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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Collection: Reagan, Ronald: Gubernatorial Papers,
1966-74: Press Unit
Folder Title: Press Releases - April 1968
Box: P8
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4.2.68
#232
Governor Ronald Reagan has issued a proclamation calling attention
to the American Cancer Society's Annual Cancer Crusade.
Text of the proclamation follows:
"WHEREAS, the American Cancer Society's Annual Cancer Crusade has
attracted the volunteer efforts of thousands of Californians; and
"WHEREAS, these volunteers will continue their work until virtually
every family in the state has been contact; and
"
"WHEREAS, the American Cancer Crusade workers, by their voluntary
efforts, have played a major role in the advances of recent years in
the detection and treatment of this disease; and
"WHEREAS, the purpose of the Annual Cancer Crusade is to alert the
public to cancer's warning signs; to stress the need for periodic
checkups and to raise the funds for programs of research, education and
service to cancer patients;
"NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do hereby
commend the American Cancer Society's Annual Cancer Crusade to the
attention of all Californians and urge that they support the fight
against cancer."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4.3.68
# # 233
So that there will be no misinterpretation or confusion as to
remarks made by Governor Reagan at the Sacramento airport today, the
following was transcribed from a tape recording of the interview:
"Well, I never set out to make a career of public life. I was
coming about to the end of a career and looking forward to sitting
on the porch in a rocking chair and I still haven't changed that. I
did what I'm doing because I had some strong beliefs and thought
that circumstances had put me in a place where I could be of some
service."
Any implication that the governor is considering retiring from
public life is in error. His reference to "end of a career" was to
his career as an actor and not as governor.
OFFICE OF THE GOVF
OR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4.3.68
# 234
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Robert A. Hornby of
Los Angeles, president and chief executive officer of the Pacific
Lighting Corporation, as a member of the State Coordinating Council
for Higher Education.
The post pays necessary expenses and requires Senate confirma-
tion.
Hornby, 67, will fill the unexpired term of Dudley Swim of
Monterey who resigned. The term will end November 1, 1970. Swim
was recently appointed to the State College Board of Trustees by
Governor Reagan.
Hornby, a Republican, is a trustee of the University of
Southern California and a member of the school's Buildings and
Grounds Committee. He is a member of the U.S.C. School of Business
Advisory Council and is a consulting professor-lecturer in the School
of Business Administration.
A registered civil engineer, Hornby attended the University of
California.
He is a director of the United California Bank and is a member
of the firm's administrative committee.
Hornby is a former director of the American Gas Association; is
a past president of the Pacific Coast Gas Association; is a director
of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce; and is a trustee of both
the Joint Council on Economic Education in New York City and the
Northern California Council on Economic Education.
He lives at 435 South Curson West, Los Angeles
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4.3.68
# 235
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Hermosa Beach attorney
Thomas W. Fredricks to the municipal court bench of the South Bay
Judicial District.
The post pays $23,000 annually.
Fredricks, a 46-year old Republican, replaces Judge Raymond
Choate who was elevated to the Superior Court bench by Governor
Reagan.
Fredricks, a 1948 graduate of the University of Southern
California Law School, has served as Hermosa Beach city attorney and
city prosecutor for the past two decades. In addition, he has been
in private practice in Hermosa Beach since 1953.
He is a former president of the South Bay Bar Association and is
now serving a second four-year term as a member of the board of
trustees of the Hermosa Beach City School District. He was chosen
board president in 1965.
Fredricks was a member of the Hermosa Beach Planning Commission
from 1958-62 and was selected as Hermosa Beach's "man of the year"
in 1963.
He is an honorary life member of the California State Parent
Teachers' Association and is a former director of the Hermosa Beach
Chamber of Commerce. He has also served as president and director
of the Hermosa Beach Baseball League.
He is a past president and a former director of the South Bay
Visiting Nurses Association and is a past director of the South Bay
YMCA.
Fredricks is married, has two children, and resides at 562 24th
Street, Hermosa Beach.
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EJG
OFFICE OF THE GO
RNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4.3.68
# 236
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Riverside lawyer Gerald
F. Schulte to the Riverside Municiple Court bench.
The post pays $23,000 annually.
Schulte, 41, succeeds Judge Francis Estudillo who was
elevated to the Superior Court bench by Governor Reagan.
A Republican, Schulte is a graduate of Stanford University
and Hastings College of Law. He is a former assistant Riverside
County Counsel and has been a law partner in the firm of Badger,
Schulte and Biddle since 1957.
He is a vice president of the Riverside Family Service
Organization and is a former president of the Uptown Kiwanis Club.
He is a past member of the Riverside City Library Board and is
a former chairman of the Riverside Muscular Dystrophy Society. He
is also a past president of the Riverside 20-30 Club.
During the Korean War, he served as a 1st Lieutenant with
the U.S. Army's Seventh Division. He was a rifle platoon leader
and a company commander during the hostilities.
Schulte and his wife, Dorothy, have three children ranging
in age from 8 to 15. They reside at 1125 Via Vallarta, Riverside.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4.3.68
# 237
Governor Ronald Reagan has named Robert W. Sigg as chairman
of the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board. The
appointment was effective March 28.
Sigg, a Republican, was first named to the board by the
governor last November. He replaces Gerald F. Maher as chairman.
Maher will continue as a member.
Sigg practiced law in Los Angeles with the legal firm of
Hill, Farrar and Burrill prior to accepting the $24,000-a-year
appointment as a board member. As chairman, he will receive an
additional $500 annually.
He now resides at 5412 Raimer way, Carmichael.
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OFFICE OF THE GC RNOR
RELEASE:
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4.3.68
#238
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Leslie E. Wolbert of
Paradise to the 3rd District Agricultural Association's board of
directors. The association operates the Silver Dollar Fair in
Butte County.
The governor also reappointed Ralph T. Filson, a retired
Chico High School agricultural teacher, to the board. Filson,
a 66-year old Democrat, was first appointed in 1944.
The jobs pay necessary expenses. The appointments are for
four-year terms.
Wolbert, a retired electrical superintendent, worked for the
Pacific Gas and Electric Company in San Rafael for 28 years. A
Republican, he now lives at 5800 Pickett Lane, Paradise, and
serves as a member of the Paradise Fire Protection District and
the American Legion.
Wolbert, 75, replaces John Jaekel of Chico whose term expired.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4.3.68
#239
Governor Ronald Reagan reiterated today that a
"Draft Reagan" committee in California headed by a
Mr. Val Valdez is absolutely unauthorized by the governor.
Governor Reagan again asked Valdez to stop his efforts
on a "Draft Reagan" committee and said his actions are
unwarranted, irresponsible and only serve to confuse the
situation.
The governor pointed out that on January 31 he issued
a statement saying Valdez is not a part of his favorite
son delegation and has no position in the Republican Party.
The renewed request from the governor came as a result
of newspaper ads in the Antelope Valley which said Valdez
is associated with a Reagan for President committee.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4.4.68
Governor Reagan will meet briefly with members of the new
Automobile Accident Study Commission at 11:15 A.M. today in the
Governor's Council Room.
Copies of the governor's charge to the Commission will be
distributed to the press at the meeting.
Press coverage is invited.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4.4.68
#240
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed
the following bills:
AB 77 - Ketchum
Provides that for purposes of Vehicle Code
(Chapter 12)
provisions relating to the size, weight
and load of vehicles, equipment which is
attached to the vehicle, such as booms and
masts, but which is not attendant to the
efficient operation of the vehicle, shall
be considered a load.
The bill clarifies an area of confusion as
to whether such equipment is an integral
part of the vehicle and subject to the
single vehicle length limitation, or a load
and subject to other Vehicle Code provisions
relating to loads. It will facilitate
uniform interpretation and enforcement of
the Vehicle Code.
AB 82 - Crown
Appropriates $750,000 for use in the
(Chapter 8)
Crippled Children Services program during
the remainder of the current fiscal year.
This appropriation will augment funds
contained in the Budget Act of 1967 for
allocation to cities and counties for
services to physically handicapped children.
AB 402 - Bagley
Directs the Board of Administration of the
(Chapter 10)
Public Employees' Retirement System to
modify California's Social Security Agree-
ment to exclude from coverage all services
of election workers and officials paid
less than $50 a calendar quarter.
AB 704 - Schabarum
Provides that the total amount of bonds
(Chapter 13)
issued by a junior college district which
will be superseded by a new junior college
district under designated circumstances for
all purposes on July 1, 1968, shall not
exceed 5 per cent of the taxable property,
unmodified by the so-called "Collier
Factor, of such district. The bill's
provisions are not effective after June 30,
1968.
SB 274 - Kennick
Provides that a county which received less
(Chapter 11)
than the maximum reimbursement from the
state in any fiscal year for special pro-
bation services which reduce the rate of
commitments from such county, may receive,
in the next succeeding fiscal year and
payable in quarterly installments, reim-
bursement from the state of the difference
up to such maximum. The bill applies to
amounts payable to counties for the 1966-67
fiscal year and all subsequent fiscal years.
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EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4.4.68
# 241
Governor Ronald Reagan has issued a proclamation proclaiming
April 5, 1968 as GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR DAY in California.
The text of the proclamation follows:
"WHEREAS, the death of General Douglas MacArthur on April 5,
1964, left the people of the free world with a
profound sense of sadness and deep loss; and
"WHEREAS, Californians and free men everywhere respect
the memory of the "Old Soldier" whose passing
they have deeply mourned; and
"WHEREAS, The Bataan-Corregidor Society of America, organized
and founded on the concept of liberty and democracy,
and dedicated to the cause for which thousands
of Americans and Filipinos valiantly fought and
gave their lives, is composed of Americans,
Filipino-Americans, and Filipinos bound together
by an uncommon bond of friendship; and
"WHEREAS, the society is observing the fourth anniversary
of the death of General Douglas MacArthur with
a memorial dinner April 7, 1968, in San Francisco;
"NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do
hereby proclaim April 5, 1968 as GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR DAY in
California, and invite all the people of California to honor on
this day the memory of General Douglas MacArthur and those who
fell at Bataan and Corregidor.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4.4.68
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following state-
ment:
"The murder of Martin Luther King was a shocking
act of violence that solves none of our nation's
problems.
"It is more evidence of a moral sickness that
seems to be afflicting our nation.
"I want to extend my deepest sympathy to the
family of Reverend King.
"I urge all Californians to remain calm in the
face of one single act of violence."
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PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4.5.68
#242
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Hayward newspaper
publisher Floyd Sparks as a member of the California Toll
Bridge Authority.
The post pays necessary expenses.
Sparks, a 67-year old Republican, succeeds Joseph J.
Diviny of San Francisco who resigned.
Sparks publishes the Hayward Daily Review, the Fremont
Argus and Livermore Herald. He has owned the Daily Review
since 1944.
He is a journalism graduate of Whitman College, Walla
Walla, Washington.
Sparks is a member of the Highway Committee of the
Hayward Chamber of Commerce and is on the Highway Advisory
Board of Alameda County.
