The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 2, 1947, Page 7

Qntique British and Pigs : THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1947 Don Q Quixote and the Windmills By MASON R. SMITH (Copyright 1947 by the Author): AN AMERICAN can whistle and, shout until his voice is com city the ages, iB am effort to flag down a tax, but in this ient cedes-Benz, Hispano-Suiza and a American cars—rush violently past. Yet a Spaniard merely ly steps to the curb and hisses a It stops the cab instantly, with a wild screech of Franco of Spain uses them all. While Salazar — who rarely | (They were.) As a matter of fact, person or in newspaper photo-jdrid, for my overcoat pockets |S) Madrid, July 16th. Portugal, you occasionally hear |off the plane from Lisbon. people in Franco’s Spain remark,| To seal off activities of the feel that some sort of authoritari- {quires the traveller to declare Iie full amount of all cash and travellers checks in his possess- an government is better suited to the Spanish temperament than THE KEV WEST CItein | actically no attempt at ‘force. lthat the movie film would be re-|to mention the time involved in|you realize that’ he with Fr |turned to me on leaving Spain. |writing in many forms. has to work jwell stocked From the standpoint of govern- makes a public appearance in|I wasn’t short of film for Ma-|mé@t, trawel of business, “tite scene is one of graphs—is generally popular in {were stuffed with it before I got |unmecessary complications. In ,computing the number of days aled and drive good cars. I saw} The § the effort to maintain complete 1 \ Veeco, the vib : man must work to earn enough:|Buicks, quietly, that “we don’t like this |black market in foreign curren- ps hap i i every loophole |suc as shoes. For the currency ex- iEnglish cars - the streets, government.” But.in general they cies, the Franco government re. fia a" cies ions. ue result is ope does not give the true many, there is con- | picture. fusion among the government people themselves. The Spanish people are a rate, for business firms buying }“E] Jéfe”, etc.) merchandise, three days to earn that much. {much of it American. The hotels, It is rather difficult to arrive |restaurants, theatres and night | : at a fair comparison of living clubs do a thriving business. he mow rs sizable many |costs in any way other than by |upper classes are smartly dress-' the: Chryslers, Fords afid iness money to buy some necessity |Plymouths, as well as many new. Meanwhile the Gene ilissimo! scrubbed and perfinied: parades in splendor. The papers | speak English, but almost There are actually. three ‘rates !earry photographs every day carry on a conversation in jof exchange. The commercial ‘showing Franco (‘El Caudillo”, | '"On the evening of the in some cete- ' arrived, Manuelote, Spi fos tes teiesioal te for any purpose. It is the S valent of our-"Hey, you!” The aisport cop gives you 2 riSaaettl to ete pan ther ea oe Spat use this entrance to the terminal. The diner in the hotel res- taurant "Sssst” to call the waiter. transmission of sound, the —though- all of them race& pee the streets at break.’ Heaven hel; py re My introduction to §; bh ie: the Spanish consulate roa ae T can’t say, after several days York, who finally supplied a visa | in Madrid that there is any rea- after long delay, was not one to ‘son why the Spaniards should be inspire confidence. After two reluctant to admit an Amercian lengthly interviews in the office \N°WSPaperman — although gov- there, my visa was. held up for several weeks pending a decision is far from ‘perfect. at the Spanish embassy in Wash-| The essentials of a dictatorship The prinicipal cause for ee of a sizeable and loyal procrastination was me word jarmed force—army, navy and air In the po la spans ‘corps; a sizeable systematic police as to-whether I-was-a “political” | ‘force; and a. large number of bureaucratic jobs. Public support or “economic” | writer—which |; . Fi suggested the thought that there ia tar camer must be something very sour in 7 aie * selves, their families, relations pare Pala would not stand | ang friends. ,Thorugh the police I ‘s 1a ls h force, disloyalty i; not permitted was tol iter, when by ap- ito get outy of hand. If it should, plication» was approved—I_ had | ¢p, ed’ f been required to submit the last lao, si Sphieatnmtipsityeee io barb gets ve Soples of the The dictator—to