The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 29, 1949, Page 2

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| the testimony. of Navy officers before the |’ House Armed Services Committee, the naval oficer, in his reply, telegraphed | that “in view of events singe’ »Admiral | (Denfeld) testified; consider it, too “dan- $0 | gerous to express an opinion.” are The Admiral had in mind the firi _Admiral Denfeld as Chief of Naval Op- erations two weeks, after. hig testimony ‘and immediately after the adjournment of Congress, He probably was. aware of -the ruling by Secretary of the Navy Matthews that Admiral. may express to | Congress their ideas about policies but that the Secretary must receive copies. The New York Congressman made no comment on the message from the Ad- mira]. but, pointed’ out that he had. prom- ised to. destroy all communications re- | ceived and to keep their contents “in strieb confidence.” He thought it “tragic that our, military leaders cannot speak || with. frankness to. Congress on. military || matters without fear of recrimination by ‘| some administrative authority.” With a Secretary of Defense deter- || mined:to rigorously pursue what he consid- ers the best policy forthe. nation in re- | gard to preparation for war and: with an- administrative set-up of civilian heads that shows obedience to directives with- | out question, itis vitally important, for the safety. of the United. States, for some- F| body to be in a position to pass judgment | upon the wisdom of the policies adopted. || Officers in the armed. services, after the | Denfeld experience, realize that they must keep their mouths shut unless they are in.complete agreement and. that if | they dare. to express coritrary views, they ill be promptly “liquidated.” bas pk issues su rs Set 1 wil pet publish anonymous I A ATORIAL "al Bp eiar( , = on * Ba a over which country the Shah, in the United States, is the owes and owed for 19.years.to corporation the sum of $1,000,- fer bellding the southern portion he Trans-Iranian Railway. For some [= enknown to this writer, Iran from suit and may side-step this. we long as it chooses. Now, to. te injury, the Shah asks the 9250,000,000.00. Would you. an for a further and larger loan. for 19 years to pay a just yen? Im a pig’s eye you, would! THE ORACLE: nited: States will be fixed. by. one man, or. small group, at the top of the civilian ad- inistration. These gentlemen talk. con- versantly about the virtue of “civilian icy is not being challenged. The Ameri- MLDS STATE’S POWER can principle of civilian control. relates, to ing of | ape This means that unless. Congress as- |. rts itself, the. defense policies of the | | control” of the armed: forces, but the: pol- |’ mention “Cal, why. abr 04 “Quality?” she asked iach i Te- id puz-| nm her, yu. I-mean_ zled eyes a hardly saw), toget! Lret it ae ‘we were a short time after “And. whose. fault. was that?”}, “Leta, your voice doesn’t like in 7 dear,, came. back with tl ] ; inte. town for dinner. I'll drive over to my plane.’ “At the es" 2" “Their. field. wasn’t cleared. Trot up and dress, dear.” “Dress?” Arleta’s laugh was] ha‘ sharp, but she quickly caught herself. “You_can drop me ai dress shop. while you ane. I brought only boots and Breeches.” Arleta remembered vaguely the location. of. the shop her mother pte na tomegh ay ae alse attempts. they nt 1c ed in and then out. “They'll hold it open, so pick me “up here.” . . “The «saleswoman. remembered her mother. She also rem ed. Arleta. “My. dear,” she said, “I wouldn’t have recognized you, You. were such a square child, and'the way you set your Is. Now, would you like something your mother would’ have chosen or—” “Yes,” Arleta spoke hastily, “I would.” “Her taste,” the silver-haired sales-dOwager announced, “was impeccable. ,The gray was the gray of a *pigeon’s wing, soft, melting. The skirt flared, the jacket fitted Ar- leta as though it had been de- signed for her. It buttoned to the collar with tiny silver buttons. Calvin Sheridan, seated at the wheel of Arleta’s car, saw the lights of the shop’s doorway come on, saw Arleta step out, “like a Pitre out. of a frame,” he jought with pride, Arleta