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TAMPA TO' .21. JLm JJL jLV JJk. JUL JL OA. -Urn JliW Final City Edition Bay Area Forecast Fair, Mild Through Thursday. Lowest Temperature, From 47 to 52.

High Today Near 74. (Weather Map on Page 8-C.) 71ST YEAR No. 6 PRICE TEN CENTS 1 Days Home Delivery 50 CenU THREE SECTIONS 38 PAGES TAMPA, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1963 Becomes State's 35th Chief Executive mm hobi Trie Wearer IBUNE Roads, Edmcait Joh nson Governor Urges Unity For Florida rt V'WxK'Ozy px -5 4 i 1 A itt, 1 Photo by Vernon Barchard Budget Will Set Record By VERNON BRADFORD Tribune Staff Writer TALLAHASSEE A sweeping program emphasiz-; ing completion of interstate road work, a top educational system and a non-sectional administration was given: Florida yesterday by its new governor. High noon ceremonies elevated Haydon Burns from the job as mayor of Jacksonville to governor of Florida. The tall, 52-year-old business- By JOSEPH R.

SLEVIN WASHINGTON (HTNS) President Johnson will send Congress a record-smashing budget that will call for heavier federal spending, higher tax receipts and a smaller deficit. 1 It will be Johnson's second budget and his first full statement of the program for his Great Society. The 'budget is for fiscal 1966, the Burns Takes Oath Of Office Burns' Plans Draw Okay Of Cabinet Weathei Florida Forecast Generally Fair Today Through Thursday. High Today Mainly in the 70s. Cloudy in the Northern Sections.

Weather Elsewhere WASHINGTON The Weather Bureau Report of High and Low Temperature and Rainfall Yesterday: i Other stories photos on Pages 7-A, 8-A and 6 B. Burns 6 in as Governor Ceremony In Colorful Capital and Sworn county and city officials. This area was packed. Before Burns took his oath, members of the cat-inet were sworn in for new terms. Earl Faircloth of Miami, was separately sworn in as attorney general to succeed James Kynes, defeated by Faircloth for the post.

Burns was administered his oath by Chief Justice E. Harris Drew of the State Supreme Court. Military Salute The tall, graying 5ums put his hand on a Bible which was given to him this past Christmas by his son, daughter and son-in-law. As he spoke the words "so help me God," a 19-gun salute, fired by a Dade City National Guard artillery unit, sounded from the other side of the 7 man who succeeded Farris Bryant as chief executive made a minimum of direct commitments in his 23 minute speech. He explained to the crowd attending the inaugural ceremonies he was saving his detailed, specific program for delivery in his message to the legislature this April.

Warm Reception Nine brief spurts of applause Interrupted Burns' talk. His comments as Florida's 35th governor were followed by 14 seconds more of hand clapping and cheers. Some of the things on which Burns did make pledges and promises in specifics included the interstate road work throughout Florida, his pledge against any sort of sectionalism, working for completion of the Cross-State Barge Canal and continued, major improvements in public schools and institutions of higher learning. And, he pledged that it would be one looking to Florida's citizenry and other arms of government for help and cooperation in solving problems and making progress. Urges Teamwork Burns talked of the need for teamwork and unity and of opportunities for the state in his two-year tenure.

"Our only limit to our realizations of tomorrow will be our doubts of today," was the way he phrased it. The new governor who served as the mayor of Jacksonville for 15 years, covered a multitude of subjects in his inaugural address. His speech touched most of the areas of Florida's economy and covered most of the problems which he will face as governor. He did not have a mention of any description on the primary issue of legislative reapportionment. Burns, a native of Illinois, concluded that he had told newsmen the previous day.

"I do not have all the answers to all our problems," said Burns. "But I do have the will and determination to pursue with vigor every responsible avenue of solution to seek advice from citizens both in and out of government who share my concern and devotion to this state and I shall daily need and seek guidance from that Supreme Being from Whom all power and wisdom flow 1 (Continued on Page 6, Col. 6) TALLAHASSEE With the inauguration of Haydon Burns as Florida's 35th gov-e mem bers of his cabinet appeared in full agreement with his program. The cabinet is the group of men who, with the governor, form the board of directors that runs the state. The gov Bailey ernor serves as chairman.

In his inaugural address, Burns stressed, among other things, the need for a committee to study the university trimester system and means of increasing agricultural production. State Schoo' Supt. Thomas Bailey agreed that such a study be made of the trimester system. "What he had to say was true," he said. "Our first consideration is the welfare of our students." "Overall," he said, "Burns' message was forward looking and I was particularly delighted he put so much emphasis on education." "I look forward to working with him in the implementation of his program." Conner Pleased Agriculture Commissioner Doyle Conner was pleased with Burns' exhibition of his knowledge of the state's problems.

"I appreciate his desire to meet these needs of a growing state," he said. "He has a sound knowledge of budgetary matters and I will give him full support to get the kind of quality agricultural program Florida needs. And (Continued on Page 6, Col. 5) High Low Rain Albany. N.

