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Chamber of Commerce, Mount Dora.  ( 1959-02-03 )

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Title:
Chamber of Commerce, Mount Dora. ( 1959-02-03 )
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Speeches, 1942-1970. Speeches -- 1948-59. (Farris Bryant Papers)
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Bryant, Farris, 1914-2002
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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 )
Political campaigns ( JSTOR )
Speeches ( JSTOR )
Public policy ( JSTOR )
Governors ( JSTOR )
Seas ( JSTOR )
Political elections ( JSTOR )
Chambers of commerce ( JSTOR )
Firearms ( JSTOR )
Jars ( JSTOR )
Voting ( JSTOR )
Employment ( JSTOR )
Special interest groups ( JSTOR )
Ballot boxes ( JSTOR )
Inspiration ( JSTOR )
Yams ( JSTOR )
Garters ( JSTOR )
Tiles ( JSTOR )
Oars ( JSTOR )
Ballots ( JSTOR )
Almonds ( JSTOR )
State elections ( JSTOR )
Amnion ( JSTOR )
Hens ( JSTOR )
Reality ( JSTOR )
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United States Senate ( JSTOR )
Spatial Coverage:
North America -- United States of America -- Florida -- Lake County -- Mount Dora
North America -- United States of America -- Florida

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"- j'1nfpert1w1ar; economic progress and

social improvehent, commnity'end partfwlarfi for
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yourselves fa pm MP 18 as it should be those
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In doing the, we; interest grohpe. Your

:moialh'esu i v6 ibnthere are other groups.
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mom to ctive tomein this no it should be. In
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j preposals for the
Right-og-g mfzdkatfenator Knowland, w1th all

his 0 $ Mtge, 48 e ammuon of its effectiveness.
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Vote $13k)? one, are mitteotive specie; .1nterbst.




By reason '6} 7 ,| ang 10bby1ng,(bonusee have
been granted waMtesgepe'cii employment rights have been secured,
hoapitalitqgother havebeen granted.

The as inning with we Townsend plan, are an effective
group; people .have a primary interest in schools are a special
interest group, and one of the moot,.etreot1ve that"! he: blown.
Sometimes they are b d tor those things thezja. wimnny so, but

no one who knows mold deny benefits which ow from the

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f are traceable directly to their efforts.

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r; hp, mmottaswialgnterest, particularly
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emotive this mg, 'Becauseoi' efforts, most or
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oivile'isnte runof- wioh'xig; weepingoprk nation has come about;
mos wit its request for subsidy and other

special mas m-tr3Â¥ndmsly effective group; the 011
.Bloc in procuring fox-"e" ,Le'tien alienances in computing income

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jtexes has done a rerkablg r- 5 l u

it These speogi {eta-{g
[evidence \of a I
knew covemm'nt is sojbig and that the individual is no

"longer effective to alteryemeurso: 1' soernnent. The result has

. been that today rather than by ballot box, we have government

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1. t; or their 65m, bad. They are
of the persons whbeonprishr them

'rby power blocs. ezthe .retsultb of the mention and effectiveness

.70: these Ones] been that in many instances the unorgenized
majority has second place or been combletely ignored.

Why is evolve from a nstiez: which drew its
inspiration English tradition of the expression and '

. ts or the individual into a naon or power





mt, IN-think, is the intrequency, the necessary
infrequene'ft. ea. : one '
Elections areyrpt calleddin Marisa when there are issues to be
decided, but rating-every or four. years according to the calendar.
At that timegif the issues of campaign are main it is alliest
accidental, bnbiin any event, by the tine tMnoMneted_am elected
have taken office, the issues have lent twirw'igpitiesnce. ~
. Further, frequently issues are. basic, and

designed to attract support tmigthwetgle Iprobleyos. The canqaaigns

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given pepic;van opportunity to express

a -eues mghe} but not provided a guide as
7 .elal be soiled. T .
. In the 1msidentis1'eetion, maident Truman successmlly
Wiuanrmy bi. Mterizing the 80th Congress as a
cohgresea over the last 10 years, we are
oils to :eerthat the publioxxpreeon at that time provided little
demo to those in itirftorte to solve the grave issues
at the follow yam. "
In 1952, General .33. "H'yted to the presidehoy by
'harecterizihg the m A i is}: as convened of {petty garters,
sort-headedpiplomats warriors." that my be tnae,
ut to prove it did not solve tile. problzu' Eisenhower had to race. I

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lJl'he second res?n we 'umst' be organized and continuous in our
_ctivities it. run aehieve oar g'oale is. elections do not,
under the best oimteqhes provide the for negotiation
,sndcoupromise so. in ruling MEQDS or peeple., On a
ballot, :one met-.m "yea" or "no", but any tips questions of public
policy in? Qaided: peopleof Virgin have indicated
how theg problem decided but Governor Almond, as he
strikes uhcherted) "it" {37%, has xij'eleetorate to guide him
as to which way he should gagept u'orsanized groups within the state
make their zipresentptions puke their inuence felt.
} Knowledge increases after election and people) minds can change.
.loday we knokt deal more about Fidel 6.13:1 Pulse'ncio

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:Batista than in 1956, I not and expr.'ess,}ou:t'a changed
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wishes in this matter to our ifs-opt gemepf it we. have organizations

with a "know-how" and the ea to be head.

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r e s cw: chemo. Therezuas no we: in 1952 or '

rag-mt the amnion St the ugreme' Court would be in the then
case of own p. the of Edugation, but: it was not ontn
I. that the e ctorate had a ghance to express themselves when that



decision- became an Issue.
Elections today are a beginnim, not an end. The Job of the
eitizenrg'r is not done when the election is over. If we lould truly

keep government democratid. e got ct'eete agencies and mechanism for
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making our views-infill by mgserganta. not only on election day, but ~
s,throughoi'it their tenure m -

The third 'great factor in mind, makes the rindividual almost
helpless in the larger areas ogg'oment is the couple-Jaw. or gotrnment.
'Anyone who has read the Memoir-"or harden Bull" or "Foreatal's 'Diaries"

will have an inkling of the desperatelxtmatration those hen sometimes
felt as they to'noko policies which they exprgaoed a reality
'through the vast amount? or government .hhichlaj under them.
Candidates electoQMtical office need theontinued help of those
|mho elected tMnlii' they are, in all good! taittho achieve their goal.
The sea or [govermnt E11156 with ioebergo'v'ohd- angry _wevea and it
is not right officeholders be out forthgon sea to 83.11 alone
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Some decisions by government are no technical in nature that even
the elected officials are unable to intelligtntly understand them. How

are we. to term: what is a fair and erricieht moeetion or television

on uncharted caurae.

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channels? How are he to determine a proper utility sate mch'will be
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fair to the consumer yet return 8, reasonable share of profit'to an
efficient management. He thinga as individuals
nor can our voice be 3m exoget we organize 3'30 egress oin'selves
through the mechanics and teotsiiques or modern day government. .






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