiencies reported by several counties in the
current year have resulted in a reevaluation of the needs of the
Crippled Children's Services Program, the governor said.
Revised 1968-69 budget estimates show that an additional
$769,336 is necessary if the program is to function properly, he
explained.
Governor Reagan said a major portion of his requested increase
can be attributed to increased program requirements.
He said initial estimates in the new budget were prepared on
the assumption that a uniform schedule of family repayments would be
developed.
However, he said the revised estimates of the program's needs
do not change the administration's intention to review the area of
repayments.
#
#
#
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVER
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.22.68
# 208
Governor Ronald Reagan today named John D. Fobes of Los Angeles
to a four-year term on the State Structural Pest Control Board.
The job pays $25 per diem while on official business plus
expenses.
Fobes, a 53-year old Republican, replaces Edward E. Greene
of San Diego whose term expired.
Fobes operates the Fobes and Gray Pest Control Company of
Los Angeles.
A 1938 graduate of Whittier College, he is a charter member
of the Pest Control Operators of California, Inc., and was chairman
of its Los Angeles district in 1953.
He is a director and past president of the Eagle Rock Chamber
of Commerce and has been active in Boy Scout work for more than
three decades.
He lives at 336 Redwood Drive, Pasadena.
#
#
#
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOV. NOR
RELEASE: 1 ediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.22.68
# 209
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Arcadia physician
Charles B. McElwee to a four-year term on the State Physical
Therapy Examining Committee.
The post pays $25 per diem plus travel expenses.
McElwee, 37, replaces John F. Simmons of Los Angeles whose
term expired.
McElwee, a Republican, is a 1958 graduate of the Temple
University Medical School. He is a member of the California
Medical Association, the Los Angeles County Medical Association,
and the American Medical Association.
He lives at 2221 Rim Road, Bradbury.
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
3.22.68
#210
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
March 25, 1968
through
March 31, 1968
Monday, March 25
11:30 a.m.
Depart Santa Monica Airport for Sacramento
12:30 p.m.
Arrive Sacramento Municipal Airport
1:30 p.m.
Press Conference
Tuesday, March 26
No public appointments scheduled
Wednesday, March 27
No public appointments scheduled
Thursday, March 28
Noon
National Grain and Feed Dealers Association
Convention, Centura Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles.
Speech.
Friday, March 29
Afternoon
Depart for Los Angeles from Sacramento Municipal
Airport
Saturday, March 30
Evening
CRA Convention, Claremont Hotel, Berkeley
Overnight - Los Angeles
Sunday, March 31
Afternoon
Return to Sacramento
# # #
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
3.22.68
#211
For your information:
Beginning Monday, Governor Reagan will hold a series of private
meetings with representatives cf minority-area communities throughout
California.
In order that the governor and those attending may derive the
most benefit from the meetings, the time and place of the meetings
will not be listed on next week's press schedule.
Governor Reagan has asked to meet with various groups for the
purpose of listening to their ideas and proposals and in an effort to
improve communications and relations among all Californians.
When the meetings are concluded, which will be within about a
week, Governor Reagan will make a full and complete report to the
press and the citizens of California.
Thank you for your cooperation.
# # #
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.22.68
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Governor Reagan will make a fifteen minute television Report
to the People on Sunday, March 31, 1968. Stations will carry the
report at times convenient to them on that Sunday. A time schedule
for each station will be available the first of next week. The report
will deal primarily with fiscal and tax matters.
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
3.25.68
#212
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed the
following bills:
AB 105 - Lanterman
Validates organization, boundaries, acts,
URGENCY
proceedings and bonds of counties, cities,
and specific districts, agencies and
entities. Measure is known as First
Validating Act of 1968.
AB 244 - Townsend
Provides that regional occupational centers
URGENCY
established by school districts under joint
powers agreement are deemed to be school
districts for purposes of the Public
Employees' Retirement Law. The employees
of such centers who are not eligible to
become members of the State Teachers'
Retirement System may become contract
members of PERS by means of a contract
amendment requested by the county superin-
tendent of schools at request of governing
board of center. Retirement system member-
ship will be retroactive to the first day
of employment.
AB 466 - Badham
Establishes a four-year term for members of
URGENCY
the California Advisory Board to the Bureau
of Employment Agencies and lowers the
annual license fees for employment agencies
employed exclusively in furnishing baby-
sitters from $200 to $75.
