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Newsmen participating: LeMcyne Cash, FORT MYERS NEWS-PREQD, MIAMI
NEwS; Hendrix Chandler, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS; Dick Dale, GEORGE
THURSTON NEWS; Bob Delaney, THE ORLANDO SENTINELSTAR; Barbara Frye,
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL; David Gretach, FREE LANCE RADIO; Paul
Jasper, THE PENSACOLA NEWS-JOURNAL; Don Meiklejohn, JOHN R. PERRY
NEWSPAPERS; Allen Morris, CRACKER POLITICS; George Prentice. wrvr;
Tom Baker, INSIDE POLITICS; Rick Tuttle, THE MIAMI HERALD; Martin
Haldron, TIIE TAMPA TRIBUNE.
GOVERNOR: Good Afternoon. I thought you might be interested in a
new project we have for "selling Florida from the inside." (Governor
displayed bumper strip). You know, over 65% of the people in Florida
derive their livelihoods in great or less part from tourism, and so
we want to make everybody conscious of the need for them to sell
Florida. The Job you save may be your own. If we can get people to
thinking that when they talk to tourists and realize their keen
personal interest, I think we've got a better opportunity to do the
sales Job we need to do. I would like to also mention to you the
establishment of a new committee which I call the Council on Economic
Development, or COED for short. I think here at 9.8.0. is probably
an appropriate place to announce such a committee. {Governor's
statement attached.) Do you have any question about that or any
other matter?
DELANEY: Governor, yesterday in Orlando a group or utility people
met and went on record as opposing the doubling of the tax on
utilities. Would you care to comment on that?
GOVERNOR: Well, I can't say that comes as a great surprise to me.
I would anticipate that they would oppose it. That does not change
my own views on it, because, obviously, that was something that I
anticipated.
DELANEY Do you have any less enthusiasm for the proposed tax now?
GOVERNOR No. I really don't think the public utilities are as
concerned about it as they necessarily must say that they are,
because this is a tax that is not on them really. It is on the
customers. It differs from a sales tax in some respects. It is borne
not only by people who have utilities in their own homes, but, of
course, commercial and industrial businesses that use large volumes
or utility services would pay a proportionately larger share. I
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see to it that Sheriffs and all other officials get up to their
maximum efficienty.
FRYE: Then you don't plan to call all 67 Sheriffs in one by one
unless you have some particular reason. And you didn't Just pick
Mr. Baffin out of the hat to invite up here?
GOVERNOR: No, he hasn't been in a hat as far as I know. (laughter)
CHANDLER: Governor, what report do you get on the Bolita situation
in Florida. In it at a low ebb, or is it on the increase now?
GOVERNOR: It's spotty. I don't want to particularize, but there
are certain areas where there is a lot more than there ought to be
and other areas we have no reports of Bolita at all.
MORRIS: Governor, what will be your policy on the removal of
public officials, will you give them a public hearing before
removal, or after, or any?
GOVERNOR: Of course I have already removed one public official. I
am going to do whatever is required to satisfy me that what ought
to be done is done, and I would assume that that would vary from
time to time. In the case of one public official in Flagler County,
we did not give him a public hearing, but the case was so clearcut
that it didn't call for one.
FRYE: Governor, do you plan to make any recommendations to the
Legislature in the area of capital punishment?
GOVERNOR: No.
PHYS: Do you favor capital punishment?
GOVERNOR: I think capital punishment has a value -- yes.
MEIKLEJOHN: Have you given any further thought to the suggestion
that was made by the Pensacola Chamber of Commerce group on the
creating of a four-year university at the present Junior college?
Would you support such a plan?
GOVERNOR: As to its establishment in addition to the Junior college
or supplement to the junior college, I have not reached a conclusion.
I have, of course. long been in favor of the establishment of a
four-year institution at Pensacola, but whether or not in
conjunction with the Junior college there I have not yet decided.
MEIKLEJOHN: Have you discussed that with the Board of Education
officials or anybody else?
GOVERNOR: No, I have not.
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CHANDLER: Governor, did you make a promise during your campaign
that you would build a four-year university at Pensacola during
your administration. or would start one?
GOVERNOR: Yes.
CHANDLER: Do you still hold to hopes of that?
GOVERNOR: I sure do. or course, if the bottom drops out again
like it did this time, it may change some plans, but that is
certainly still my hope.
MEIKLEJOHN: How about helping me a little. What would you give
priority listing to Boca Raton and Pensacola?
