Addresses and public papers of Carl Edward Sanders, Governor of Georgia, 1963-1967

Preface

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A Biography of Governor Carl Edward Sanders

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The Sanders Administration, by Dr. E. Merton Coulter, Regents Professor Emeritus, University of Georgia xxiii

Inaugural Address, January 15, 1963

3

Messages to the Legislature -state of t h e State and Budget Message, January 16, 1963 T h e Governor's Youth Bill, March 5, 1963 Close of the Session, March 15, 1963 Opening Regular Session, January 15, 1964 Close of Regular Session, February 21, 1964 Opening Special Session, May 4, 1964 Close of Special Session, June 25, 1964 Midway the Administration, Opening Session, January 12, 1965 Close of the Session, March 12, 1965 "The State of Our State Is Truly Magnificent," January 11, 1966 Close of Last Legislative Session of the Sanders Administration, February 18, 1966

The Matter of Legislative Reapportionment Background Governor Sanders's Statement Before Federal District Court, June 19, 1964
The overn nor's Statement After the Georgia House
of Representatives Was Ruled Malapportioned, June 24, 1964

Participation in Congressional Hearings Before the Senate Commerce Committee, in Opposition to the Public Accommodations Bill, 1963

Before the Special Appalachian Commission of the House Public Works Committee (Speech Read by Executive Secretary D. D. Barnard, Jr.), May 26, 1964
Before the Senate Committee on Public Works, in Support of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, January 21, 1965
At the Democratic National Convention Testimony and Proposals Before the Platform Committee, August 20, 1964
Public Addresses in Full or Excerpted
1963
Permanent Campus, Columbus College, Jan. 6 Bankers Association, Jan. 21 "Eggs and Issues" Breakfast, Jan. 22 Jefferson-Jackson Day Banquet, Jan. 22 Georgia Education Association, Jan. 23 Mayors Day Banquet, Jan. 23 T o Georgia Juvenile Court Judges, Feb. 1 T o Legislators, Official Tour, Milledgeville State Hospital,
Feb. 5 Albany Judicial Circuit Bar Association, Bainbridge, Fell. 15 Memorial to Judge B. C. Gardner, Feb. 25 Centennial of Commercial Banking, Feb. 27 Seminole County Fat Cattle Show, Mar. 7 Georgia Education Association, Mar. 22 League of Women Voters, Apr. 2 Red-Carpet Tour, Apr. 3 Association County Commissioners, Apr. 8 Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs, Apr. 10 Anniversary, Andrews Raid, Apr. 12 Georgia Bankers Association, Apr. 17 Textile Manufacturers Association, Apr. 18 T o Shorter College Students, Apr. 24 Graduating Class, Georgia State Patrol, Apr. 25 Future Homemakers of America, Apr. 26 Washington-Wilkes Airport, Apr. 29 T o New York Businessmen and Bankers, May 1 Constitution Revision Committee, May 6 Peace Officers Association, May 8 Convocation, Wesleyan College, May 10 Executives Club, May 15 AFL-CIO Convention, May 16 Motor Trucking Association, May 17 Armed Forces Day, Warner Robins, May 19 New National Guard Armory, Tifton, May 19 Salvation Army Advisory Boards, May 28

TABLOEF CONTENTS
Rabun Gap-Nacoochoo School, June 2 Uncle Remus Museum, Eatonton, June 5 General Time Corporation, Athens, June 6 Young Harris College, June 8 Agnes Scott College, June 10 Order of Eastern Star, Grand Chapter, June 10 Wayne County Chamber of Commerce, June 11 Walter F. George Dam, Fort Gaines, June 14 Pardon and Parole Association, June 14 Georgia Girls State, June 17 prison Wardens Association, June 17 Industrial Park, Stone Mountain, June 19 Forestry Association, Jekyll Island, June 19 Municipal Association, June 24 Tourist Information Center, Savannah, June 24 4-H Club Council, Rock Eagle, June 26 Atlanta Convention Bureau Anniversary, June 26 Governor's Commission to Improve Education, July 1 New Division for Children and Youth, July 1 116th Transport Wing, Air National Guard, July 13 Opening Interstate Route 75, July 15 Highway Patrol Station and Barracks, Valdosta, July 15 DeKalb Junior College, July 16 Civitan Clubs, DeKalb County, July 16 Future Farmers of America, Covington, July 17 Bus Drivers Association, FFA Camp, Aug. 2 Association County Commissioners, Workshop, Aug. 7 Commission to Improve Education, Aug. 9 Coosa Valley Planning and Development Commission,
Rome, Aug. 15 Dedication Kennesaw Battlefield Monument, Aug. 16 C-141A Starlifter Jet Transport, Marietta, Aug. 22 48th Armored Division, National Guard, Aug. 24 Station WVAN-TV, Third Facility, Pembroke, Sept. 12 Dedication, Yarbrough Hospital, Milledgeville, Sept. 18 Woman's College, Opening, Milledgeville, Sept. 27 Joint Tech-Georgia Development Fund, Oct. 5 Secretary of Defense McNamara at Tech, Oct. 7 Watertown-Madison Manufacturing Co., Oct. 8 Opening, Ryder Cup Golf Match, Oct. 9 North Ga. Technical and Vocational School, Oct. 14 Fourteenth Annual Pimiento Festival, Woodbury, Oct. 16 Turner County Chamber of Commerce, Ashburn, Oct. 17 Ga. Chamber of Commerce in Boston, Oct. 29 Richmond County Prison Facility, Nov. 3 Governor's Conference on Tourism, Nov. 5 Herty Forestry Building, Waycross, Nov. 6 Perry Chamber of Commerce, Nov. 6 American Association on Mental Deficiency, Nov. 7 State-Wide Planning Conference, Nov. 7 New Post Office, Thomasville, Nov. 17 Grady County Corn Show, Cairo, Nov. 21