# # #
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califc ia
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.25.68
# 213
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Solana Beach insurance
agent James H. Brower to a four-year term on the 22nd District
Agricultural Association's board of directors. The association
operates the Southern California Exposition at Del Mar in San Diego
County.
Brower, a retired Marine Corps. colonel, is a combat veteran
of World War II and the Korean War. He is both a director and
president of the Santa Fe Irrigation District. As a member of
the Irrigation Districts' Association of California, he serves on
its Underground Water and Auditing committees.
A Republican, Brower, 59, resides at 428 South Granados
Avenue, Solana Beach.
He replaces R. R. Richardson of La Mesa whose term expired.
The governor also reappointed Pine Valley rancher William
T. H. Tulloch to a four-year term on the board. Tulloch, a 42-year
old Republican, was first appointed last October. He is a trustee
of the Mountain Empire Union School District and is a member of
the Greater Mountain Empire Conservation Board.
He lives on Star Route, Box 5, Pine Valley.
The jobs pay necessary expenses.
#
#
#
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.25.68
214
Governor Ronald Reagan today signed a bill appropriating $750,000
for use in the Crippled Children Services Program during the remainder
of the current fiscal year.
The appropriation will augment funds contained in the 1967-68
budget for allocation to counties and cities for services to physically
handicapped children.
"I am gratified that the legislation received the unanimous
approval of both houses of the legislature," the governor said.
Noting that he had followed the legislation closely, he said,
"I was highly pleased to be able to sign the bill which will now pro-
vide the funds necessary to fully continue this very worthwhile pro-
gram around the state.
"A compassionate society has special responsibilities toward its
handicapped children who are obliged to suffer out of no fault of their
own," he said.
"The training and care provided by the Crippled Children Services
Program brings renewed hope to parents and increases the possibilities
that these children can lead more productive and meaningful lives in
the future," he said.
Governor Reagan noted that he has requested that $769,000 in
additional funds be allocated to the program in his 1968-69 budget.
These funds would not require any increase in the overall size of
the budget because the funds would be provided from expected savings
in the 1968-69 budgeted capital outlay program.
AB 82
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
RELEASE: In diate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
3.26.68
#215
Governor Ronald Reagan acted today to bring about early resumption
of payment of unemployment compensation to former federal employees and
ex-servicemen by sending a telegram to each member of California's
delegation to Congress.
"This suspension is having a detrimental effect on the morale of
our Armed Service personnel returning from Vietnam and on California's
economy," he said.
Payment of unemployment benefits to former federal employees and
members of the Armed Forces is under federal law administered by the
California Department of Employment as an agent of the U. S. Department
of Labor.
"California cannot legally loan the federal government the money
necessary to pay these benefits from its own state unemployment
insurance fund," Governor Reagan pointed out.
The amount of federal funds necessary to pay these benefits in
California is more than half a million dollars a week.
Governor Reagan further deplored the fact that this distressing
situation is a recurring one.
"This is not the first time the state has been forced to suspend
these federal benefit payments because of the failure of Congress to
approve a timely appropriation.
"There currently is an emergency appropriation bill before a joint
conference committee of Congress. I am urging our California represent-
atives and senators to do everything in their power to break this log
jam," Governor Reagan said.
Text of the governor's telegram follows:
"On March 15, 1968, the payment of unemployment compensation for
federal employees and ex-servicemen was suspended in California. This
suspension is having a detrimental effect on the morale of our Armed
Service personnel returning from Vietnam and on California's economy.
For example, approximately 12,000 weekly payments are being delayed,
representing over $540,000 in benefits.
"An emergency appropriation bill, HR 15399, is currently awaiting
consideration by a conference committee. This bill has not yet been
scheduled for discussion.
"A resumption of the payment of benefits to federal employees and
ex-servicemen in California is imperative. I therefore am urging you to
bring about an early agreement on a final version of HR 15399."
# # #
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.26.68
# 216
Governor Ronald Reagan today named F. Norman Clark of
Felton to the 14th District Agricultural Association's board
of directors. The association operates the Santa Cruz County
Fair.
The governor also reappointed Joseph J. Crosetti, a
Watsonville grower and shipper, to the board.