GOVERNOR: I would put them both very high. (laughter)
MBIKLEJOHN: Is there any more need for one than the other, do you
believe?
GOVERNOR: I would say that in my thinking I would put Boos U.
probably in time a little bit ahead, but I hope that there won't
be any time lag. I hope that we can build them both at the same time.
CHANDLER: Has Senator Rawls talked to you about building a university
at Marianna?
GOVERNOR: he did mention the possibility, but he suggested that he
recognized that maybe population characteristics or the area don't
demand it at this time. (laughter)
MEIKLEJOHN: no you think that was a serious suggestion at this
time? (laughter)
"ALDRON: Governor, do you plan to make any recommendations about
the Sheriffs Bureau, with the possibility that they will be allowed
to investigate without permission of the sheriff involved?
GOVERNOR: I haVe no current plans to do that. I am considering
some slight changes in that direction.
WALDRON: Are you constitutionally opposed to state police?
GOVERNOR: Oh, I don't know any constitutional grounds for opposing
it.
WALDRON: I am not talking about the State Constitution. I meant
as a philosophy?
GOVERNOR: I always prefer local government. We live in an
increasingly complex world and sometimes things that could be done
adequately and satisfactorily by local govarnment yesterday cannot
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be done in that same degree tomorrow. be have to change -- not
our philosophy, but our application of the philosophy to the
circumstances.
MORRIS: In the light or our changing philosophy, how would your
community development corporations operate?
GOVERNOR: I would hope that we could establish one or more
community development corporations which would be financed by
private financial institutions that would be granted authority to
invest not more than two and one-half per cent or their capital
and that the corporation would have the authority to lend money or
invest money in businesses that would not qualify under strict
banking rules, but would satisfy a hard-headed business group that
the business had an excellent probability of success.
MORRIS: And this would have built-in safeguards that were lacking
in the law you opposed some years ago?
GOVERNOR: Oh, yes. One or the dangerous things about the one
several years ago was the complete lack of regulation.. I see no
occasion for limiting the regulation of a development corporation
from the various agencies or the government.
DELANEY: Are you nearly ready to announce the membership of your
Council of 100?
GOVERNOR: Yes. We have received the great bulk of acceptances,
which is a kind of tedious Job. Some of the invitations have still
to go out, but I think within a week we will have that wrapped up.
I want to name them all at once.
HALDRON: Let me ask a question about this development corporation
business. Do I recall correctly that it was your idea that the
state would insure these loans?
GOVERNOR: Not for this one. No, sir. That is not this proposal.
I did discuss that, but that is not this proposal.
WALDRON: That is not your suggestion that it would not now?
GOVERNOR: This suggestion has nothing to do with state insurance
or those loans. State money and state credit would not be involved
in this development corporation.
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WALDRON: It has been bothering me a little bit -- you state that
you can convince hard-headed businessmen that they might succeed
when they couldn't borrow money from banks? Could you give us a
suggestion of some kind of business which might meet that qualification?
GOVERNOR: Oh, yes. Business asking banks to lend today have to
meet certain requirements relative to collateral and financial ratios
which this type of business would not have to do. For instance, if
a man were to come in with a new method of treating leather, which
was obviously good and yet he has no historical experience upon which
to predicate the lending of money from a financial institution -- if
these hardheaded businessmen were satisfied that nevertheless this
new process would help Florida and had an excellent chance of
success they could go ahead and do it. And since this will be
stockholder-controlled, not Florida controlled in the sense of the
state government, their decision, I think, would be wise.
W: Could we interpret this as saying that our bankers are
not handheaded businessmen? (laughter)
GOVERNOR: No. They are too hardheaded perhaps. (laughter)
FRYE: Governor, I would like to go back for Just a minute to this
congressional reappcrtionment. You had said previously that you
had a plan that some state official had handed you thatigglt might
be the solution and that you would disclose its terms very soon.
Has something changed that picture?
GOVERNOR: Yes, certain defects were pointed out to me that weren't
apparent on first examination. I am still attracted by the plan,
but every time I move a county some one of the dominoes falls over
in the wrong side. (laughter)
PRYE: Political defects?
GOVERNOR: well, it's a political plan, yes. It has to do with the
election of officials and, therefore, it is political.
FRYE: Well, then, you have not been able to arrive at any agreement
with the Legislature in this area?
GOVERNOR: That is correct.
DELANEY: Is the maJor problem in this particular matter centered
around Central Florida?
