The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-16
Governors
Race Today

% the same platform again today.
Alto Adams, Dan McCarty and
Bradley Oldham are scheduled to
speak at q luncheon Of the Fiori-
Dc Federation Of Women's Clubs
convention In Jacksonville. Later
IN the week they'll all appear at
The Florida Education Association
convention in Miami.
Some new personal accusations
and insinuations, but few new
Issues, were thrown into the cam
paign Tuesday.
Oldham completed q 25M hour
radio talkathon at Jacksonville
with q statement that State Sen.
w. A. Stands, Gainesville, is the
ssfat cat" Of the McCarty cam.
paign and is slated to be Road
Board chairman. He also called
Mayor Hayden Burns, jackson
vile, and the Duval County sheriff
political machine bosses" Burns,
an open supporter Of McCarty, said
he win reply by radio and Tv
today.
Adams, at Orlando, continued
his criticism Of Gov. Warren and
Road Chairman Alfred Mcclellan
--whom he says McCarty will keep
on the Job. (McCarty says he
WON'T Adams said McCarty is
"going along with the Warren
administration but 81 am deter
mined to break up that rotten.
contemplate condition" that exists
In Tallahassee.
McCarty spoke at Gainesville.
He promised to continue develop
ment Of the states institutions Of
higher learning, particularly the
agriculture and engineering col
leges. He said his opponents "are
telling you things about me that
they know are untrue. Any
man who uses deceit in campaign
INC win use deceit In public Of
fice.n
The two less-known Democratic
candidates were heard from, too.
Dale Spencer said he Is restoring
TO his platform the legalized gam
bling plank that he scratched off
last week.
BIZ Hendrix said he, too, is for
lezalized gambling--plus state op-
Grafton Of wholesale liquor stores
and q veterans bonus financed by
higher beer and whisky taxes. He
said he would fire half the states
employees If be became governor.
Odham's aides said the candi.
date received 5000 questions 10
answer and took In 1892 In cam
paign contributions during his
Jacksonville talkathon. Oldham said
me program cost S4.s0o, and would
be his last. although he plans
shorter radio quiz shows, running
up to six hours, in, several cities
before the May 6 primary.
Adams insisted there is no
HOAX as Gov. Warren suggested
about the documents he exhibits
10 support his claim that high adj
minisration figures plotted two
years ago TO build a Jacksonville.
Miami turnpike without competi.
live bids.
Eli Fink and william Joe Sears.
The Jacksonville lawyers whose
names were on the memorandum
about legality Of building the road
without bids, issued statements AT
Jacksonville declaring they never
gave such memo to any official
state board. They didn't deny writ.
Ina Il. though. They said they could
moi discuss matters Of their law
clients.
Adams has declined to name the
man to whom the memorandum
was addressed, but said he was
very high" In the administration.
Fink said The very fact that
more than two years have elapsed
aimee the alleged conspiracy is
claimed to have occurred and the
tindenlable fact that al no time
have | ever discussed such a prof
sct with a state agency having a,l.
thority with reference 10 same
should be conclusive prouf Of The
falsity at the statements.
oldham was accused az an ssahso-
luse lie" by Charles Ausley. Tai.
iahassee attorney and Mccarty
supporter.
Oldham has said Ansley directed
Etate workers to the location az
some mislaid 1871 race track bin
veto messages that he claimed
were embarrassing to McCarfy,
Ne said Ausley was = race track
lobbyist" who had been paid $3.50
BY fiialeah Park.
Ausley said "odham's statement
h an absolute lie. I have never
been q race track lobbyist and
have never received single cert
fer lobhying for any race track.
The payment referred 10 BY oahag
Was legal fee for services in .
Law salt Insolsin9 = constitutional
question. The veto messages re-
fsFred 70 were located b state
employees.
~~-~------~s~~-----~~--~~-~~
AZ the height Of the slave trade,
n Is estimated thas about hall the