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state one pick 1 19 forties matter. How do you do, ladies and gentlemen. Indeed I'm most delighted to have is my guest on this occasion. Florida's number one citizen. The Governor of Florida, Haydon Burns. Governor, we're very happy to have you here. We know you're on a very fast moving schedule.

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Would you mind telling the people of Florida Just what are the things that you're looking into while you're here, we'll be able assistance of your office and the other members of the delegation. We've been able to cram probably a week's work into a day and a half, but it has been my privilege to represent the state and appearances before the public works and appropriations committees of both House and Senate relative to our water resources problems.

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I also attended a conference arranged by Vice President Humphrey with respect to the road conditions in Brevard County which are congested and overrun because of the Cape activities. And certainly if we can't get relief from this high level conference that was attended by the heads of NASA and the Air Force on the Bureau of Public Roads and relief won't be forthcoming from Washington also, I touched in briefly for about 30 minutes to the Southern Governors Conference, relative to the problems of implementing the Civil Rights Act in the school systems and that has been resolved at this level two.

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Delegating one member of each state's delegation to accompany the governor to the White House for a top level conference on the matter. I was very pleased to be accompanied by the members of the Florida delegation, and I'm also pleased that they have designated Congressman Bob Sykes as their representative to join the governor in future conferences.

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Governor, One of the problems that we've had in which you've been interested in is how we get this offshore labor with respect to handling our own crops. You've been very active in that, and I know since you've been here, you've done something about it. Would you mind telling us what you've done?

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Well, I think first that Secretary Works made an outstanding demonstration of personal concern of our problem. When he favored our state by personal visit, he came first to the capital, then to Orlando and then on down into the Citrus areas that he might see firsthand the problems that otherwise we've just been so many statistics.

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As a result of that beginning, his staff and my staff in the Industrial Development Commission, headed by Mr Dan Right Chairman, have worked up a proposal to establish within the framework of the Industrial Commission of Florida, a separate division on domestic and migratory labor, as required by agriculture being thought that there would be great advantage in having one central location of occurring all of the information relative to crop production as to harvest problems as to the availability of domestic labor.

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Thus late arriving at the need for offshore labor, I talked with Secretary Well, it works yesterday and he is awaiting the recommendation of his staff, which recommendation emanated in Atlanta. I feel very hopeful and very much encouraged that the U. S. Department of Labor will permit the state of Florida to somewhat set the guidelines as to the requirements of labor for agriculture.

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Well, certainly we need it. As you well know, we've suffered, I think, a good deal this year in the harvesting of our crops by reason of the fact that we don't have quite enough offshore labor help. Well, not only that, so many of our citizens don't realize that, for instance, in the King fields there's not all the problems of snakes.

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But there's also the problems of a disease known as muck, which which it seems, that are white and colored citizens. Both are very allergic to, and this is a very serious disease, and it's quite painful, and it's long in its process, very difficult to cure. And this in itself stands as a bulwark against get in an adequate supply of domestic labor.

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It seems, on the other hand, that goes from the British West Indies are not allergic to this and justly, they are more adapted to this type of field work. Well, you've certainly had a hectic but at the same time very useful and productive. 48 hours here.

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We appreciate the help which you've given us, and I'm satisfied. It's all going to redound very much to the benefit of Florida. Now, let me just before we leave this Washington visit, let me say that I'm told that this is the first time that the governor has had the presence and the support of every number of the Florida delegation.

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This goes as to our two Republican members as well as to our Democratic members. That goes both to the members of the House and the two distinguished senators. And for once, Florida has presented a completely united front with regard to our needs and public works and water resources.

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Well, we thank you for that. And of course, we are wrasslin with these problems day by day up here and having your good offices and you yourself with your persuasiveness to join with us has certainly been most useful and most helpful. And I think it's going to result in great good to the state.

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Yeah, I just had one postscript, and this should not be a postscript, but I was also greatly assisted by the presence of Secretary Tom Madam, Secretary of State of Florida and audible Red Green May state comptroller and the attorney general, Faircloth's. So when a majority of the Cabinet can leave the capital during the Legislature in order to come to these congressional hearings, I think this is a demonstration of a teamwork emanating from the state governor.

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Let's now that you've mentioned the Legislature and it's of course, still in session. It's about to close, I think. Would you mind giving us your judgment as to what has been the outstanding accomplishment of this Legislature. But 1st may I say, I think it's been one of the most business like sessions that is in the scope of my memory, and that goes over a period of about 2.5 decades of observing the Legislature.

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The approach that they took to the appropriations bill is a good point, and they did resolve the needs of the state for the next two years without resorting to any new or additional taxes. In this, they provided for a 19% increase for education. They provided for more than $80 million of new capital outlay for new construction of junior colleges and the degree granting institutions.

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And in every regard, I feel that this is not only an adequate budget, but a very excellent budget. And then, of course, the Legislature is working only $300 million primary road program. And with the great vote that we had in the Senate of 35 to 8, and with more than 90 supporters in the House, it does appear now quite evident that this measure would be put on the ballot for a vote of the people in November.

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I'm quite confident that people want to cease this useless uhh incident of accident, loss of life and property damage on the highways and that there will be anxious to support this program that will give at 14 year period the highways that otherwise could not be provided over a span of 20 years.

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Governor, let me ask you this question. As you know, we're debating here in the Senate of the United States, a voting rights bill. We have previously had long range and omnibus civil rights bills, but this is now a voting rights bill. It's rather obvious that they've got enough votes to pass the so called voting rights bill.

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I wonder if you could give us in the time remaining whether your views as to whether or not this will radically affect voting in the state of Florida. I think we'll have virtually no effect whatsoever. I feel that it should be the right of every citizen of the of the United States and certainly of our states, who has reached their maturity, that they should be privileged to cast a ballot and to take a part in the decisions of this nation and the government also at the state level.

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Actually, I advocate the lowering or the voting age to 18 because I feel that if a person is mature enough at that age in order to bear arms to defend our nation, as are men now in both the Dominican Republican in Vietnam that they certainly mature enough to have a voice in government.

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But with regard to the legislation that you have just referred to, it will have virtually no effect whatsoever in the state of Florida because the polls have been open to everybody to vote. Thank you very much, Governor Haydon Burns for these expressions. Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen, for looking and listening in.

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I hope you'll look and listening again at this same time next week.