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GEORGE H SALLEY

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lboorahlo l'arrts Bryant
Bryaotolor-Govoroor Campaign Headquarters
Ocala. 'lortda

Door l'arrto:
l alocoroly hopo tho attcloutl cllpplo; W. you.

Harry Youll and l woro to ow Orloaoo oo outlay. shooting wtth tho
dctalo oi tho Anorlcao Sugar Caoo Lsaguo (tho Louisa-a producers) and tho
Boot Sour Producoro Association. roprosootlog tho as host growl otatoo. whoro
w- ohtalood tho uoquollttod support at tho Louisiana sugar pooplo. hut tho adamant
opposltloo o! tho boot sugar pooplo to an tncroaso to quota. 'o sttll aro booth;
to provoll upon tho host sugar poopls to go along whh no to our roquosts. as thu-
aupport would almost aosuro succsoo and thotr opposlnou could doloat our attomptl
to obtaln more quota for llorlda. l am sure we would havs no hopo of this 11 thoy
{alt l'lorldas posxtioo was proporly rooctod by tho oucloood artlcls.

You soo. thoro lo a world ovorproductloo ol sugar of about llvo mtlltoo tono.
'ltsthsf or aot we buy sugar (roux Cuba wtll oot aoct ts world surplus stoco tho
Cuban sugar that to leortod {rota tho 0. 8. mark wtll simply roloaoo othor sugars
to tho world market. thus malotatoto; tho OVII'CO.

Tho world mot-hot prlco for sugar to around 8. 03l5 a pound. or approxt-
matoly It loss than tho actual cost ol producttou by any o! tho domostlc producors;
thot to. malulaod caoo. boot. Porto ltlco and l-Iowalt. and om lou thou Cuba's cost.

has satire donostlc sugar todustry must hows a quota systom and a coo-
trollod markot to ordor to survlvs. l'ho sltmloattoo o tho quota systsm would ho
tho ruloatloo d tho sugar hustooss. It to (or proclosly this reason that l havo urgod
upon you tho croatioo at tho sugar comattttoo and now tht tt has been croatad. please
ploaso. lot's sot it tag: and lot tt spoah for Florida on tl. sugar quostlott.

Tho ousutn; months aro vital to ortda's amhttloos. And tho w'tdo dissonan-
atloo o! your advocattng tho abolition of tho quota systont could alloctlvoly and
pormauontly lull any posstbtllty 01 an mucosa to quota (or l'lortda.

l havo not meant to bo unnocossartly harsh to thlo latter, but so holp mo. tho
AP artlclo ll such a body blow to our attompto to got moro quota (or ortda that I
could not holp but call it to your attootlou unmodlatoly.

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Honorable Farms Bryant -2.- 5 October 1960

Plenum cgll um Ia soon I. you can possibly nd the time.
With all good Wih¢l.

Smcoreiy.

George H. .y

GHSma-h
Enclosutc

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MIL




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