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GOVERNOR: Hell, of course -- yes, it does -- Central Florida does
pose a large problem. I think everyone's agreed on giving Dade
County two congressmen. and dividing the county up in that fashion.
But when you get up in Central Florida -- between Syd Herlong's
district, Billy Matthews' district and Jim Haley's and Bill Oramer --
you have a real problem there or putting together relatively
homogeneous districts so that one man or a particular character
can do the best Job in representing that district.
MORRIS: Does this have anything to do with the Republican Party?
GOVERNOR: Well, I think it concerns the Republican Party, because
of course they always hope to elect a congressman. Yes, sir.
DELANEY: Is the major part of this difficulty, Governor, centered
right around Syd Herlong's district more than any others?
GOVERNOR: Oh, no, I wouldn't say so. The trouble is in that area,
you can work out a good district for Billy Matthews, a good district
for Syd Herlong or Jim Haley or Bill Cramer, but when you have worked
out your district you find that it has cut into another one so on
the far side you have to put your county over and it disturbs your
lines on that side and as you know from trying these reapportionment
games it is hard to get a pattern that will fit every situation.
MEIKLEJORN: Could you abolish a couple or counties there?
GOVERNOR: Abolish a couple?
MEIKLEJORN: Yes.
GOVERNOR: Well, that might help.
PRYE: Is a part or the figuring -- to be more specific -- to try to
find someway that might dilute the Republican strength in that
Pinelles County area?
GOVERNOR: I think the way to dilute the Republican strength is to
convince them or the wisdom of voting Democratic. That is my own
conviction.
FRYE: That is not a part of the disagreement?
GOVERNOR: That is not what I am trying to achieve.
DELANEY: Isn't there some legislative thinking that the best way
to handle that problem is to bunch them?
GOVERNOR: Yes, that is one thought.
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HALDRON: Governor, are you looking forward to a honeymoon with the
Legislature?
GOVERNOR: Well, I am enjoying very good relations. I hope they
will continue for four years. I hope the second honeymoon will be
better than the first.
WALDRON: Do you think that you will have good success in this
first aesaion?
GOVERNOR: I do. Yes, sir.
NEIKLEJORN: Governor, we talked about this several weeks ago. Have
you given any further consideration to the possibility of Juggling
a few seats around on the Board or Control and possibly appointing
Joe Marquee of Pensacola to a poet?
GOVERNOR: Well, my situation is about as it was then so far as he
is concerned. I have great respect and admiration for Joe marques.
He would make a fine member. I have no commitment to appoint him
and there is no vacancy.
NALDRON: Have you accepted Mr. Raye resignation yet?
GOVERNOR: I don't believe so. I don't believe it has been accepted
yet.
CHANDLER: Have you received a resignation from Jack Daniel of
Jacksonville on the Board of Control?
GOVERNOR: Not to my knowledge.
TUTTLE: Mr. Kynea told me, Governor, that you would perhaps announce
a replacement for Mr. Raye before this weekend, is that correct?
GOVERNOR: Well, I think perhaps I may. Yes, air.
TUTTLE: Are you going to do it now?
GOVERNOR: Not today.
WE: Tomorrow:
GOVERNOR: Perhaps.
CHANDLER: How about a replacement for William Lantatf on the Inter-
American Authority?
GOVERNOR: I may have one or those within a week. I hope so.
CHANDLER: Do you hope to get that Authority moving again, and in
what direction?
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GOVERNOR: That is why I have been so careful in the selection of a
replacement. I an anxious to put at the top of Interama a man of
such quality and standing in the community that it would inspire
faith in the project and let them use the tremendous potential they
have as well as the asset of the Graves Tract, and go ahead and put
the show on the road. I am enthused by Interama and its possibilities
and I want to give them the top competence in putting the Job over.
BAKER: Governor, is it true that you already have that man on the
Racing Commission? But that Bob Morgan can't do both Jobs?
GOVERNOR: He would do a fine Job there. That's correct.
DELANEY: Who's supposed to say it?
GOVERNOR: Thank you.
DELANEY: Well, thank you very much
GOVERNOR: I enJoyed being with you today.
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believe I saw where the City of Tallahassee figured this increased
tax would cost their customers about 17 cents a month.
CHANDLER: Governor, do you think there is any validity to their
claim that this would stiffle industrial development at a time when
we are needing industrial development?