Georgia Sportsmen's Association, Macon, Nov. 23

154

President Kennedy Memorial Service, Augusta, Nov. 25

154

Georgia Nuclear and Space Commission, Dec. 6

157

Royston Chamber of Commerce, Dec. 10

157

Governor's Conference on Education, Dec. 10

157

Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center, Gracewood, Dec. 11 157

Governor's Commission, Status of Women, Dec. 12

158

Governor Sanders Meets Dr. Simpson, Washington, Dec. 16 158

1964

Scientific Research and Development Commission, Jan. 21

159

Milk Producers Convention, Jan. 23

159

Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Jan. 31

159

Southern Woodpulp Conservation Association, Feb. 4

159

Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, Feb. 6

160

Medical Association of Georgia, Feb. 15

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Georgia Athletic Hall of Fame, Feb. 15

1GO

Rockdale County Jaycees, Conyers, Mar. 6

160

Georgia Education Association, Mar. 19

161

Elbert Chamber of Commerce, Elberton, Mar. 20

161

Association County Commissioners, Jekyll Island, Apr. 4

161

Sylvania Lions Club, Apr. 7

162

Vocational Rehabilitation Conference, Apr. 8

162

Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Apr. 25

162

Earl Story Family Reunion, Leah, Apr. 26

162

Hall County Chamber of Commerce, Apr. 28

163

Walton County Farm Burcau, Monroe, Apr. 29

163

Pilot Club of Toccoa, May 4

163

Joint Banquet at Stone Mountain, June 12

163

Rockmart Chamber of Commerce, Aragon, June 15

166

Municipal Association, June 23

166

Workshop, Family and Children Services, Athens, June 23

166

Governor's Honor Program, Wesleyan College, July 1

166

Ninth District Officials, Moultrie, July 9

167

State Board, Children and Youth, July 16

167

"Peach State Company," U.S. Navy, July 29

167

Sheriffs Association, St. Simons Island, July 31

167

National Council, Crinle and Delinquency, August 4

168

Evans County, Golden Anniversary, Claxton, Aug. 14

168

Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, Sept. 10

168

Poultry and Industry Festival, Sept. 12

170

Butts County Prison Progress Meet, Jackson, Sept. 15

170

Civic Clubs of Madison and Morgan County, Sept. 15

170

25th Patrol School, Graduation, First Session, Sept. 18

170

Hinesville National Guard Armory, Sept. 20

171

Scientific-Atlanta Gets President's "E" Award, Sept. 20

171

Tenth Annual Marian Howard School Dinner, Sept. 24

171

First 1964-65 "Bench and Bar" Lecture, Sept. 28

171

Forestry Day, Southeastern Fair, Oct. 1

172

Introducing Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Valdosta, Oct. 8

172

New Laurens County Courthouse, Dublin, Oct. 15

172

Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges, Augusta, Oct. 15 173

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New University Buildings, Athens, Oct. 17

174

Dedication, Brunswick College, Oct. 21

174

Introducing Senator Herman E. Talmadge, Oct. 22

174

Bar Association on Traffic Safety, Oct. 23

175

Introducing President Lyndon B. Johnson, Oct. 26

175

Elbert County Airport, Patz Field, Oct. 27

175

Governor's Commission, Status of Women, Oct. 27

175

Conference on Troubled Children, Oct. 29

176

Metropolitan Atlanta Mental Health Association, Nov. 10

176

Governor's Second Conference on Education, Nov. 12

176

Carl Vinson Day, Milledgeville, Nov. 17

176

Marietta-Cobb County College, Nov. 18

178

Reports on Mental Health, Dec. 2

178

Association of State Highway Officials, Dec. 8

179

1965
Association of School Administrators, Atlantic City, Feb. 13 Technical and Scientific Advisory Committee, Mental Health,
Feb. 16 Georgia Labor Legislative Committee, Feb. 22 Classroom Teachers Night, GEA, Mar. 25 Oglethorpe College Alumni at GEA Convention, March 26 Education Association, March 26 Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, Local 192, Augusta,
Mar. 27 Business and Professional Women, Mar. 29 Annual Angel Fund Drive, B'nai B'rith, Mar. 30 Georgia Teachers and Education Association, April 8 Association County Commissioners, Columbus, Apr. 12 J. E. Mathis Auditorium, Valdosta, Apr. 16 Planning and Development Commission, Coastal Plains Area,
Valdosta Apr. 16 Alto Vocational Rehabilitation Center, For Handicapped,
Apr. 20 Armstrong State College, Savannah, May 10 Flintkote Company, Savannah, May 10 Peace Officers, Memorial Service, Fort Valley, May 13 Augusta College, May 15 Church of the Annunciation, New Grounds, May 23 DeKalb Community College, Clarkston, May 23 Glynn and McIntosh Counties, Development Authority,
May 24 T o Students, Faculty, Staff, Berry College, Rome, May 26 Conference on Mental Health, Athens, May 28 Georgia Bar Association, and State Bar, Savannah, June 4 Altamaha Planning and Development, Baxley, June 4 Graduation Exercises, University of Georgia, June 5 Commencement, North Georgia College, Dahlonega, June 6 Southern States School Boards, Jekyll Island, June 11 48th Armored Division, National Guard, Ft. Stewart, June 12 County Officers Association, June 17 Georgia Prison Wardens Association, June 21