He is married, has two children, and lives at 21218 Birch
Street, Hayward.
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EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4.5.68
#243
Governor Ronald Reagan has named Gretchen Woerz Ehrlich
of Santa Barbara to the 19th District Agricultural Association's
Board of directors. The association operates the Santa Barbara
County Fair.
The governor also reappointed Santa Barbara florist
Robert P. Rowe to the board. Rowe, 57, was first appointed
in 1960. A Republican, he owns and manages Orchids By Rowe,
a Santa Barbara flower shop.
Both appointments pay necessary expenses and are for
four-year terms.
Mrs. Ehrlich, a Republican, succeeds Jules J. Brasseur
of Santa Barbara whose term expired. She is a housewife
and a member of the Junior League of Santa Barbara.
Mrs. Ehrlich and her husband, Grant, have long been
interested in breeding and showing horses.
They reside at 532 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara.
Rowe lives at 814 Cambridge Avenue, Santa Barbara.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4.5.68
# 244
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Willows rancher Donald
Lederer to the 42nd District Agricultural Association's board of
directors. The association operates the Glenn County Fair.
The job pays necessary expenses.
Lederer, 36, will fill out the unexpired term of the late
Allan C. Myers of Orland. The term ends January 15, 1969.
A Republican, Lederer raises sheep, hay, alfalfa and barley
on his rural Willows ranch.
He is president of the Glenn County Wool Growers' Association
and is a former member of the Kanawha School Board. He is also a
member of the Junior Livestock Fair Board and is a Willows Key 4-H
leader.
He resides at Route 1, Box 228, Willows.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4.5.68
# 245
Governor Ronald Reagan today named El Centro insurance man
Curtis A. Swain and Lester A. Bornt, a Holtville farmer, to four-
year terms on the 45th District Agricultural Association's board of
directors.
The association operates the California Mid-Winter Fair.
The posts pay necessary expenses.
Swain, 40, replaces R. S. Obergfell of El Centro. Bornt, a
41-year old Republican, succeeds William L. Moreno of Calexico. Both
outgoing members' terms expired.
Swain, a Republican, operates the Swain Insurance Agency in
El Centro and is a member of the Rotary Club, the Insurance Agency
Association and the Life Underwriters Association.
He lives at 2468 West Main, El Centro.
Bornt is chairman of the Imperial County Planning Committee,
is a member of the Holtville Unified School Board; is a director of
the Imperial County Farm Bureau; and is a member of the Imperial
County Rabies Control Council.
He is engaged in the farming and cattle feeding business.
He resides at Route 1, Box 135, Holtville.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4.5.68
# 246
Governor Ronald Reagan today named cattle ranchers Robert A.
Dal Porto of Oakley and Frank S. Arata of Antioch to four-year terms
on the 23rd District Agricultural Association's board of directors.
The association operates the Contra Costa County Fair.
The posts pay necessary expenses.
Dal Porto, 42, replaces Charles J. Wright of El Sobrante.
Arata, a 58-year old Republican, succeeds Joseph S. Silva of
Brentwood. Both outgoing members' terms expired.
Dal Porto, a Republican, has served as chairman of the
Contra Costa County Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation
Committee for 15 years and has been a member of the Oakley Union
School Board since 1950.
He lives at Route 2, Box 234, Oakley.
Arata is a director of the California Cattlemen's Association
and is a member of the California Farm Bureau Federation. He
raises beef cattle, hay and grain.
He resides at 514 Lynn Avenue, Antioch.
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EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4.5.68
# 247
Governor Ronald Reagan today named physicians Alexander A.
Roger of Los Angeles and James L. DePuy of Watsonville to four-year
terms on the State Board of Public Health.
The posts pay travel expenses.
Roger, a 57-year old Republican, replaces Arthur E. Varden
of San Bernardino. DePuy, 47, succeeds Lenor S. Goerke of Pacific
Palisades. Both outgoing members' terms expired.
Roger, a specialist in internal medicine, is a 1933 graduate
of the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine. He serves as
chairman of the Los Angeles County Hospital Advisory Commission
and is director and former president of the Los Angeles County
Heart Association.
He was chief of staff of the Mount Sinai Hospital from
1946-60.
He resides at 815 North Whittier Drive, Beverly Hills.
DePuy, .a Republican, is a 1944 graduate of the University of
Michigan Medical School.
He served in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps. during World War II
and the Korean War. He was a surgeon in residence at the U.S.
Hospital in San Francisco from 1948-50.
DePuy is board chairman of the Watsonville Community Hospital
and is a delegate of the Santa Cruz County Medical Society to the
American Medical Association. He has been a partner in the
Watsonville medical offices of DePuy, Hoskins, Bushman and Jonat since
1950.
He lives at 40 Eastern Drive, Watsonville.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4.5.68
#248
Governor Ronald Reagan today named Orange County Farm
Bureau president Gordon Holmes Bishop and Anaheim businessman
Burr Williams to four-year terms on the 32nd District Agri-
cultural Association's board of directors. The association
operates the Orange County Fair.
The jobs pay necessary expenses.
Bishop, 49, replaces Robert L. Wetzler of Anaheim.
Williams, a 58-year old Republican, succeeds Ralph A. Diedrich
of Fullerton. Both outgoing members' terms expired.
Bishop, a citrus grower, is a member of the Policy
Committee of the California Farm Bureau Federation and is
a former trustee of the Orange Unified School District. He
is a Republican.
He resides at 18621 Lassen Drive, Santa Ana.
Williams operates the Orco Microfilming Service of
Anaheim and is a vice president and director of the California
Mission Trails Association, Ltd. He is a director of the Big
Brothers of Orange County and is a past president of the
Anaheim 20-30 club.
He lives at 312 London Place, Anaheim.
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EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, Californ
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4.5.68
#249
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
(SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
April 6, 1968
through
April 14, 1968
Saturday, April 6
Noon
Depart Friendship Airport, Baltimore, Maryland,
for San Francisco International Airport via
UAL #63
2:30 p.m.
Arrive San Francisco - Proceed to Tahoe
3:30 p.m.
Arrive Tahoe Airport
(Approx.)
6:35 p.m.
International Ski Federation World Cup
Competition, No-host reception drop-by
with Governor Paul Laxalt, Tamarack Lounge,
Sahara Tahoe
7:00 p.m.
Dinner, High Sierra Room, Sahara Tahoe
8:15 p.m.
Banquet program begins. Remarks.
Sunday, April 7
9:00 -
11:00 a.m.
Final World Cup Race
2:45 p.m.
Live Television - RR Awards - World Cup to
Winners - Top of Tram - Heavenly Valley
3:45 p.m.
Depart Tahoe Airport for Phoenix, Arizona
6:15 p.m. (MST) Arrive Phoenix
Monday, April 8
VACATION - Phoenix
Tuesday, April 9
10:00 a.m. (MST) Depart Phoenix Airport
11:00 a.m.
Arrive Albuquerque, New Mexico, Airport
11:15 a.m.
Press availability at airport
12:30 p.m.
RSCC luncheon, Albuquerque Civic Auditorium.
Speech.
2:15 p.m.
Depart airport for Phoenix
3:15 p.m.
Arrive Phoenix - press availability at airport
6:15 p.m.
RSCC Reception at Goldwater home
7:00 p.m.
RSCC Dinner, Del Webb's Towne House Convention
Center. Speech.
Wednesday, April 9
through
NO PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS SCHEDULED
Sunday, April 14
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EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, Californ
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4.5.68
#251
The following directive, signed by William P. Clark, Jr.
was issued today:
"To: Heads of Agencies, Departments, Major Units and
Other Key Personnel
Funeral services for the Reverend Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr., will be held the week of April 8,
1968. Exact day and hour are now unknown, but will
be made public as soon as possible.
Addressees of this memorandum will allow employees
informal time off to attend memorial services as the
employee may desire.
Widest possible dissemination of the informa-
tion contained in this memorandum will be the
responsibility of the above addressees."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, Califo ia
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4.5.68
# 250
The following is the text of a message from Governor Ronald
Reagan that was delivered by Paul Beck, press secretary, to a group
meeting at the State Capitol to pay tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King:
"A piece of our nation died last night. It started dying and
Dr. Kings' murder began with our first acceptance of compromise with
the laws of the land. That compromise ranges from our indifference
when some would apply the law unequally to those today, black or
white.
"The American dream that we have nursed so long is not that
every man be level with every other man, but that every man be free
to become whatever God intended he should be. Keeping this dream
and this promise is our responsibility and we can do no less than
to make sure that we pass it on to our children.
"One problem overshadows all others in this land and the
cowardly hand of an assasin laid that problem on America's doorstep
last night. No American should ever again have to tell his child he
is denied some of the blessings of this land because he is in some
way different. You and I can make the difference. We must insure
equal rights and equal opportunity and equal treatment for all our
citizens, and we can do this only be becoming involved ourselves."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, Californ
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4.5.68
Governor Reagan has changed his schedule to
arrive in Sacramento from Washington, D.C. at
1:30 a.m., Saturday, April 6, instead of as
previously reported. The governor will arrive
at the Sacramento Municipal Airport.
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OFFICE OF THE
RNOR
REI
SE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4.8.68
#252
Oakland Mayor John H. Reading will represent the State of
California at funeral services tomorrow for the Reverend
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Governor Reagan designated Mayor Reading to be the state's
official representative at the rites which will be held in the
Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Reverend King
served as pastor of the church.
Mayor Reading is scheduled to fly to Atlanta this evening
from Oakland.
Meanwhile, Governor Reagan's Executive Secretary William
P. Clark Jr. restated the contents of a directive issued Friday
permitting State employees informal time off to attend such
memorial services as the employee may desire. The directive,
which applies to all state employees, regardless of race,
color or creed, was sent to heads of state agencies and depart-
ments and other key personnel.
EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOV. NOR
RELEASE:
In
diate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4.8.68
# 253
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement
regarding the opening of the major league baseball season Wednesday.
"The opening of the major league baseball season Wednesday
will be most welcome to a nation beset by trouble and strife.
I am hopeful it will presage a return to normalcy among our
people and turn our minds to the better side of our national life.
"Baseball not only is a symbol of competition without rancor
but also in recent years has offered Negroes of athletic ability
unparalleled chances for fame and success.
"California in the last few years has become the major league
baseball capital of the nation.
"With the addition of the Oakland Athletics we now have
four teams, two in each league, more than any other state.
"I want particularly to welcome the Athletics to California
and to Oakland and wish them the best of success in their league
and with their fans. They are a great new asset both to California
and to the bay area.
"I am pleased they chose California and I know they will get
the support they deserve.
"I am pleased, too, that it is time now to play ball. The
nation will be the better off for it."
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EJG
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
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Governor Ronald Reagan, contacted in Phoenix, Arizona, today
and informed that the Parents' Patrol headquarters building in
Del Paso Heights, destroyed by an arsonist last night,
immediately issued the following statement:
"I am heartsick and angered to learn of this vicious and
irresponsible act which is obviously intended to cripple the dedicated
efforts of the Parents' Patrol program.
