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    "ocrText": "Ronald Reagan Presidential Library\nDigital Library Collections\nThis is a PDF of a folder from our textual\ncollections.\nCollection: Reagan, Ronald: Gubernatorial Papers,\n1966-74: Press Unit\nFolder Title: Press Releases - March 1969\nBox: P9\nTo see more digitized collections visit:\nhttps://reaganlibrary.gov/archives/digital-library\nTo see all Ronald Reagan Presidential Library inventories visit:\nhttps://reaganlibrary.gov/document-collection\nContact a reference archivist at: [email protected]\nCitation Guidelines: https://reaganlibrary.gov/citing\nNational Archives Catalogue: https://catalog.archives.gov/\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: Im' diate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-3-69\n#130\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced a program for tighter\ncontrol of crime and vandalism in California's state parks.\nThe program is based on recommendations of the State Commission on\nPeace Officer Standards and Training in a study on \"Crime Control in\nthe California State Parks\" recently completed for the Department of\nParks and Recreation.\n\"Crime and vandalism have been on the increase in our state parks,\nas in the parks of other states and in the national parks and forests,'\nthe Governor noted.\n\"The statistics in this report are not pleasant, but immediate\nattention to this problem through training and enforcement will help us\nsafeguard our parks as places for people to enjoy.\"\nThe recommendations include intensive law enforcement training for\npark rangers; establishment of special law enforcement positions at\ndepartment headquarters and in each of the department's six districts;\nand special vehicles and other equipment for crime control and prevention\nCloser coordination with local law enforcement agencies and a uniform\nreporting system were also proposed.\nThe department has already established a headquarters coordinator\nposition, and the district positions will be filled shortly. Twenty of\nthe department's 341 rangers have taken an initial 80-hour training\ncourse, with 20 more rangers scheduled this spring. Funds are being\nrequested in the State's 1969-70 budget for equipment and for expansion\nof the training program. A crime reporting system is being installed,\nand the mutual assistance program with local law enforcement agencies is\nbeing strengthened.\nThe magnitude of the Park System's problem is shown in the more than\n8,000 offenses reported in the 1967-68 fiscal year. Of these offenses,\nthere were 1400 felonies, or more than many single counties record for\nthe entire year, the report notes.\n\"These figures are not large in relation to the 37 million visitor\ndays use tallied by the state park system last year, but they do repre-\nsent a serious and increasing threat to the safety and comfort of park\nvisitors and the protection of park property.\" the Governor observed.\nConducting the study for the Peace Officers Standards Commission\nwere Edward M. Toothman, former Oakland police chief, and Harry V.\nReynolds, former assistant chief of the Visitor Protection Branch of the\nNational Park Service.\n(Copies of the study are available to members of the press on\nrequest by calling Bill Dillinger at 445-7006).\n######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOF\nRELEASE: Imm iate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-4-69\n#131\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Ronell L. Draper of Pacoima\nto a four-year term on the State Board of Dry Cleaners.\nThe appointment requires Senate confirmation and pays $25 per diem\nplus expenses.\nDraper, a 32-year-old Republican, succeeds Frank W. Evans of\nLos Angeles whose term expired.\nDraper owns and operates the Ron Bella Capri Restaurant in Pacoima.\nHe is a member of the Pacoima Businessmen's Association.\nHe lives at 13441 Gladstone Street. Sylmar.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE:\nImm\niate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n3-4-69\n#132\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Marysville prune rancher\nJames I. Pettis to a four-year term on the board of directors of the\n13th District Agricultural Association. The association operates the\nYuba-Sutter Fair.\nThe post is non-salaried\nPettis, a 42-year-old Republican, replaces John Sperbeck of\nMarysville whose term expired.\nThe Governor also announced he has reappointed Robert J. Storm\nof Yuba City, manager of the Federal Land Bank Association, to a four-\nyear term on the board. Storm 37, was first appointed in September,\n1967. P Republican, he lives at 924 Sandborn Road, Yuba City,\nPettis is a 1949 graduate of the University of Southern California\nHe is a member of the Marysville Rotary and Elks Clubs. He lives at\n716 Ellis Road, Marysville.\n######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: J ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n3-4-69\n#133\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Robert G Lewis of Templeton\nto a four-year term on the board of directors of the 16th District\nAgricultural Association. The association operates the San Luis\nObispo County Fair\nThe post is non-salaried\nThe governor also announced he has reappointed Cholame grain\nfarmer and cattle rancher Kenneth H. Davies to the board. Davies,\n76, was first appointed in 1952. A Democrat, he has served as\npresident of the Productive Credit Association of San Luis Obispo\nfor the past 27 years. His address is X Bar D Ranch, Cholame\nLewis, a 48-year-old Republican, raises cattle on some 7,500\nacres in eastern San Luis Obispo County. He has also served as\npresident of the Templeton Sales Yard since 1964. He is a member\nof the San Luis Obispo County Farm Bureau and Cattlemen's Association\nHe succeeds John Ruskovich of Atascadero whose term expired.\nLewis' address is Star Route, Box 5, Santa Marguerita.\n#####\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: In diate\nSacramento, California\nCon tact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 3-4-69\n#134\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Richvale rancher Gene C.\nHarris to a four-year term on the board of directors of the 3rd\nDistrict Agricultural Association. The association operates the\nSilver Dollar Fair in Butte County.\nThe post is non-salaried.\nHarris, a 39-year-old Republican, succeeds William J. Grogan\nof Oroville whose term expired.\nThe governor also announced he has reappointed G. W. (Jock)\nRoney of Chico to the board. Roney, 73, was first appointed in 1958.\nC\nI retired farmer, he lives on Nord-Cana Road, Chico.\nHarris manages the family firm of Harris & Harris which operates\nsome 2,500 acres, much of it in rice, in the Richvale area. He is\na director of the California Farm Bureau and the Richvale Flying\nFarmers.\nHis address is P.O. Box 273, Richvale.\n#####\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, Californ\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 3-4-69\n#135\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today mamed San Diego businessman\nAlan S. Raffee to the State Social Welfare Board.\nThe appointment requires Senate confirmation and pays $25 per\ndiem, plus expenses. He will serve at the pleasure of the governor.\nRaffee, a 39-year-old Republican, succeeds J. Steve Williams\nwho was appointed to the San Bernardino County Superior Court\nRaffee, a 1952 graduate of U. C. I. A., is president of Raffee's\nCarpets,a firm with offices throughout California, Oregon and Washington.\nDuring the past few years he has served on the executive board\nof the United Jewish Federation, on the board of directors of the\nRed Cross Family Service Association, and as a member of the Urban\nLeague and Better Business Bureau of San Diego\nHe lives at 679 Rosecrans Street, San Diego\n#####\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE:\nImr\ndiate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 3-4-69\n#136\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named retired Gustine businessman\nManuel F. Azevedo to a four-year term on the board of directors of\nthe 35th District Agricultural Association.\nThe post is non-salaried.\nThe governor also announced he has reappointed Merced Irrigation\nDistrict Assessor-Collector Humbert J. Trindade to the board Trindade,\n49, was first appointed in 1961 A Democrat, he resides at 3390 North\nGurr Road, Merced.\nAzevedo, a 70-year-old Republican, succeeds Joe A. Brazil of\nGustine whose term expired.\nAzevedo, who retired 10 years ago from the hardware business,\nserved 12 years on the Gustine City Council. He is also a member of\nthe local Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce, and Native Sons of the\nGolden West.\nHe lives at 111 West Avenue, Gustine.\n#####\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE:\nImr\nliate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 3-4-69\n#137\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Raphael F. Solari, a San\nFrancisco physician, and Irvin Powers, administrator of several\nprivate schools for exceptional children in Borrego Springs, to four-\nyear terms on the State Advisory Hospital Council\nThe appointments require Senate confirmation and pay necessary\nexpenses.\nThe governor also announced he has reappointed V. K. Meedom,\na former Crescent City councilman and past Del Norte County supervisor,\nto a four-year term on the council. He was first appointed in 1947.\nMeedom, a 74-year-old Democrat, lives at 149 South A Street, Crescent\nCity\nSolari, 44, succeeds Dr. Thomas H. Brem of South Pasadena. A\nRepublican, Solari received his M. D. Degree from the University of\nSouthern California. He worked as a clinical instructor of medicine\nat the University of California from 1956-67. He lives at 151 Santa\nAna Avenue, San Francisco\nPowers, a 45-year-old Republican, replaces H. David Sokoloff\nof San Rafael.\nPowers is the owner and administrator of Rancho San Felipe School\nand Borrego Palms School--known as Schowers Schools, Borrego Springs.\nHe is a graduate of Shepherdstown College, West Virginia.\nThe terms of both outgoing members expired\n#####\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERI\nRELEASE: Im. diate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 3-4-69\n#138\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named San Diego businessman C. Hugh\nFriedman to the State Automobile Accident Study Commission\nThe appointment requires Senate confirmation and pays necessary\nexpenses. He will serve at the pleasure of the Governor.\nFriedman, 37, succeeds John P. Vukasin of Piedmont who resigned,\nVukasin was named January 1 to the State Public Utilities Commission\nFriedman is vice president and general counsel of the United\nStates National Bank, San Diego. A Republican, he is a 1956 graduate\nof Stanford University Law School and served from 1956-58 as a deputy\nattorney general for the State of California.\nAn adjunct professor of law at the University of San Diego Iaw\nSchool, Friedman is vice chairman of the San Diego County Civil Service\nCommission and is a director-vice president of the San Diego County\nBar Association.\nHe is a former director and past president of the Legal Aid\nSociety of San Diego; is a director of the San Diego Civic Light\nOpera Association and is a vice president and director of the Luther\nAssociation for retarded Children.\nHe lives at 3802 Marragansett Avenue, San Diego.\n####\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER'\nR\nRELEASE:\nIn\ndiate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 3-4-69\n#139\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has reappointed\nNick W. Mandich, Sr., of Bishop and William F. Manahan of June Lake\nto four-year terms on the board of directors of the 18th District\nAgricultural Association. The association operates the Eastern\nSierra Tri-County Fair.\nThe posts are non-salaried.\nMendich, a retired drug store owner, has served on the board\nsince 1953. A democrat, he is a member of the American Legion and\nthe Bishop Rotary Club. Mandich, 75, lives at the corner of Mandich\nand Fowler streets, Bishop.\nManahan, 69, was first appointed in August, 1967, A Republican,\nhe is a retired schoolteacher, Now active in real estate, his address\nis P.O. Box 205, June Lake.\n#####\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE 8 VER\nRELEASE:\nmmediate\nSacramento, Californ\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 3-4-69\n#140\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Eugene W. Smith of Fuburn\nto a four-year term on the board of directors of the 20th District\nAgricultural Association. The association operates the Auburn District\nFair.\nThe post is non-salaried.\nSmith, a 41-year-old Democrat, succeeds Farrell F. Wrenn of\nAuburn whose term expired.\nGovernor Reagan also announced he has reappointed Placer County\nClerk Mrs. Maurine I. Dobbas to a four-year term on the board. Mrs.\nDobbas was first appointed in 1950. She is a Republican and lives at\nRoute 1, Box 510, Newcastle.\nSmith works as district representative for the Pacific Gas and\nElectric Company in Auburn In 1965, he became a charter member of\nthe Placer County Agri-Business Committee and helped form the Placer\nCounty Farmer of the Year program.\nHe lives at 318 Racetrack Street, Auburn.\n#####\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 3-4-69\n#141\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nBaci Frecceri of Sonora to a four-year term on the board of directors\nof the 39th District Agricultural Association. The association operates\nthe Mother Lode Fair.\nThe post is non-salaried.\nFrecceri, a 47-year-old Republican, succeeds William S. Woodford\nof Sonora whose term expired.\nThe governor also announced he has reappointed Walter C. Sundborg\nof Sonora to a four-year term on the board. Sundborg, 58, was first\nappointed in 1965. A Republican, he owns and operates Architectural\nAggregates of Sonora.\nFrecceri works as a sales representative for the California\nState Automobile Association. His address is Route 2, Box 639,\nSonora.\n####\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOI\nRELEASE: Imm iate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-5-69\n#142\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has reappointed\nStanley Atran of Arbuckle and Hugh P. Jones of Colusa to four-year terms\non the board of directors of the 44th District Agricultural Association.\nThe association operates the Colusa County Fair.\nThe posts are non-salaried.\nAtran, 53, operates a motor truck dealership in Arbuckle. He\nwas first appointed to the fair board in 1957. A Republican, he lives\nat 101 Fifth Street, Arbuckle.\nJones, a 53-year-old Republican, was first appointed in 1953.\nHe is the manager and a partner in Delta Industries of Colusa.\nHe is a past president of the Fair Board and is a former advisory\ndirector of the Western Fairs Association. He lives at 1140 Webster\nStreet, Colusa.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO.\nRELEASE: Imm\niate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-5-69\n#143\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has named Jackson I. McCabe of Upper Lake\nand James L. Shinn of Clearlake Oaks to four-year terms on the board\nof directors of the 49th District Agricultural Association. The\nassociation operates the Lake County Fair.\nThe posts are non-salaried.\nMcCabe, a 37-year-old Republican, succeeds Mrs. Thelma Griner\nof Upper Lake. Shinn, 47, replaces Carl. W. Denner of Clearlake Oaks.\nTerms of both outgoing members expired.\nMcCabe farms pears and walnuts. He is a member and former\npresident of the board of trustees of the Upper Lake Union Grammar\nSchool. He has served on the Lake County Committee on School District\nOrganization for two years.\nHe is also a director and vice-chairman of the Lake County Farm\nBureau. He has been vice chairman of the Lake Farm Center for one year.\nHis address is P.O. Box 111, Middle Creek Road, Upper Lake.\nShinn, a Republican, is Lake County clerk-recorder. He was first\nelected to the post in 1962 and was re-elected four years later.\nHis address is P.O. Box 425, Highway 20, Nice.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Imme iate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-5-69\n#144\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has reappointed\nRobert W. Howard of Orland and Donald L. Lederer of Willows to four-year\nterms on the board of directors of the 42nd District Agricultural\nAssociation.\nThe association operates the Glenn County Fair.\nThe posts are non-salaried.