whirled m the doorway and the skirt swirled above her button-shoed ankles: “Like it?” she asked Calvin gaily. the car; let's run me neighbor: inadverten: ve me. Of course your face ofly with chic’ grease “Chicken grease? We A to ve chicken,’ down a Boe foea wit light of which was the. collection. of blue. gl “Meestair Sheridan.” A “Rather a Sareea tonight,” ob- “Tt'is the first night after the the liveried person ‘drink, unaware of until a husky. voice. usual, es help. zen ‘leta hated e world, mirrors features. sap-|did_ come aid: ted seemed win had telephoned. for a|'And then black < reservation. T! to the table and Arleta was amazed to hear the calls of greet- | ‘back. “O) YX were. conducted The girl "yi ‘ou me: an Chi; could ow’ eae ig Chips lumberiack ing which flanked their progress. | Could ship in.” 'She’d thought she was the native the use of weapons in the execution of pol- |.as preitie Court, in | icies but it was never Mtendedto give | to ity. | Civilian officials complete control of the te Oy etree Pe. ae ae ee of Waebington to conserve its forest re- [0% CoP" . 2g Sere The lew owas based upon the phepelie. ‘eee that land ownership involves a Seteeip fer the common weal and Seeired the logger of timberland to re- | | Seed oF vestock the aenuded tract. ‘The timberman, in Washington, when Seed apen te carry out the law, said Thet the lend wee his own and he could ee with ae be pleased. Upon trial, the It. takes a policeman to make a crim- inal think of the law. . Among the problems that agitate vac- ant brains is, “How. high is up?” WORKING FOR SUPER MEN The creation of a super-race of men Wie plea that the law en-| has always fascinated scientists. and ar- when the rights of private prop- | tists as well as the imagination of men et and free enterprise, The Washington and, women of average walks in life. Se sa -beore ruled. otherwise, Dr. Alexis Carrel, himself a noted Mate & not “required to stand scientist, has given.some thought to the remodeling of man, with special empha- i) by While ite natural resources are | sis placed upon his treatment as a whole, Septet” The tribunal quoted Edmund |instead, of a divided personage, and he oe eying that “a great unwritten | would increase. the mental stature with- Snitted between the dead, the | out giving overdue emphasis to any par- the unborn.” ticular part of man’s nature: ®t & worth calling attention to the de- This is along what, we think must be ; ee of the United States Supreme Court, | the true line of human progress. Man is 7 Wh aphelds the State's contention that |.a peculiar, if wonderful . combination of | © POPOP Sheree Of police power is to | mental, physical and what we may call _ Peron warte and destruction of essential spiritual powers. He is not either part Peeters Apparently, the State govern- |:more than the other and culminates into st eet cn go as far as necessary to prevent } perfection only when there is complete = Sete Rewards to public safety, public } balance in his development. and. growth, health and human life. ; There was a time, not yet entirely © © great pity that this legal princi- | gone, when the religious leaders of the we could not have been established many j race insisted that mind and body should years age before aur forests were de. | be subordinate to spiritual perfection Pet Gee fertile areas left vulnerable to }and there are today those who believe Peete and erosion, While the owners of | that this. can. be. accomplished by the. dis- teveet lends have a right to profit from regard of the other elements that make the timber that is theirs, they should be | up man. Phe schools of the world, eyen oeeieed te provide reasonable protection | today, with rare exceptions, stress mental > Pe eetrervetion of the natural re- | development, leaving. almost. untouched ~ iltitees of their area. the physi¢al nature. of the, pupils entrusted Without making detailed inquiry into | to their teaching. There. are, too, individ- he sebjeet, we callattention to the ad-| uals who go crazy over the body in ‘one veoh of such & lew in this State, The | form or angther and forget. that there aged ey of Plorida are important. | exists mind or soul, The w of the