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TABLOEF CONTENTS

Municipal Association, Jekyll Island, June 21 Southern Regional Education Board, Miami Beach, June 22 Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Academy, June 29 State Board of Children and Youth, July 8 Legislative Work Conference, Jekyll Island, July 30 Southeastern Association, Tax Administrators, Aug. 17 Planning and Development Commission, Southwest Georgia,
Albany, Aug. 18 Planning and Development Commission. Heart of Georgia,
Eastman, Aug. 25 Planning and Development Commission, Central Savannah,
Augusta, Sept. 7 Southern Governors Conference, Sea Island, Sept. 12 Official Greeting to Governors, Sea Island, Sept. 13 Introducing Mr. Walter R. McDonald, Sea Island, Sept. 14 Introducing Secretary of State Rusk, Sea Island, Sept. 14 Dedication, New Library, South Georgia College, Douglas,
Sept. 22 Planning and Development Commission, Slash Pine Area,
Douglas, Sept. 22 Governor's Conference on Education, School Boards, Oct. 6 Archives and Records Building, Dedication, Oct. 11 Edgar B. Dunlap Hall, North Georgia College, Oct. 13 U.S. Governors Visit Japanese Governors, Oct. 19 Three Political Groups Meet, Rome, Nov. 12 Atlanta Vocational Technical School, Nov. 18 Georgia Safety Council Activated, Nov. 18 Georgia Mental Health Institute, Dedication, Nov. 18 State Patrol Training School, Nov. 19 Georgia Rehabilitation Center, Warm Springs, Nov. 22 Student Center Building, Georgia State College, Nov. 30 Southern Regional Conference on Education, Richmond, Va.,
Dec. 2 Report on a T r i p to Vietnam, Calhoun, Dec. 10 Gainesville Educational Center, December 13 Georgia Legislators Institute, Dec. 14 Civic Clubs, Douglasville, Lithia Springs, Beulah, Winston,
Dec. 14

1966
Georgia School Boards Association, Jan. 27 Society of Industrial Realtors, Washington, D.C., Jan. 28 Future Teachers Association, Rock Eagle, Feb. 4 Affirmation Vietnam, Feb. 12 Southern Railway's Land Grant for Museum, March 8 Armstrong College, Savannah, March 9 Six New Buildings, Savannah State College, Mar. 9 Georgia Education Association, Mar. 17 For Senator Russell's Re-election, Augusta, Mar. 30 Five New Building, Augusta College, Mar. 30 National Rehabilitation Association, Apr. 4

TABLOEF CONTENTS
Southern Regional Education Board, Negro College Commission Apr. 11
Roosevelt Memorial Airport, 'CVarm Springs, Apr. 12 Southern Recreational and Park Conference, Apr. 19 Georgia Textile Rlanufacturers, Boca Raton, Fla., Apr. 22 Association County Commissioners, Apr. 26 Appreciation Day, Woman's College, Milledgeville, Apr. 29 wrest Georgia College, Parents Day, Carrollton, May 11 New Buildings Dedicated, Middle Georgia College, Cochran,
May 16 Fred D. Ilfelton Building, Griffin, Experiment Station, May 25 Southern Baptist Convention, Detroit, May 27 Medical College of Georgia, Commencement, Augusta June I Atlanta Memorial Center, June 3 LaGrange College, Commencement, June 4 Georgia Southern College, Commencement, Statesboro, June 5 Southern Regional Education Board, Miami Beach, June 15 Georgia Municipal Association, Columbus, June 20 New Blackburn State Park, Governor's Thanks, June 27 Atlanta Airport Welcome Center, July 14 Governor's Honors Program, Wesleyan College, Macon,
July 22 Business and Professional Meeting, National Meet, July 24 SREB Legislative Work Conference, Asheville, July 30 Georgia Youth Council, Eatonton, Aug. 31 Appreciation Day, Gainesville, Sept. 6 State Police Academy Graduation, Sept. 12 As SREB Chairman, Governor Addresses Governors Confer-
ence, Sept. 19 Educational T V Station WCES, Wrens, Oct. 11 Georgia Police Academy, Oct. 14 State Democrats, 1966 Convention, Macon, Oct. 15 Background: T h e 1966 Primary Albany Junior College, Oct. 19 New Annex to Georgia Tech Library, Oct. 20 Georgia's Conference on Education, Oct. 24 Georgia Southern College, New Buildings, Statesboro, Oct. 30 Yale Political IJnion, New Haven, Conn., Nov. 3 Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky., Nov. 4 Hartrvell Kiwanis, Before General Election, Nov. 7 American Legion, Burkhead, After Election, Nov. 9 Student Government, Valdosta State College, Nov. 14 Atlanta Teachers Issoriation, Noh. 16 Dalton Junior College, Ground breaking, Nov. 18 Governor's Conference, Mental Retardation, Nov. 22 A Japanese Governor Retur~lsa Call, Nov. 28 New State Patrol Barracks, Gaines~ille,Nov. 29 Goternor Sanders Day, IJnikersity of Georgia, Nov. 30 With Athens and University Leaders, Nov. 30 Madison-Morgan County Airport, December 7 Morehouse College, Dec. 8

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Science and Technology Commission, First Honors, Dec. 9 Metter Airport, Dec. 13 Commission on the Status of Women, Dec. 15 Interim Conference, National Governors Meet, Greenbriar,
W.Va., Dec. 16

1967
Georgia Veterans Nursing Home, Augusta, Jan. 3 Augusta Regional Mental Health Hospital, Jan. 3 Opening East Rome Interchange, Jan. 4 New Dormitories, School for the Deaf, Cave Springs, Jan. 4 Calhoun Airport, Jan. 4 Alto Vocational and Rehabilitation Center, Jan. 5 New Offices, Georgia Safety Council, Jan. 5 Efficiency and Improvement in Government Commission,
Jan. 5 Georgia State College, New Library Dedicated, Jan. 6