\nHoward, a 51-year-old Republican, is a realtor. He was first\nappointed in February, 1968.\nHe is president of the Glenn County Board of Realtors and is\nchairman of the Glenn County Chamber of Commerce. He has served often\nas an auctioneer at junior livestock sales in the area.\nHis address is P.O. Box 35, County Road 14, Orland.\nLederer, 37, raises sheep, hay, alfalfa and barley on his rural\nWillows ranch.\nHe is a past president and director of the Glenn County Woolgrowers'\nAssociation and is a former member of the Kanawha School Board. He is\nalso a member of the Junior Livestock Fair Board and is a Willows 4-H\nleader.\nHis address is Route 1, Box 228, Willows. He is a Republican.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: Imm\niate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-5-69\n#145\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named George L. Powell of Corning\nand Roy D. Berridge of Red Bluff to four-year terms on the board of\ndirectors of the 30th District Agricultural Association.\nThe association operates the Tehama Totem Fair.\nThe posts are non-salaried.\nPowell, 51, replaces Jerald Brophy of Red Bluff. Berridge, a\n38-year-old Republican, succeeds Lester B. Hart of Red Bluff. Terms of\nboth outgoing members expired.\nPowell, a Republican, is plant manager for Consolidated Olive\nGrowers, Corning.\nHe is a former member of the Corning High School Board of Trustees\nand Corning City Council. He is a past director of the Corning District\nChamber of Commerce, Public Library and City Recreation Commission.\nHe lives at 1141 Marguerite Avenue, Corning.\nBerridge, a forester, is a former chairman of the Tehama County\nChapter of Keep California Green. He also served as Red Bluff Chamber\nof Commerce representative to the Inter-Counties Chamber of Commerce of\nNorthern California.\nHis address is Route 3, Box 3081, Red Bluff.\n#######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOI\nRELEASE: Imme liate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-5-69\n#146\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Pope Valley resort operator\nGeorge B. Heibel and John A. Nemes, publisher of the Napa County Record,\nto four-year terms on the board of directors of the 25th District\nAgricultural Association.\nThe association operates the Napa Town and Country Fair.\nThe posts are non-salaried.\nHeibel, 57, succeeds Melvin Avila of Calistoga. Nemes, a 52-year-\nold Republican, replaces Jack H. Sparlin of Napa. Terms of both out-\ngoing members expired.\nHeibel, a Republican, operates the Aetna Springs Resort. He has\nalso been in the food service business for more than four decades.\nHe is president of the Napa County Taxpayers' Association and is\na past president of the Napa Valley Horsemen's Association. He is a\nfounder and charter member of the Napa County Sheriff's Posse.\nHe lives at Aetna Springs Resort, Pope Valley.\nNemes publishes the Napa Valley News and Napa County Record.\nHe has been in the newspaper business since 1932.\nFrom 1950-68 he was commissioner of the Amateur Softball\nAssociation of the Napa-Solano District.\nHe lives at 1019 Mustang Road, Napa.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO.\nRELEASE: Imn\niate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-5-69\n#147\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Bakersfield rancher Jimmie J.\nIcardo to a four-year term on the board of directors of the 15th\nDistrict Agricultural Association.\nThe association operates the Kern County Fair.\nThe post is non-salaried.\nIcardo, a 48-year-old Republican, succeeds J. Russell Kennedy of\nBakersfield whose term expired.\nThe governor also announced he has reappointed Hollis B. Roberts,\na McFarland farmer and businessman. Roberts, a 56-year-old Democrat,\nhas served on the board since 1961. His address is P.O. Box 307,\nMcFarland.\nIcardo raises cantaloupes and onions on his Kern County ranch.\nHe is vice chairman of the board of directors of California\nRepublic Bank and is on the boards of directors of the Kern County\nFarm Bureau and the Bakersfield Trade Club.\nHe lives at 1141 Panorama Drive, Bakersfield.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Imr diate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-5-69\n#148\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today announced the appointment of\nDonald E. Anderson of Los Alamitos as local assistance officer for the\nState Department of General Services.\nHis salary will be $19,200 per year.\nAnderson, a 50-year-old Republican, succeeds Paul I. Hoyenga of\nRocklin. Anderson will serve at the pleasure of Andrew Lolli, director\nof the Department of General Services.\nAnderson has been active in Republican Party work in Southern\nCalifornia for the past 10 years. He has been chief administrative\nofficer of the Republican State Central Committee of California since\n1964.\nA 1940 graduate of the University of Nebraska, he served as an\nofficer in the U.S. Army during World War II. From 1946-68 he was a\nmember of the U.S. Army Reserve. As a lieutenant colonel, he was\nassigned as assistant chief of staff for security, plans and operations\nin the 6331st Field Army Support Command at Van Nuys.\nHe was an assemblyman in the 45th Assembly District from 1957-59.\nAnderson is a former chairman of the San Gabriel Valley Council\nof the Boy Scouts of America. He is a past member of the Monterey Park\nPersonnel Board; is a former deputy director of the Monterey Park Civil\nDefense and Disaster Corps; and is a past president of the Monterey Park\nChamber of Commerce.\nHe is married, has two children, and lives at 2972 Tigertail Drive,\nLos Alamitos.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: Im liate\nSacramento, Californi.\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-4-69\n#149\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:\n\"The Advisory Commission on Tax Reform has submitted its report\nto me and I had an opportunity to meet with them yesterday to thank\nthem for the very dedicated service each of them has voluntarily\ncontributed to our State government. Their work is well within the\ntradition of voluntary and dedicated contributions of our fine private\nsector that I have spoken of many times, and I am glad to acknowledge\nthe obligation we feel for this kind of service.\n\"The task I gave to them was to review our State and local tax\nstructure, asking them particularly to look at the problems from the\npoint of view of the individual taxpayer and the total burden he must\nbear, rather than simply examine problems of State taxes. I also asked\nthat they review the very heavy burden of taxation which real property\nnow bears.\n\"The principal problem in this whole difficult field is the necessity\nof securing a better distribution of the existing very large sources of\nrevenue which our citizens provide for federal, State and local govern-\nment at all levels. Unfortunately, the Advisory Commission's recommen-\ndations do not appear to solve this complex problem. One of their\nprincipal proposals is that the first $2.88 of current local property\ntaxation be allocated to the State for redistribution to our schools.\nHowever, this recommendation is not accompanied by any proposal for\nmaintaining current levels of local property taxation, and under these\ncircumstances, I fear that as has happened so many times in the past\nwhen somewhat similar proposals were made, this would simply mean within\na very short time, possibly two years, this would result in an increase\nof at least $2.88 in the property tax burden we all now bear.\n\"If this happened, it would mean property taxes would go up an\nadditional $500 million instead of achieving the very necessary property\ntax reduction which we must achieve.\n\"I know the hope has been expressed that local government would not\nfeel it necessary to add new property taxes to make up for the amount\nallocated to the State, but I am afraid our experience of the last 50\nyears almost guarantees that this would be the result.\n- 1 -\n#149\n\"The Commission's recommendations would also require additional\ntaxes in other fields: they recommend additional sales taxes on many\nrather necessary services which are now exempt from sales taxation such\nas public utility services and such necessities as cleaning, laundry,\nbarber shop, auto repairs, parking; and, in addition, a sales tax on\nadmissions to recreation and amusement events and radio and television\nrepairs. These proposed new taxes would impose an additional burden of\n$375 million on the taxpayer. While a large portion of this would be\nearmarked for local government, the fact remains that the total addi-\ntional burden on the California taxpayer would exceed $375 million\nannually.\n\"I certainly agree with the finding that would broaden the base\nof the sales tax, but I would rather use that revenue to give property\ntax relief or a lowering of the sales tax rate itself.\n\"I have already commented at length on the withholding proposal.\nLet me say today simply that I cannot agree that withholding will\nincrease elasticity in our tax system, nor do I see any justification\nfor recommending a withholding system without at the same time\nrecommending sufficient forgiveness so that the taxpayer would not have\nto pay any more in any one year than he is now required to pay--which\nis far too much. Any system which requires a taxpayer to pay virtually\ntwo years taxes in one year can surely not be justified. Also, as you\nknow from my previous statements on the subject, withholding does\ninvolve taking the taxpayer's funds far sooner than is now required, and\nestimates indicate that the so-called \"compliance factor\" would increase\nour net revenues only about $15 million a year.\n\"I am very pleased the Commission adopted the recommendation I made\nearlier in my Budget that we allocate over $105 million to increase the\nState share of the cost of the public schools.\n\"I am pleased too that the Commission has recommended the substitu-\ntion of the personal exemption in the place of tax credits. I recom-\nmended this change to the Legislature last year to ease the burden on our\nmiddle income families with a large number of dependents.\n\"Naturally, I also share the Commission's hope that we can increase\nlocal property tax relief by enlarging the home-owners exemption when\nour fiscal condition fully justifies it.\n\"I was pleased to note the Commission's comments on a minimum\nincome tax which I think should be adopted.\n- 2 -\n#149\n\"I feel that we should continue to consider adopting the carbon\ncopy Federal-State income tax return form under which the State taxpayer\ncould simply pay a percentage of the amount he has to pay to the\nfederal government. This would eliminate the complicated and unnecessary\nburden now faced by our taxpayers who must deal with two widely and\nunnecessarily differing sets of tax laws, and annually go through the\nmisery of computing an income tax payment by two separate standards.\nAside from the taxpayers' personal convenience, we would save substantial\nsums by being able to get along with far fewer State tax administrators\nif we adopted a carbon copy system which I have strongly recommended man\ntimes and am again urging. Partial conformity is not enough.\n\"Finally, I think that we must recognize that trying to provide\nmore revenue to meet existing and predicted costs of government in the\nfuture is not the only solution. I still have great faith in the idea\nof reducing the cost of government and ensuring that the revenues we\nnow have are being spent in the most effective way and in a way designed\nto produce the best results for our children and for ourselves.\n\"We have made a substantial start in this direction in State\ngovernment and while in general I support the idea of the State sharing\nits revenues with local government--just as I have urged repeatedly that\nthe federal government share its revenues collected in State government-\nI think an essential feature of this plan is that we have some assurance\nthat local government will institute program budgeting and cost\neffectiveness mechanisms. By doing this they will be able to assure\nall Californians that each tax dollar is being spent in a way that will\nproduce necessary and valuable results. This also will assure that\nall programs will be under continuous review--as is the case now in\nState government where we determine if we must continue with them and\nhow we can improve their effectiveness at lower cost.\"\n#########\nPB\n- 3 -\n#150\nThe second compact--the California-Nevada Interstate Compact\nwhich concerns the waters of Lake Tahoe, Truckee River, Carson River and\nthe Walker River Basins--is an agreement providing for the apportion-\nment of water between the two states. The measure has been approved\nby the Nevada legislature and is now pending before the California\nlegislature. It, too, will require congressional approval.\nAgreement on the water compact was reached after 13 years of\nnegotiations. The Compact allocates water to each State from the three\nrivers and from Lake Tahoe. Its adoption will guarantee each State a\nminimum share of water.\nThe summit conference is also expected to review present and future\nprograms dealing with the export of wastes from the Tahoe area. The\nconferees will discuss with members of the press the effectiveness of\na policy now in effect which stipulates that no sewage or solid waste\nrefuse will be allowed to enter the surface waters of the basin.\nFacilities for transporting newsmen and their equipment from the\nHeavenly Valley Lodge to the site of the summit conference will be\nprovided by Heavenly Valley. A luncheon will be served in conjunction\nwith the conference.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: In\ndiate\nSacramento, Californ.\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-4-69\n#150\nLieutenant governors Ed Reinecke of California and Ed Fike of\nNevada will meet at the summit of a ten thousand foot mountain peak in\nthe high Sierra, Saturday, March 8, at noon to discuss conservation\nprojects designed to protect and preserve world famous Lake Tahoe and\nits surrounding areas.\nJoining Reinecke and Fike for the \"Summit talks\" will be\nElmo De Ricco, director of conservation and natural resources for the\nState of Nevada, his California counterpart Norman B. Livermore, Jr.,\nstate resources secretary, William Mott, Jr., director of the California\nDepartment of Parks and Recreation and his Nevada counterpart,\nEric Cronkhite, administrator of his state's Division of Parks.\nThe summit conservation meeting will be held in conjunction with\nthe annual Governor's Cup Ski Races held at Heavenly Valley, where the\nlieutenant governors will present awards and trophies to skiers\ncompeting over courses laid out over areas encompassing portions of\neach of the two states\nThe purpose of the conference will be to review current and future\nconservation and recreation plans for the Tahoe Basin. The discussion\nwill concentrate on activities undertaken both jointly and unilaterally\nby the two states to protect the natural beauty of the Tahoe area.\nJoining the conferees will be Hugh Killebrew, president of\nHeavenly Valley, who will discuss the role of the private sector in\nhelping develop year-round recreational facilities while utilizing\nproven conservation practices.\nAmong the subjects for discussion will be two major compacts\ndeveloped jointly after years of negotiations between Nevada and\nCalifornia. The first--the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact--will govern\nall land use within the area. The pact has been approved by the\nlegislatures of both states and is now awaiting congressional approval.\nThe compact will create a bi-state Tahoe Regional Planning Agency\nto develop a comprehensive regional plan providing for conservation and\norderly development of the area.\nThe agency, consisting of representatives of both state and local\ngovernment, will develop a plan covering land-use, population density,\ntransportation, conservation, recreation and public services,\n- 1 -\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOP\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-5-69\n#151\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has named G. Theodore Pretzer of Fresno\nand William J. Hutchison of Clovis to four-year terms on the 21st\nDistrict Agricultural Association's board of directors. The\nassociation operates the Fresno District Fair.\nThe posts are non-salaried.\nPretzer, a 56-year-old Republican, succeeds Waldo J. Fortier\nof Fresno. Hutchison, 72, replaces Leslie C. Unger of Selma. Terms\nof both outgoing members expired.