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Gov Edmund Gerald Pat Brown Sr — Part 7
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emanates ee eT
- narcotics across the interna-
-Jeave that to the Legislature
Brown Asks Narcotic|
Crackdown in Mexico
By CARL GREENBERG
Ezaminer Polttical Edttor ‘
SACRAMENTO — Gov.|matic relations, is another!
Brown called Friday for “far prolific source of narcotics. . ¢
more aggressive action in
Mexico” to halt the flow of] Brown said there will be
“unquestionably” toug her
tional border and disclosed|penalties enacted for narcotics.
plans for a conference with] violators, but he wants to talk
U. §. Atty. Gen.designate/to Kennedy to press for ac-
Robert Kennedy. He warned:|tion against the flow ier dope
“Ag long as it pours in here/OVer California’s borders.
there are going to be people On other fronts, Brown:
that will proselyte and sell it
no matter how tough we
make the penalties.”
@ WARNED “at the end of
this session there is going to
_ be a balanced budget and I
At the same time, Brown intend to use the full powers
strongly hinted he wouldn't|° the Governor to see We
like to see capital punishment|40"'t 80 back to the deficit
injected into the 1962 guber- financing of the last four,
natorial race through a pro- five years before I became
posed constitutional amend. Governor.
ent on the ballot outlawing
eath penalty. © PROMISED to name e-
other Southern Californi
by Monday to the Public Util-
While saying “I am going to ities Commission.
to handle,” he told his first
news conference in 1961: to see that a new medical
1 hope they (the Legisla-|school is established in San
ture) will abolish capital pun-Ipiego by the University of)
isnament and I hope the billicalifornia. Senate President:
reaches my desk.” pro tempore Burns (D.), wants
If t did, that would mean|jt in his home county of
the deep freeze for a ballot] Fresno.
amendment. With Democratic
majorittes in both Houses, ad-| “e SAID he wants to find out
ministration forces may notlwhy J. Edgar Hoover, FBI di-
have too much to worry about/réctor, for whom he has
on that score. “tremendous respect,” is
Brown said he had talkedjagainst a national crime com.
to Mexican President Mateos|mission, and intends to talk
and had been assured of hislto him in Washington.
cooperation on narcotics
smuggling, but said he still be-| @ SHIED from voicing
lieves a White House confer-jopinion oh & proposed State
ence would stimulate action|grand jury to investigate State
among countries from which agencies, saying, “We have a
narcotics originate. Jkeen corps of newspapermen
; around here that do a grand
@ VOWED he'll do all he can
Red China, with which the|jury job every day of the
U-S-eecz not maintain dipio-| vear.”
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