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Title
General Collection
Description
Collection of digital images, documents, and other records depicting the history of Florida. Series descriptions are based on special topics, the majority of which students focused their metadata entries around.
Florida was first inhabited by Paleo-Indians as early as 14,000 years ago. By the 16th century, several distinct Native American tribes inhabited present-day Florida, primarily the Apalachee of the Panhandle, the Timucua of North and Central Florida), the Ais of the Central Atlantic Coast, the Tocobaga of the Tampa Bay area, the Calusa of Southwest Florida, and the Tequesta of the Southeast Florida.
In 1513, Juan Ponce de León of Spain became the earliest known European explorer to arrive in Florida. During the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, Spanish, French, and English pioneers settled various parts of the states, though not all settlement were successful. Most of the region was owned by Spain, until it was ceded to the United States via the Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819. On March 3, 1845, Florida earned statehood. Florida was marred by nearly constant warfare with the Native Americans in the region, particularly with the Seminoles during the Seminole Wars.
On January 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the Union and joined the Confederate States of American on January 20th. The state's participation in the Civil War revolved mostly around the transportation of goods via ships.
On June 25, 1868, Florida regained its representation in Congress. During the Reconstruction period, Florida drafted a new state constitution, which included statues that effectively disenfranchised its African-American citizens, as well as many poor white citizens.
Through much of its early history, Florida's economy relied heavily upon agriculture, especially citrus, cattle, sugarcane, tomatoes, and strawberries. Florida's tourism industry developed greatly with the economic prosperity of the 1920s. However, this was halted by devastating hurricanes in the second half of the decade, the Wall Street Crash of 1929, and the Great Depression. The economy would not fully recover until manufacturing was stimulated by World War II. As of 2014, Florida was the third most populous state in the country.
Contributor
Humphrey, Daphne F.
Alternative Title
General Collection
Subject
Florida
Eatonville (Fla.)
Orlando (Fla.)
Winter Park (Fla.)
Sanford (Fla.)
Daytona Beach (Fla.)
New Smyrna Beach (Fla.)
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Eatonville, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Winter Park, Florida
Sanford , Florida
Daytona Beach, Florida
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://dos.myflorida.com/florida-facts/florida-history/" target="_blank">Florida History</a>." Florida Department of State. http://dos.myflorida.com/florida-facts/florida-history/.
<span>Knotts, Bob. </span><a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49672975" target="_blank"><em>Florida History</em></a><span>. Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2003.</span>
Website
A resource comprising of a web page or web pages and all related assets ( such as images, sound and video files, etc. ).
Original Format
1 motion picture
Duration
23 minutes and 58 seconds
Producer
Kriete, Logan
Fernández, Slyvana
Monticello, Monica
Director
Cassanello, Robert A.
Mills, Lisa
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Title
Florida’s Purge: The Johns Committee Witch Hunt
Alternative Title
The Committee
Subject
Education--Florida
Civil rights--Florida
Gainesville (Fla.)
