The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 2, 1951, Page 2

PAGE TWO ee She Key West Citizen Rag ies yD ee Except gene nS » Owner and Pui her NOUMAN th AUTWAN, Business Manager he Gitizen Bullding et Ureene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and « «Monroe County : Bry é be «iter éd at Key Went, Floriqa, as second class matter a! ip published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ADVERTISING RATES __ Made Knuwn on Application SPRCIAL NOTICH All rending notices, cards of thanke, fesoiuttons of revy » obituary notices, poems, ete. will be F for at the sate of 16 cents a Une. ices for entertainment by churches from revenue 's to bé derived are 5 cents a I'ne. Th: Citizen sa an open ferum and invites dis- sursion of public issues and subjects of loca’ or ui beri + but it will pot publish anonya ous ation, TS FOR KEY WEST IMPRO' ' | ARVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1. More Hotels and Aperimahts a. Bends tnd Bathing avilion. 3. Sea, 4 Gcniblidaiion of County and City Governments, $. Community Auditorium, — PRIVATE BANKING UNABLE TO MEET NEEDS “fhe nation’s private banking sys- tem. js either unable or unwilling to meet national ‘credit needs.” “Phis is the statement of Walter . E. Cosgriff, direetor of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and formerly a bank- er iit'Salt Laké City, Utah. To provide his statement, the director cited’ statistics; showing that the R: F. C. made -631,351, business loans, totaling $16,000;000,000, Over nineteen years, with only , $134,000,000 of “bad loans” and‘a $600,090,000 net profit to the Fed- eral Government. Despite the “scandal, the influence andthe favoritism,’ he says that the loss record of the R. F. C. was about one per cenf,on more ‘than 600,000 loans. Bo sup- port his statetient that the banks are not meeting the national credit needs, he points out that éach applicant to the R. F. C. had to produce certifications from the bank with which he did business, and from one another, that credit was unavail- abley: Mr. Cosgriff says that the fact that the loans, rejected by the banks, paid out ninety-nine pek cent, seems to him to be sufficient evidence “that banks are not servicing legitimate credit needs.” He thinks that the bankers tend td buy gov- - ernment-backed bonds and guaranteed loans rather than to take the risk of busi- 2 ness Tinanding.’ ‘ ‘It should be pointed out, of course, that many banks have their operations shafply directed by the policies of the Fed- eral Reserve system and the inevitable in- ’ vestigation of the bank examiners. While bank deposits have multiplied. inthe. last jtwenty years, safe and sure’ investments have caused the bankers to turn their backs on “the business loans with which America was built.” ‘ Declaring that he is against ‘wild banking,” the R. F. C. director suggests that government guardnqee of business loans, similar to F, H. A. insurance of home loans, would be better than direc federal advances to private borrowers. Consequently, he eriticizes the American Bankers Association for making the idea “intpossible,” declaring that “every time a definite business-loan-guarantee-plan is advanced, the, A. B. A. and other pow- erful groups kill it in the congressional conmnittee.”” : Incidentally, he points out that the R. F. C. has. paid to the Treasury $300,- 006,000 in profit dividends and-has an- othbr $300,000,000 profits in its.own re- serfes. The $600,000,000 profit, he says, is ffter deducting $134,000,000 for losses on individual, unsuccessful loaps. In a tion, the R. F.C. has $59,000,@00<in special fund to cover possible_ldsses’ on outstanding loans. Z ete = High prices make war exhorbitant: A big bomber, which cost $629,000 . when ithe war ended, ‘now: costs ‘$3,500,000. tenececeneneeino seismicity BOON TO KEY WEST Representative Lantaff’s talk with Captain Adell about the proposed exten- sion of the Inland Waterway from Bahia Henda to Key’ West, revives a project that should have been completed many years ago,’ Key. Westers have never been able to understand why the waterway, when it was dredged from Miami south, stopped at Bahia Honda, an uninhabited key. The waterway is like an alley, ending in a cul-de-sae. Dozens of times the Key West Chamber of Commerce and other local civic bodies have tried to have the waterway extended to this city. In 1942, it appeared certain that the extension would be made when President Roosevelt approved an appropriation of $1,826,000 for the project. But that was as far as the movement for its completion got, for the money to do the work was not appropriat- ed by congress. While The Citizen does not know what will be the Navy’s reaction to Rep- resentative