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RELEASE:( immediate

Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
4.5.67To

the Senate and the Assembly of the Legislature of California:\

AN ACTION PROGRAM FOR THE STATE PA.."IU< SYSTEM

To assure the people of California that a sound and planned
approach is utilized in meeting their park and recreation needs now
and in the future, the following steps will.be instituted as soon as
possible.
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Reorganization - Legislation will be presented to theLegislature which will provide for the amalgamation of the Park Commissioh and the Recreation Commission into one nine-member commissionthat can represent effectively the public's interest in parks andrecreation in California, developing policy and advising the directorof Parks and Recreation on the total recreational needs of the peopleof California.

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A strong commission of dedicated laymen is the best

assurance that the public has of having its wishes translated into
action.

Legislation will also be presented that will provide for the .

reorganization of the Department of Parks and Recreation so that the
department may be streamlined into an organization which will be able
to provide fast, efficient service to the public.
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Planning' - The director of the Department of Parks andRecreation will be asked immediately to commence the development of aState Park System Master Plan which will clearly define the state's~

responsibility in the field of parks and recreation.

Such a plan will

enable other agencies to relate and proceed with their planning efforts
so that the park, and recreation needs of cities, counties, and regions
may be met and coordinated with the efforts of the state.

The Master

Plan will be developed, not only to meet the physical and developmental
needs of the State Park System to the year 1990, but also to establish
guidelines and standards for a comprehensive, statewide recreation
policy.

The plan will be kept up to date by an annual review andiup-dating o'f its goals and objectives.

It will be the basis for all

program budgeting and land acquisition and for the development of thestate Park system and will be published regularly so that it represents
the current thinking of the Dep~rtrnent of .Parks and Recreation..

Thiswill enable all interested groups, the legislators, and the general, public to know the acquisition and developmental plans of thedepartment ..

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Through this planning effort and by the coilection, compilationand dissemination of recreation-oriented data, the. state will be fulfilling its proper role· in providing information, cooperation andcoordination to all governmental and private agencies that are trying
to meet the recreational demands resulting from increased leisure time.
In order to facilitate the above procedures, we will call togethe~planners and officials of all levels of government as soon as possibl~
to discuss and develop a fair division of responsibility among allagencies concerned with supplying recreation and parks, protecting
scenery, history and open space.

Such action will be aimed at providin9

a sound basis for approaching the development of the State Park System
Master Plan ..
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Remaining Bond Funds - To insure that the remaining bondfunds for state ac~uisition and development are spent wisely and in
the areas of greatest need, a thorough re-examination of all proposals
not at this time committed, will be made to assure that each project
meets the standards and criteria. established for acquisition of units
to be added to the State Park System.

During this study, bond fundexpenditures for the State Park System will be temporar~ly deferred
except for those acquisitions of critical land of unquestionable qualy.

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Funds saved through this reappraisal~ plus the remaining unspentbalance of the state park bond funds will be prudently spent as quickly
as possible to meet the most urgent and P,ressing recreational needs ofthe state, creating whole projects that can be developed quickly without
further land acquisition or delay.
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Public Information - Every citizen of this state shares equall~in the ownership of California's State Park System.

Every Californianshares the right to be kept informed regarding that park system.

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therefore, asking the director to develop and implement, within thee~isting

departmental structure, an effective program of public informa---That the citizens of California are advised where and how
their state park dollars are being invested; and,--That the people of California are kept currently aware of theiopportunities available to them in their total state Park System.
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Increasing Appreciation and Understanding of History andNatural Values of the state Park System - Seventy percent of thepeople living in California today reside in our metropolitan centers.
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In order that they can have a fuller appreciation and understandingof the exciting history of this state, the department will be
encouraged to utilize its historical parks and monuments to interpret,in an interesting way, the history of this state.

Likewise, a moreaggressive interpretive program will be encouraged so that the parksystem visitors will have a fuller understanding of each area and,
thereby, find greater pleasure and enjoyment, plus a better picture•,iof the conservation and resource problems of this state.

Such aprogram will add educational dimension to the State Park System's
basic patterns of overnight camping and day use.
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Development - Emphasis must be placed upon development ofexisting units and creating a priority program of development thatwill open to the public, as quickly as possible, units of the systemthat will meet immediate needs.
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Private Assistance •· Many facilities in a state park can be

developed through long-term concession contracts which will financethe work; thereby saving the taxpayer this cost.

The department will

be asked to encourage this form of develop,ment, not only to save tax
money, but also to speed up development in the State Park System.

The

director will also be asked to explore ways of encouraging broader
use of private lands for recreation purposes.

Such a plan will

release some of the pressure being placed upon the State Park System
for more and more land acquisition and development.
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A Plan for Reduction in Cost of Development and Operation -The director will be asked immediately to investigate ways to reduce
the high cost of facilities through the adjustment of standards tomeet the varyin~ needs of people and the particulur conditions of each
unit and by streamlining all .procedures so that costly delays in operation and development are avoided.
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Redwoods - So that the major redwood communities, including

the superlative primeval redwoods in the unique redwood forests ofnorthern California will be preserved for posterity, a team of experts
are givingithis problem accelerated study.

A redwood master plan,

defining once and for all the redwood parks in this region, will be ourgoal.

This will permit government and private interests to go about

thei!r respectiv~ jobs without .further harassment.

If we are to preserve -and:enjoy the redwood forests, as well as obtain the greatest benefit
from this lumber resource, it is essential that government and theprivate sector work in close cooperation so that the conservation,(recreation and ecoJornic needs of the state are ;..Ully protected andthe redwood forests are wisely managed.

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Inventory - There is a need to review the inventory of thepark units in the State Park System to determine if there are un¥its
within the system that do not meet the standards and criteria for stateparks, recreation areas or historical sites.
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If there are such units;

will ask the director to determine if these units can be exchanged

for more suitable land or made available to local park and recreation
departments, thereby removing the operating cost of these units fromthe State Parks and Recreation budget..

The director will also be

asked to review all land in California which is under the control of
the Federal Bureau of Land Management to determinT whether some of thisland might not be transferred to the State Park System to meet futU":'"~'
recreational needs, minimizing the amount of land that will hav
purchased and taken off the tax roles to satisfy future recreational
demands.
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Develop a More Realistic User Fee Schedule - The director

will be asked to make an analysis of the entire revenue structure of
the State Park System in order to increase the percentage of operating
cost covered by revenue.

Any new fee system should be related to the\services the system is required to prov,ide.

Standards must be develop'2'

fo:;: determining to what extent use.should be paid for by user fees
ratl1er than from the General Fund.

Specialservices for certain groupsi
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and individuals which are not available to the general public should be
eliminated as quickly as possible.

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Reservations - The director will be asked to develop a fairand equitable reservation system that makes it possible for people toreserve c·amping areas.
Dogs in Parks - Many campers visiting the State Park System(3)

of California are turned away upset and disturbed, instead of exper-

i~ncing pleasant and enjoyable times, bec'fi-use they have a family petwith .them which prevents them from camping overnight under present
rules.

Our national parks and other state parks provide campers with,pets special areas and I have asked the director of our State Parkj'

System to review this subject to see if we cannot solve this vexing
problem.
RONALD REAGAN
Governor
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OFFICE OF THE GOVEF.NvB.
Contact: Lyn No£ziger
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4.6.67To the Senate and the Assembly of the Legislature of California:I\

am today asking for introduction of legislation that will grant

to union members the right of a secret ballot when voting on questionsof internal union policy.
This is the first time any state has attempted to secure forunion members the right to vote their consciences in those matterswhich affect the daily operations of the union and# therefore# have avital effect on their personal lives.
For purposes of the legislation, these matters would be consideredinternal policy:
Seniority rules; rules of internal union discipline; the creation,
administration or dissolution of union pension or welfare programs;
whether expenditures not in the ordinary course of union business are(. -,proper; whether the union should engage in certain political activity7
whether the union should strike or engage in picketing; whether toinitiate collective bargaining negotiations; the terms desired to be
included in a collective bargaining agreement~ generally, any matter
affecting the inner workings of a labor union and the welfare of its
members and not subject to the exclusive regulatory jurisdiction offederal labor laws and federal agencies.
This legis~ation is designed to give union members greater control over the affairs of their unions and to end minority control ofsome unions.
In addition, I am asking for further legislation aimed at eliminating financial conflicts of interest of officers and agents of labor.
organizations.
Under this legislation, union officers and agents would be prohibited from acquiring financial interests which interfere with theperformance of their duties.

The legislation 2.lso provides that

unions account fully to their members for all assets and financialtransactions.
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Under the proposed legislation, both unions and employer organizations will file annual reports with the Director of Industrial Rela~

tions, showing financial transac.tions and the financial condition of
the organization.
I am proposing that an advisory council of three members beIappointed by the Governor to inform the Governor and the Legislature
concerning the operation, administration and enforcement o.f the provisions of.the act.

The board also will make recommendations for the

improvement or revision of the act.
RONALD REAGAN
Governor* * * * * * * *.

Senator Fred Marler (R-Redding) will carry the bill pertaining
to the financial responsibility of unions and Assemblyman Charles
Conrad (R-Sherman Oaks) will carry the legislation on the secretballot for union members.

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Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger

445-4571

Immediate4.11.67

To the Senate and the Assembly of the Legislature of California,:
TRAFFJC SAFETY PROGRAM
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am today proposing a state traffic safety program involving newlegislation, executive action and voluntary citizen participation.
This broad, new program is aimed at cutting down drastically on thegrowing numbers of traffic accidents and fatalities in California.
Paramount in this program are measures aimed at reducing the numbers of accidents involving drunk drivers.

We are stydying plans now

for pilot programs in several counties which would identify, analyze
and recomTtend specific treatment methods for persons arrested for drunk
drivingo
We will also seek stiffer controls on motorcycles and their drivers.
Ls?islation will be sought to:require applicants for moto~cycle

drivers' licenses to first qualify for auto drivers' licenses; require
special driver tests for motorcycle drivers; require wearing of specifi0d protective clothing by motorcyclists; require motorcycle and scooter
op0~ators

to turn on their lights whenever their vehicles are in motion.

In the field of driver training, we will seek to upgrade classroom
instruction, increase 11 behind the wheel" training to the point where itisavail~bleto all high school students, and improve standa~ds forlicensing and for course coiitent in commercial driving

sch0ols~

To increase safety on our roads, we will encourage the constructionof freeways, expand the spot improvement program of the Division of
Hi '~hways in order to eliminate known problem areas where accidents arelikely to occur, intensify efforts to obtain California's share offederal highway funds, continue and expand the program to eliminate
unprotected grade crossings and encourage safety engineering in thedesign of roads.
In the area of vehicle inspection, I believe California should beallowed to maintain its program of random mandatory roadside inspectiontoand not be forced by federal standards/inspect every motor vehicle.
Our program is also aimed at improving emergency medical services~
Legislation will be sought requiring every ambulance, by July 1, 1969,
to be staffed with two fully qualified persons, thus insuring that firstaid can continue while the ambulance is in transit.
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r~\iuiring advanced firstaid training for police, sheriffs and firemen and requesting the Highway Patrol to study and test the use of helicopters in providing
emergency medical services in rural areas.
The administration will also seek enabling legislation that willallow the state to obtain benefits available to California under the
National Highway Safety Act of 1966.
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It will also support long-range research efforts into the causesof traffic injuries and the testing of safety devices, support orderly
expansion of the Highway Patrol, and establish a traffic court study
commission to review the system of justice in traffic law enforcement.
I will designate the Administrator of the Transportation Agency,

Mr. Gordon Luce, as the coordinator of California's traffic safety
program and ask him to prepare a comprehensive traffic safety plwhich will integrate the efforts of all agencies involved in traffic
safety into an effective system which relates action programs to systemobjectives •. I will also call on all areas of the private sector to aid inbuilding a strong penetrating public education campaign in the fieldof public safety and will instruct th~ Governor's Traffic Safety
Committee to work closely with the California Traffic Safety Foundationand other groups to implement these efforts.
Enactment of these varied efforts and programs can do much to make
California streets and highways the safest in the nation.

RONALD REAGAN
Governor

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STP,TEr1.iENT OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN TO THE
SENATE CONMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS(Delivere,d by P;1ilip M. Battaglia, Executive Secretary toGovernor' Reagan, on A9ril 17, 1967.)

Chairman J2ckson arc members of t!1e Cor.tmittee:
I believe our country can and should have a Redvood
National Par;c in California.

My Administration is very ·willing toproceed with an orderly and· equitable plan for suc'!i. a par 1'.:· -under.
certain con6itions ;·iflid1. I •.vill go ir1toIlater~

appreciate the o.:;iportuni ty to 0£:'.:er tes i:irt;ony be fora

this committee and ~Hould like t.o acknm1leoge that the crea·cion ofa Rech·10oa National Park ultimately rests wit}i Congress.

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amgrateful ·i:hat the committee. has permitted a three month delay inthe hea:rings to enable the new AO.ministration :i.n California time
to develop its ideas about a national park.

And ·we are fortunate

to !iave a Californian as the ranking minority member or thiscommittee.
Members oi: this honorable Committee are alreadya~.-1arethat Calif:ornia :las done much over the past 60 years to protect

the magnL:icent redt·mods alonsr our North Coast.

We have created--

because of the ':t:oresightedness of conservatior~ists and lumbermen--a series of sta ::.e red1.·1ood parks that are held in trust for the

citizens of California, and indeed, the nation.
~'lecan be · j us i:ly proud of our redwoods and the rech:1oodn tci te parks that the people oi Cc: lif:or!! ia have formed- -Jedediah
Smith, Del Nm;te anC: Prairie Creek Redwooc: State Pa:=J~s.

Wi-i:h thecreation or these parks, anl with tl1e assistance of the lumbering

inC:us try, 'i:'..he gre3t red;;;oods have :)een !?rotected and co.nserved.
But ther:e now is--as there has been for the ?ast fe 1,v
years--a concerted Crive to establish a Redwood National Park
along California's North Coast.

The plan has received extensive

study in1 recent years and has !Jeen the object of even more inves-tiga·::ion C::uring -the three-and-a-haL: months of tl1is Adr.:inistration.
Our stuay of the vc:rio.us plans for a Recb1ood National Park. has

cpnvincee us tl;lat any

legisl~tion

for the creation of a nationalpark mos·t certainly ~!ill contain :Ceatures \Jhich are no:: totally

acceptable to the wany and varied interests invclvea.

For thisreason, I arr. convinced t:hat i·:: ·ti1ere is to be a '?ark, all of theinterests must be\. ,.lling to negoti2 'Ce in gor/

fa i·::.·~1 t.oi:.JarcJ a

corn?rOir.ise solution.
I uould like t.o cit.e one example:

A cornmor~ feature oS:,

several park proposals has been the exc!1ange of private tirr.her-lands for the so-callee "Red'.looCi North Purc~1ase Unit, 11 a rec1t1ood
forest owned by t!1e;;~ederal

governr:,ent and o.?erated by ·:.:he UnitedStates Forest Service.

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I have met with the mmers of private timberlands
affectea ana they--moving~rom

their previous position--haveassured r,1e they are no-.:.·1 willing to enter into exchange discussidr:seven though it may mean the temporary di~ru.;;,~ion of their J.umbe:ting operations.
So also, representatives 0£ my o£2ice :r,1et: withapp~o-

priate :.:eaeral officials in this city lcist wee:~ to discuss suchan exchange.

AnCJ I must :::=rankly tell the meriliers o.:.: this Corn-mittee t=1at I was disappointed to learn that the United States
Forest.Service appears to be adamant in refusing to relinquish
this proper·tyoSucl1 an attitude is unfortunate.

I repeat that

if ti:1ere is to be a national park, 2nd I t:i:'uly hope there will~Je,that all parties, including ti.1e various agencies of the federalI

government,

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be willing to rc,odii:y their positions in a spiritoE good :t:aith £or the common good.
It should be noted that discussions with these same
federal agencies concerning t.1e eJ:change of land bet.ween the Stateof California and the :i:ederal government have beer. . encouraging

and an ac.rareness o:i.: the problems involvea has been exhibited~
Because nearly 50 percent oi the land in California presently is0'.1711.ed by the federal government, it is my CUty to the taxpayersof California to protect further encroachment U;?Ori an already toosmall tax and economic base.
As you know,/the Cali:Cornia Constitution specifically\
9ro~1ibi ts -c;.1e C:ives ti tu.re' o:C s ta t:e-o':·n..,ec-: lanes exce '.'>t unc"er very1

rigid ~nd controlled conCitions.

Therefore, any Re&1ood National

iPark uhich ·1:10uld encom9ass any, or all, o::': our ~tate parks must be<-•.?~-:.•:,:>vea by the(< 11::::.~fuliCalifornia State 'Legislature.

I am extremely

thc:.t the Legislature would agree to any plan that does

nc·"i::: _:;.rotect the intere3 ts 0f a 11 Ca li:l:ornia citizens.
He ir" California recognize the desirability of including,in a Ci di tion to the Jedediah Srr:i th anc1 Del Nort.e Redwood State(
privc:it.ely he.ld lands such as those in(·1.-deMill Creek. area.

But \!e also recognize the absolute n2ce3sii:.y o:C n~aint.aining a~orstable economy

must be cons',idered.
thepro~)erthe 2reaa~fected.

People, as well as trees,

Emotionalism and an adamant attitude are notbuilding hlocJrn~;:ora national park.

Therefore, it seems t.o me that the best t1ay to assure.
that a Redi::100Cl National Park is ceveloped--one that is planned onan orderly an(; equitable basis--is to immediately aevelop a jointI

indus-t:.ry-state-2ederal approach.
approach.rnu~t

rr:ig~1t

have one prirac:ry interest:

hasten to add t;:iat thisTo achieve the best,

mo.st usable park, consistent. with the various principles which I
believe are basic and \•lhich I will now outline.

1--The par}~ r.:mst not oeprive the residents of the areaof their jobs.
2--The State of Cali:'.:orrd.a must receive full,equal

Vo~ t:efair anefrom t11e ieC'eral soverrr6.ent a:~C: its agencies ior any

state land incorporated into t!1e national park, thereby satisfying
California legal resuirements.
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~federal government current.ly owns nearly SO percent o:E the

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total in California an6 dollars canno·:.: buy the priceless land wehave remaining.,

State land must be exchanged for equal~ederalland ..
3--Private interests 1,,.rhich give u9 land and timber mustreceive iair exc:1ange in fee title to a liice kir:d of pro_?erty.
Negotiation, rati1er than cor:aemnation, must be emphasized.

Land

and timber obtained :Erom private interests sl1ould wherever possible
be exchanged~orsuitable U .s. Forest. Service lanos.

The _r>ayr;ent

period :Cor ,cash transactions involving private property ta!rnn mustbe :::uncled in the minirr1u1~1. nurnlJer oi years rec.fuired for rnaxirrturn ·t.c'racvantage to the private O'Wners affected.
4--Consideration should

seashore, areas.
btri:.. so also,~egiven to ;he inclusion ofTrees are ir•'-l?Ortant for suci1 Cl recreational area,

iri Cali{:orr:.ia, are beaches.

recog::i.zed in at least one

o.:~

This

:,~acthas been·::::1e proposals be:O:ore you for consia-

eration--·that of Re;_)resentative Dor. Clausen.
5--In ad<Htion to land exchange uitl1 ;rivate timberinterest:s, there are other r,,eans available to re· a in ta in and encourage the economy of this area, particularly during the periodorp'ark develooment. ( .Jeveral o:i: these have beel _iscusseC: by myre~/resentat.ives:~ederal•?ith o:cfici2ls o:L ·theagencies

ir~.volved.

I trust t~at serious consideration ~ill he given to accelerated

struction contra~ts d0signee to ?ermit local contractors to_l?<:Jrticipate, and c-:eveloprtLe!.1.t o:i.: a loc:;ilized transportation centernear c·cescent City which lnuld encourage visitors to.t.01.:;.rs rathsr th:::m merely p2ss through the ?2rk inta~::eth~1irguidedauton~obiles.

6--Provisions must ~e macie ior full in lieu taxes on a~.rrr@[!.€nt.

basis so that local governmental units--alreaay hampered!Jy a narrm1 tax base causea by :Eeeeral lane: ownership--'Jill not:~ur·therex-;erience

harC:ship.

For example, 72 percent of Del. Norte

County is already under federal mvnership.
7--Harassment of the lumber inoustry must stop.

Thelegislation should contain rec;:uirements to this end.
8--The interests and goals of the various conservationgroups.~ust

be given consioerationo

Should this committee desire, we ·will be most pleased tosubri:ti t specific and impleL;,enting details concerning many of thebasic considerations I have outliLedo
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am' confident the owners of privat.e -:.:in berland in the1'

area -:·.rill grant their assurances that they will continue their'rroratorium on cut·cing virgin ·timber pending completion of discuss ions among the state, the :Ceoeral governr.::ent and the inoustry.
The s·::ate of California is prepared to immedicitely join\·dth representatives o:C the other interests involved in order tobrirg about the detailed plans necessary for thz creation of a
Redwoo~National Park.
Such oiscussions shoulo resolve 1 the many problems of. the. land exchanges that are vH:al ·to 'i::he creation of any national par:c.

l Thus, lands presently held by the United States governrr,ent must be
exchanged in fee ".lith tl1e s-tat.e o~ Calif:ornia for state '?ark lanos
to be included in the na·tional par\:.

Discussions must also concerr_a c!ete:cmination of ~:J'ha t is a :Caj.r and equitable exchange in fee
betr:1e,..:n private lun\ber interests ~nd :'.:ede~ally-owneo lands suchas·~:?v:!

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area co1,1rronly re:Cerred to as t'1e Reduoo( Northern Purchase
ConsiC:e:ca·::ion rcust be given r>ot only to :::.otal acreage but

also ·l:.o quality, species, volume of board f::?et, acce.::s ibility,
econo;.T,ics of: logging O?erations, and so on.