\nPretzer, a rancher, is president of the Fresno County Farm\nBureau and is a past president of the Fresno District Fair Association.\nHe is also a former president of the Consolidated Milk Producers and\nserves as vice president of the Allied Dairymen's Association.\nHe\nis a past vice president of the California Milk Producers.\nHe lives at 95 North Hayes Avenue, Fresno.\nHutchison, a Republican, is a Clovis area real estate broker.\nHe is a former director of the Clovis Chamber of Commerce and is\nan active member in the Clovis Merchants' Association.\nHe lives at 4160 North Wilson Avenue, Fresno.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 3-5-69\n#152\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has proclaimed the\nweek of March 2 as CIRCLE K WEEK.\n\"WHEREAS\nCircle K International, a collegiate service\norganization sponsored by Kiwanis International,\nis observing the week of March 2 to 8, 1969, as\nCircle K Week: and\n\"WHEREAS\nThe members of Circle K are part of an international\norganization dedicated to serve with purpose their\nGod, their country, their state and their fellow\nman, seeking to give primacy to the human and\nspiritual rather than to the material values of\nlife; and\n\"WHEREAS\nThey promote the adoption of higher social, business,\nprofessional and educational standards and a more\nconcerned and serviceable citizenship; and\n\"WHEREAS\nThrough their purposeful service they have helped\nto build better communications where righteous-\nness, justice, patriotism and good will are more\nthan just words -- where they become goals for\nliving,\n\"NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do hereby\nproclaim the week beginning March 2, 1969, as CIRCLE K WEEK in\nCalifornia.\"\n#####\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-5-69\n#153\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today submitted to the legislature a far-\nreaching program to further reorganize the executive branch of state\ngovernment by eliminating unnecessary boards and commissions and\nimproving the management structure.\nThe program was outlined in a 21-page message from the governor.\nIt was accompanied by three specific reorganization plans:\n--To eliminate, transfer or consolidate the functions of 31 boards\nand commissions. \"The actions proposed in this plan will increase\nefficiency, save the taxpayers' money, eliminate unnecessary units\nand consolidate like functions to increase coordination and decrease\noverlap and duplication.\"\n--To restructure and consolidate those agencies of the executive\nbranch which relate to ocean resources. \"This plan will provide a\ncoordinated approach to harnessing and conserving the last great untapped\nresource of California-- the ocean. This will assure the orderly\ndevelopment and continuing administration of a comprehensive coastal area\nplan to guide the many decisions which affect the use of California's\ncoastline.\n--To change the name of the Department of Professional and Vocationa\nStandards to the Department of Business and Professional Licensing.\nIn his reorganization message, the governor requested continued\nauthority in the future to submit reorganization plans to the legislature\nThat authority will expire December 31, 1969.\n\"The extension of this authority, \" he said, \"is one of the most\nimportant and significant reorganization actions that can be taken for\nthe benefit of the people of California. I strongly urge your favorable\nconsideration of this legislation,\" the governor added.\nHe also reiterated his call for the consolidation of tax programs\nand integration of tax collection functions through the creation of a\nsingle state agency which would be known as the Department of Revenue.\nLegislation has already been introduced to accomplish these objectives.\n\"There is no single item of reorganization proposed this year which\nwill have a greater long-term significance for California's current and\nfuture citizens than this matter of tax administration. I urge you to\novercome any and all obstacles in carrying out this organizational reform\nwhich has been so uniformly supported and so repeatedly thwarted, the\ngovernor said,\nHe concluded his message:\n\"We shall propose and institute change where change is needed and\njustified, but not for the sake of novelty or the momentary glamour of\na new approach.\n\"We shall guarantee our state's future by the soundness with which\nwe build the foundations of that future today.\"\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-5-69\n#154\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Lester E. Hadley of Truckee\nand Phillip L. Personeni, Sr., of Nevada City to four-year terms on\nthe board of directors of the 17th District Agricultural Association.\nThe association operates the Nevada County District Fair.\nThe posts are non-salaried.\nHadley, a 73-year-old retired farmer and banker, succeeds Eugene P.\nFoster of Truckee. Personeni, 65, replaces Gail Gordon of Grass Valley.\nTerms of both outgoing members expired.\nHadley, a Republican, is a past president of the Los Angeles\nCounty Farm Bureau and the San Fernando Soil Conservation District.\nHe was an agricultural advisor to the Los Angeles County Honor Farm\nfor 10 years.\nHe has lived in Truckee since 1963. His address is P. O. Box 876,\nTruckee.\nPersoneni, a Republican, is a farmer. He is a former director\nof the Nevada Irrigation District and is in his second term as state\ndelegate for the Nevada County Farm Bureau. He has been a 4-H Club\nleader for 15 years.\nHis address is Route 1, Box 351, Nevada City.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-5-69\n#155\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Glenn-Colusa Irrigation\nDistrict Executive Secretary Paul M. Dwinell of Willows and Richard R.\nHall of Cucamonga, general manager of the Chino Basin Municipal Water\nDistrict, to four-year terms on the State Water Quality Advisory\nCommittee.\nThe posts pay necessary expenses.\nThe governor also announced he has reappointed Donald J. Inman\nof Los Angeles, a Santa Fe Railway hydraulic engineer, to a four-\nyear term. Inman, a 39-year-old Republican, is a member of the\nwater resources committees of both the state and Los Angeles chambers\nof commerce. A registered civil engineer, he was first appointed to\nthe State Water Quality Advisory Committee in May, 1968.\nHe lives at 15039 Manzanares Road, La Mirada.\nDwinell, a 62-year-old Republican, succeds Murray E. Moore of\nIndio. Hall, 36, replaces Hugo W. Wilde of Rialto. Terms of both\noutgoing members expired.\nDwinell serves as chairman of the Glenn County Water Resources\nCommittee and as a member of the legislative committee of the\nCalifornia Irrigation Districts Association.\nHe lives at 403 South Murdock Street, Willows.\nHall, a Republican, is president of the Ontario Council of the\nNavy League and is secretary of the municipal water district section\nof the California Irrigation Districts Association.\nHe lives at 696 North Laurel Avenue, Upland.\n# # #\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\n1\nediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-5-69\n#156\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Van Nuys attorney\nDavid H. Workman to a three-year term as a member of the El Pueblo de\nLos Angeles State Historical Monument Commission.\nWorkman, a 38-year-old Democrat, was first named to the commission\nin 1966.\nA graduate of Stanford University Law School, Workman is a member\nof the Los Angeles World Affairs Council and is a director of the\nHistorical Society of Southern California.\nHe lives at 5760 West Lindenhurst Avenue, Los Angeles.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE:\nIt\ndiate\nSacramento, Californ.\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-5-69\n#157\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Mrs. Marion Miller of\nLos Angeles to a four-year term on the board of trustees of Metropolitan\nState Hospital.\nThe appointment requires Senate confirmation and pays necessary\nexpenses.\nMrs. Miller, a Republican, succeeds Rudolph Castro of Yorba Linda\nwho resigned. Castro serves as a special representative to the\ngovernor in Los Angeles.\nA 1941 graduate of the University of Miami, Mrs. Miller served as\nan undercover agent for the F.B.I. within the U.S. Communist Party\nfrom 1955.\nShe is currently the executive director of Christians and Jews\nfor Law and Morality, Los Angeles.\nFrom 1941-46 she taught school in Jacksonville, Florida.\nShe lives at 10591 Cushdon Avenue, Los Angeles.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN R\nMEMO TO THE RESS\nSacramento, Califor\n1\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n3-5-69\nThe fourth in a series of State of the Agency messages will be\npresented by Agriculture and Services Secretary Earl Coke at\n1:30 p.m., Thursday, March 6 in News Conference Room 1190.\nAppearing with Coke will be department directors within the\nagency.\nThe State of the Agency message conforms with the Governor's\nannouncement in his State of the State message that each agency\nsubmita report of its activities to the legislature.\nFollowing the presentation, the session will be open to\nquestions from the press.\nWhile the session will produce news of immediate interest,\nit is also anticipated that it may be of assistance to the press\nby providing information on a background basis.\n# # #\nOFFICE OF THE GOVEF\nR\nSacramento, California\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-6-69\nThere will be a signing ceremony in Governor Reagan's Office at\n11:30 this morning pertaining to AB-93 (Pete Wilson). The bill\nprovides for augmentation of funds for over-enrolment at state colleges.\n##########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVEP\nR\nRELEASE:\nediate\nSacramento, Califor ra\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-6-69\n#158\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Norman D. Livran, deputy\nexecutive officer of the Los Angeles County Local Agency Formation\nCommission, as executive secretary of the State Intergovernmental\nBoard on Electronic Data Processing.\nLivran, a 33-year-old Republican, will serve at the pleasure of\nthe governor and earn a monthly salary of $1,793 in the newly created\npost.\nHe holds a B.S. Degree in public administration from the University\nof Southern California and has completed all course work for a Master's\nDegree at U.S.C.\nHe has been deputy executive officer for the Los Angeles County\ncommission since 1965. He served as an administrative assistant for\nthe City of La Mirada from 1963-65. He also worked as an administrative\nassistant for Los Angeles County for one year and was a deputy sheriff\nin Los Angeles from 1958-63.\nHe resides at 1114 Unitah Street, La Canada.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOV\nNOR\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 3-6-69\n#159\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today proclaimed March 6 through 13\nas ZERO DEFECTS WEEK.\n\"WHEREAS, the president of the United States and the Secretary\nof Defense have repeatedly expressed their determination to reduce\nthe high costs of national defense by the elimination of waste; and\n\"WHEREAS, the provision by industry to the government of error-\nfree products exemplifies a manner in which the goal of defense cost\nreduction can be achieved; and\n\"WHEREAS, the institution of zero defects programs in industry,\nby which employees strive to avoid error in the manufacturing process,\nhas certainly aided in the achievement of error-free products; and\n\"WHEREAS, an outstanding illustration of the effectiveness of\nzero defects programs is Holex, Incorporated, which will be honored\non March 6th as the recipient of the General Electric Missile and\nSpace Division, Re-entry Systems Department's Outstanding Supplier\nof the Year - 1968 award; and\n\"WHEREAS, this award is based on the fact that Holex has provided\nerror-free components for the Re-entry Systems Department throughout\n1968,\nNOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do hereby\nproclaim the week of March 6 through 13, 1969, as ZERO DEFECTS WEEK.\n#####\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Im'\ndiate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-6-69\n#160\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named businessman John V. Vaughn and\nattorney William S. Bartman, both of Los Angeles, to four-year terms on\nthe board of directors of the California Museum of Science and Industry.\nThe posts pay necessary expenses.\nVaughn, 59, succeeds Franklin D. Murphy of Los Angeles. Bartman, a\na 46-year-old Republican, replaces Col. C. S. Smith of Compton. Terms\nof the outgoing members expired.\nVaughn, a Republican, is president of Dartell Laboratories, a Los\nAngeles pharmaceutical manufacturing firm. A 1932 graduate of U.C.L.A.\nin economics, he is a past president of the Los Angeles Paint, Varnish\nand Lacquer Association; U.C.L.A. Alumni Association; Beta Theta Pi\nAlumni Association; and the Jonathon Club of Los Angeles.\nHe is a former chairman of the San Marino Recreation Commission\nand is on the board of directors of the Los Angeles Better Business\nBureau.\nHe is currently president of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of\nCommerce. He also serves on the boards of directors of California\nFederal Savings and Loan Association, Los Angeles Y.M.C.A., and\nOrthopedic Hospital.\nHe resides at 1199 Sherwood Road, San Marino.\nBartman is a 1947 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School.\nHe moved to California several years later and has been engaged in the\nprivate practice of law in Los Angeles since 1950.\nHe has served on the boards of directors of a number of corporation\nHe is a trustee of the U.C.L.A. Foundation and is a member of the\nNational Council of Pomona College. He lives at 10375 Wilshire Boulevar\nLos Angeles.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN(\nRELEASE: Im. liate\nSepramento, California\nContact:\nPaula Beck\n445-4571\n3-6-69\n#161\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Oscar W. Graeser and\nHerbert W. Chandler, both of Woodland, to four-year terms on the\nboard of directors of the 40th District Agricultural Association\nThe association operates the Yolo County Fair.\nThe posts are non-salaried.\nGraeser, 58, is a Woodland area real estate developer A Democrat,\nhe is also a vice president of the Woodland Teen Center. He has\nserved on the fair board for 28 years.\nHe lives at 55 Pershing Avenue, Woodland.\nChandler, a 46-year-old Republican, is agricultural commissioner\nof Yolo County. He is a former president of the Secramento Valley\nAgricultural Commissioners' Association; is a past president and\ndirector of the Yolo County Federal Credit Union; and is a member of\nthe American Legion and Woodland Rotary Club.\nHe was first appointed to the fair board last June.\nHe lives at 18 West Marshall, Woodland.\n#####\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE:\nmediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 3-7-69\n#162\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named San Bernardino investment\nmanager E. Dana Brooks and Andrew L. Holtz, an Orange County farmer, to\nfour-year terms on the Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa\nAna Region.\nThe posts pay necessary expenses.\nBrooks, 61, succeeds Thomas V. Chandler of San Bernardino.\nHoltz, a 47-year-old Republican, replaces Albert F. Schroeder of\nSanta Ana. Terms of both outgoing members expired.\nBrooks, a Republican, is vice president of Crawford Investment\nCompany, San Bernardino. He has served on the San Bernardino County\nFlood District for 22 years and was chairman for 10 years. He has also\nbeen a director of the San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District\nfor more than two decades.\nHe was a founder of the SanBernardino County Water District and\nserved as its first president. He was a director of the agency from\n1954-62. In addition, he served on the State Water Pollution Control\nBoard, Santa Ana Region, from 1960-64.\nHe lives at 25670 27th Street, San Bernardino.\nHoltz farma some 300 acres in tomatoes and lima beans.\nHe is a director of the Talbert Water District and is a member\nof the Orange County Farm Bureau. He is also a member of the California\nTomato Growers' Association.\nHe resides at 20471 Bushard Street, Huntington Beach.