Tom McCall is sworn in as Governor, January, 1967. He closed his first official message to the public and the Legislature with these words: "A few weeks ago I said, 'The overriding challenge --- the umbrella issue --- of the campaign and the decade is quality --- quality of life in Oregon.'
I respectfully suggest that the proposals this administration has submitted to you today will meet the challenge and further dramatize the significance of that issue.
Your oath of office and mine mark the moment of truth.
In these weeks and months as we labor together, as winter t urns to spring, hope and expectation abound throughout our state that we will devote ourselves imaginatively and selflessly to the tasks at hand.
To this end I here solemnly vow --- in the proudest hour of my life --- to join you fully and completely in assuring the people of Oregon we will work with all of the talents and good will at our command in their service."
I respectfully suggest that the proposals this administration has submitted to you today will meet the challenge and further dramatize the significance of that issue.
Your oath of office and mine mark the moment of truth.
In these weeks and months as we labor together, as winter t urns to spring, hope and expectation abound throughout our state that we will devote ourselves imaginatively and selflessly to the tasks at hand.
To this end I here solemnly vow --- in the proudest hour of my life --- to join you fully and completely in assuring the people of Oregon we will work with all of the talents and good will at our command in their service."
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