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IIAIF H(lJR TV PROGRAM BRYAllTa Thank you !or Inviting ,. I n to your hoiae to night . This campaign for governor la so Important to th• future o! Florida and to every full y . I v!a h I could visit y ou peraonally to d iscus, our problea11 and to ansvor aey questions you might ha1re as t o !ff/ qua ll!lc a tl ons o r 'I)' lntentlona. I'd like to get y our opinion,. But I u happy to be al>l• to be vi th you by uens o ! your tel evision set. Th• oul n purpo se of 'IY v is it Is to discus• vll h you a cr l llcal problm which faces uo tod8l' In f"lorlda . . a prob l elll so c _rucla l tha t we 11Us t take l"""' dlat, steps to a -,l It !~telll g antly •.. '1IDt decls l v !._ ly . .• to p rev ent Its erupt i on Into a conflict o f t , rr l ble c~se quenc e sl )f.. V ,. ' I have g iven tho u tt er of ra cial rol n tlons a ~t dea l of study . Becau s e I am a candi da t e tor governor I kn ev that 'I)' w ord s on t hla •ub J ec t woul d be p r i nt ed I n nevs pepers and hoard by rad i o and tole vlslon . and I ~ on est l y w ould have proferred that '!!! e1lnd l d ates proceed w ith grtat caution on thla subje ct . Al\}'thlng aald I n this cr i tical ti me 11tat avoid the po ssibility of fanning tho fluits of d is cord. l o v, I d o not re g'1rd t,.>ls conflict a s a camp ai gn oppo rtunit y . 1' 111'1)' of good f riends all over Fl orida 1ave been , ....,.hat di s turbed, ho v eve r, becau1t they that 111// thinkin g on th is sub , tCt lll1St be expre sse d . In do in g so, ho w eve r , ,rzy first c on sidera tion la to h•lp f"lorld!L i n lt1 delema.
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I pag, -2 1 agr,, e ~t h eart! ly t.ha't. eveey candi da te should thoroughly ln!ona t11ot vot r• \ to his poaltlon on lasues of tmpor•• t>d u to hov I vlll vork th la problem vhen elected, / llJt no v vo are confronted vlt h an entirely diff e rent and. . . in aoae v ays even Al ore problu .. . fully capable of dlsuteroua conaoquences. W hile I u not no y o ur g overnor, l aa going to 'UU y ou vhat l t h ink vo a hould do ln th! s .,..,, g enc y ..• and In doin g ao l v ll l dlllOl\stra te to you the policy l vlll adopt llllou.ld v e again be !aced vlth a similar alt uatlon during the next f our year,.
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I.! you wil l th i nk back with me to the d,ys b e fore t.ho SuprCourt d""""8t . rated It ' lack of lmdll'stand!ng of our tradltlonl and probl_, you vi 11 roMaba' that novtpap1r1 and oth_. ...,., ,oedla at u.at vu, c-,itlng on the rap14 progNas of the l tgro 1-ace. I rec•ll maerous stories of *' t,ype vhlch tbowed the legro race to have progrHs e d ..-e npldly in a tllort length of ti• t.lum other group in the hie tory of th• vorldl ?hos• of u vho verc hol1y or had lived long In Fl or ida 1 v er e a :ware o! thes e changes In rt1elal attitude• In our 1tatc ... cllaDgcs Which were ~l t ~ good ! people of both race1 . . . change, w hich provided better understanding and hlgha r 0 c oncapt1 .r ruaanlt y . And th!• pro gr eas was achieved In an ordorl y fa.hl onA because It NIIUltcd !rma an honest desire t o h1prove the Uvlng standards of the Negro . . .. b&cauae ve verc !N• troa P'ORCtl / / \le vero allowed to w o rk vol1.ntarll y . , , of our own free will and d e ttta1lnatlon / ( :__:,_ t~ ~bet t e~ ra c ~ al _ und•r-:-1ln 9 . It vu In Florida, for exaa;,le, that the !lrat l tgro judge In the South vao ).,. ~~ . \).. ' -s-'. '('1-i ~ """ \.,.,.. 4 -...J appointed, a.rd he pre1tdcd in case s eavol vlng thoie Or his ovn race Florida vu the first aouthem atat• In vhlch logro pollc .. en voN -•lntod to patrol the llegro ne I ghl>orhooda. Today, vo find llegro pollcaan on tho (}10 , , , f job In tlw I fl'.. cities In Fla. doing a ~ Job for public 1atoty.