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co·~?..:".',i ~:::.~Eefr)r acti0!:1.
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I respectfully urge bsfore this honorable

consideration be givcrr! to the principles

I hc7e c~J."tli md in o:::der that a truly nation2l redwocd park willres'..:4J. t

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b2nefi t of all Americans.

'I·h"lnk yen for your courtesy.

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Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
4.29.67

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Transcript of Speech by Governor Ronald Reaqan befoie theUniversity of Southern California Law.Dav Luncheon(Los Angeles.)We are here today to celebra~e Law Day.
It is fitting that we do this on May 1--the same day that lawless communism celebrates the anniversary of the Red Revolution.
The·contrast is even greater than it might seem at first glance.
Communism by definition is a government of men--not of laws.
It is the very antithesis of what our founding fathers had inmind when they laboriously and carefully designed our Constitution.
They feared a strong, central government.

Because a strong

central government is a threat to personal liberty.
But, even more, they feared a government of men.

Because theyknew from first-hand experience that government by men is government
uncontrolled and that is tyranny.
They knew that no man was safe in his house, or in his property
or in his person if his rights, personal or property, depended upon
the whims of men or of a man.
They set out to prevent this from happening.

And the job they'

did through the document they wrote was the best in the history of

But they were not infallible and the Constitution--great as it
is--is not a perfect document.
It can work only so long as a people truly desire to be free,
only so long as men refuse to subject themselves to the rule ofother men.
The man who said "eternal vigilance is the price of liberty"'

was not speaking lightly or tritely.
Eternal vigilance is indeed the price of liberty.

And that priceis not too high to pay.
But liberty, without law, without legal safeguards is not and1'cannot be liberty in the long ruri.

It becomes, instead, license,

revolution and anarchy.
It leads, without qualification, to mob rule and from there to
the rule of the many by the few.

And these in turn establish ordisestablish law as they see fit, or ignore the. law and rule by fiat
or edict.
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. free is a delicate

balance wherein some liberty is sacrificed in order that the

reffi~inder

can be preserved.
This cannot be successfully achieved or long maintained unless
those who make the laws are answerable to the people and unless thepeople are willing and able to hold them answerable.

We have jealously guarded the concept that ours is a governmentof laws, not of men.
But we must always remember that the laws are written by men,interpreted by men and changed by men.

And that men are judged

under the law by other men.
Because of this, Americans have an obligation to themselves andto those who will come after them to see that those who write thelaws, those who interpret them and those who judge under them aremen of ability, men of honor and men who are fair-minded.
Now a governor can recommend laws and execute them, but he cannot make them under our system.

Nor can he elect or appoint those

who do.
And, with the exception of his clemency power, the governor cannot judge under the law, but he can, in fact under our system, he(.
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must, appoint those who do judge.
In many ways this is the most awesome power a governor has.
Because, while judges must in theory be approved by a vote of thepeople, in actuality, a man appointed judge, with rare exceptions,has a lifetime job.

An inherent weakness in our system is that it isnearly impossible for the average citizen to have all the factual
information necessary to make an intelligent decision in voting fora judge, and therefore, he usually votes for the incumbent.
This, as I

say, places an awesome responsibility and power inthe hands of the governor.

He in effect, controls the administrationof justice, through the men he chooses.

Justice can be good, bador indifferent depending on the judge and on the man who appoints thei

Now there are many in California, including many in the legis-

lature, who prefer our present system.

They recognize that a gover-nor can and may make bad appointments to the bench.
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They recognize'that governors ca'n, and many have, made appointments to the bench
as political payoffs.

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But they feel--sincerely--that over a period of years, the~v!';.r.Pm bri1 romces out and that in the main the quality of the courts

Some of thesel . .. frankly feel that the apt ..Lntment of judges

is better off. in the haads of a governor tlic.n it is in the hands ofanyone else.
Th~irreasoning is clear.

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In California, a party seldom remains\\

in cont~ol of the gover~or's office more than one or terms at a
T~is m~ans

time.

that each Farty,

undc~a system that encourages

the political appointmE:nts of judges, will wind up with its share.
Is~sp8ctthat this is true.

But I submit that this is not the way to improve the quality0£ our c•.ppointees to the bE:nch.

Nor is. a party balance necessary

to justice in our crimi:·!::i.l courts.
I submit to. you that justice should not be political.
The theme of Law Day this year is that 'no man is above thelaw and no mah is below it •.. "I would add that all men are entitledto equal justice under it.
I believe th~t using our courts as political plums in a spoils
system is no way to assure the first--or to achieve the second.
That is why I am disappointed that the Senate Judiciary Committee
last week killed for this session legislation introduced at my(request that would have taken the appointment of judges out of thepolitical area.
During thearea.

campaign I promised we would seek action in thisThat promise was made in a hundred different speeches~The

reaction of one hundred different crowds made it obvious that thepeople want assurance that California justice is not justice diluted
by partisan politics.

The appointment of dozens of judges, manyof which must be regarded as political payoffs, by a lame duck governor last fall ahd winter, did nothing to build the confidence ofCalifornians in' our political system or in our administration ofjustice.

My mail reflected this and refle~~~d even more strongly
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than during the campaign the people's wish for something better. ·Because of my beliefs, because of the promises I made and because
it is obviously the people's desire, I sent to the Legislature thebill tl:c.t was killed lust week.' Actuu.lly, the bill w~uld take aconstitution::tl ar;-10i.1drri~nt to becoFt'S! effectiv·3 and therefore, after

people.
people the right to make that decision.
That bill, known as the California Judicial

Sele~tion

Act,

I believed, would once and for all take the appointment of judges out

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It was carried on the senate side by Sen. Donald L. Grunsky
and l am grateful to him for his work and his efforts to report the;bill out of committee.

And I am grateful to those others who also

voted to report it out.
Under the bill a judicial nominating commission would have beencreated, consisting of the Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court.
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two attorneys appointed by the State Bar and three lay citizens
named by the governor.

That commission would review the names of

those proposed by any person for appointment to the appellate courts.
After review, the commission would submit at least two names to theGovernor who would then make an appointment from that list.
At the trial court level the commission would be augmented bythree persons from the community where a vacancy existed. One would
be a member of the local bar designated by the local bar president,
one would be a judge and the third would be a lay person named by
the governor.
When a vacancy occurred the governor would be required to submit at least three names to the commission and the commission would(-.

in turn recommend from this list at least two names back to thegovernor.
names.

The governor would then abpoint a judge from among those

If the commission were unable to recommend at least two per-sons from the governor's list he would be required to furnist addiI

tional names.

This would assure that the governor must submit thenames of qualified attorneys as possible bench appointees.
There is one other key provision to this bill.

It would change

the election procedures to further take the naming of judges out ofpolitics.,

Instead of making the election of municipal and superior

court judges contested races, voters would be asked only to vote yesor no as they now do on the appellate court level.

If the vote werenq, the' judge would not be re-elected and a new judge would be named\

under the appointive system' I mentioned a' moment ago.
Let me say now that I think what I have proposed is what thepeople want and what in the interests of justice, the people deserve.
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I promise unequivocally that I will: resubmit this legislationnext year and for as long as necessary to have it enacted into law.
Politics has no place in the administration of justice in
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permanant basis, we are continuing to do our best to minimize its
effect on a voluntary basis.
As most of you know, we have formed committees in thqse districts
where judicial vacancies occur.

These committees are composed ofmembers of the state bar, the local bar,a judge and a lay citizen.

They sift the names of candidates for judge and turn in their recommendations to my office.
Without exception, we have appointed the candidate who thecommittee rated highest.
We will continue to do this until the Legislature and thepeople act.
But the ~election 0£ judges is only one facet of the program
we are working on in California to. assure justice for all our people
and at the same .time make it possible for the law abiding to live
under the law without fear of it or of those who refuse to abide by

In the area of law enforcement legislation introduced as partof this administration's program is moving along.
This package under the sponsorship of Sen. George Deukm&jian(

is an effort to strengthen 1' soft spots 11 in the state's laws andcrime prevention programs.
California is the leading state in terms of major crimes.
On a percentage basis, we have nearly twice our share--nine percentof the population and about 17 percent of the crime.
I

am convinced that enactment of this proposed legislation will

help deter crime, will slow the flood of pornographic material now
available on o~~ news stands, will speed and strengthen the administration of ju~tice and will assure California citizens the best andmost efficierit law enforcement agencies in the nation.
This legislation includes:~ ~~'/-<--First: An effective law to restore to the cities and counties
the ability to enact local laws designed to meet local problems.
This is commonly referred to as the "implied pre-emption issue."Such a law will allow local law enforcement agencies to morethoroughly police their jurisdictions, especially in the areas of· vicEf, sex offense.s and offenses against public decency.
i'fSecond:Laws increasing penalties for those criminals who,

during the commission of a robbery, burglary or rape, infliet great

bodily harm upon their victims with dangerous weapons.

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society must be protected from those who would inflict personal
violence on its members.

Three measures identical to those we haveintroduced were passed by both houses of the Legislature in 1965
but were pocket-vetoed by the last governor.
Third:

Comprehensive legislation dealing with piornography andobscenity, with special emphasis on prohibiting dissemination
minors of "harmful" material.

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A careful effort is being made to

avoid any suspicion of censorship.
Fourth: We recognize that from time to time persons are arrested
unjustly or as victims of circumstances.

Yet, despite their inno-

cence, they must live the remainder of their lives with a public
police record.

Our bill, by closing certain records, will provide

relief for such persons while, at the same time, preserving th,ose
records for use by law enforcement agencies and other authorized
personso
But we are convinced that even more effort on the part of allof us is needed if we are to control crime in California.
Statistics show:
In 1965, the last year for which figures are available, California was above the national average in five out of seven major
categories of crime.
During the same year California led the states of at least 5
million population in total crime.
That year California murders went up 14 percent, rapes increased
five percent, robberies nine percent, burglaries 11 percent and all
offenses increased an average of nine percent.
This was not an unusual year.
pattern1 ,in 1964 all offenses

It was the continuation of awent up 10 percent, in 1963 they went

up 7 percent, in 1962 they were up three percent.
There are many reasons and theories given for the increase in
tpe incidence of crimeo

I do not hold with the theory that says society is to blame,
when a man commits a robbery or a murder and therefore we must betmrierstanding and as. sympathetic for the criminal as we are for thevictim.
True, there haa been a spirit of permissiveness abroad in theland that has undoubtedly added to the juvenile delinquency problem.
This is a time of affluence, where young people have time on theirhands, and seek outlets once provided by jobs.

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tot a deterrent

and as punishment becomes more difficult to mete out, those who
would be deterred by the threat of punishment feel freer to conu-uit
crimes and acts of violence.
There is\ a belief in some quarters that grievances, real or
fancied, can be remedied by marches or even by riots.
The courts at the appellate level have narrowed the difference
between liberty and license and in some areas have overbalanced
the scales of justice so that therights of society are outweigh~dby decisions granting new rights to individuals accused of crimes.
For a variety of reasons, including those listed above, thestreets of many of our big cities have become unsafe at night andin some neighborhoods, even in the daytii:l)9.
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A major reason, I think, for the increase in crime is the very
progress we are making which benefits and enriches our civilization.
Scientific and technological advances are being utilized by
and adapted for use by the criminal element.
Modern methods of transportation and communications, andmodern tools and weapons are used daily by those who prey on society.
If we are to reverse this trend it is essential that society
also use to the fullest our scientific and technological advancesin the prevention, detection and control of crime.

And in thecorrection and rehabilitation of criminals.
In addition, there is need for basic research involving thejoint effort of various scientific and professional disciplines
into the nature of crime, and criminals and into methods of detection,
apprehension and treatment.

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We are also proposing that a California Crime Foundation
be created as a public corporation.

Such a Foundation wol}ld

be financed and served by both the private and public sectors ..
Its purpose will be to develop a coordinated state, local
and private effort toward developing new scientific techniques tocombat crime, initiate research prdjects in the area of policemanagement, administration and basic research in the field of
crime, and encourage engineers and scientists to devote themselvesto careers in crime research.
We hope we can finance this foundation by channeling to it
funds appropriated for some existing state law enforcement efforts
and by winning the financial participation of private foundations

and the business community.

This is certainly one of those areas

where the independent sector can be, and should want to be , ofhelp.
Of 'course, major efforts are constantly being made to stem
crime by law enforcement agencies, both state and local, by departments of state government 1 by educational institutions and by private organizations.
Outstanding organizations such as:the State Bar of California,
the California Peace Officers Association, the District Attorneys
Association, the California Council on Crime and Delinquency are allconcerned.
We are convinced, however, from talking with state leaders in
the fields of law enforcement and crime prevention that these efforts
must be coordinated, that new efforts must be stimulated if we are
to have an effective crime prevention program.

Those engaged inthis broad field must be able to share the results of the researchand ben,efit from the progressive practices of others.
In order to achieve this, we are wo~king with the Attorney
General,' and his staff -- crime prevention knows no party lines
with the leaders of local law enforcement, with the judiciary, andwith the Legislature, to develop a n;iaster plan for California\

criminal justice.
Details of this plan are embodied in legislative measuresalready before the Senate and Assembly.
We have four major objectives.
First, to provide for statewide planning and for orderly and

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Third, we must provide coordination of the various agencies
and groups involved in criminal justice projects.
And fourth, we must provide a vehicle to handle federal-state
relations and to implement federal'legislation dealing withcrime control ..
These cbjectives will be met by a council on criminal justicewhich will be established under the master plan.
This council, made up of representatives of all the agencies
and bodies involved in crime control, as well as ,representative
ci~izens,'
will function in much the same manner as the coordinating

Council on Higher Education functions and we are convinced it will
provide the same sort of benefits.
The Council will be responsible for developing state-wideplans for the prevention, detection arid control of crime and forthe administration of criminal justice.
It will conduct studies, survey resources and identify the needs
for research and development.

It w~ll encourage coordination,planning and research by the agencies of criminal justice through01.:.t the state and will serve as a clearing house for the study

and dissemination of information.
Such a council will give California the ability to attack
and the roots of crime from many vantage points.

c~ime

Of course, no program in itself can work miracles and/or
eli~i~atei~gcrime.

But this program will insure that we are utiliz-

to the fullest all the available resources and that we arecontinually coming up with new resources.
The war on crime is a never-ending one~

And it is necessarythat we pursue it constantly and with vigor if our citizens are to
be safe on our streets and in their homes, and if man is to be able
to live .'free from fear of his fellow man in an ever-contracting worJJ
and an increasingly more complex society.
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do not claim that our proposals contain all the answers.

But

do say we have made a new beginning, a beginning that will increase

the confidence of the citizen in his government, engender 'respect
for the law and insure speedy and equal justice under it.
If it would seem that we are adding unduly to the responsibilities of the private citizen, let us be aware that history records
when the freedom the Athenians wished for most was freedom fromresp-:.n.sib:U ity, Athens ceased to be free and was never free again ..

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Sacramento, Calif'- nia
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
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Governor Reagan's lLaw Day Speech on Page 3,

8th paragraph, should have read:"That is why I am disappointed that the
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Sac~amento, Californi
Contact: Lyn Nof zigtk._
445-4571
5.1.67RELEASE:MONDAY PM 1 S({ADD: USC Law Speech)

The following is a wire from Federal Bureau of Investigation
Director J. Ed9ar Hoover to Governor Ronald Reagan containing informa-·tion for the Law Day Speech insert:"On April 27, 1967, 29 police agencies in the State of California
were linked through the California Highway Patrol computer in
Sacramento, California, to the National Crime Information Centercomputer here in FBI headquarters.

These agencies were successfully

able to cbtain instant information from data stored in the National
Crime Information Center computer.

This is the first computer-to-

computer exchange in the·history of law enforcement.

In fact, it is

the first use of this technology to link local, state and federal
government.

The rapid retrieval and exchange of information amonglaw enforcement agencies is vital if we are to successfully fulfill
our responsibilities.

The California Highway Patrol, underCommissioner H.C.Sullivan, should be commended for their effort inthis undertaking, especially Inspector David Luethje, and Lt. Ray
Mayhugh, Mr. Richard Thompson and Mr. Lloyd Smith."-o-Following is the insert to Governor Reagan's Law Day Speech(insert after 5th paragraph, Page 8 ending •••••• are all concerned):0

As a matter of fact, we have already taken, in conjunction with

the Federal Bureau of Investigation, one major step to help combat
crime.
"California', Highway Patrol Commissioner Harold Sullivan has
arranged with the FBI for a computer to ~omputer link-up between his
headquarters and the National Crime Information Center at FBI headquarters in Washington~"Thanks to Commissioner Sullivan, 29 police agencies in California
were linked on April 27 through the Highway Patrol co~puter to the FBI.
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"We are told by J. Edgar Hoover that this is the first computer
to computer; exchange in the history of law enfo~cement.
"In fact it is the first use of this technology to link local,
state and federal government.
"Both the FBI and our law enforcement officials feel this link-up
will be invaluable in our fight against crime by allowing the rapid
retrieval and exchange of information between California and the FBI.
But this is just one step."{Pick up "We are convinced" ••••• and eliminate "however ...
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STATEMENT OF GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN ON
COLORADO RIVER LEGISLATION*

I welcome this opportunity to make known the official
views of California's new administration on the important water
legislation now before this Subcommittee.

The necessity forfinding a legislative solution to the Colorado River water supply
problem has been one of the paramount concerns of my administration since it took office.

We concluded early that California's

new administration would join with sister states and the Congressin an all-out effort to obtain constructive legislation at theearliest practicable date.
I see no reason to,replow ground that has already been
tho~oughly

plowed.

There is no need to recite in detail theimportance of water to California and the West, and there isnothing I need add to reinforce the fact that the Colorado River
Basin and the Pacific Southwest face imminent and widespread water
deficiencies.

The record compiled at previous hearings on theCentral Arizona Project and the Pacific Southwest Water Plan
before this distinguished body, and on the Colorado River Basin
Project legislation before the counterpart of this body in theHouse, established those facts beyond a shadow of a doubt.
California 1 s administration, in concentrating on the
support of basic principles, is determined not to be detracted
by nonproductive argument over seemingly important, but often(:*For presentation by William R. Gianelli, Director of the
Department of Water Resources, before the Senate Subcommittee
on Water'and Power Resources in Washington, D. C., May 3, 1967"

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overemphasized, peripheral issues.
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All of the Colorado River

Basin States have made accommodations to each other, to interests
opposed to dams, and to the Northwest.

California has partici-

pated, and will continue to do so,, in negotiations which are'iessential to enactment of the legislation needed in this area.
Our goals are clear and, we believe,, are above argument.
The need for action is unmistakable.

What the entire PacificSouthwest needs now is legislation which satisfies the region's
immediate needs through added development of the limited resourcesof the Colorado River, but recognizes also the area's longerrange requirements and sets in motion a program to augment the
supplies of the Colorado.

It is my objective today to bring to

your attention those elements that California believes essential
in this legislation.
We ask first that the legislation recognize the acceptedfact that the dependable natural supply of the Colorado River isinsufficient to meet all compact and decree apportionments to theseven states of the Colorado Riv~r Basin; and the further factthat the dependable supply availabl~ to the Lower Basin will beIunable to meet existing uses and the·added burden of the Central
Arizona Project beyond perhaps 1990 or the turri of the century,even with California's existing uses limited to 4.4 million acrefeet per year.

1"hile it appears that the Lower Colorado supply

has the potential of satisfying existing uses and those of theCentral Arizona Project until then, this is the case only because
several of the other states are not at this time using all of(.

the water to which they are entitled and because California's

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present uses will be cut back from 5.1 to 4.4 million acre-feet\.

per year when the Central Arizona Project goes into operation.
The only certain way of assuring continued development and prosperity in the Pacific Southwest and of bringing
peace to the Colorado River is to increase the natural suppliesof the region.

The legislation, then, should contain areasonable promise that the additional burden of the Central
Arizona Project will be relieved within a quarter of acentury by augmentation of supply of the Colorado.

In themeantime, existing economies should be provided with reasonable
protection.
The merits of protecting existing water uses in theLower Colorado River Basin, with California's uses being pro-(tected to the extent of 4.4 million acre-feet per annum, arebased on a solid moral and economic foundation.

The Colorado

River Basin States struggled with this problem for months
before resolving it early in 1965 in favor of protecting
existing economies.

This solution was found acceptable lastyear to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs,
and to the National Administration.

There is no cogent reason

to upset this accord.
Existing projects in the Lower Colorado River Basin
were built on what has turned out to be an overly optimistic
estimate of ,water supply.

The economies that rely on theseprojects, all vital to the states and the nation, now face
added hazard.
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The economy in California dependent upon the

Colorado must scale back from an existing use of 5.1 million

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acre-feet per year to 4.4 as a result of the lesser supply
in the River and the U. S. Supreme Court's decision in
Arizona v California.

The logical way to protect theeconomy dependent upon the remaining supply of 4.4 million
acre-feet and the enormous investment in physical works constructed to service this economy during the time interval
preceding actual augmentation of the River is to provide
in the legislation that existing uses shall have a priority
over new uses until the augmentation is effected.

With the4.4 priority, the $0.5 billion Colorado River Aqueduct anddistribution system of 'I'he Metropolitan Water District ofSouthern California will flow less than half full.

Without

it, the Aqueduct will face imminent danger of being dr.ied
up completely.

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Hence, we urge that existing uses in the Lower Basin,
including 4.4 million acre-feet per year of use in California,
be afforded priority over the Central Arizona Project until
such time as the supply of the ~iver is augmented.

To dootherwise is to create another burden on the River without
doing anything to :i::ilie ve the basic problem of short supply.
Relief from shortage and continued development of the economiesof the Pacific Southwest can only come from a program that
includes early augmentation of the area's limited supplies.
A primary purpose of the legislation should be toinitiate studies leading to a well-founded decision on how
best to accomplish augmentation.