\n#####\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: Imme liate\nSacramento, Californi\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 3-7-69\n#163\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Howard Wackman II of Elk Grove\nand Stephen F. Williams of Sacramento to four-year terms on the board\nof directors of the 52nd District Agricultural Association\nThe posts are non-salaried\nWackman, 30, succeeds his father, Howard Wackman, who resigned\nWilliams, a 57-year-old Republican, replaces Raymond A. Caples of\nSacramento Terms of both outgoing members expired.\nWackman, a Republican, raises sheep and seed clover on his 1,400\nacre farm. He is president of the Sacramento County Farm Bureau and\nis a former national chairman of the American Farm Bureau Federations'\nyoung farmers and ranchers section.\nHis address is Route 1, Box 1547, Elk Grove.\nWilliams is a Sacramento real estate broker. He has been a member\nof the Sacramento Real Estate Board for some 32 years and is a past\npresident of the organization He has also played an active role in\nthe leadership of such organizations as Boy Scouts of America, United\nCrusade and the Red Cross\nHe lives at 2061 Rockwood Drive, Sacramento\n######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: Im diate\nSacramento, Californi.\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 3-7-69\n#164\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Santa Maria area cattle\nrancher Ernest E. Righetti, Sr. to a four-year term on the board of\ndirectors of the 37th District Agricultural Association The\nassociation operates the Santa Barbara County Fair.\nThe post is non-salaried\nRighetti, a 66-year-old Republican, succeeds Joseph W. Gray of\nSanta Maria whose term expired.\nThe governor also announced he has resppointed Clarence S. Minetti\nof Guadalupe to a four year term. Minetti, 50, was first named to the\nfair board in 1954 He operates the \"Far Western\" restaurant in\nGuadalupe and also raises horses and cattle. He is a Republican.\nRighetti is a past president of the Santa Barbara County Cattle-\nmen's Association He has been a member of the Orcutt School Board\nfor 29 years, the Santa Barbara High School board for 19 years, and\nthe local Junior College board for nine years\nHis address is P.O. Box 2430, Orcutt\n######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: I ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 3-7-69\n#165\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Robert L. Maben of West Point\nand J. L. (Ike) Moore of Angels Camp to four-year terms on the board\nof directors of the 39th District Agricultural Association. The\nassociation operates the Calaveras County Fair.\nThe posts are non-salaried\nMaben, a 43-year-old Republican, is a forester for American Forest\nProducts, Inc., at Martell He succeeds Howard L. Mosbaugh of Alta-\nville.\nMoore, 59, is a dairy farmer and cattle breeder In addition he\nis a wholesale candy and tobacco distributor. He replaces Clyde C.\nSherwood of Mountain Ranch. Terms of both outgoing members expired.\nMaben is a member of the Calaveras County Park and Recreation\nCommission. He also serves on the Natural Resources Committee of the\nState Chamber of Commerce. His home address is Star Route, West Point.\nMoore, a Republican, has served as chairman of the Angels Camp\nFrog Jump Committee. His address is Star Route, Angels Camp.\n######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE : Im⁻ diate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 3-7-69\n#166\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Stratford businessman James R.\nOrton and Hanford druggist Wellman Jue to four-year terms on the board\nof directors of the 24-A District Agricultural Association. The\nassociation operates the Kings District Fair.\nThe posts are non-salaried.\nOrton, a 46-year-old Democrat, succeeds Ernest W. Dunn of Armona.\nJue, 39, replaces Benjamin E. Briscoe of Avenal. Terms of both\noutgoing members expired.\nOrton operates a farm equipment dealership in Stratford. He is\na former director of the Kings Mosquito Abatement District and is\ncurrently a member of the Kings County Sherriff's Posse.\nHe lives at 18587 King Avenue, Stratford.\nJue, a Republican, owns Wellman Drug of Hanford. He is = 1954\ngraduate of the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy\nand is a former pharmaceutical consultant to the Kings County Welfare\nBoard. He is currently a member of the Governor's Emergency Medical\nDisaster Committee.\nHe lives at 8532 12th Avenue, Hanford\n######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nMEMO TO THE PI SS\nSacramento, Californi\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n3-7-69\n#167\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nMarch 10, 1969\nthrough\nMarch 16, 1969\nMonday, March 10\n4:45 p.m.\nArrive at San Diego Airport, proceed to Logan\nHeights for Open House at Logan Heights Manu-\nfacturing Association, 140 South 30th Street\n7:00 p.m.\nArrive at Balboa Park for exhibition of Museum\nof Man, followed by Museum of Man dinner\ncommemorating San Diego's Bicentennial at the\nCuyamaca Club\nReturn to Sacramento\nOvernight - Sacramento\nTuesday, March 11\n10:00 a.m.\nPRESS CONFERENCE\n3:30 p.m.\nPicture for Glen Elder (Elder Creek Child Care\nCenter), Governor's Office\nOvernight - Sacramento\nWednesday, March 12\n11:30 a.m.\nProceed to Senate Chamber with Easter Seal Child\nOvernight - Sacramento\nThursday, March 13\nNoon\nCSEA Institute on Government luncheon, Hotel\nEl Dorado. Speech.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nFriday, March 14\n9:30 a.m.\nGreetings to California Service Alliance,\nGovernor's Council Room\nAfternoon\nDepart for Los Angeles\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nSaturday, March 15\na.m.\nDepart for Fresno\n10:30 a.m.\nArrive Fresno\n11:00 a.m.\nAddress, California Industrial Education\nAssociation, Convention Center\nReturn to Los Angeles\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nSunday, March 16\nNo appointments scheduled\np.m.\nReturn to Sacramento\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: Imme iate\nSacramento, Californ\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n3-7-69\n#168\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today proclaimed March 8 as Debbie Meyer\nDay. Text of the proclamation follows:\n\"WHEREAS, Debbie Meyer, age 16, of the City of Sacramento, State\nof California, will receive the coveted James E. Sullivan Award on\nMarch 8, 1969, as the outstanding amateur athlete of the United States\nduring 1968; and\n\"WHEREAS, Debbie Meyer, in addition, is the triple gold medal\nwinner, for the first time in history in swimming, at the Mexico\nCity Olympic Games last summer; and\n\"WHEREAS, Debbie Meyer during 1968 established four world and\nfour American records in swimming; and\n\"WHEREAS, Debbie Meyer has brought distinction to Sacramento, to\nCalifornia and to the nation, to show our pride in her,\n\"NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do hereby\nproclaim March 8, 1969 as DEBBIE MEYER DAY.\"\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE:\nI\nediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-11-69\n#169\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he will appoint a special\nTask Force on Credit and Personnel Reporting Practices to inquire into\ncredit and personnel reporting practices. The broadly-based group will\nbe asked to determine how widespread abuses may be and what kinds of\nfirms are involved in them.\n\"Consumer protection is a vital part of our program. The vast\nmajority of reporting firms conduct themselves ethically. But we must\ndetermine whether regulation of these businesses by the State is\nnecessary, and if so, what kind of regulation is required, the Governor\nsaid.\nBefore an evaluation of the need for regulation can be made,\nstatistical data regarding the types and extent of abuses and just what\nkinds of firms are responsible for them must be obtained.\n\"Studies have been made,\" said Henry M. Shine, Jr., director of\nProfessional and Vocational Standards, \"but none have developed the\nextensive data needed to properly define the scope of the problems and\nthe best solution to them.\"\nNoting that the major credit reporting firms have adopted nation-\nwide guidelines of operation, Shine said:\n\"Throughout the term of the study, close attention will be given\nto the ability of the industry to regulate itself. When a citizen has\na complaint, how responsive is the firm in dealing with him? We need\nanswers to these problems so that the role of the State will be clearly\ndefined. If\nThe Governor has asked Noel A. Black, Chief, Collection Agency\nLicensing Bureau, to act as executive secretary to the task force.\nThe bureau already has working relationships with most of the firms\ninvolved and most are licensed as collection agencies.\nParticipants in the task force will be asked to serve voluntarily.\nMembers will be selected from among groups representing law enforcement,\nlegal aid, Better Business Bureaus, businesses using the services of\nreporting firms, reporting firms themselves, and the general public.\nSpecific appointments will be announced later.\n########\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-11-69\nA drive to raise some $50,000 to operate the Glen Elder - Elder\nCreek Child Care Center in Sacramento will be kicked off this afternoon\nat 3:30 p.m. with the presentation of the first two tickets to the\npremiere showing of the motion picture, \"Oliver.\"\nThe tickets will be presented to the governor by Fanny Lyle, Public\nInformation Officer for the Sacramento area Economic Opportunity Council,\nat ceremonies in the Governor's Office.\nThe child care center will serve under-privileged children.\nThe money raised during the campaign will go toward rent, utilities,\nfood, health, and dental services for the children enrolled in the\nprogram, accounting and auditing, insurance, playground equipment,\nfencing, paving, etc., and for additional staff to operate the center.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: Im diate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-11-69\n#170\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today praised the appointment of Dr. Preston\nMartin of Los Angeles as chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board\nin Washington, D.C.\nMartin, 45, has served as savings and loan commissioner in the\nReagan administration for the past two years. A former professor at the\nUniversity of Southern California, Martin was named to the state post\nin January, 1967.\n\"The job Preston Martin has done as California's savings and loan\ncommissioner has bean truly outstanding--a source of pride to all of\nus in state government as well as the industry with which he worked so\neffectively and well during the past two years,' the governor said.\n\"As a result of his leadership, the business climate in California,\nparticularly with respect to the state's savings and loan industry, has\nundergone a marked transformation, His efforts in reducing unnecessary\nassessments and red tape have given the state a new look in terms of\ncommon sense business regulation.\n\"It is not at all strange, therefore, that his work in California\nhas gained national attention.\nHis election to the federal post is supported by the savings and\nloan industry throughout the country. And, while we will miss him here\nin California, I know that in his new job he will be able to add greatly\ntoward improving liaison between state savings and loan departments such\nas ours, and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board.\n\"Again, my congratulations and sincerest best wishes to Dr. Martin\nas he undertakes his new nationwide responsibilities,\" the governor said.\nSecretary of Business and Transportation Gordon C. Luce echoed the\ngovernor's sentiments in commending Dr. Martin for \"improving the\neffectiveness of the Savings and Loan Department while, at the same time,\nreducing its size and cost to California taxpayers.\n\"I am pleased to join with the governor in extending best wishes and\ncongratulations to Dr. Martin for every success in the future,\n\"We, in the Business and Transportation Agency, look forward to a\ncontinued close working relationship with him in the months and years\nahead. #\nLuce noted that roughly one quarter of the nation's savings and\nloan business is done in California.\n- 1 -\n#170\nMartin took his undergraduate work at the University of Oklahoma\nand at USC, receiving a BS in Finance in 1947. He received a Master's\nDegree in Finance the following year from USC and won his Ph.D in\neconomics and monetary economics from Indiana University in 1952. His\ndissertation was on \"Branch and Unit Banking in California.\"\nHe was Director of Executive Programs for business and governmental\nexecutives at USC from 1959-63 and Stateside Coordinatorof the USC-AID\nproject for the Institute of Public and Business Administrative\nOrganization in Karachi, Pakistan. He twice was acting chairman of the\nFinance and Real Estate Department at USC.\nHis teaching fields included regional economics, business economics,\nfinancial institutions and real estate finance. In addition, he has\nwritten extensively in the area of savings and loan institutions, housing\nand related monetary policies, and real estate.\nMartin, a Republican, has conducted research in several related\nfields, including a paper on \"Factors Influencing the Geographical\nDistribution of Bank and Savings and Loan Accounts\" and another on\n\"The Impact of Employment and Commercial Changes on Housing Markets.' \"\nHis experience in the savings and loan field includes courses\ntaught in comparative financial institutions. From 1956 until his\nappointment he directed 104 community and county analyses dealing with\nthe establishment of new savings and loan branches.\nMartin, a director of Lincoln Savings and Loan, has severed his\nconnections with that firm and has disposed of S & L stock holdings. He\nformerly was associated in a homebuilding firm and a mortgage finance\nand consumer financial firm and owned a research company specializing\nin savings and loan matters.\n##########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER R\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Califor. a\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-12-69\n#171\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Edward M. King, Sr., of Daly\nCity and reappointed Robert McCarthy, Sr. of San Francisco to four-year\nterms on the board of directors of the 1-A District Agricultural\nAssociation.\nThe association operates the Grand National Livestock Exposition,\nHorse Show and Rodeo at the Cow Palace in San Francisco.\nThe posts are non-salaried,\nKing, a 60-year-old Republican, succeeds John G. Brucato of\nMillbrae whose term expired.\nMcCarthy, father of State Senator John F. McCarthy (R-San Rafael),\nwas first appointed to the board in 1957. A Democrat, he is a native\nof Ireland and has lived in San Francisco since 1919.\nHe was a construction contractor for many years and during World\nWar II did construction work for the Federal Government in the western\nstates and Alaska.\nHe is also a fermer president of the Central California Chapter of\nthe Associated General Contractors.\nIn 1949, he was foreman of the San Francisco County Grand Jury.\nHe belongs to the Knights of Columbus and the San Francisco Chamber of\nCommerce.\nFor 10 years, he operated a 120 acre fruit ranch near Los Altos.\nHe now operates the Loch Lomond Marina at San Rafael. He is 73, and\nlives at 1050 Kirkham Street, San Francisco.\nKing is vice president and general manager of Henry Doelger\nBuilder, Inc., Daly City. He worked for the Bank of America for more\nthan three decades, until 1962.\nHe is a member of the Daly City Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerc\nand is a director of the Penninsula General Contractors' Association.\nHe is also on the San Mateo County Charter Committee and is a past\npresident of the DePaul Youth Center.\nHe lives at 49 Westpark Drive, Daly City.\n######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-13-69\nGovernor Ronald Reagan will sign a proclamation in his office\ntoday at 3:05 p.m. naming May 18 - 24 as Toastmistress Week in\nCalifornia.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: SUNDAY A.Ms.\nSacramento, California\nMARC\n6, 1969\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n#172\n445-4571\n3-13-69\nPLEASE GUARD AGAINST PREMATURE\nRELEASE.\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today presented the broad outlines of a\nforward-looking legislative program designed to enable state government,\nfor the first time, to coordinate the use of public funds in developing\na balanced and economical statewide transportation system.