List of Other Addresses

Index

+List of Illustrations +

Carl Edward Sanders

Page Frontispiece

Governor-Elect Visits President Kennedy

133

Governor and Mrs. Sanders at Inauguration

"Lady Bird" in Georgia Mrs. Johnson With Mrs. Sanders

Governor and Mrs. Sanders With President Johnson

Governor Sanders With Senators Russell and Talmadge

Representative Vinson Retires After Fifty Years

Governor Sanders With Secretary of State Dean Rusk

Georgia's First Family as Governor Sanders Takes Office

Governor Sanders Visits Fighting Men in Vietnam

A Georgian at the New York World's Fair

The Governor and a Supporter Confer

AFL-CIO. see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Ore"anizations
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College,
162 Agnes Scott College, 134 Agriculture, 44, 55, 5%59, 154
Department of, 15,50,62 Airports, 35, 44, 58, 62, 166, 215
Calhoun, 234 Elbert County, 175 Madison-Morgan, 228 Metter, 229 Roosevelt Memorial, 211 Washington-Wilkes, 129 Albany Judicial Circuit Bar Association,
121 Albany Junior College, 222-23 Alexander, William A., 160 Allen, Ivan, Mayor, 115 Altamaha River, 135 American Association on Mental
Deficiency, 153 American Civil Liberties Union, 221 American Federation of Labor and Con-
gress of Industrial Organizations, 132, 199-200 American Legion Post 134, 225 American State Archives, vi note Americans' Goodwill Tour, Tokyo, 199 Andrews, James Allen, 144 Andrews, James J., 124 Andrews Raid, 124 Angel Fund Drive, 182-83 Appalachian Region Conference of Appalachian Governors,
XXVI, 92 Georgia
area and population, 89, 90 education, 90 state and county programs, 90-92,94 Regional Commission, 89, 90 Regional Development Program, 89-95

Archives and History, Department of Archives and Records building, vvi, 16, 197-99
Armstrong College, Savannah, 14, 48, 56, 113, 187, 208
Arnall, Ellis Gibbs, 221 Association of County Commissioners,
123-24, 143, 161, 183, 212 Association of County Directors, 166 Association of School Administrators, 180 Association of Station Highway Officials,
179 Atlanta Area Vocational Technical
School, 200-202 Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, 83 Atlanta Constitution, 87, 88 Atlanta Convention Bureau, 138 Atlanta Journal, 87 Atlanta Memorial Center, 214 Atlanta Teachers Association, 226 Augusta College, 14, 48, 56, 113, 188, 210 Augusta Regional Mental Health
Hospital, 231
Barnard, D. Douglas, Jr., 89 Baugh, Margaret E., vii Beckum, Millard A,, 115 Berry College, Rome, 189 "Big Shanty" (Kenncsaw) , 124 Billboards, 35 Blackburn, Wayne W., 215 Blackburn State Park, 215 Blair, Ruth, vi, vii B'nai B'rith, 182 Bodenhamer, R. R., 201 note Bowdoin, William Redding, 238 Bowdoin Commission. see Efficiency and
Improvement of Governmental Operations, Governor's Commission for Breland, Dr. Woodrow Wilson, 140 Brooks, Frank, 129 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, 160

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INDEX

Brunswick and Glynn Development Au-
thority, 189 Brunsxvick Junior College, 14, 113, 174 Bryan, Mrs. Mary Givens, vi

Computers, 33, 47 Conant, James Bryant, 20 Constitution, xxiv, 16, 35, 38, 121, 221
Constitutional Revision Commissioll

Budget highlights, 13-16, 46-50 supplemental budget report, 60-64

appointed, 27 initial meeting, 129-31
Federal Court rejection, 4243, 71-72,

total, 13, 46 Burson, Col. Robert Harold, 185, 186

77-78 proposed new constitution presented,

Burton, Dr. Glenn Willard, 228 Business and Professional Women's

59-40 Constitutional Revision Commission. see

Clubs, 182, 216 Butts County Chamber of Commerce,

Constitution Coosa Valley Planning and Development

170 Byrd, Garland Turk, 221

Commission, 146 Corrections, Board of, 185
allotment, 50

Cotton, 127

C-141A Starlifter jet transport, 147

Coulter, Dr. Ellis Merton, xxiii-xxvii

Calhoun Airport, 234

County government

Callaway, Howard Hollis (Bo) , 221-22

duplication of services, 123-24

Captain William A. Fuller Memorial

home rule, 40

Park, 124 Carter, James Earl, Jr., 221 Casey, Dr. Jesse Frank, 179

mergers, 17.27-28 revitalization, 143
unit system, 161

Charles H. Herty Forestry Building, County Officers Association, 191-92

Waycross, 152

Courts

Chatham County, 187

Juvenile Courts, 20, 22,23,25, 48, 115-

Child Welfare and Court Services Sec-

19

tion, 118 Children, 21-22,25,48, 57, 116
Aid to Dependent Children Program,

U.S. District Court constitution, xxiv, 71-72
Legislature, Apportionment, 71-78

117 Biennial Governor's Conference on

Public Accommodations Section, Civil Rights Bill, 87

Children and Youth, 22, 117 Conference on Troubled Children, 176 Children and Youth, Division for, 45,48, 116, 118-19, 167

U.S. Supreme Court, xxv constitution, 71-72, 77-78 Legislature, Apportionment, 74, 78 governor, election 1966, 221-22

allotment, 15

Crime and criminals, 18, 64, 168

creation and services, 17,21-22, 23-24, c ~ ~ wate~rway,- 135 G ~ ~ ~

25, 141

Children and Youth Bill, 18-26

Church of the Annunciation, Decatur, Dalton Junior college, 226

188

DeFoor, Joe T., 143

Civil service, 45, 50, 59, 240 Civil War, 163-65 Civil War Commissions, 163-65 Civil War Round Table, 16345 Civitan Clubs of DeKalb County, 142