GOVERNOR On the contrary. I have checked this matter with a
number of businessmen who are the operators of large industries in
Florida. and they tell me that -- while they, of course don't want
to pay any more taxes, they tell me that it would have no effect on
them in that fashion.
MORRIS Governor, have you given sufficient study to the matter to
know whether you would veto the act if the Legislature should create
the new County of Miami Beach?
GOVERNOR No. I really have not seen the proposal or considered the
alleged advantages or disadvantages of it.
MEIKLEJOHN: I would like to check one point on this utility tax.
haVe you given any consideration in changing the gross receipts tax
to doing away with an exemption that Pensacola currently has on the
gross receipt tax on natural gas? It is a local provision?
GOVERNOR: I did not know it, and I have not considered it. It is a
matter that ought to be considered, but I simply have not, and I
thank you for that information.
CHANDLER: Governor, Senator Scott Kelly, who headed the Legislative
Interim Roads Committee has proposed that the Legislature create a
post of Highway Commissioner, who would be a professional man, and
he says. would give continuity to the Road Department program. Do
you have any comment on this proposal?
GOVERNOR: In a general sort of way I am favorably impressed with that
proposal. I do think there is a need for continuity, a very definite
need. There is also a need for an approach to be at a truly
professional level. I think I indicated my conviction of that by
appointing John Phillips to be the State Road Chairmen. He has been
a road builder for many years and an engineer until four or five
years ago when he retired from that business. He has the knowledge
that I think the head or such a board needs for the construction or
the tremendous road program or Florida. I don't think that there
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ought to be staggered terms of the Road Board, because human beings
being as they are. Road Board Members are going to, either for
themselves or collectively, as has happened in the past, be for or
against candidates. If they are against a successful candidate it
creates a friction and a loss of confidence which does not ingender
the proper working relationship. I think each Governor when he comes
in ought to be able to put his own men into policy positions. But
there is a need for continuity, and a professional man of the type
Senator Kelly suggests might well be the solution.
CHANDLER: In your opinion. would this post of a professional man be
difficult to sell to the Legislature?
GOVERNOR: I haVe not tried to sell it to them, but I wouldn't think
so. No. I think you do need the Road Board Members there because
of their knowledge of and representation of the interests of the
various areas. And, building roads is not purely an engineering
situation. An engineer can tell you the shortest distance between
two points to build the road, but he cannot tell you about the
aspirations of the community or the long range economic plans, or
many things that ought to be taken into consideration when roads
are located.
CHANDLER: Then, you feel that the Road Board could take care of that
area of the problem and the professional Highway Commissioner could
take care of the continuity?
GOVERNOR: Of the continuity and of the primacy of engineering
considerations. That should be the primary consideration -- the
building of the most roads to serve the most people for the least
number of dollars, but it should be modified in the Democratic
system, by these other considerations which Road Board members are
best able to meet.
WALDRON: Do you have a road program for the Legislature?
GOVERNOR: Of a limited sort. yes sir.
UALDROH: Are you going to recommend this highway commissioner type
thing?
GOVERNOR: I am considering it.
PRYE: Governor, do you see any disadvantage in having this post
appointed by the Governor with the concurrence of the Cabinet? I
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mean, do you think that might put the Cabinet members in the road
building business, or have that as part of their campaigns?
GOVERNOR: Well. if you're going to have continuity, you do need to
require the Governor to have some concurrence in his decision so that
he will not be arbitrary, and so as to remove it clearly from the
area of political appointment. Therefore, I think that it is healthy.
My experience has been that the Cabinet is extremely anxious to work
with the Governor, and that if he is determined or has firm con-
victions on a matter of broad state concern such as that, they will
normally go along with him unless there is a good reason not to,
in their opinion. And, if they have such an opinion, maybe the
Governor ought to be restrained and make another selection with
which they would concur.
DELANEY: You don't visualize then, six men campaigning for cabinet
offices, or say twelve men, offering twelve different road programs?
GOVERNOR: No, because I rather think that if we select the right
kind of commission director or Road Board Director or Commissioner,
that he would not be an issue in the campaign. I would hope that
he would be such a man.
RAKER: You don't feel that the appointment of a Highway Commissioner
would further lessen the powers of the Governor's Office, as I
understand it they have already been considerably lessened.
GOVERNOR: Yes, it would, a little bit. There is no question about
it. But, I have learned something since becoming Governor about
the powers of the Governor that I did not know before: That it is
the sincere desire of the members of the Cabinet to work with the
Governor in those areas of statewide interest which they consider
primarily his, especially where there is sort of a mandate from the
people. I think this would continue to be in the area of the
Governor's central.