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We believe the\essential ingredients of an acceptable augmentation study
to be:(1) that it be conducted under the supervision of an

impartial body; (2) that it be completed on a timely basis;(3) that all related factors be considered, including thoseoutside the purely engineering and economic fields; (4) thatthe rights of the states and regions be fully respected;(5) that the affected states be permitted to participate
effectively; and (6) that the expertise of existing stateand federal agencies be used to the maximum extent possible.·
In recent weeks~ several proposals have been advanced
that call for a feasibility-level study of the North Coastal
area of California as the Jnitial source of export watersupply for the Pacific Southwest.

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The State of California

does not now, nor has it ever, objected to inclusion of its
North Coast as one of the areas to be studied.

We have asked

and still ask, however, that the selection of California 1 s
North Coastal resources as a source of supply for the initialstage of the regional program be based upon a demonstration,using comparable levels of investigation, that it is, in fact,
the best source for the Pacific Southwest.

The people of theSouthwest and of the nation at large have a right to expectthat the project eventually constructed to relieve the watersupply problems of the Pacific Southwest is the best of allavailable alternatives.

This is not only existing federal

and state policy, it's go6d economics.

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California, like any other potential state of origin,(must insist on full legal and economic protection to assure
all users within its boundaries that water supplies will beavailable for use therein adequate to satisfy their ultimate
requirements at prices to users not adversely affected by theexportation of water.

The protective provisions must also

give the users within the states of origin a priority of use,so that those users have in effect a right of recall, or aright to replacement with water of equal quality and nogreater cost.

Such provisions are included in s. 861,

s. 1242,and s. 1409, but omitted from s. 1004 and s. 1013.
These provisions would apply to all interstate
supplies regardless of source.

As the new economy developedin the Pacific Southwest would not be allowed to perish, recallc:would be unlikely, and the state of origin would probably haveto rely on replacement of its supplies.

This would requirethat large sums of money be available within the program atIlthat point in time to finance the replacement.

Hence,

California strongly supports creation.of the proposed development fund, construction of projects th~t will make revenues ·iavailable to the development fund, and dedication of a portionof the fund to protection of the states or origin.
Success of the regional program of development will
depend in large measure upon the financial strength of thedevelopment fund.

We must make it as strong as we can, andI

can ill afford to forego construction of justified projects·that will return surplus revenues to the fund.

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Hence we support

(constrt1ctipn of the optimum development at the Hualapai site\that can be justified cons'idering all potential uses andneeds., giving full recognition to scenic and·recreational needs,
as well as to hydroelectric peaking power needs and values.
I say this in full knowledge of the strong standconservationists have taken on the Hualapai Dam issue.

The

important values associated with the preservation of open
spaces and wild areas must be given full consideration inreaching decisions as to the future use of the Colorado Riverand the natural areas associated therewith.

However., reality

also requires that full recognition be given to the requirements of meeting the food, fiber, power., and recreation demandsof an expanding populatio~.
Some of the bills before you contain., in addition to(

the Central Arizona Project, authorizations for the construction, operation, and maintenance of five new projects
in the Upper Basin.

Since it is our understanding that thesefeatures are favored by the state directly affected; areeconomically justified on the basis of Bureau of Reclamation
studies; and, on the basis of both entitlement and physicalavailability, can reasonably be expected to have an adequate
water supply, we support their authorization.
As previously stated_, we believe that the studies ofalternative sources of supply to augment the Colorado should
be supervisea. by an impartial body, should include effective
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California supports the formation'of the

National Water Commission to review national water policy.
We also support use of the National Water Commission as animpartial supervisor of the studies of means of augmenting
the supplies of the Pacific Southwest.
is conditioned on:

This support, however,(1) immediate implementation of the PacificSouthwest regional study so that alternative solutions will beavailable for comparison by the early 1970's, and (2) assurancesthat the commission will not be used as a mechanism fordelaying those studies.
For the augmentation studies to be meaningful theymust also be timely.

A high federal official recently statedthat he was confident that the Colorado River would be
augmented by 1990.

We certainly hope that is the case.

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less than 23 years remain to accomplish this objective.

But

Augmentation could come from any, or a combination of several
alternatives, including sea water conversion and weather
modification.

The critical time 1 demands, however,,· relate

to the possibility that broad-scale' interstate exchanges ofwater represent the best solution.

If so, many have pro-claimed that 25 years' lead time will be required for sucha regional program.

The lead time,, however, will be at least

five, and perhaps as much as ten, years longer if the planningstudies are deferred until the National Water Commission
attempts to first solve the nation 1 s water policy problems.
If that happens, the Southwest will face, a major water crisis
before the turn of the century.
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. The Northeastern States have not been asked to defer\·Itheir regional water planning to await the findings of a
National Water Commission.

The .Northeast United States Water

Supply study is already under way.
California is concerned over the possibility of too
many national and federal water bodies and agencies becoming
involved in western states regional water planning.

Certainly,

every effort is needed to avoid duplication of future planning
efforts, the redoing of that which has already been done, and\the bypassing of local authorities and expertise.

Coordinationof existing agencies and commissions is already a mast difficult
task.

The Senate bill to create the National Water Commission,s. 20, as passed by the Senate, obviously seeks to avoid
duplication, particularly as regards the Water Resources
Council.

However, it is equally obvious that the measuredoes not contemplate the Commission actually performing
western, northeastern, or any other specific regional planning
effort.
The provisions of the legislation authorizing studiesof means of augmenting the supplies of the Pacific Southwest
should recognize the planning expertise of the state organizations and the 11-state Western States Water Council.

For

example, the National Water Commission could be directed toconsult with the Western States Water Council in developing
policy involving western states water programs.

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We regard the National Administrationts position.,as announced by Secretary Udall on February 1, and as containedin s. 1004 .and s. 1013, as a long step backward from theregional approach which he initiated in 1963 and which had
its first legislative hearing before this Subcommittee.

The

piecemeal approach now proposed by the Secretary avoids thefundamental water problem facing the entire West.

The

Administrations' proposal would add materially· to the burdenof demand on the River without attempting to solve the basic
problem of an insufficient supply in the Colorado.

California

urges the Subcommittee to reject the Administration~s proposal
and to continue to seek a regional solution to what is truly
a regional problem.

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OF HONORABLE RONALD REAGAN
GOVERNOR OF CALIFOHNIA

Before the
PUBLIC WORKS SUBCOf;!I•IITTEE, COI·1if·II'l1'rEE ON APPROPRIATIONSUNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPHESEIYL1ATIVES-X·

May 4, ;1967
Mr. Chairman and members of the ComnLi. t tee:

Ordinarlly

when the California witnesses appear before you on behalf of'appropriations for flood control and reclamation projects, we areclearing up the debris from a severe winter flood, or are preparing f'or an unusually dry summer.
typical of California weather.

This year is different,.ve had one of the driest Februarys

1on record and were beginning to ·Norry about water supplies ·when
March storms brought the snowpack and streamflow up to aboutnormal.

( .·Someone, however, forgot to turn the f'aucet off and therain and extremely heavy mountain snowfall continued through Marchand right up to the end of April.

Reservoil"'S are almost full, andwe have almost a 200 percent of normal snowpack Haiting for warm
weather and the snowmelt seasono

We just have no place to put\

the water and we anticipate some real problems with agriculturein the .S2.n Joaquin Valley.

Crops which 'have been planted may bef'looded, and the expected. . . flooding probably will mean costly delays
f'or plantings not yet made.
All of this is just another vmy of highlighting Californiats need for continuing development of flood control andwater stor,age projects, and the manner in ·which the federal projects
fit in 1'7ith seores of others being built by state and local agencies.
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Deputy Director of F:i.nanceState 'Of California

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I fully endorse the program which will be presented
to you in some detail by the Director of Water Resources' and\I

the Chairman of the California Hater Commission, as well as bymany witnesses from local agencies.

It is a sound program, anecessary programJ and one which is realistic.
support of all parts of California.

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OFFJ:CE OF THE GOVERNOR(

Sa-Qrday, May 6, 8 p.m.

Sacramento, California
Lyn Nofziger
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ADDRESS BY GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN - UNITED REPUBl.ICANS
OF CALI~ORNIA CONVENTION - Lon~ Beach Arena - 7:20 p.m.
MAY 6, 1967

It is a pleasure to be here tonight, talking again to the membersof United Republicans of California.
I have that warm feeling a person gets when he knows he's among
friends--friends with the same ohilosophy,
the same goals, the same.'aspirations.

Could be I'm especially conscious of this for the same

reason a man only realizes how thirsty he really is when he takes acooling drink.

Besides that, the members of UROC have always supported

their beliefs with their money and their energies.

And, believe me, thatmakes you at least a little unique.
You have supported and worked actively and hard for those principles
in which we believe and the candidates who represent them.

Republican

candidates and principles, of course.
It is the work and support given by you and the members of the other
Republican volunteer groups which, in large measure, were responsible( _for the success of many of those candidates and principles last November.
I, for one, am grateful, and I know that that gratitude is sharedby those others--winners and losers--who had your help.
That election put California on the right road--in the interest ofharmony, let me hasten to say I use "right" in the sense of meaning"correct 11 --not the road back, but the road ahead to a better, more
responsible, more meaningful life for all our citizens, a life in which
they are allowed to develop and pursue their aims and ambitions to thefullest, without the constant interference and domination of big spending,big brother government.
But we have just startzd down tr.at new road.

Tnere is much to bedone and there are mar>.y pr•)bJems yet: to be solved a:.1d there are many
pitfalls that lie 2her,d.
We have just begun to do the job that must be done.

l'nd nearly

every move we make brings a fr.:;;:sh protest from these who think that yourmoney and mine is thr;:.:i:::-s to :::;p0r.d---as they see fit r..•1d that government
is formed for the benefit of those who govern.
WE; intend to put an end to that kind of thinking---an end to thephilosophy that government has a right to match taxes to whatever itwants to spend instead of spending only what needs to be spent.
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During the campa:t;{n it looked almost as if w"" could put our fiscal
house in order without resorting to new taxes.
how bad the situation was then.

We did not know just

Now we have had access to, and a chance

to read, the fine print.
As a result, we have, as you know, submitted a revenue bill ofnearly one billion dollars in increased taxes.

Because of this there

has been some editorial jumping-up-and-down-with-glee, holding that this'makes a failure in our long-held belief in economy, let's set therecor~

straight here and now.

Our

And bear with me if you have t.eard this.

mail indicates that there is still confusion and misunderstanding.
Roughly half of that tax increase is necessary sirrply to pay off
this year's deficit and put us on a pay-as-you-go basis.

Half of theremainder is not a new tax so much as a broader based substitute tax
to give, for the first time, direct property tax relief.

Next year,with the deficit paid off, that relief can be more than doubled.
The remainder--about one-quarter of the total tax revenues--is forthe normal increase to keep pace with population growth and increased
prices and wages resulting from the federal government's policy ofplanned inflation~

The increase is about 7 percent, in contrast withthe 16 percent increase of the past year and the 12 percent averageincrease over the last eight years.
We tried for some $250 million in economies in the budgets requested by all the divisions of governmP.nt.

We en1ed up with more thanI

$127 million.

I'm just stubborn enough to. think we got the $127 million

because we tried for $250 million and we will continue to follow thatpolicy.
Incidentally, one of the most heartening si~ns we have had in thisbrief administratio.n is the recent poll which indicates most of our
citizens favor our revenue package and, of those who favor it, 70 percent do so because they see the need to balance the bud·qet.

Now let me

sugqest--if you are among those wh0 favor our efforts, don't tell me-write to your asserr1blyman and senator.
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want to assure you that we do not see this revenue bill as acure-all. ·Our aims go far beyond this.
future budgets by increasing taxes.

We do not intend to balance;Instead, we intend to balance thP..:11

by making government more economical, more frugal, more workabl.e.

Likethis year, next year--and the years following--will be years where we
one dollar more of the peo~ le· s monev
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Let me digress for a moment.

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Durin3 the campaign, I became a kindof Johnny-One-Note on the subject of government of, and by, the people-of building what l called a Creative Society by turning to the great
power of the people instead of always creating additional bureaucracy.
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There did not seem to be much of a quarrel with this idea.

In fact,

once or twice I had to talk pretty loudly when it looked as if the
opposition had claimed squatters' rights on the idea and was making more~~1oiseabout it than I was.

They even appointed a few citizens' com-missions late in the campaign which, we hope, will surface one of thesedays for refueling.
But some who listened and endorsed before November 8 were pretty
horrified to discover the campaign blossoms were bearing fruit.

Some-

how they remind me of an incident which occurred early in World War II.
A shipload of canned fish was interned in an Italian port and,
when finally released for sale, the cargo brought $25,000.

It was thenresold for $50,000, and, as the war years went on, that shipment ofcanned fish kept changing hands until, finally, it brought $600,000 •.

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The last purchaser opened a can and tried the fish.

Enraged, he

got on the phone and demanded that something be done because the fish(

And he was told by the man who sold it to him, "But thatwas spoiled.

fish isn't for eating~ it's for selling!"
Well, our fish is for eating.
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You would think that, when government can get things done without
adding to the burden of the taxpayers, everyone would be happy •. Unfortunately, that is not the case.

Some reactionaries still thinkkhe only way to get things done is to soak the taxpayer--that, somehow,
it isn't legal unl.ess it's compulsory.
In pointing 'up the potential of a Creative Society during the'

campaign, attention was called to the cooperation between certain
government agencies and private industry which resulted in 17,800 jobs
for unemployed from the Watts curfew area in a 16-month period.

Thesejobs were in private industry .and two-thirds of them are still filled.
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the other one-third, half moved on to better jobs.

The man whoI

spearheaded this is Mr. H.C. McClellan and he is at work now setting up
a similar program on a statewide basis at no expense to the taxpayers.
A Congressman ··from the area that benefitted most--motivated either bypartisanship or a philosophical J:'.efusal to approve of private industry··has attacked this program on the basis that only government jobs an-:1
tax money ~hould htal? the unem?loyed.
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We have, as you( KnOW a a task force of 15 2l~i--.mstrial anO. O\lSi.ness

executives--the best and most successful in the state--who will beworking as full-time volunteers for the next several months.

These

men are bringing their special knowledge, skill and experience to bearon the structure of state government to tell us how we can bring modern

business ?ractices to government agencies.

This study, incidentally,

will cost the taxpayers only a few thousand dollars: the direct costs rif
it are being underwritten by ~ublic-s9irited members of business andindustry.
Strangely enough, some find something sinister in private citizens
wanting to help out.

Some of those who talk about the civic duty of

citizens to contribute to Community Chest, an art museum or a music
center think, if those same citizens want to help.the government under

Of course that iswhich they live, they must have ulterior motives.

right, if a desire for better government can be termed an ulterior
motive.

Even some legislators are fearful that perhaps citizens

shouldn't be snooping around their own government.
The fish is for eating.

We have called on our fellow citizens totake time out from their own careers and business activities to man/·\

Nothing has ever made me so

the administrative posts of government.
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No state government has ever recruited man-proud as their response,
power to match ours.

We have found that in California we have many

men to match our mountains.
Other citizens will soon be embarked on a total study of our tax
structure.

And one da.y, with their help, Californians may have alogical, reasonable set of tax laws.
We have probably the most beautiful ca9itol of any of the statesand soon we will have a new residence for California' governors in
kee9ing with our California heritage.
the people voluntarily.

This, too, will be provided by

A bipartisan group has formed a non-profit

cdrporation to build, in ,the city of Sacramento, a dwelling to be'I

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donated to the state of California for use as an official residence
for the governors.

Gifts of not more than $500 and not less than $1

Iwill be solicited on .a broad statewide basis.

Yeti even this has been•I

distorted to appear as if a small band of so-called "fat cats" are do-i,,..,.:.r
something undercover and not quite nice.
Fortunately, the members of UROC, like most of our concerned
citizens, do not follow this line of thinking. We have been brought
together by a belief that one of our problems is too much government
and too much compulsion ••• that we, as citizens, have a right to participate in our government in ways other than just paying taxes1 running((

But suddenly some, who apparently shared this concept prior to
November 8, are opposed to the practice of that conce~t.

Suddenly,

too, .the concept of economy in government has also become wrong toespecial~ysome,

to some whose particular pet oxen have been gored bysome of the proposed economies.

Now our economies are not aimed at eliminating needed services orprograms.

But they are aimed at trimming fat and waste, at cuttingout the frills, at keeping government at the size where it remains theservant, and does not become the master, of the people.
And they are aimed at reducing the tax burden on the people.

You

have read some of the things we are doing, and have heard the outcryof the wounded.

Five million dollars has been saved by cutting downon out-of-state travel by public servants who like to roam .•• $20
million a year saved by cutting our unneeded workers in some of ourinstitutions where the number of patients has dwindled by 40 percent
but where, until now, there has been no reduction in the numbers of
employees.

Only this week General Lolli, our new administrator of

General Services, sent me over a list of new savings totalling anothermillion dollars--mostly in little things, little things that really
add up.
Other millions are being saved because we have been able to persuade
our colleges and universities to face up to the fact that as public
institutions they have a public responsibility not to spend beyond
the public's means.

And let me add here that I appreciate theirproblems and the fact that they understand ours.
Now none of the things we have done should have surprised anyone,
for just as we promised to bring government back to the people, so did
we also promise to bring frugality and thrift back to government.
But we also promised to do this without hurting the truly needy
and the truly deserving.

That is why extra funds for the crippled!

children's program were approved ••. why money was left in the budget
for needed salary increases •.. why extra funds to help teachers who
retired on ~nadequate pensions and who have not had the raise needed
to combat inflation were provided ••• why the state employment officehas been instructed to make special efforts to find jobs for those stateem~loyees

laid off through no fault of their own.

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There were a few more pr6mises, such as to take steps to cut
California's soaring crime rate. And I am pleased to note that partof our anti-crime legislative package has already passed the Legislature.
These are bills increasing penalties for crimes of violence. I will
sign them next week.
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Something was saia also about eliminating government by hacks andcronies and relatives--and, to date, my only brother hasn't even asked
for a job.
An issue discussed in the campaign was 'taking the appointment ofjudges out of politics.

Unfortunately, the Senate Governmental Effi-

ciency Committee has killed that bill for this session.

But we will

resubmit it next year or in following years if necessary. In the·we have set up special screening committees composed ofmeantime,/representatives of the bar associations, the presiding
judges of the various judicial districts and lay representatives toinsure that" only qualified attorneys are picked as judges.

To date,we have sleeted only the number one recommendation for each judgeship.
There have been no exceptions.
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In addition to proposed legislation that will take away the compulsory aspects of the school district unification law and other lawsthat have foisted costly programs on school districts without providing
the funds for their financing, we have made a start toward restoring
the so-so.state and local financing of schools.
We are also moving forward on our agriculture program and on programs aimed at improving the business climate and at conserving ourland, air, water and.oceanographic resources.
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Do not be fooled by the special interest propagandists.

We willmaintain our redwood forests, but we will•not give ,them to the federal'

government without getting something of eqµal value ,in return, and wewill not act in such a way as to endanger the economy of our northwestern California counties.

And here we have the support of most of

our congressmen and legislators and have won concessions from thosefederal agencies involved.
We will make provision for maintaining our wilderness areas, but

we will not blindly set aside huge tracts so they cannot be used to,meet the recreational and industrial needs of our ex9anding po?ulation.
; ~'!e willpress ahead on' our state water program, but we will also

cooperate' in the fresh water program of the future--desalinization.
Wewill work to keep industry in California. and to entice moreindustry here, but we will also work to diversify industry and tobuild new industries in new fields such as those offered by the ocean,so tnat California will not continue to be so 'heavily de?endent on defense and other government contracts.
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We will work to ma.i<e ci.nd keep California numher one .•• not only
number one in terms of growth and economy, but also number one interms of the kind of government that best suits a free peoole--a,government oriented to their needs, but also a government oriented to'their rights and their responsibilities.
We will strive continually to make the state an effective bulw?rk

between the people and an ever-encroaching federal government.

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still

believe that government is best which remains closest to the people,
but almost daily the Goliath that is the federal government moves togather more· power unto itself and to minimize the functions of both
the Congress and the states.
in California.

Those efforts will meet stern resistanceThis is one state that does not intend to become merely

an administrative adjunct of the federal government.
Recently, the President called the governors together to tell them
the federal government wished to work more closely with the states.in
distributing federal monies and federal programs.

This was followed·

by a visi~ to California of a team of federal officials seeking closer
federal-state cooperation.
But, while federal officials were making promises to governors,
lower echelon officials were disclosing plans by the federal government
to bypass Sacramento in setting up new job programs and the Interior
Department was goi~g ahead with its efforts to make Imperial Valley
farmers adhere to the outmoded 160-acre limitation.
It is not enough for our senators and our representatives to seek
to pass legislation involving the several states, they must also work
to insure that legislation does not infringe on the rights of theindividual states and they must be wary lest they trade those rights
for the federal a',ollar, which, after all, is merely what is left ofthe citizen's ?ollar after it has been run through those puzzle palaceson the Potomac.
Ihave met with our Congressman, on both sides of the aisle; I havetalked with both our Senators.

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have assured all of them that theadministrat~onin Sacramento will work with them and cooperate withthem wherever

the interests of the state are involved.

I have urged· them to guard carefully those interests against theencroachments of the federal government.

There is little use in saving

our f'reedom at the, local and state levels if we lose it on the naticnzil

level.

And it is people like you--dedicated, patriotic citizens, who

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As I saidof the workers and
ROC that have'.provided so manyUthezations such ast
in California.
iasm and support for our par yenthusso much of themuch to be grateful 'to you for.
All of us, including myself, haveb
nor will we know
We could not have won without you last Novem er,
wholehearted and undivided support.
victory in 1968 without yourBut do we want to be like the nostalgic old grad who lives in the(earlib~fading memory of one championship team,or do we look ahead andanticipate successive new victories?
To any.who would live ih the past ... ~just remember, that past includes bitter defeats between 1958 and +964.