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Colleges
Universities
Homosexuality--Florida
Description
<em>Florida’s Purge: The Johns Committee Witch Hunt</em>, known colloquially as <em>The Committee</em>, is a short film about the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee's investigation of communism and homosexuality amongst students and faculty at Florida colleges and universities. Commonly known as the Johns Committee, the committee was led by state senator and former governor Charley Eugene Johns (1905-1990). The committee was established in 1956 and originally focused on the investigation of the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, an historically African-American university, for its faculty's and staff's involvement of the Tallahassee Bus Boycott (1956-1957). However, as the committee expanded its McCarthy era anti-communist witch hunt, it came to focus on the homosexual lifestyles of many faculty members and students at colleges and universities. After growing public critique of the committee's activities, it was eventually disbanded on July 1, 1965. <br /><br /><em>The Committee</em> centers on the anti-homosexual investigations of the Johns Committee. The film was produced and directed by University of Central Florida professor Dr. Robert Cassanello and Dr. Lisa Mills. Other producers include Slyvana Fernández and Logan Kriete, and Monica Monticello serves as associate producer. The screenplay was written by Monica Monticello, Kathryn Paulson, and Amy Simpson, with research conducted by Alex Boyce and Shay Cambre. Ben Taylor and Alex Wood were the cinematographers and the arts and graphics were created by Patrick Fenelon and Adrien Mills. The film was edited by Aaron Hosé, with the aid of assistant editors Chelsea Echols and David Mariutto. <em>The Committee</em> includes interviews with Ruth Jense-Forbell, a lesbian student interrogated by the Florida State University Police Department in 1964-1965; Chuck Woods, a homosexual student interrogated by the University of Florida Police Department while attending the university from 1959 to 1965; John Tileston, Sr., a UF police officer who investigated various faculty members and students, including Woods; Dr. Karen Graves, a professor of education at Denison University and the author of <em>And They Were Wonderful Teachers: Florida’s Purge of Gay and Lesbian Teachers</em>; Dr. Judith Poucher, a professor at Florida State College at Jacksonville; Bob Graham, a graduate of UF, the 38th Governor of Florida (1979-1987), and former U.S. Senator for Florida (1987-2005); and Dr. Fred Fejes, a professor of multimedia studies at Florida Atlantic University. <em>Florida’s Purge: The Johns Committee Witch Hunt</em> won various awards and accolades, including an Emmy Award.
Type
Moving Image
Source
Original 23-minute and 58-second motion picture produced by Dr. Robert Cassanello, Dr. Lisa Mills, Slyvana Fernández, and Logan Kriete: <a href="http://www.thecommitteedocumentary.org/" target="_blank"><em>Florida's Purge: The Johns Committee Witch Hunt</em></a>, <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>, Orlando, Florida, 2013.
Requires
<a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/" target="_blank">Adobe Flash Player</a>
<a href="http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp" target="_blank">Java</a>
Coverage
Florida Legislative Investigation Committee, Tallahassee, Florida
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Florida State College at Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida
Stonewall Inn, Greenwich Village, New York City, New York
Creator
Cassanello, Robert
Mills, Lisa
Fernández, Slyvana
Kriete, Logan
Publisher
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES<br /></a>
Contributor
Hosé, Aaron
Monticello, Monica
Paulson, Kathryn
Simpson, Amy
Taylor, Ben
Wood, Alex
Brown, Timothy
Hosé, Brigitte
Echols, Chelsea
Mariutto, David
Boyce, Alex
Cambre, Shay
Fenelson, Patrick
Mills, Adrien
Jensen-Forbell, Ruth
Woods, Chuck
Fejes, Fred
Graham, Bob
Graves, Karen
Poucher, Judith
Tileston, John, Sr.
Jensen-Forbell, Elizabeth
Date Created
2013-2014
Date Copyrighted
2014
Format
application/website
Medium
23-minute and 58-second motion picture
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally produced by Dr. Robert Cassanello, Dr. Lisa Mills, Slyvana Fernández, and Logan Kriete and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES</a>.
Rights Holder
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES</a>
Accrual Method
Item Creation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://history.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Department of History</a>
<a href="http://svad.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Department of Film</a>
<a href="http://honors.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">UCF Burnett Honors College</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
Cassanello, Robert, Lisa Mills, Slyvana Fernández, and Logan Kriete. <a href="http://www.riches.cah.ucf.edu/committee/view.php" target="_blank"><em>Florida's Purge: The Johns Committee Witch Hunt</em></a>. RICHES of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, 2013.
Graves, Karen. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/246893193" target="_blank"><em>And They Were Wonderful Teachers: Florida's Purge of Gay and Lesbian Teachers</em></a>. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2009.
Beutke, Allyson A., et al. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47028564" target="_blank"><em>Behind Closed Doors The Dark Legacy of the Johns Committee</em></a>. Gainesville, Fla: University of Florida, Dept. of Journalism, Documentary Institute, 2000.
Florida. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51244830" target="_blank"><em>Homosexuality and Citizenship in Florida, A Report of the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee</em></a>. 1964.