PRYE: Then you endorse the Cabinet system?
GOVERNOR: Yes, I do. So far I have found it a very wonderful thing.
The members of the Cabinet who have prior service particularly, have
been able to give me advice and background information and assistance
which has helped me to do a better Job.
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FRYE: How are you progressing with your legislative message?
GOVERNOR: Oh, I'm a sort of last minute speech writer. The thoughts
are pretty well shaped in my mind, but I probably won't be writing
the speech before Sunday. I'm sorry.
says: Do you feel that in the conferences you have had with
legidlators within the past few months, that you have pretty well
worked out the specific areas of major controversy on bills like
the redistricting of Congressional Districts and Legislative
Reapportionment, and in financing
GOVERNOR: I cannot say that I have worked out the redistricting
of Congressional seats. I can say that I think we are close to
working out, and I believe the opening days of the Legislature will
see a solution of,the Legislative problem. In the area of finance 1
think there is a general feeling on the part or the Legislature that
if we can sustain the budget which we have recommended, they will
go along on the general financial program.
MORRIS: Hhat numbers seem to be coming up most often in the
Legislative reapportionnent?
GOVERNOR: In the Senate, #5; in the House, 103, 105, 107.
MORRIS: Do you visualize any possibility of any reapportionment
within the present membership or the Legislature?
GOVERNOR: Very remote.
MBIKLEJORN: There is speculation on this senatorial proposal that
it would include giving the top 23 counties a Senator. Is that
good speculation?
GOVERNOR: That is good speculation.
MEIKLEJOHN: Is it true?
GOVERNOR: It may be.
CHANDLER: Governor, the problem on reappcrtionment then appears to
be more in the House now at this stage than in the Senate. Is that
true?
GOVERNOR: I would not say that there is a great problem there.
There are still certain areas of disagreement which must be resolved.
FRYE: Just in the House?
GOVERNOR: Largely.
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FRYE: You previously said that you wanted a package respportionment.
Have you now Just about given up on the reapportionment within the
existing framework of the Senate?
GOVERNOR: Within the existing framework of the Senate, the
reapportionment that I was able to achieve one so limited as to be,
frankly, very worthless, and I have used that as somewhat of a tool
or bargaining point in securing what I believe will be one of the
finest constitutional reapportionment plans that has ever been
suggested, bar none.
MEIKLEJOHN: Then you feel it is nailed down to the extent that it
will be passed?
GOVERNOR: I would not say that today.
WALDRON: You haven't walked the bill?
GOVERNOR: No, I haven't. That's the reason I won't say it, because
I want to talk with every Senator before I make a statement of
that kind.
MORRIS: Then it still would not he more than one Senator to a
county?
GOVERNOR: That is correct.
CHANDLER: Governor, are you one of those who hold to the view
that the Legislature can complete it's work within 60 days?
GOVERNOR: Easily.
GRANULER: And that would take into account the financial and tax
situation?
GOVERNOR: Constitutional Revision, reapportionment, all the problems
that have held us up for so long can. I believe, be resolved easily
within the 60 day period. I may change my tune #5 days from now,
but that's what I think now.
MORRIS: Are you saying that a new Constitution will come out or
the session?
GOVERNOR: I have every reason to believe that it will.
FRYB: Can we assume that you feel that this reapportionment plan
is so good that you also expect it to pass the people, and that
therefore it will not contain any objectionable features or the one
the people voted down?
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GOVERNOR: Honestly, in my Judgment this reapportionment measure is
so far as the Senate is concerned -- and that is the one I am talking
about right now -- is so good that I am surprised that I have been
able to get agreement on it as far as I have.
MEIKLEJOHN: When you say "agreement." You've gotten it among those
who really count in the Senate?
GOVERNOR: They all count with me. But there is a certain problem
of the amount of time required to see every one of them.
PRYE: Have the Senators who might lose their districts under it,
the one county districts, have they agreed to it?
GOVERNOR: That assumes the elements of the plan. I can tell you
that one Senator, two Senators that I can think of, who have a
senatorial district under the present plan and would not be assured
of one under the proposed plan. have agreed.
FRYE: You are not prepared to say who they are?
GOVERNOR: No.
