The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-08
Everglades Park 'Snags'
Reviewed By Chairman

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upon an unsuspecting and ignor-
ant popuIace. Ther demand in
|controvertible evidence of gooc
faith, sanctity of promise and Of
the fact that resic.e of the
county will not be. paired from {
livelihood gained from the TAX
ing of the natural resources from
the sea-. ''S1 sss3A'
!" oG2.q The Answer
Following is DR.. Ziebold's an
EfSW3eerfI 10 g1sfnsTr
4 Il am, taking up the questions
containsd in your letter in the
sequence they there appear:
4. (A)-William r. Porter and
Norberg Thompson were on the
Park Commission Board. The
Governor Of Florida requested
the resignation of all Commission
members and has so far appoint
ed but seven members, including
the executive chairman, of the
twelve authorized by State Act
Monroe County should, in my
opinion, be represented. 4
"B)-The Park. Association
official family" includes a small
group which volunteered to aid
in the preliminary work this
Park project has called for be-
fore reasonable assurance that the
Park could become a reality was
reached. The Park project has
now reached the stage where its
inclusion in the National Park
System only waits upon the
State of Florida turning over to
the Federal Government the, area
designated by the Department of
the Interior.
THE time has now definitely
arrived when it is quite in order
for the Park Association to ex-
pand its membership so as to in
clude representation throughout
the entire state that its influence
can be generally felt, and that is
just what the Lions Clubs of the
35th District have taken upon
themselves to bring about. With
this, the extending of participa-
ton in the more direct guiding
of the affairs of the Park Asso-
citation will naturally call for
membership within the Associa-
tons official family representa-
tive of all sections of Florida, and
this very thing is before the As
ISOLATION at the present time.
"(C)-Governor Joe in appoint
ing his State Park membership
committee at Orlando did it from
the floor and, of course, offhand
endeavored no doubt to cover the
state ge2srall4on the moment, it
~. Yes, Mr. Coe has been &C
lively engaged upon the project
for approximateIy eight years
Citizens of Florida, and especially
of Monroe, Dade and Collier
Counties, owe this man deep
debt of gratitude for his unself-
ish devotion to this great Park
project. It is largely through his
Individual efforts in no small
measure that Florida has this
great opportunity which the es-
adjustment of the Everglades
National Park presents, and now
generally considered as one of the
most important projects before
the state today and one through
which Monroe County will so far
prosper, in the belief of the editor
of The Key West Citizen, as ex-
pressd in issue of Septmber 26:
IF the Everglades Ma
tional Park ever becomes a
reality. it may revolutionize
this section of Florida.
Mr.. Coe has spent not only
one or two days in Monroe 1Coun-
ty' in the interestsifof the pro-
posed Park, but many days as a
member of the various official
groups studying the Park prof.
ect, and numerous other times
The citizens of Monroe County,
through the local and nearby
cities press, and by personal cor
respondence and individual con-
facts, have had the Everglades
National Park project in its many
phases brought to their attention
and consideration through the eff
forts of this man. If he has fail
ed in his duties as far as Monroe
County is concerned, take my
word for it, ii was through no in
tention on his part; / know him
too well for that.
Adverse Report
IS. Messrs. Porter and Thomp-
son were members of the Bound
airy Lines Committee of the Ever
rglAdes National Park Commission
which rendered report to the
Commission. dated October 10th,
1885. "A copy Of this report was
before the Department of the In
terrier IN Washington. This report
was adverse 10 the inclusion oi
any portion III Key Largo or the
BAY bottoms asked for by Wash
lington. The reply of the Nation
al Park Service IN its letter 10 the
Governor of Florida of August