Click to View (Movie, Podcast, or Website)
<a href="http://www.thecommitteedocumentary.org/" target="_blank"><em>Florida’s Purge: The Johns Committee Witch Hunt</em></a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/36" target="_blank">General Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Aaron Hosé
Adams Street
Adrien Mills
Advanced Documentary Workshop
African Americans
Alex Boyce
Alex Wood
Allyson Beutke
Amy Simpson
And They Were Wonderful Teachers: Florida's Purge of Gay and Lesbian Teachers
Anita Jane Bryant
anthropophagy
anti-Communism
anti-communists
Art Darling
ArtServe Fort Lauderdale
Atlanta's Out on Film LGBT Film Festival
Barbara Washington
Barry Sandler
Barry Sefteur
Behind Closed Doors: The Dark Legacy of the Johns Committee
Ben Taylor
Bill Young
Black's Law Dictionary
Bob Ewart
Bob Graham
boycotts
Brigitte Hosé
British Columbia, Canada
Broward County Sheriff's Office
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Bryan W. Knicely
C. Lawrence Rice
C. W. Young
Charley Eugene Johns
Chelsea Echols
Chip Burpee
Chuck Woods
cinemas
citrus
civil rights
civil rights activists
Cleveland
colleges
communism
communists
courts
Dade County
Daniel Robert Graham
David Mariutto
David Messer
David Morton
David Starner
David Strickland
Diane Maurtie
Don Uhrig
Donna Zell
Durban Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
education
educators
Elizabeth Forbell
Elizabeth Jensen-Forbell
Emmy Award
FAU
films
flagellation
Florida Atlantic University
Florida Citrus Commission
Florida Film Festival
Florida Legislative Investigation Committee
Florida State College at Jacksonville
Florida State Legislature
Florida State Senate
Florida State University
Florida State University Marching Band
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
Frank Rose
Fred Fejes
Fred Ottle
FSC
FSU
FSU Marching Band
Gasparilla International Film Festival
gay
gay clubs
gay marriage
gay pride
gay pride parades
George B. Stallings, Jr.
George Stupksi
Governor of Florida
governors
Graveville
Greenwich Village, New York
High Springs
higher education
homophobia
homosexuality
Homosexuality and Citizenship in Florida: A Report of the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee
homosexuals
International Jury Award
interrogations
investigations
J. Wayne Reitz
J. Wayne Reitz Student Union
James Monticello
Jennifer Campbell
Jeremy Mayeres
Jesse Monteagudo
Jim Noah
Joe McCarthy
John E. Evans
John Perez
John Tileston, Sr.
Johns Committee
Jon Bowen
Jordan Henry
Joseph Holbrooks
Joseph McCarthy
Joseph Raymond McCarthy
Judith Poucher
Julia Andrew
Julia Monticello
Julian C. Chambliss
Julius Wayne Reitz
June Sellers
Karen Graves
Kathryn Paulson
Kathy Marsh
Kevin Mixon
Killer Tracks
Kim Oliva
Kip Piper
Lamar Bledsoe
Larry King
Lawrence Dietrich
Lawrence Harvey Zeiger
Learning Institute for Elders
Lee L. Foster
Leo C. Jones
lesbians
LGBT
LIFE
Linda Maddocks
Lisa Mills
Lisa Soros
Logan Kriete
Love Your Shorts Film Festival
Marie Cassanello
Mark Howard Long
Mark Long
masochism
mental disorders
mental illness
mental illnesses
Metropolitan Community Church of St. Augustine
Miami
Michael Calderin
Michael Greenspan
Modern Music Masters
Monica Monticello
movies
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
necrophilia
Newsweek
orange juices
oranges
orlando
Orlando Film Festival
Out & Proud Veterans of American
Out Twin Cities Film Festival
Panama City
parades
Patrick Fenelson
Paul Fasana
perversion
piquerism
psychiatric disorders
psychopathy
pyromania
Rachell Cappellini
Rafael Sanchez
Red Scare
Richard O. Mitchell
RICHES of Central Florida
Robert Cassanello
Robert Lupo
Robert Williams
Ruth Jensen
Ruth Jensen-Forbell
sadism
Satu Lamarca
Seminole State College
sex crimes
Shay Cambre
Sheridan Square
short films
SSC
St. Augustine
St. Petersburg
Stanley Wheeler
Starke
State of Florida
state senators
Steve Crowley
Stonewall Inn
Stonewall National Museum & Archives
Stonewall Riots
Stuart
students
Suncoast Emmy Award
Sylvana Fernández
Tallahassee
Tallahassee Bus Boycott
Tallahassee Police Department
teachers
Terri Williams
The Committee
Thomas Cappellini
Tim Reid