MEIKLEJOHN: Governor, I have a Sheriff's agenda here, with questions
on three of them. One: we have an instance where the Sheriff of
Escambia County, Mr. Davis, has gotten into a squabble that has
been described as a "Mexican hot tamale," have you received word
from the state Department and made any investigation of it and
passed any information along to them on this incident?
GOVERNOR: Yes. On March 22, according to the letterhead, the
Department of State mailed me a letter, or wrote a letter, which
this office received on March 28, which was last Friday, stating
a certain set of facts as they understood them to be, and asking
me to make an investigation concerning the activities of Sheriff
Davis. My office called Sheriff Davis that day, Friday, March 2a,
That same day. Sheriff Davis, so his letterhead states, wrote an
answer which I received on the following Monday. the 27th. and on
March 27, Monday, we forwarded the information to the Department of
State.
MZIKLEJOHN: Ddd you forward the information along without comment?
Was that all that was required of you in this exchange?
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GOVERNOR: They asked of me to make an investigation. I know you
appreciate that we cannot investigate what happened in New Orleans,
or at the Mexican line, but we investigated what happened in
Florida concerning the legality of the Sheriff's action in leaving
Florida. which, as you know. under the Constitution requires
notification to the Governor, and his report of the activities
after he left Florida, and we conveyed that to the Department of
State, with offers to support it by affidavits or in such form as
they found necessary.
HEIKLEJOHN: Well, of the actions within your Jurisdiction, were
they proper as far as you could tell?
GOVERNOR: Yes. The only thing, as far as Florida was concerned,
required that when a Sheriff, or any other constitutional officer,
leaves the State he notify the Governor in writing. Which was
done. And then of course, he came back and we knew when he got
back, I believe. That's all Florida had to do with it.
MBIKLEJOHN: Can I go on to number two now?
GOVERNOR: Yes, sir.
HEIKLEJORN: We understand that Republican Sheriff of Palm Beach
County, Martin Killenberger, has an appointment with you today.
Do you know anything about it?
GOVERNOR: Yes. He called a member of the staff two or three weeks
ago and said that he would like to come up and talk with me about
- well, I don't believe he specified what matters -- but we set
him down for an appointment, I believe today is the day. Today or
shortly, anyway, whenever he asked for it.
MEIKLEJOHN: In other words. at his own suggestion. You have no
complaints with him as far as the Governor's Office is concerned?
GOVERNOR: Well, to tell you the honest truth, I don't know the
Sheriff and I had not heard about him in relation to the performance
of his duties until that request.
MEIXLEJOHN: Humber three. I understand you have a conference with
the Sheriff of Bay County, Mr. Daffin, at four-thirty, with regard
to law enfOrcement over there. What is the situation on that one?
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OOVBRNOR: We wrote Sheriff Baffin and told him that we would like
to have a discussion with him and suggested that he come oVer at
his convenience. he called to set up an appointment and such an
appointment has been set for this afternoon.
MEIKLBJOHN: Is this an outgrowth of some of the raids by your
Beverage Department over there?
nOVERNO: I am going to discuss with Sheriff Baffin any matters
that are of mutual interest to him and to me as Constitutional
officers.
DELAREY: Is there anything in relation to your request that
Sheriff Baffin come in to see you, Governor, which would indicate
that there has been any widespread crime in Bay County?
GOVERNOR: My policy and method of operating is to keep in very
close touch with the people who have been elected by the voters of
any particular area with certain responsibilities relative to their
performance of those duties, and I wish to discuss with Sheriff
Baffin the whole matter of law enforcement in Bay County.
DELANEY: Have you information to indicate that it has not been up
to the standards you would like to see it?
GOVERNOR: I have no comment on that at this time.
WALDRON: Mr. Lee has been in several areas of the state making
raids, do you haVe reports from him on the extent of his activities?
GOVERNOR: He keeps me very well advised on what he is doing. He
is conducting a very vigorous campaign. as you know. and this
morning he called me, for instance, from Tampa. But he has gone
from Tampa now. He is somewhere else.
WALDRON: Does the success which he is having in finding large
numbers of vice type violations indicate to you that perhaps local
law enforcement statewide, is not as good as it should be?
GOVERNOR: Well. I think that is alWays true -- it is never as good
as it should be.
WALDHON: Do you plan to have conferences of this type with other
Sheriffs?
GOVERROR: Oh, yes.
HALDRON: Any plans for concerted effort to make Shariffs......
GOVERNOR: Oh, yes, there will be a continuing effort on my part to
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