October 17, 1973 (12 pages)

ee ee ee Capitol Comment by Earl G. Waters CAMPAIGN REFORMS The Republican Party has scheduled a series of meetings, starting October 19 in San Diego, for the purpose of “restructuring’’. Presumably this includes what Republican State Chairman Gordon C. Luce recently described as ‘‘a shift from the heavy campaign financing of the Madison Avenue variety to a greater reliance on the smaller donor.’’ The current awareness of faults in our electoral process has centered reform proposals on campaign financing. This sudden urge to ‘‘purify’’ fund raising is precipitated by the revelations, following Watergate, of the vast sums raised in the last presidential campaign. This pointed up the dangers of huge contributions and an overabundance of money leading to useages, unethical, immoral ; and illegal. As often happens in such situations there has been an over reaction accompanied by hasty legislation seemingly designed more to assuage public opinion than to truly solve the problems. These efforts merely serve to highlight the most recent abuses. Most of the proposals ignore three basic facts. 1. Since the founding of the nation there have always been election abuses and there always will be. It is inherent in the © system. 2. Regardless of laws, there will be violations. This was made . clear by the disclosures of the many illegal corporation contributions to the Nixon campaign. 3. There can be no such thing as ‘‘perfect election laws’’. Laws which are too restrictive will work adversely, creating unintended barriers for office seekers with the result the most capable will «refuse or be unable to participate in politics. This does not mean that no effort should be made to improve: the electoral process by plugging the holes when they appear. The maintenance of our freedoms require a continuing review of our government and all of its mechanism. And it is difficult to argue that campaign funding is not now in need of some reform. \s Luce has stated, ‘‘Kingmaking”’ is resented by the voters 2nd dampens the enthusiasm cf campaign workers. mere can only exist where a few individuals are in ‘ontr f available campa ign dollars. And this need not be donated lars from a few big cont butors. The growing office te use taxpayer dollars to finance their own g trend of those in campaigns, those fy inked candidates, and party activities, is rapidiy undermining party responsibility for fund raising. So, too, is the usurpation by the party organizations. Much assembly speaker of the role of fund raiser for legislative candidates, a task formerly done by the individua! candidate and of this has been the result of soaring campaign costs. While the expense of running for office may not need to be as great as it tias been in many campaigns in recent years, it remains that it ines cost a lot of money. Congressman Harold T. Bizz’ Johnson, who has spent many years in public office and is now in his 15th year in the House, has oposed a law making m 1ajor changes in federal elections. Johnson’s bill directly attacks the problem of campaign financing and offers a sensible solution. He proposes financing candidates with public funds. This in itself is not new. It has been suggested before. What is different about the Johnson approach is that he has devised a practical means of doing it. “To avoid dissipation of treasury funds on frivolous candidates,”’ Johnson said, ‘“‘the bill requires each candidate to match any public money he receives with money contributed by private persons.”’ ‘ BUSINESS BILLBOARD WATCHES = CLOCKS ~~ ) JEWELRY . and the Len Gilbert ee pep asoinic FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP HEFFREN INSURANCE AGENCY E. M, DALPEZ JEWELER 1117.W. Main P.O Box 1034 2 tien mana ed 1oross Valley, Ca. 2655 are THE CIPSON’S Pa 273.256} Park At The Door LITTLE OLD BAKF S St 429 E 29 E. Ridge Rd. Rd. & Of The Friendly Store Cedar Ridge Ladies Shop Colfe: — 273-4664 iwa CHEERLEADERS FOR the seventh graders are, from left: Jill Roy, Joette Collier and Tammi Kays. Back row: Rhonda Clark and Cathy Seghezzi. Quilt show Oct. 27-28 A il] be an outstanding item at the Nevada City Quilt Show, October 27-28, in the Nevada City Armory. The stunning old quilt, now 142 years old, will be seen in a speciai old-fashioned bedroom setting replete with brass bed and some fabulous oriental rugs. A child’s bedroom will also be featured, with old-fashioned toys and cribsize quilts as highlights of the decor. In the good old days of quiltmaking they were made from materials on hand, including in some instances old socks, flour sacks or tobacco pouches. One very good example from 1890, and to be shown here, is a quilt made of gentlemen’s silk ties and an old opera coat. Among local exhibitors will be Mrs. Lou Christie who will display a ‘‘Carpenter’s Wheel’’ design honoring her grandfather, Mr. Marsh; and a “‘Barrister’s Block’ designed for her husband. The former was a carpenter and the latter a lawyer. Demonstrations will include the making of the “Pine Tree’’ “Cathedral Window” quilt designs. Entries have been received from points in Oregon and Nevada as well as from many collections in California. All types of quilting supplies and books on the subject will be avilable for purchase, as will quilted and patchwork toys, aprons and botique items for the early Chrisimas shopper. A donation of 50 vents admission is asked to benetit the Sunflower School in Nevada City. A crazy