Timothy Brown
Timothy George Brown
Toronto Canada
Travis Pilch
Tri-M Club
U.S. Supreme Court
UCF
UCF Burnett Honors College
UCF Center for Distributed Learning
UCF Department of Film
UCF Department of History
UCF Office of Instructional Resources
UCF Office of LGBTQ Services
UCF Office of Undergraduate Research
UF
UF Police Department
universities
university
University of Central Florida
University of Florida
Vecruse
Wellesley Street
Williams E. Owens
witch hunts
Yonge Street
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Title
Friends of Lake Apopka Collection
Alternative Title
FOLA Collection
Subject
Lake Apopka (Fla.)
Water quality--Florida
Pollution--Florida
Description
The Friends of Lake Apopka (FOLA) is a citizen advocacy group with the mission of restoring Lake Apopka in Orange County and Lake County, Florida. Due to poor farming practices along its shores, Lake Apopka has become one of the largest polluted lakes in Florida. This collection features various archival items related to the restoration of the lake.
Contributor
<a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Friends of Lake Apopka</a>
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Lake Apopka, Florida
Florida Game and Fresh Water Commission, Tallahassee, Florida
Oakland, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Saint Johns River, Florida
Winter Garden, Florida
Winter Haven, Florida
Zellwood, Florida
Contributing Project
<a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Friends of Lake Apopka</a>
Curator
Cepero, Laura
King, Joshua
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Our Mission & Purpose</a>." Friends of Lake Apopka. http://www.fola.org/.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
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Title
Florida From the House...To Your Home Newsletter, March 1972
Alternative Title
Florida From the House To Your Home Newsletter
Subject
Lake Apopka (Fla.)
Description
The <em>Florida From the House...To Your Home</em> newsletter mailed to citizens of the 5th Congressional District of Florida, represented by U.S. Representative Louis Frey, Jr. (1934-2019), who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1969 to 1979. Rep. Frey was on several committees during his time in office, including the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control and the Science and Technology Committee. He was also the chairman of the Young Republicans of Florida.<br /><br />The newsletter also discusses President Richard Nixon's (1913-1994) Temporary Wage and Price Controls of 1971, the U.S. economy in general, as well as the federal budget and campaign reform. The newsletter also states Rep. Frey's concerns over the condition of Lake Apopka, and his efforts with Reps. Don Fuqua (b. 1933) and William V. Chappell, Jr. (1922-1989) to form the Ocklawaha Basin Improvement Council, an organization that would tackle the lake's pollution problems on a regional level. Additionally, the newsletter describes efforts to improvement employment in the aerospace industry in Florida, as well as describing the issues facing attempts to fight drug trafficking in Mexico during the War on Drugs.
Type
Text
Source
Photocopy of 2-page typed newsletter: <em>Florida From the House...To Your Home</em>, March 1972: binder 1972, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, <a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>, Oakland, Florida.
Requires
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html" target="_blank">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Is Part Of
Binder 1972, Friends of Lake Apopka Archives, Ginn Museum, <a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>, Oakland, Florida.
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/153" target="_blank">Friends of Lake Apopka Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of photocopied 2-page typed newsletter: <em>Florida From the House...To Your Home</em>, March 1972.
Coverage
Lake Apopka, Florida
Washington, D.C.
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Publisher
Frey, Lou, Jr.