33 26 Amarillo 71 31 Anchorage 0 -19 Asheville 53 23 Atlanta 62 33 Atlantic 42 26 Baltimore 56 21 Birmingham ..60 31 Bismarck 9 6 Boise 43 33 Boston 42 27 Buffalo 37 27 Burlington 32 5 Cap Hatteras. 53 23 Charleston 58 40 Charlotte 56 35 Chattanooga ..58 29 Chicago 44 36 Cincinnati 44 29 Cleveland 40 28 Columbus 33 26 Dallas 62 46 Denver 60 26 Des Moines 31 21 Detroit 39 31 Duluth 18 2 Fresno 61 51 .12 Honolulu 78 71 Houston ..71 43 Indianapolis ..44 30 Kansas City ..47 23 Knoxville 55 31 Little Rock 65 33 Los Angeles 66 46 Louisville 50 30 Memphis 61 41 Milwaukee 40 30 Paul. 23 9 Mobile 70 39 Montgomery ..64 33 Mon-eal 32 20 Nashville 59 32 New Orleans 69 43 New York 43 31 Norfolk 58 24 Philadelphia ..44 24 Phoenix 57 50 Pittsburgh 44 22 Portland, .35 18 Richmond 59 21 St. Louis 53 36 Salt Lake City. 51 38 San Antonio 60 50 San Diego 62 44 San Francisco 59 54 .21 Savannah 63 26 Seattle 44 32 .13 Tampa 72 49 Toronto 36 26 Washington 50 24 Wichita 43 34 Wilmington, NC 60 26 year that will begin next July 1, but many of the Great Society programs will continue through this decade and intc the 1970 s.

The President is succeeding in holding spending below the arbitrary 4100 billion ceiling that he has set for himself. However, he has crossed the S99-billion line and many gov ernment budgetary experts are predicting privately that the government actually will spend more than $100 billion before it closes its budget books on June 30, 1966. The big spending shift of the mid-1960 is from military outlays to the programs of the Great Society. Defense Down Defense spending will drop about $1 billion in 1966, for the second straight year. Atomicj Energy Commission and foreign1 aid outlays will decline and i even the Space Agency will spend slightly less in 1966 than in 1965.

Johnson has been bearing! down hard along all Spending reductions are antici- pated in many of the established agencies including the Agriculture Department, the Vet-j eran Administration, the Post Office, and the Justice and! Commerce Departments. The poveity program will be! one of the main beneficiaries' of the swing to the Great Society though poverty spending will; go up much less than its un- happy director, Sargent would have liked. The government will spend more money for education than it is paying out this year. It will increase the outlays for the Labor Department's manpowe program, and for the Home and Finance Agency's ur ban renewal program. More for Health Johnson will ask Congress to approve the special Appalachia program that died with the last Congress and he will seek more money for health activities, too.

But he will get his feet wet carefully. He will test the temperature of the water but he will not plunge in all the way. The President will broach new programs tentatively and that will be one evidence of his cautious approach to his Great Society. He will increase spending for some existing programs carefully, even grudgingly and that will be another bit of evidence that will point in the same direction. Johnson believes that all of (Continued on Page 11, Col.

1) Committee, headed by Rep. Wilbur Mills, D-Ark. Yesterday's action, taken by agreement between Speaker John W. McCormack and Republican leader Gerald R. Ford, gives Democrats two extra seats on the committee, at the expense of Republicans.

It assures early committee approval of the long-fought medicare bill. For a quarter century, Ways and Means has remained fixed at 25 members, with 15 allotted to the majority party and 10 to the minority. Under yesterday's action, the ration will be 17 to 8. With one Democratic vacancy, that gives administration forces three appointments to the committee. Without doubt, they will go to pro-medicare members.

Republicans, despite their reduction from 10 to 8 members, still get one appointment, since three 1 i Medicare Backers Jubilant As Early-Passage Is Predicted that under Burns' leadership the state would continue to progress. Eryant finished by declaring: "I have kept the faith." Some of the things which brought applause during Burns' speech were his comments on completing the barge canal, when he said he would direct the road department to move on an expressway for Miami; when he said state schools must be second to none and when he said he would name a trimester operation study group. Foe of Trimester Plan The trimester plan has been opposed by Burns and it has been one of his chief reasons for being irked at Bryant's appointment of the new board of regents. The new governor also said he would give equal importance to "expediting" Interstate 75 to Tampa. Burns' day started early yesterday and ended late last night with inaugural balls held at Tully Gymnasium at Florida State University and earlier at Florida A and Negro University.

The 'governor has several busy days ahead with inaugural balls scheduled in several Florida cities. Today he travels to Tampa for a ball tonight at Ft. Homer Hesterly Armory. Thursday he will be in Orlando, Friday in Jacksonville, Saturday in Mi- (Continued on Page 6, Col. 4) A Capitol building.