DeKalb Junior College, Clarkston, 113, 142, 188-89
DeKalb Mental Retardation Center. see Mentally handicapped

Clarke, Clifford Montreville, 144

Democratic Party, 110, 218-20

Clary, William C., Jr., 122

background 1966 Primary election,

College Loan Guaranty Program, 103

221-22

collino, D ~ ~. ~~~i~ william ~ ~ 1 1 ~ ~ ~G1ov1ern, or Sanders recommendations at

Jr., 239-40 Columbus College, 56, 109 Columbus Farmers Market, 62 Comprehensive Mental Health Plan for

National Convention, 99-105 Depression, Great, 22, 117 Detention homes, 22, 48, 116 Diagnostic and Classification Center,

Georgia. see Mental hygiene

170

Division for Children and Youth. see Children and Youth, Division for
Donalsonville Lions Club, 122-23 Dougherty County, 222-23 Drawdy, Sherman, 122 Dropouts (school), 114, 132, 145 Dunlap, James Anderson, 144, 199 Duval, Dr. Addison M., 148, 179
East Rome Interchange, 231 Eckberg, Lloyd, 153 Economic development. see Industrial
expansion Economic Opportunity Act, 94, 168-70,
197 Education, 19, 27, 45, 64, 103, 110-11,
138-41, 166-67, 192-93, 217 Appalachian Region, 90 Bill of Rights, 56, 104 Department of, 45
allotment, 13-14, 4647, 61 records system, 33,47 Governor's conferences, 145, 157, 176, 197, 206, 223 Improve Education, Governor's Commission to, 17, 19, 30, 31-32, 112, 138111, 144-46, 149 legislative program of corrective action, 31-32 Master Plan, 30, 37, 45, 13841, 145 Minimum Foundation Program, 32, 112 proposed new revenue and projects, 33-34 State Board of, 167, 218, 223 total funds expended Sanders administration, 57 Educational television. see Television i n education Efficiency and Improvement of Governmental Operations, Governor's Commission for, 1G17, 27, 31, 59, 125, 141, 178-79, 184 note, 23-1 Elbert Chamber of Commerce, 161 Elbert County Airport, Patz Field, Elberton, 175 Elections Code, 35, 39, 42, 64, 167 revision proposed, 17-18 revised code presented and enacted, 41, 45 Election Laws Study Committee, 41 Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, 182 Emory University, 207 Employment and unemployment, 29,44, 55, 93, 102, 103

Eugene Talmadge Memorial Hospital, 14,48, 113, 120
Evans County, 168 Executives Club, 131-32
Family and Children's Services, Department of, 117, 166, 169 creation, 22-23, 45 Division for Children and Youth. see Children and Youth, Division for
Federal and State relations, 20, 87-88, 89-90, 94, 100-101, 169
Federal Bureau of Investigation, 193 Feed Grain Program, 173 Fellowship of Christian Athletes, 159 Felton, Jule Wimberly, Chief Judge, 121 Fischer, Dr. John Henry, 140 Flintkote Company, 187 Floyd County Democratic Association,
199-200 Floyd Young Democrats, 199-200 Forestry Commission. see Forestry, Dc-
partment of Forestry, Department of, 59, 152, 159-60
Appalachian Region, 91,93 Forestry Commission, 172
allotment, 50 Fortson, Bcnjamin Wynn, Jr., Secretary
of State, vi, 198 48th Armored Division, National Guard.
see Georgia National Guard Foster home care, 48 4-H Club, 122-23, 137-38 Frankfurter, Felix, Associate Justice U.S.
Supreme Court, 77 Fuqua, J. B., 110 Future Farmers of America, 122-23, 143 Future Homemakers of America, 128
Gainesville Educational Center, 204 Game and fish, Department of, 45, 63
allotment, 50 Gardner, Bernard Clay, Judge, 121 Geer, Peter Zack, Jr., Lieutenant Gover-
ernor, 122 General Assembly. see Legislature General Planning and Enabling Act, 90-
92 General Time Corporation, 134 George, Walter Franklin, 135 Georgia Athletic Hall of Fame, 160 Georgia Bankers Association, 109, 124-25 Georgia Bar Association, 175, 190 Georgia Bureau of Investigation, 59

Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton, 228
Georgia Education Association, 110-14, 123, 161, 181, 208
Georgia Educational Improvement Council, 223
Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs,
20, 124 Georgia Forestry Association, 137 Georgia Future Teachers Association,
207 Georgia Girls State, 136 Georgia Higher Education Assistance
Corporation, 56 Georgia Historical Commission, 58 Georgia Industrial Institute, Alto, 184,
185,234 Georgia Institute of Technology, 92, 113,
149,. 171.. 223. 228 Georgia Labor Legislation Committee,
180 Georgia Legislators Institute, 204-205 Georgia Mental Health Center, Atlanta.
see Mental hygiene Georgia Mental Health Institute. see
Mental hygiene Georgia Milk Commission, 15 Georgia Milk Producers, 159 Georgia Monument, Kennesaw Battle-
field, 146 Georgia Mountain Authority, 17, 27 Georgia Municipal Association, 115, 137,
166, 192, 215 Georgia National Guard
Tifton Armory, 133 48th Armored Division, 47, 191 Hinesville Armory, 171 116th Transport Wing, 141 Georgia Nuclear and Space Commission, 157 Georgia Prison Wardens Association, 136, 192
Georgia Rehabilitation Center, Warm Springs, 203
Georgia Safety Council, 63, 202, 235-36
Georgia School Boards Association, 145, 206
Georgia School for the Deaf, Cave Springs, 231-34
Georgia Sheriffs Association, 167-68
Georgia Sheriffs Boys Ranch, 168
Georgia Southern College, Statesboro, 214, 223
Georgia Southwestern College, Americus, 48, 56
Georgia Sportmen's Federation, 154

