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Letter to C. Farris Bryant from Thomas T. Cobb.  ( 1952-12-20 )

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Title:
Letter to C. Farris Bryant from Thomas T. Cobb. ( 1952-12-20 )
Series Title:
Correspondence, 1946-1973. Cobb, Thomas T. (Farris Bryant Papers)
Creator:
Cobb, Thomas T.
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English

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Bryant, Farris, 1914- ( LCSH )
United States. Office of Emergency Planning. ( LCSH )
Florida. Board of Control. ( LCSH )
Florida Turnpike Authority. ( LCSH )
Florida. State Road Dept. ( LCSH )
Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway (Fla.) ( LCSH )
Politics and government -- 1951- -- Florida ( LCSH )
Bryant, Farris, 1914- -- Correspondence ( LCSH )
United States. Congress. Senate -- Elections, 1970 ( LCSH )
Segregation -- Florida -- St. Augustine ( LCSH )
Political campaigns -- Florida ( LCSH )
Elections -- Florida ( LCSH )
Governors -- Florida -- 20th century ( LCSH )
Bidding ( JSTOR )
Fraud ( JSTOR )
Spatial Coverage:
North America -- United States of America -- Florida

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SubSERIES 1a: Correspondence,1946-1960 BOX: 1

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University of Florida
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University of Florida
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UF80000325_0001_019_0041

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Mia, we ore to Indeed undo:- eith .ooorotoriol work thot it is
orootioolly iopossible to tot o letter written inside of too do
ttz-oe'doyo so I so toting thio opportunity to cot omthing to
you that I think you will be intooootod in. host Nude: one of
e: orchitoot clients here in Dertono Beooh cone in to no with o
Ion from Aoousti mitten-inc Coupon: in Jooluonville end the:
Just wanted to oit doom with ee end talk to no obout ohot no
going on in the rlorido stoto nprovenont nonunion. Pint.
this-Inn tron Aoouoti told as ebout tho Plorido Stoto hoopitel
ot chnttohooohoe the big building thot he's; been completed.
Poul smith Conotmtion Coupon: ot Tollohooooo got the Job and
o Ion-noood aooston is Paul Soith'o an in i'sllohoeooo and o
no noned cooksoy is his estiutor. dooltoe) cove thie story
to In intone:- so it come second-head. The plons too this
building were propel-ed Kuhn who it e ooptive orohitoot for the
florido Stoto Iupmount Coo-iooionond the spooifiootiooo
were lifted bodily tron s Job thot Reynaldo, aoith end Kill
did for tuberoulooio hoopitol and didn't tit in on: respect
,oo thst there no molly no sound boeis for bidding the. Job.
[on I understood that Cookooy so? thio, thot before the bids
were tobotokon Canton was '0 ed by somebody in tho
ototo amrnoent and giVon o liot or sub-connectors with the
advice thot no woe to favor thee. when he demoed stotin; that
he would have to do business with the loo bidder he woo told
that one perfectly do; Just tell then that tho, hod to do
end they would t loo. In other too-do canton woe to tell
thee ohot bid t y hod to soot end the would oeot it. 0!
oourso nooontx-eotoe likes thot kind o o dool'so quietly ho
oolood Aoouoti Incineering Coupons for too bids on ooouetiool
tile, one their nonol coopetitivo bid end the other one o
cont bid end he told Aoousti the: he wouldn't even open thot
oooond bid unless he hod to. Well when the out-bide one in.
cot-1 senor: muting copitol 'rilo Coupon: up in anon-mine
one in end hound ooound e little bit withOu-oten end vented
to whet he hod to do to. not low. .oto. end'ortoo o little
rhubarb he wool noon: told ohot Acousti'o ooot bid woo. or
oouno he mn't told itlno ooet but. he one told whet
Monti hed bid. a oheoo-i'ullr not it oith no questions owed.
The 31.1th in the deol it this: The opooiriootiono oolled for
ooeo pretty emu" tile ind this no renovod by ohenae onloo- '
end resolu- pertoroted fiber tile that ooeto'ooout 50¢ '
inotollod no used in ito plooo. 0f, tom-so ot ouch less ooot
end no credit. one given too the exohonae. or com-es thot'o
why 8088"] could ,id-Ieot embody on the bid. low Gm
the promos or the Job taller hinoli dolled couton end told
hio to. so oloo .oith lblt no toim done on the Job end there
were ooeo pretty rough thingo in. on out there or oooeono
eloe would ooh it tough roo- h 4 (centen). loo, thst so for
is hoop" whionoxt one to oooethin; tut e, inbound,
oboomd eli' end it amoral the capitol reloading end
W l :- who r m tow
ammo-e u, ton, m- p.
~ o" do'adwo'omoveovtkve'hod to dot 't imothstoo '
wont booed-o the: hove m the ooot up high. no! the.
gout-o1 contoootoo- on thio cooitol rooodoliux Job is J. o.
Coolislo. Thoopooitioetiono were ridiculous. the some
eoohiteot, tho m, did thio job. more woo o (root
entity of whet-d lineal tile specified. Thet's expensive
otu'uoooto onto 89-590! o root. In the tiool Job pet-roasted
fiber tile on and which costs oround 514 o toot inotollod.
more one no'ohenge order, no oddondu and no oredit for the
oubotituted notoriol. Gel-l Boom did that Job oloo Is
for oe the tile is oonoomd. Noe by this tine they on:
possibly hove gotten their_ records in ohspo booouoe this
um no queotidninc mm the orchitoot ob'out the deel end hon
ouch he got tack etc. but I think there io enough the" to