\nThe legislation---scheduled to be introduced Monday by Assemblyman\nChairman of the Assembly Transportation Committee\nJohn Foran (D-San Francisco) would establish a State Transportation\nBoard and an Office of Transportation Planning. Both bodies would assist\nthe state in developing policies for its role in such new transportation\nservices as supersonic air transport, automated highways, computer-\ndispatched urban transit systems, super-tanker ships, and containerized\nfreight trucking.\nIf enacted, the Transportation Board would serve in an advisory\ncapacity to Gordon C. Luce, State Secretary of Business and Transporta-\ntion. The Office of Transportation would perform transportation system\nanalysis and coordinating functions for both the board and Luce.\nThe legislation would implement recommendations made in a\nNovember 1968 report by the Governor's Task Force on Transportation.\nWilliam Pereira, Los Angeles architect, was chairman of the Task Force\nand each of its 24 members was a leader in civic or transportation\naffairs in California.\nThe task force was augmented by an advisory council which included\nForan, Luce, Senator Randolph Collier (D-Yreka), and representatives of\nthe League of California Cities and the County Supervisors Association.\nSimilar recommendations have been made in the past by the \"Little\nHoover\" Commission and the Governor's Task Force on Efficiency and Cost\nControl as well as in the State Development Plan Program transmitted\nlast September by the Governor to the Legislature.\nFinancing for the two new organizations would come on a pro rata\nbasis from the Highway Users Tax Fund, General Fund, Aeronautics Fund,\nand the Harbors and Watercraft Fund.\nAdditional sources of revenue are being explored at this time by\nthe Business and Transportation Agency. Consultations are underway with\nthe federal Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department\nof Transportation, and preliminary results indicate some funds may\nbecome available from these sources.\n- 1 -\n#172\nLuce said that the legislative program would, for the first time,\nauthorize the Business and Transportation Agency to expand its role to\ninclude all forms and modes of transportation.\nBoth the Board and the Planning and Research Office initially would\nwork to determine the benefits derived by California from existing\ntransportation systems as part of a total transportation network. Such\na study would determine the need for increased or reduced state partici-\npation in financing, regulating, operating, and developing components.\nDuring this phase, and in all future activities, close coordination\nwith city and county government programs, regional councils, transit\ndistricts, and private enterprise in the transportation field would be\nessential, Luce said.\nThe State Transportation Board would have seven members. Five\nwould be governor's appointees. The chairmen of the Senate and Assembly\ntransportation committees would serve as ex-officio members.\nAppointive members would be non-salaried, but reimbursed for actual\ntravel and operating expenses.\nThe Office of Transportation Planning and Research would consist\nof a small staff of specialists in economics, planning, engineering,\nand statistics. These individuals would be transferred, for the most\npart, from existing State agencies involved in transportation studies.\nIn this connection, possible sources are the Public Utilities Commission\nstaff, the Departments of Aeronautics and Public Works, and the State\nOffice of Planning.\nThe new Office of Transportation Planning and Research would not\nduplicate transportation planning now being done in various State\ndepartments. Rather, it would coordinate such work to eliminate overlap\nand to assure that the numerous alternative modes of transportation are\nadequately considered in all State programs.\nIt would also review federal grant and aid programs to assure that\nthe State makes maximum use of Federal funds available for transportation\nprograms.\nIn transmitting the Task Force report to Governor Reagan, Chairnet\nPereira pointed out that between 1968 and 1985, an estimated $50 billion\nin public funds will be expended to support transportation services of\nall types. He said, \"The need to carry out these and corollary\nrecommendations is lamediate.'\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n#173\n445-4571\n3-13-69\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today urged the legislature to approve an\nadministration bill designed \"to insure California consumers of uniformly\nhigh quality in poultry meats they purchase.\"\nThe legislation, which will enable State Agriculture Director\nJerry Fielder to work out the details of a cooperative agreement on\npoultry meat inspection with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, was\nintroduced today by Assemblyman Ray Johnson (R-Chico).\nGovernor Reagan said, \"This legislation is necessary if we are to\ninsure California consumers of uniformly high quality in poultry meats\nthey purchase.\"\nThe state and federal agencies completed an agreement to set up a\njoint poultry meat inspection program February 11. However, the state\nmust pass enabling legislation to implement the program.\nUnder terms of the agreement, California poultry plants would be\nupgraded where necessary to comply with the new Federal standards\nestablished under the Wholesome Poultry Products Act of 1968.\nThe joint Federal-State inspection program is expected to cost\nabout $1 million annually, of which the Federal government would pay\nhalf.\nCalifornia's share of the cost would amount to approximately what\nthe state is presently paying, despite an increase in resources and a\nmore comprehensive program, the governor said.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO..\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-13-69\n#174\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today asked members of the legislature to\napprove an administration bill designed to protect buyers of speculative\nreal estate developments.\nThe legislation scheduled to be introduced by Assemblyman Eugene\nChappie (R-Cool) early next week will provide additional state\nscrutiny of promotional subdivisions in California. The bill will be\nco-authored by Senator Alfred Alquist (D-Santa Clara).\n\"The overall and orderly development of California is closely\nrelated to the success or failure of real estate promotions, the\nGovernor said. \"The passage of this legislation should greatly improve\nthe state's ability to guide healthy growth in California,\" he added.\nChappie said: \"I am pleased to have the opportunity to carry this\nbill. It will insure that the state has proper controls over pro-\nmotional type developments in virgin land areas of California.\"\nThe legislation is the result of a series of meetings which were\nconducted by a special advisory committee created by State Real Estate\nCommissioner, Burton E. Smith. The Committee included representatives\nof the office of the attorney general, the real estate commissioner,\nthe California real estate association, the California builders' council,\nand major promotional subdividers.\nDuring the 1968 legislative session, Senator Alquist urged study\nof the promotional subdivision problem. \"I am pleased, \" Alquist said,\n\"that the advisory committee developed this proposal. Certainly it\nbrings us much closer to solution of this critical problem.\"\nThe target of the legislation is rural land speculation in\nCalifornia. In adding his support for the legislation, Attorney General\nThomas C. Lynch said: \"The phony rural real estate development which\nholds out empty promises of a fortune to be made from law land is as\nmuch a problem today as it was a hundred years ago. Such developments\nnot only bilk the consumer but they also scar our irreplaceable\ncountryside, Lynch said.\nThe new law would have three main points: The Real Estate Com-\nmissioner could prevent sales of subdivisions in which promised improve-\nments are not financially feasible; each promotional subdivider would\nbe required to report the names of all defaulting purchasers to the Real\nEstate Commissioner, so that he could learn more quickly of subdivision\nproblems; purchasers of speculative subdivision lots would be allowed\nto withdraw from sale contracts after they are signed, if the purchasers\ndo not receive the Real Estate Commissioner's public report on the sub-\ndivision at least two days before signing the contract.\n- 1 -\n#174\nThe proposal dofines \"promotional subdivisions\" as a real estate\ndevelopment containing 50 or more unimproved parcels of land located in\nan area in which less than 1500 registered voters reside within two\nmiles of the development.\nIn delivering the draft proposal to Assemblyman Chappie, Real\nEstate Commissioner Burton E. Smith stated, \"This legislation represents\na good example of cooperation between private enterprise and government.\nIn this instance, I believe we have reached an excellent understanding\nwhich will protect the public without unduly hampering the legitimate\nsubdividers in the promotional field.\"\n########\nEJG\n- 2 -\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-13-69\nGovernor Ronald Reagan will greet members of the newly formed\nCalifornia Service Alliance, a statewide citizens group, tomorrow,\nMarch 14, at 9:30 a.m. in the Governor's Council Room.\nFormation of the Alliance was jointly announced last month by\nRob Reifschneider, President of the California Jaycees, and Governor\nReagan. The group, which will be meeting for the first time tomorrow,\nis designed to stimulate and coordinate citizen action in dealing with\nhuman problems at the community level. The project is a joint effort\nby the Governor's Office and the California Jaycees to help promote,\ncoordinate, and evaluate volunteer, service-oriented activities, in\ncities and towns around the state, as needed.\nThe service alliance is made up of representatives from major\nservice, fraternal, and women's organizations, as well as leaders in\nthe fields of business, labor, and the professions.\nThe statewide alliance will function only to promote the creation\nof local service alliances. Local Jaycee chapters are serving as\ncatalysts in helping to form the local alliances.\nAccording to Reifschneider, the local service alliances will audit\nthe scope and effectiveness of community projects already underway,\nassess community needs, solicit participation in local service projects\nby groups not currently involved, and begin new and coordinated programs.\n\"Our principal goal is to make the thrust of volunteer community\nactivities more effective. The service alliances will seek to eliminate\ninefficiency and duplication of effort--factors which often characterize\nlocal service programs,\" he said.\n\"The local service alliances will work to achieve an overview of\ncommunity efforts, therefore resulting in more effective direction of the\ntotal energies of community service programs in areas of special human\nneed. Continued lack of coordination,\" Reifschneider said, \"will only\nprolong the hit-and-miss, trial-and-error approach which has bogged down\nmany community programs in the past.\"\nGovernor Reagan commended the Jaycees \"for the leadership and\ninitiative they have contributed to this project which recognizes the\nneed for coordinated action at the local level.\n\"The service alliance approach dovetails perfectly with the basic\nconcepts of the Creative Society in providing a commonsense way of more\neffectively marshaling available community resources to help solve\nhuman problems, he said.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOI\nRELEASE: I ediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 3-14-69\n#175\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today expressed \"great satisfaction\"\nfollowing a recent Sacramento Superior Court decision endorsing the\nactions of three key administration officials.\nThe decision, handed down by Judge B. Abbott Goldberg, found\nthat State Controller Houston I. Flournoy; Casper Weinberger, director\nof the Department of Finance and Henry M. Shine, Jr., director of\nthe Department of Professional and Vocational Standards, were correct\nin denying demands by William E. Barbeau for additional salaries and\nsick leave benefits.\nBarbeau filed suit after he had been relieved of his duties\nwith two of four boards for which he had been serving as executive\nsecretary in an exempt non-civil service capacity. He claimed he\nwas entitled to receive the same salary for two boards as that which he\nhad received for four.\nBarbeau further claimed that the officials had wrongfully\nwithheld compensation and certain other employee benefits due him.\nThe governor said the decision was the legal equivalent of\na \"no-hit baseball game\" in that the decision as handed down found\nthat Barbeau's claim was completely without merit and, in fact, that\ncompliance with the claims as set forth in Barbeau's petition would\nhave resulted in the commission of unlawful acts by these officials.\nThe judgement also included an award for court costs in favor\nof the state.\n####\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-14-69\n#176\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Arthur J. Costamagna as\ndeputy director of the new State Department of Commerce.\nCostamagna, 35, has served as chief deputy director of the\nDepartment of Professional and Vocational Standards since June, 1967.\nIn his new assignment, Costamagna's salary will be $20,500 per year.\nThe governor also announced he has promoted Frank Reynolds from\ndeputy director to chief deputy director of the Department of Pro-\nfessional and Vocational Standards. Reynolds' new salary will be\n$20,500 annually. He has served as deputy director of the department\nfor the past 18 months.\nProfessional and Vocational Standards Director Henry M. Shine, Jr.\nsaid he is elevating Noel Black, 37, chief of the Collection Agency\nLicensing Bureau of the Department, to deputy director, replacing\nReynolds. Black has served in his present assignment since May, 1968.\nIn his new job he will earn $17,700 per year.\nCostamagna, a native of San Francisco, holds A.B. and LL.B. degrees\nfrom the University of San Francisco. He is a member of the State Bar\nand is an Army Reserve officer. He has been registered with the New\nYork Stock Exchange since 1960. He and his wife have three children.\nThey reside at 1254 Lucio Lane, Sacramento.\nReynolds is a graduate of San Diego State College where he lettered\nin varsity football and track. He was also president of the school's\nAssociated Men's Students in his senior year. A native of San Diego\nand a World War II veteran, he has a long background in the fields of\nnews and public relations.\nPrior to joining the administration, he served on the staff of\nSenator John F. McCarthy (R-San Rafael). He, his wife Nancy, and their\nfour sons live at 3705 Robertson Avenue, Sacramento.\nBlack is a graduate of Albion College, Michigan. Before joining\nthe Department of Professional and Vocational Standards, he was a lumber\nfirm executive in Santa Rosa. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army and\nresides at 6431 14th Street, Sacramento, with his wife and two children.\nAll three appointees are Republicans.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n3-14-69\n#177\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nMarch 17, 1969\nthrough\nMarch 23, 1969\nMonday, March 17\n11:30 a.m.\nSwearing-in of Jim Stratten, new member of\nthe California Youth Authority Board,\nGovernor's Office\nOvernight - Sacramento\nTuesday, March 18\n1:30 p.m.\nPRESS CONFERENCE\nOvernight - Sacramento\nWednesday, March 19\n9:30 a.m.\nAir Resources Board meeting, Resources\nAuditorium. Remarks.\n6:30 p.m.\nArrive Richmond for reception at Mira Vista\nGolf and Country Club, followed by dinner at\nDiablo Country Club, Danville. Fund-raising\nspeech.\nOvernight - Sacramento\nThursday, March 20\nAfternoon\nDepart for Los Angeles\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nFriday, March 21\n10:00 a.m.\nRegents Meeting, UCLA\n6:30 p.m.\nMen of All Saints Episcopal Church Dinner,\nBeverly Hills\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nSaturday, March 22\nNo appointments scheduled\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nSunday, March 23\nAfternoon\nReturn to Sacramento\nOvernight - Sacramento\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n3-17-69\n#178\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement\non the series of special elections now being held for legislative\nand congressional seats in California.