We could not have won· we had stooped to the intraparty warfar.e that characterized
in 1966 if
our years of defeat.
we have not won a war, or even complete victory in a battle.
stop9 ed our opponent's advance and halted our own retreat.
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Let me remind you:We

But that

we did not win control of the Assembly:

we did not win control of the Senate: we did not win the office ofAttorney General even though we had good candidates and goodorganization.
The 11th commandment kept our party unified; but we were, and arestill, a minority party.

There is $till much. to be done in party

building, in convincing independents and members of the opposing party
that the course we chart leads to fiscal sanity, strong local governmeqt
and individual rights and responsibilities.
Maybe there once was a time when our two-party system was less a

difference in philosophy than a contest between partisans loyal to theold school tie, but that is not true today.

Last November, millions ofpeople voted to change, or at least pause to review, the philosophyof the party leadership then in power.

They did not just decide tochange hats and join the other club for a while.
Fortunately, for those millions of concerned citizens, we too had
paused to take inventory.

We discovered we could no longer afford theluxury of internal fighting, backbiting and throatcutting.

We dis-covered our philosophical difference with those presently in power was
greater than any grudge or split within our own ranks.

We were readyand in position to offer an alternative for those concerned citizens
who wanted to join with others, not to win a contest, but to preservea way of life,... a-

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And because

this is the great common denominator--this dedication to the belief
in man's aspira~ions as an individual--we cannot offer them' a narrow\sectarian party in which all must swear allegiance to prescribedcommandments.
Such a party can be highly disciplined, but it does not win
elections.

This kind of party soon disappears in a blaze of glorious

defeat, and it never puts into practice its basic tenets, no matter
how noble they may be.
The Republican Party, both in this state and nationally, is abroad party.

There is room in our tent for many views; indeed, thedivergence of views is one of our strengths.

Let no one, however,interpret this to mean compromise of basic philosophy or that we willbe all things to-all people for political expediency.
In our tent will be found those who believe that government was
created by "We, the People"; that government exists for the people
and we can give to government llQ. power ~ do ll.Q..:l:. possess .a§. individuals;that the citizen does not earn to support government, but supports
government so that he may be free to earn; that, because there can be
no freedom without law and order, every act of government must be
approved if it makes. freedom more secure and disapproved if it offers
security instead of freedom.
Within our tent, there will be many arguments and divisions overapproach and method and even over the men and women we choose to~implement

our philosophy.

Seldom, if eve~, will we raise a cheer

signifying unanimous approval of the decisions reached.

But if ourphilosophy is to prevail, we must at least pledge unified support of,

the ultimate decision.

Unity does not require unanimity of thought.

And here is the challenge to you.

It is the duty and responsibilityof the volunteer Republican organizations, not to further divide, but
to lead the way to unity.

As duly chartered Republican organizations,

we all can advance our particular sectarianism or brand of candidates
for the party to pass on openly and freely in a primary election.
But, as volunteer organizations, we must always remain in aposition that will let us effectively support the candidates chosen.

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by the entire party in a primary.

To do less is a disservice to theparty and, more importantly, to the cause in which we all believe.
Our 11th Commandment is perhaps more profound than we realize.
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"Thou shall not speak ill of any Republican."(To do so means we are

inhibited in the support we can give that Republican if he should
become the nominee of our party.

Certainly our task is harder if wemust challenge and refute charges made by our opponents if thosecharges were first uttered by us.

I am proud that URDC. and UROC'spresident--Joe crosby--subscribe wholeheartedly to that commandment.
It is my belief that, as governof, I should neither endorse a primary candidate nor involve myself behind the scenes in primary
campaigning.

To do so is a misuse of the office with which I havebeen entrusted.

When the primary is over, I believe I have a commit-

ment--a contract if you will--to wholeheartedly support every candidate
chosen by the party.
You, on the other hand, as individuals and as an organization,
should be so involved.

Youq by your memb~rship in a volunteer group,

have proven you are activists--leaders in furthering the philosophy
which brings us together.

You must, therefore, be leaders in setting

campaign ~tandards--ready to endorse the party choice--just as readyto repudiate any candidate or campaign which refuses to abide by thosestandards.
Fight as hard in next year's primaries as you can for youri1

candidates, but be against only those we must defeat in November of1968.

Let no opposition candidate quote your words in the generalelection to advance statism or the philosophy of those who have lost
confidence in man's capacity for self-rule.
Just a year ago, we were a party almost totally without power.
The two-party system existed only in theory.
we achieved unity and victory.

Out of sheer necessity,

With that victory, we bought time--time to ra1ly our forces for what may be our last chance.

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An ancient Irish king, Brian Boru, once ordered the tide-;-o halt, and when it would not, he had it beaten with chains------

t.o noavail~;{e c;:mnot order ·;.11:: tide of slatisu ·r o halt but by ou:cvictories and by living up to our philosophy and our conunitments
to the people, we can reverse it.
And we can bring in a new tide on which will ride ourconcept of responsible, people-oriented government that works
as the founding fathers meant it to work.
But if we are to do so we cannot wait for.the changes
in the moon or count on the opposition to destroy itself.
Instead we must continue to unite together and work together and then, God willing, together we can watch our tidesweep across the land.

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RELEl\SE:OFFIC:C: OF 'l'HE: GOVEhNOR

Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
5.16.67

FLl\T 1'.. H. 'S'WEDNESDAY I MAY 17

ADDRESS BY GOVEP.NOR RONl\LD RE.ll.GAN - MERCHANTSAND MANUI? !:.CTURERS ASSOCIATION Al'i!lWAL BANQUET,BILTMORE BOWL - Los Angeles - May 16,l~I don't care what the father of two eastern senators said
about businessmen---I like you and I'm pleased to be here.
s.O.B. does mean sons of business---and without you and yourfathers and grandfathers, this great nation would still be an agrariannation, living mainly off the fruits of the land and largely by thesweat of our brows and looking to others to provide us with the g~odthings of life.
Backward nations are backward and undeveloped nations
are undeveloped notbecause of their climate and not because of theirsoil, but instead, for two other reasons:--First, because of their political systems.

Either they are

too unstable like many of today's so-called emerging nations or elsethey are in the grip of modern day feudalism such as Russia's or China's.
--Second, because they lack both the knowhow and the politicalsystem necessary to build business, industry and commerce.
In the United States we have been blessed, not alone by our
natural resources~-other nations have great resources, too, but by ourpeople--the world~ most industrious, ingenious, enterprising andinventive--and by our political system--one of the few devised by man
that is both stable and free.
Stable enough to let a prosperous economy evolve and freeenough to allow ~nitative and ingenuity to triumph over the dead handof bureaucracy and regulation.
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Now, before someone reads narrow chauvinism into this, let me
assure you I'm well aware that the typical American is an immigrant ordescendant of immigrants from any and every country of the world.

The

new dimension here that made his accomplishment possible was the subjectof study by Herbert Hoover who declared the answer lay in one thing--"~"

Here we unleashed the genius of every man by giving him

freedom.to an extent never known before by man anywhere.
Today, unfortunately; we see that freedom slowly vanishing on'

many fronts---a11' in the name of the common good---and stability sorely
threatened by a political and social climate that ackr.owled;es the rightsof the individual, but not his responsibilities.

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know, those advocates of ~ig government and more government

controls point with pride at the state of the economy today.
Well, I say that the economy is as good as it is' today, notbecause of 9QY_~E!1.~§:.l1_t__Eules and regulations and nit-picking, but inspite of it.
The best testimony as to the vitality of American business<1

and industry and the competence of the American businessman andindustrialist is that they have managed to survive the rules andregulations with which they have been harassed for the last 35 years.·
It makes you wonder just how good business would be, just how
much more industry and agriculture would be producing if they weren't
hindered and hampered at every turn.
If they weren't burdened by regressive taxes, swamped withgovernment-ordered paper work and threatened by thousands of rules andregulations promulgated by hundreds of unrelated, uncoordinated agencies
at every.level of government.
It makes you wonder how much better off we would be as
individuals if government weren't prying and poking into every nook
and corner of our daily lives.

Actually, there are answers if we'llI

only pay them heed--that percentage of agriculture regimented for morethan 3 decades has declined s'l;:eadily in .the per-capita consumption of
its produce--the larger unregulated percentage has increased per capita
consumption of its produce 30 percent.
Take the ~on .:e_~rtY:---a matchless boondoggle, full ofsound and fury, but still with no record of accomplishment to point to.
No one quarrels with the announced humanitarian goals, only with theabandonment of tried and true principles and the seeming belief thatno answer is satisfactory unless it is a government answer.
The latest is a multi-million dollar scheme to set the Zuni'

Indians up in a cooperative store to retail their handcraft jewelry.
If it works (and the government says it will), they'll gross $150,000
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0verlooked is the pertinent fact that the Zunis on their oWJ

already are doing $2 million a year in the sale of their jewelry.
lWith some understandable satisfaction a month or two ago, we
vetoed a project in California to teach people how to picket anddemonstrate.
For two hundred years, American business and industry havefought the greatest war on poverty the world has ever known.
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At the height of the great depression it was employing ninety
percent of the nation's workers.
There were proposals then, you know, to help industry employ
the other 10 percent.

But the political climate shifted and we went

instead to the handout, the dole and make-work projects, governmentsponsored and government~run.
And the only way we eliminated those, the only way we recovered
under that approach was to become involved in a war.
And the only way that approach still keeps the economy runninghigh is by way of war, known today as police actions.
It should be obvious by now, although it doesn't seem to bein some quarters---that there must be another and better way.
It should be obvious by now that a self-annointed group of

experts operating out of either Washington or Sacramento cannot have
all the answers to the problems that beset us.

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And it should also be obvious that the sophisticated approachof seeking complicated answers by government to complicated problems
isn't necessarily the best approach.
Those of us who do not see a panacea in the approach of big
brother and big government are often accused of over-simplifying, of
not being aware of the complexities of modern day life.
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reject that thesis.

But I do say there are simple answers to many of our problems-simple but hard.
Answers that mean we, as a people, turn to government only tohelp solve those problems we cannot solve ourselves.

That we turn tolocal government, then to state government and only as a last resort'
do we turn to Washington.

These are answers that.say the government handout and thegovernment regulation are not the answer.

These are answers that say

the solutions to the people•s problems lie.with the people, that thepeople have genius and courage to solve their otvn problems.
This is what I meant when I talked about the c~eative society
during the campaign last fall.

This is what I mean today.

Government must help, surely, government often must show the
way .'and government may coordinate.

But government must not supersede

the'will of the people or the responsibilities of the people.

The

function of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men theopportunity to work out happiness for themselves.

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The theory of Communism holds that government eventually will
wither away.

The theory of Socialism says that government is the answer

to all the people's problems.
The theory of the qreative socie~y says that government isbest when kept closest to and most responsive to the people.

And that is the direction in which we are attempting to move\in Sacramento.

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And that is why you have been hearing in recent months theoutraged and anguished screams of those who do not trust the people togovern themselves.
Most of you know of our ~overnment ~~-~~~-~~:1::::X. task force thatis studying state government in order to make it more efficient, more
economical and better able to cope with the people 1 s needs.
In fact, many of you and your firms have lent us some of thu
nearly 200 top-flight executives we have working on the project.
You would think--as I have thought--! guess we're all pretty
naive sometimes--that the willingness of business, of industry, ofprivate citizens to volunteer their time and their money to help theirstate would win unanimous approval.
This is not the case.
We have some of those disciples of "big government knows best"on our backs.
They don't think private citizens should be messing aroundwith their government.

They don't think you and I have any real right. to know what's going on there.
And they're suspicious of their fellow citizens who want tosave the taxpayers money instead of spend it.

They cannot conceive of

how an efficient government could still be a government responsive tothe. people's needs.
, Well, we have heard the criticism. 'And I can assure you that
this non-partisan group--made up of both R~publicans'and Democrats--isgoing to continue with its task.
Let me note here that it is making progress and that it isreceiving excellent cooperation from the various departments ofgovernment.
I am grateful to Kenneth Pryor who is heading the task force
and to all those helping him.
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the best of their ability with Mr. Pryor.
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And I am proud, too, that our approach to government has set
a tone within the ranks of our civil servants that is different--healthily different from past years.
Do you know that during the first three months of this year
we paid out more than six times as much money as was paid last year as
rewards for labor-saving and cost-saving suggestions.

And we've had

triple the number of suggestions we had last year under an administration with another approach to government •.But our task force is not alone in seeking to streamline
state government.
our General Services Administration under General Andrew Lolliis doing a tremendous job •. Almost every week the general sends in a list of savings
accomplished by increased efficiencies and better busill.e~s __EE~ctic_~~-~­
Some are little, some are big.
For instance# on May 1st the General told us his department
has disposed of enough real property this year to net the state nearly$664 thousand.

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contrast, he saved another $2100 by consolidatingbids on 22 refrigerators and freezers.
He also adopted a device invented by an employee that willsave $81,600 this year in the production of textbooks.
These are only a sample of the savings he has accomplished.
Some more of a major nature are in the works.

And the General

is not alone.
Jus;t last week the Department of Public '~vorks told us we willsave $14 million next year by not filling 1,224 budgeted positions.
In the last four months alone the hiring freeze in Public
Works has saved $900,000.
tou remember that California road map with the pic.ture of a
California governor on it?

Well, there won't be a governor's pictureon those maps any more---in fact, there won't be any maps---and thatwill save us $192,000 a year.
With the help of the Telephone Company, we've also looked at
our telephone system.

Some people had gotten pretty fancy---lots ofextra phones, lots of fancy hookups.

We're doing away with what we
don't need and the minimum saving will be half a million dollars a year.

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When we set out to trim the fat from government spending,we aimed for an average cutback of 10 percent per department, realizing,of course, that each department would vary.
As a result of those early efforts, we got an eight~and-a-halipercent average reduction.
But then we discovered all the snipers in this country don't'

carry rifles.

Some of them give speeches or write editorials.

And th~were quick to point the finger and the pen at that 8~ percent and to saythat we had. found we couldn't do it.

Well, you can let the seeds spoil

your enjoyment of watermelon, or you can just spit 'em out.
I can assure you tonight we will have that 10 percent and more~
The cuts I've told you about today are in addition•to that 8~ percent.
And there will be more.
Your state government can be run efficiently and we intend
that it will be.
But all our.emphasis has not been on cuts and economies.

This

is not a negative administration; this is an administration that isworking and will continue to work to meet the needs of the state andhelp the people solve their problems.
Now I recognize that not a great deal of legislation implementing our campaign promises has come a'own from the Legislature..

Andperhaps we won't get all or even most this. year of what we are seeking.
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But let me tell you, we'll keep trying until we do.

Wethink the people are behind what we are trying to do and perhaps they'll' make some changes next year to help us get it.
Fortunately, much of what must be done can be done by executive action and this is how we're doing it.
I needn't burden you with the details of what Chad McClellan
did in Watts---more than 17, 000 persons placed in i?b:;__in less than ayeqr---or go into the details of his statewide operation.;\

But I would like to say that in the Bay Area alone he hassigned up 1, 500 businesses and industries to participate in his progra,~.
In addition, we are actively working on programs to provide
sumi."er jobs both in and out of government for students.
Let me digress a moment.

I've often thought that the federal

government in its desire to provide cradle-to-grave care for our citizens
is one of the big reasons for j~v:~niledelinque:r:i~Y· If it is true that
idle hands do the devilB work, the opposite also is true---a kid working
after school or during the summer doesn't have much time to get introuble or even much time to think about getting in trouble.

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But a kid standing on the corner watching all the girls go
by may also decide to steal a car to take one of them out.
Once upon a time it was easy for a.teenager to get a part-time
job because it was easy for a merchant, or a manufacturer to hire him.
But that's no longer true.
Rigid minimum wage laws, high union scales, and the mass of
paperwork involved in withholding taxes, social security, insurance
and the rest make it difficult to hire anyone on a part-time basis.
This is largely a federally-made problem and it's one we'll
be lucky if we live long enough to see the federal government solve.
But if it were possible·to hire a kid and pay him out of the
day's receipts without going through all the paperwork and regulations,a lot more teenagers and students could get jobs.
They talk about complex problems.

I say we have made many

simple problems complex and incapable of simple solution.
Well, let me get back to some of the things we are trying to
do for California, Californians and California's !?.~.?.!~~~~---~!la ~. .:!:.nd_?~try.
Without going into detail, we are working hard in several
critical areas.
We are working with the construction industry to see what canbe done to revitalize it.

This is one of California's major industries

and it has been hurting.

And when it hurts, all of California's economy

suffers.

We think we see daylight ahead.
We are putting together a transportationcommitteethat will·-•-------.~~~~ ---~----- ----------~----~----M"·~-·--

look at California's entire transportation picture and will makespecific recommendations not only to the states, but also to thecommunities.

Rapid transit, freeway construction, air travel, rail

travel, all will be studied • . But mostly this committee will put together
and sift all the studies that have already been made.
In agriculture, Barl Coke already is at work with the entireagri-business community to minimize the economic damage caused by crop
losses brought about by late rains and flooding conditions.
We have reactivated and will revitalize the governor's
Advisory Commission on Ocean Resources with the long-range aim of improving our ocean-oriented industries and developing new ones.
These are some of the things we are doing that look to the
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But we are also working for the present.
Our Parks Department this year is opening many new park areasand hundreds of new camping sites.
We are working with the federal government.toward a Redwood~a1:_!9nal

Park..!..... and we have made a major breakthrough in federal-state

relations in this area.

Fortunately1, we didn't know you couldn•t get

the federal government to give up federally-owned land in exchange forour state-owned land, so now the federal government will repay us inkind for the land they take for parks and we have assurances that the
lumbering industry we dispossess will be given federal timber lands
nearby, thus saving the area's economy.
We have won federal agreement for a road to the new Mineral
King recreational development that will provide hundreds of new jobs.
The list is not endless, but we have made a start in many
areas.

We have started to work to build our state• s*::_~<?n9l1lY·\Ale ha"·started to return state government to the people and to make it once
again the servant of the people.
And we have used the strength of the state to seek and get
better treatment and more recognition from the federal government.
And this is only the beginn~ng.
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We will push forward on all these fronts and elsewhere.
For if we succeed here, if we show we can build a grea~~_yg_society at the state level, we can start a prairie fire that will sweep
this country clean of big brother government and again permit governmentof and by the people to grow and flourish.
Our goal is as it has always been--fr~~dq__m--and whatever the
price, it's less than the cost of doing without it.
Freedom rests, and it always has, on individual responsibility,
individual integrity, individual effort, individual courage and, ~,individual religious faith.
Yes, we'll make mistakes, but l figure a mistake is evidence

that someone stopped talking a~d tried doing som6thing.

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Address by Governor Ronald Reagan
Chico State College
Installation of President Robert Hill
May 20, 1967

(transcript of a tape recording)

Chancellor Dumke, thank you.

President Hill, my distin-

guished colleagues up here on the top shelf, I am glad that I
am backed here today by two of your very able representatives
in Sacramento, Senator Marler and Assemblyman Johnson.

I

feel

greatly honored to be present at the investiture of a new president of Chico State College.

I

have been on a number of campuses

lately in effigy; it is nice to be here in the flesh.

This isnot my first visit to Chico but it is to the State College campus.
As a matter of fact, I

remember during the campaign I saw agreat deal of Chico--running around town trying to find where
they had taken my rented car that had been towed away.
I was amused also in some of the remarks made here to
discover how much we have in common.

When the Chancellor spokeof the peaks and the valleys I was wondering just how many of
the audience had me in the valley at the moment and whether
anyone had me at a peak.
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If

his honeymoon has

been like mi'ne, I am sure both of us have a suspicion thatromance is dead in California.

It is interesting also to notethat the last swearing-in that I participated in took place at

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midnight, and now I have moved up to mid-day in the case of thepresident of the college;evidently outgoing presidents

don't appoint judges.
But I am sure that the president and I have more than this incommon.

You know, I have learned that there is a little bit ofprotocol in my office.

I didn't know that this was true, but

i t seems that everyone who enters my office must .enter recitinga certain phrase--"we have a problem. rt

And I discover that the"we" is all inclusive; I am in that ti.we," and involved in the
problem.

One day when things looked pretty dark up there,

very dark as a ~atter of fact, some one of the staff said to me"well cheer up,
sure

e~oughthings could be worse 11 and so I cheered up andthey got worse.

But you know, I think we do have more in common than justmisery.

Both of us have a responsibility for a great educational

system and the part it plays in our State of

Cal~fornia.

Thepeople of this state have made it ~bundantly clear that they
are aware of the importance of education.

As a matter of fact,in just these last few years from the beginning of this decade,'while our State budget for general fund spending has doubled,
the budget for our state college system has tripledw
The original purpose of public educational systems was toprovide an education for those who were unable to finance one
in the existing independent colleges and universities.
has gone farther.

California

We have a three-phase program--three sections

to our higher educational system.

f'-3A junior college system carries out the original conceptof providing education for all.

The University accepts the

responsibility for extended graduate training

an~research,

and atruly great college system, of which this beautiful campus isa part, offers a premium type education to exceptionally qualified
undergraduates.

Now,both the University and collegesemphasize

individual scholactic ability rather than lack of ability topay.

I doubt if anyone would suggest that we return, in all

three phases of this system, to that original concept of simply
basing qualifications for the University on inability to provide
an education for one's self.

At the same time I doubt if anyone

should say that we would stand still and make no effort to chart
new pabhs.
Now, while it would be extravagant and foolish to let thecolleges and universities duplicate each other's functions(forthe colleges for example to usurp the functions of the university
system), I

see no reason why, when a State College does becomein fact a university,that the State College should be denied

the right to take the title of university instead of college.
Reference was made to an area to which Glenn Dumke andI

are in great agreement.

The colleges are bound down by abudget system which will give the new president no flexibility
whatsoever in the use of funds provided for the running of his
school-·.