"Arson has always been an attack against the defenseless. This
time it is an attack against the very fiber of the community itself.
Those responsible must be apprehended and punished.
"But mere punishment of those who perpetrated this deed will not
mitigate its effects.
"What is needed--and needed immediately--is a response by all the
decent citizens of Sacramento which will tell those who have worked so
hard to make the Parents' Patrol program a success, that their efforts
have not gone unnoticed and have not been in vain.
"Community action by responsible citizens is basic to the solution
of community problems. The Parents' Patrol has been solving problems
in our Negro area since this program began last summer. But all of
us, black or white, have profited by their work and all of us have a
stake in seeing it continued and expanded.
"For this reason, I am today sending a personal letter to the
news media and the civic organizations in the Sacramento area appeal-
ing to them to lend not only moral but also financial support to the
Parents' Patrol program.
"If this program fails, if those who would rather burn than build
can succeed in destroying programs like this, then they will be the
victors and those who believe in brotherhood and in working together
for the common good will be the losers.
"We cannot let this happen. I urge with all my heart that
Sacramento prove that efforts and programs such as the Parents' Patrol
are worthwhile and can work to the benefit of all our people."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 4.10.68
# 255
Several months ago, two panes of security glass were
installed in the windows of the Governor's private study in
the Capitol. Subsequently, these panes were found to contain
a number of visual imperfections.
The imperfections are now being corrected at no cost
to the State of California.
The work was scheduled for this week as a convenience,
since Governor Reagan is now away from his office, on vacation.
The above is intended to correct any misunderstandings
which may exist in connection with this work.
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Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
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# 256
The Governor's Office announced today that the following
bills have been signed:
AB 251 - Chappie
Authorizes Alpine County to receive
(Chapter 4)
$2,500 annually from the Airport Assis-
tance Revolving Fund for construction and
maintenance of an airport without provid-
ing any matching funds.
AB 295 - Ray E. Johnson
(Chapter 15)
Deletes provisions requiring the Depart-
ment of Agriculture to report to the
Governor and the Legislature findings on
various subjects including artificial
insemination of bovine animals, commercial
feed, brand inspection fees, milk inspec-
tion fees, milk product plant licenses,
farm product processors, and stabilization
and marketing of fluid milk and fluid
cream.
AB 691 - Ray E. Johnson
(Chapter 16)
Appropriates $152,262 to the Department
URGENCY
of Parks and Recreation from the amount
appropriated by the Budget Act of 1965
for the development of the Lime Saddle
area in the Oroville State Recreation
Area, for expenditure in the Thermalito
Forebay area, Oroville Project.
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The Governor's Office announced today that the following
bills have been signed by Acting Governor Robert H. Finch:
AB 43 - Burke
Provides that when local property assessments
(Chapter 24)
are adjusted upward or downward by the county
board of equalization of the county tax appeals
board, after the property tax rate has been
set on the basis of the original tax roll,
the county auditor shall furnish to the super-
intendent of public instruction on or before
April 15 the corrected assessed valuation
within local school districts. The superin-
tendent of public instruction is directed to
use the corrected assessed valuation for com-
puting district aid and area-wide aid used in
computing state school apportionments.
AB 61 - McMillan
Exempts textile maintenance establishments
(Chapter 19)
(laundries and dry cleaners) weighing. count-
ing, or measuring any article in connection
with the business of such establishments from
the provisions of the Weighmasters Law.
AB 134 - Dent
Prescribes separate procedures concerning
(Chapter 25)
uncollected taxes to be applicable in those
counties which operate under alternative pro-
cedure for distribution of property tax levies
on the secured roll, for purposes of estab-
lishing school district tax rates by boards
of supervisors, involving the fixing of an
allowance for subsequent additions, cancel-
lations and corrections affecting the tax
rolls, and authorizing the fixing of an
allowance for delinquencies. The bill becomes
operative on November 1, 1968.
AB 164 - Knox
Provides that counties advancing current
(Chapter 26)
operating requirements to subsidiary political
subdivisions may, upon a finding that time is
of the essence, accept bids for loans without
advertising and fixes net interest cost at
6 per cent, rather than 5 per cent, on all
loans for such purpose. The bill also specif-
ically authorizes use of public agency revenue
bonds, notes, tax anticipation warrants, and
certain evidences of indebtedness, to secure
public deposits.
AB 184 - Mobley
Repeals Section 6718 of the Welfare and Insti-
(Chapter 27)
tutions Code relating to county auditors'
state settlement reports with respect to com-
mitments to hospitals for the mentally
retarded. The deleted section was removed
from the law in 1965 and inadvertently added
to recodification legislation adopted in 1967.
AB 187 - Mobley &
Amends Welfare and Institutions Code Section
Dunlap
6713 to correct a section reference. The bill
(Chapter 28)
makes no substantive change in the law.
AB 188 - Mobley &
Makes a technical amendment to a provision
Dunlap
of the Government Code relating to bonded
(Chapter 20)
indebtedness for the construction of major
county roads. The law presently refers to
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(AB 188)
"primary county roads". The bill eliminates
the word "primary" and adds the word "select"
as all principal county roads are now desig-
nated. The bill also deletes an absolute
reference to bonds existing in 1880. Such
bonds are no longer in existence.
AB 189 - Dent
Makes a conforming change in the Education
(Chapter 21)
Code to reflect legislation enacted in 1967
authorizing a school district to pay salaries
of certificated employees twice a month.
AB 271 - Chappie
Extends the time in which a fire protection
(Chapter 29)
district can file prescribed statement, map
or plat and certificate of completion in order
that a district annexation is effective for
assessment and tax purposes in 1968.
AB 337 - Pattee
Repeals provisions of the Agricultural Code
(Chapter 30)
which provide for the licensing of warehouses
to store agricultural products under bond.
AB 346 - Porter
Allows any irrigation district, reclamation
(Chapter 22)
district, water district or municipal corpor-
ation, to levy a tax on property within its
boundaries.
AB 405 - Knox
Provides that the cost of the financial
(Chapter 31)
feasibility report required in connection with
a city or county reclamation project shall be
a charge, in its entirety, against the city or
county and allows the city or county to collect
a proportion of the cost from private land-
owners included therein, rather than having
the District Securities Commission collect
from both the city or county and private land-
owners.
AB 884 - Quimby &
Provides that a resolution, trust indenture,
Coombs
or mortgage by a redevelopment agency author-
(Chapter 32)
izing redevelopment bonds may provide for the
rate of interest on such bonded indebtedness
which shall not exceed 7 per cent. The bill
further declares that such provision shall be
applicable to bonds of a redevelopment agency
which have been authorized by the agency prior
to the effective date of this act but which
have not been issued prior to such date.
SB 78 - Stiern
Eliminates the requirement that the real prop-
(Chapter 17)
erty transfer tax be evidenced by documentary
stamps supplied by the State Board of Equaliza-
tion.
SB 137 - Whetmore
Specifically allows counties to contract with
(Chapter 23)
blind persons licensed by the Bureau of Voca-
tional Rehabilitation to operate snackbars and
cafeterias, as well as vending stands, in
county owned or occupied buildings.
SB 185 - Short
Authorizes the director of the Department of
(Chapter 18)
General Services to sell, exchange, lease or
otherwise dispose of 165 acres of Stockton
State Hospital land which is no longer needed
for hospital purposes,
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Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that the federal
government has granted funds to the State Department of Employ-
ment with which to resume payment of federal unemployment benefits
to federal employees and ex-servicemen for weeks of unemployment
beginning April 7.
The funds were made available from next fiscal year's
appropriation to finance the federal benefit program. As agent
for the federal government, the Department of Employment will
now be able to resume payments Monday, April 15.
Payments were suspended with the close of business March 15
when the federal appropriation for the fiscal year 1968 was
exhausted.
Payment for the weeks of unemployment ending on March 16,
March 23, March 30 and April 6 will be made when a supplemental
appropriation now before the Congress is approved.
"California cannot legally loan the federal government the
money necessary to pay these benefits from its own state
unemployment insurance fund, = Governor Reagan pointed out.
Three weeks ago he sent a telegram to members of California's
congressional delegation asking them to do their utmost to obtain
a resumption of benefits.
In the wire, he noted that the suspension in funds was
"having a detrimental effect on the morale of our Armed Service
personnel returning from Vietnam and on California's economy.
"This is not the first time the state has been forced to
suspend these federal benefit payments because of the failure
of Congress to approve a timely appropriation," the telegram said.
He asked the state's representatives and senators to do all
in their power "to break this log-jam" by bringing about early
agreement on the final version of the supplemental appropriation
bill, HR-15399.
In February, federal unemployment benefits in California
totaled about $2,325,000.
Regular state unemployment benefits were not interrupted,
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Contact:
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# 259
Governor Ronald Reagan today sent a telegram to the Secretary
two
of the Army requesting authorization to organize/new National Guard
units in the state to replace those which will enter federal service
in May.
He called the restoration of this troop strength in California
"of immediate and critical importance."
The governor's wire was sent following an announcement that
two National Guard units from Southern California will enter federal
service on May 13. The announcement was made by General Glenn C.
Ames, the state adjutant general and commander of the California Army
National Guard.
The telegram said:
"Request authorizationto organize units to replace the 1st
Squadron, 18th Armored Cavalry, and the 40th Aviation Company enter-
ing active federal service May 13. The crises in our cities mandate
that we retain at the present level our capability to render support
to our communities when needed. The activation of these two elements
represents a reduction of 1,012 troops in Southern California. I
regard the restoration of this strength of immediate and critical
importance. Therefore, I respectfully request authority be granted
and funding provided for the activation of the Armored Cavalry
Squadron and an aviation company."
Acting Governor Robert H. Finch joined with Governor Reagan in
expressing"a deep sense of pride in the competence and proficiency
selected"
of the units which have been
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for military service in the
active Army.
The lieutenant governor said:
"I am both pleased and proud that our national leaders have
recognized the quality of training and degree of combat readiness
which these two elite California National Guard units possess. The
dedicated men who serve in them will surely bring honor to our
state and nation."
He reiterated that "all necessary steps are being taken to insure
that the activation does not adversely affect the state's capability
for meeting any emergency which might arise in California."
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General Ames said the two units which will be pressed into
service are part of the Selected Reserve Force which has been under-
going an intensified training program for the past two years in
preparation for a possible federal call-up. The units have been
manned and equipped at 100 percent and have been given priorities
for school and other training spaces to insure that their readiness
posture was maintained.
He said that advance elements of these organizations will
depart within the next few days for their mobilization stations to
make final arrangements for the arrival of the main body of troops
which will occur not later than May 13. These units have been
called for a 24 months period of federal active service.
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RELEASE: II. ediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4.12.68
# 260
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following Easter
message:
"On Easter, we honor a man who lived and died like no other
the world has ever known. To those who believe in His triumph over
death, He brought renewed hope, a living faith.
'Yet, His message of love and human brotherhood is one for all
men, everywhere--regardless of religion or creed. For His life
was spent in the service of His fellow man, no matter how lowly.