\n\"In the next few months Californians in various parts of the\nstate will go to the polls to vote in special elections for a state\nsenator, an assemblyman and a United States representative. It is\nvery possible that before the year is out there will be others.\n# I want to take this opportunity to urge registered voters\nin those districts, as well as those who will be voting in a series\nof municipal, county and school elections, to be sure to exercise\ntheir rights of franchise.\n\"The future of our country depends on an informed and responsible\nelectorate voting competent and honorable candidates into office\n\"Special elections and 'off-year' elections are every bit as\nimportant as regular elections.\n= I earnestly hope that all the voters of those areas where\nelections are being held will recognize this and will vote in their\nspecial elections when they are held. Not only their districts,\nbut also the state and the nation will be the beneficiaries\"\n#####\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-17-69\nGovernor Ronald Reagan will sign AB 516-Porter, a bill to raise\nthe permissible maximum interest rate on Central Valley Project Revenue\nBonds from 5.5 percent to 6.5 percent, during ceremonies in his office\ntoday at 3:40 p.m.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-17-69\n#179\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Richard L. Huston of Huntington\nBeach and Thomas C. Rogers of Newport Beach to four-year terms on the\nboard of directors of the 32nd District Agricultural Association. The\nassociation operates the Orange County Fair.\nThe posts are non-salaried.\nHuston, a 33-year-old Republican, replaces Joseph E. Ribal of\nHuntington Beach. Rogers, 44, succeeds Kermit E. Johnson of Orange.\nTerms of both outgoing members expired.\nHuston, who operates a newspaper distribution agency in Huntington\nBeach, has lived in Orange County since 1962. He attended Pepperdine\nCollege and is a veteran of the U.S. Army. He is a member of the\nHuntington Beach Chamber of Commerce.\nHe lives at 5842 Meadowbrook Drive, Huntington Beach.\nRogers, a Republican, is an Orange County cattle rancher and real\nestate developer, He also is active in Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse\nracing.\nAn army veteran of World War II he graduated from Loyola University\nin 1949.\nHe is a member of the Advisory Board of the Catholic Welfare Bureau\nand Catholic Youth Organization in Orange County.\nRogers lives at 731 Via Lido Soud, Newport Beach.\n#######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-17-69\n#180\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named C. Thomas Dean of California\nState College at Long Beach and Emery R. Walker, Jr. of Claremont Men's\nCollege to four-year terms on the State Scholarship and Loan Commission.\nThe posts are non-salaried. The appointments require Senate\nconfirmation.\nDean, who is dean of the School of Applied Arts and Sciences at\nCal State-Long Beach, succeeds Ellis E. McCune of Northridge.\nWalker, the dean of admission at Claremont College, replaces\nRobert L. Morlan of Redlands.\nTerms of both outgoing members expired.\nDean, a 50-year-old Republican, holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from\nIowa State University in the fields of industrial and vocational\neducation.\nHe was selected as the Outstanding Aerospace Educator in the Western\nUnited States by the Air Force Reserve Association in 1961; was the\nrecipient of the Air Power Award by the Air Force Reserve in 1962; and\nwas presented the Outstanding Educator Award for 1964-65 by the American\nSociety of Tool and Manufacturing Engineers.\nHe has served as research director for National Aeronautics and\nSpace Administration grants to develop Curriculum Materials (1963-64),\nModel Spacecraft Construction (1964-65) and Development of Educational\nMaterials for Spacecraft Construction (1965-66).\nHe has written numerous articles and research papers relating to\nindustrial and vocational education and has long been active in community\naffairs. He is a former scoutmaster and is on the board of management\nof the Long Beach Armed Forces Y.M.C.A.\nHe lives at 4602 Hazelbrook Avenue, Long Beach.\nWalker, 51, holds A.B. and M.A. degrees in English and American\nLiterature from Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.\nA Republican, he served as admission officer at Brown from 1942-44;\nassistant dean of students from 1944-46; and dean of admission from\n1946-57.\nHe has been dean of admission at Claremont Men's College for the\npast eleven years.\n- 1 -\n#180\nWalker is a past president of the Association of College Admissions\nCounselors and is a member of the executive committee of the board of\ntrustees of the College Entrance Examination Board.\nHe is a former member of the selection committee of the National\nMerit Scholarship Corporation and has served on the need-analysis\ncommittee of the State Scholarship and Loan Commission for more than\na decade,\nHe is also chairman of the Avon Products scholarship committee and\nis a member of the Disney scholarship committee. In addition, he is a\ntrustee of Girls' Collegiate School, a private secondary school,\nClaremont.\nHe lives at 614 North Western Street, Claremont.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Imr diate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-17-69\n#181\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Hollister insurance man\nFulton J. Picetti, Jr. to a four-year term on the board of directors of\nthe 33rd District Agricultural Association.\nThe association operates the San Benito County Fair.\nThe governor also announced he has reappointed John P. Ohrwall of\nHollister. Ohrwall, a 68-year-old Republican, has served on the fair\nboard since 1945.\nA graduate of the University of California at Davis, Ohrwall is\nsuperintendent of Almaden Vineyards, Cienega.\nHe lives at 1781 Cienega Road, Hollister.\nPicetti, 52, succeeds Jcseph F. Felice of Hollister whose term\nexpired. A Republican, Picetti operates the Picetti & Anderson Insurance\nAgency of Hollister. He also manages the local Federal Land Bank\nAssociation Office.\nHe is a retired U.S. Army officer and is active in Hollister civic\naffairs. A graduate of Stanford University, Picetti is a member of the\nSan Benito County Saddlehorse Association and the Veterans' Memorial\nBuilding Commission. He is also a director of the Hollister March of\nDimes.\nHe lives at 91 Blossom Lane, Hollister.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-17-69\n#182\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named P. Michael Chrisman of Visalia\nand Evelyn C. Beck of Tipton to the board of directors of the 24th\nDistrict Agricultural Association.\nThe posts are non-salaried.\nThe association operates the Tulare County Fair.\nThe governor also announced he has reappointed Tulare dairy farmer\nAntonio Nunez, a 54-year-old Democrat, to the fair board. Nunez was\nfirst appointed in 1961.\nHe lives at 20439 Road 124, Tulare.\nChrismam, 24 succeeds Charles E. Hunting of Porterville whose term\nexpired.\nA Republican, Chrisman is a 1966 graduate of the University of\nArizona in agronomy. He ranches diversified crops and livestock with\nhis father in the Visalia area.\nHe is a director of the Visalia Jaycees and is vice president of\nthe Tulare County Cattlemen's Association. He is also a member of the\nTulare County Crime Prevention Committee.\nHe lives at 1403 West College Avenue, Visalia.\nMrs. Beck, a housewife, will fill the unexpired term of Kay Cholakia\nof Dinuba who resigned. A Republican, Mrs. Beck has served on the board\nof directors of the Tulare County Cowbells for 16 years. She is a\nformer president of the group.\nShe is also a past member of the Tipton P.T.A. and 4-H Club.\nShe lives at 743 West Poplar Avenue, Tipton.\n#########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-17-69\n#183\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Michael J. Hermreck of Nipomo\nto a four-year term on the Contractors' State License Board.\nThe appointment requires Senate confirmation and pays $25 per diem\nfor each day spent on duty.\nHermreck, a 48-year-old contractor, replaces George R. McKeon of\nSacramento whose term expired and who resigned.\nA Republican, Hermreck is a former president of the California\nEngineering and Grading Contractors' Association. He currently serves\nas president of the organization's Heavy Highway division.\nHe is a director of the American Road Builders' Association and\nthe Central Coast Criminal Justice Committee.\nHe is a former trustee of the Nipomo School District and, in 1964,\nwas a member of the San Luis Obispo County Grand Jury.\nHis address is P.O. Box 217, Nipomo.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-17-69\n#184\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Barbara N. Coleman of San Rafael\nand Mary B. Vallentine of Azusa to four-year terms on the State Public\nLibrary Development Board.\nThe posts pay necessary expenses.\nMrs. Coleman works as base librarian at Hamilton Air Force Base.\nA non-partisan, she succeeds David Sabsay of Santa Rosa.\nMrs. Vallentine, a housewife, is married to Harold M. Vallentine,\na retired businessman. She replaces Virginia Casady of Grossmont.\nTerms of both outgoing members expired.\nMrs. Coleman holds an A.B. degree from Spelman College, Atlanta,\nGeorgia (1956) and an M.S.L.S. in Library Service from Atlanta\nUniversity (1962).\nShe has worked as a librarian since 1959, and has been base\nlibrarian at Hamilton AFB for the past three years.\nShe lives at 1080 Los Gamos Road, San Rafael.\nMrs. Vallentine, a Republican, is a 1943 graduate of the University\nof Hawaii. She holds a California Secondary Teaching Credential and\ntaught school in Long Beach from 1951-57.\nShe lives at 17469 Sierra Madre Avenue, Azusa.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immer ate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-17-69\n#185\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Cecil J. Slaback of Santa Ana\nto a four-year term on the State Certified Shorthand Reporters' Board.\nThe appointment requires Senate confirmation and pays $25 per diem,\nplus expenses.\nSlaback, a 56-year-old Republican, succeeds Claude Jennings of\nLong Beach whose term expired.\nSlaback works as a court reporter in department five of the Orange\nCounty Superior Court, Santa Ana.\nHe is a former member of the board of trustees of the Santa Ana\nPublic Library and was the first president of the Orange County Superior\nCourt Reporters' Club. He has worked as a shorthand reporter in Orange\nCounty for 32 years.\nHis address is P.O. Box 386, Silverado.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-18-69\nMrs. Ronald Reagan will participate in the showing of an exhibition\nof wildlife paintings this morning at 11 a.m. in the Capitol rotunda.\nThe showing is sponsored by the California Wildlife Federation in\nconnection with the observance of National Wildlife Week, March 16-22.\nThe wildlife water colors, by Mrs. Penny Edwards of Oakland,\nofficial artist of the California Wildlife Federation, feature rare and\nendangered species.\nAl Schiavon, of Fresno, President of the California Wildlife\nFederation, will join Mrs. Edwards in presenting Mrs. Reagan a painting\nof her choice from the exhibition,\n#########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-19-69\n#186\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has named Montague cattle rancher Ellis J.\nLouie and O. Kenneth Kendall, a Yreka veterinarian, to four-year terms\non the board of directors of the 10th District Agricultural Association.\nThe association operates the Siskiyou County Fair.\nThe posts are non-salaried.\nLouie, a 56-year-old Republican, succeeds Peter N. Belcastro of\nWeed. Kendall, 46, replaces Alfred K. Crebbin of Yreka. Terms of both\noutgoing members expired.\nLouie is a trustee of the Big Springs Elementary School Board and\nis a former director of the Siskiyou Hospital.\nHis address is Route 1, Box 297, Montague.\nKendall, a Republican, is a trustee of Yreka Union High School\nDistrict board and is a former director of the Yreka Chamber of Commerce.\nHis address is Route 1, Box 121-A, Yreka.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 3-20-69\n#187\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has named three\npersons to the State Board of Pharmacy.\nThe posts pay $25 per diem, plus expenses.\nNamed were:\nRayfield Lundy, a Compton attorney. A Republican, Lundy, 52,\nwill fill the unexpired term of Robert M. McCurdy of Pasadena who\nresigned. The term will end January 15, 1971.\nLundy has worked as an attorney in the Compton-Los Angeles area\nfor 20 years. He received his legal training at Howard University,\nSouthwestern University and the U. S. C. Law School.\nHe is a World War II Army veteran and has six children. His\nwife, Maxene, is a teacher in the Los Angeles City Schools.\nThey live at 1816 East 122nd Street, Los Angeles.\n--Denver C. Latimer, a Los Molinos druggist. Latimer, a 47-year-\nold Republican, replaces J. Martin Winton of Fresno whose term expired.\nLatimer serves as director of the Tehama County Planning Commission\nand is a former member of the Los Molinos Unified School District Board.\nHe is also a director of the Los Molinos Cemetery District and the\nlocal Sports Boosters' Association.\nHe resides at 1800 Sherwood Boulevard, Los Molinos.\n--William E. McDermott, Jr., general manager of Pacific Stores,\na Pittsburg-based, Northern California drug store chain.\nMcDermott, 45, succeeds William C. Moeser of San Diego whose\nterm expired.\nA Republican, McDermott is a graduate of the University of\nCalifornia School of Pharmacy. He is a director of the Northern\nCalifornia Pharmaceutical Association and is vice president of the\nWestern Region of Rexall Clubs.\nHe lives at 333 Fenway Drive, Walnut Creek.\nThe terms of Latimer and McDermott will expire January 15, 1973.\n######\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-17-69\n1874\nIndexed\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today signed into law an administration bill\nwhich will enable the state to pay for the completion of a massive power\ngenerating complex at the Oroville and Thermalito dams in Northern\nCalifornia.\nThe bill (AB-516, Porter) increases the permissible maximum\ninterest rate on Central Valley Project revenue bonds from 5.5 percent\nto 6.5 percent.\nThe governor said:\n\"I am gratified that members of both houses of the legislature\nhave seen fit to add their overwhelming endorsement to this important\nmeasure.\n\"With it, the state will now be able to more effectively compete\nin today's bond market for investors' dollars thereby securing the\nfinancing required for installation of power facilities at Oroville\nand Thermalito.\"\n#########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: T mediate\nSacramento, Californ\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-20-69\n#188\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today he has reappointed\nRobert C. Jones and Charles W. McQuarrie, both of Lancaster, to four-\nyear terms on the board of directors of the 50th District Agricultural\nAssociation. The association operates the Antelope Valley Fair.\nThe posts are non-salaried.\nJones, a 54-year-old Republican, has been on the board since 1957.\nHe is a Lancaster area rancher and has long been active in local civic\naffairs. He lives at 6753 East Avenue F, Lancaster.\nMcQuarrie, 44, was first appointed in 1965. A Democrat, he is an\noptometrist and a native of Gardena. He resides at 44509 North Lorimer\nAvenue, Lancaster.\n##########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Californ\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-20-69\n#189\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named John C. DeBoer, a Modesto area\ngrape and walnut farmer, to a four-year term on the board of directors\nof the 38th District Agricultural Association. The association operates\nthe Stanislaus County Fair.\nThe post is non-salaried.\nDeBoer, a 51-year-old Republican, succeeds Frank S. Mendonsa of\nTurlock whose term expired.\nThe governor also announced he has reappointed Vernon S. Thornburg,\na Turlock cattleman. Thornburg, a 68-year-old Republican, was first\nappointed to the fair board in 1946. He is a former member of the\nWestern Fairs Association Advisory Directors Committee and is a past\npresident of the California Jersey Cattle Club.\nHe lives at 2831 North Walnut Road, Turlock.