quilt, begun in 1831, Warden serves as the As we have had occasion to observe before, to you sportsmen and to the public generally the fish and game warden is the Department cof Fish and Game. Because he is the day-to-day contact point between the department and the sportsman or the nonhunter or the nonfisherman who is affected by what we do, the warden is the image of the department. As a result, in the minds of many Californians, we are looked upon primarily as a law enforcement agency when, in fact, law enforcement is only one of the many, many tasks assigned to the department. What do the rest of us do? Well, the 1,300 or so department employees, wardens included, work at 154 job classifications, running alphabetically from account clerk II to wildlife habitat supervisor. They are agricultural programmers, executive officers, license officers, hatchery managers, biologists, land agents, statisticians, civil engineers, fish pathologists, patrol boat captains, clerkspatrol boat captains, clerks, typists, deckhands, hands, fish culturists, virologists, wardens, patrol captains, janitors, chemists, key punch operators, laboratory technicians, masters of fisheries vessels, boat engine. men, boatswains, personnel officers, property inspectors, secretaries, account clerks, accountants, chemists, suction public image for, DFG stenographers, pilots, ship’s cooks, statistical analysts, tabulation marine operators, wildlife habitat assistants, piar:ners and many, many more. Among other things, Fish and Game people tag fish, build fish screens to keep small fish from being trapped in fields when water is diverted from rivers, rehabilitate spawning gravels, prepare news releases and television news clips and radio news tapes, publish magazines and booklets and leaflets, make motion pictures, answer requests for. information from schools and the public generally, review applications for land and water developments for their effects on fish and wildlife, test agents for oil spill cleanups, introduce new species of fish, rescue fish, work to preserve threatened species of wildlife, study marine species, monitor catches, manage hunting on state and federal areas, survey game_and nongame species, work to control fish and wildlife diseases, study means of improving access to private property for fishermen and hunters, clean up oil sumps, patrol lands and waters of the state for fish and game law violators and polluters and others, issue permits and licenses for such things as use of explosives and operation of pheasant clubs and use of dredges, conduct examinations for faleoners and issue falconry permits, check airports for imports. of prohibited fish and wildlife species and administer the hunter safety program.

ee ee ee Capitol Comment by Earl G. Waters CAMPAIGN REFORMS The Republican Party has scheduled a series of meetings, starting October 19 in San Diego, for the purpose of “restructuring’’. Presumably this includes what Republican State Chairman Gordon C. Luce recently described as ‘‘a shift from the heavy campaign financing of the Madison Avenue variety to a greater reliance on the smaller donor.’’ The current awareness of faults in our electoral process has centered reform proposals on campaign financing. This sudden urge to ‘‘purify’’ fund raising is precipitated by the revelations, following Watergate, of the vast sums raised in the last presidential campaign. This pointed up the dangers of huge contributions and an overabundance of money leading to useages, unethical, immoral ; and illegal. As often happens in such situations there has been an over reaction accompanied by hasty legislation seemingly designed more to assuage public opinion than to truly solve the problems. These efforts merely serve to highlight the most recent abuses. Most of the proposals ignore three basic facts. 1. Since the founding of the nation there have always been election abuses and there always will be. It is inherent in the © system. 2. Regardless of laws, there will be violations. This was made . clear by the disclosures of the many illegal corporation contributions to the Nixon campaign. 3. There can be no such thing as ‘‘perfect election laws’’. Laws which are too restrictive will work adversely, creating unintended barriers for office seekers with the result the most capable will «refuse or be unable to participate in politics. This does not mean that no effort should be made to improve: the electoral process by plugging the holes when they appear. The maintenance of our freedoms require a continuing review of our government and all of its mechanism. And it is difficult to argue that campaign funding is not now in need of some reform. \s Luce has stated, ‘‘Kingmaking”’ is resented by the voters 2nd dampens the enthusiasm cf campaign workers. mere can only exist where a few individuals are in ‘ontr f available campa ign dollars. And this need not be donated lars from a few big cont butors. The growing office te use taxpayer dollars to finance their own g trend of those in campaigns, those fy inked candidates, and party activities, is rapidiy undermining party responsibility for fund raising. So, too, is the usurpation by the party organizations. Much assembly speaker of the role of fund raiser for legislative candidates, a task formerly done by the individua! candidate and of this has been the result of soaring campaign costs. While the expense of running for office may not need to be as great as it tias been in many campaigns in recent years, it remains that it ines cost a lot of money. Congressman Harold T. Bizz’ Johnson, who has spent many years in public office and is now in his 15th year in the House, has oposed a law making m 1ajor changes in federal elections. Johnson’s bill directly attacks the problem of campaign financing and offers a sensible solution. He proposes financing candidates with public funds. This in itself is not new. It has been suggested before. What is different about the Johnson approach is that he has devised a practical means of doing it. “To avoid dissipation of treasury funds on frivolous candidates,”’ Johnson said, ‘“‘the bill requires each candidate to match any public money he receives with money contributed by private persons.”’ ‘ BUSINESS BILLBOARD WATCHES = CLOCKS ~~ ) JEWELRY . and the Len Gilbert ee pep asoinic FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP HEFFREN INSURANCE AGENCY E. M, DALPEZ JEWELER 1117.W. Main P.O Box 1034 2 tien mana ed 1oross Valley, Ca. 2655 are THE CIPSON’S Pa 273.256} Park At The Door LITTLE OLD BAKF S St 429 E 29 E. Ridge Rd. Rd. & Of The Friendly Store Cedar Ridge Ladies Shop Colfe: — 273-4664 iwa CHEERLEADERS FOR the seventh graders are, from left: Jill Roy, Joette Collier and Tammi Kays. Back row: Rhonda Clark and Cathy Seghezzi. Quilt show Oct. 27-28 A il] be an outstanding item at the Nevada City Quilt Show, October 27-28, in the Nevada City Armory. The stunning old quilt, now 142 years old, will be seen in a speciai old-fashioned bedroom setting replete with brass bed and some fabulous oriental rugs. A child’s bedroom will also be featured, with old-fashioned toys and cribsize quilts as highlights of the decor. In the good old days of quiltmaking they were made from materials on hand, including in some instances old socks, flour sacks or tobacco pouches. One very good example from 1890, and to be shown here, is a quilt made of gentlemen’s silk ties and an old opera coat. Among local exhibitors will be Mrs. Lou Christie who will display a ‘‘Carpenter’s Wheel’’ design honoring her grandfather, Mr. Marsh; and a “‘Barrister’s Block’ designed for her husband. The former

was a carpenter and the latter a lawyer. Demonstrations will include the making of the “Pine Tree’’ “Cathedral Window” quilt designs. Entries have been received from points in Oregon and Nevada as well as from many collections in California. All types of quilting supplies and books on the subject will be avilable for purchase, as will quilted and patchwork toys, aprons and botique items for the early Chrisimas shopper. A donation of 50 vents admission is asked to benetit the Sunflower School in Nevada City. A crazy quilt, begun in 1831, Warden serves as the As we have had occasion to observe before, to you sportsmen and to the public generally the fish and game warden is the Department cof Fish and Game. Because he is the day-to-day contact point between the department and the sportsman or the nonhunter or the nonfisherman who is affected by what we do, the warden is the image of the department. As a result, in the minds of many Californians, we are looked upon primarily as a law enforcement agency when, in fact, law enforcement is only one of the many, many tasks assigned to the department. What do the rest of us do? Well, the 1,300 or so department employees, wardens included, work at 154 job classifications, running alphabetically from account clerk II to wildlife habitat supervisor. They are agricultural programmers, executive officers, license officers, hatchery managers, biologists, land agents, statisticians, civil engineers, fish pathologists, patrol boat captains, clerkspatrol boat captains, clerks, typists, deckhands, hands, fish culturists, virologists, wardens, patrol captains, janitors, chemists, key punch operators, laboratory technicians, masters of fisheries vessels, boat engine. men, boatswains, personnel officers, property inspectors, secretaries, account clerks, accountants, chemists, suction public image for, DFG stenographers, pilots, ship’s cooks, statistical analysts, tabulation marine operators, wildlife habitat assistants, piar:ners and many, many more. Among other things, Fish and Game people tag fish, build fish screens to keep small fish from being trapped in fields when water is diverted from rivers, rehabilitate spawning gravels, prepare news releases and television news clips and radio news tapes, publish magazines and booklets and leaflets, make motion pictures, answer requests for. information from schools and the public generally, review applications for land and water developments for their effects on fish and wildlife, test agents for oil spill cleanups, introduce new species of fish, rescue fish, work to preserve threatened species of wildlife, study marine species, monitor catches, manage hunting on state and federal areas, survey game_and nongame species, work to control fish and wildlife diseases, study means of improving access to private property for fishermen and hunters, clean up oil sumps, patrol lands and waters of the state for fish and game law violators and polluters and others, issue permits and licenses for such things as use of explosives and operation of pheasant clubs and use of dredges, conduct examinations for faleoners and issue falconry permits, check airports for imports. of prohibited fish and wildlife species and administer the hunter safety program.