The appointments are for four-year terms.
The jobs pay necessary expenses.
Clark, 32, is president of the Roaring Camp and Big Trees
Narrow Guage Railroad. A Republican, he also serves as chairman
of the board and chief executive officer of Transfinancial Corp.
He replaces Lewis J. Poletti of Davenport whose term
expired.
Clark lives at Big Trees Ranch, Felton.
Crosetti, 59, has served on the fair board for 26 years.
He owns and operates the J. J. Crosetti Company, a growing
and shipping firm. He is a member and past president of the
Growers and Shippers Association of Central California. He
is a Democrat.
He resides on Riverside Road, Watsonville.
#
#
#
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
3.26.68
#217
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed the
following bills:
AB 116 - Knox
Appropriates $275,000 from the Motor Vehicle
Fund for acquisition of land for a branch
office of the Department of Motor Vehicles in
the City of El Cerrito. (Chapter 9)
SB 74 - Richardson
Provides for the appointment of a commission
URGENCY
by county boards of supervisors for the purpose
of certifying "certified raw milk." Requires
boards of supervisors in any county in which
certified raw milk was produced on January 1,
1968, to appoint a milk commission and author-
izes the creation of such commissions in other
counties. Also provides that certified raw
milk must conform to rules and regulations and
standards adopted by the county milk commission.
The milk commissions will consist of five
members--a physician who is a member of a
county medical association, a physician
nominated by the county health department, a
veterinarian, a physician nominated by producer (s)
of certified raw milk in the county, and a
physician nominated by the American Association
of Medical Milk Commissions, Inc.
At the present time, the only commission
certifying raw milk is in Los Angeles County.
The Los Angeles Commission is appointed by the
Los Angeles County Medical Society. The bill
was introduced because the Los Angeles Commission
announced it will discontinue the certification
of raw milk. (Chapter 7)
# # #
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.26.68
# 218
Governor Ronald Reagan today named San Bernardino dentist
Robert L. White, Jr. and Twentynine Palms insurance broker Donald
W. Williams to the 28th District Agricultural Association's board
of directors. The association operates the San Bernardino County
Fair.
The jobs pay necessary expenses.
The governor also reappointed N. Earl Wilson, executive
secretary of the Central Labor Council of San Bernardino. Wilson,
a 66-year old Democrat, has served on the board since 1950. He
resides at 1183 West Mill Street, San Bernardino.
White, 37, serves as president of the San Bernardino Exchange
Club. A Republican, he is a member of the Boys Clubs of America
and the Tri-County Dental Society.
He lives at 5625 Wadsworth Street, Highland.
Williams, a 58-year old Republican, is a director and past
president of the Twentynine Palms Chamber of Commerce. He serves
as president of the Twentynine Palms Hospital; is president of the
Desert Region of the Lions Club, and is deputy district governor of
Lions International, District 4.
He resides at 69182 Sullivan Road, Twentynine Palms.
Williams will fill the unexpired term of Woodrow O. Miller
of Colton who resigned.
White succeeds Fred J. Burmester of San Bernardino whose
term expired.
#
#
#
EIG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
3.26.68
C-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N
In press release #219 dated today, Guy E. Billings was
succeeded by Raymond F. Hansen, 48th District
Agricultural Association board of directors.
# # #
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.26.68
# 219
Governor Ronald Reagan today named three persons to the 48th
District Agricultural Association's board of directors. The
association operates the Great Western Exhibit Center in Los Angeles.
The jobs pay necessary expenses.
Named were:
--Lester B. King, 66, of South Gate. A Republican, King is
president of the Henderhill Corporation which leases industrial
buildings. He has served as a member of the South Gate Planning
Commission for five years and is chairman of the Southgate Board of
Parking Place Commissioners.
He replaces L. Paul Resnick of Whittier.
King resides at 9414 Bowman Avenue, South Gate.
--Raymond F. Hansen, 55, of Norwalk. Hansen, a Republican,
is manager for producer relations at the Knudsen Creamery of
Los Angeles. He is vice president of the ABC Unified School District
Board of Education and is a past president of the Excelsior Union
High School Board of Education.
He succeeds E. Billings of Compton.
Hansen lives at 12500 East Alondra Boulevard, Norwalk.