\nDeBoer is a member and past president of the Stanislaus County\nFarm Bureau and serves as chairman of the Salida Chamber of Commerce.\nHe resides at 6224 Stoddard Road, Modesto.\n#########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-20-69\n#190\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Lewis Nelson of Soquel and\nAnthony J. Greich of Saratoga to four-year terms on the Regional Water\nQuality Control Board, Central Coastal Region.\nThe posts pay necessary expenses.\nNelson, who owns and operates a rock quarry in the Soquel area,\nsucceeds Bertram H. Mudgett of Atascadero. Grcich, a 42-year-old\nRepublican, is president of a frozen foods firm in San Martin. He\nreplaces Warren Church of Watsonville. Terms of both outgoing members\nexpired.\nNelson, 47, is a former Santa Cruz County supervisor and is a past\ndirector of the California Farm Bureau Federation. A Republican, he\nwas a rancher prior to going into the rock business six years ago.\nHe lives at 20045 Mendelsohn Lane, Saratoga.\nGrcich was a Santa Clara County orchardist from 1948-57. He became\nowner and president of Pic 'n Pac Frozen Foods, Inc., in 1958.\nHe has served on the Santa Clara County Planning Commission for\nthe past six years and was its chairman last year.\nHe resides at 3700 Hilltop Road, Soquel.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: Im diate\nSacramento, Californ.\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-20-69\n#191\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has named Mrs. Adah M. Callahan of Ventura\nand Alton W. Fuller, Jr., of Camarillo to four-year terms on the board\nof directors of the 31st District Agricultural Association. The\nassociation operates the Ventura County Fair.\nThe posts are non-salaried.\nMrs. Callahan, a Democrat, has been superintendent of the Home\nEconomics Department of the fair since 1963. She succeeds Linden W. Orr\nof Santa Paula.\nFuller, a 45-year-old Republican, replaces John H. Todd of Oxnard.\nTerms of both outgoing members expired.\nMrs. Callahan, the wife of Loren Callahan, is a director of\nSt. Joseph's Hospital and is chairman of the Tierra Adorada Club's\nDistrict 14 which covers San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura\ncounties. She is also chairman of the Spring Arts Festival of the\nSan Buenaventura Women's Club, and heads the Decorations and Scrapbook\nCommittee of the Ventura Avenue Lions Club.\nShe lives at 3963 North Ventura Avenue, Ventura.\nFuller is a self-employed insurance agent. He is a director and\nmember of the Executive Committee of the Ventura County Economic\nDevelopment Commission and serves as district governor of the Lions Club.\nHe holds a B.S. Degree in biology from Northern Arizona University\nand is a Marine Corps veteran of World War II and the Korean War.\nHe lives at 2145 Ventura Boulevard, Camarillo.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNO\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-21-69\n#192\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Dr. Theodore A. Montgomery of\nBerkeley, chief of the State Public Health Department's preventive\nmedical program, as chairman of the Review Committee for the Regional\nDialysis Centers,\nThe two-year appointment pays necessary travel expenses.\nDr. Montgomery, a 45-year-old Democrat, succeeds Dr. Lester Breslow\nwhose term expired.\nA 1946 graduate of the U.S.C. School of Medicine, Montgomery\nreceived a Masters Degree in Public Health from Harvard University in\n1955.\nHe is a member of the Advisory Board to the California Congress of\nParents and Teachers and is a life member of the California Scholarship\nFederation.\nHe is also a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and is\na member of the Western Society for Pediatrics Research.\nDr. Montgomery has been a member of the State Department of Public\nHealth since 1954.\nHe lives at 30 Painassus Road, Berkeley.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-21-69\n#193\nGOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE\nMarch 24, 1969\nthrough\nMarch 30, 1969\nMonday, March 24\nOffice appointments\nOvernight - Sacramento\nTuesday, March 25\n9:30 a.m.\nPRESS CONFERENCE\nOvernight - Sacramento\nWednesday, March 26\na.m.\nDepart Sacramento for San Luis Obispo and\nState College Board of Trustees meeting.\np.m.\nReturn to Sacramento\nOvernight - Sacramento\nThursday, March 27\np.m.\nDepart for Los Angeles\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nFriday, March 28\nOvernight - Los Angeles\nSaturday, March 29 -\nSunday, April 6\nEaster vacation, Phoenix\n######\nEJG\nCOMMISSION ON CALIFORNIA STATE GOVERNMENT\nORGANIZATION AND ECONOMY\nD. W. (Bill) Homes, Chairman\nRELEASE: Immediate\n209-674-5651\n3-21-69\nD. W. (Bill) Holmes, chairman of the State's \"Little Hoover\nCommission,' today called Governor Reagan's program to further\nreorganize the executive branch \"an enlightened and common sense approach\ntoward increasing governmental efficiency\" and expressed hope that the\nlegislature will lend its strong support to the proposed reorganization.\nHolmes, a Madera investment broker, noted that the governor's\nprogram---which would eliminate a number of unnecessary boards and\ncommissions andimprove the management structure of the executive branch-\nwas endorsed unanimously by all eight citizen members of the commission\nat a meeting yesterday in Sacramento.\nThe commission---known officially as the Commission on California\nState Government Organization and Economy---reelected Holmes as chairman,\nand Manning J. Post of Beverly Hills as vice-chairman, for the coming year\nIn a statement, Holmes said:\n\"The program to further reorganize the executive branch, as sub-\nmitted to members of the legislature by the governor, is an enlightened\nand common sense approach toward increasing governmental efficiency,\nwhich has received the endorsement of all eight citizen members of the\ncommission.\n\"It is a good, well thought out program which, I am confident, will\nreceive the strong support it deserves in the legislature.\n\"I am especially pleased that the governor is urging the creation\nof a single Department of Revenue which would bring notable economies\nto the operation of state government through consolidation and integration\nof revenue functions. I am in complete agreement with him when he says,\n\"There is no single item of reorganization which will have greaterylong-\nterm significance for California's current and future citizens than this\nmatter of tax administration.'\n\"In addition, I am gratified that he has proposed appropriate\nreorganizations in the general area of health, and that he has reempha-\nsized the need for orderly and effective development of our ocean\nresources by means of restructuring and consolidating those agencies which\nrelate to this vital area.\n\"I wholeheartedly subscribe to the need for an extension of the\ngovernor's authority to submit reorganization plans to the legislature\nin the future,' he said.\nHolmes noted that such authority will expire next December 31 unless\nit is extended by the legislature.\nIn conclusion, he said, \"I am sure that the sentiments I have ex-\npressed reflect the general feelings of the entire commission.\"\nGovernor Reagan's reorganization program was outlined in a message\nto the legislature March 5. It was accompanied by three specific plans:\n(a) to eliminate, transfer or consolidate the functions of 30 boards and\ncommissions; (2) to restructure and consolidate those agencies of the\nexecutive branch which relate to ocean resources; (3) to change the name\nof the Department of Professional and Vocational Standards to the\nDepartment of Business and Professional Licensing.\n######\nOFFICE OF THE GOVY\nJR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-25-69\n#194\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:\n\"Good Morning:\n\"Before taking your questions, I would like to use this opportunity\nto again, formally and publicly, acknowledge the talents and quality\nof leadership of those Californians who have served so ably in state\ngovernment, and who now are serving in the new administration in\nWashington.\n\"That the President has drawn so heavily on the outstanding\nhuman resources of our state to fill key posts in his administration\nis a deep source of personal pride to me and a strong indication of the\nmettle of the men who have been called from state service into positions\nof national leadership and responsibility.\n\"They, like the members of our state administration who continue\nto serve here in California so ably and well, have helped to make what\nwe are doing here the envy of the nation. And, I say this advisedly.\nMany of my fellow governors have related to me their impressions- and\nthe impressions of the men who serve under them--of the quality of\nleadership and example being set by those who serve in California\nstate government.\n\"It is little wonder, then, that the dedication, the energies\nand abilities of the men and women who make state government work\nhere have gained national attention--- and will continue to do so in\nthe days and months ahead.\n\"I am sure that I share with all Californians the pride and\nsatisfaction of knowing that the new administration has appropriately\nrecognized the quality of our people and has complimented the state\nby calling them into federal service.\n\"I could name a number of individuals such as Dick Lyng of\nModesto, our former director of agriculture, who has been named\nassistant secretary of the U. S. Department of Agriculture; Dr. Preston\nMartin of Pasadena, our former savings and loan commissioner, who is\nnow the new chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, and others\nnot to mention those Californians who are now under consideration for\nfederal appointment.\n-1-\nT\n#194\n\"One person that I am proud to include is our former director\nof Veterans Affairs, James E. Johnson, who provided such splendid and\noutstanding leadership of that department during the two years he\nserved in this administration.\n\"Johnny\"--as he likes to be known--was duly recognized for his\nenergies and abilities by the national administration and was\nappointed to the prestigious three-man Federal Civil Service Commission\nas its vice chairman. He, incidently, was the first Negro ever to be\nnamed to that commission, whose responsibilities encompass three\nmillion federal employees.\n\"I am confident that Johnny--and his fellow Californians who\nhave joined him in Washington--will bring the same renewed sense\nof purpose and leadership to their national responsibilities as they\nbrought--so admirably--to their important tasks in state government.\"\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN R\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-25-69\n#195\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today reappointed Plymouth druggist\nHarold E. Colburn and Sutter Creek insurance man John J. Manassero to\nfour-year terms on the board of directors of the 26th District Agri-\ncultural Association. The association operates the Amador County Fair.\nThe posts are non-salaried.\nColburn, a 61-year-old Democrat, has been on the board since 1941.\nHe has served as president for many years. He owns and operates drug\nstores at Plymouth and Ione. His address is Box 126, Plymouth.\nManassero, 60, was first appointed in 1949. A Democrat, he is a\nnative of Sutter Creek and is a former member of the advisory board\nof Bank of America. He operates a local insurance business and lives\nat 1 Ann Avenue, Sutter Creek.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-26-69\n#196\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named three persons to four-year terms\non the State Board of Medical Examiners.\nThe posts pay $25 per diem, plus expenses.\nNamed were:\n--Paul J. Dugan, 38, of Roseville, Dugan, a Republican, is a 1956\ngraduate of Jefferson Medical College, Maryland. He succeeds Richard\nL. Johnson of Sacramento.\nDr. Dugan did his internship at Wm. Beaumont Army Hospital, El Paso,\nTexas, from June, 1956-July, 1957. He was a physician in residence at\nDeWitt Army Hospital, Virginia, from July, 1957-April, 1958; and at\nFriends Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from July, 1959-June, 1960.\nHe lives at 1432 Tiffany Circle, Roseville.\n-Harold E. Wilkins of Downey, a 45-year-old Republican. Wilkins,\na 1947 graduate of the Medical College of Virginia, replaces Robert C.\nCombs of Irvine.\nDr. Wilkins completed his internship and residency at Boston City\nHospital, Boston, Mass., between 1947-51. He was an assistant instructor\nof medicine at Boston University from 1950-51 and has served as an\nassistant clinical professor of medicine at the University of Southern\nsince 1955.\nHe was an officer in the U.S. Air Force from 1951-54 and has been\nengaged in private medical practice in Downey since 1954.\nHe resides at 9850 Hasty Avenue, Downey.\n--S. Stephen Nakashima, 46, a San Jose lawyer. A Republican,\nNakashima is a partner in the legal firm of Nakashima and Boynton.\nHe succeeds John V. Naish of La Jolla.\nNakashima is an Army veteran of World War II. A 1951 graduate of\nthe University of California's Boalt Hall School of Law in Berkeley, he\nhas practiced law since 1955.\nHe is also a certified public accountant, and is a member of the\nAmerican Institute of Certified Public Accountants.\nHe belongs to the West San Jose Rotary Club, Japanese-American\nCitizens League and Mensa International.\nHe lives at 645 North Fifth Street, San Jose.\nTerms of the outgoing board members expired.\n#######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER R\nRELEASE:\nmmediate\nSacramento, Califor...a\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-26-69\n#197\nGovernor Ronald Reagan has reappointed Ralph T. Enriquez of Los\nAngeles and James N. Albers of Cerritos to four-year terms on the board\nof directors of the 48th District Agricultural Association. The\nassociation operates the Great Western Exhibit Center.\nThe posts are non-salaried.\nEnriquez, a 53-year-old Republican, has served on the board since\n1956.\nAlbers, 59, is a former president of the Milk Producers Council.\nHe was first appointed in March, 1968. A Republican, Albers is a past\npresident of the Associated Farmers and is a former vice president of\nthe Superior Milk Producers. He also served as treasurer of the Milk\nProducers Council for eight years. He lives at 19510 South Pioneer\nBoulevard, Cerritos.\nEnriquez owns and operates the Aluminum Products Company of Los\nAngeles, a firm he founded in 1944. He is a member of the Los Angeles\nChamber of Commerce and Mexican Chamber of Commerce. He lives at\n3700 Floral Drive, Los Angeles.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE:\nImmediate\nSacramento, Califor à\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-26-69\n#198\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named 18 persons to the newly created\nState Advisory Council on Vocational Education.\nThe council was established by the Vocational Education Act of 1968,\nPublic Law 90-576, to advise the state on the development and adminis-\ntration of vocational education programs, services and activities.\nThe posts pay necessary expenses. Appointees will serve at the\npleasure of the governor.\nNamed were:\nTruman V. Berg of Sacramento, executive secretary of the California\nManpower Coordinating Committee and a supervisor in the State Department\nof Employment. He is a Democrat.\nDr. Richard M. Clowes of Los Angeles, a Republican, and superin-\ntendent of the Los Angeles County Schools.\n-Manuel Correa, president of the board of trustees of the Compton\nUnion High School District. He is a Republican.\n-Russell R. Crowell, a Democrat, and president of the Alameda\nCounty Central Labor Council, Oakland.\nOscar L. Gallego, administrative coordinator of the Community\nDevelopment Division of Adult Education, Los Angeles. He is a Democrat.\nHarry A. Harrison, Jr., a Republican, and operator of the Harrison\nConstruction Company, Menlo Park.\nKarl W. Kolb of Sacramento, director of the Education Department\nof the California State Chamber of Commerce. He is a Republican.\nMelvin L. Barlow of Los Angeles, a professor of education at\nU.C.L.A. He declined to state his political affiliation.\nHerbert L. Martin, coordinator of vocational education for the\nKern High School District, Bakersfield, He is a Republican.\nAllison J. McNay of San Francisco, a Democrat, and coordinator\nof School and College Relations for the Standard Oil Company of California\nMrs. Eleanore D. Nettle of San Mateo, a member of the board of\ntrustees of San Mateo Junior College. She is a Republican.