He was truly His brother's brother, a leader, yet a servant, one
who sought to change the hearts of men.
"Is it any wonder, then, that the Prince of Peace should be the
architect of the peace we seek? Is it at all strange that His life
should be such an example for us to follow in these days of strife
and turmoil?
"If true human understanding and brotherhood are to prevail in
our land, we, too, must be about His business--that of changing the
hearts of men.
My best wishes to all Californians for a joyous and meaningful
Easter. 11
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: SUNDAY
Sacramento, Califor.
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APR
14, 1968 (A.M.'s)
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4.12.68
# 261
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that the administration
has begun implementation of a series of task force recommendations
which "will achieve significant operating economies in state govern-
ment during the years ahead through the creation of an integrated
warehouse system using stringent inventory management controls."
He said the action will enable the state to reduce its continu-
ing inventory investment from $30 million to $17.5 million annually,
thus freeing some $12.5 million for essential alternative uses. The
plan will also reduce overall operating costs by $3 million per year,
from $8.7 million to $5.7 million.
"By combining an integrated, centrally managed warehousing pro-
gram with aggressively applied statewide inventory management poli-
cies," he said, "we will be able to avoid duplicated inventories, lack
of product standardization, unnecessary staff and warehouse facili-
ties, and uneconomical distribution practices."
The governor said he has signed an executive order authorizing
General Andrew R. Lolli, director of the Department of General
Services, to proceed with plans to centralize the operations of
eight key expendable goods warehouses. The warehouses, which have
been operated by individual state departments, will now come under
the control of General Services. The eight facilities redistribute
supplies to departmental warehouses at or near the point of use.
The state's continuing expendable goods inventory is stored in
1,473 different facilities at 646 separate locations and represents
a running investment of $30 million, Lolli said. Over 3,000,000
square feet and approximately 1,000 man years are now required to
service this investment at a direct ownership cost of $8.7 million
per year, he added.
Lolli said $5 million of the $30 million continuing inventory
investment is currently held in the eight principal redistribution
warehouses which will now be administered by General Services.
"Central management of these warehouses will enable the state to
reduce the $5 million inventory to $2.5 million and cut annual operat-
ing costs by $900,000," he said.
An extension of these efficiencies to all warehousing operations
through closely integrated and coordinated inventory management
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practices will provide the overall economies projected under the
plan, he explained.
Lolli also noted that the State of California owns one and
three quarter million items of accountable equipment having an
Forty million
aggregate value in excess of $330 million.
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dollars is being
spent each year to replace these goods, he said. Lolli emphasized
that during the next five years the state will reduce this inventory
by more than $33 million through improved standards for acquisition,
utilization, and disposal.
Governor Reagan reemphasized that the continued progress the
administration is making to implement such task force studies as
these "once again belies the skeptical predictions of some that the
recommendations would end up being relegated to the shelves of govern-
ment to quietly age and gather dust."
He noted that the administration has already implemented more
than 265 proposals to improve the quality and efficiency of state
government operations. They were submitted by his 250-man task
force of business and professional men.
The task force team, known as the Governor's Survey on Efficiency
and Cost Control, made some 2,000 specific recommendations of which
832 are now undergoing evaluation and review by the administration.
Another 143 will require legislative action.
The 265 proposals which have been put into effect to date are
expected to result in potential annual savings to the state approxi-
mating $56.4 million. Potential one-time savings will amount to
nearly $13.8 million.
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Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"Tonight, as they have for thousands of years, Jewish
people throughout the world will celebrate Passover.
"Many times in the past, Passover has been observed at
great personal risk to the participants as was, indeed, the
first Passover.
"The years of discrimination against, and persecution of,
the Jewish people is one of the saddest chapters of human
history. To penalize a people because they are, in some way,
different is to make a mockery of a dream that is almost as
old as man.
"This dream--that men of different religions and different
races and different cultures can live together in peace--has
come nearest to realization in America, and it is a source of
great satisfaction to me that tonight, those of the Jewish
faith who reside in California will be able to gather together
in peace, to celebrate their holiday without fear.
"On behalf of all of us, I wish them a happy holiday."
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GOVERNOR
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GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
April 15, 1968
through
April 21, 1968
Monday, April 15
9:30 a.m.
Meeting with members of the Favorite Son Delegation,
Airport Marina Hotel, Los Angeles
1:00 p.m.
Depart Los Angeles International Airport for
Sacramento Municipal Airport
2:00 p.m.
Arrive Sacramento
Tuesday, April 16
9:30 a.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
2:45 p.m.
Brief greetings to National City Chamber of Commerce
and Senator Mills, Governor's Council Room
4:30 p.m.
Presentation of Fire Awards to: Campbell, Oakland,
Santa Ana, Covina, Hayward, Grass Valley, Richmond,
Barstow, Crest Forest Fire District, San Diego,
Pleasanton, Governor's Office
Wednesday, April 17
5:00 p.m.
Civic dinner prior to Oakland Athletics Game,
Oakland Arena
7:30 p.m.
Governor to throw out first ball for Oakland
Athletics Game, Oakland Coliseum Complex
Thursday, April 18
1:30 p.m.
Meeting with editors of State College newspapers
at Hotel Senator
7:00 p.m.
Boat trip (and reception on board) from Fisherman's
Wharf, San Francisco, to Jack London Square,
Oakland
8:00 p.m.
Marin County fund raiser at Goodman's No. 10
Restaurant, Jack London Square. Remarks.
Friday, April 19
9:30 a.m.
Executive Session, Board of Regents, University
of California at Davis
Saturday, April 20 (No public appointments scheduled)
Sunday, April 21
(No public appointments scheduled)
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
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445-4571
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#264
Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement:
"I have asked Assemblyman Jack Veneman, chairman of the Assembly
Revenue and Taxation Committee, and he has agreed, to introduce a bill
today, revising the state income tax law so as to replace this year's
system of tax credits, with a system that will conform very closely
to the personal exemption provisions of the federal law. In short,
instead of the $8 tax credit in this year's tax bill, we would--if this
bill passes--go to a system by which each taxpayer would have a personal
exemption of $600, as well as a $600 exemption for each dependent. We
also hope, when the figures are completed, that we will be able to
include in the bill a provision allowing an additional double exemption
for all over 65 years of age, as is the case with the federal law.
"By rearranging the tax brackets and allowing a standard deduction
of $1,000 for single taxpayers and $2,000 for married couples filing
joint returns, and increasing the deduction in the case of a single
parent who works to support her children, we would ease substantially
the extra burden which the middle income taxpayer with a large family
had to shoulder this year. The total revenue received by the state
under these revisions would remain almost exactly the same as at present,
but certain inequities which were encountered in the first year's
experience under the tax law would be removed, and we would move much
closer to a situation in which the state income tax law is similar to
the federal law, thus removing much of the present nuisance that all of
us encounter in trying to compute and file two separate tax returns.
"I am very hopeful that Assemblyman Veneman's bill will pass, and
that we can thus spread the burden of taxation more equitably on the
basis of ability to pay, while recognizing the larger expenditures
required by families with more children."
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OFFICE OF THE G. ERNOR
FOR LEASE: 1 p.m., 4-16-68
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4.16.68
# 265
Governor Ronald Reagan today asked the House Committee on
Interior and Insular Affairs to give special consideration to
three key points in connection with the proposed establishment
of a Redwood National Park in Northern California.
He requested:
--That the committee agree to make the U. S. Department of
Agriculture's northern Redwood Purchase Unit available for land
exchange purposes in order to maintain the area's basis for
stable employment.
--That some form of economic payment be made to local
governments to help offset any reduced income they may suffer
as a result of the removal of private land and timber from the
tax rolls.
--That the question of whether state park lands are to be
included in a Redwood National Park be kept optional, as specified
in U. S. Senate Bill S-2515.
These points were contained in a prepared statement
presented to Committee Chairman Wayne Aspinall of Colorado at
the opening of public hearings today in Crescent City on the
proposed creation of a Redwood National Park.
The Governor's statement concluded:
"It is my earnest hope that as a result of these and later
congressional hearings, we can work together to help create a
truly meaningful and magnificent Redwood National Park that can
be passed on to posterity as a shining beacon of untrammeled
natural beauty.
"I also hope that we can not only create a meaningful park,
but also maintain & strong local economy and bring to a permanent
end the divisive debate that has raged for the past several years
between the aesthetics of conservation and the economics of industry
Governor Bengan's statement was presented to the committee
by Secretary for Resources Norman B. Livermore Jr. and State Parks
and Recreation Department Director William Penn Mott Jr.
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Livermore said, "It is our strong hope that this committee
urge the House of Representatives to make it possible to purchase,
by means of cash plus the Redwood Purchase Unit, sufficient super-
lative redwoods to enable the creation of a Redwood National Park.
a
In our opinion, such/purchase is both possible and desirable."
Mott reiterated the desire of the state to cooperate with
the federal government in developing a meaningful Redwood National
Park. He called for agreement on the boundary for such a park
as soon as possible so that both preservationists and lumbermen
finally "know where they stand."
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RELEASE: Immediate
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# 266
Governor Ronald Reagan today named San Jose attorney
Alfonso L. Romero and Los Angeles County Deputy Marshal
Carl J. Johnson to four-year terms on the State Veterans' Board.
The posts pay $20 per meeting day, plus expenses.
Romero, 44, replaces Irving Klein of Santa Rosa. Johnson,
a 56-year old Republican, succeeds Sidney L. Gelber of Hollywood.
Both outgoing members' terms expired.
Romero, a Republican, is a 1958 graduate of the Lincoln
University Law School. Since 1963, he has been a partner in
the San Jose law firm of Field, Romero and Weger. He is vice
president of the Mexican-American Civic Council and serves as
a trustee of the San Jose Disabled Veterans' Salvage Shop, Inc.
He lives at 625 Sobrato Drive, Campbell.
Johnson has been a deputy marshal in Los Angeles County
since 1949 and is a part-time instructor at Rio Hondo Junior
College where he teaches a peace officer course.
He is zoning committee chairman of the Fair View valley
Improvement Association; is president of the Operation 55
Community Improvement Association; is a former American Legion
commander and is currently vice-chairman of the organization's
National Security Council. He also serves as a vice president
of the NAACP.
He resides at 976 E. 55th Street, Los Angeles.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
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445-4571
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# 267
Governor Ronald Reagan today praised the Assembly Revenue
and Taxation Committee for approving legislation designed to give
$155 million in property tax relief to California property owners.
"I hope this progressive action is the forerunner of a
bipartisan effort to return the taxpayers' money to the taxpayers,"
Governor Reagan said.
The bill (AB 149), carried by Assemblyman John G. Veneman,
was sent to the Assembly Ways and Means Committee, where the
governor said he hopes it will receive "prompt consideration to
enable a quick vote by the entire Assembly."
"This legislation is one of the most important measures to
come before the Legislature this year," Governor Reagan said.
"It is a major step forward toward easing the burden on Califor-
nia's homeowners. And it carries out a pledge made by the
administration and the legislature last year to give meaningful
property tax relief to our citizens.