Lantaff’s view that the water, way would be a decided factor in bring- ing freight by barge to Key West in wea- ther too stormy for outside travel, yet that conviction is a plausible one. Sea- farers in Key West, or anybody else who has traveled through the keys, have felt many a time the need of an inside route to Key West. As they didn’t have that route, protected from wind and séa - by keys on both sides, they were obliged to seek shelter till the outside rough subsided. Representative Lantaff told The Ci- tizen that “The Bureau of the Budget in Washington will not approve of any pro- ject now unless it is geared to the defense effort.” As that is the case, the only hope at this time to have the waterway extend- ed to Kéy West is to have the project ap-; proved by the Navy. Nobody knows what may happen in bringing’ supplies to the Navy in Key West. To assume this or assume that is purely a guess. But’ we do know that if the highway‘is' damaged by a storm to the extent that traffic would be held up for several days, an inland waterway route, with barge service, would be a boon to Key West if ‘highway traffic were inter- rupted... seas There is no,. way to know whether there will be &, big war or not, unless one begins. The reasons men in public office play politics is that men and women, who vote, expect them to play politics. DEPORTATION A POWERFUL WEAPON The United States Government has a weapon to use against aliens who come into this country, fail to take out citizen- ship papers and then enter upon a life of crime. The weapon is deportation. It will be used against the alleged fixer of college basketball games in the New York City area, who, itis said, went to Cuba three years ago and subsequently came back without a visa, representing that he had U. S. citizenship. The United States has been extremely liberal in permitting aliens to come to this country and become citizens. After a rel atively short period of time, they acquire all the rights of U.S. citizenship and some means should be available to deport them if they are subsequently identified with criminal. gangs or mobs. In other words, if an alien comes into this country for a life of crime, the nation ought to have somé way of deporting him, whether he is a citizen or not. Speeding atitomobiles kill a number of people; including a good many drivers of speeding automobiles. NATION RUNS SHORT OF NURSES The United States needs at least 63,- Q00 additional nurses, declares Miss Ruth Freeman, of Johns-Hopkins University School of Nursing. She points out that the Army Nurse Corps is having difficulty in recruiting @ 3,000 quota. According. to. the lady, one of every must be recruited for nursing service if the natfon’s needs are to be met, These cannot be filled by using the 205,000 nurses now. inactive because eighty-seven per cent are married, fifty-seven per cent have dependents under eighteen and 10.6 per cent are over fifty years of age. THE KEY WRST CITIZEN “This Rock — Of Ours” By BILL GIBB Whether you read the Chr is-| tian Scienc fonitor or the Hong Kong Telegraph, The Key West’ Citizen or the Hava ost, you'll find they have « ng in com-! , good typegraphicul thing is that if ce down the source typos, you'll never find, ponsible party. Hunting in 2 newspaper plant for the guy! who caused an error to be printed} is like hunting in a penitentiary | for someone guilty of a. crime.| ‘There just ain’t no such animal.” | Have you ever wondered how; vaphieal error gets into! My column is too short to go} into the subject thoroughly but perkaps we can hit a few of the high spots. Some typos, are humorous, some are sad. A ot of hem can’t be printed—or should { say yeprinted? This latter kind eally causes a headache because papers that are already on their way to the customers and news+ stands must be recalled if possi- ble. One of the most common typos goes something like this “The Commissioners decided to etaoin- shrdlufwyp ...” At this point, you readers start cursing out the linotype operators or the proof- readers—whichever one you hap- pen to dislike the most. Here’s how the error came about, The linotype operator makes a mis- take. The quickest way to correct it is to start on a new slug so he just rins his first three fingers down the keyboard of his ma- shine. It’s something like pulling your fingers oyer the keyboard of, is thus born. When the story is oroof-read, the reader will indi- cate with an apropriate sign that he slug should be discarded. The 2rror results when he either fails: to mark his proof or thé man ¢or- cecting the galleys’ fails te fol- low directions. Etaoin Shrdlu Cmfwyp is the most common mistake found in all newspapers. It's also less seri- ous than the others because the line following it picks up the cor- rect version of the story. 