people of this State How little man knows of his own bedy weld endoubtedly be enhanced if those | is painfully evident as the world treats Sheet our tmberiands were required to | disease and physical deformities and ‘9F fettock the areas they denude. | what we really know. about. the human Hevteelly. thie acknowledges that. land. |, mind is almost nothing. As to the soul, _ Si hererip ip & trusteeship for the general | there is much argument. as to. its existence, Welfare afd assets that private enterprise | much less any understanding of its nature het selfishly abuse property to the | and power. No wonder, we have not, to- and danger of the public wel-| day, produeed the sought-after super- man! saying * * NOVEMBER 29, 1939 { udasancaas HONEA Workmen under direction of ‘R. A: Lehman, president of Key West Hotel and Tourist Homes Association, today began clean- ing up. South Beach between Simonton and Duval streets to put it-in shape for tourist use. Leicester Hemingway, Mrs. Hemingway and little son” have recently arrived in the city for a short vacation visit. Information to The Citizen to- day indicates that work is being pushed on the construction work planned for navy-leased property on Trumbo Island. * A flight of naval planes. out of Norfolk is expected in Fey West probably by Saturday. There will | be 12 planes base. stationed at the Some Key West, South Florida or Florida boy and girl may be assisted in completing his or her edueation in college providing they meet with the terms:of the Elks National Foundation Schol- arship: Fund, Chelsie J. Senerchia of Miami, president :of the Flori- da State Elks Association, re- ported. today. The exhibition at. the High School, which began in the Home Economics. Class under Miss Clara Lankford, has now spread! schoolwide with all students bringing in articles for the pres- ent. exhibition, largely of coins. Mr. and Mrs. A. Constantine and Mrs. New York, are visitors ona sight- seeing trip and are enjoying themselves with visits to the vari- ous. places. of interest. Buddy Navarro, son of Mr. and Mrs, Ray Navarro, underwent & Successful appendectomy Monday at, the Marine. Hospital. Today the Citizen says in an editorial paragraph: Quiet on the Western Any material which resists the flow of electricity “non-conductor.” at } All Grocers | TODAY'S E. A, Constantine of; is called a = te Yr BIRTHDAY By AP Ne JOSEPH E. DAVIES, born Nov. 29, 1876, in Watertown, Wis., son of a Welsh woman Congregation- al minister and a wagon maker. Davies, diplomat and. lawyer, at- tracted: world-wide. attention. with his. “Mission. to Moscow,” a book about Soviet Russia and. with a} personal wartime mission to Mos- cow to deliver a message, from; President Roosevelt to Premier Stalin, During World War II he; served for a time as_ special: as- sistant to Secretary, of State Cor-| ‘ dell Hull in eharge of war emer- gency problems and_ policies. In| the practice of law, Davies, an ex-| pert on anti-trust law, managed jecyaral large corporation merg-! ers. Your Horoscope TUESDAY, NOVEMBER. 29, 1949—The nature that comes from itoday’s degrée is patient, con-{ |tented, happy and self-possessed. | The life may be uneventful, but; probably happily suited in the domestic ties, even tho the life may be patiently devoted to an | unambitious calling or a reward long deferred. It is. far from a | life, tho it may be a | useless b simple one, or perhaps not given | its due reward till late. “Man-made static” is any type of radio. interference generated by motors, automobiles or other ;spark producing electrical de- | Vices. R Engraving } i | | 4 | Our Specialty is UN- USUAL graving at MODEST COST! THE ARTMAN PRESS (To be continued) A colasgal statue of a lion, un- carthed:from‘a'Greek tomb, now in the British Museum, is said to . be perhaps the finest representa- tion of the king of beasts in the world. ccept PHONE 51 In the CITIZEN Building |Florida Southern \ workers. eall “Need we go further?” In their heyday, the : | igs «eal all to ' Moslems 2s the Twelth Imam. EZ1O PINZA, famous singing sar of “South Pooiie™, eopre SCHENLEY for an enchanted evening” ’ KNOWLEDGE

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