--J. N. Albers, 58, of Artesia. A Republican, Albers is
president of the Milk Producers' Council and is a former president
of the Associated Farmers. He is also a former vice president of
the Superior Milk Producers.
He is a Cerritos City councilman and a former vice president
of the Artesia Chamber of Commerce.
Albers, who resides at P. O. Box 985, Artesia, will fill the
unexpired term of Charles J. Lumpp of Downey who resigned.
The terms of Resnick and Billings expired.
The appointments of King and Hansen are for four-year terms.
#
#
#
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.26.68
# 220
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Roy J. Haywood
of Sacramento to a four-year term on the State Board of Barber
Examiners.
The post pays $25 per diem plus expenses and requires
Senate confirmation.
Haywood, 56, has served on the board since last August.
He owns and operates the Capitol Towers Barber Shop in
Sacramento. A Republican, Haywood is president of Local 118 of
the Master Barbers Union and serves as chairman of the Sacramento
City Golf Council.
He lives at 745 51st Street, Sacramento.
#
#
#
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.26.68
# 221
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Michael R. Callahan
of Long Beach to a four-year term on the board of directors of the
State Compensation Insurance Fund. He was first appointed to the
post in 1958.
The job pays $20 per day of actual attendance at board meet-
ings plus expenses.
Callahan, a 54-year old Democrat, is executive secretary
emeritus of the California State Council of Culinary Workers, Hotel
and Motel Service Employees.
He serves as vice president of District 2-A of the California
Federation of Labor, a position he has held for the past 10 years.
He is a former president of the Long Beach Central Labor
Council.
He lives at 3454 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach.
#
#
#
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVE}
JR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.26.68
# 222
Governor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Covelo dairy farmer
Rolland T. Hurt and Ukiah furniture dealer Russell L. Clarke to
four-year terms on the 12th District Agricultural Association's
board of directors. The association operates the Redwood Empire
Fair in Mendocino County.
The jobs pay necessary expenses.
Hurt, 62, was first appointed to the board in 1962. Clarke,
44, was named to the board last June by Governor Reagan.
Hurt, a Democrat, is a breeder of registered Hereford cattle.
He lives at Route 1, Box 7, Covelo.
Clarke, a Republican, is owner-manager of the Pioneer Company,
a Ukiah furniture firm.
He resides at 181 Fairview Court, Ukiah.
#
#
#
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
3.26.68
#223
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today he will make a one-day trip
to Washington, D.C. to discuss with California's two senators and the
state's congressional delegation methods necessary to stop a plan which
would seriously restrict airlift capabilities of the California Air
National Guard.
The governor said he would meet with Senators Kuchel and Murphy
and the California Delegation on April 5 to discuss the problem and
seek their help in reversing plans of the Department of Defense.
The Department of Defense recently advised the governor and
California Air National Guard officials that they plan to phase out
all air transport capability of the 146th Military Airlift Group, based
in Van Nuys.
the
Governor Reagan pointed out that the 146th presently provides/only
air transport support for all units of the National Guard in California.
"Because of the geographic size of California and the need to have
the capability of airlifting guardsmen to various points around the
state, it is essential that the group be retained so that we can have
rapid mobility for our ground units, if ever required," the governor
said.
"Meetings with federal officials, California legislators and members
of the administration have thus far failed to resolve the problem,"
Governor Reagan said.
While in the capital, the governor said he also would discuss with
California congressmen and senators the status of major legislation
pending both in the state legislature and congress, including bills on
health, safety, consumer protection, law enforcement, crime control
and delinquency prevention.
# # #
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.27.68
# 224
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Los Angeles County Deputy
District Attorney Alfonso D. Hermo to the municipal court bench
in the Whittier Judicial District.
The post pays $23,000 annually.
Hermo, 36, has served as a deputy district attorney in Los
Angeles County since 1962. He has been in charge of the East
Los Angeles office for the past two years.
A Democrat, Hermo received his law degree from the University
of Southern California in 1960.
Last year he served as first vice president of the Mexican-
American Lawyers' Club. He was second vice president of the
Montebello Bar Association in 1967 and is an active member of the
Council of Mexican-American Affairs of the Los Angeles Rotary Club.
Hermo served in the U. S. Army's Counter-Intelligence Corps.
from 1951-54. He rose to the rank of captain in the Army Reserve
before receiving his discharge in 1957.