Date Created
ca. 1972-03
Date Issued
1972-03
Format
application/pdf
Extent
657 KB
Medium
2-page typed newsletter
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by Lou Frey, Jr.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://loufreyinstitute.org/" target="_blank">Lou Frey Institute of Politics &amp</a>
Government and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
<a href="http://www.fola.org/" target="_blank">Friends of Lake Apopka</a>
Curator
King, Joshua
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://www.oaktownusa.com/Pages/Preserve/index" target="_blank">Oakland Nature Preserve</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://loufreyjr.com/" target="_blank">Congressman Lou Frey, Jr. Biography</a>." Lou Frey Institute of Politics & Government. http://loufreyjr.com/.
"<a href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000381">FREY, Louis, Jr., (1934 - )</a>." Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, United States Congress. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000381.
Frey, Lou, and Aubrey Jewett. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/422763388"><em>Political Rules of the Road: Representatives, Senators, and Presidents Share Their Rules for Success in Congress, Politics, and Life</em></a>. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2009.
Frey, Lou, and Michael T. Hayes. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45419938"><em>Inside the House: Former Members Reveal How Congress Really Works</em></a>. Lanham, MD: U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress, 2001.
Transcript
from the House…
to your Home
Congressman Lou Frey, Jr.
214 Cannon House Office Building, Washington D.C. 20515
NOT PRINTED AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE PRINTED ON PAPER MADE WITH RECYCLED FIBERS MARCH 1972
Dear Friends:
The biggest problem in writing this newsletter is caused by space limitations. So much happens in the Congress that I can’t cover it all here. Feel free to write if I haven’t covered an area in which you are interested.
Many of you have asked where we are living. After about 2 1/2 years of existing in D.C., we’ve moved home. Besides, the group that left- Marcia, Julie, Lynne, Lou, Lauren, and Folly (our Irish Setter) we’ve added Chris, born in November. Commuting by plane is only 1/2 hour more than the rush hour drive in D.C. and we’re all glad to be home.
POW’s: By May of this year we will have less than 69,000 men in Vietnam instead of the 540,000 we had three years ago. As the end nears the concern for the 1500 POW’s and MIA’s continue to grow. The President has indicated that a residual force will be maintained in Vietnam and no settlement reached until the prisoner issue is settled. These men and their families have more than fulfilled their obligation to this country. We must do al [sic] we can to honor our obligation to them. Let’s keep up the public pressure in support of our fellow Americans. World opinion helps in the continuing negotiations to release our men. One thing is for sure-these men are not, will not become, forgotten Americans.
GENERATION OF PEACE: As I write this newsletter the resident has just returned from China with the trip to Russia still ahead. Some controversy has arisen over these trips. Yet let us remember that our nation negotiates not from weakness but strength with full knowledge of the history of the countries with whom we are dealing. We are obligated- as the most powerful nation in the world- to try, somehow, to bring about a peaceful world. Not to try is to ensure someday that the weapons we have will be used and to default on our duty to future generations.
Secretary of the Navy, John Chafee and Congressman Lou Frey, Jr. during the Secretary’s recent visit to the Naval Training Device Center in Orlando.
SPACE SHUTTLE: As this newsletter goes to press there are several developments in the space shuttle situation that are about to break. One of these is NASA’s decision to use a solid fuel, water recoverable booster. This decision limits the launch site to coastal regions and brings us one step closer to the site selection which we expect by June. Studies have shown that we will save over $10 billion in the next 15 years through its use for both manned and unmanned flights. This low cost transportation system can be developed without increasing NASA funding over the current 3.38 billion dollar [sic] budget which is about 1.3% of the Federal budget. When people talk about cost they should know that in terms of our gross national product, 1.8% of the total is spent on alcohol and 1.1% ion cigarettes while on .3% is spent on the space program.
Another important plus is that many Congreesmen [sic] have visited the Cape at our invitation to see the program in action and have received follow-up briefings. Although predictions in politics are risky, I’ll go on the line predicting a sizeable victory in the House for the Shuttle.