'a line-item budget in which every dollgr itemized mustbe spent for that item with no opportunity to change course in.

the middle of the year,

or if an emergency arises, or to use

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the dollars more advantageously if one can see a way to do that.
While it would require legislation, I, as the Governor, will
support every effort to provide the State Colleges with a pro.gram-type budget so that this flexibility will be there, so thatthose entrusted with administering the college are able to use
their judgment, within, of course, those reasonable limits imposedby the Trustees.

This is especially important when

fell

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shor~

and we~hefunds

unable to <lo a:l that we would liks to do,which I think is all the time.
The problem of financing this educational program grows
greater,a~d

it grows greater nationwide.

A number of foundations

have announced studies into the future fina~cing of higher edu(\

cation; without exception those studies have indicated that our
traditional method of financing through general tax funds isnow> or soon will be, inadequate if the quality of education
is to be maintained.

In California our situation is alreadyat the emergency red point.
on by years of
pocket.

We have .a fiscal crisis brought

faulty tailoring.

Someone left a hole in the

Now our citizens are paying the highest tax Tate ofany people anywhere in the UnitedState~and they are going

to be forced to accept an even additional burden in the coming
year because of this faulty tailoring.

The alternative····e-f--·-- ----··

reducing the quality of education is unthinkable.

It leaves

us with no other choice but to sew up the hole in the pocket
and to explore every possibility for other sources of.

\Ireve~ue •-5It was in this frame of reference that a suggestion wasmade to ask those receiving education to share at least in a
portion of its cost; and let me point out that any such move, I
have always insisted, must be accompanied by a plan that insuresthat no qualified student .should be denied an education because
I have asked the educationalof his inability to pay his share.

community to join in exploring a variety of methods to implement
this, ranging from scholarships to11learn now--pay later" schemes

or a combination of both or whatever new we come up with; andnone of this was new with us.

Indeed our own Coordinating Councilfor Higher Education has studied this problem and my predecessor
made it known that he held the belief that the imposition ofsuch ,a sharing of the cast was inevitable.

It just happened

to be my luck that "inevitable, 11 like the present summer weather,came a little early.
But aside from the fiscal need, I would like to touch on
this subject from the philosophical view point.

Cries havebeen raised that we always have had free education in California.
Well, I challenge this.

Our students at present pay a portionof their education through fees,

student fees.

What has beensuggested is not so much a drastic departure as an increasein what has already been going on.
To those who base their argument on the 99-year traditionjof nfree education, 11 may I suggest that perhaps we have a(greater tradition, one of self-reliance> of personal strengthand integrity, and the tradition that those who can pay more,(-6do so, to make it possible for those less fortunate to sharein our bounty.

And I think it is time to switch to that greater

tradition.
Today there is great concern among my generation
that'an era of permissiveness has resulted in unrest among our
young

pe~ple.

But just to keep things in balance there is a

wide-spread feeling among our young people that no one over 30
understands them.
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I would like to point out that understanding

a two-way street.

I would think that for our young people

intellectual curiosity alone would prompt the students to doa little research in that older generation.

After all there is

one attractive. thing we have to look at; we are the only ones(
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in this confrontation who have been both ages.
Now it might be reassuring to the young to know as they
start to catch up with us, that growing old isn't bad when you
consider the alternative.
for our generation.

You know, I have no apology to makeMistakes we'vJ made to be sure.
'achieved all that we would like to have achieved.

We haven 1 t

But still

we are a generation that has lived through three world wars~nda cataclysmic depression that shook the very foundation of ourI believe basically our generation has remained

nation.

true to our belief in simple justice.

We have remained com-passionate to those less fortunate.

We have stood firm in ourduties to those who would come after us.

At the sameme say, on behalf of you here in this youniertime~

generation~

letI.think all of us are frank to admit you have more knowledge
than ~e had at your ag~, are far better informed, and you are

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far more aware of the winds that are swirling about and bringing

changes in this world of ours.

So I

think with good will on

both sides there are plenty of areas where we can get together.
There are those who employ academic freedom as justification
for a license to go their way without

interference~and under

this high-sounding term the idea has been advanced that students
and faculty should determine all educational policy without
restraint.
something

It is annew~inte~estingnote that this is advanced as

as progress toward the future.

In truth it is areturn to something we knew in the medieval times.

Back in the

11th century the University of Bologna had given so much authority
in this way to the students that they could punish professors forbeing tardy,
should teach.

for not teaching as the students decreed they
The students had the right to mark off the pagesof the text books and to insist that the professors keep up andteach day by day as they had marked off the book.
granted vacations, set pay

They evenscales, and hired and fired.

Now the teachers have understandably interpreted academic
freedom to be their right to ~achw~thout

political interference.

In a sense of using education to promote
viewpoints there can be no quarrel with this.

partisan politicalContrary to someof the charges that have been leveled in a kind of emotional
atmosphere in ,the last few

month~

I want to assure you that myadministrati~; will resist any attempt to inject politics into

our higher educational system and indeed we will work to remove
any customs that have been inherited from the past which have

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allowed a political foot in the door in this partisan sense inhigher education.
But I think there is a third element in academic freedom.
In addition to the rights of the students to learn, and theteachers to teach,

there is the right of society to insist theeducational system it supports will further the goals and theaspirations and the moral principles and precepts of that society.
There is no question that the publicly-supported colleges anduniversities contributed to the emerging greatness not only of
California but also of our nation, and that is good; but wehave a right to insure that they do not, in some far-out interpretation of "freedom, 11 weaken the social structure essential(

to the nation's strength and to the perpetuation of these very
educational institutions.
In short, our great educational institutions exist, not for
the teacher or for the student alone, but for all of society.
\We have in California a piece of legisation born of the''people's right to know, and I would like to quote to you thepreamble, because it is so much more than just an. introduction
to a piece of legislation.

It says "The people of this state do

not yield their sovereignty to the agencies which serve them.
The people, in delegating authority, do not give their public
servant the right to decide what is good for the people to know
and wh~t is noi good for them to know.

The people insist on

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In contrast to the permissiveness I have mentioned and which
concerns so many of us today, I would like to point out a statement made by the late Winston Churchill.

He said ''When great

forces are on the move in the woild we learn we are spirits, notaniraals. 0

There is something going on in time and space and beyond

time and spacewhic~

whether we like it orno~spells duty.

Itis adherence to this sense of duty that has made us of anothergeneration provide these educational insitutions.

And we have aright to hope that the young people taking advantage of them will
pick up, when their tima comes, that sense of duty and perpetuatethem, perpetuate them in a spirit of learning and research and notin furthering propaganda or partisan viewpoints.
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Reference was made earlier to the television broadcast I
participated in the other night.
saw' it; it was

sh~cking,

I don't know how many of you

at least to one of us on that program,to hear these educated young people from universities all over
the world in their diatribes against this country and the great
outburst of anti-Americanism.
been brainwashed.

My first reaction was they had

Then my second reaction was we had failed

somehow to sell our image; but I think perhaps if part of eitherof those vieus is true, there is another (that could be ofmore concern to us)--that perhaps we ourselves in recent years
have blurred our image.
J! 'We tried to buy love in the world when we should havebeen earning respect.

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lie have been s6 obsessed uith mass

movements, we have forzotten the sanctity of the individual,
and have forgotten that this country unlike almost every country

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in the world was founded on the belief--not of the common man-but founded on the belief that each one of us is an individual.
They talk of the' common man.;Yes, we are common men,common in our determination to provide justice, a common viewpoint with regard to compassion for our fellow men, our willingness to ·lend a helping hand, and acom~ondetermination in

the preservation of our individual freedom, and that leads
us to the fact that actually we are uncommon

pe~ple.
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We, or those who came here in our families ahead of us,,
had only in common a great desire for individual freedom andthe courage to go abraod in the world seeking it.

When we aresick we want an uncommon doctor, when we are at war we want
generals and admirals, when we pick a college presi-

uncomm~ndent we want an uncommon educator and administrator for that j 0 b •~uld

I think what I would say, if I

to the young people

present, that all we ask of you is to weigh carefully all of theIideas th.at are being advanced for your consideration and your wellbeing.

Weigh them and if at any time ~hey offer something that

seems to spell out some kind of freedom from somedisaster,some freedom or security, but in return you must give up someof your right to choose as an individual then you make your mind
up that the price is too high.

We are a compassionate people.

I believe we should keep forever our tradition of building afloor

b~neathwhich no human being should live in degradation.

But I think that if you are true to the hetitage we are trying
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a sacred right to fly as high and as far as your own strengthand ability will take you, and that is the national purpose ofthis country, and thai national purpose should be upheld at all
times by the educational institutions of this country.
Again my congratulations to you and to your new president.
My thanks for being here.

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OFFICE OF THE GOVERL\JOR\

Contact:

Lyn Nofziger

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

445-4571-~ - /- £SUPPLEMENTARY TAX MESSAGE TO THE LEGISLATURE
To the Senate and Assembly of the Legislature of California:
In conformity with established practice, the Department of
Finance in May updated its General Fund revenue estimates for thecurrent fiscal year and for the 1967-68 budget period in the lightof recent developments.

Director of Finance Gordon P. Smith reportsthat cash receipts in the present year will be $47.6 million below
the projections made last December, and that the budget year will
fall short of expectations by $41.5 million, despite a probableimprovement in business activity.
This adjustment in the estimate of current receipts also
necessitat~s

a $10 million decrease in the estimate of revenue tobe received under the tax program which I recommended to you on
March 8, 1967,

Therefore, total reduction in General Fund cash

income available to finance the 1967-68 budget is $99.l million.
Details of the many revisions making up this total are shown in two
tables accompanying this message.
As a result of this change, we are confronted with twoalternative choices of action:a further reduction in the proposed

expenditure program or adjustments in the recommended tax programfor 1967-68.
I anticipate that further savings will result from theintensive study being made of California 1 s expenditure program by
our organized task forces of businessmen.

But this will requirecRreful analysis and coordinated adjustments in many areas ofI

State activity.

A further cost reduction of $100 million, however,cannot be achieved immediately.
I wish, to reemphasize the im;iortayit need for property tax
relief as described in my Tci..x J:.1essage cf March 8, and further urgethat the. recommended program not be eliminated as a means ofadjustment for the 1revenue loss.. California stands _t'j_:·st among tlle
statefj in property.tax collections per capita.
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We lead the major industrial states in the ratio of property

taxes to personal income. ·Rather than retreat from the goal of
tax relief, we must lay plans now to expand the program in 1968-69,
not only for the homeowner but also to seek methods v1hich Vlill makethis State more attractive to business and industry.

Only in thisway can we expect to create the 250,000 new jobs required annuallyto accommodate our continuing population growth.

We must, therefore, select the second of the choices available
to us:

an expansion in our recommended tax: program.

To that end,

I propose adopting the following changes in the tax provisions of

Senate Bill 556 by Senator George Deukmejian:
Estimated Revenue

1967-68 in millions
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4.

Cash

AccrualAdopt the federal realty transfer
tax when that levy terminates
January 1, 1968

$ 5.0

$ 7.5

Conform the present $4,ooo annual
gift tax exclusion to the federal
allowances of $3,000

0.7

0.7

Raise the insurance gross premiums
tax from 2.33% to 2.6%, the level
which prevailed from 1921 'to.1943.

17.5

21.5

Extend the sales and use tax to:(a) Services involving repairs totangible personal property.
Such activities are now taxable
as to parts used in repairs andalterations.

35.0

42.0

45.0
$103.260.0(b)Sales of gas and electricity
for other than residential
use.
TOTALS$131.7

It is estimated that these changes will produce approximately'$150 million in 1968-69.

Consequently, it will both meet the $99.1:million gap between exp'enditure proposals and anticipated revenues,\

and also will help place us on a pay-as-.you-go basis for State
capital outlay expenditures in 1968-69.

This has been an

expressed objective, of the Legislature for several years.
I

Extension of the sales tax to repair services and to sales ofgas and electricity (non-residential uses) also will make possible
additional revenue for counties and cities under the Bradley-Eurn3
Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Act.

The $25 million of potential

local government receipts from these sources will relieve to ~orr.e

However, it wil'.J.. be necessary to enact ena~...Ling legislation
to allow amendments to county and city sales tax ordinances.
These ordinances should be amended immediately, and I ask that you
adopt the enabling legislation as an urgency matter.
\

We cannot delay action which will place this State on-a sound financial basis.

The State 1 s revenue problem has beenrecognized for several years by responsible people in government
and in the private sector of our economy.

With this objective in

mind, I urgently recommend your favorable action on the proposals
I have made.
Respectfully,

RONALD REAGAN
Governor

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TABLE 1
REVISED ESTIMATES OF GENERAL FUND REVENUE
1966-67 AND 1967-68

ACCRUAL BASIS(In thousands)'"·_./'

1967-68
1966-67
SourceBudge_!:·kRevisedBudget;*Revised
Cha..£19e
Tax---or-other-·--Amount%
Alcoholic beverages:$14,240-$186 -1.3
$14,514·~ $14, 100$14,700
Beer and wine·'
64,62564,35062,800-1.,325-2.,065,950Distilled spirits
3,480
3,482
3,445
3,445
License fe.as
454,000
4::w,
ooo-14,500-3.0
462,000
476,500
Bank and corporation
100
77,05078,3000.1
70,50078,200
Cigarette
10,0508,800-1,400-13.7
10,150
10,200Gift
44,991..
39,857-175 -0.4
44,45040,032
Hors er acing
127,500
129,000-13,500 -9.5
123,800
142,500
Inheritance
4,800 3.5
117,300
136,900
141,700
122,250
Insurance
538, 90Q~r* 523,900
554,100-15,000 -2.8
546,900
Personal income --···
2,700
2,481
2,477
-4 -0.1
2,750
Private car·~ 17 500 -1. 4 _]...,!.13? 600
Sales and use
1, 23_4, 7_Q.Q 1,217,200-~-d::_~ 7 1.~_QO

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%

-:_-,:;r,:-.=5 --l {)'i• ....

"' .....

-1;550 -2o4

+2-24,000 -5.3-:)!)0-o. 7

100 1.0-541 -L 2-3,700 -2~3
4,950 4o2
-7,200 -1"350 L9-11,200 -loO

$2,744,508 $2,685,818
143,582
135,991-$58,690 -2.2 $2,608,361
117,527. 7e_!591 ~..§.

$2,564,582
123,168-$43,779 -lo7
5,641 4Q8

Total revenue$2,880,499 $2,829,400~$51,099-1.8 $2,725,889$2,687,750···$38, 139 -1.4

Totals, Cash basis$2,620,088 $2,572,500-$47,588 -l.8 $2,710,359$2,668,880-$41,479 -1"5

Total taxes
Other revenue,,..,;'

I~hangc:;Amou.nt*As shown in Schedule 2A of the 1967-68 Budget.
**As adjusted by provisions of Chapter 44, Statutes of 1967.

TABLE 2
REVISED ESTIMATES OF ADD!T!ONALGENERAL FUND REVENUE U~IDER TEE
GOVERNOR'S TAX RECOMME~IDATIONS(SEN.!\TE BILL 556)
(In Millions)~,-o.les arid use--1% increase

1967-68
Cash
A.ccrualCash1968-69
Accr:ual

$321

$374
33

$400

$400

30

34

34

72*

78*

79

79.

13+

13+

12+

12+

87

67

70

70

332

_ill

~

Wl

Totals

$855

$940

$980

$985

change from original estimate

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0

0

Distilled spirits--75¢ per gal. increase
Tobaccog
Cigare·!;tes - 31..;.¢ increase
Cigars and smoking tobacco - 25%
wholesale px:ice
Bank and cor;:;or:ation

1% rate increase
Personal income--increase from adjustingbracket st:n"!.cture, raising maximum rate
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OFFICE QF THE GOVERNOR
Sacrament!"), California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571

RELEASE:FLAT A.M.

1$
WEDNBS{)Z..\Y: JUNE 7\
ADiJRESS BY GOVERNQR R-ONALD REl\GAN
MARINE T'Ec.fil~DJ.(!GY S{•CIL"TY DANQUEl:J~San Diego - June 6, 1967
I am nGt here tonight to speak as. a wtmld be expert in a highly. varied and high.ly technical field.
Neither am I here to look into what I am certain will be an
exciting future rivaling or. exceeding anything dreamed 9£ by Jl:t.lesVerne or even seen on televisiGn.
But I do want to lo~k for a few moments at the many areas thatencompass the br,Yad field 0f Oceanography, to 10ok at some of thechallenges that face us and to tell you how we in California hope

to face up tr those ~hallenges.
Oceanography has important lnng range implicaticns to the
U.S. and to the world, and especially to those areas bordering Fm
the seas.

There is little argument that sea water, sea life, both plant
and animal, and sea bott~ms contain the potential vastly to expand
our fo9d producti0n, our mineral prc<luctiRn and in general theworld's wealth.
A."ld, of course, advancing technology makes it increasingly
appare.t'lt that the. oceans in the not tF:;n distant future can supply
major ai~~unts 6f potable water to our coastal areas.
Here in California whDre we have large water-short areas

we are vitally interested in desalinizatiAn concepts and processes~!';

We have watched with deep interest the prog:::-ess made in recent
years in bringing down the price of desalinized water to the point'

where today it is becr;ming feasible tr> use it in our city water
systems.
J

In fact if the off-shore plant which willfuncti~nfrom aman-made island off Huntingtnn Beach operates as expected whencmnpleted in 1972, we will finally have what is pretty close to amajor breakthreui;,h in the productifm of fresh water -- 20 cents forevery thousand gallnns, and 150 million gallons of water a day.

S irce water' is of· such .tremendous impArtance t;:; Califr;rnia
1-'l'.?:t ~--ilir:Jressjust a moment tn mention that sea water is enly onP--of several p-0r..rdb.i.lit.iee Eor £nrni.c;hing rresh water to our a:c<'"'":lng

mill.ions ..

(Ocean-oriented engineers have also talked of bringing water toSouthern California in huge pipes laid off our coast either from themouth of the Columbia River or perhaps from the mouth of the Feather.
Many experts believe th.is is possible but certainly much more
research and engineering study must be done before we can say it ispractical.

And of course at this end it must meet one of the sameobstacles that desalinized water faces.

It must be pumped fromsea·-level to those areas needing it.
If such a project is otherwise practical this one obstacle is
not insurmountable.

Our great California water project will pumpwater over the •rechapis and into our arid areas south of themountains.

And, of course, water from the Colorado is pumped .in also.

A third area is that of reclaimed water.

A good share of ourwater is used only once and then is carried off to sea.

While thesubject of reclaiming water may not be a prope.r one for an oceanographic.meeting, certainly the development of ways and means toreclaim waste water is vital to cur future.

The~eare indications

that this not only might be the cheapest solution to our long-range
water problems, but it is also evident that a successful solution\.

would minimize the need for further importation of water.
Sometimes I wonder where we might be today had we had thevision to look at the sea and at water reclnmati•:m mff'.:".ii.ods 30 orI

40 years ago and had spent on these projects just a f:::i.cticr. of t.heamount we have spent in bringing water in from the Co~orado anddown from the north.
But :the problem of fresh water is only one of the many
problems facing California, the pacific coast and mu·:;h of the worl:itoday that oceanographers can help solve.
The excitement and titillation of oceanog~aphy is the picture\of the futuristic submarine and the man in the C.iv'ing suit, it is thetalk of distilling gold and other precious minerals from sea waterp
it is the vision of supplying world food needs from the sea.

But much of this futuristic world is already here.

Jnfact, magnesium, bromine and potassium have been extracted commercially from the waters off America and one of California's major salt
suppliers extracts its product solely from the sea.

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New-type submarines and diving bells with arm-like mechanicalclaws are already exploring the oceans at great depths.
And aqu~culture is becoming increasingly important in Japan
including establishment of an cyster program in California which
no\' 1 produces 7610 million pounds annually oSmall scale projects

also are underway in the United Statesr but studies indicate there
is much to be done in this area before sea-farming as differentiatedfrom commercial fishing becomes an important source of the world's
food.
While exploring the possibilities the ocean offers in new or
exotic fields, we should not overlook these areas in which man has
used the ocean since time immemorial -- fishing and commerce.
Both of these fields are of vital importance to California,

to the West Coast and to the.entire Pacific basin.
Some of you may not be aware of it but for years San Pedro
has been one of the world 1 s major fishing ports and San Diego has
been not far behind.
But irresponsible commercial fishing, primarily by othernations has cut into the world's supply of edible fish such as tuna.
Both a research program and international 2greements are needed todevelop and control means of levelling out catches and insuring
sustained Yields of commerc::.al fishes.
Already great strides have been made in converti:.i.g somespecies of fish, once thought of a.s non-edible, into fish flour,
but more can be done in this area.

A 1964 study found that the

ruuount of animal protein needed for the ent~re world could beobtained by a mere 30 percent increase in tt.e world =ish catchu
provided of course the means of distribution could be found.
But distribution of gJods and things by sea is an area where
we in the U. S. are falling badly behind.
California harbors, for instance, cann-::;t handle the st.~per'.::;hips
now being puilt.

Japan, for instance, has one ship with a capacityof 150,000 tons and a draft of 66 feet, seven inches.

San Francisco's

main ship channel has a depth of just 45 feet.
It is obvious that either harbors must be improved or new andi'economical methods of off-shore loading and unloading must be found.

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Largely because of economic conditions the u.

s. in general

has fallen farther and farther behind the rest of the wo~ld in
shipbuilding and in cargo hauling.
California shipyards now operate at less than half theircapacity.

America's share of ocean-going cargo is constantly!

decreasing.

Here are areas where American ingenuity, inventiveness andinitiative can change the picture, especially if government,
industry and labor are willing to cooperate with each other.
In California we hope and plan to have a major hand inthat change.