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page .4 .lwlt recently, ...... pollc-n In lllaal ,..... very helpful to llayo r Ro~rt King Hlgb of that cit.), In cleaning up a very unhoalth:, 1 ltuatlon In Megro neighbo rhood,. lt 11 laportant to note tha t tho11 _ .. ., ......-0 1 v are achlovod through I.ho voluntary dot &rai natlon o f our ovn cit!_. . . . both V hl to ltld logro . to sol ve their 0>1n p robl w wi th neithe r l'OIICI . nor l e gl1l a tlve 1 nor judicial l o edic t !l'OII ~ uhington providod Ul! 1 nclal progn 1 1. The people ude it work. lncldent ly the fir •t llegro judge jn flor id his tory was born and ra is ed in -, o w n city of Ocal•. (Beyant pe.11101 to change hh pooltlon on 11 t) &Jt !roa t he of tho SupreM Court d.olllon " " ( >l o b ) •"' I 'i S 'f to thi1 da toJ w ben v e find our11l v e 1 at the cro1aroada In Florlda , our racial pro b laa lwve lncreued while our progre 11 In racial undera t andlng ha1 been ,ever!;, retarded. Let there be no doubt \bat the dt c laian a v e ll&ke: nov are certain t.o bec011& the pattern of h,man concluc t and dignity f ,the very cl-,y of deteralnatlon. lo w , as you knov, legro clt l ..._. In various citlea thrOUllhout f'lori d a have been engagin g in cupalgn r ecen tly by w h i ch they have hoped to for<:e own ers and opera.tor• bf ce:rtaln retail atorea to a erve food to cuat,eanoa of both race a ln tbs, ... areu and at the , ... tun.ch count.er a . And , u you alao know, other Vhlte cltlze.ns have lllldo certain move , vhlch have approached violence , beuu .. of a dofln , to opposin g viewpoint.
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p a ge 5 Th,iy an !!2!:!! ie lie Hverly c r ltlcl ...S. Jov let ua cxamJne tho law I rtgard u., la u the bulc design for our pcr 1onal conduc t 1110ng, and a, relatld to our tellov cit!..,,., The lav 11 a necc 11 ar-y adjunct to the ....., , ,, ot Ute, U W\r and t111 pur au lt ot happlnc 11 . lie , our 1 elve1 , have adopted IUC h l1.v 1 u "" c !oe l ~t t <>r our clvl l l•tlon. I do not understand , .!!2!: can I accep t 111\Y po,1lble dc!lnltlon o! the o.v• v hich lntlut•• that I t can be !&,: thing but r al. Jelther a State ol F l orida. !!wry ol!lclal of thl1 State, and 1 1peclally the Governor, ls sworn t.o enforce It s pcov!s!ons and 1ee t o it that no nor g roup ot per• through forco or thru t 1, llhal l d cn,y to tha citizens of tb l 1 State tho right• guaranteed to ti.a by our con,tltut!on. 11', by your d ccl 1 lon, I u to take the oath of office u governor of Florida, I fully !nta>d to uphol d It in !ta entirety. And l v!ll --. place all of the pover o! that great office behind the cntorcemant of i ts provision•. (Chango politlon on 1 ct)
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...,, l •ant to a point of particular l11;>ortano e . One of the ""et~ portan } gf f t a 04 our Co nstitution vu •"" to mi no rity gNIUl) S, becauae l\ pr ote c t, th• agalnat unlawN aeta of t.hc u.Jorlt y . I f y ou are a 11am.r o f any minority of any claaalf lcll\fcn, I urge you to giv e thl 1 polal th e -lt coul d eratlcn, ~ause I t do4s the 11 lnorltte s to attapt to force their v lll upoo the ,...J orlty thru unla vfu1 act• . . m u1 d-tl'&\lcns, lntru51cm upon p rln. te p r operty r i ghts and 10 on . t-.:aua a t h en t.h& _ Mjorltlu alght a eak the p rl vl l egu and to a gr •tcr otent. Su ch a broalulovn of Conatltutl-1 guarant , , y ou• could onl y rellllt In a , w hert , ,, s ituation Ula alnorlty vould wffer the v orlt I\ ccneequenee,. . . . . And It dOllaholent e aterIng to the p ublic U// o f hi• own free will and volition c hooae t h ose c:uat011Sr• h e ---v lw s to eerve. It g i ve , that owner the righ t to refuse s ervice to any p e rs on . for rea1cn v hatsoever Md vi thO\lt the MC es sl ty of even IIUeh u s t ating that n,uon. Hi s r ight to do ao la fully p ro t ected by our la va . He U/1 de c i d e that