be a dictator that one American journalist ad- ‘must, like any other successful mitted for entarnce to Spain had ‘politician—maintain wide spread recently written very disparag-|public support. He may accom- irigly of the country “without re- | plish this through fear, favor gard for the truth.” or force—or all of them together. This explanation, however, {Sstazar of Portugal uses a lit- seemed rather insufficient, for in|tle of the first two, with em- the American view, whenever re- phasis .on the second, _and with - The Lucky Market 1212 OLIVIA STREET Near the Corner of White Street THIS WEEK'S SPECIALS Florida New Crop Doz, | Swift's Fresh Meaty POUND QRANGES 95¢ | Spare Ribs . . 49e TOMATOES 2 De Round: Steak 42e ‘A2e Lean Western PORK “i Uecurm. 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Tin 25c DREFT .......- pkg. dle Store Hours” fase’ v2. ane. 1 es pos Wednesday. 7:30 Ais to 1 Noon: Saturday: 7:30 A.M. to 7 P.M. to Limit Quantities on All Items” 12-02. 3le the democratic forms. They pre- jion, He can cash these into Span- pag ns ..|fer dictatorship or monarchy. I}ish pesetas at authorized places mysterious, secretive “Ssssst!" is used to call attention think that is worth remembering, H And by some miraculous|police, the civil guards, the ar- same hiss will stop a speeding taxijmy and navy. Army officers, in ithe passport. smart khaki with rows of ribbons, black boots |tes at the Banco Espanol Credi- |¢Tican movies are everywhere, by and spurs, are to be seen every- where. The naval officers are ;checks. nearly as numerous, all attired in| whites. os Bs The red tape of bureaucracy is lat the airport, reciting the tour- almost unbelievable. At the air- port, on arrival from Lisbon, it filled out.at the hotel. Your pass- took hours to go through cus-jport is demanded by the desk ernment by dictatorship in Spain |toms—in my case there was the |clerk who turns it over to the |sharp, particularly between the question of whether I could take |police for further examination. country, although there are no} photographic restrictions. I was} jthing that it not permitted to take all my still |But the only way you can get it, ‘tween 20 and 30 pesetas per day | camera films, some 30 rolls, with jout of the country is to take it ($1.20 to $1.80 in our money, at me, but I had to leave 24 of my tween sub-sub-officials, cials and top drawer officials was jhave cost. me at least as much sells for 65 pesetas ($3.90). This I able to get a receipt stating !more to send home by “mai —not ‘doesn’t Sound _expensive, Our Prices and Our Quality We invite you and you and you to compare our prices. We believe you will find that Quality for Quality, our prices are consistently lower. PEAS. 2. cins HALO : mv] SHAMPOO... 19 friendly, type, and surprisingly enough, despite America’s stand on the Franco regime—the peo- ple show a genuine warmth and} only, for example a bank or a our internation relations with 'travel agency. The cashing agen- ain. cy is required to make a written ; Madrid is full of uniforms; the |statement of the date and amount jfTiendship for the few Americans who visit the country. Our land is to them still the most wonder- ful country in all the world. Am- jon a special form included with Filling out these! uniforms, “many |forms ‘required nearly 45 minu- | to, to change $20 if travellers|fat the mest popular films in Spain, which may account for the interest. It is possible, too, that Franco's controlled press has pro- vided little discussion-on the Am- ist’s life history, others must be jerican and United Nation’s’ atti- tude toward Spain. Class distinctions In addition to forms filled out are very middle and lower classes, The camera and film into the ; You get it back the next day. latter are. very poor and there In the stores you can buy any- are many beggars on the streets. “controlled”. |The workingman — he earns be- with you—unless you’re prepar-|the tourist rate) — simply can’t ;ed to buy an export license and |afford good ‘decent clothing. A make out more forms. A doll jpair of workmen's shoes, for ex- which I. bought for $2 would: l aipie at the controlled price, movie reeis at the airport. ly after long conferences be. ub-offi- until SMITH?’ GROCERY WHITE STREET HASTINGS C Corner of Catherine Street Moma! PHONE 28 1201 SHOP AT SMITH'’S and BE CONVINCED!!!!! 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