UF00083533_00128.pdf

UF00083533_00128.txt

UF00083533_00128_pdf.txt

June 9. 1960

Ir. Hubert 0. Venn

Bryent Stete deepeicn needqnertere
Ocele, ncride

Deer Bob:

1. Inventory Tl!

Here in the reeult or my tel hone cell to Bill Roberto on the
inventory tex. The etudy in in¢.nnde by rloride stete univer-
eity. A nunber or heerince here been held end the Iloride council
or Bueineee end Induetry hen hired e publie eeeountent to perfor-
cone epeeinl work. It turns out that the Council in being led by
Willie. lille. tor-erly executive vice preeident or the llpire
Stete Che-her of Oolneree. He hence eround our office e good deel
or the tine end. it you went no to I'll be sled to pick hie breine
end report to you in deteil whet thin group thinhe. whet he eeee en
the problenn end Ihet theee non eeen to went. Outeide the Ten
Adene' connittee, it you wieh, I'll get the lilie' group to prepare

e epeciel report to you eo thet you cen eee exnotly whet they hnve
in nind end on the bucket

2. Egggggz fund-

The ettnched report wee developed by no with the cooperation of
the Petroleun Council. It ie not e Ton Adeee' report. but none of
the enteriel will be included in,the report to the interin connit-

tee. we believe thet theee figuree ere eeeunete, dependeblo, end
relieble. Here'e whet they chow:

l. 'loride will be in e poeition to undcrtexc unprecedented
hichwly eonetruction in the next three ere without
reeortin. to eny inoreeeed highwey une {exee. (Page 6)

2. The otete will be herd preeeed to expend efficiently the
eiliione forthcoming tron preeent tex eouroee. (Page 6)

3. The trenendooe potentiel highley conetruction cone
t206.ooo.ooo ennuelly in eech or the next g genre will
be 2 1/2 tinee that of the 5-yeer period. 9 5-1958.

The report wee typed in our office end hen not been publicly oirou-
leted. You ere now et liberty to nnhe eny uee of it you wieh.

Mr. Robert C. Venn
June 9. 1950
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3. inenitiee Conference

The neeoureee-tor-the-ruture made a great to the univereity of
Florida for etudy of tie emenitiee reeourcee of the etete. The two

rlorida profeeeore coneerned are John Nebb, the population expert,
and Edger Dunn, an economiet. Lent night we had a conference with
them in Ocela en a middle-dietanee meeting place.

In their mind amenitiee include all thoee oulturel foetore which make
people want to come to and live in rlorida. The Univereity of Florida
and Rollins College are now reviewing the ueefulneee of a email. high-

level eonferenoe on the eubjeot. After vieiting with you thin morning.
I talked with Profeeeor Webb and explained that any poeeibility of

including Ir. Bryant would depend upon having the meeting in late

November or early Deceaber. preferably opening on a Thureday night with
a dinner and running through Iridny. .urely ae a dete out of the air,
let me euggeat Thureday. December 1, i.e. the week after Thanksgiving.

The meeting would be held on Pier 66, Fort Leuderdale, with a dinner
for about 50 pereona given by the City. It would be our hope that
Mr. and are. Bryant, Prealdent Reitz, University of rlorida, and
President Helena, Rolline College, would be preeeot. ye can fix the
date anytime in late November or early December that you night find
acceptable.

We have been working on a eohedule of topioe and pereone to invite.
After your Oeoln touriet conference. 1 should like to review this list
and the pereone who might be involved with you, to ace whether or not
the program on propoeed would eerve a ueeful purptee. I think it
will. After your touriet conference, wont you eell me at

lIdwey h-2703.

h. T5521 Bleetion

rreeh no you are from election experience, I thought you mist like
the eeotione of the re ort we are eending you on Mayor Leue'o election
in Tampa and the part eleviaion played in it.

5. Let'e Invite the Governor

I thought on might be interested in the report which we did on
inVitatione o the governor.

Sincerely, I l

1

Paul Douglaee
Profeeeor of Government

PD/am




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