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whoro it could to dug out 1! on: dining to to to dona.

low tho-host ono will toho your only right .olop off. And
thot oohoom tho ou- ooodttloougxotho north no. of tho
capitol. low thlo no tutu tho oaptlvo arohltoct work: to:-
tho Industrial Co-lootoo hod dono ao- mllllnory drow on
of a rough klnd .Juot about): to klod or got an ldoa or what

on [om lo thoro and ho oat lntod roughly thot It would

coat about $80,000.00. lo apoolrlootlono at all. Tho: oat
tho atotua of tho Jot whoa ho loft hla doth roldoy, ottarnooo
to:- .tho mod. um ho ooao hook Monday thoy won tonne
hldo and tho toot-ovum: emulsion avo tho Job to ono of

Syd noot'o outnta for 1to.ooo.oo. lo pun- oooo owor out

out to'oontrootm on tho thins. Thou-o tot-o thou-o woo actually
no ooqotlttoo. Syd had a oouplo of bio oalo put hla Dido
around £1,000 ahd 31.3.000 oouthloc unto that but tho thm
woo hood to an. And thou ho hod doubled whot 1t ohould hon
ooot. low that tutor-attoh oaoo tro- Coohooy alao.

low hot-o to tho loot dool that that an told Io. otout. rhon
1a amorohltoot booo hind by tho Monsoon-contain

mood sadolph who in wot-king in tho baoooont up thooo at

$6.00 on hour ond to in tho oldot or vapor-1 plant ood
opooloatlooa to: a M; how Stato orttoo out din; ood I
undontand ho to putty m- along wlth it. It ll tho ml
uodorotoodxog up thou thot thoy m aovlo; ahood with full
ooood to not that doal roady to ohoeo thoy out two to. oort
or tido on too thin; and lot a contract boron tho {not at
tho you. lot I hann't thought whot I night do about thlo
but. I an trunking otout doth; oooothlo; to ot thto loot doal.
30!. M10. I It". got a oouoloot ldooa on t to this. out .
I wantod to tall: 1t ovorjlth, you moooally tut, oolthor ooo
of uo' hoo' hod tlho to oovo I guou. low. I havon'tyoatd

a wood or thin to ouybodyond or cow-at I wouldn't and I II
aaqu you to forgot about 1t 11' you don't think 1t '0 a good
tho. I told: thoro ought to to o now oo-lttoo oollod

atoto hployaoo' Ofooa and ammo or oooothlo of thot
oorto-ao. 1mm tltlo out .ho'tmt dam that; tho I
Moth oo-lttoo tou- tho aouao. low I think Mot .
Brno wlll noun aooo aou to this thlu out or com-Io 1

two: wo could onloy aouo on ugulotlvo oxpooao. x hollow
rut-tho: that molt, mm m an Raddy doogow or ooao
invootigotor at tho tout t1.- 1 you ond 1 not down ond
talltod with Mo ahou thlo thing. doothor tltlo to tho thlo.
ouht ho stoto co-lutooa who and Devon-onto or
oooothuu or tint ooot. low. I think tho: that oo-tttoo

out do o holl or a Job. I thank 1t to look loto thooo
thloga trot I howo aoottoood ond I to to tint tho ottol-ooy
rnonl ought, to to du-ootod oytho ooutttoo to no Syd hoot
or fraud and raoowor tl- own-mt.

