The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 12, 1950, Page 2

‘1. Automobiles continue to kill peo- *ple'but not the same ones. nibs THE ORACLE “CAN “CONTROL EVERYTHING ; < a8: Phe late Dr. Carl D. Thompson was, - afer many years, one of the most authorita- ant and -aggressive spokesmen for social- ation of industry. Long ago, ;he had this PT | say on the subject: “The‘movement ‘for “public super-power becomes the most vital uns Bhase of the public ownership movement. = The control of electric power....will .ob- 4 viously carry witht the control of the in- ~ dustries of the-nation, the control of ians- * portation, of mining, and agriculture...It will also dominate and determine very : largely the domestic life of the people ‘saElectric power is the key to the coming civilization. The ‘struggles, therefore, to ...seeuré ‘the public ownership and: control “of this great strategic resource may yet masecome the supreme issue... of America “dnd ‘the world.” Thompson spoke as an «expert. -And what he said, in effect, is that social- _“ization of our electric resources is the nec- _@ssary first step in achieving a planned controlled economy. This, in:turn, would aa inevitably result in -regimentation and -dictatorship—a fact which has been dem ~e-onstrated time and time again in Europe. _.,We wouldn’t-call it ecommunism—but, re- ““gardless of nomenclature, it would be a _.:blood brother to it. ne “Phere can be no question that those who favor socialization of industry—even eas they angrily deny that they really ‘are -socialist—have seized upon ‘the present world crisis to advance their ends. Weare »- again hearing that all-important problem 1 0f mational defense makes mandatory a __ Vast expansion of government activity ‘in CVA and the other valley authorities. ¥et every objective study yet made shows that the private power industry, under publie '~ -Fegelation, is fully capable of meetingithe demand—and is prepared for any expan- Sidi -program that future developments may require. ~1} --o lt would be the most tragic of ironies if, while we are fighting both hot .and S.¢old wars against Asiatic and European communism, we gave the green light to - eOmamunist ‘ideclogies here -at home. Dr. ys h9mpson,. who devoted a long ilife to _ | Seking for socialism, was 100 per cent accurate when he said that-nationalization of Power would -jinevitably. result -in ental control of industey,-of agri- , When: very sick or very rich. os . ‘Former General “Dwight - D.‘Eisen- hower, President of Columbia University, now leading the Freedom Crusade,’ points out that the people in the United. States are privileged to have many sources of in. formation, to check one against the other, and to’believe what they think-happens to | be right. c The Genera] points out that individ. wals haye the right to form their opinions according. to personal interpretations of information rather than “as-slaves:to ihe spoint of view of their government.” This, of course, isan important point. but, nevertheless, it would be just as well for the General, and these who work for in- telleetual freedom, to conduct a crusade to relieve the minds of men from the shackles of organizations to which they belong. It is quite the habit for Americans, who are quick to join anything that sounds right, to take their opinions from the ukases delivered by the ‘leaders of the organization. This, of course, stultifies the intellectual process and makes the mah an automaton. This‘is true whether the individual follows the decree o fpolitical; economic, social, historical. or deligious leaders. If the mind of man isto be free to pursue the discovery of truth, it must not be tied down by loyalty to any particular organization. The intellect must be free to pursue its study, to think its problems out and to arrive at a conclusion, based exclu, sively upon the experience, the intelligence and the wisdom of the individual. No individual who -accepts without. guestion the statement of others deserves to consider himself an intellectually free individual. The sooner the rank and file of humanity become educated ‘to the degree that they think for themselves, upon all questions, the greater the progress of man- kind will be. 6 Any excuse may justify delay but ‘it) does not get work accomplished. SOME “MAY ‘BE INNOCENT” In 1945, Louis F. Budenz, $90-a-week editor on The Daily Worker, a Commun- ist newspaper, broke with the Commun- ist*“Party after being a member for years, Since that time, as revealed by Mr. Bu- denz’s answers to questionssin a lawsuit in New York, he has identified forty or fifty ‘topen’” Communist leaders and “100 or so” other persons belonging to party front “who may be innocent.” This statement is taken from The New York Times, which reported the case in which Mr. Budenz testified. The former Communist, answering questions from his adversary‘s attorney, admitted that his earnings in the five- year period from books and magazines and newspaper articles amounted to $31,- 100 and that his income from “dozens” of lectures amounted to $8,000. We do not suggest that ‘the former Communist reversed his front for ‘the profit to be obtained but we call atten- tion to his admission that the “100 or so” persons identified as belonging to pay fronts ‘may be innocent.” It adds up to a doubt whether everybody named as a “sympathizer” is justly accused and the sysfiicion, at least, that not everybody called a Communist by an ex-Communist is a