This was the first time in memory a governor has been accorded the military honor upon i inaguration. Immediately after Burns' speech he and his official family, and outgoing Governor Fams Bryant stood in the rotunda of the Capitol tor a public reception. Bryant gave the customary farewell address to begin the ceremonies. He likened the succession of the governorship to a relay race and said he had "handed the baton" to Burns. Deep Assurance The outgoing governor said he was leaving office with the "deep inner assurance that we have advanced far and fast He said he was confident One of the big stumbling blocks was the House Ways and Means Committee which last year failed by one vote to approve the bill.

Speaker John W. McCormack, and Republican Floor Leader Gerald R. Ford of Michigan announced that Democrats would receive a bigger ratio on all House committees to reflect the new 295 to 140 balance over the GOP. This gives Democrats two seats on the committee now held by Republicans. The new appointees are virtually certain to be pro-medicare members.

President Johnson also stepped up the momentum for medicare Monday night by urging its passage in his state of the union address. When Johnson spoke, a bill sponsored jointly by Sen. Clinton P. Anderson, and Rep. Cecil R.

King, already had been introduced. It calls for a program to be financed by increased social security taxes. The con- tributions would be chan neled off to a separate fund supervised by the Social Security Administration. The King-Anderson bill also calls for increasing so-cil security cash benefits by 7 per cent. This would be financed by increasing the present social security tax.

Johnson alo called for this raise in payments for "those struggling to maintain the dignity of their later years." By TOM O'CONNOR Tribune Staff Writer TALLAHASSEE a Burns of Jacksonville yesterday became Florida's 35th governor during inauguration ceremonies participated in by the entire state. Attired in striped trousers, cutaway morning coat and light grey vest and necktie, the former mayor of Jacksonville took the oath of office at high noon on a platform at the rear of the Capitol and promised to dedicate his full attention to the service of the people of Florida. Skies were heavily overcast during the initial portion of the ceremonies, but the sun broke through the clouds shortly after the new governor began his address telling of the "blessings" of the state which he now heads. Brief Talk His talk was relatively brief. The capital city of Tallahassee was brightly decorated for the occasion.

Red. white and blue bunting hung from all the state buildings as well as most of the buildings in the downtown area along the line of march of the mid-afternoon inauguration parade. The ceremonies were not so widely attended as in former inaugurations. There were vast areas of seats in front of the official platform which were not occupied. It was reported that 10,000 seats had been provided for the public.

More than 1,500 sats on the i platform were set aside for distinguished, including state, members did not return. The appropriations committee, another key committee also fixed for many years at 30-20 division, was rejiggered to give the Democrats 34 members and the Republicans only 16. All other House committees but rules were realigned, as is customary in every Congress, to reflect as nearly as possible the party breakdown in the House as a whole. The rules committee already was divided 10 to 5 so no change was made there. On the opening day of Congress Monday, House rules were changed to make sure the rules committee a sort of traffic cop controlling the flow of legislation from other committees to the House floor could not flash a permanent red light, as has sometimes been the case in the past Democrats Increase Their Margins on House Groups WASHINGTON (UPD House Democrats yesterday erased a major obstacle to passage of a medicare bill this year by changing the political alignment on the House Ways Means Committee.

At the same time, Secretary Anthony Celebrezze of the Health Education and Welfare Department (HEW) was telling a cheering rally of senior citizens, "We're on the eve of victory." The medicare proposal would set up a hospital insurance plan for the aged financed by increasing Social Security taxes. Backers have been trying to get a medicare bill through Congress for nearly 15 years. Tribune Features Astrology 14-A Business 8-C Classified M5-C Comics 4, 5-C frnssunrii 14-A Death Notices 2-A Editorials 4-B Financial News 6-7-C Goren 6-B Graham 8-C Heloise 6-B Landers 6-B Little People's Puzzle 14-A Sports 1-3-C Theaters 13-A TV and Radio 12-A Weather 8-C Wishing Well 14-A Women's Newa 6-7-B WASHINGTON (LTD Democrats in firm control of the 89th Congress yesterday smashed additional possible roadblocks against early enactment of key points in President Johnson's "Great Society" program. In a realignment of House committees to reflect the Democrats' 295 to 140 balance over Republicans, party leaders claimed additional seats on all committees but one. For the first time they guaranteed a majority on the crucial committee on Ways and Means in favor of Johnson's medical care for the aged program.

Medicare actually hospital and nursing home care for the aged, paid for under the ocial security program has been given top billing for early congressional action. Heretofore, it has failed to clear the Ways and Means ft i if '3 mmMiad Ki4v9to4afev4.lWMMAM rfir- Bit of Humor TALLAHASSEE The incoming and outgoing first families of Florida enjoy a bit of humor after yesterday's inauguration ceremonies here. Shar- ing a laugh are, from left, Mrs. Haydon Burns, Gov. Haydon Burns, outgoing Gov.

Farris Bryant and Mrs. Bryant. (Staff Thoto).

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