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Show The Salt Lake Tribune, Monday, June 8 11, 1973 Eyes on White House? Governors Enjoy Rise in Influence By Carl P. Leubsdorf Associated Press Writer - The STATELINE. NEV. believe nation's governors their influence on Washington is increasing, and they wound up their annual meeting in this gambling resort picturesque determined to increase it still further. I sions and the like, and the result is to broaden the horizons of men whose background has often been confined previously to a small town law practice or legislative service. A Time Has Come the idea that the time has come for them to play a greater national political role, within their parties and as candidates for national office come 1976. The pendulum has started to swing back, said the new chairman of the National Governors Conference, Republican Daniel J. Evans of Washington. He expressed delight that much of the controversy here this week dealt with the specifics of how lo provide a greater state role, rather than whether one was wise publicans Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York and Ronald The big names, sijch as Put to BANQUET ASSORTED JANET LEE FROZEN nin UNJUNJ fried ; Chicken 6-O- EACH Z. ONLY CANS i' , t. , ' , T iLHTUJJi Good Use - . " 1 i Their increasingly large involvement in national affairs, and the evident expertise many display in the governmental details that constitute the real business of governors conferences, are overcoming the inferior position most governors have felt since the national swung to emphasis Washington in the 1930s and , 7 Vv.w. l ' ' A, R iC '. 1 ..! . -- r' r-- ,Vk'' f 0$ I, i ! J . 4 : , !il , 'V 7 0 .'Wf.iV-t,- v I ' Vly) 7 0 yx qt:!l:Wlii;fe mum Harris Poll In addition, last week showed that a majority of those sampled felt exbeing a senator was better perience for becoming president than being governor. The poll results were 55 percent favoring a senator, compared with 34 percent favoring a a t ... .... 0 : 5 .... a J I.r rrmu. & 0 1940s. Familiar Figures The governors, either individually or in groups, are becoming familiar figures in Washington, testifying before congressional committees and conferring with the administrators who dispense federal funds to their states. v , Governors at a remain great disadvantage in attainthe national spotlight, ing compared with the senators and their ready access to television. But their increasing trips to Washington are being put to good use by supporters seeking to make them better known. grams. x EACH . . . Re- Reagan of California have always had one eye on the White House, but many of the governors feel some of their lesser known colleagues are equally well qualified. Democratic while Thus, Govs. Daniel Walker of Illinois and John J. Gilligan of Ohio sought national exposure, and Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace got it by his mere presence, some of their colleagues were talking about the virtues of Dale Bumpers of Arkansas, Wendell Anderson of Minnesota and the absent Reubin Askew of Florida. Critical Tone The tone tended to be critical of the Nixon administration, and that wasnt eased by offispeeches of several top cials that were almost exclusively either a defense of the correctness of current policies or a vague statement of willingness to discuss differences. Partly reflecting an almost Democratic majority in governorships, the 5th annual session called on the administration to free impounded highway and water pollution funds, denounced proposed manpower and social services guidelines and gave only limited backing to the administrations chief domestic effort, the plan to replace many existing federal aid programs with "special reven ue sharing. Yet when it was all over democratic Gov. Marvin Man-de- l of Maryland, the outgoing chairman, said real progress Is being made in working with federal officials on specifics. And he indicated he envisions an even broader future role for the governors in advocating and lobbying for pro- L BANQUET FROZEN As a result, more and more of the governors are getting are feel, Events, they playing into their hands, especially the growing emphasis on the details of how powers long accumulated by the federal government should be turned back to the states. ivr anti WlHi. iffiawauu L'.C:07I v (.. . governor. Poll Findings The poll indicated that most person? sampled felt a senator better understood the workings of the federal government. that constituents Noting often criticize such gubernatorial travel taking them from, their states, Evans said in an that interview governors should go to Washington. They are handling the business of their states" by doing so. 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