Georgia State Chamber of Commerce, 109, 123, 151
Georgia State College, Atlanta, 203, 241 Georgia State Patrol, 50, 59, 128, 133,
142, 170, 203, 227, 236 allotment, 15-16 Georgia Teachers and Education Association, 183 Georgia Veterans Nursing Home, Augusta, 231 Georgia Youth Council. see Youth Council Gillis, James Lester, Jr., 122 Goff, Dr. John H., vii Gold, 215 Gone W i t h the W i n d , vii Governor, election 1966, 221-22 Gowen, Charles Latimer, 110 Gracewood State School and Hospital, 15, 49, 57, 157-58, 178-79 Grady County Corn Show, Cairo, 154 Gray, James H., 221 Greek Orthodox Church, 188 Greene County, 170 Griffin, Samuel Marvin, vi Griffin Experiment Station, 213 Guidelines for Local Community Action Organization, 169 Gwin, John B., 122 Gypsum Products Plant, Savannah, 187
Hair, Roswell, 115 Hall County Chamber of Commerce, 163 Hailford, Fred, 136 Harris, Joel Chandler, 133-34 Harris, \V. Clair, 238 Hart, Allie Carroll, vi, 198 Hartwell Kiwanis Club, 224-25 Hays, Mrs. James E., vi Hightower, Julian T., 238 Highway Board. see Highways Highway Department. see Highways Highways, 37, 44, 57, 63, 115, 231
allotment, 15, 49, 62 Applachian Region, 91, 93 Highway Board, 16, 27, 45 Highway Department, 14, 27 Highway Patrol. see Georgia State
Patrol Hodges, Luther Hartwcll, 172-73 Honors Program, Governor's, 33, 163,
166-67, 215-16 allotment, 47 Houston County, 152

Iakovos, Archbishop, 188 Income, 44, 55, 129, 131-32 Indian Springs State Park, 170 Industrial expansion, 19, 27, 44, 55, 58,
86, 129, 132, 136-37, 146, 149, 157 Industrial Park, Stone Mountain, 136-37 Industrial relations, 12627, 132 Industry and Trade, Board of. see In-
dustry and Trade, Department of Industry and Trade, Department of, 123,
125, 206 allotment, 49-50, 62 Appalachian Region, 91,92 Industry and Trade, Board of, 16 reorganization and expansion, 45, 57-
58 Insurance, 46, 59
health, 48-49 social, 102 Interstate Route 75, 14142 Islar, William H., 240 Ivey, Dr. John Eli, Jr., 140, 144
J. E. Mathis Auditorium, Valdosta, 183 Jarrell, Dr. Albert Polk, 148, 184, 185,
186 Jefferson, Thomas, 102, 103, 105 Jekyll Island, 16, 58 Johnson, Lyndon Baines, U.S. President,
89, 156, 173, 175, 177 Johnson, Mrs. Lyndon Baines, 172 Jones, Alfred William, 238-39 Jones, Gordon, 122 Jones, Dr. Herman Douglas, 174 Jones, Robert Tyre, Jr., 150 Junior Chamber of Commerce, 21 Junior colleges, 27, 48, 56, 113, 142, 178,
204, 222-223, 226 allotment, 14 Junior Deputy Program, 205 Juvenile Court Judges Workshop, 117 Juvenile courts. see Courts Juvenile delinquents, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 184-87
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 20, 88, 154-57, 182, 183
Kimbrel, Marvin Monroe, 122 Knight, Dr. Lucian Lamar, vi Knight, Steve, 115
Lackey, Mrs. Edna S., v LaGrange College, 214

Landrum, Phillip Mitchell, Congressman, 201
Laurens County, 172-73 Law, Department of, 62 League of Women Voters, 123 Legislature, 16-18, 33, 35,4243,130, 204-
205, 22-22 apportionment, 35, 37, 51, 52-53, 60,
7 1-78 Libraries, 33, 196-97, 223, 241 Lincoln, Abraham, 122 Lindsey, Frank P., Jr., 122 Lippitt, Samuel Brown, 121 Lumpkin County, 215
hfcclurkin, Dr. William Dean, 206 McDonald, Walter Raleigh, 195-96 Mackay, James Armstrong, Congressman,
115 MacKinnon, Dr. Irville H., 148, 179 McNamara, Robert Strange, U.S. Secre-
tary of Defense, 149 hfaddox, Lester Garfield, 221-22 Madison, James, 104 Madison County, 170 Madison-Morgan County Airport, 228 hfahler, Thomas Wilkinson, 140 Marian Howard School, 171 Marietta-Cobb County College, 178 Marshburn, Col. Robert Jordan, 237-38 Masters Golf Tournament, 150 Mayors Day, 115
- Medical Association of Georgia, 160
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, 213-14, 231
Melton, Oliver Quimby, Jr., 144 Mental health. see Mental hygiene hfental Health Intensive Treatment and
Training Center. see Mental hygiene Mental hygiene, 45, 57, 61, 176, 17&79
allotment, 15 Comprehensive Mental Health Plan
for Georgia, 189 Conference on Mental Health, 189 Georgia Mental Health Center,
Atlanta, 120 Georgia Mental Health Institute, 57,
203 Mental Health Intensive Treatment
and Training Center, 15, 45 Mental retardation. see Mentally handi-
capped hfental Retardation, Governor's Confer-
ence on. see Mentally handicapped