Just as we also plan to take a major part instudying the ocean itself, its effect on climate, and its resources.
We think California, with its 1200-mile coast line, with

its resear~b and technology oriented industries and universities~,

with its great numbers of qualified and brilliant engineers andscientists, should lead the way.
California has much to gain from a determined effort toorient itself toward the ocean.
0 J.r rapidly growing population needs not only water; it1also needs jobs.

Heretofore we have been a state oriented toagriculture and defense industries.

Agriculture must continue toplay a major role in the state's economy, and def'3nse will also beof vast impo=tance in the =~=eseeable future.
But we should not depend on federal funds as the basis fora~industrial econo~y and advancing tec~nologies will contin~e tocut down the numbers emplcyed in agri-businer:Js while at the sametiree increasing productiono
The~efore,

California must.turn in other directions to

prepare for the futureo

One directio~ is west and that way lies

the ocean.
California already has a solid oceanographic foundation.
In the area of research we have the Scripps Institution at La Jolla.
A group of our state' colleges has banded together for further
research at Moss Landing on the Monterey Bay.

Our department offish and game operates two research vessels but these are prettymuch limited in areas of commercial and sports fishing.

They seek

to establish fish immigration habits and find other information ofimportance in the two industries.

\Industry has become more and more aware of the ocean potential.
Lockheed Board Chairman, Daniel r,. Haughton, for instance, hascalled for the aerospace 2nd petroleum industries "to join forcesin exploration and development of the Continental Shelves."
Certainly, similar arrangements might mutually benefit manyof our industries.
This state administration feels it has an obligation to leadthe way,,

Not to tell business and industry and research what must

be done# not to dip deep into the taxpayers pocket to provide a kindof subsic.iz'3J. app:r:oachu but instead to encourage, to work with o.nd
to provide the kind of governmental climate in which the many facetsof oceariog::i:aphy can beccme meaningful, can spur the economy andincrease our progrGss.
We ha'TG already bC>gun.

I have appointed an exFert in the field, Col. T. R. Gillenwaters,
as asps~ialadvisor to lead this effort.

We have re-activated the Governor's Advisory Ccrr.mission on

Ocean f<_er.;our 1Jes.

This is made up of top men in the oceanographic

field, many of whom are he}-'e ~onight.
I would like at this moment to salute them a!ld tba.nk themfor their wil~ingness to help in this effort.
T'!1:\.'.~

CoJ:i:nission, called GACOR, already has r;cor,L-:~snded

creation of an interagency council for ocean resources.

If ourstudies find this practical, such a council could well be thefo.:::eruriner to a state office of Marine Resou~~ces.
Such an office could cor~!."elate interstate activities as wellas coo:-:c1inating federal-stat.e activities and above all, offering
support and help to the independent sector which, after all, must
provide the main th.rust if Ct;.lifornia is to de·vclope as a major
sea state.

But: we envision looking beyond the bor.ders cf Ca:!..ifornia, also,
A sea-or.ienasd state must look to others with the same interests andthe same pro'.!Jlems.
As soon as it can be conveniently done, I hope to meet with myfellow Governors from Washington, Oregonv Hawaii and Alaska to1•

discuss the concept of a Pacific Basin Community.
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Such a community eventually could look toward working with ourneighbors of both the north and south, Ca.nada a.1d Mexico-, in solving
mutual problems, e::changing ideas and information.
A Pacific Basin Community of states could activate broad

programs involving cooperation among ,the states, the federal govern~Iment and the independent sector.
These programs could be as wide and varied as the field of
oceanograppy itself.
"

These would include research into utilization of ocean resources,
resolution of maritime legal questions; tax incentives; review andanalysis of all related federal and state legislation, ways of'

improving maritime trade, fisheries research and de·velopment; ways
and means of expanding mineral and oil e::!:ploration along the Conti
ental Shelf, desalinization; pollution control in tidal and bay
improved weather and tide forecasting, and expanded recreational=
facilities.
In an era of spending billions for space exploration and many
billions more for defense and for social experiments, the oceans
have been largely overlooked except as how they affect the military.
The time has come to end the oversight, the time has come tolook to the seas as we build for the future.
In California, at least, we intend to do just that.

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OFFICE OF THE GOVERN~
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger(
RELEASE:FLAT A.M. 'S'I'HURSDAY, June 8

ADDRESS BY GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN
PACIFIC COAST BUILDERS ASSOCI~TION
SAN FRANCISCO
June 8, 1967
I didn't come over here to talk about our problems in thelegislature.

You don't want to hear my problems when you've got

problems of your own.

I don't mean to imply that we're going tosolve either yours or mine at this meeting but at least we can talkabout them.
But first I do want to announce one bit of moral support wehave to offer.

At the request of a lot of people from your industry

and from my administration I have proclaimed this as "California
Home Improvement Month 11 •Actually, as you know Nancy and I celebrated Home Improvement
Month a little early -- we moved.

We had thought about making themansion a project in Home Improvement but we figured we'd have todeclare a Home tmprovement year, and invite the neighbors over tohelp.
Seriously Home Improvement Month is a good idea.

It points

up the fact that a family should have pride in its homeandincidently it also sells a few building materials, some paint and alittle hardware and gives some carpenters and contractors and plumbers
and painters and electricians something to do.

This administration

doesn't think thats a bad idea.
As a matter of fact we think Home Improvement Month is such agood idea we were going to declare it last month but the weather was
so bad we didn''t think you'd get the full benefit from it.

Andafter some of the weather we've had this month we may call the wholething off,. and call it Weather Improvement Month.
I do want to talk seriously a moment because I know yourindustry has been in a slump and when a major industry runs into
problems the reprecussions are felt in almost every other civilianIoriented business and industry in the state~
You can't cut back on building without affecting the grocerym~n,
the furniture and appliance dealer, the auto dealer and your government.

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predicated on a booming economy.

anl 0ur budget isIf that slumps then tax revenues

fall and we either cut back on programs or increase taxes! which
only adds to the problemo
One of the promises of our campaign and one of the aims of / ,this administration is to improve the business clinate in any way
we can.
r't..

Because the factors making up that climate are so interlocke

we have to pay special heed when any one area is particularly hardpressed and right now one of those areas is the home construction area.
But 'improving that climate will take more than just government.
It will also take the help and cooperation of industry and businessorganizations and you as individuals.
At our end we are striving to improve our help and service tobusiness, but we are also asking for and getting the help of the
independent sector -- that fancy phrase for you people here -- you
who work for the government and pay for the privilege.
I am convinced that if we work together -- government departmentswith each other and government with industry that we can end thisslump even quicker than it now appears to be ending.
Let me tell you some of the things
we are doing.
!

We haveestablished a task force on. the buildin~ and construction industry
which already has held several meetings.

jThis committee is looking at

a number of ways to improve the building 1clirnate.

,rt is examining

the situation to see if any new legislation is needed:
It is seeing where and how we can cut government red tape thatmight be a part of your problems.
It is examining the need for a possible supplemental money
market.
It is looking at areas where it can assist the labor and building
trades council
This task force is working closely with our Housing andCommunity Development Department.

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The department, under the direction of Chuck LeMenager,
is being re-oriented more in line with ourthinking,
and philosqplly regarding the role of government in a free society.

A relatively new department, Housing and Community Development
once loolrnd almost entirely at the state 1 s role in federal public
housing projects.
But we don 1 t believe ·those are the answers either to yc 1.lr
problems or to the problems of our low and middle .income families.
First of all, less than 35,000 public housing units have been
built in California, less than one-20th of the low income family
need.
Second and even more important, public housing basically isrental housing and often is subsidized housing.
Rental or subsidized housing does not build pride or breed afeeling of responsibility •. It is no coincidence that in areas where ti1e have large public
housing projects we also have major social problems·.
Public housing too often becomes public slum housing.

It is

not and cannot be the answer to either our housing or our social
problems.
We must ,look elsewhere for the largest .part of our low-income
housing;

we must find ways of making it possible :for a man to own

a home as long as he is a working member of society.
This of course is no easy problem.

On the average, a man

can afford a home valued at between two and two and a half times
his annual gross income.

This means a man making a hundred dollars

a week must have a home somewhere in the $10,000 to $12,500 priceIf he makes $8,ooo a year his home by this standard should

range.

cost between 16 and 20 thousand dollars, and therein lies achallenge.
Recently a metropolitan pa.per ran a story about a new
development of 1,000 low-0ost homes.
~t$11,995.

~his

But prices actually started

is undoubtedly low cost to some but not to aslzable group in the below median income range.
Is subsidy, either federal or state, the answer to thisproblem?

Or does the answer perhaps lie in finding better, cheaperways of home construction, in better land utiliz.:ition,, in providing

financial terms a lov-1-income family co.n afford'?

(And doesn't it lie in convincing the low income wage earnerthat a home is a precious possession, worth working fop, worth
saving for, worth owning and worth keeping?
There are lessonD to be learned in this area from the auto
industry, from the television and radio manufacturers, from all those
i:r-..dustries that have convinced everyman that he must have what the,._~~
manufacture and that he can afford it because they have built one inI

his price range •. S0me{-:i1nes I

wonder at the ·logic or lack of it that tells a man

he has e:noug:1 money to buy a 3, 000 dollar car over a three year
period but that he cannot buy a $15,000 house over a 20 year
period.
I think the first thing an industry must have in order to push

I have asked Chuck LeMenaeer to gather

into a new area are facts.

facts through his Department and make them available both toindustry and to government.
Incidentally, let me tell you about the kind of cooperation weare beginning to get in this effort.
One of the first things being done is to find out how many
new, unsold housing units we have in the state.

Now the Housing ~and Community Development Department has no money for this kind of
survey so they have turned to business-~in this case, the California'

Real Estate Association.
need.

And the CREA has acted quickly to meet theThrough its members throughout the state, the CHEA is taking

this census for us and will make the results available to us, andtherefore to you.
This is a survey that will prove of benefit not only to you,I

and to the CREA, but also to those in the business of making homeloans.
I have also asked the Housing Department to take other steps togather and make available any other data that is meaningful to yourindustry and the related business.
In other attempts to help the building industry, I am supportin~ /''the concept of the National Home Ownership Act which is current1;7 be.for-<Congress.

Hopefu1Jy, this act will cut federal red tape and give

private enterpris0 a free-er hand in the effort to provide more
low-r;oct housin.:s~I have aL::c endorsed your efforts to get lq:;:l elation ;vhlch will
provide the necessary .funds through mark~t: n1·v:i,,..,,,~ -~_,,____ .t.... __ ..:t.£:)_

y0u.r industry--to do ·o.e vast research and cteveJ -imeni.:; neea.ea. 1.1u\\,

promote greater home building activity.
1. was pleased. to note that \~arcl Crump on Monda;T preclicted anupsurge in home building here in California.
But his other remarks indicated that the home builders still
have not found a way to tap the low-income market.

He predicts that

financing will be more expensive and that a shortage of construction
workers will mean an increase in costs.
And therein also lies a challenge.

A nation that can harness

the atom or develop a mechanical tomato picker can also find a way
to beat the high cost of building labor.
If you can meet that challenge,, and if we can help you meetthe other problems you face, then we can have the best of both worlds-a healthy building industry and homes at prices most of our families
can afford.
These are goals worth working for.

This Administration will doits best to carry its share of the load.

And I have confidence that

if you can work with a government that helps and does not hinder,that you will carry your share.
In a Creative Society., business and government working together
can solve all the problems that face it.
I believe that here in California we can build more than justhomes;

I believe that we have the kind of genius and the kind of

initiative in both government and the independent sector to buil~a Creative Society under which we can all prosper.

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RELEASE:OFFICE OF THE GOVERNx~acramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger

FLAT A.M. 'S'l'HURSDJW, June 8

ADDRESS BY GOVERNOR RON.Z\LD REAGAN
PACIFIC COAST BUILDERS ASSOC1ATIONSAN FRANCISCO
June 8, 1967
I didn't come over here to talk about our problems in thelegislature.

·You don't want to hear my problems when you've got

problems of your own.

I don't mean to imply that v:e' re going tosolve either yours or mine at this meeting but at least we can talkabout them.
But first I do want to announce one bit of moral support wehave to offer.

At the request of a lot of people from your industry

and from my administration I have proclaimed this as "California
Home Improvement Month".
Actually, as you know Nancy and I celebrated Home Improvement
Month a little early -- we moved.

We had thought about making themansion a project in Home Improvement but we figured we'd have todeclare a Home ::t.mprovernent year, and invite the neighbors over tohelp.
Seriously Horne Improvement Month is a good idea.

It points

up the fact that a family should have pride in its homeandincidently it also sells a few building materials, some paint and alittle hardware and gives some carpenters and contractors and plumbers
and painters and electricians something to do.

This administration

aoesn 1 t think thats a bad idea.
As a matter of fact we think Home Improvement Month is such agood idea we were going to declare it last month.but the weather was
so bad we didn't· think you 1 d get the full benefit from it.

Andafter some of the weather we've had this month we may call the wholething off, and call it Weather Improvement Month.
I do want to talk seriously a moment because I know yourindustry has been in a slump and when a major industry runs into
problems the reprecussions are felt in almost every other civilianoriented business and industry in the state.
You can't cut back on building without affecting the grocerymC1n,
the furniture and appliance dealer, the auto dealer and your government.

- k -In Sacramento 0~r entire tax structure and ~ur budget ispredicated on a booming economy.

If that slumps then tax revenues

fall and we either cut back on programs or increase taxes! which
only adds to the problem.
One of the promises of our campaign and one of the aims of ~thisadminis~ration

we can.

is to improve the business cliuate in any way

Because the factors making up that climate are so interlocke

we have to pay special heed when any one area is particularly hardpressed and right now one of those areas is the home construction area.
But ··improving that climate will take more than just government.
It w·ill also take the help and cooperation of industry and businessorganizations and you as individuals.
At our end we are striving to improve our help and service tobusiness, but we are also asking for and getting the help of the
independent sector -- that fancy phrase for you people here -- you
who work for the government and pay for the privilege.
I am convinced that if we work together -- government departmentswith each other and government with industry that we can end thisslump even quicker than it now appears to be ending.
Let me tell you some of the things we are doing.
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We haveestablished a task force on the building and construction industry

jwhich already has held several meetings.' This committee is looking at
Ia number of ways to improve the building ,climate.
',It is examining

the situation to see if any new legislation is needed:
It is seeing where and how we can cut government red tape thatmight be a part of your problems.
It is examining the need for a possible supplemental money

market.
It is looking at areas where it can assist the labor and building
trades council
This task force is working closely with our Housing andCommunity Development Department.

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The department, under the direction of Chuck Left1enager,
is being re-oriented more in line with our thinking
and philosqpl1y regarding the role of government in a free society.
A relatively new department, Housing and Community Development
once looked almost entirely at the state's role in federal public
housing projects.
But we don 1 t believe those are the answers either to yc ;tr1

problems or to the problems of our low and middle _income families.
First of all, less than 35,000 public housing units have been
built in California, less than one-20th of the low income family
need.
Second and even more important, public housing basically isrental housing and often is subsidized housing.
Rental or subsidized housing does not build pride or breed afeeling of responsibility •. It is no coincidence that in areas where wehave large public
housing projects we also have major social problems·.
Public housing too often becomes public slum housing.

It is

not and cannot be the answer to either our housing or our social
problems.
We must ,look elsewhere for the largest part of our low-income....._

housing;

we must find ways of making it possible for a man to own

a home as long as he is a working member of society.
This of course is no easy problem.

On the average, a man

can afford a home valued at between two and two and a half times
his annual gross income.

This means a man making a hundred dollars

a week must have a home somewhere in the $10,000 to $12,500 priceIf he makes $8,ooo a year his home by this standard should

range.

cost between 16 and 20 thousand dollars, and therein lies achallenge.
Recently a metropolitan paper ran a story about a new
development of 1,000 low-cost homes.
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si:?:able

But prices actually started

This is undoubtedly low cost to some but not to agroup in the below median income range.

Is subsidy, either federal or state, the answer to thisproblem?

Or does the answer perhaps lie in finding better, cheaperways of home construction, in better land utiliz.:d;ion, in providing
f inn~cialterms a low-income family c&n afford?

(\And doesn't it lie in convincing the low income wage earnerthat a home is a precious possession, worth working fop, worth
savingf'or>, worth owning and worth keeping?
There are lesson::; to be learned in this area from the auto
industry, from the television and radio manufacturers, from all those
i1:dustries that have convinced everyman that he must have what tht~
manufacture and that he can afford it because they have built one inhis price range •. .S0me~-;:i1nes I

wonder at the ·logic or lack of it that tells a man

he has enough money to buy a 3,000 dollar car over a three year
period but that he cannot buy a $15,000 house over a 20 year
period.
I think the first thing an industry must have in order to push

into a new area are facts.

I

have asked Chuck LeMenaeur to gather

facts through his Department arid make them available both toindustry and to government.
Incidentally, let me tell you about the kind of cooperation weare beginning to get in this effort.
One of the first things being done is to find out how many\ne'II,

unsold housing units we havein the st.ate.

Now the Housing

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and Community Development Department has no money for this kind of
survey so they have turned to business-~in this case, the California
Real Estate Association.
need.

And the CREA has acted quickly to meet theThrough its members throughout the state, the CHEA is taking

this census for us and wi.11 make the results available to us, andtherefore to you.
This is a survey that will prove of benefit not only to you,and to the CREA, but also to those in the business of making homeloans.
I·have also asked the Housing Department to take other steps togather and make available any other data that is meaningful to yourindustry and the r·elated bus:i.ness.

In other attempts to help the buildins industry, I am support-.1n-. .

the concept of the National Home Ownership Al3t Nhich is currentJ;.r- bef'or.:·Co.ugress.

Hope.fu1J y, this act will cut federal red tape and give

private enterpri:.0 a free-er hand in the effort to provide more
low-r;o:::;t housir(;'..

I have al;.::;c endorsed your efforts to get lq:;j 8lation >vhlch will

ynur industry--to dq "he vast research and devel ,ment needed topromote greater home building activity.
I was pleased to note that Ward Crump on Monday predicted anupsurge in home building here in California.
But his other remarks indicated that the home builders still
have not found a way to tap the low-income market.

He predicts that

financing will be more expensive and that a shortage of construction
workers will mean an increase in costs.
And therein also lies a challenge.

A nation that can harness

the atom or develop a mechanical tomato picker can also find a way
to beat the high cost of building labor.
If you can meet that challenge, and if we can help you meetthe other problems you face, then we can have the best of both worlds-a healthy building industry and homes at prices most of our families
can afford.
These are goals worth working for.

This Administration will doits best to carry its share of the load.

And I have confidence that

if you can work with a government that helps and does not hinder,that you will carry your share.
In a Creative Society, business and government working together
can solve all the problems that face it.
I believe that here in California we can build more than justhomes;

I believe that we have the kind of genius and the kind or

initiative in both government and the independent sector to buil&a Creative Society under which we can all prosper.

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OFFICE OF THE GOVER~vK
Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
REMARKS BY GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN - ISRAEL RALLY
Hollywood Bowl - Los Angeles - June 11, 1967

It is fitting that we gather here for this humanitarian
purpose.

While war is man's greatest folly and man's most cherisheddream is of a world at peace, we know war still has the capacity tobring out the finest and most noble side of man.
This is an example.

For always that nobler evidence of man•slink with the divine is his willingness to bind up the wounds, easethe pain and bring aid to those who paid the full price of war.
May I express the hope that our efforts today may bring help
to the families of those Americans who died in that tragic moment
when friend failed to recognize friend.
But now let us pray for statemanship to bring the victor and thevanquished to the conference table with no spirit of vengeance orconquest.

Let us have statesmanship to make a true peace, not anuneasy truce, while the grudges and mistrust are perpetuated.

Let

those who have lived in that land since man's beginning settle theirdifferences with justice and recognition of the rights of each'sovereign state and of individual men to choose their own destiny.
For one thing above all is important to remember; the men who
died on both sides were in truth all casualties of the cold war.

The• real villain who stirred the witches brew until it boiled over into
war was not in the hqttle.

Having done his evil work, he stood aside

as he has in each of the world's trouble spots.

He stands now revealed

at last as pursuing his goal of aggression with the Hitlerian tools of
prejudice and bigotry.

Let the aggressor so glaringly absent in strife

be equally absent from the conference table.

There must be no placeat the table for the Russian Bear.
What I say now may seem contradictory, but it is no more so thanour belief that some good is carried by every ill wind. In these lastfew days, we have seen reaffirmed the words of Alexander Hamilton
almost two centuries ago.

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A nation ,that prefers disgrace to danger

is prepared for a master and deserves one."
The message to Americans is crystal clear: "Freedom is precious,
defend it. It is not cheap, nor easy, nor neutral. It is dear andhard and real.

Take sides for freedom or you will lose it."In this day when so many of us are confused about our own course,
we have learned once again there are causes worth dying for.

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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Contact: Lyn Nofziger - 445-4571

2.11.67,
The following is a transcript of Governor Ronald Reagan's\
remarks to marchers on the West Steps of the Capitol on Saturday,

February 11, 1967:
A funny thing happened to me on the way to Oregon.

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I changed the schedule as much as was possible, knowing you were going
to be here.

You will recall that the Press carried the information aweek or two. ago that you were going to conduct that march and this appearance as of then, and I arranged then to be here in the Capitol because
I don't think any group of citizens should ever come to this Capitol
with the express purpose of delivering any message to the Governor and
the Governor be absent.
Now my time I changed, 'as I say, as much as I could.

I stillmust leave but I would like you also to know that because I believe, and(I 1 m quite sure that there is nothing that I can say that would i.n any way

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create an open mind in some of you, but perhaps there are some---! mean--1

I mean an open mind on this particular subject.

But because, because I

believe that a search for truth is the hallmark ofscholarship7-~thatI

believe~

I believe that there would have been some merit in someone
trying to find out the views of this particular side in this controversy.

