The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-22
Governors
Ruee Today
BIZ MALCOLM .. JOHNSON


Bradley Odham's charge that
Pensacola dog track presidents
500 contribution to Dan McCarty
violated the election law cnliyened
the Florida governorship campaign
today.
w. w. Harbeson. Pensacola hotel
operator and kennel club presi-
dent, promptly acknowledged he
was for McCarty and had donated
500 to his campaign, but insisted
il was q personal contribution and
had nothing to do with his con-
nection with the dog track.
The new state election law pro.
hibits any officer, director or
supervisory employee Of . race
track from making q political con-
tribution. The penalty for knowing
ly violating the provision Is revo-
cation Of the tracks racing permit.
Oldham, calling attention TO Har-
beson's donation during one OF his
'sjunior" radio talkathons at Pen
sacola, said:
Nov I'm not attacking or even
crlticixlne Mr.. Harbeson in any
way. / have always understood
that he Is q highly reputable. good
citizen. II Is entirely understand
able he Is not aware of all the
provisions OF the new campaign
expense law"
However, he said, II certainly
am asking double.talking Dan Nc
Carly how long he expects To keep
fooling the people Of Florida with
his pious pose.
Al Fort Pierce, McCarty's cam
palRn manager, Earl Powers, said
he didn't know Harbeson, or that
he was d dog track officer. and
he couldn't say whether the con-
trIbution had been received until
he checked with the deputy treas
urer who handles campaign funds
In Pensacola.
Harbeson made no bones about
1t.
IL am for Dan McCarty,n he
said. II gave him 500. That's
public Information. ! am not for
Oldham and I'm not for Adams.
I'm for Dan McCarty. The 500
was 4 personal contribution from
myself To Dan Mccarty and has
nothing whatsoever to do with the
Pensacola Kennel Club. !"
Oldham said the Harbeson con-
tribution to Mccarty s.is particu-
larry" interesting because the
Pensacola Kennel Club is the same
track about which McCarty last
week tried to distort my legislative
voting record
Mccarty has criticized Oldham,
who advocates higher dog track
taxes, for voting in 1919 for q bill
reducing taxes on certain tracks.
Oldham said II did indeed vote
70 put the Pensacola Kennel Clcb
track under q graduated tax scale
In order TO give Ii chance to
work out Of a slim season or two
to keep II in business and keep Ii
producing some revenue for the
state and county.
II understand that the Pensa-
cola tracks business has now
grown out Of the lower bracket
and into the regular tax rate
again. Consistent with my stand
on dos track taxes from the first.
! have pledged to work for a
graduated tax on all tracks in
creasing the tax on the bic tracks
so that the state and counties vii!
get three or four million dollars
more Of the huge profits Of the
large do gtrack operators.
McCarty. who spent all day Mon.
day talking TO farmers and citrus
packing house employees ia his
nome county Of 81. Lucle, lis cam.
paigning today in Dunnellon. VIII
liston, Bronson. Archer, Newberry,
High Springs. Alachua. Lake But.
Ter, Raiford and ocala.
Alto Adams, the other major
candidate, eampaigned Monday
through Palm Beach County,
He continued his attacks on Nc.
Carly and on the Warren Admin.
istrailon in general and the State
Road Department in particular,
and again offered his plans for
governmental reorganization as
the means Of eliminating what he
calls bureaucratic waste. He viii
spend today and Wednesday so.
hciting votes in Dade County.
Oldham viii speak at Fort
Walton and Mewahitchka this aft
ernoon. then stage another Of his
radio qnsstion.and-answer pru.
grams 81 Panama City tonight.
ZT NJ