He and his wife, Maria Irene, have one child and reside at
10608 East Deveron Drive, Whittier.
#
#
#
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOV NOR
RELEASE:
:
ediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.27.68
# 225
SB SB719 719
Governor Ronald Reagan today urged passage of a bill designed
to save California taxpayers some $5.6 million per year without
reducing assistance to welfare recipients.
The bill, introduced today by Sen. Lewis Sherman (R-Oakland)
would change the funding of homemaker and attendant care services
to a more favorable federal-state sharing formula.
Sherman said the net effect of the legislation would be to
increase the federal government's contribution toward paying the
cost of home care services for the aged and disabled from 50 to
75 percent. This would reduce the state's share of the cost of
providing such services from 43 to 25 percent, completely elimin-
ating any cost to county taxpayers.
At present, the counties are paying $1.6 million, or 7 percent,
of the cost of the program. The state's current contribution amounts
to about $4 million annually.
Governor Reagan said, "It is difficult to understand why the
previous administration failed to take advantage of the more
favorable federal-state sharing formula which has been on the books
since 1962.
"This incredible failure has cost state and local taxpayers an
unnecessary $25 million over the years, he said.
The governor noted that the legislation would also encourage the
counties to hire unemployed homemakers on public assistance to
provide home care services for other aged and disabled welfare
recipients, further reducing the overall cost of welfare in the state
"The legislation would enable us to take a significant step in
the direction of substituting payrolls for welfare rolls by putting
these homemakers to work in worthwhile jobs.
"This approach would also tend to keep more persons in their
homes in preference to costly, but less satisfactory, hospital and
institutional care," the governor said.
#
#
#
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOV. NOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.28.68
# 226
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Fremont building contractor
Dan B. Bodily and Barbara J. Muller, a Piedmont housewife, to four-
year terms on the 1st District Agricultural Association's board of
directors. The association operates the California Spring Garden Show
in Oakland.
The posts pay necessary expenses.
Bodily, 51, replaces Antonio Polvarosa of San Leandro.
Mrs. Muller, a Republican, succeeds Norvell Gillespie of Berkeley.
Both outgoing members' terms expired.
Bodily, a Republican, is president of the Bodily Construction
Company. He is a former president of the Associated Home Builders
of the Greater East Bay; is president of Fremont Savings and Loan; and
is president of the Boys' Club of Fremont.
He is a former director of the National Association of Home
Builders.
He lives at 2804 Parkside Drive, Fremont.
Mrs. Muller has long been associated with the Children's
Hospital Medical Center of Northern California and has done volun-
teer work for the Spring Garden Show for a number of years.
She resides at 19 La Salle Avenue, Piedmont.
#
#
#
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.28.68
#227
The administration has begun implementation of a task force
recommendation which will save California taxpayers $7.5 million
annually over the next 10 years through more efficient use of
office space used by the state, Governor Ronald Reagan announced
today.
The action will reduce office space requirements by some 25
percent--from the current nine million square feet in use by the
state to roughly 6,750,000 square feet, he said.
Implementation of the recommendation will transfer all leasing
and space planning functions to the Department of General Services.
The department currently controls only about 50 percent of these
functions.
Under the new procedure, General Services will have full
responsibility to acquire, assign, operate and maintain all office
buildings used by the state.
Approximately half of the office space currently in use is
being leased from private concerns. The amount of leased space
which is determined to be over and above the state's needs will be
terminated as such lease contracts expire.
However, the governor emphasized that the state will continue
to use leased office space "wherever absolutely necessary."
"By taking advantage of the good business practices outlined
in this particular task force recommendation, we will be able to
make more efficient use of our state-owned facilities,' he said.
#
#
#
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVER R
MEMO TO THL PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.28.68
Governor Reagan's 15-minute Report to the People is scheduled
to be carried by 19 California television stations Sunday, March 31.
Here is a list of the stations and broadcast times:
San Diego:
KOGO
6:30 P.M.
KFMB
11:00 P.M.
Los Angeles:
KABC
6:45 P.M.
KTLA
11:00 P.M.
KHJ
9:30 P.M.
KTTV
10:30 P.M.
Bakersfield:
KERO
5:00 P.M.
KBAK
5:00 P.M.
Fresno:
KFRE
11:30 P.M.
