The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-28
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eoeeeeeeeeessseeeesesess'
A lot Of folks have been ter
Iribly upset for the last week or
so about what Governor Fred was
gonna do with the Citrus Com
mission. Some of 'em was dead
certain ne was gonna kick every
last one OF the present members
off the board and replace 'em
with a set Of newly discovered
relatives from up around Lake
City.
Other folks who seem to have a
flare for gubernatorial mind
readin' had it all doped out that
all the governor was interested in
was gettin' his meat-nooks on that
$500, 900 of advertiser money so
he could ttrr it over to some
friends Of one of his relatives
down in Miami.
I've had nc less than a dozen
folks tell me what Fred was gon-
ma do and all of 'em went to
great length to explain just how
come and Why. Well, / just sat
back and let 'em rave and carry
on, but as far as / was concern
ed they wasn't foolin' nobody hut
themselves.
If you ask me, there amt no.
body who kl ows what Mr.. Fred
Preston Gone is gonna do on ac-
count of Fred not really KNOWN
himself until he up and does it.
And while lot of folks may
not approve of what he does and
can't for the life of Them under
stand why he did it, there is no
d;sputin' the fact that whatever
Fred does and regardless of how
he does it, the big idea in the back
of the Governors mind is to do
RIGHT.
Some folks may snort and kick
up their heels at that statement,
but that's because Their idea of
what was right differed with
Fred's viewpoint in some particu-
lar instance. But if you're in
clined to lie fair-minded and UNI
biased you'll find that with all
his blnntness, plain talk and
gruff manner, there's a whole
lot of horse-sense, osd-fashioned
honesty and a mighty big heart
hidden beneath that rough ex-
terror
But gettin' back 70 the citrus
commission. some folks seemed
to think that Fred had a lot o.
crust goin' down to Lakeland and
pokin' his nose into their affairs,
but eonsiderin' the fact chat those
boys handle several hundred thou.
sand dollars every year and the
Governor is personally responsible
for their behavior, its only nat
ural that Fed figured if they
wasn't gonna come and tel him
what they planned to do maybe
he'd better go down there and
find oft for himself. That's the
kind of a governor Fred is.
The fact aliat the Commission
had a clean record and had been
doin' a mighty fine JOB didn't have
nothin, to do with It. Fred just
wasn't talsin' their word for it or
anybody else's. He wanted to
know what they were dom, how
they were 5oin' il, why they did
it, and what trey planned to do
next.
When they found out he wasn't
foolin' they got busy and gave
him all the information he want
ed. He looked it OYER, found it
OK and told 'em to 90 right on
ahead like they'd keen doin' and
if they needed any help from him
all they had to do was ask for IT,
II is proper and fitting for .
governor to keep in close touch
with what Is goin' on aud Fred
ought to take day off every now
and then TO drop in unexpected on
this or that department, board or
commission. and demand an nc
countin' II shouldn't stop with
the Citrus Commission. AS the
sayin' goes-"A little checkin'
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