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IndependentSchool DistrictAreas AnnexedThird Try WarrenTellsHis State Health PlanSACRAMENTO (UP) — Gov. Earl Warren today disclosed that his third try for a slate health insurance program will he in a hill covering serious illnesses, and he insisted it would allow free choice of doctor, hospital and patient.He conceded that there would continue to he sliong opposition to the phm bul sniil he-believed chances for its enactment Had improved. . * ... .The bill will be introduced, 'probably tomorrow, by Sen. Byrl SitlsmazvIL, s-Palo Alto. It will levy a one per cent payroll tax each on employers and employees to finance payment of doctors, hospital and laboratory fees of persons sick enough to go lo a hospital.The tax would start next Jan. 1 and the plan go into operation some months afterward when a reserve is Imift up.Transfer of the two most heavily populated secleions of Independent school district was approved today by Alameda county board of supervisors.Hay ward Elementary school district received the upper A street section and the triangular area bounded by Center street, Castro Valley boulevard and the A si reel sector down to San Lorenzo creek.There .are approximately - two hundred homes now iii this area.Castro Valley school district received an area between one anda half nml two square t'uilesj between Madison avenue on? one side and Crow and Cull canyons. Forty new homes are under pon-struetion in the area at the pj'esr ent time and more are planned: The Castro Valley schdol district is planning immediate .p.onstruction of a new school hbuse which Win'serve the 'annexed 'territory. All of the annexation falls \yilhin the Castro Valley sanitary 'district.FREEDOM OF CHOICEWarren said doctors and hospitals would be tree- to take cases guaranteed by the f.und and patients could go to any doctor they wanted and added, there’s absolute freedom of choice/*The governor said, however, that he expected Ihc plan lo be called, as others he has sponsored have, socialism, regimentation and compulsion.One of Lhe weaknesses of the present day is that those who oppose social progress hide behind words like socialism, regimentation and compulsion/*He added that the plan was no more socialism than unemployment insurance or workmen's compensation and no more compulsion than die public school sy _s I lim.CHANCES ARE BETTERHowever, ho said he believed the passage of time if nothing else improved the chances of the plan being approved this time. Al least, lie said, he Imped that the legislature would make a reasonable start on a health program.The plan contained in the hill would be administered by a California health service authority, including lhe directors of public health and employment and eight other, persons appointed by the governor,The authority would set up a system of maximum fees for types of medical service, the governor said. But any pe.son making more than SC000 a year would have the standard fee paid to him in cash and pay his doctor and hospital anything he liked.The payroll tax would apply only lo the first $3,000 of annual income.90 CHILDREN .LEFTThe transfer leaves Independent sell on 1 district with 90 children lo be housed in their own-three room school. Hayward has been serving an additional 60 children because of inadequate facililies al Independent. Castro - Valley has been taking care of Hi bu! expects the number to increase lo SO soon.The annexation took place with the approval of the Independent school district trustees, none of whom a I tended todays hearing.Superintendent Jack Rees and Dr. I-Iaiold Me Car tor represented Hayward. Superintendent A. B. Morris' and Trustee Arnold Anderson represented Castro Valley.In recommending the changes county supnrindtendent of schools Vaughn Siedel declared. Chances are remote for Independent school district to provide adequate facilities” and declared that the Castro Valley and Hayward district “have always been willing to. do anything to promote the interests of the children/' lie recommended the changes so children would not have to cross dangerous highways and be forced to pass by tniodern new schools in order to attend the inadequate Independent school.Properly owners of the transfer ed d is I riel, will secure benefits without having to pay for them. None of the existing bond load of Hayward or Castro Valley can ' be applied lo the newly anneved territory.Hces said that Bay wood schoolwill be enlarged sufficiently this fall to take cave of all the puoils transferred lo Lhe Hayward district.Supervisor George Janssen in moving the official action said, ! don’t know how happy the principals of the schools will be because of 111 eh* increased duties but I know the people will be happy.”He referred _ to bitter protest last fall by residents of Upper A street who were threatened with the necessity of sending their children to the school house in their own Independent district.
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Hayward Daily Hayward Review
Hayward, California, US
Tue, Jan 11, 1949
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