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Now Mr. Axelrod received a message from me as early as I knew this date
had been established stating that I had this previous engagement. Mr.
Axelrod has seen fit to make some charges and some statements with regard
to what my views are but Mr. Axelrod has never made one effort to contact
me and find out what my views are--Let me, I'm not going to keep you here in the cold much longer,
you're going to have a number of speakers---you"re going to have a numberof speakers--- r
Let me:just say one thing with regard to so-called politicalinterference with the University. As Governor I tell you that never will
I permit a Regent of the University to actively participate in a political
campaign in my behalf.
With regard to political interference I would suggest to youthat there is a sort ,of grey area where certain lines must be defined.
I
do not believe that in a State University or college system that the administration of the State or the Legislature has a right to ever do anythingthat would seek in any partisan sense to involve the University in politics
Let me add one more thing. In this so-called grey area I do notbelieve it constitutes political interference for the people of theState---(in~udible)

And I also believe that the people, the people of California who·without question or protest have down through the years contributed willing
ly and happily to the great and phenomenal growth of the educational systemof this State, that those people do have some right to have a voice in theprinciples and the basic .philosophy that will go along with the education
they/provide. And to this sense I will tell you now that, while I, as amember of the Board of Regents,:will never inject politics in that Board as
Governor---as Governor I am going to represent the people of this State.

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OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
contact: Lyn Nofziger - 445-4571

2.11.67

The following is a transcript of Governor Ronald Reagan's
remarks to marchers on the West Steps of the Capitol on Saturday,
February 11, 1967:
A funny thing happened to ~e on the way to Oregon.

IchaEged,I changed the schedule as much as was possible, knowing you were going
to be here.

You will recall that the Press carried the information aweek or two .. ago that you were going to conduct that march and this appearance as of then, and I arranged then to be here in the Capitol because
I don't think any group of citizens should ever come to this Capitol
with the express purpose of delivering any message .to the Governor and
the Governor be absent.
Now my time I changed, as I say, as much as I could.

I stillmust leave but I would like you also to know that because I believe, andI'm quite sure that there is nothing that I can say that would i.n any way
create an open mind in some of you, but perhaps there are some---I mean--I mean an open mind on this particular subject.

But because, because I

believe that a search for truth is the hallmark ofscholarship~-~thatI

believe.
I believe that there would have been some merit in someone
trying to find out the views of this particular side in this controversy.

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Now Mr. Axelrod received a message from me as early as I knew this date
had been established stating that I had this previous engagement. Mr.
Axelrod has seen fit to make some charges and some statements with regard
to what my views are but Mr. Axelrod has never made one effort to contact
me and find out what my views are--Let me, I'm not going to keep you here in the cold much longer,
you're going to have a number of speakers---you"re going to have a numberof speakers,--~et me just say one thing with regard to so-called politicalinterference with the University. As Governor I tell you that never will
I permit a Regent of the University to actively participate in a political
campaign in my behalf.
With regard to political interference I would suggest to youthat there is a sort of grey area where certain lines must be defined. I
do inot believe that in a State University or college system that the administration of the State or 'the Legislature Q.as a right to ever do anythingthat wou~a seek in any partisan sense to involve the University in politics
Let me add one more thing. In this so-called grey area I do notbelieve it constitutes political interference for the people of theState---(ihaudible)
And I also believe that the people, the people of California who
without question or protest have dow~ through the years contributed willing
ly and happily to the great and phenomenal growth of the educational systemof this State, that those people do have some right to have a voice in theprinciples and the basic philosophy that will go along with the education
they provide. And to this sense I will tell you now that, while I, as amember of the Board of Regents, will never inject politics in that Board as
Governor---as Governor I am going to represent the people of this State.
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.QFFICE OF THE GOVERt( 'Sacramento, Californ:i..dContact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
6/12/67

FOR IMJ.VlEDIATE RELEASE

REMARKS BY GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN - NATIONAL INSTJrTUTE
ON CRIME AND DELINQUENCY - Disneyland Hotel - Anaheim
June 12, 1967I

am pleased to notice how many of our Californians are partici-

pating in this meeting---RiG~ard McGee, administrator of the Youth\and Adult Corrections Agency: Heman Stark, director of the YouthAuthority and George Saleebey, deputy director of the Youth Authority.
We here in California are particularly proud of Dick McGee, who

has given more than 23 years of service to California and is without
question the leading correctional administrator in the United States.
His help to my administration and to previous administrations has
been invaluable.
I

noticed the the.me for this year's meeting is "evolving problems

and programs in crime and delinquency.n
I m~ght make a suggestion that you change it to "increasing

p:r:0blems."

Because without question, the problem of crime anddelinquency has grown steadily since the end of World War I I until
it is now perhaps the major domestic problem that faces our nation.
Let me cite a few statistics.

Isuspect most of you know themby heart, but they do serve to put in perspective the magnitude of the
problem.
Since 1960, crime in the United States has increased by 35 perc2nt for every 100,000 population.

These are the FBI•s national

Most of this increase is accounted for among those who have beenborn or r~ached maturity since World War II---the 10 to 39 year oldag~bracket.

In California, 80 percent of all crimes are committed

by men and boys between 14 and 29.
The biggest increases in crime have been crimes against property--burglary, auto theft and the like.
At the same time that crime has been rising, police ability tomeet the challenge posed by the criminal has diminished.

It hasdiminished to the poiAt where it is difficult to say any more thatcrime does not pay.

Only about 25 percent of our reported crimes are solved.

I

leave it to you to decide whether some court decisions rendered inrecent years are at least partly to blame for this shocking fact.
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which hold 27,000 are full and 14,000 more are on parole.

That means

better than 2 out of every 1,000 Californians is in prison or on parole.
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Our Youth and Adult Corrections Agt:ucy budget costs California
taxpayers 83 million dollars a year.

The annual correctional billnationally runs something over a billion dollars.
And, of course, this is only a small fraction of the total cootof crime prevention and control.

If you add in the co5t of property

losses~ personal injuries and deaths, the. total reaches staggering

proportions.
Obviously, something must be done to halt this trend.
alternatives eventually are anarchy or a police state.

The?~eitherisparticularly inviting.
In fact, the trend must.be more than halted; it must be reversed.
It is obvious from recent studies that a large proportion of our citizens fear for their own safety in their heroes and on the streets.
Few wo;,;.en are brave enough er foolhardy :enough to venture out
alone at night any more.

Many neighborhoods are not even safe in thedaytime.
There has been a significant increase in the purchase and train.;.·~
ing of watchdogs.

More and more citizens are buying fi~·a2rms not for

hunting or target practice, but for protect.ion of themselves and theirfamilies.
In many areas citizens :·!.::tve banded togE!ther, rightly or wrongly,• to patrol streets and in other ways attempt to protect the residents of
their neighbor?.1oods and communities.
Women a.:;:e, u::-g~d t:o ca:~~:::_r whistles as a :t~eans of calling for help ..
Self-protecti~:i classes such as JuC:o and Karate flourish.

Law-abiding!

citizens are genuinely concerned.

And so are those of us who areultimately charged with providing pr0tection, maintaining law c.nd order,
solving and preventing crime and finding causes of crimeand juvenile

delinquency.
We are concerned not only because we face the problem, but also,
and more importantly, because so far, we have failed either to solve itor to find the cause.
Not all our penologists,! not all our social workers, not all our
new theories have managed even to slow the trend.
We are here, hopefully, to see if there are ways to look at newideas, to re-examine some time-tested methods that might ha-ve Leen more

Crime, its pre{ ltion and control, and the( .::>rrection of theoffender are all highly complex problems.

Crime and the criminal arefound in all walks of society, all economic strata, and in both cityand rural areas.
Icertainly am not here to offer any cure-alls or panaceas.

However, I would like to take a few minutes to give you some of
my thoughts and tell you some of the things we in California are doing.
I do not hold with the ti1eory that society is to blame when ama'..1 commits a robbery or a 'm;.i.~der and therefore we must be understanding
fora!ld as sympathetic for the criminal as we are/the victim.
N0r do I hold wi~:h tl'le Fpirit of permissiveness abroad in theland that has undoubtedly add.1'}d to the juvenile dslinquency problem.
This is an era, not only of permissiveness, but also of affluence.
As a result, many young people often have time on their hands.
wr:o might othe:cwise find jobs have no ne·~d to worko
respec~fully th2~Many

May I point out

we should question perhaps that part of the President's

crime repo~t that lays such emphasis on curing crime by eliminating
poverty.

This is a worthy goal in itself but it is interesting to notethat. during the great depression, we had an all~time low in crime.

I cannot help but believe that goods and privileges carelessly

given or lightly earned are lightly regarded.
A boy who works for the money to buy a car and keep it in gasoline
is m1.:~h more likely to appreciate it and care for it than the youth whosec~.::-

hns been given to him and whose gas is purchased on his father• s::~.:~edit

card.
Likewise, the boy or girl who can go out at night only if he or:? •~G

1-/::haves is more apt to behave than those who have not set rules tofollow, and,no responsibilities to accept.
This brings me down to two pointso

First, are we doing enough::::::,:.: our children by doing too much for them?

Aren't they really bettero::.::: .i.f they are taught to accept responsibil,ity and to learn that in the
loD~

run we all must earn what we get and that we usually got what we~v::n?

The second point is, haven't we made it almost impossible for
rr,a::ly of our young people to earn legitjmately the things they need andwant.

In some cases we have taught them by example that they don't
have to learn, that instead they have a right to expect to be given. I
challenge that this is wrong.

I challenge that nobody does any young

person any favor by this approach.

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But also, haven't our laws, aimed with the best intentions atpreventing exploitation of children and providing old age security andof insuring meaningful wages---haven't these, by being too narrowly
drawn and too r~gidly implemented, put mc:;,ny kids t.o loitering on thestreet corners because they couldn't get jobs after school or during
the summer?
I suggest that if exceptions were made in srnne of our 1 aws regard""'-,

ing social security and minimum wages, and if some of our unions would
cooperate by recognizing that a boy seeking a part-time job should fallin a little different category than the full--time skilled or semi-skilledadult, that we would take a lot of our young people off the streets andout of trouble.
You know, there are a lot of old maxims that are still true today
and it is not corny to note that it is idle hands that do the devil's
work and, as a resul°tq there is often the devil to pay and it is you and·I who usually do the paying.
In urging that we allow our young people the right to work andto earn and to gain the sense of pride that you only get through yourown accomplishments, I am not overlooking the value of recreation.
Ithin]~,

without question, that we need better and more recrea../'tional facilities.

We need to make it possible for a boy or girl toplay hard as well as to work hard, and to develcp and take pride in his
athletic skills or hobbies,
I suggest to you that tl:is is another area where government,with its limited tax fund, can turn to business and industry to sponsor
teams, to make avail~ble recreational facilities and to work with youth
on an informal basis.
A slum boy living next door to a factory wouldn't-be throwing
rocks through the factory windows if the factory owner ar:d foreman werefriends ~ho now and then extended a friendly hand.
Here is an area in the independent sector that offers tremendous
possibilities.
Now I do not mean by all this that there is no such thing as abad boy or that there is no place in our society for punishment.

Farfrom it.
I

do believe in the carrot and the stick philosophy---you know,
good\here you of fer the carrot as a reward for being I
with the stick for being bad.
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There is talk B. ~se days that punishment i~ .10t a deterrent,
however, and I believe that that talk is partly responsible for our increase in crime.
Certainly, as punishment becomes more difficult to mete out;\\

those who would be deterred by its threat feel freer to resort to crimeand acts of violence.
Some court decisions have narrowed the difference between liberty,nd licer~se and in some areas have overbalanced the scales of justices0that the rights of socie~y are outweighed by decisions granting newrights to individuals accused of crimes.
c::i.lifc.·:i:-nia, as I have naid, is the leading state in terms ofmajor crimar:>..

On a pe:r-cent:'l.I}~! basis, we have nea:rly twice our share---nine percent of the population and about 17 percent of the crime.
I am convinced that enactment of legislation we have introducedwi].l help deter crime, will slow the flood of po};nographic material ~··r.c:w available on cur newss·:-.ands, will speed and strengthen the adminis-tT..J.tion of justice and will assure California citizens the best, mostG~f icientlaw enforcement agencies in the nation.

This legi3lation includes:--First:t:.!1ean effective law to restore to the cities and counties

ability to enact local laws designed to meet local problems.

is commonly referred to as the

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This

implied pre-emption issue.n

Snc1.1 a law will allow local law enforcement agencies to more'~·~'-'):t.J"!:.ghly::'.~:·li:police their jurisdictions, especially in the areas of vice,

offenses and offenses against public decency.
--Second:laws increasing penalties for those criminals who,d·":.:;~i:-;ry

the commission of a robbery, burglary or rape, inflict great~odilyharm upon their victims with dangerous weapons.

I believe society

must be protected from those who would inflict personal violence on its
J:'l<:::nbers.
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law..

'.I'.hese bills, by the way, have already been passed and signed
We think they will be of major help in our war on crime.

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comprehensive legislation dealing with po;rmography and, ,::~isceni ty, with special emphasis on prohibiting dissemination to minorsof "harmful" material.
-::'..·.spicion of censorship..

A

careful effort is being made to avoid any
Unfortunately, the legislation was recently

held in committee on a straight party line vote even though it had thelactive, support of our Democratic attorney general.
--Fourth:

we recognize that from time to time persons are arrested

unjustly or as victims of circumstances.

Yet, despite their innocence,

they must live the remainder of their lives with a public police record

Our bill, by closing

l £tain records, will proviJ~ relief for suchthose records for use by

persons, while, at the same time, preservinlaw enforcement and authorized persons.

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But we are convinced that even more effort on the part of allof us is needed if we are to control crime in California.
A major reason, I think, for the increase in crime is the very
progress we are making which benefits and enriches our civilization.
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Scientific and technological advances are being utilized by andudapted for use by the criminal element.
Moder.n methods of transportation and coITu.11unications, and modern
tools and weapons are used daily by those who prey on society.
If we are to reverse this trend, it is essential that society

also use to the fullest our scientific .and technological adva:nthe prevention, detection and control of crime.

And in the corx;ecti,.~,nnd rehabilitation of criminals.
In addition, there is need for basic research involving the joint
effort of various scientific and professional disciplines into ther-~:~tureof crime, and crime apprehension and treatment.
We in this administration are also proppsing that a California

C-r.ime Foundation be created as a public corporationo

Such a foundationIt.r.)uld be financed and served by both the private and public sectors.
Its purpose will be to develop a coordinated state, local andI':".."~-~_rate

e::fort toward developing new scientific techniques to combat

i::ci.me, initiate research projects in the area of police management,..:~::ministration and basic research in the field of crime, and encourage-::::-.srineer~and scientists to devote themselves to careers in crime. ~-·,_:search.
We hope we can finance this foundation by channeling to it funds
appropriated for some existing state law enforcement efforts and by¥inning the financial participation of private foundations and the:.--us .i;nes s community.

This i.s certainly one of those areas where the\independent sector can be, and should want to be, of help.
Of course, major efforts are constantly being made to stem crime~ylaw enforcement agencies, both state and local, by departmonts ot

state government, by educational inst.ltut-inns and by :rr:ivateorganizations.

outstanding organizations such as yours, the State Bar of
California, the California council on crime and Delinquency, are allconcerned.
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We are convinced, however, from talking with state leaders in
the fields of law enforcement and crime prevention that these efforts
must be coordinated, that new efforts must be stimulated if we are tohave an effective crime prevention program..

Those engaged in thisresults of the research andbroad field must be able to sharebenefit from the progressive practices of others.
In orde:r to achieve this, we are working with our: state attorney
general and his staff--crime prevention should know no party lines--withthe leaders of local law e1~£orcement, with the judiciary, and with theLegislature to develop a master plan for California criminal justice.
We have four major objectives.
First, to provide f~r statewide planni~g and for ordBrly andeffective development in the fi~ld of criminal justice.
Second, we wish and e}tpect to maintain the traditional partnership and spirit of mutual cooperation between the agencies· and local

governmento
Thirdg we must provide coordination of the various agencies andgroups involved in criminal justice projects.
And fourth, we must provide a vehicle to handle federal-state
relations and to implement federal legislation dealing with crime
control.
These objectives will be met by a Council on Criminal Justicewhich will be establist.ea und~r the master plnL
This cotJ.ncil to be mc-tde up of rep.resentatives of all the agencies
and bodies involved in crime control, as well as representative
citizens, will func't:.ion in much the same mani"lP.!.: as the CoordiP..ating
Council on Hi.~11:.er Efr.:i.cation f•:.:rictions a:1d we s.re convinced i.t will
provide the same: sort of benefits.
The council will be responsible for developing statewide plans
for the prevention, detectio:.-1 and c.:.:ltrol of crime and for the a.dministration of criminal justiceo
It will conduct studies, survey resources and identify the needs

for research and development.

It will encourage coordination, planningand research by the agencies of criminal justice througtout the state
and will serve as a clearing house for the stu~y and dissemination of
info;rmation.
Such a council will give California the ability to a+-.tack crime

and the roots of crime from many vantage points.
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ate crime ..... but this program will insure that we are utilizihg to thefullest all the available resources and that we are continually coming
up withnew resources.
The war on crime is a never-ending one.

And it is necessarythat we pursue it constantly and with vigor if our citizens are to.
be safe on our streets and in their homes, and if man is to be able to(live free from fear of his fellow man in an ever contracting world andan increasingly more complex society.
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do not claim that our proposals contain all the answers.

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do say we have made a new beginning, a beginning that will increase

the confidence of the citizen in his government, engencer respect for
the law and insure speedy and equal justice under it.
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If/would seem that we are adding unduly to the responsibilities·of the private citizen, let us be aware that history records when thefreedom. the Athenians wished for most was freedom from responsibility,
Athens ceasea to be free and was never free again.

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Sacramento, California
Contact: Lyn Nofziger

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

6.15.67

Excerpts from speech by Governor Ronald Reagan, California
Broadcasters Association, Hilton Hotel, San Francisco

It is a pleasure to be here with you people from the fields\of radio and television.
As you may know, I started my career in radio (as a sports
announcer).and the last job I had before becoming Governor was intelevision--driving a 20 mule team.
So we really have a lot in common, you and I.
Actually, of course, we have more in common than just our
backgrounds in this business.
You and I are free enterprisers who still recognize and put
up with the need for some regulation of business, industry andbroadcasting by government.
I suspect, too, however, that most of you believe like I do,that that regulation should be minimal and should not go beyond theamount necessary to insure that the rights of each of us, alongwith public health and safety, are protected.
There is a difference between regulation and control.
Free men recognize the need for some regulation by government.
But sometimes, well-intentioned men:in government -- even ina nation such as ours -- in their efforts to insure equality andprotect the rights of the people -- cross over the borderlinethat separates regulation from control.
This has happened in many areas, at many echelons of government.
The higher the echelon of government that regulates or controls,
the more of us th.ose .ri:>.g:nlatj N1.s or controls affect.

J:Tiat:, incidentally, is one reason I believe that governlm!.?11t;
is best when, as much as possible, it is 'kept at the echelon
closest to the people.
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As long as there is freedom of movement in this country -- aslong as a man can vote with his fe~t -- he can walk away fromonerous or unjust local regulations and even state regulations.
It is more difficult if controls are imposed at the national
level.

All too often they have been.
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Social Security.

In a nation where religion is recognized asa cause for exempting a man from bearing arms, these people had\

livestock and farm machinery seized for violation of a regulation.
Your own industry regulated of necessity because the airways
belong to the people has often been threatened with regulations
and commission decisions that go beyond regulation and fall into
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government knows best" classification.
All of us recall Newton Minnow and his description of television

as a vast wasteland and the decision by certain FCC members to
upgrade the quality of television.
Many of you have run into problems as to what constitutes
public service and what constitutes equal tine •Just recently, we had the FCC proposal that free time must be
offered the opponents of cigarette smoking to compensate forthe ti~e tobacco companies buy.
Now, not to smoke is a laudable thing to do,(I don't smoke),but the sale of tobacco and the smoking of tobacco are not illegal.
It makes one wonder whether the FCC is going to demand freetime for the opponents of beer and ale, or the opponents of sports,
or the opponents of religions.
Does Father indeed know best in these areas?
I understand the FCC would also have ~roadcasting companies
divest themselves of sports enterprises and limit the number ofcommercials that can be shown during an event.
Where indeed does regulation end and control begin?
Now don't misunderstand me.

I do believe there are someareas in which the' FCC must rule, and I certainly have noi/,objection to the equal time rule when it comes to politics.
In fact, I kind of like that idea.
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Incidentally, I am not one of those who worries that television
has upset our conduct of politics.
Those who scare us with stories that skilled performers canuse the camera 1 .s magic to the end that all public offjces will befilled with actors aren't really talking sense.
.show business pays better.

In the first place,

But in the second place; they reveal

an ignorance of what the camera can actually do.

((Television, even more than radio, is actually a return to our
old-time tradition of taking to the stump.

When our nation wassparsely settled it was possible for a candidate making the circuitI

to be seen by almost all the voters.

As we grew in size and numbers,

only a few actually saw the candidate.

They made their decisionon what they had heard or read about him.
But now, via the medium of television, they all can see him
and hetir him.

And let me reveal something known to actors -- you

can't lie to the camera.

When it rolls in for that bigger-than-life closeup, you'd better mean what you say, for insincerity·will show up like a putty nose.
I think that television has made it possible for more people

than ever before to judge a man on his merits.

With whatever

faults can be assessed against television, in this instance it is

the hero.

It has brought us back to the political stump meeting

where the. voters can look and listen and decide.
There is an area of political coverage, however, that has
rr:any people disturbed for which, I am almost sure, there will
never be un entirely satisfactory answer.
That is the area of elections coverage, especially involving
the use of comput~rs and the quick forecasts of victory or defeat.
Nobody can be certain what the effect really is in California
from national predictions in New York which is three hours aheadof us.
In 1964, it was obvious that Lyndon Johnson had won long
before Californ,ia polls were closed.

