Press-Telegram from Long Beach, California • 23

Fran Oar exeditive decree when the Senate --and-Assembly' agree on when to qn4 toe sessiop Burns ai4 be tells new- ty arrived legislators that his own priority list of ob-7 ligations places' respond bifity to the district first to toe state second and to the party third sition 1A winch was ap- the San Joaquin Valley by- thevoters in Funeral 1966 Legislators now get Hon and was thifc first an annual salary of president ofthe Young (it goes up to 119200 Democratic Chib he $25 per day for belied to found in Fresno expenses plus other bene- -'The lncumbent assem-" "fits designed' fcr'make toe blyman retired ii( 1936" job financially attractive ha laid since I had In addition each legislator been active Indvic organ: has a Capitol office andT: jzations and' in the FDR staff a district office and movement the Yeung Bradley-Burns Uniform Sales Tax Act which gave counties toe right to levy and collect sales taxes and toe Collier-Burns Act of 1947 whidbLestabUshed toe' statefreeway system He also sponsored the Pure Food and Drug -Act and pushed through legislation extend-ing disability mulhospital benefits tor workers and making: lowrrenlhousing available for Senior zens citi State Bureau now he should bo well toward the top of tha peopto i-tu which- -Beach owei -KENNICK SAID be now feels fortunate to calling Sen Bums a close personal friend 1 appeared be I -r-lr--T SACRAMENTO Sl Hugh Burns will soon cease representing toe Fresno district which has sent him to the Legislature -for 33 years Ha dedslon not to seek re-electionwill have an impact not only on Ms Fresno constituents butoiLtha peopleolLon2 Beach as well Long Beach Sen Joseph- Kennick believes Burns was the lead author of the 1964 bill which settled the tidelahds oil dispute between the -state and the City of Long Kennick an assemblyman at the Kennick first elected to the Legislature 1956 said he got to' By BOB SCHMIDT FYem Omr State Boreas SACRAMENTO in 1936 '-Franklin Delano Roosevelt wai swept into a second presidential -term such large' margin -that the word becomes permanent parti of America's political vo-- pabulary Carried Into office on President coat- talHtrere thousands of 1 young Democrat among 'tbejn a 34-year-old Fresno? 1 mortician named Hugh Burns' 1 Next week as California's Legislature convenes in 'formal session for the last time in 1970 Sen 'Burns vwill be anrweririg the final roll calls of Ms 33-year Capital career fie did not seek re-election tha 33-year in- cumbency-dx years Jn the Assembly and 27 in the -jSenato-ii exceeded by y'onhMKie man in Califor- history Herbert 'Wr plater of Sonoma County HE BEUEVES he has completely represented hla distrlctrand-c obviously his constituents who enabled him to win 10 -elections'- agree Fellow Democrats chagrined when he supported Republican Richard Nixfcn over Hubert Humphrey and de-' dined to support Alan Cranston in toe US Sen- ate race in 1968 and again when he supported Rondd Reagan over Democrat jess Unruh in this Democrats it seemed a natural derision-to seek toe vacant seat was' per knitted in those days but I because I didn't have the extra $20 it cost I won the primary by about 30 botes but then thanks in part to Roosevelt's landslide won the general elefctionby something like 5000 yotes was considered pretty much of a liberal then but I guess Fd bo described fore tiie Senate Rules i 1 1 e' (of wMdi Bums was chairman for 12-years) I was impressed with Ms sense of fair play and also with the sympathetic ear with which this man of considerable wisdom mid seniority listened -to men of lesser stature in the Legislature entire state profits from having men i like Hugh Burns serve the 'theeuttrr dont think much but- tt seems to me that attitudes about what-government is -supposed to do have bo- advised of threats to its security There is a continuing Communist danger and though the FBI is riding herd on them toll toe Any ipitulatioii of Prominent in Dnrnss- legislative tha 1964 -oil scrap He spent long and tedious hours listening to toe tesi-mony and he- never lost sight of the fact that Long I -Beach was a prinfcipal the dispute hnd was enti-' tied a fair HE BELIEVES be has made a significant contribution to toe security of California through his chairmanship since 1949 Of the Committee an Un-American Activities committee Should bo ha say emphatically feel then Lt Gov Robert wereoutof the state The authority de-: Yohres tha Senate president pro tern in that situation and Burns -proceeded to sign and veto Mils and for the firsfc-frme in histroy ad-- joum the Legislature by can attest to he low prior- Ity Bums: places-on parti-sansMp They have tfbeen so surprised: He thinks so little of partisan- ship that he staved off the "TTrtatioirmpartjrcauc atis- es to years in the Senate and opposes them today are political oper- ations which should be fi- -jianced by parties not by he argue have -toelr place when you keep proposals afraid pome legislators become overly