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to h .
tho pa ghlrtg doyo 1 howo drod u a-tutr thot I wouldnt
hovo hollovod aoutho ago, bod aa 1 a it hungottto; to
to. I would two to ooojthm: Goal oot up and mm
1 would 1m to ho chats-uh of tho omittoo ood 1 think you
ood I'oould ho to pretty olou auooaoot on who ought to no
on thono-ooly goo thot can ho touotod to ataod up whoa tho
chloo aro down lnto Joo mu was. woody-qua a good
no taoouao ho oould mun lauoowtthmo m. m
tum--1: would help. 100 a lot in tmo amt-'- rooo. 0r
nybo. thot follow mhbuoo two out to noo- clty. porhopo
noy Itohoo. It wo an am or hta and I an not-o: Just
don't know hut'wo ooh tom orhto ohd o m: othoro .llh
thIt-who htvo ohowh thou- truo colon. low 1 how got o

"yaotxtlouo upolottvo prop-on or Iy own at tax- on

luo County to coma-nod and oo tar oa lot or atutf thot

"onto an on: tho Stato howo boon aoklo. no to do ~-

etu' thete generelly epeelting not oontrovereiel

but teioee e lot of bird dogging end atoning to get

through. I on tuning to oreso ail of thntgeno I en
willing to devote q: to two othinp-othe Rulee
Co-ittee end .to thin deel. Of course the Rule. 60.1%
ooneo first. I-intend to eee at the thing worke the

wey you end I hed diocneeed it end nothing will interfere
with thet but thie other thing ie no dam vicious and no
.wideeprend that I think eonething has got to be done and
the house of Representatives in the only Agency that I

know of that hoe the power and the euthority end the
pereonnel end the gate to do it. Of entree the State Rood
Depertuont in .an entirely eeperate deel. That in eouething
that is going to need attention too. I didn't have e ohenee
to talk to you et Geineeulle the other day. I vented to
get with you but there wasn't any opportunity. I on bringing
e enit on behelr or Syd Kilgore agnth roller herren end
the entire road board in therreith hen): coop end hie Florida
Cruehed Stone Coupeny 1 Stevie Urii'fin, eto. I-thinlt you
know that story end I hove been oil over the State digging,
dissing, digging into thin thing end I hove cone up with
none pretty good stuff. In. going to be able to proove-ey
one there. I feel aboolutely certain of that. hit in
proceee or digging into thin thin; or K1130" 'e I have run
eeroee eoee other otuif thet contine- every mpioion I here
ever had about the Bond Department and eoeebody in going to
have to look into the: end give that e thorth going-over
but I believe that the Deporteont of Justice under the nee
eduinietretion n t be Very Inch intereeteo in it beoeuee
there ie.a redone questioninvolved there. All or this
kiok-beolt, oontreot uncommon" needing, eto. oolluive
bidding end that not--thet d1 hoe been e trend on the United
Stet Governnent beoeuee'or the tederel aid eoney involvea
end it the. Justice WU! cote into that thin. in A big
my I: think no on look for e prettythorouch oleen-u end
I think tht'e whet might to be done. Incidentally rbert
Volt it or the use opinion. In opinion there ere going
to be e ten ton i'igoree 501 to t federei penitentiery'
before this thing in overe that unit. coins to be no bed
oeel'. hell,theee no the though" thet I rented to get _
to you end I think thin in probably the beat my to let thee
to you without further deny.

Incidentally. did I no): you in n: loot letter ehere the index
or oven reference nteriel ie in Allenvuorrie W I

coulant eeel to find it, go when you cell on or i: you write
no give-e tn intention, rill yon? Ironic use for you
to hint thie hing over for e on or on one emu: it- over
let'e talk ebont i To!






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