"I earnestly hope this legislation will continue to receive
the bipartisan support it deserves for the benefit of all Califor-
nians and that all legislators will work together to pass this
property tax savings on to their constituents," Governor Reagan
said.
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MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4.18.68
# 268
Governor Reagan will have a luncheon-meeting today at noon in his
office with members of a "blue-ribbon" committee selected to help
coordinate the governor's "Summer Jobs for Youth" campaign. Members
of this committee include: John T. Hay, general manager, California
State Chamber of Commerce; William A Simpson, Jr., president of
the William Simpson Construction Company, Los Angeles; and E. James
Houseberg, executive vice president of the Grower-Shipper Vegetable
Association of Central California, Salinas. Also at the lunch will
be Albin J. Gruhn, president of the AFL-CIO, San Francisco, and
Einor Mohn, president of the Western Conference of Teamsters,
Burlingame. Gruhn and Mohn comprise the coordinating committee for
the campaign.
Spencer Williams, secretary for Human Relations, and Peter
Weinberger, director of the State Department of Employment will join
the governor and the committee members at lunch. Weinberger has
been asked by the governor to serve as a focal point of the summer
job campaign. Weinberger's staff will offer assistance and support
to the Blue-Ribbon Private Industry Committee. In addition, offices
of the State Employment Service will serve as community job centers
for the summer campaign.
Governor Reagan has asked the committee to advise ways to help
California employers take a good, close look at available jobs they
have --jobs at the beginning level where real work is involved to
justify the pay--and match them to the employment needs of youth.
News film and photo coverage of the first several minutes of
the lunch is invited.
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RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
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445-4571
4.18.68
# 269
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed
the following bills:
AB 51 - Pattee
Permits an elementary school district which
(Chapter 37)
withdraws from a junior high school system to
transfer to its own district general fund the
unused balance of funds available to educate
seventh and eighth grades, so as to reduce
maximum tax rates which may be assessed for
that purpose in the following fiscal year.
AB 227 - Leroy F. Greene
(Chapter 34)
Requires that the State Board of Education in
approving proposals for the formation of new
unified school districts based upon the division
of existing high school districts determine,
among other things, that the assessed valuation
per pupil in kindergarten through grades twelve
in any of the proposed new unified districts
does not vary from the average assessed valua-
tion per pupil, in all of the territory of which
the new districts are comprised, by more than
10 per cent.
AB 294 - Ray E. Johnson
(Chapter 38)
Permits an incorporated city or fire protection
district to file a petition for exemption from
county tax levy for structural fire protection
once, rather than annually. Board of supervisors
may terminate an exemption if the city or dis-
trict does not comply with the requirements to
obtain the exemption.
AB 524 - Belotti
Provides that the increase in the maximum tax
(Chapter 35)
rate of a junior college district, for any
inter-district attendance agreements and any
part and equipment lease agreements, shall
remain in effect until the end of the fifth
(rather than fourth) consecutive fiscal year,
following the election date at which the first
district bond issue is passed, in junior college
districts in which such fifth year expires on
July 1, 1969.
The bill also provides that such increase in
the maximum tax rate shall remain in effect
until the end of the fourth consecutive fiscal
year following such an election date for junior
college district in which such fourth year
expires on July 1, 1970.
SB 70 - Mills
Permits the board of directors of irrigation
(Chapter 33)
districts of over 500,000 acres to appoint the
district treasurer. The treasurer of such dis-
tricts is presently an elected officer.
SB 613 - Lagomarsino
(Chapter 36)
Permits use of a sample ballot not in booklet
form in a punchcard voting system when the
official ballot will consist of one or more
individual ballot cards.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4.19.68
# 270
Governor Ronald Reagan has reappointed Bishop Department
Store owner D. Clark Conder and Gary E. Coyan of Markleeville,
an Alpine Unified School District bus driver, to four-year terms
on the 18th District Agricultural Association's board of directors.
The association operates the Eastern Sierra Tri-County Fair.
The posts pay necessary expenses.
Conder, a 54-year old Democrat, was first appointed to the
board in 1960. He is president of a department store and shoe
store in Bishop. He is also president of the Inyo Wholesale
Distributing Company. Conder is a past president of the Lions
Club; is a former president and currently a director of the
Rotary Club; and is a director and executive secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce.
He lives at 668 Sycamore Lane, Bishop.
Coyan, 34, has served on the fair board since 1964. A
Republican, he is a director of the Alpine County Fish and Game
Commission. In addition to his job as a school bus driver, he
owns a resort and ice cream stand in Markleeville.
He resides at Box 28, Markleeville.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4.19.68
# 271
Governor Ronald Reagan has named retired real estate man
G. Kelton Steele of Freshwater to the Board of Harbor Commissioners
for Humboldt Bay.
The appointment pays $500 per annum and requires Senate
confirmation,
Steele will fill the unexpired term of Robin P. Arkley of
Arcata who resigned. The term ends January 30, 1970.
Steele, a 55-year old Republican, is a past president of the
Eureka Rotary Club and Eureka Chamber of Commerce. Until retiring
a few years ago, Steele was a timber broker.
He is a native of Humboldt County and received his education
in the Eureka public schools. He then attended Stanford University
and graduated with a degree in engineering.
He lives at P.O. Box 74, Eureka.
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OFFICE OF TH GOVERNOR
RELEASE: MONDAy,4/22,A.M.'s
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4.19.68
0 272
Sacramento--Two hundred members of city and county human relations
commissions will meet in Sacramento this week for a Governor's Conference
to discuss problems of California's Negroes, Americans of Mexican
descent, and other minorities.
Theme of the conference is "Human Rights in California: New Pro-
grams and Approaches at the Local Level."
Representatives of all 33 local human relations commissions in
California have been invited to the conference. It opens with a
dinner meeting April 25 at the E1 Mirador Hotel and continues with
panel discussions throughout Friday, April 26.
Gov. Ronald Reagan will address the group Friday morning. Featured
speaker for the luncheon will be Lt. Gov. Robert H. Finch. Chairman for
the meeting will be Pier Gherini, chairman of the California Fair
Employment Practice Commission.
Speaking at the Thursday evening dinner will be John Anson Ford,
Los Angeles County supervisor from 1934 to 1958 and a founder of the
first local human relations agency in California, established in Los
Angeles County in 1944.
On Friday morning, Ray Schneyer, special assistant to the
president of Lockheed Missile and Space Co., will discuss Lockheed's
"Vocational Improvement Program", under which disadvantaged, hard-core
unemployed applicants with arrest records have been hired as productive
workers.
Friday panelists will discuss "Public Programs for Community
Service", "Projects of Local Commissions", and "How Local Commissions
Can Work with Civil Rights Groups". Moderators for the panels will be
Mrs. Stella Sandoval, FEPC Commissioner; Max Mont, Commissioner, Los
Angeles City Human Relations Commission; and C. L. Dellums, FEPC
Commissioner.
Participating in the panels will be top level REPC and other
state agency officials, commissioners and officers representing city and
county commissions, and spokesmen for civil rights groups across the State
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4.19.68
# 273
Fred E. Hummel of Ventura, a leading west coast architect,
was named today by Governor Ronald Reagan as California's State
Architect.
The appointment is subject to Senate confirmation and pays
$21,000 annually.
Hummel, a 41-year old Republican, will assume the duties of
the post May 1. He will fill the unexpired term of Carl C. McElvy
of Fair Oaks who is resigning to return to private practice.
McElvy was named to the job in 1963 at the time the post
was created. He was reappointed last February by Governor Reagan.
Hummel is a senior partner in the Ventura architectural firm
of Hummel, Rasmussen and Love. He began the business as a one-man
operation in 1957. The sphere of the firm's operations now extends
throughout the United States and to several foreign countries.
He attended Nordhoff High School in Ojai and was graduated
from the University of California School of Architecture in Berkeley.
Hummel began his career as an architectural draftsman in
Sacramento with the State Division of Architecture in 1952. He
worked for the State for about five months before joining the
Sacramento architectural firm of Gordon Stafford where he was
employed for two and one half years. He then worked for Dreyfuss
and Blackford, another Sacramento design firm, for two and one
half years. He returned to Ventura to open his own office in 1957.
He is a veteran of both World War II and the Korean War.
In 1962, he served as executive director of the California
Council of the American Institute of Architects (A.I.A.);
was president of the Santa Barbara chapter of the A.I.A. in 1949; has
been a director of the Ventura chapter of the A. I. A. for the past
three years; served on the Ventura City Planning Commission in 1963;
and has been a director of the Ventura County Forum of the Arts
since 1965.
He is a member of the Review Board of the Channel Islands
Harbor of Ventura County; is active in YMCA and Boy Scout work;
belongs to the Navy League and the Ventura Chamber of Commerce; and
has been an architecture instructor for the U. C. L. A. extension
program on several occasions over the past few years.
He resides at 3002 Seahorse Avenue, Ventura.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVE. .OR
MEMO TO T1 PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4.19.68
#274
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
April 20, 1968
through
April 28, 1968
Saturday, April 20
4:45 p.m.
Depart Sacramento Municipal Airport for San Luis
Obispo
6:15 p.m.
Arrive San Luis Obispo
Overnight
Sunday, April 21
San Luis Obispo Trail Ride
5:00 p.m.
Depart California Valley Airport, San Luis Obispo
County for Sacramento Municipal Airport
6:30 p.m.
Arrive Sacramento
Monday, April 22
10:00 a.m.
Brief greetings to Governor's Conference on
Delinquency Prevention, Senator Hotel
1:50 p.m.
Picture with High School Winner of Design Contest
for Governor's Scholars' Award, Governor's Office
2:00 p.m.
Meeting with young people attending Hearst Founda-
tion's Senate Youth Program and Senator Donald
Grunsky, Governor's Council Room
2:50 p.m.
Presentation of "Plan Bulldozer" by representatives
of Associated General Contractors, Governor's Office
4:00 p.m.
Picture with Burt Smith, Real Estate Commissioner
4:45 p.m.
Signing of proclamation for Mother's Day with
Assemblyman Ray Johnson, Governor's Office
Tuesday, April 23
10:30 a.m.
Meeting with Superintendents of Schools, Governor's
Office
1:30 p.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
2:45 p.m.
Greetings to Senator Bill Richardson and Chamber of
Commerce members, Governor's Office
4:00 p.m.
Governor's Council Meeting, Governor's Council Room
Wednesday, April 24
10:00 a.m.
Meeting with Union Leaders, Governor's Office
1:30 p.m.
Meeting with Junior College Student Body Presidents,
Senator Hotel
4:30 p.m.
Signing of "America, The Beautiful" proclamation,
Governor's Office
7:30 p.m.
CSEA Medal of Valor Awards Dinner, El Dorado Hotel
Thursday, April 25
9:30 a.m.
Meeting with Presidents of School Boards, Governor's
Office
11:45 a.m.
CSEA Institute on Government Luncheon, El Dorado
Hotel. Speech.
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Thursday, April 25 (continued)
2:45 p.m.