The Shuttle will have expendable boosters which must be dropped. With 50% of the launches being to the East, it’s hard to see, just from a safety standpoint, a more suitable location than Cape Kennedy. More-over, our committee on Manned Spaceflight has required NASA to use existing facilities to the fullest extent. The site location decision will be
made this summer, and it is my belief, as I have said from the start, that the Cape will be selected for the initial launch site.
ECONOMY: The Temporary Wage and Price Controls imposed by the President in August of 1971 were tough medicine. Many of us view these controls as a last ditch effort and a necessary evil. But the economic facts of life showed a change was needed. It appears that the medicine has the patient back on his feet. The consumer price index rose at an annual rate of 17% from August to November 1971. This is the lowest rate in the last 4 1/2 years.
Unemployment is still too high – presently about 5.9%; however, the economy managed to generate 790,000 new jobs during the last quarter of 1971 and unemployment among married men dropped to 3.8%. There’s no question that our success in getting out of Vietnam resulted in 2 1/2 million Americans (ex-servicemen and defense workers) being unemployed. While no one likes unemployment, I believe all will agree that full employment resulting from war is not the answer.
BUDGET: The 1973 budget (July 72-June 73) of $246.3 billion, although representing the smallest increase in Federal spending since 1965 has a sizeable deficit of about 25 billion dollars. From 1965 to 1968 government spending increased by 17% per year. From 1969 to 1972 it increased by about 9% per year. This year’s increase of 4.1% is the lowest budget increase in recent years and is a step in the right direction. It’s important to note that 71% of our annual Federal budget is relatively uncontrolled or locked in the budget by existing law. As an example, $68.1 billion is required to fund the Social Security Trust Fund. Additionally, if we hadn’t reduced Federal personal income taxes, the budget could be balanced. This year individual taxpayers will pay $22 billion less than in 1968. A family of four which made $7,500 in 1968 paid $756 in income tax. This year the same family will pay $484 or $272 less in taxes. Interest on our national debt is about $21 billion per year and increased at the rate of $43,000 per minute. Remember this- the president can’t spend one penny. It’s Congress that can appropriate this money. Congress must be more responsible so we can live within our national income.
ELECTION REFORM: Our election machinery has been under attack- and for good cause. In 1970, Senate, House, and gubernatorial candidates spent over $60 million on their races. It seems to many that victory goes not to the most qualified but to the candidate who spends the most and literally buys the election. The last federal election reform legislation which passed in 1925 was meaningless. For example, the there was no requirement that a candidate for Congress disclose where he received his contributions or how the money was spent.
The President just signed the new Federal Election Campaign Act into law. This bill, which originated in my subcommittee on Communications, puts a ceiling on spending. In House races a candidate is limited to $50,000 for expenses like TV, radio, newspaper advertising and
[Continued on back page]
SPECIAL PROJECTS
THE ENVIRONMENT- OKLAWAHA: In my last newsletter to you I mentioned the problems of Lake Apopka. As you all know, ten years ago Apopka was a thriving bass fishing area in the southeast. Today it is nearly dead. Unfortunately, this problem is not localized to Lake Apopka alone. The entire Oklawaha River Basin is being threatened.
This is why I asked Congressmen Bill Chappell and Don Fugua to join with me in attacking this problem on a regional level. We are concerned over the continuing water pollution in the basin and feel that the establishment of a regional council to cut through the red tape would be more economical as well as effective.
For the last four months we have been working on this problem and are now in the process of establishing the Oklawaha River Basin Improvement Council. All interested parties will be represented on this 24 member [sic] council which will coordinate efforts to find an equitable solution to this problem. We hope the council will be operational by late Spring.
RETRO, UNEMPLOYMENT & WAGES: In January of last year, the problems of the aerospace workers in our district were getting worse. Over 7,000 scientists, engineers and technicians were reported unemployed while these figures did not include those who had taken jobs as pizza pushers, printers, etc.