KMJ
11:00 P.M.
KJEO
11:15 P.M.
Sacramento:
KCRA
11:00 P.M.
KXTV
5:30 P.M.
KOVR
5:00 P.M.
San Francisco:
KGO
11:30 P.M.
KPIX
11:45 P.M.
Oakland:
KTVU
9:30 P.M.
Santa Barbara:
KEYT
6:15 P.M. MONDAY
Eureka:
KVIQ
11:00 P.M.
#
#
#
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN(
FOR IMMEDIA
RELEASE
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.29.68
# 228
U. S. Senator Thomas H. Kuchel and State Superintendent of Public
Instruction Dr. Max Rafferty today reaffirmed their support of Governor
Reagan's favorite son delegation.
In a wire to the governor, Kuchel said:
"Many months ago I publicly endorsed your favorite son delegation
to the Republican National Convention. Recent inquiries as to my
present position prompt me to repeat that endorsement.
"It is in the California tradition. In my view it is a broad
based delegation and is in the best interests of the Republican Party
in our state."
Rafferty told the governor in a letter:
"A number of people have asked me in recent days where I stand
regarding your favorite son delegation; so I want to repeat what I've
been saying for over a year, that I wholeheartedly endorse not only
the idea of your favorite son candidacy but also your successful
efforts to make this delegation representative of all segments of the
party.
"I urge all Republicans in California to endorse your leadership
in the June primary."
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.29.68
# 229
Governor Ronald Reagan today praised the State Senate for
approving a measure to control pornography in California.
He strongly urged members of the Assembly to return a similar
decision on the legislation.
In a statement, the governor said:
"I am very much encouraged and, indeed, highly pleased that
the Senate yesterday chose to give its overwhelming support to the
administration's anti-pornography legislation.
"This action represents a major step in our efforts to protect
the young people of the state from the harmful effects of smut.
"The legislation will rightly return to parents much greater
control over what their children read by stiffening the punishment
against smut peddlers who show absolutely no concern for the best
interests of our youth but are guided solely by the enormous profits
such material can bring.
"Pandering to the weaknesses of adults is bad enough. But
appealing to the weaknesses of our children is nothing less than
criminal.
"I want to express my deep appreciation to the members of the
Senate who cast their votes in favor of this measure. They can be
very proud of the action they have taken.
"I also wish to commend the fine efforts of Attorney General
Tom Lynch who has contributed a great deal of time and effort toward
achieving success of this legislation.
"I now strongly urge the members of the Assembly to take positive
action on the bill. The decision they will make will be of lasting
importance and can guarantee that the will of the people is truly
reflected in the lawbooks of our state.
"A negative vote on the measure would be a tragic victory for
the purveyors of pornography and it would add up to a shirking of
responsibility to the youth of California who look to us for moral
leadership.
"It is imperative that the Assembly add its quick and favorable
support to this badly needed legislation."
#
#
#
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNO
MEMO TO THE P1
S
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
3.29.68
#230
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
April 1, 1968
through
April 6, 1968
Monday, April 1
11:45 a.m.
Remarks to Sacramento Businessmen's Summer Youth
Employment Program, Governor's Council Room
2:00 p.m.
Raising of flag at west side of Capitol for Cancer
Society
Tuesday, April 2
10:00 a.m.
Meeting with mayors of various California cities,
Governor's Office
1:30 p.m.
Press Conference
2:15 p.m.
Photo with barbershop quartet to present tickets
to SPEBSQSA performance in Sacramento.
Photo with championship swimmer Debbie Meyers of
Sacramento
Wednesday, April 3
9:30 a.m.
Depart Sacramento Municipal Airport for San Luis
Obispo County Airport
10:30 a.m.
Arrive San Luis Obispo County Airport - proceed to
Cal Poly for inauguration of Robert E. Kennedy
as President
11:00 a.m.
Ceremonies begin
1:00 p.m.
Luncheon
2:45 p.m.
Tree planting ceremony, Mission Plaza
3:30 p.m.
Fund-raising reception for Republican County
Committee
5:00 p.m.
Depart San Luis Obispo Airport
5:30 p.m.
Arrive Sacramento Municipal Airport
Thursday, April 4
9:45 a.m.
Proclamation Signing - Nutrition Week - Assembly-
woman March Fong
1:00 p.m.