vasrriected-to-toeAssmn-anjonths-of My to 1911 and to the Sen- budget adopted in 1935- aid ai a are too te to 1915 and died in of- The total allocation for greatly influenced by ficein l947 for a of gtate government expendi- young technicians 1 36 -years tures tor toe two-year pe- ParWuiiy refrained I jTm the burtyriod was $1534 miUion from' employing an assist- looming-voiced Burnsr- Th-ciimrenl budg ant V-he says wito a dmc- "and tha Urns left to--ft jurt iwiiifrr $aa WTr im Mr tho Almighty might LION just flgme out things to When he took office the state was working oh the careermust lead offwito modest -third-floor Capitol his- appointment to the office is a plaque designat- powerful Senate Rules tog him as Committee in 1947and Ms emeritus Gov election as president pro Reagan presented it to tem of the upper house 10 Mm in after be had 1 vearatato-Hiheld-thoarvefr-M-tfag-gBraiinr demanding part mtil 1969 utoen both Reagan and VUE RECOGNIZED tht Long Beach had been a pioneer in offshore oiTfexplo-ration and he paw that 9 long legbattiejiyeiLDwn ership of the tidelands would be' costly to every one and would delay development lt- Mint- t'm my opinion the peo- Beach aftiier faith unto my people to 33 conclusion of too settle-years ment which made a court He acknowledges that fight unnecessary owed Ms temperament al- Mm a great debt of gratis tude to the great fight he fought in thleir behalf low Mm simply to drop everything and go fisltoig not be too much io I think -vITl and take tost take things" easy let some younger fella received $100a month pe- rlod No expense nxmey" no secretaries not even a HIS FRlENDS thlnk that be tauder said than "By 1943 when-I was a done The always involved senator we each had a lit- frequently controversial tie cubbyhole on the fourth Buma has been-an active-cfloor-of the CqdtoL But if participant in the most we wanted to dictate a let- jirrbulent period of change ter we called tiife steno In rowdy histo- pool and they sent a girL i SEN HUGH BURNS Stepping Down When Hugh Burns was sworn ta in 1937 Califor- population was 6J jniBion-Siice-tiien-4t "loomed tojust under'20 million with a corresponding increase In responsibility for those in govern I got Bumatecallf'egislatQrs still -had no secretary and if we wanted to make a can we used a pay THINGS HAVE changed drastically of course thanks primarily to Propo-' Exclusive new HexkMtches kre decorative as well as practicall 4 ATVOlOflEBISCeUCJT PRICES! staff and access to highly paid consultants in just about any subject area im-aginable think the salary and other benefits are out of line considering the responsibilities legislators Burns says and he quickly gives credit to former Assembly Speaker Jess Unruh for being primarily responsible for the change not at aH auro need allthe dating us Wo need strong legislators willing and able to do their own work make their own analyses and researdf their ytnrYo do' -BURNS -HAS never shown any reluctance to: do Ms own work or go Ms own way aLMs fellow Democrats have' discovered on several occasions Andjwhen' he moved he Usually moved quickly At age 33 to instance he became the youngest exalted ruler ever to head toe Fresno Elks Lodger" He also became present of toe Junior Chamber of Commerce of the -2030 Chib Grand Knight of theFres-no'Counefi eftiwKnighti of Cdtambus' president' of state suffer from hit Sen Kennick said 7 PART TIME MEN WOMEN NEW BOOK SHOWS HOW lYOir CAM EARN JOBS MANY WQHT AT HOMS Utile or NefcwMtwnt -DrtrtsISrsol- EASY MONEY OPPORTUlUTn Send MBS (tax Indwtod) 4r COLLEGE MEM Dept A 2400 MagnoMa Blvd Burbank Csllf 9180G Him Sack imnwW 0 00 MYLOir111 fas' I SHAG yy Change affecting 'not Polity the composition the 'state but of its Legislature wdL Becoming unin- Mved and accommodate Mmself to a slower flow of adrenalin Ja pot going to be easy I TTF Dial vour stitahea with one touch New dial controls aroeoeasytomeL: Ine different stretch 8titche-more than any other machine break like ordinary stitches Perfect for knits guiding the I itiirough -too traumatiel966 reap- portionment changes' 'bronghtabqutbytha one-r oneota court dad- On May 14 1969 a coalition of Young Turk Democrats-and conservative Republicans succeeded in de-poSing Mm after he had been' elected president pro tqm more often than any senator in history- 7- During Ms Senate tenure Bums was-co-autooL Tn1I(lh rigwiAant legisla-tion the Burns- Porter Act which ized toe masslvo Califor- nia Water toe 7TT uoiy-V NYLON pile DuPOHT wmi rf- TOWE-On-TOME TVJEEDS On the Goldehlbddi sewing madiine of the701s I Oitiyby Singer sqyd iTAUBBS COMPIITI -5 The Singer 1 to 36 -5 Credit Planlielpeypu have this new machine '-ft now-within Your budget 6)f SckVMs it Oon nMf Ml you UW 6ABDEN 530-4010 DEL JUNO CENTEI -391-4696 pigw undar S1NC5EH COMR4N lAlBWOOGENIH-IMAlil" 10S ALTOS-4303S2 PAMMOUNT-531-1583 ANAHETH53S-TI24 BUENA 828-7540 COSTA 54W195 WiltTUtGTON BEACH -897-1041 SAH SOUTH COAST A HadaMlrlionHE SINGER COMPANY I 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