\nCharles W. Patrick, president of the San Diego Junior Colleges.\nHe is a Democrat.\n- 1 -\n#198\nAlfonso B. Perez of Los Angeles, principal of the Joseph Pomeroy\nWidney High School for Crippled Children. He is a Democrat.\nDavid Risling of Modesto, a Republican, and advisement coordinator\nfor the Agricultural Department of Modesto Junior College.\nMrs. Virna M. Canson of Sacramento, an employee in the legislative\noffice of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.\nShe is a Democrat.\n--F. Parker Wilber, a Republican, and president of the Los Angeles\nTrade-Technical College.\nJohn F. Williams, a Democrat, and Model Cities Director, San Diego.\nWilliam O. Wright, Jr., superintendent of the Long Beach Unified\nSchool District, and a Democrat.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERN\nRELEASE: I' ediate\nSacramento, Califor 1\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-26-69\n#199\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today named Gordon H. Bishop, a Santa Ana\nbusinessman and community leader, to head two state bureaus.\nBishop, a 50-year-old Republican, becomes chief of the state's\nCollection Agency Licensing Bureau and the Bureau of Private Investigators\nand Adjusters.\nHe succeeds Noel Black as chief of the collection agency. Black\nwas recently appointed deputy director of the State Department of\nProfessional and Vocational Standards.\nThe job as chief of the Bureau of Private Investigators and\nAdjusters has not been filled for approximately four years.\nThe collection agency appointment requires Senate confirmation.\nThe post pays in the range of $15,276 to $18,576 per year.\nBishop will serve at the pleasure of the governor.\nA 1939 graduate of the University of California at Berkeley in\npublic administration, he served in the U.S. Army during World War II.\nFor the past seven years, he has been engaged in agricultural land\nmanagement, particularly in citrus.\nHe is a director and former president of the Orange County Farm\nBureau and has been a member of the board of directors of the 32nd\nDistrict Agricultural Association since last year.\nHe is a past director and vice chairman of the Southern Orange\nCounty Chapter of the American Red Cross. He also served on the executive\nboard of the Orange Empire Boy Scouts of America from 1958-64.\nHe is a former trustee of the Orange Unified School District and is\na past director of the Orange County School Board Association and the\nPersonnel and Industrial Relations Association of Los Angeles.\nHe lives at 18621 Lassen Drive, Santa Ana.\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-26-69\n#200\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following proclamation\ncommending the U.C.L.A. basketball team:-\n\"WHEREAS\nThe UCLA Bruins have won an unprecedented third\nconsecutive National Collegiate Athletic Association\nbasketball title and compiled one of the best records\nin the history of collegiate sports; and\n\"WHEREAS\nBruin coach John Wooden has, in recent years, been the\nmost successful basketball coach in America; and\n\"WHEREAS\nCoach Wooden has inspired in his outstanding players\nthe value of winning, the importance of team-play, and\nthe spirit of self-discipline; and\n\"WHEREAS\nBruin Lew Alcindor is a three-time All-American and\ntriple winner of the NCAA 'Player of the Year' award,\nmarking a high point in personal achievement in\nbasketball; and\n\"WHEREAS\nThe winning record of the Bruin team has brought\ngreat pride to Californians of all ages and\ndemonstrated that today's collegians are dedicated\nto the concept of accomplishment and fair-play on\nthe playing court and in the classroom,\nNOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do hereby\ncommend the UCLA BASKETBALL TEAM, on behalf of all the people of\nthe State of California.\"\n########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 3-26-69\n#201\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:\n\"I congratulate John Nejedly on his stunning victory in yesterday's\nspecial election in Contra Costa County. He will assume, as a result\nof that victory, an important place in the State Senate and will\ngive the people of his district truly outstanding representation.\n\"I am particularly pleased that his election once again shows\nthat the people of California are vitally concerned with the issues\nand firmly believe the Republican Party is the vehicle to solve those\nproblems.\n\"The results clearly indicate that the Republican Party is\ncontinuing to move forward and that the voters approve of the\nmeasures taken by this administration to provide responsible and\nprogressive government. I look forward to working with Senator\nNejedly.\n\"I want to commend Republicans and Democrats alike who responded\nto the challenge and made John Nejedly the 21st Republican member of\nthe Senate. Their votes and the assistance of concerned citizens\nthroughout California gave the Republican Party the largest number\nof members in the State Senate since 1956.\"\n#####\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nSacramento, California\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-27-69\nGovernor Ronald Reagan will read a statement pertaining to his\nplan for a $100 million tax rebate next year at 11:30 a.m. today\nin his office.\nThis is not a Press Conference but is designed to enable newsmen\nto record and/or film the statement.\n#########\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nMEMO TO THE PRESS\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571 3-27-69\n#202\nGovernor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed\nthe following bills:\nAB 36- Lanterman\nValidates organization, boundaries, acts,\n(Chapter 13)\nproceedings, and bonds of counties, cities,\nand specific districts, agencies and entities.\nFirst Validating Act of 1969.\nAB 46 - MacDonald\nProvides that certain water code provisions\n(Chapter 18)\nconcerning the commencement of water service\nby a publicly owned utility to land included\nin a county water district are applicable\nif the vote to incur an indebtedness to the\nfederal government was by two-thirds of the\ntwo-thirds of the registered voters in the\nwater district.\nAB 67- Schabarum\nRequires that certain out-of-state vehicles\n(Chapter 11)\n(1955-1962 models) be equipped with crankcase\npollution control devices when the vehicle\nis registered in California by a person\nresiding within a pollution control district.\nAB 93 - Wilson\nAppropriates $900,000 to the California\n(Chapter 8)\nState Colleges in augmentation of 1968\nBudget Act to enable the Trustees of the\nCalifornia State Colleges to provide for\nthe acceptance of as many qualified students\nas feasible. The bill specifies legislative\nintent that $325,000 is for reimbursement of\nCalifornia state college student fee revenues\npreviously utilized for instructional purposes\nAB 167 - Chappie\nProvides that the board of law library trustee:\n(Chapter 17)\nmay consist of not less than three members in\na county in which a municipal court has not\nbeen established and in which there is no\ncounty bar association.\nAB 369 - Badham\nAuthorizes the director of Professional and\n(Chapter 12)\nVocational Standards to fix employment agency\nlicense fees within a prescribed range.\nAB 516 - Porter\nRaises the permissible interest rate on\n(Chapter 14)\nCentral Valley Project revenue bonds from\n5½ per cent to 6½ per cent.\nSB 36 - Way\nReappropriates $15,000 of an appropriation\n(Chapter 6)\nin the Budget Act of 1968 for the purchase,\nplacement and operation of navigational\nfacilities in Owens Valley.\nSB 60 - Danielson\nMakes nonsubstantive amendments to the\n(Chapter 10)\nPublic Utilities Code.\nThis bill was suggested by the Legislative\nCounsel as a part of his continuing program\nof codification to maintain the codes.\nSB 133 - Grunsky\nMakes several technical clarifying amendments\n(Chapter 9)\nto Penal Code and Vehicle Code provisions\nrelating to traffic infractions and\nmisdemeanors.\n-1-\n#202\nSB 134 - Burgener\nDefers the repayment of state school\n(Chapter 16)\nbuilding loans for the 1968-69 fiscal year\nfor school districts where there was an\ninsufficient tax levy to make such loan\npayments. The bill provides for the payment\nof such loans in the 1969-70 fiscal year,\nplus 5 per cent interest.\nSB 216 - Lagomarsino\nSpecifies that property otherwise eligible\n(Chapter 7)\nfor assessment as openspace lands shall be\nSO assessed for the 1969-70 fiscal year\nif the instrument reflecting the fact that\nthe property is enforceably restricted to\nopen-space uses is signed and recorded on\nor before May 15, 1969.\nSB 233 - Moscone\nIncludes law enforcement employees of the\n(Chapter 5)\nSan Francisco Port Authority in the local\npoliceman category of membership in the\nPublic Employees' Retirement System with\nrespect to the City and County of San\nFrancisco.\nSB 278 - Moscone\nAppropriates $158,000 to the University\n(Chapter 15)\nof Californ ia in augmentation of the Budget\nAct of 1968 to provide additional funds to\nconstruct alterations at Hastings College\nof Law in San Francisco.\n#####\nEJG\n-2-\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-27-69\n#203\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:\n\"I am today asking members of the legislature to join with me in\na bipartisan effort to insure that you, the people of California,\nreceive an unprecedented $100 million tax rebate next year\n\"You may recall that I first proposed this plan several months ago\nwhen it became evident that a revenue surplus would become available\nafter the end of the current fiscal year.\n\"The plan would enable you to simply deduct 10 percent of your\nstate income tax and send in the balance when you file your tax return\nnext spring.\n\"Legislation to implement the plan which would take the form of\na one-time, across-the-board state personal income tax cut is being\nintroduced today by Senator George Deukmejian of Long Beach.\n\"I am very pleased that he has agreed to carry this important\nmeasure on behalf of the administration, and also gratified that he has\nbeen able to line up 38 co-authors in the Assembly and 24 co-authors in\nthe Senate.\n\"The $100 million surplus was made possible from economies we are\nmaking in the operation of the executive branch of state government and\nfrom the unexpected effects of inflation. Our fiscal experts, along\nwith top economists throughout the nation, assumed that the Federal\nincome tax surcharge would work to slow the inflationary spiral we have\nall been experiencing. This, of course, did not occur, and it has been\na highly significant factor in the accumulation of our unexpected surplus.\n\"For this reason, I am calling upon all members of the legislature\nhere in Sacramento to give the rebate measure the attention and support\nit deserves free of purely partisan political considerations.\n\"As your elected representatives, all of us in state government, in\nboth political parties, have a common obligation, indeed an overriding\nresponsibility, to see to it that you, the taxpayers of California, pay\nno more than is absolutely necessary to conduct the affairs of government.\n- 1 -\n#203\n\"As I have said so often, you are already paying too much in taxes,\nand I, for one, have pledged, as your governor, to hold the line on\nspending to insure that you will not be saddled with further tax increase:\n\"The $100 million surplus which has accrued must be returned to you,\nand in the same proportion that you have already provided it through\nyour income taxes. You made it available in the first place, and you\nare entitled to get it back---in the most businesslike and economical\nway possible.\n\"Unfortunately, some people look at this as a strictly political\nissue, and in doing so I believe they render a disservice to the citizens\nthey claim to represent.\n\"Some have suggested that the surplus be refunded this year, not\nnext year. They have chosen to overlook, however, the fact that the\nmoney will just not be available without heavy and expensive borrowing\nuntil after the end of the current fiscal year. I want you to know that\nto give the money back this year would be an extremely costly operation\nto administer, and it could not possibly be completed before the very\nend of 1969.\n\"On the other hand, by simply using your tax return next spring\nafter the surplus is in---to take the 10 percent reduction, will,\nindeed, be the most businesslike and economical way to get your rebate.\n\"It is for this reason that I am calling on your elected\nrepresentatives in the legislature to join me in this bipartisan effort\nwhich is of such vital importance to you, the taxpayers of California.\n\"And, with the help of your own legislator, you will be able to\ndeduct 10 percent from your state income tax when you file your returns\nnext spring\nan assist we'll all appreciate.\"\n#######\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n3-27-69\n#204\nGovernor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:\n\"Because there has been some serious misinterpretations of my\nposition regarding criteria for the hiring of professors on our\nstate university and college campuses, it is necessary to again set\nthe record straight.\n\"I have not nor have I ever considered recommending a so-called\npolitical test' to determine who should or should not be hired as\nteachers. I made my position clear in two press conferences at the\nBoard of Trustees' meeting only yesterday and have repeatedly made\nthis same position clear in numerous other statements.\n\"I have long expressed my concern--as have many chief campus\nadministrators and faculty members that there is a lack of\nphilosophical balance at some of our state institutions in regard\nto what is being taught. I have felt, as have many others in the\nacademic community, that students are not always being given a\nvariety of points of view and that if we are to maintain quality\ninstitutions of higher education, students can be trusted to make\ntheir own decisions so long as they are allowed to hear all sides.\n\"Proper balance in teaching can be achieved by having on our\nfaculties those who represent a broad spectrum of philosophical and\nideological views. In this way, students can pursue the truth\nwithout being subjected to indoctrination or a particular advocacy\nof one philosophy or ideology.\"\n# # #\nPB\nOFFICE OF THE GOVER' R\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, Califor... a\nContact:\nPaul Beck\n445-4571\n3-28-69\n#205\nGovernor and Mrs. Ronald Reagan today issued the following\nstatement on hearing of the death of Dwight D. Eisenhower:\n\"Nancy and I extend our deepest sympathies to Mrs. Eisenhower\nand the family.\n\"There is no way to express our own grief at the loss of an\nold friend. America's heart is heavy with sorrow because it was\nalways so filled with warmth and affection for this man. He was a\ngreat man, a military hero, general of the armies, and president of\nour nation. He was also a good man. He was Ike. \"\n#####\nEJG\nOFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR\nRELEASE: Immediate\nSacramento, California\nContact: Paul Beck\n445-4571\n3-28-69\n#206\nGovernor Ronald Reagan, expressing grief and sorrow at the\ndeath of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, today proclaimed\nMonday, March 31, an official day of mourning in California.\nThe governor called on \"all citizens to join in the observance\nof this day which is being set aside to honor the memory of General\nEisenhower.\"\nThe proclamation said:\n\"The President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, having\ndeclared Monday, March 31, 1969, a day of national mourning for\nthe passing of General Dwight David Eisenhower, I, Ronald Reagan,\nGovernor of the State of California, do hereby declare Monday,\nMarch 31, 1969, a day of mourning in memory of our former president\nto be observed consistent with Section 6700(n) of the Government Code\nand by all schools, colleges and universities, and I call upon all\nbusiness and all citizens to join in the observance of this day\nwhich is being set aside to honor the memory of General Eisenhower.\n\"State Departments and Agencies will maintain sufficient work\nforces necessary to meet emergency situations and provide vitally\nnecessary public services.\n\"In witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused\nthe Great Seal of the State of California to be affixed this twenty-\neighth day of March, 1969.\"\nGovernor and Mrs. Reagan plan to attend funeral ceremonies\nhonoring General Eisenhower in Washington, D. C. on Monday.\n# # #\nEJG"
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