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Pago -7aorvlng _,. 9 """P ot pooplo vll l be Mt,rlaental t o h la bwllno•, beca11s thll 9NUP vlll, In hi, opinion , d e ter othor , ! roo ll\qlll g h ie v ar u and th• la• gin• h i m that right. It",)' ~• , , , wh ethe r ha 11 ri g ~ or vrong that to ea"Y• people of r ac es tn a dinin , g rooa, or at a lunch counte,r, would provok e a iaturblnc:e i n h is pl ace ot bual n e ,. and vould onlt buelne 11 hu decid ed t o lm;,010. And long hi rul es are not In oou other VI\Y con trary to tho public lntor eo t, h• 1 1 pr ot ec ted by the l a v to 1 0 conduc t hla bualnes l, Our lav provides that ouc h a proprietor v ho feels that the rul•• of h i• e stahllshma nt aro be ing ~lolated by other s has the right to ._n police protection , and tho la v also provi d e• that such police p rot ect ion 1ha ll l>o p,lvon to him In that
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Page 8 U th e op41rator o t a retail st o re de cide• that he vl ahea to o p en hie cll'ug d~t to aabera of both race1, bl.i t th at he w lSM t o 1ervo only tbs anbers of 2!).I ot thole ract1 at bJ1 lunch -,nter, ha 1 1 e lnrly w i thin hl l legal rl gh t 1 , Police prot•etl . "" eet&bl !s he d by our laws 1, ado avail ab le t. Ula\ stor e operat o r to Insure his ri ght to do eo. I " to you that the mon.t s Invo lved In thl 1 relationship are on the ai d e ot the l a v and l\e d efl n l tlon s . . not oppoald, , Our law 1 g o f urther. They aleo clnrly p rohibit U1// t,ype o! d1 z:et- •,rat l on by meal>o rs ot al}' race wl thin the c on!ln ef ot pr lvate pro~rt.y and I shudder to c ont""Pl•t• t he c ondition In wh ich ve vould fl ad ouraelvea without su ch a lalf . ' ( p au s e and chan ge set poaltlon)
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illld tho prlvl,t\lQ o.nd rldlts ~•d by the constitution shall bo preserv ed an d n.ot over-ridden force Of' ttle thrnts of force . The h it• eitlzons or u,,, Stat• cf Florida t.ve n<> right to force Negro citizens t<> ada l t thn to their hot.is . , or to thdr restourento . . or to the i r p la ce& ! en tertalru,cnt . or to their p lac e s of "<>rshl p . contr ary to the w is h e s and deslre:1 ot t.ht colo red cltlzma. Tht v hl t e "ltl zcns ct this State have DC r!S,.t, I,; force or othe..,.he, to farc e the cO{or-ed cttlzena contrary t.o their vll l or de.s ir e, t o 'Og.age ln business transaction! v lt.l'l thn, th e reverse ls obviously tru e . Rile• ttru1lons are creatod by unlawful d-n •tr a tlona and unla1'1'111 force . R,,ce tenelcna are ea sed by the strict obeervane• of all o f the lawful rights o f each cltlnn . The gua> on tee tha t orw shall be seeur• In his pr iv a te property, If b r oken down and de1troyed thhugh unlawtul ,a&g dfflOI\Stratlcns In one area o! our busln•• economic ard eoclal llfe -•t be sustain e d. or e ls e, the same u nlawful fo rc e cm u aed prcgre11lvol,y to destroy Cl.It" lawful rlg,ts In all areas o! our busi ness , econo01lc and social Ute . T h is would bt the end of the rlit,ts guaronteed by our Collstl tutlon. 1 con not an d 1 v!l l not C"Pf"0111!s e wi th unlavfulne (Change position on ,at)
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