Depart for San Francisco International Airport
1:30 p.m.
Depart UAL #62 for Dulles International Airport,
Washington, D. C.
9:05 p.m.
(EST)
Arrive Dulles Airport
Overnight - Washington, D. C.
Friday, April 5
Washington, D. C.
Saturday, April 6
Noon (EST)
Depart Baltimore via UAL #63 for San Francisco
International Airport
2:30 p.m.
Arrive San Francisco - Proceed to Tahoe
# # #
PB
OFFICE OF THE GCVERNOR
RELEASE: SUNDAY A.M.'S
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
3.29.68
# 231
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that the number of task
force recommendations to be implemented by the administration has
doubled during the past month.
"This action," the governor said, "could result in potential
annual savings to the state in the neighborhood of $56.4 million.
"Potential one-time savings from the implementation to date amount
to nearly $13.8 million."
The recommendations, designed to improve the quality and
efficiency of state government operations, were among 2,000 specific
proposals submitted to the governor by a 250-man task force of business
and professional men who conducted his Survey on Efficiency and Cost
Control.
Roughly 300 of the proposals apply to operations headed by the
University of California regents, the state college trustees and
California's elected constitutional officers.
The remainder of the recommendations are aimed at achieving
and efficiencies
administrative economies/in the executive branch.
Governor Reagan said that 832 recommendations are now undergoing
evaluation and review by the administration. Another 143 will require
legislative action.
"The continued progress we are making to put these recommendations
into effect contradicts the sceptical predictions of some that the
task force reports would be relegated to the shelves of government
to quietly age and gather dust.
"While we never expected to be able to implement all of the
proposals, we do fully intend to put as many of them as practicable
into effect."
Governor Reagan cited several examples of how the administration
is implementing the recommendations.
--The Department of Parks and Recreation is forming a new Division
of Information and Interpretation in an effort to increase the amount
and variety of information available to the public regarding our many
-1-
state parks. The information, which will be diseminated in the form
of news releases and other types of publicity, will tell of flower
conditions, foliage colors, little used camping areas, facilities
available for picnicking, how to make reservations, state park
locations, etc.
As a result, the Department will be able to encourage greater year-
round use of state parks and recreational areas. This will augment
annual state revenues by as much as $500,000 from increased admissions.
--The Office of State Printing anticipates a potential one-time
saving of $113,000 by standardizing grades, finishes, sizes, and weights
of paper used in textbooks and college catalogues. In addition, efforts
are being made to standardize the type-face style used in college
catalogues.
--The Department of Veterans' Affairs has discontinued the practice
of supplying stamped envelopes to borrowers for monthly remittances.
The department estimates annual savings in postage costs amounting to
some $90,000.
--By taking over all leasing and space planning functions of the
state, the Department of General Services expects to be able to reduce
total office space requirements of the departments by some 25 percent
over the next 10 years at an average savings to California taxpayers of
$7.5 million per year.
General Services currently controls only about half of the state's
leasing and office planning functions. Under the new procedure, the
department will have full responsibility to acquire, assign, operate
and maintain all office buildings used by the state.
Approximately half of the office space now in use by the departments
is being leased from private concerns. The amount of leased space
which is determined to be over and above the state's needs will be
terminated as lease contracts expire.
The action will enable the departments to make more efficient use
of state-owned facilities.
Governor Reagan said that savings to the state resulting from some
of the recommendations which have been implemented are expected to
exceed those anticipated in the task force report.
-2-
He said that the $56.4 million in potential annual savings expected
from those recommendations now in effect will result in large part
from capital outlay cost avoidance. The remainder of these savings
will come from reduced cost of operations and non-expansion of staffs.
The $13.0 million in potential one-time savings cited by the
governor will result from cost avoidance in capital outlay and
operations, primarily in the Business and Transportation, and Resources
agencies.
For example, the administration's decision to cancel construction
of a proposed California Highway Patrol building in Sacramento is saving
$4.3 million. Deferral of funds for several regional conservation
facilities will provide another $1.2 million in savings.
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE P
SS
Pu 10
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
3.29.68
C-O-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N
In press release #231 dated today, please correct
paragraph 1 to read:
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that
the number of task force recommendations to be
implemented by the administration has doubled
during the past month from 137 to 265.
# # #