Meeting with Assemblyman Ray Johnson and Butte
County Republican Women, Governor's Office
5:00 p.m.
Depart Sacramento Municipal Airport for Los Angeles
6:00 p.m.
Arrive Santa Monica Airport
10:00 p.m.
Depart for Santa Monica Airport
11:00 p.m.
Arrive Sacramento Municipal Airport
Friday, April 26
10:00 a.m.
Meeting with members of the FEPC, Governor's Council
Room
10:30 a.m.
Governor's Conference on Human Relations, El Mirador
Hotel. Speech.
11:00 a.m.
Legislative-Press Golf Tournament, El Macero Country
Club
5:00 p.m.
Depart Sacramento Municipal Airport for Boise,
Idaho (detailed schedule forthcoming Monday)
(Overnight - Boise)
Saturday, April 27
Noon
Address, University of Colorado, Boulder
Afternoon
Return to Sacramento
Sunday, April 28
No appointments scheduled
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4.22.68
In response to numerous requests, the governor's
office is considering a press plane for the convenience
of the press during the governor's trip to Florida,
Chicago and Cleveland beginning on or about May 18 and
ending about May 22. Tentative plans indicate a depar-
ture from Los Angeles, probably on May 18, and a return
to Los Angeles, probably about May 23.
Transportation charges will be prorated among those
participating. Hotel and other accommodations will be
arranged, with each individual responsible for payment
of his own charges.
In order to make plans, it is imperative that
reservations be made in writing to me by May 1.
Paul Beck
Press Secretary
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4.22.68
Press coverage is invited at 4 p.m. today when
Real Estate Commissioner Burton Smith and repre-
sentatives of the California Real Estate Association
discuss with Governor Reagan a new anti-discrimination
clause for real estate contracts.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 4.22.68
# 275
Governor Ronald Reagan has reappointed Donald C. Blake of
Nevada City to a four-year term on the California Advisory Board
of Collection Agencies
The post pays $25 per diem plus necessary expenses.
Blake, a 52-year old Republican, was first appointed by the
governor last September. His new term will expire in 1972.
He is a former Nevada County supervisor and is retired from
a building supply business in the area.
He lives at Route 1, Box 375, Nevada City.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
455-4571
4.22.68
# 276
Governor Ronald Reagan has proclaimed the week of April 21-27,
1968, as Youth Temperance Education Week.
Text of the proclamation follows:
"WHEREAS, the incidence of the use of dangerous drugs and
narcotics is reaching alarming proportions among California's
youth; and
"WHEREAS, this use is undertaken without knowing or under-
standing the dangers inherent in such practices; and
"WHEREAS, our young people must be taught the perils of such
experiments as well as the effects of alcohol on the human system,
and the desirability of temperance in the use of alcohol; and
"WHEREAS, a study is now being conducted in the
hopes of establishing the guidelines and materials necessary for
such an educational program;
"NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do
hereby proclaim the week of April 21-27, 1968, Youth Temperance
Education Week and urge the people of California to cooperate with
programs of temperance education."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4.22.68
# 277
Governor Ronald Reagan has proclaimed the week of April 21-27,
1968, as National Library Week.
Text of the proclamation follows:
"WHEREAS, libraries have been maintained in California since
the days of the mining camps when miners would often borrow the
same book over and over again from the single shelf available; and
"WHEREAS, through the years California's libraries have
expanded to provide improved services for the growing opulation;
and
"WHEREAS, our libraries will continue to play an important
role in the future as we seek not only the recorded knowledge of
the past, but also the up-to-date facts;
"NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do
hereby proclaim April 21-27, 1968, National Library Week in
California and urge all citizens to utilize use and support their
local libraries."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4.22.68
Because of a conflict in schedules,
the photo session with CREA officials,
scheduled for 4 p.m. today, must be
postponed until a later date.
The meeting will be rescheduled for
a later date.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4.23.68
# 278
SCHEDULE FOR GOVERNOR'S APRIL 26-27 TRIP
Boise, Idaho
Friday, April 26
5:30 P.M.
Depart Sacramento (old airport)
(PST)
for Boise, Idaho.
7:00 P.M.
Arrive Boise.
(MST)
8:10 P.M.
Arrive Boise College Student Union
for RSCC fund-raising dinner.
(Speech).
9:30 P.M.
Depart Boise airport for Stapleton
International Airport, Denver.
11:00 P.M.
Arrive Denver (Coombs Aircraft
(MST)
Terminal).
Overnight, Harvest House Hotel,
Boulder, Colorado.
Saturday, April 27
9:30 A.M.
Private breakfast at Harvest
House Hotel with University of
Colorado Regents, Governor Love,
and other officials. (Brief
remarks).
11:15 A.M.
Student Forum at Macky Auditorium,
University of Colorado. (Speech).
12:00 Noon
Questions and answers from
students and press, alternating
(30 mins.)
12:45 P.M.
Depart campus for Denver.
1:45 P.M.
Depart Stapleton International
Airport, Denver, for Sacramento.
2:45 P.M.
Arrive Sacramento (old airport).
(PST)
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OFFICE OF THE GOV NOR
RELEASE:
mediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4.24.68
#279
Governor Ronald Reagan has proclaimed the week of April 21-27,
1968, as Discover America Planning Week.
Text of the proclamation follows:
"WHEREAS, the United States is rich in history and blessed
with a wealth of scenic, historical, recreational, cultural,
educational and industrial attractions to interest and delight
travelers; and
"WHEREAS, by discovering America through travel we can gain
knowledge and appreciation of our national heritage; and
"WHEREAS, this understanding helps us to become better citizens;
"NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do
hereby proclaim April 21-27, 1968, Discover America Planning Week
and urge the citizens of California to make their plans now to
visit some of our historical outstanding landmarks."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 4.25.68
# 280
Governor Ronald Reagan today congratulated leaders of both
parties in the Assembly who have agreed to a bipartisan effort to
pass administration-backed legislation aimed at improving the
state's job development and placement programs.
"Constructive and positive leadership such as this is vital
and can solve many of the problems we face in California," the
governor said.
Governor Reagan said he had asked Lieutenant Governor
Robert H. Finch to assist the Assembly leadership and authors of
the bills in the package by advising them of findings made by the
Job Training and Placement Council. Finch was named by Governor
Reagan to head the Council more than a year ago.
"I have repeatedly called attention to the fact that getting
jobs for our thousands of unemployed citizens is one of the major
tasks that confront us," the governor said.
"The bills contained in this package reflect a growing
awareness that government--while taking the lead--cannot single-
handedly correct all the ills that beset our society.
"Indeed, it is gratifying to note that the legislation
recognizes that the private sector--business, industry, service
organizations and the individual--must contribute to this effort to
assist the disadvantaged by training the unemployed and then finding
jobs for them.
"These bills are the result of intensive study by the administra-
tion and their authors for many months are are a joint, cooperative
effort aimed at changing conditions which in the past promised much
but achieved little.
"I am particularly pleased that my proposal for reorganization
of several departments has received this bipartisan support. Legisla-
tion creating a Department of Human Resources Development is the direct
result of intensive study and work by officials in the Health and
Welfare Agency and my cabinet.
"I congratulate those legislators who assisted the administration
in preparing this program and urge quick action on this legislation.
It is the right thing to do," the governor said,
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4.25.68
# 281
Governor Ronald Reagan has proclaimed the week of April 21-27,
1968, as UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE WEEK.
Text of the proclamation follows:
"WHEREAS, citizens of this community have selflessly served
as members of the United States Army Reserve units for many years,
answering the call to active duty during two world wars, the Korean
conflict, and the Berlin crisis, many sacrificing their lives for
the cause of a Free America; and
"WHEREAS, these citizen-soldiers continue to give up weekends,
vacations, and evenings to maintain a high state of readiness so
that they will be prepared when called upon to defend the nation
from external threats to its security; and
"WHEREAS, these citizen-soldiers of the United States Army
Reserve are observing their 60th anniversary on April 23 and the
people of the community owe so much to these patriotic fellow
citizens;
"NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do
hereby proclaim April 21-27, 1968, UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE WEEK
and call upon all citizens of California to join in a tribute to the
United States Army Reserve citizen-soldiers of this state and
country who have given so much of themselves so that this country
could remain the greatest democratic society in the world.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4.25.68
# 282
Governor Ronald Reagan has proclaimed the week of April 22-26,
1968 as PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK.
Text of the proclamation follows:
"WHEREAS, Public Schools Week, an event which has been observed
in California since 1919, will be celebrated April 22 through April
26, 1968; and
"WHEREAS, continuing faith in American ideals and institutions,
and the social and economic stability of the state and the nation,
depend upon free public education; and
"WHEREAS, the purpose of Public Schools Week is to renew the
dedication of the citizens of California to the continuation and
improvement of our system of free public schools; and
"WHEREAS, Public School Week affords every citizen of the
state the opportunity to remain informed about the public schools
in his community;
"NOW THEREFORE, Is RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do
hereby proclaim April 22-26, 1968, PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEEK and urge
the people of California to participate in the programs designed
to enhance their understanding of the work of the dedicated teachers
and administrators to whom is entrusted the education of the future
citizens of this state."
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OFFICE OFTTHE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4.25.68
#283
The following telegram was sent by Governor Ronald Reagan today
to all members of the California Congressional Delegation and Senators
Thomas H. Kuchel and George Murphy:
"Administration-backed legislation for a broad-scale revision and
revitalization of California job development and placement programs has
been introduced by Republican and Democratic leaders of the California
Assembly. The package of bills has bipartisan support in the Assembly
and has received the enthusiastic endorsement of Lieutenant Governor
Robert H. Finch and the Senate Republican leader. Principal authors
are Assembly Minority Leader Monagan, Speaker Unruh, and Assemblymen
Veneman, Campbell and Ralph.
"Designed to meet the tremendous problems of California in
unemployment as well as other areas, this legislation consists of a
series of six bills which may serve as a model for other states which,
like California, must train and find jobs for their citizens and
thereby solve a major cause of poverty.
"For this legislation to become fully effective, the package will
require changes in federal laws and regulations. The detailed
legislative proposals which my administration and the legislature have
drawn up will be forwarded to you within the next few days.
"I urgently solicit your support of this program. It is a
positive effort which, through bipartisan cooperation, can change
programs which in the past promised much but achieved little."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4.26.68
# 284
Governor Ronald Reagan announced today that he has signed the
following bills:
AB 60 - Monagan
Permits board of supervisors to pass ordinances
(Chapter 41)
disposing of unclaimed bicycles and toys in
possession of the sheriff to the county welfare
department as well as the county probation officer
for use in juvenile delinquency work.
AB 214 - Belotti
Deletes provisions authorizing the 22nd District
(Chapter 46)
Agricultural Association to construct a sports
arena. The bill also deletes provision authoriz-
ing the Department of Agriculture to advance funds
for paying premiums to county or district agri-
cultural associations.
AB 317 - Bagley
Makes a nonsubstantive amendment to a Code of
(Chapter 47)
Civil Procedure section relating to jurors.
The bill was introduced by the Legislative Council
as a part of a continuing program of codification
to maintain the codes.