Communist. een The easiest way to find out what a Taken From The Files Of The Key West Citizen wUVUVVVVVUYVYYNUTSYONYTS EY WEST CITIZEN ~ 10 YEARS AGO: Officials of the Navy Ya Workers’ Union announced t that an effort will be., made tc form a credit union for“alt federal | workers in the Key West area} David A. Rambo, Florida repre- sentative of the Credit. Union Section of the Farm Credit Ad-| ministration, Department of Agriculture, now in Miami, will| appear at a meeting t& be held at the county courthouse,” next Wednesday evening, tasting at 8:00 o'clock, to which all ingerest- ed workers have been invited. * =u ¥ Members of the Monroe Coun- ty Draft Board will assemble in Miami at-the county courthouse next Monday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, accerding to anyounce- ment’ made here this morning. + & Captain ‘Walter F. Jacobs -USN., commandant of Key West Naval Station, - announced this | s | IDAHO'S DEMOCRATIC SENATOR GLEN TAYLOR is tarring the roof of his garage at Pocatello while the city of Birmingham. Ala., clamors for his imprisonment. “ll be well:tarred up‘by the do is throw the feathers one me.™ The senator is under sentence to serve six months in jail at Birmingham on a charge-of disturb- ing the peace. He was convicted there in May.’ 1948, efter a tussle with policemen who attempted to prevent him from going through an entrance reserved for Negroes to address a Negro youth rally. ent, Shirley C. Bott, by~ by -the-ladies of this ¢P). Wirephoto “BELGRADE, — (). — A new] stOfy has been circulating | Yugoslavia as an aftermath to} Russian in the face of a} poor crop—that the United States has been dropping potato bugs} over Eastern Europe to destroy} theharvest. “Now,” so the satire goes, ~ Techuicuior Wester — Com.ng. -HAMPION Kirk Deuxian Vartive Sas meg Arther heanecé:. Pani Sereere Nearly one-fourth of the acci-4 dents in home*kitchens are due to scalds and burns. Just Arrived MIRROR TEST organiza- morning that {2 ities at the cta-ja v 90 to 294. | tion. tion had been impr t eee arrival yesterday There will be a dance given at} A turkey may be roasted with- Tug, YT143. itz Hall on Friday|.out dressing; but if you do stuff th * , October 16, Today The Citizen <ay: editorial paragraph: “Popular information is often mistaken for education.” in an too 4 M MS 20 YEARS AGO. “Are bootleggers ‘working’ the Marine hospital or the _patients ‘en the outside?” This question is running through the minds‘ of the hespital authorities because four inmates of the institution have, within the past 48 hours, become so intoxicated that the surgeon in charge has felt obligated as a disciplinary measure, to. discharge them and send them home! * 4 * Diana has been found. After being sought by many, the runa- Way -was captured thigymorning by Customs Inspector L. A. Ga- briel, who recognized ‘the--little fox terrier from her description appearing in a story in The Citi- zen. * x * 25 YEARS AGO In a special election. held yes- terday in Key West and Monroe County for the position ftrepre- sentative to the legi:lature, Charles H. Ketchum defeated his of the Woman's Club,}1y. the Milk Fund now being raised! light hand. Advertisement m where I sit .. 4y Joe Marsh Ought To “Polish Up” Her Traffic Manners! | | Spent most of yesterday over at | the Court House. “Tiny” Fields, the biggest and fastest-talking’ of jour three policenten, was “holding | forth about his traffic troubles. “Women drive just as good as’ | men do,” Tiny said, “and just-as something. Nobody dares to.pass. When I stop herand ask what's up, she smiles sweetly and explains that she’s drying ker nail polish!” ¢al of certain folks who are so wrapped -ap in themselves, they j bad. For instance—a girlinacon- never-notice they're not being fair | Vertible today. Shestartedathree- to others. Our neighbor has a right | block tie-up-all by-herself. to drive in safety—just as he has a “She’s creeping down “Main right toenjoy a glass of beer. Let's Street—left hand stuck out and | sort of waving around. Never | turns right or ‘left, never stops. But, of course, everyone behind her thinks she’s signaling about all respect the other fellow’s eh pee Copyright. 1950. United States Brewers Foundation person knows is to ‘let him talk aloud. A REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC It has become quite the fashion in this latter day to refer to democracy and those who glivly use the word almost al- ways link it with the ideals of the found- ing fathers of this nation. Of course, anybody familiar with the history of the formation of the United States of America knows very well that democracy was foreign to the ideals and ideas of the men who created this coun- try. They did not plan a democracy but, on the contrary, resolutely set up checks, and balances to prevent popular opinion from achieving a quick and direct com trol of government. The United States was founded as:a representative republic. There is a world of difference between this form of fov- | ernment and what is now termed a de- <i actors “go into <eonfeyence;. the'probability is that the patient .is.eithen, mocracy. The «quicker\the people of the United. States learn ‘the differences, the better. it will be for them and the future of their country. - sad Oldsmobile Hydra Marie eptional et extra vest on “ROCKET” ENGINE Drive mantels. ..- EXCLUSIVE WITH OLDS MOBILE! THE BIGGEST NEWS IN MOTOR CARS 1S STILL. 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