But it is not obvious

what the net effect was in California.
Did Republicans quit going to the polls because the rresidency
was lost and therefore hurt the chances of their state-wide candidates?
Or did Democrats, victory already in hand, not bother to voteand thus hurt their local candidates?

Or did both?

We don, 1 t really know, but we are concerned that, even if
Democrats and Republicans don't vote in equal numbers, advance
victory disclosures breed voter apathy.
I do not know what the ans.wer is, but I am inclined to go
along with those who, in national elections would have pollsvi

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Maybe some will think this is not practical and maybe there
is a better answer.

Regardless, this I believe is a problem

that needs solving.
But generaily speaking political reporting on both radio andtelevision is good and improving.
And I

th~nk

that c..s these media, like newspapers continue

to develop specialists in the area of political reporting, it
will irr. prcve even more.
Up to ·now I have pretty much been discussing commercial
radio a~1a television,. but as you know there is another facetof American television - educational television or public television.
And this is a little different matter from commercial television.
Certainly the broad concept is laudable.
f;ur".:;:i·~rted

Non-profit television,

by public subscriptions, foundations or philanthropies

or by those for whom it provides services, such as school districts,
can and does provide a useful function.
Educ~tionalor public television can be educational in the

Ye!'y brorAd sense, pres8nting programs of importance and significance\.

that have an intensive, if not extensive, viewership.
But I do not believe in federal subsidies for television, /any more than I believe in them for any other form of communications-newspapers., magazines, radio.·
And I believe even less in government-owned or operated
public communications media, including television.
Yet there are hints of government-operated public televisionon the horizon.

By public, I mean, as opposed to closed-circuit

television - I mean television that any owner of a VH\tPor UHF
television set can pick up.
Now I know there is government-operated television in manynations including Britain -- where it got so bad they had tolet private enterprise come in and open a competing network.
And even in Britain, once the people were given a choice,
it became clear that they preferred to choose their own programs
instead of having the~r government ~hoose them for them.
But pressure groups in this country and in California
continue to press for _government sponsored public television.

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TV Guide of June 10 notes that a committee of prominent
people has been formed, sponsored by six foundations, "to drum
up grass-roots .i:::x.ci tement for non-commercial video rs poten,tials. 11
The magazine adds:"whilelobbying for pending congressional
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legislation creating a federally-supported TV service is ruledout as one motive, it is hard to see how this could not be uppermostin the minds of committee leaders."'
Looking around in our own state we recently discoveredthat the television advisory committee set up under the last..

administration has some pretty grandiose plans also.
Looking into them we found that the state has bought engineering
surveys charting a state-wide television network ~- in fact
two networks -- with the announced goal of bringing "educational
television to every community in California having a population of
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In order to accomplish this goal, the advisory committee

proposes· an elaborate state-owned and operated interconnecting
network, including microwave links, translators, community
antenna television and even existing phone company facilities.
·under the plan the state could own
and operate up to 12\
new television stations; it would operate a video tape and film
library, and a distribution system for delivery of tape and film
to stations.
The state even would petition the FCC to reserve ttthe top
JO UHF channels for state-wide instruction service."
While this proposed state-wide system would be used for
instructiqnal purposes during the day, it would be used tobroadcast to the general public in the evenings.
You people would be taxed in order to provide you with somemore competition.
The committee estimates all this would cost 18 million
dollars in the initial phase.

This does not include operating

costs.
In addition, you remember that wild plan for California to
Jannch its own orbiting communications satelite for 25 million
dollA.rs.

Last .tall we thought it was just a campaign gimmick, but nm11
we find they wer·e serious.

Contracts were a0tnally let ont: forresearch into the proposed project.

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Now, what does all this mean to us?

It means, for one thing, the state goes into direct ~ompetition
with private tlcl?v1sion.
Even m0:r·0 :L'.itpc:-:taDt, it has the dangerous potential of
putting the state into the propaganda business.
The power to subsidize is the power to control and complete
owner:: hip ;.;i ves complete c011trol.
I arit totally opposed to putting the state into the cpntrol,and dissemination directly to the public, of information.
:i:f) m.--:::::'·~el? :how well-intentioned an administration might be,

I am convinced given that kind of power, no government could
long deal honestly with the people concerning its activities.
Congress wisely recognized this when it refused to let
the Voice of America prepare programs for domestic use or
consumption.
Now· this does not mean that government should not use
television.

Closed circuit television is a tremendous educational

tool for our schools and could be more widely used.

Through it,

every child could have the benefit of our best teachers.
Classes and courses clearly marked as sponsored by a unitof government and shown on non-government TV are of great value.
But government should not control the means of dissemination.
This administration opposes it and will continue to oppose it
as long as I am in office.

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PLEASE NOTE:#

Since Governor Reagan speaks from notes, there may

be changes in, and/or additions to the above text.
will stand by the above quotes.

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contact: Lyn Nofziger
445-4571
6.19.67

RELEASE:<.r..11mediate

SPEECH BY GOVERNOR RONALD REAGAN - NATIONAL SHERIFFS'ASSOCIATION - Riviera Hotel - Las Vegas, Nevada Monday, June 19, 1967

It's a pleasure to be here today---where the heat only comes fromthe sun.
Las Vegas is really a wonderful place.
government do people throw money away.

Where else outside of

The big difference, of course,is that here you can do it yourself; in government, we do it for you.
But it's nice to see all you sheriffs out there.

I've been asheriff myself---you can't make a living in Hollywood for more than
25 years, without being a sheriff and if the picture makes money,

polish the star,

yo~'llwear it often.

First time I ever played a sheriff, the director told me all I had
to have was a hard head and a white hat.
little more than that.

I

think your job takes a

But I'm sure most of you agree that what isneeded more than anything in our country today is people with a hard- .headed approach to our problems and a vital interest in seeing themsolved.
This is especially true in the field of law enforcement where theIproblems increase daily and where there are no easy solutions.
played a sheriff who thought he could do the job without a gun.
dead in 27 minutes of a 30-minute sh.ow.

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You may still have your guns,

but there are those who've done everything but tie your hands and takeycur gunso

It is time for society to give to those on the firing line

the weapons needed in the fight against crime.
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Traditiona,lly in our country, the sheriff is the symbol of_law
enforcement.

And in many places today he is assuming increased

importance as new situations arise· affecting the public safety that
extend beyond the scope of individual police departments or that require:he coordination of law enforcement services within the country.
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The magnitude of the problems facing sheriffs and all law enforce~ent

agencies is illustrated by statistics showing that crime is increas-

ing rapidly throughout the nation.
Just last week the F.B.!. reported the largest increase in serious
crime in the last nine yea!."s took place in the first three monthg of
1967.

Crimes of vi:>lence, mur.de:::, ra9e, robbe}:y, r)ssaults, were up

20 percent.

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Since 1960 crime hcts increased by 35 percent,, ~ven when you allow
for the increasing population.

In fact# 9rirne is increasing four times

as fast as our population.
In fact, it has reached epidemic proportions.

Imagine newspaper

headlines announcing the threat of a nationwide epidemic that would
take nearly 10,000 lives, hospitalize another 200,000 and cause fin~ncial losses of more than a billion dollars.
The outcry would be tremendous.
Yet, that is a description of our annual crime losses and theoutcry has hardly risen above a whisper except in isolated instances.
We know that our biggest source of crime is our young malepopulation---those between 14 and 29.

In California, this group commits

80 percent of all crimes.
And during the next 20 years this age group will increase tw·t,
5ast as the rest of our population.

Needless to say, the effects could

be devastating.
Already in our country few women are brave enough or foolhardy
eDough to venture out alone at night.

Many neighborhoods are not evens2fe in the daytime.
There has been a significant increase in the purchase and training
cf watchdogs.

More and more citizens are buying firearms, not for

hunting or target practice, but for protection of themselves and their£arnilies.
In many areas, citizens have banded together, rightly or wrongly,
to patrol streets and in other ways attempt to protect the residents of
tl .. eir neighborhoods and communities.

Women are urged to carry whistles as a means of calling for help.
S2lf-protection classes such as judo and karate flourish.
citizens are genuinely concerned.
~ltimately

Law-abiding

And so are those of us who arecharged with providing protection, maintaining law and order,sr;~_v1:1-ng and preventing crime and finding cali:ses of crime, and juvenilec<."::.inquency.
The threat to society by crime places a number of responsibilities
en all of us at .the state and local level who have a responsibility for·:~r.epublic sa::et:t~. First, we rnu~t focus public attention on this problem and enlist

widespread public support in coping with it.
Second, we have a responsibility to make sure that the public receives the facts about the problem and about feasible solutions to it~_.,_•J.iuru., we must m(

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sure that we are making ("'e best use of allavailable resources for preventing and controlling crimes.
Fourth, we m\.i.st work to bring the best and the most modern scientif ic resources to bear on the crime problem.

Let me elclborate:
responsibility.

effective iaw enforcement is primarily a local

Other levels of government, both state and federal,can supply assistance, but we must never forget that the basic tasks of
crL11e prevention and control belong at the local level.
g~eatThis places a

responsibility on cities and counties to provide adequate support

for their law enforcement officers, and to provide the necessary facilities and equip~ent for keeping the peace.
This is an area for partnership between state and local government,with you having the primary role and the state providing those services
w~ichmust be statewide to be effec~ive.
It is important to recognize that unless both local and state law~nforcement

agencies meet their responsibilities, we may find them

usurped by the federal government or ceded to it by default.
When·this happens we will have, in effect, a national police force.
And we will have taken steps to abolish crime only at the risk of our
f reedorn.

The answer to growing demands placed on law enforcement is notfederal or state domination, or the imposition of some regional super / .
government.

We can s.trengthen local gover:raments so that they can copewith crime.
This involves effective utilization of existing resources, includ- ·ing cooperation and coordination between local governments.
In many areas, the sheriffs as the chief county law enforcement
officers must Pf~vide imaginative leadership.

In California, many

programs have already been developed along this line.

Many city police

departments have joined with the sheriffs' departments in the joint use
of central services. ,such as identification, records, communications,laboratory, and jail facilities.

In some counties, smaller cities havecontracted with the sheriff's office for the provision of police services
Another step in the war against crime must be the mobilization of£':lblic support.

One of our aims has been to involve the citizen and the

independent sector in government.

There are many things government can-1

notqo alone, and ;there are many things the independent sector can dobetter than government. You know, they may not believe it in Washington,
but when given a chance, the average American wants to contribute tosolving the problems which face us~--including the crime problem.
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w~see citizens involved in crusades to0stamp out

We find businessmen forming parole advisory committees to aid

our correctional program.

we find industries interested in contributing

funds and manpower to crime prevention programs.
And this does make sense.

When citizens and government work

together to fight crime, it is the citizen who gains in terms of increased public protection.
There are not enough sheriffs and police to reverse the crime trend
without the continuing support of our communities.

Public informationand communitv r~ion programs are no longer luxuries for law eriforce_ment agencies.

They must become essential parts of day-to-day

operations.
A surprising fact is that part of the increase'in crime stems fromthe very progress we are making which benefits and enriches our
r::~vilization.

The same scientific and technological advances that!.enefit all our citizens are being utilized and adapted for use by thecriminal element.
Modern methods of transportation and communications, and modern+..ools and weapons are used daily by those who prey on society.
It is essential that society also use to the fullest our scientif i,l\and technological .advances in the prevention, detection and control ofcrimeoAnd in the correction and rehabilitation of criminals.

In addition, there is need for basic research
involving
the joint.
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effort of various scientific and professional disciplines into thenature of crime, and criminals and into methods of detection, apprehen5ion and treatment.
O~eof the imaginative developments in progressive law enforcement

techniques has been the experimental helicopter patrol of the Los Angeles
County Sheriff's Department..

This morning I am happy to participate\·.;-:.th Sheriff Pitchess in launching a similar 3-day experimental aerial-.;.·:·'::-:-blfor Clark County and. the City of Las yegas.

I, amsure you willr,2 hea~i~g much more about this from experts in the field.

The original helicopter patrol project was a cooperative venture~)f

the federal government, a private aircraft firm and local law

r:~forcement~This type of project can be a model for the future wherein

0.ifferent levels of government .and the private sector cooperate forr.:-rogres s.
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development shows that a r~operative partnership~'can exist between different levels of government.

AJ many of you know,

our Highway Patrol has arranged a computer to computer link-up between
our State Capitol and the National Crime Information Center·at F.B .. I.
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headquarters in Washington.

Twenty-nine police agencies in California

were linked on April 27, through the California Highway Patrol computer,to the F. B. I. inforr:,a ti on system...
tb.:Lf-.>

We are told by J. Edgar Hoover thatis the f iz-st qcraputer to £Qt"Uputer exchange in the history of law

er,i:orcement.

In fact, it is the first use of t11is technological advanceto link local, state and federal governments.
We f ecl it will be invaluable in our fight against crime by allowing tne ~apid retrieval and exchange of infor~ation between California
a~dtr.e F.B.I. and in this kind of legitimate cooperation, there isno dci.nger of local authority being usurped.
But this is just one step.
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We are convinced that efforts now being

thrcughout our state and nation must be better coordinated, andth_at. new efforts must be made if we are to be truly effective in preventing and controlling crime.

Those engaged in this broad field must

be able to share the resources and the research, and benefit from thep~ogzessive

practices of others.

In order to achieve this, we are working with the state attorney
general, leaders of local law enforcement, the judiciary, and thev/

ILegislature to develop a 1;naster plan for California criminal justice.
We have four major objectives:
First, to provide for statewide pianning and for orderly and. effective development in the field of criminal justice.
Second, we wish and expect to maintain the traditional partnershipand cooper.ation between the agencies of state and local government.
Third, we must provide coordination of those agencies and groups'

involved in criminal justice p=ojects.
Fourth, we must provide a vehicle to handle federal-state relations,and to implement federal legislation dealing with crime control.
Under this plan, we hope to bring together all the agencies andbodies involved in crime control, as well as representative citizens,to develop statewide plans for the prevention# detection and controlof crime and for the improved administration of criminal justice.

Sucha plan will give California the ability to attack crime, and the roots
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, Of course, no( ,ogram in itself can work £_£acles or eliminate
crime, but we feel this program will insure that we are utilizing
to the fullest all the available resources, and that we continually
are searching for new resources in the never-ending war on crime.

We have also proposed legislation for the creation of a ~rimeresearch foundation to be financed 1and served by both the private
and public sectors.
Its purpose will be to develop a coordinated state, local andprivate effort toward developing new scientific techniques to combat
crime, initiate research projects in the area of police management~
administration and basic research in the field of crime, and encourage
engineers and scientists to devote themselves to careers in crime
research.
We hope we can finance this foundation by channeling to it
funds approoriated for some existing state
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.law enforcement efforts

and by winning the financial participation of private foundations
and the business community.

This is certainly one of those areas

where the independent sector can be, and should want to be, of help.
Now these steps we are taking are hot meant as cure-alls or?anaceas.

But they are moves in what we hope is the right direction.

But I think that just as important cis the mechanical steps weare taking is a need to redirect the thinking of some of those.engaged
inj:he war on crime.
I do riot hold with the theory that says society is to blame
when a. man commits a robbery or amurder and therefore we must be·n:.derstanding and as sympathet1c .for the criminal as we are for the·.:·.~d:im.

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Nor do I hold with the spirit of permissiveness abroad in theland that has undoubtedly added to the juvenile delinquency problem.
This is an era, not only of permissiveness, but also of afflu-

ence.

As a result many young peo9le often have time on their hands.

!1any who might otheDi'lise find jobs have no need to work·.
point out resoectfully that we should question,

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perhaps that partof the President's crime report that lays such emphasis on curing
crime by eliminating poverty.

This is a worthy goal in itself

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but it is interestL.g to note that during the <J.Ceat depression we
had an all-time low in crime.

Poverty is one contributing factor,

but we s::1ould n ot delude ourselves that simply by improv1ng social
condi tio.J.s we can automatically eliminate crime·Icannot help but believe tbat goods ana '{Jrivileges carelessly

given or lightly earned are lightly rega~ded.
A boy who

works for the money to buy a car and keep it ingasoline is much more likely to appreciate it and care for it than
the youth \'7hose car has been given· to him and whose gas is purchasedon his fatherts credit card.
Likewise the boy or girl who can go out at ~ight only if heor she behaves is more apt to behave than those who have no set
rules to follow, and no resoonsibilities to accept.
This brings me down to two points.

First, are we doing enoughfor our.children by doing too much for them?
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Aren't they really bet-

off if they are taught to acceT;>t responsibiliy and to learn thatin the long run we all must earn what we get and that we usually(

get what we earn?
The second point is, haven't we made it almost impossible forr.v·my of our young people to earn legitimately the things they need
and want.
In some cases we have taught them by example that they don't
have to earn; that instead they

have a right to expect to be given.

I challenge that this is 1:Jrong.

I challenge that nobody does any:tcung person any favor by this approach.
But also, ha-ven' t cur laws, aimed with the best intentions at
exploitation of children and providing old age security;,:f;::.:-,'~~:'.'lting

ar1d of ins .iring meaningful wages- -haven't these, by being too
1narrowly,drawn and too rigidly implemented, put many kids to loitering on the ntreet corners because they couldn't get jobs after schoolor during the S'!:.nuner.

I suggest that if exceptions were made in some of our laws regarding social security and minimum wages, and if some of our unions
would cooperate by recogmizing that a boy seeking a part-time job
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or semi-skilled adu . . c, that we would take a lot of our young people
off the streets ond out of trouble.
You know\ there are a lot of old maxims that ate still true

today and it 'is not carny to note that it is idle hands that dothe devil's work andv as a result there is often the devil to pay
and it is you and I who usually do the ?aying.

In urging that we allow our young i;>eople the right to workand to earn and to gain the sense of pride that you

only get throughyour own accom?lishments, I am not overlooking the value of recraction.
I

think, without questions, that we need better and more recrea.-

tional facilities.

We need to make it ~ossible for a boy or a girlto play hard as well as

to work hard, and to develop and take pridein his athletic skills or hobbies.
Isuggest to you that thisis another area where government,·with itq limited tax funds, can turn to business and industry tosponsor teams, to make availa.ble recreational facilities and to work
wi.':.:h youth on an informal basis.

A slum boy living next door to a factory wo;.:ldn' t be throwing
rocks through the factory windows if the factory owner and foreman
were friends who nmv and then extended a friendly hand.
Here is an area in the independent sector that offers tremendous
possibilities.
Now I do not mean by all this that there is no such thing as abad boy or that there is no place in our society for punishment.

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from it.
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believe in the carrot and the stick philosophy--with the car-rot dangled in front as an inducement for being good at the same t~ne
you are ready to come up from behind with the stick for being bad.
There1 is talk these days that punishment is not a deterrent# anaI

believe that talk is 1~:iartly responsible for our increase in crime ..
As punishment becomes more difficult to mete out those who would

be deterred by its threat feel,' free-er. to resort to crime and actsof 'violence.
Some court decisions have narrowea the difference between liberty
and license and in some areas have overbalanced the scales of justiceso , that the rights'.

fsociety are outweighed 1.

decision::; <:J.I.. am......... ':::I

new rights to individuals accused of crimes.
There was the case of the young boy who come home from school
and found a\ man--a boarder in the home--washing blood from hisb.an.ds in the 'kitchen sink.

Re told tb.e boy b.e b.ad cut himself•

The boy went into the bedroom where he found his 10-year-old
sister's body hidden under clothing and papers.
He ran screaming from the house.
The little girl had been stabbed 60 times and had been mutilated
in a savage and depraved manner.

Cigarets had been ground out insome of her wounds.
The murderer was convicted ana sentenced to death.

But the Cali-f ornia

Supreme Court in a 1-3 decision reversed the conviction and.death penalty not bet:~ause _.,..,,th~was any guestion of his guilt but.
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because of technical reasons and because "there was insufficientevidence that the defendent intendad to commit mayhem or to torture."
Obviously, I'm not telling you this with the idea of shocking
you with· a story of a crime of violence.
you cantell from your own experience.

Every one of you has plenty

I am telling it only to pointup the need for common sense and realism in the war on 9rimeo
us have an end to the idea

Letthat society is responsible for each andevery wrong doer..

We must return to a belief in every individual

being responsible

his conduct and his misdeeds with punishment

With all our sc:Le:J.ce and sophistication, our culture and ouri;::::::de in intell<?ctual ::l·:ccm.plishment, the jungle still is waitinglaw-- enforcement,- we cannot
affo:;:-:1_ to overlook t!:le. f;:,ct that mass crim5.:!.1a 1 violations and mob

tic;;..lly cal.::. this "civil disobedience."

It is nothing more or lessthan delibex-atf' and pre:r.edi.tated violationsof people.

of the law by groups

ProtBst that takes the form of criminal violations, leads

to violence, mob rule 1 and ultimately to anarchy, where no man has
either freedom or rightso

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'l'hose who go about the country forecasting "a lon~ hot summer".•/

and predicting where-the next riots will take place contribute to disturbances and disorders because some of the more irres~onsible elements seem to feel an obligation to justify these predictionso
I am also a little tired of those who proclaim that we mustpour so much money into a conununity program, or enact this or thatsocial legislation, or else we face a wave or riots and unrest ..
Government must be responsive to the needs of its citizens1

it mustprovide equal opportunities in education and employment, and it must
work to alleviate adverse social conditiotls.

But it must not bow

to threats of violence which amount to political extortion.
l·et me close by saying that we are aware t.hat your tasks becor.1ei~Jre

difficult every day, and that we recognize the tremendous

9ains you have made in coping with them.
The war on crime is a never-ending one.

It is necessary that

1J1ii:;--all of us--pursue it constantly and ·with vigor.

Certainly thisr.t1:1.st be so if our citizens a~e to be safe on our~ streets, and intheir homes, and if man is to be able to live free from fear of his
fellow man, in an ever~cont~acting world, and an increasingly moreI

complex society.

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