AB 318 - Bagley
Makes nonsubstantive amendments to Civil Code
(Chapter 48)
provisions relating to obligations arising from
particular transactions.
AB 355 - Crandall
Authorizes governing boards of school districts
and Dent
to pay in advance for postage stamps and permits
(Chapter 42)
and services provided by other governmental
agencies when such action will result in decreased
cost or which cannot be secured without payment
in advance.
AB 370 - Hayes
Requires the State Air Resources Board to consider
(Chapter 49)
technological feasibility and economic cost in
determining criteria for approval of motor vehicle
pollution control devices. The bill provides that
each vehicle tested for certification comply with
emission standards. It further establishes a
schedule for installation of certified devices
for 1966 or later motor vehicles.
AB 496 - Mulford
Allows the benefits of the welfare exemption for
(Chapter 50)
fiscal year 1967-68 to certain organizations
otherwise qualified therefore except that the
articles of incorporation did not provide for
irrevocable dedication of corporate property to
charitable, scientific, religious or hospital
purposes.
SB 60 - Grunsky
Provides a procedure whereby territory already a
(Chapter 39)
part of a county sanitation district may be annexed
to an improvement district in that county sani-
tation district.
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SB 100 - Danielson
Requires all county clerks, instead of just
(Chapter 43)
county clerks with voter registration material
on computer tape or cards, to provide one copy
of the index of registered voters to the Secre-
tary of State at three specific times and permits
Secretary of State to make such information
available.
SB 156 - Schmitz
Provides that candidates for a city or district
(Chapter 44)
election may withdraw their statement of quali-
fication until 5 p.m. of the working day after
the close of the nomination period, rather than
until 3 calendar days after the close of the
nomination period.
SB 157 - Dymally
Makes a nonsubstantive amendment to the Agri-
(Chapter 40)
cultural Code.
The bill was introduced at the request of the
Legislative Counsel as a continuing program of
codification to maintain the codes.
SB 178 - Bradley
Repeals provisions providing for the Santa
(Chapter 45)
Clara-Alameda-San Benito Water Authority.
PB
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4.26.68
#285
GOVERNOR'S SCHEDULE
April 29, 1968
through
May 5, 1968
Monday, April 29
1:30 p.m.
Meeting with editors of private college newspapers
in the state, Senator Hotel
4:45 p.m.
Signing of Mulford-Sherman Resolution (Anti-Litter
Month), Governor's Office
Tuesday, April 30
9:30 a.m.
PRESS CONFERENCE
2:00 p.m.
Brief remarks to Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and
Assemblyman Carlos Moorhead, Governor's Council
Room
2:30 p.m.
Brief meeting with Francis Berton, Commander of
DAV, Governor's Office
Wednesday, May 1
1:30 p.m.
Meeting with student body presidents of private
colleges, Senator Hotel
3:00 p.m.
Meeting with Senator Howard Way and group from
Madera regarding 75th Anniversary of Madera,
Governor's Office
7:00 p.m.
Sacramento Law Day Dinner, Officers Club, Mather
Air Force Base
Thursday, May 2
11:45 a.m.
Brief greetings to South Bay Chamber of Commerce,
Governor's Office
1:30 p.m.
Greetings to Mendocino students and Assemblyman
Frank Belotti, Governor's Office
2:00 p.m.
Meeting with Italian Ambassador to United States
Egidio Ortona and Consul General of Italy Paolo
Molasoni, Governor's Office
2:45 p.m.
Meeting with Ivy Baker Priest to pull San Francisco
Harbor Improvement Bonds, Governor's Office
6:00 p.m.
Brief appearance at San Luis Obispo BBO, El Mirador
Hotel
Friday, May 3
10:30 a.m.
Depart for Santa Monica Airport
11:30 a.m.
Arrive Santa Monica
Noon
Address American Women in Radio and Television
Convention, Century Plaza Hotel
9:30 p.m.
Return to Sacramento
10:30 p.m.
Arrive Sacramento
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Saturday, May 4
9:30 a.m.
Depart for Oroville Dam Dedication Ceremonies via
helicopter
10:30 a.m.
Dedication Ceremonies at dam site
11:30 a.m.
Tour of pumping plant facilities
12:30 p.m.
Luncheon
2:00 p.m.
Return to Sacramento
6:30 p.m.
Depart for Oakland
7:30 p.m.
Arrive Oakland Municipal Auditorium for UROC
Convention
Return to Sacramento
Sunday, May 5
2:30 p.m.
Salute to Israel, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4.26.68
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Governor Ronald Reagan took emergency action today to assure that
California welfare recipients receive their May assistance payments on
time--Hay 1.
The governor signed a proclamation authorizing a loan from the
general fund to the state social welfare fund to cover the federal
share of welfare payments--some $33,227,000 which will not become
available to the state until May 1.
Under California law, the state controller must remit both state
and federal funds to the counties no later than April 26 in order to
make payments to recipients on time.
The failure of Congress to make the federal funds available to
the state by today necessitated the governor's action.
Governor Reagan noted that welfare payments are made to some
295,500 aged, 12,230 blind, 126,000 disabled and 813,200 dependent
children recipients in California.
The monthly federal share of these payments in the state includes
$14,644,700 for old age security, $813,300 in aid to the blind,
$10,701,300 in aid to families with dependent children, and $7,062,700
in aid to the needy disabled.
The governor said that failure to receive assistance checks on
time would work a severe hardship on many thousands of welfare
recipients in California.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact:
Paul Beck
445-4571
4.29.68
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Governor Ronald Reagan has proclaimed the day of May 1, 1968,
as LAW DAY USA.
Text of the proclamation follows:
"WHEREAS, May 1st is the Eleventh Annual National Observance
of Law Day USA; and
"WHEREAS, the theme of Law Day this year--Only a Lawful Society
Can Build a Better Society--bears a timely message; and
"WHEREAS, these words remind us that only by reliance upon the
due processes of law, and independent courts, and representative
government, can the resources of our nation be marshalled to achieve
lasting progress; and
"WHEREAS, it is appropriate that we acknowledge our duty as
citizens and recognize our responsibilities as individuals to uphold
the law, the agencies of law enforcement, and the courts in the
performance of their lawful obligations;
"NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do
hereby proclaim the day of May 1, 1968, LAW DAY USA and call upon
all citizens to join in its observance through appropriate ceremonies,
programs and educational activities."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571 4.29.68
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Governor Ronald Reagan has proclaimed the month of May, 1968,
as "Anti-Litter Month".
Text of the proclamation follows:
"WHEREAS, the existing conditions which relate to the effect
the appearance of the highways and byways of the State of California
may make extra efforts by the residents of California desirable; and
"WHEREAS, litter cleanup costs the taxpayers of California at
least $50 million annually; and
"WHEREAS, it is all-important that Californians do not fall into
a state of complacency, for it is only through the individual efforts
of its citizenry that California will remain one of the cleanest and
most beautiful states in the nation;
"NOW THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, do
hereby proclaim the month of May as California "Anti-Litter Month"
and urge all Californians to support this proclamation by their
individual efforts for the beautification of this great state."
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERnOR
MEMO TO THE PRESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4.29.68
A reminder that we MUST have requests in writing by Wednesday for
those who desire to make reservations on the press plane scheduled for
May 19-22. If you have not notified me in writing, please do so
immediately. Thank you.
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Health and Welfar Agency
Spencer Williams, Administrator
April 29, 1968
WELFARE, PROBLEMS AND PROGRESS
We are a humane and generous people and we accept
without reservation our obligation to help the aged,
disabled and those unfortunates who, through no
fault of their own, must depend upon their fellow
man. But we are not going to perpetuate poverty by
substituting a permanent dole for a paycheck. There
is no humanity or charity in destroying self-reliance,
dignity and self-respect
the very substance of
moral fiber.
"We seek reforms that will, wherever possible, change
relief check to pay check.
"In the whole area of welfare, everything will be
done to reduce administrative overhead, cut red tape
and return control as much as possible to the county
level. And the goal will be investment in, and
salvage of, human beings.
from the inaugural address of Governor Ronald
Reagan, Sacramento, California, January 5, 1967.
Welfare in California started on a new, creative course with the
inauguration of Governor Ronald Reagan.
The ultimate objective was clear: Break the cycle of dependency
that has chained generations to ever-swelling welfare rolls.
Many steps will be required to reach that distant destination.
The task of turning the welfare tide is enormous in both magnitude
and complexity
Year after year the number of persons on welfare and the money
spent to support them has mounted.
In the past decade, expenditures for public assistance have risen
157 percent and the average number of recipients has gone up
126 percent while the state' population has increased by only
38 percent
The Aid to Families with Dependent Children category leads the
way, up from less than $90 million in 1956-57 to more than
$401.5 million in 1966-67--an increase of 350 percent.
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Aid to the Totally Disabled, a program not even in operation a
decade ago, accounted for an expenditure of more than
$132.5 million in the past fiscal year.
Old Age Security payments, the largest category in 1956-57, has
dropped into second place. However, in 1966-67 it required more
than $347 million, an increase of 47 percent over 1956-57.
On January 1, 1967, there were 1,148,000 Californians receiving
cash grants from state welfare programs at an annual cost of
$924 million.
This is equivalent to spending more than $100,000 an hour, every
hour, night and day. It equals $3 million every business day.
In addition, cash grant welfare recipients received medical
assistance at a cost of more than $373 million, bringing
California's welfare bill to $1.3 billion.
The cash grant program currently includes:
--292,000 men and women 65 years or older receiving Old
Age Security payments. This group accounts for about
35 percent of the total expenditure.*
--120,000 receiving Aid to the Disabled. Another 12,500
persons receive Aid to the Blind.
-834,000 persons (75 percent of them children) in the Aid
to Families with Dependent Children categories. This
group accounts for about 45 percent of the total expendi-
tures for cash grants.
In its first year, the Administration made significant achieve-
ments towards its declared goals. They include:
Communication Restored
Before 1967 relationships between the Department of Social Welfare
and both the boards of supervisors and the welfare departments of
the 58 counties were so tense that effective communication had
virtually ceased. The first important step was the reestablishment
of effective communication and this has been done.
*see appendix for "profiles" of program recipients.
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Today, harmonious working relationships exist and the spirit of
cooperation has enabled the State and counties to strengthen
their working partnership and make progress towards simplification
of welfare procedures.
Cost Cut
Basic administrative expenses of the Department of Social Welfare
were reduced 13 percent from original budget requests, a savings
of $1,243,000 in the current fiscal year.
Administration Streamlined, Red Tape Slashed
California was the first state to secure Federal approval for use
of a simplified "declaration of need" application for Old Age
Security eliminating unnecessary paperwork and repetitious
interviews.
Four voluminous categorical aid program manuals were condensed
into one. Not only are there 2, 358 fewer pages, but the language
had been simplified and the content made more understandable.
This monumental revision was a joint State-county effort. Further
efforts are under way to make department communications readily
accessible to the social workers.