This is why we decided to establish RETRO- a Regional Environmental Training and Research Organization. With the help of Brevard Community College, Florida Technological University, and Florida Institute of Technology, a retraining program finally emerged which was designed to retrain scientists and engineers as well as technicians. In addition [sic] a placement program was established which would search for available jobs to insure placement after the retraining had been completed.
We took this idea to many different governmental agencies and explained that this retraining would be for positions in the environment- retraining in such areas as air, water and land pollution as well as jobs to help local communities in planning hospitals and mass transit systems. Over the last year we have managed to obtain over $2.4 million in RETRO related funding, including $598 thousand from the Department of Labor for job search and placement activities and $1.17 million of Emergency Employment funds to hire the unemployed in Brevard and Orange counties. In addition, approximately 78% of those trained have been employed or are presently continuing their education. Only 22% are still in the process of being interviewed for employment.
One of the major problems on which we have been working is the “wage busting” situation in Brevard County. We felt a wage determination should be made under the present law and after repeated attempts to persuade the Department of Labor to make this decision our efforts were rewarded. Just before Christmas, the Secretary of Labor, James Hodgson, made the announcement that a determination was being made and that a minimum wage rate would be set for workers on government contracts. This wage rate was to be equal to the prevailing wages paid in the community for the same type of work. The effect of this decision has gone a long way toward limiting the “wage busting” problem in Brevard, and I’m glad the Secretary agreed with us.
DRUG TASK FORCE: During the past months our work on the problem of hard drugs has continued. Our recent hearings in Miami indicated that about 50% of the heroin and cocaine coming into the U.S. passes through Florida. At the request of the White House we went to Mexico and then later to South America to see what, if anything, could be done.
About 15% of the heroin used in the U.S. is grown in Mexico. We wondered why all the fields weren’t destroyed…but soon learned. The poppy grows in vast uninhabited areas on the sides of mountains 7 to 10 thousand feet high. The federal troops try to destroy the filed but have unbelievable logistic and transportation problems. In the District I visited there is only one helicopter and one pilot who flies seven days a week, seven to ten hours per day. His helicopter is shot at continually (as we learned) and his pay is very low. The troops have to walk for seven to eight days from their base just to get to the poppy fields. We discussed this problem with the Mexican Attorney General and stressed the need for better training, equipment, and cooperation.
Some South American countries (unlike Mexico) have less of desire to do something about the drug traffic. First, these countries do not have an active hard drug problem among their own citizens, and second, they have economic problems and can’t afford to put money into law enforcement, equipment, or training to prevent the flow of drugs. The potential for corruption of public officials is increased by the low salary scale. The very size of the continent (Brazil has ten borders) compounds the problem.
Shown here is Jules Bergman of ABC News as he filmed a favorable report on Congressman Frey’s Project RETRO just prior to the launch of Apollo 15. A similar report appeared in Newsweek.
—QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS —
Each year we have a booth at the Central Florida Fair and ask that our visitors answers questionnaire. Here are some to the results from this year’s survey.
1. Do you favor President Nixon’s trip to mainland China? 82% Yes
18% No
2. Do you support the President’s Phase II wage and 73% Yes
price control policy? 27% No
3. Would you support a constitutional amendment 77% Yes
prohibiting busing to achieve racial balance? 23% No
4. Are you a registered voter? 82% Yes
18% No
5. Do you support attacking water pollution problems 85% Yes
on a regional basis rather than lake by lake? 15% No
Apollo 15
BC News
BCC
benzoylmethylecgonine
Bill Chappell
Brevard Community College
budgets
Cape Kennedy
China
Chris Frey
cocaine
Coke
colleges
Congress
deficits
DOL
Don Fuqua
drug task force
drug trafficking
drug wars
drugs
educational Florida Institute of Technology
election reform
FECA
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
FIT
Florida Technological University
FTU
heroin
James Day Hodgson
John Chafee
John Lester Hubbard Chafee
Jules Bergman
Julie Frey
Lake Apopka
lake restoration
Lauren Frey
Lou Frey
Lou Frey, Jr.
Louis Frey, Jr.
