Valley News from Van Nuys, California • Page 44

4a-A-North Van, Nuys October 1968 LET m' One may get a different opinion from just about everyone approached on the matter about the problem outcome of the November election'. seems to be an opinion among many leading Hubert Democratic nomi- for President, can win -only by a miracle -and miracles are hi: short, supply. I asked one city councilman about it and answer shaped tip-like this: 5 "When the. chips all 'rally to the c-a i a tfej Humphrey will win." He did "net say it with much zest. another city councilman and his reply was thus: "I think it is going to close." A third -councilman spoke ttius: "It looks lilfie Eichard Nixon would get it, due mainly to lack of unity and energy among the This writer never was more at sea, and man and boy I have covered a lot of canv- paigns.

One general explanation was Mr. Humphrey is saddled with, the policies-of Lyndon Johnson and. he can't shake them off without appearing disloyal. In races, close to it is beginning to appear-that Alan Cranstpn, Democratic nominee for United States senator, is pulling ahead.of Dr. Max Rafferty, the Republican, who is state superintendent of pub- lic instruction.

Three weeks ago it had a strong Rafferty look. ASIDE from candidates it main will be around "Proposition 9, the Watson amendment, allegedly designed to hol4 down taxes by mearia of a formula. Whether formula will work is decidedly uncertain. That the amendment, if it becomes would hamper school districts is generally agreed: and how much school districts need hampering- is a moot question! Hubert Humphrey's. latest big.pitch,;is.

statemeBt tiiat he will increase in Security pensions for oidsfers; It will be up: to Congress, and how much a president can influence congress remains to be seen. As an example of how education can be controlled by public action there is. the state law which would in effect end the teaching of English to the foreign born here. present this, work' is done over KMEX television station by Miss Ginger Cory, a Sherman Oaks who is popular in many places. The bill, to extend this service which it is asserted helps to make 1 foreigners' good Americans was passed and sent to, Gov.

Ronald Reagan who vetoed it. An effort" to pass such bill again thus far failed. Some advocates of the project said that Reagani stated he did not realize thai funds for the project came from federal sources entirely and not from local taxpayers. Question number one is whether the instruction' is an essential part of instruction here and whether local contribute There seems'to be no question that Miss Cory has been doing a first rate job. 'POLITICS used.to be almost entirely-a matter 6f.who.was elected to what.

Now'it is vastly, more than It is much a question of issues as it is of persons. i Men like Dr. Jack CrpW- it i dent of schools, are beginning to b'ack out of the picture because there many thwarting factors. It is no longer a clear- cut question of how-to-do-what as in the old days. Jt is next.to impossible to have a non-partisan approach to politics, for po- litjcs has if or its very essence the party that; many party, leaders doubt that it would be possible to have elections with meaning.

Both major parties were founded under quasi-sacred auspices and today they have significance far beyond what many of iis suppose. This is despite the fact that there is a of party line crossing. There is wide agreement that despite its name the party Continued on Next Page Assessment Proposition Backed by Water Board A resolution supporting a ballot proposition which would control widely fluctuation assessments on properties owned by municipal utilities today had been adopted by tiie Los City Water and Power Commission. The measure will appear on the Nov. 5 ballots.

John W. Luhring, deputy board president, said the measure would settle annual assessment battles between utilities and the counties.in which their'facilities are.situated. A a assessments. of DWP water rights have ranged on $8,400,000 to $19,700,000 in Inyo County alone, ie said; The 1968-69 assessment is about $11,000,000, Luhring Proposition 2 a formula for counties to set their tax rates and at the same time be fair to utility consumers whose rates reflect the cost of operation, he said. -The assessed' utility-owned facilities-, would rise or fall annually in accordance with the percentage increase or statewide assessed valuation oh a per capita Changes in assessments would be tied to figures compiled by the state controller.

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