Extension and Liberalization of Welfare Checked
For the first time in 15 years, the Administration successfully
checked the historic legislative pattern of extending and liberali-
zing welfare benefits at each session.
Fraud and Abuse Studied
A statewide Governor's fact-finding conference was convened as
the first step in determining the nature and extent of welfare
fraud and abuse in California. On the recommendation of the
conference, the State Social Welfare Board, with the assistance
of a specially appointed advisory committee, conducted five
hearings in different areas of the state and took thousands of
words of testimony from scores of witnesses representing every
conceivable viewpoint. The Board's report and recommendations
are not yet formulated.
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Medi-Cal Costs Cut
A $130 million deficit in the Medi-Cal program inherited from the
prior fiscal year was eliminated and tighter administrative
controls placed in effect which are expected to keep the program
within appropriations this current fiscal year. A rollback of
physicians' fees, limitation of non-county hospital stays except
in special circumstances, and closer checks on the medical
necessity for nursing home care were anticipated to save more
than $28 million in the current year
The first contract for prepayment of physicians' services was
signed, marking a major step forward in improving service to
recipients while at the same time controlling ever-spiraling
costs.
Family Planning
A new family planning policy was adopted which gave social workers
the authority to initiate and conduct discussions with welfare
recipients with respect to family planning. This was coupled
with controls to ensure complete freedom from any pressure or
coercion.
A Hand Up Instead of a Handout
Greater emphasis was placed on rehabilitation as a means of
restoring individual dignity and self-support. The current budget
of the Department of Rehabilitation was increased $5 million--a
sound investment in the future productivity of those rehabilitated.
More than 6,600 disabled persons were returned to employment in
the fiscal year ending last June, of which some 1400 were removed
from the welfare rolls at a first-year welfare savings of
$2,750,000. The pace accelerated further in the new fiscal year
and in the first seven months, the number of disabled persons
returned to employment was 90 percent higher than during the same
period the previous year.
Summer Jobs Provide More than Money
The State took the lead in providing summer employment for youth,
placing 600 in State jobs. The program will be enlarged this year.
Directed in a large part towards young people from poverty areas,
the program offers more than money. In addition to payment of
wages it stresses the virtues of work and provides the self-
confidence that comes from one knowing his ability to earn his
own way in a competitive economy.
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Job Training and Placement Coordinated
State agencies were given clear and specific direction to provide
concerted and coordinated programs to secure training and employ-
ment for public assistance recipients. The California Job
Training and Placement Council, including representatives of both
government and private industry, was created to study and recommend
ways to reach the hard-core unemployed with needed training and
employment.
Cooperation among the county welfare departments and the State
departments of Employment and Social Welfare was strengthened. As
a result, more emphasis and follow through is now being applied
to the requirement that welfare recipients look for and take jobs
they can fill.
In addition, the Department of Employment, through its Human
Resources Development and Concentrated Employment programs, has
emphasized the development of training and placement of persons
from poverty areas. Many persons served by these programs are
entering the labor market for the first time.
Further Coordination Proposed
Combination of the Job Training and Placement Council, the
Service Centers, and the Office of Economic Opportunity into one
department of Human Resources Development is proposed as part of
the Governor' plan to reorganize the executive branch of State
Government. This would further coordinate and strengthen job
training and placement efforts
Cooperation with Private Sector Emphasized
Governor Reagan appointed H. C. McClellan to conduct statewide a
program patterned after the one he so successfully initiated in
the Watts area of Los Angeles. The entire program is privately
financed. His efforts, while directed toward all who lack
opportunity, offer particular hope to those minorities with a
disproportionate share of poverty and unemployment. Greater
effort has been made to cooperate with private welfare agencies.
New Methods Sought
New, more effective ways of reducing public dependency and
potential dependency are under study. One such effort is Project
FOCUS recently launched in cooperation with Fresno City and
County. This pilot program will employ the most modern management
techniques to weld together all of the available resources,
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Federal, State, local, and private, in a concerted thrust aimed
at producing self-reliant citizens.
Growth of Welfare Rolls Slowed
There are encouraging signs that growth of the skyrocketing Aid
to the Disabled and Aid to Families with Dependent Children
programs has been slowed. While total numbers are still up, the
proportion of increase was less rapid than in the three years
preceding 1967, in part, at least, the result of the increased
emphasis on job placement, expanded efforts of rehabilitation and
a closer check on eligibility
Goals
The major welfare goal of this Administration is to help our
disadvantaged and our needy to help themselves to achieve
productive, meaningful lives--to learn self-sufficiency and to
free themselves to the maximum extent possible from dependency on
public assistance. Employment is the route to that goal.
Short Term
Currently there are an estimated 83,000 persons on state welfare
rolls who are capable of training or employment. Some 12,000 of
these are in training programs, another 26,000 have part-time
employment. While the entire group is but a small portion of the
total welfare roll, their employment would have a snowball effect
since it would eliminate need for aid to their dependents. If
all 83,000 were on payrolls instead of aid rolls, the number of
persons on welfare could be cut by more than 300,000. This would
mean a monthly welfare savings of $15 million plus providing our
economy the benefit of their productivity.
More important, the children in these families would grow up in a
self-supporting, independent atmosphere in which they would learn
to recognize productive employment as the means to personal
fulfillment.
Long Range
The hope for significant reduction in public dependency lies with
the 480,000 children 12 years old or less who are now supported
on aid programs.
It is with this group that the cycle of recurring public dependency
must be snapped. They must not grow up to view welfare as a way
of life.
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Conclusion
Welfare presents many difficult and complex problems. There are
no instant solutions. Major improvement will come only through
hard work and sustained determination. Significant progress,
however, was made in the first year of this Administration and
further achievements are anticipated this year. However, many of
the proposals to change the direction of welfare, to stress self-
sufficiency, and to streamline welfare administration, require
changes in State and Federal laws. Such changes have been
requested of the Legislature and the Congress.
In his message to the Legislature, the Governor recommended
legislation leading to a uniform standard of assistance which
would greatly simplify welfare administration and eliminate
present inequities.
To keep assistance to the disabled from becoming even more
inequitable, the Governor sponsored urgency legislation to
increase the average maximum grant above the now established
legal ceiling pending enactment of legislation to provide better
home care services for the disabled under a more favorable
Federal sharing formula that would reduce State cost by $4 million
and eliminate the $1.6 million county contribution.
The Governor also proposed that when the taxpayer has been
supporting the aged and disabled, then the taxpayer should share
in the estate with the provision that no settlement would be
required as long as a surviving spouse lives in the home.
Other recommendations were that computations of grants to married
persons should take into account all shared items and that
unnecessary disability assistance not be given to recipients
living with parents whose income is substantial.
Finally, in an effort to provide an incentive for adults receiving
aid for dependent children to secure employment rather than remain
on welfare, the Governor proposed that the maximum family payments
be equal to the earnings of a family breadwinner working for the
minimum legal wage.
APPENDIX
CHARACTERISTICS OF AFDC
The typical AFDC family group is comprised of a 31-year-old
mother, who has lived here 17 years, and her three children. The
family is likely to be of a minority group; 28 percent are Negro
and 23 percent are Mexican-Americans Eighty-five percent of
these family groups qualify for aid on the basis of the father's
continued absence from the home The mother has had an average
of nine years of education and is without work. Her past
employment is likely to have been in some kind of service, as a
waitress or domestic.
The average monthly assistance grant to this family is $171
There is some likelihood of outside income--43 percent have some
outside income, averaging about $90 per month. This usually is
in the form of contributions from the absent father, benefits
from OASDI, or earnings of the mother Only about one-third of
the families have any personal property of value. Most of those
who do have some such property, have only a car--usually valued
at less than $150.
CHARACTERISTICS OF OAS
The typical Old Age Security recipient is 77, widowed, has lived
here 35 years, and has received OAS for seven years. Seventy
percent are women. Negroes and Mexican-Americans are about
equally represented in the caseload, comprising 15 percent of the
total on OAS, and other minority groups represent about 3 percent.
The OAS recipient's average total monthly income is $160 from the
welfare grant, medical care and other income such as Social
Security. About 25 percent own their home, 3 percent own income-
producing property, and 70 percent have property reserves--mostly
cash, interment plots, or life insurance. Eighty-three percent
live in a house or apartment. Forty-four percent live alone.
About 11 percent live in a hotel or rooming house. Six percent
live in some type of out-of-home care facility.
There are about 291,000 OAS recipients; 24 percent of the total
persons on welfare.
CHARACTERISTICS OF AFDC-U
The typical AFDC-Unemployed family consists of a 33-year-old
father, a 30-year-old mother, and their four children. The family
has lived here about 15 years. Twenty-two percent are Negro;
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qualify on the basis of the father's unemployment. Usually both
parents have completed about nine years of schooling. The
father's usual occupation is in operative, semiskilled or
unskilled labor. The mothers are less likely to have ever had
any kind of job than the mothers in the family group cases;
43 percent of the "U" mothers have never been employed, compared
to 23 percent of the family group mothers. Their employment,
again, has been in service work.
The "U" family has a monthly welfare grant of $206. Forty-four
percent have some outside income, averaging $130 per month; in
most cases from unemployment insurance benefits or earnings from
the father's part-time work. Less than 50 percent of these
families have any personal property of value, and nearly all of
those who do, own only a car valued at less than $150.
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
RELEASE: Immediate
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4.30.68
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Governor Ronald Reagan today issued the following statement
in observance of "Invest-in-America Week", April 28 - May 4:
"Californians today enjoy an unparalleled standard of
living, reaping the benefits of our industry and
enterprise. Through continual voluntary saving and
wise investment, we have contributed to our nation's
growth, security and freedom.
"Throughout the nation, communities are planning obser-
vances to emphasize the importance of each individual's
role in building a sound economy. This is not merely
a reminder that we should save a portion of our income
for personal security; it is a call to all Americans
to marshal their financial resources as a means of
strengthening our country. Once again we are reminded
that with our savings accounts, our investments on
homes, life insurance, local business enterprises, in
stocks or in bonds, each of us participates in Cali-
fornia's and America's growth and prosperity.
"I urge my fellow Californians to consider that the
importance of personal savings and investments strengthens
our common economic life and to observe April 28 through
May 4, 1963 as Invest-in-America Week. II
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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
MEMO TO THE RESS
Sacramento, California
Contact: Paul Beck
445-4571
4.30.68
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For your convenience, excerpts from last week's press conference
on April 23 follow in which the governor explains his position in
response to a question concerning the presidency:
Q. Governor, are you available for the presidency?
A. I'm too old to be drafted in the army. I don't know
what the answer to that is. I think any citizen in
the United States is available for that office if his
fellow citizens decided that he was the individual
they wanted.
Q. When you say the job seeks the man for the presidency,
you mean someone has to come to you first, you'll never
go after it?
A.
Well, I think once -- if your party selected you as a
nominee, then you go after it, of course. You've
accepted the responsibility, if they do. But I could
not -- could not conceive of myself soliciting that job,
standing up and saying, yes, I want --
Q.
Under any circumstances?
A.
Well, at the moment, no, I can't.
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