Lynne Frey
Manned Spaceflight
Marcia Frey
Marcia Turner
Mexico
MIA
Miami
missing in action
narcotics
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Newsweek
OASDI
Oklawaha River Basin Improvement Council
Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance
Oscar Flores Sánchez
outer space
poppies
Poppy
POW
price controls
Prisoner of War
Regional Environmental Training and Research Organization
RETRO
Richard Milhous Nixon
Richard Nixon
Russia
Social Security
Social Security Trust Fund
Space Shuttles
Temporary Wage and Price Controls
U.S. Congress
U.S. Department of Labor
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Representatives
U.S. Senate
unemployment
universities
university
Vietnam War
wage busting
wage controls
War on Drugs
William V. Chappell, Jr.
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Title
Florida-France Soldier Stories Project Collection
Alternative Title
Florida-France Soldier Stories Project
Subject
Cemeteries--Europe
Veterans--Florida
World War II, 1939-1945
Army
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES</a>.
<a href="https://projects.cah.ucf.edu/fl-francesoldierstories/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Florida-France Soldier Stories Project</a>.
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial, Dinozé, France
Contributing Project
Florida-France Soldier Stories Project
Curator
Barnes, Mark
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">RICHES MI</a>
External Reference
"<a href="http://history.wisc.edu/epinal_project.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Epinal Project- by Students of History 357: The Second World War</a>." University of Wisconsin-Madison. http://history.wisc.edu/epinal_project.htm (accessed January 3, 2015).
Description
<p><span>The </span>Florida-France Soldier Stories<span>project seeks to tell the stories of the Florida soldiers buried in the American Battle Monuments Commission cemeteries in France. Our goal is to honor and commemorate the brave individuals who gave their lives supporting the Allied forces, liberating France, and defeating Germany in the Second World War. Simultaneously, our goal is to teach the students who participate in this research project about the history of France and Florida during World War II, about the history of individual servicemen, and about how to implement historical research methods in their work.</span></p>
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Title
A Pocket Reference Guide: Army, Navy, Marine Corps Insignia
Alternative Title
Army, Navy, Marine Corps Insignia
Subject
World War II, 1939-1945
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Description
A pocket reference guide for insignias of the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. This reference guide was owned by Sergeant John B. Hancock (1913-1944). Sgt. Hancock was born in Thomasville, Georgia, in 1913, but later migrated to Auburndale, Florida. Hancock managed a Great Atlantic &
Pacific Tea Company (A&
P) store in Haines City until he enlisted in the 45th Infantry Division's 179th Infantry Regiment. Sgt. Hancock served initially in Africa in 1943, until the 45th Infantry Division's participation in the Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky. The division then went on to participate in the Allied invasion of Italy, where Sgt. Hancock was injured. He was returned to duty in February of 1944in southern France. On November 1, 1944, Sgt. Hancock went Missing in Action (MIA) after serving in the Allied invasion of Southern France, codenamed Operation Dragoon. He was eventually buried at Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in Dinozé, France.
Type
Text
Source
Photocopy of original 6-page guide: Private Collection of Linda Hughes.
Requires
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html" target="_blank">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/172" target="_blank">Epinal American Cemetery Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of photocopied 6-page guide.
Coverage
Auburndale, Florida
Contributor
Hughes, Linda
Date Created
ca. 1943-03
Date Issued
ca. 1943-03
Date Copyrighted
ca. 1943-03
Format
application/pdf
Extent
Medium
6-page guide
Language
eng
Audience
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/" target="_blank"><em>Newsweek</em></a>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/" target="_blank"><em>Newsweek</em></a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial Project
Curator
Bates, Chris
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
Private Collection of Linda Hughes
External Reference
"<a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&
GRid=56372799" target="_blank">Sgt John B Hancock</a>." Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&
GRid=56372799.
"Killed in Action." RICHES of Central Florida.
"Letter from John R. Hull to Edna P. Hancock (April 23, 1945)." RICHES of Central Florida.
insignias
Newsweek
U.S. Army
U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Navy
USA
USMC
USN
World War II
WWII