Mentally handicapped, 45, 153, 171, 180 DeKalb Mental Retardation Center, 57 Mental Retardation, Governor's Con-
. ference on, 226
Merit system (civil service) see Civil service
Metropolitan Mental Health Association, 176
Metter Airport, 229 Middle Georgia College, Cochran, 213 Milledgeville State Hospital, 15, 49, 119-
21, 148, 178-79, 189 Miller, Dr. James L., Jr., 139, 140, 144 Mills B. Lane Foundation, 187 Milton, John, 198 Mineral resources, 91 Morehouse College, 228 Morgan County, 170 Motherhood Bill. see Children and
Youth Bill Motor Trucking Association, 132 Motor vehicles
driver education, 61 drivers' license, 50, 64 license tags, 17, 63 speed traps, 17, 27, 46
NAACP. see National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 158
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 86
National Council on Crime and Delinquency, 168
National Currency Act, 122 National Governors Conference, 229-30 National Guard. see Georgia National
Guard National Institute of Mental Health,
178-79,189 National Railway Historical Society,
Atlanta Chapter, 207-208 National Rehabilitation Association,
210-211 Neal, Henry G., 162 Negro College Commission, 211 Newnan, Ga., 192 Newsom, Dr. Lionel H., 144 Nipper, Rev. James, 148 North Georgia College, Dahlonega, 190-
91, 199 North Georgia Technical and Vocational
School, Clarkesville, 150 Norton, Margaret Cross, vi note

Nuclear Advisory Commission. see Georgia Nuclear and Space Commission
Office of Economic Opportunity. see Economic Opportunity Act
Oglethorpe College, 181 O'Kelley, Hoke, 221 116th Transport Wing, Air National
Guard. see Georgia National Guard O'Neal, Dr. John Barnwell, 111, 178, 239 Optimist Club of Douglasville, 205 Order of Eastern Star, 134-35
Pardon and Parole Association, 135-36 Parham, Thomas M. (Jim), Jr., 21, 115,
116 Parham Report, 20,21, 116 Park-Plaza, Atlanta, 62 Parks, Department of
allotment, 50 State parks and reserves, 44, 58, 170,
215 Parole and Probation, Board of, 16.50
allotment, 61-62 Patterson, Eugene Corbett, 88 Peace Officers Association, 131, 187-88 "Peach State Company," U.S. Navy, 167 Penal system. see Prisons Perry, Holcombe H., Jr., 121 Perry Chamber of Commerce, 152 Peters, James Solomon, 144 Pilot Club of Toccoa, 163 Pimento Festival, Woodbury, 150-51 Planning and Development Commission,
169 Central Savannah River Area, 195 Costal Plains Area, 183-84 Heart of Georgia Area, 194 Slash Pine Area, 197 Southwest Georgia Area, 194 Planning Conference, State-wide, 153 Police Academy, 18, 45, 50, 59, 131, 142, 203, 217, 218 Ports, 50 Posner, Dr. Ernst Maximilian, vi note Post Office-Federal Building, Thomasville, 153 Poultry and Industry Festival, Greensboro, 170 Powell, Broughton, 153 Prisons, 16,35,37,45,57,62, 135-36, 15152, 168, 170, 185 Public Accommodations Section, Civil Rights Bill, xxvi, 81-88, 101

Public Health, Department of, 178 allotment, 49, 61 Public Health Code, 45
Public Safety, Department of, 50, 62 Public schools, 14, 31,47,56, 64, 112 Public Welfare, Department of. see Fam-
ily and Children's Services, Department of Pursley, Dr. Norman Brundage, 179
Quillian, Joseph Dillard, Associate Justice Georgia Supreme Court, 3
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School, 133 Ragen, Joseph E., 184-85 Rapid transit, 64, 103 Reapportionment, Legislative. see Legis-
lature, Apportionment Red Carpet Tour, 123,206 Regents, Board of. see University System Report and obseroations on Znspectian of
Facilities and Operation of the Georgia Penal System, 184 note Republican Party, 199-200, 221-22 Revenue, Department of, 16, 17, 33, 44-
45, 180 allotment, 62 Rhodes Memorial Hall, vi Richmond County Prison Facility, 15152 Rivers, Eurith Dickinson, 121 Rock Quarry, Buford, 57 Rockdale County Jaycees, Conyers, 16061 Rockmart Chamber of Commerce, 166 Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 27,211 Roosevelt Memorial Airport, Warm Springs, 211 Royal Charter of Georgia, 197 Royston Chamber of Commerce, 157 Ruritan Clubs of Lithia Springs, Beulah and Winston, 205 Rusk, Dean, U.S. Secretary of State, 196, 207 Russell, Dr. John Dale, 140 Russell, Richard Brevard, U.S. Senator, 208-10 Rutland, Guy W., Jr., 122 Ryder Cup Golf Match, 150
Salvation Army, 133 Sanders, Carl Edward, Governor
administration direction, xxiii