4 piano, Etaoin Shrdulu Stow hut __ SLICE OF H MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1951. Accidents Cut In Half On Keys’ ™ Highways Since Mareh, 1950 Highway accidents from* Big Pine Key to Key West “HERE'S THE FIVE 1 OWE YOU!" Sa al Do lain lo i li hb ln tn nn ont dnd tnd tn tnt | Of Interest To You. But... foo Late To Classify By RUSSELL KAY SBABABAAAAAASAAEADABADADA ASA AAAS Tourists---The Backbone Of Florida’s Progress, Prosperity---Need Attention While attencing tne spring meeting of the Florida Publici and Public Relations Association at Winter Haven recently, I heard sentative S, Travis Phillips of Brook:ville propose a substan- tial increase in the budget for state advertising I listened to reports from members of the State Advertising Commission and its director, Howe Sadler, telling of the splendid result; adhieved even with a limited appropriation. ‘ Milton Bacon, of Bacon, Hartman and Vollbrecht, Inc., of St August end pointed out that if Florida is tine, | warned of the increased competition for tourist dollars have been cut in he j last March, accorc | Florid Highway {man Mz injured last March said n The record is spite heavy traffic taken rned drivers th Paved with Wasted vin J. Wilder who] been re-appoint month, ared with five in 1950. | Prope dar was high ma zine fieid turned out z last r $ third of the zine needed fc Wilder made 50 percent fewer od,” steps toward “Hold down on your speed and The Road to Failure is Georce S.May. Conia West! Cleare, Harris On alf since} : ie ting tol Bar Committees -atrol-| Two Key West : Wilder told The Citizen] Appointments were announced today that tnere were pt at ee ent four accidents the past] The committees and the Ke; month of Magch. In 1950] West ene tae prose here were ten. ‘Allan B. Clea and pt | Only three persons we onal ethics ievances com-|Curry Harris. The Mis: ri-Kansas- munitions during World War 1 vas upped by the f eae ne lar | watch the car in front,” Wilder will be able to make} Wilder. j comparative 2s each) wilder is proud that there were {no accidents caused by. driving "! while intoxicated this past mae * | month. last March, in M he said. | highway LAST TIMES TODAY WALK SOFTLY, STRANGER at exces- peed and following one! ia i too closely were still SR pe oa a mime causes of accidents. | Vv Repentant ¢ LOVE rx, Chit - Cartoon HAPPY Coming: Assets LAST TIMES TODAY Tarzan and the Mermaids Busines ' Eastern D ion JOHNNY to hold her lush tourist trade she 4:22 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N.Y. AND BRENDA JOY must do more to encourage visitors and pay more attention to them after they get here. No matter how much we like to talk about our expanding citrus, vegetable and cattle industries, our mills and factorie: mains that the backbone of Florida's progress and prosperity ‘is Errors really begin to get hor- tourists, whose constant flow of dollars materially relieves rible when poe ivelve amiga burden @n, Florida taxpayers and supports business generally. : The mistaken idea that tourist business helps only hotels, res- stance, a society matron’s picture} taurants, filling stations, race tracks, night spots and attractions in titles for two pictures. For in- will have below it: ning Hog.” Somewhere newspaper you'll of a pretty pig entitled: “Mrs. 3o-and-So.” When you see this sind of error don’t look for the guy in the composing room who mixed up the titles. He’s prob- ably already tied a weight around his neck and jumped overboard. chiatrists like to explain sposed lines or letters. They say it’s caused by a‘ writer's sub- sonscious mind. For instante— ‘The cust were explaining’: . .” may become “The cats were .ex- plaining .. .” Or, “He toid about the various angles . . .” appears in print “He told about the vari- ous angels...” Regardless. of. what psychiatr say, the proof- reader should catch the mistake. Of course it happens on occasion that he will mark an error and the composing machine operator will still repeat the error in the correction of the copy. Perhaps: you yourself have had the ex- perience of repeatedly mis- spelling the same word. All errors aren’t due to the mechanical department and proof- readers, however. Quite often a reporter will simply get his ideas twisted up into one sentence and it will turn out to be a real ‘lulu.’ For instance, here is one from a Kan: newspaper quoted in Editor & Publisher, Jan. 20, 1951: “A woman was overcome by gas while taking a bath ‘but owes her life to the watchfulness of the janitor.” Maybe sometime later we can continue this, subject again, We can tell about broken records We can tell about broken recagds We can tell about broken records —bah! see what I mean? :taoin shrdl emfwyp etaoin shru Today’s Birthdays U. S. Senator James P. Kem of Missouri, born in Macon, Mo., 61 years ago. Preston Delano, comptroller of the currency, born in Phoenix, Mich., 65 years ago. Sidney D. Kirkpatrick, editorial director, Chemical Engineering, New York, born in Urbana, IIL, 57 years ago. Graham H. Anthony, board chairman of the Colt Manufac- turing Company, Hartford, Conn.,j born in Shelby, N. C., 59 years. ago. i Cecil Howard of New York, sculptor, born, born in. Niagara Falls, Canada, 63 years ago. Louis Bosa of New York, artist, born in Italy, 46 years ago. Silliman Evans, publisher of the Nashville, Tenn., Tennessean, born \in Joshua, Texas,*57 years! ago. from tourist dollars. “Prize-Win-| like Cypress Garceris or Silver Springs was proven a fallacy by in the{| Bacon, who presented concrete examples showing how directly find a picture{ and indiréctly ‘all ‘businesses, no matter where located, benefits * Millions and millions of dollars spent annually with local firms for building materials and mer- chandise of every description can be traced directly to the tourist business. modern motels along our high- ways. They represent millions of dollars in material and labor and increased tax revenue. Joe Dgakes, furniture dealer in Jacksonville, gets an order from a brother Rotarian; some firm in Tampa gets a sizeable contract for wiring, another for plumbing fixtures and so on, . Tourist dol- lars eventually pay the bill, yet Joe will. tell you that he doesn't get any benefit from tourists. I can cite you a personal ex- perience. Recently my friend Vernon E. Ramsey. of Suffolk, Va., came to Tampa bringing two friends with him. He came to in- spect the installation of four new box-closing machines put in op- eration at the Lakeland Packing Company plant. But, you say, he was here on business, he. wasn’t a tourist. Wait. Listen to this. He and his friends wanted to ‘go fishing be- fore they returned to Suffolk. They asked me to arrange a trip for sailfish, and invited me to join the party. I called my friend Ernie Lyons of the Stuart News, arranged for a charter boat for two days. Four of us stayed in Stuart three days. We paid $60 a:day for our charter boat, had two double rooms for three nights at a local hotel, used taxis six times, went to two pic- ture shows, patronized three dif- ferent eating establishments and two cocktail lounges, bought caps and -sun. glasses, cigars, cigarettes, Hewspapers. and sun- dries at a Sl cragsioce Two! members of our party “liked the looks of Easter outfits. displayed in a local dress shop and pur- chased. two. Later .in.a Jocal tackle store they bought a quan- tity of tackle. In a men’s shop Ramsey bought a pair of shoes, As far as Stuart was concerned we were tourists. We came with our out-of-town money and we left it there with local buisfess establishments. € wasn't anything unusual about it. But it is just ‘@n example of what hap- pens when visifors came to your town. But gétting back to the FPPRA meeting. I was impressed with a talk made by Fred Orr, of the Tampa Motor Club, who told how hundreds of visitors are being driven from , Florida be- cause they are being abused,’ in-| Look at the beautiful}: RUSSELL KAY sulted and pushed around by roughneck peace officers. He displayed clippings from northern papers and . affidavits from motorists who fell victims to communities maintaining “speed traps.” Because of our antiquated, vicious, backwoods fee system and our “soak the stranger—we don’t like Yankees, anyhow—I don't give a damn, I'm the law,” attitude of a limited number of law enforcement offi- cers, Florida is getting a black eye all over the country. - Three communities were spe- cifically mentioned over and over again—Crogs City in Dixie Coun- ty, Bagle Lake in Polk County and Sebastian in Indian River County. Officers consistently were abusive and insulting. Refused to accept anything -but cash bonds and thréw people in jail if they didn’t have Gash to”pay. _ If Florida must put up with “speed traps” and the obsolete fee system, I suggest that the State Road Department be re- quired to post warnings to motor- ists on all roads entering such conmimunities, and the Florida State Advertising Commission might use some of its funds to warn motorists entering the state to beware of HIJACKERS. Select, tne that selects its men—U.S. a STAR * BRAND SMERICAN Your Grocer SELLS that Good Established 1925 YORK 6 Hours One-Stop via Direct Connection in MIAMI : Coming: CASSINO TO KOREA DOCUMENTARY Jod f s, the fact re= i i i i q ‘ bua 089 bre is) bs Se ES IE REE ES SESS A RE SS LE LR IEE Ne a ee ~~ es i a i ie