The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-04
FULLER WARREN INAUCURATED
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nlountctOWn anu Spclu tiiC iSSt
Of my life at the hard labor
which had been my lot since
the ago of eight. But l didn't
kew how | could go home, for
ad no money.
One Of the kindest and best
men who lived, Amos Lewis,
handed me a twenty-dollar bill
END told me to return to Blounts-
sswn, study hard and work hard
exSa live right and some day |
would come back here as gov
ernor. My good friends, Amos
Lewis, is sitting right over there.
1t also is gratifying to see here
today so many other friends who
have blessed my life.
a is fitting that l should tell
yc~ of my plans for the four
wears ahead | hope to make your
State Government an active and
powerful force for promoting the
prosperity of all the people of
Florida. Your State Government
will not only vigorously assert its
rights as a state but it will with
equal vigor discharge its duties
and responsibilities. In fact, for
the coming four years the en-
phasis will be on the States re-
sponsibilities and obligations to
Is citizens.
The government of this State
belongs to all the people and will
be administered for the benefit
Of all the people, and not just for
a favored few. For the next four
Years your State Government is
going TO be neighborly and
friendly. Every person serving
in the executive branch of the
government will treat all citizens
with courtesy, kindness and con-
sideration.
am going to do my best to
faithfully put into practice every
plank in the platform on which l
was elected. The people of Flori-
da have approved that platform
in three elections, the first pri-
mary election, the second prl
mary election and the general
election. The Honorable Perry
Murray, speaker of the l949
House of Representatives, and
the Honorable Newman Brackin,
President of the 1949 State Sen
ate. have publicly declared that
the platform on which | was
nominated and elected is man.
date from the people of Florida
to the Legislature. Many other
Senators and Representatives
have said the same thing.
That platform pledges me to
administer the State Govern
ment without waste. intend to
get you a dollars worth of gov
eminent for each dollar of taxes
you pay. l am going to do all in
my power to- see that your tax
money shall be spent like a wise
and prudent business man would
expend the funds of his firm.
We are going to make the tax
dollar do its full duty.
We are going to stop the killing
and Gripping of people on the
highways of Florida. We are
going to stop much of it by
eliminating roaming livestock
from the roads of this State. We
are goinr to stop more of it by
eliminaiii & drunken driving. We
are going to eliminate even more
deaths and damage by carrying
on a continuous campaign OF
education and instruction In
safe driving. 1t is our aim to
make the roads of this state so
safe that no one will feel fear
while using them. We plan to
brand reckless drivers as public
enemies. We hope every person
in this great audience will help
put this program over by driving
home carefully and cautiously;
and then continue to drive care
fully and cautiously at all times.
We are going to build good
highways for the lowest possible
cost. Five of Florida's ablest men
will serve as members of the
State Road Department. They
begin their tremendous task with
heavy handicaps. The road fund
is almost empty and its income
for months ahead is committed
by contracts already let. But we
are e ing to get you a dollars
worth of roads for every dollar
spent
We are going TO buy the states
supplies for less money. A CEN
trail purchasing agency such as
AZ states already have, cannot be
had until the Legislature con-
yenes. But until the Legislature
can meet and give the people OF
florida this money saving
method of buying the many mil
lions of dollars of cOmmodltle:
and materials used by the state
| plan by executive order to SET
up a central system of purchas'
ing supplies for all the depart
ments of state government oil
rectly controlled by the Gov
ernor. In this way, we can save
many thousands of dollars of tan
money before the Legislature
meets, and also show the urgent
necessity of a law creating {