Sanders, Carl Edward (Continued) administration (Continued) philosophy, 12 program in brief, xxiii-xxiv awards Eternal Light, 182 Georgia Education Association, 181 "Georgia Key Citizen," 192 Golden Key, 180 1965 Professional Trophy, 206 Plaque at Armstrong State College, 187 Plaque a t Augusta College, 188 Plaque for interest in mentally retarded, 142 "Profiles in Courage," 182 T o p hat, 182 biographical sketch, xix-xxi Carl Sanders Appreciation Day, Woman's College of Georgia, 212 Governor Sanders Day, University of
Georgia, 227 Public addresses. see Table of contents;
245-54 Savannah State College, 208 Scarbrough, J. H., 186 Schaefer, Mrs William Bruce, 23, 115,
117-18, 148, 169 Scholarships and fellowships, 22, 33, 48,
56, 117 School Bus Drivers Association, 143 School of Social Work. see University
System Science and Technology Commission,
228-29 allotment, 62 Scientific Atlanta, 171 Scientific Research Commission, 159 Screven County, 162 Seminole County Fat Cattle Show, Donalsonville, 122-23 Sheriffs' Salary Bill, 35, 37, 45 Shorter College, Rome, 128 Simmons, William P., 239 Simpson, Dr. George L., Jr., 158,228,241 Smith, Charles O., Jr., 144 Smith, George Thornewell, 3 Smithgall, Charles A., 144 Society of Industrial Realtors of the United States and Canada, 57-58, 206 South Georgia College, Douglas, 196-97 Southeastern Railway Museum, 207-208 Southern Association, Tax Administrators, 194 Southern Baptist Convention. 213 Southern ~ a ' ~ t i~s ht e o l o ~ i c Saelminary,
224

Southern Governors Conference, 195-96, 217
Southern Recreational and Park Conference, 21 1
Southern Regional Conference on Education, 204
Southern Regional Education Board, 192-93, 193-94,211,214,216,217
Southern States School Boards Association, 191
Southern Woodpulp Conservation Association, 159-60
Spalding, Jack Johnson, 87-88 Speed traps. see Motor vehicles State and local government relations
aid to education, 3132.56, 64 Appalachian Region, 90-92, 94 children and youth, 25, 116 loans to countries, 16, 17 service cooperation, 17 State and municipal relations, 15, 17, 21, 25, 50-51, 59-60, 113, 115, 123-24, 137, 168-70 State Bar of Georgia, 190 State Board of Children and Youth, 167, 193 State Crime Lab, 174 State parks and reserves. see Parks, Department of State Patrol. see Georgia State Patrol State rights, 12-13,20,28,85 State Water Quality Control Board, 45 Status of Women, Commission on the, 64, 158, 175-76, 182,229 Stone Mountain, 16, 58 Sylvania Lions Club, 162
Talmadge, Herman Eugene, U.S. Senator, 145, 174
Tate, Dr. Horace, 144 Taxation
motor vehicle. 63 special school tax, 34 special student income tax, 63 use tax, 27 reachers, 19, 33, 45,55, 112, 113-14, 181,
183,207,226 retirement system, 14, 62 Teasley, Luke, 169 Tech-Georgia Development Fund, Joint, 148 Technical and Scientific Advisory Committee, 169, 180 Television in education, 33,56, 112 allotment, 14, 47 Station WCES, 218 Station WVAN-TV. 147

Terazono, Katsushi, Governor, 227 Textile industry, 125-28, 211-12 Textile Manufacturers Association, 125-
28, 211-12 Thornton, Ella May, vii Tourism. see Tourist trade Tourism, Governor's Conference on. see
Tourist trade Tourist trade, 16, 27, 44, 49, 58, 91
Tourism, Governor's Conference on, 152
Tourist welcome centers, 58 Atlanta Airport Welcome Center, 215 Savannah Tourist Information Center, 137
Trade Expansion Act, Democratic, 103 Trade schools. see Vocational education Traffic safety, 62, 175, 235-36 Transportation, 62, 132, 135, 14142 Trippe, William Davis, 122 Turley, Douglas C., Jr., Chaplain, 148 Turner County Chamber of Commerce,
Ashburn, 151
Uncle Remus Museum, 133-34 Unemployment. see Employment and
unemployment United Church Women, 20 U.S. Attorney General, 82, 86, 87 U.S. District Court. see Courts U.S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, 185 U.S. Public Health Service, 179 U.S. Supreme Court. see Courts University of Georgia, Athens, 92, 113,
174, 186, 190, 227-28 University System, 27, 45, 160-61
allotment, 14,4748,61, 112-13 college construction, 56
Regents, Board of, 113, 140, 223 School of Social Work, 22, 117
Valdosta State College, 225-26 Vandiver, Samuel Ernest, Jr., vi, 3, 110,
125, 198 Venable, Dr. John Heinz, 148,179 Veterans Services, Department of, 59 Vietnam, 204, 207 Vinson, Carl, 176-78 Vocational education, 32,56,93,150,200-
202, 204 allotment, 13, 47, 112 Vocational Education Act, 201 Vocational Rehabilitation Center, Alto, 57, 184-87,23635

Vocational Rehabilitation Division of, 162, 185
Walter F. George Dam, 135 Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer
University, 171-72 Walton County Farm Bureau, 163 Warm Springs Foundation, 203 Washington-Wilkes Airport, 129 Water pollution, 37, 211-12 Water Quality Control Board, 45,211-12 Watertown-Madison Manufacturing
Company, 150 Wayne County Chamber of Commerce,
135 Wesleyan College, Macon, 131,215-16 West Georgia College, Carrollton, 212-13 Wilkinson, Emma Lonsdale, 180, 181

Williams, Walter B. Jr., 148 Woman's College of Georgia, Milledge-
ville, 148, 212 Woolfolk, William W., Judge, 20 Workmen's Compensation Bill, 126 Write-In for Georgia, Inc. movement, 221
Yale Political Union, 224 Young Harris College, 134 Youth. see Children and Youth Bill Youth Bill, Governor's. see Children and
Youth Bill Youth Council, 64, 216-17 Youth, Department of. see Children and
Youth, Division for Youth development centers, 62 Youth Study Committee, 20, 21, 23, 116,
118