The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 18, 1951, Page 2

Pace; ae Key West Citizen ished Datly Except Sunday, by Aaa Owner ani Publisher AMTMAN, Business Manaxer sonusn fy The Citizen Building Jewspaper in Key West and Monroe County utered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter camden ve | St ag altehae eats teeinasetiemiantaeel ATED PRESS ively entitl 1 te news dispatches © dited nit otherwise credited in this papet, und p the Daal neWs published here. cne Year six Months three Menthe... me Month Weekly ua made Known on Appl ee SPRCIAL NOTICE All, reading notices, cards of thanks, 5 of rexpect, olitugry notices, poems, etc, will be shavxed for at-the sate of 10 cents a line tives ‘for entertainment by churches from ahich 4 revenue ts to. be derived are 5 cents a line Ths Citizen i@ an open forum and inv dis- eussivn of public Issues and subjects of loca or ul interest, but it will not publish anunyn ous upications, IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1 Hotels and Apartments. a and Bathing Pavilion. 3, Airports—Land and Sea. 4. Consolidation of County and City Governments. 5. Community Auditorium. ee ~ _ CONVENTION CITY Plans for the 1952 presidential cam- paign are already under way. The Repub- lican National Committee has scheduled a meeting in May to pick the convention date and city. Atlantic City, Detroit, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago, which has had many more conventions ‘than any rival, are talked of, and others might develop. The committee might even. receive an invitation from Tulsa, Oklahoma, where the May prelimi- nary me eth takes place. Conventions usually Pret in June or July, and’ Tul- sa is fo tthen than same previous convention Riosts, such as St. Louis, Kansas City and Houston. The dominant consid- eratidn is | -to be not the comfort of the delegates but liberal contributions to convention expenses. Sogeyie 4he choice is important. Linco]n’s"némination in 1860 was greatly facilitated because the convention was held in Chieago, and the galleries were filled. with his sympathizers. By the same token! the: Démocratic choice that year of ‘Charleston; South Carolina, prevented all hopeiof éompromise between North and South, and ended in the running of two tickets, with defeat for both. More recent- ly the 1924 Democratic selection of New York ‘City caused the campaign to founder on the unsuceessful insistence of the gal- leries! that Al*Smith be nominated. Held elsewhere, fhe convention might have settled on its compromise candidate in time to save mére of the pieces. So far these considerations do not ap- pear likely to’affect the Republican choic of a tonvention city. Other problems are more pressing. KEEPING WELL The shortage of doctors in this coun- try is-one of long standing and is soon to become more acute, it is believed. At a recent meeting in Washington of medical advisers to the Selective Service officials, it was decided that with the July goal of three and a half million men in tthe armed forces, seventy-five more physicians would be needed to sup- plement the ten thousand who are now serving. This withdrawal of medical per- sonnek from availability to the public}will add to a serious problem. general I€ will be advisable now, more than ever ipfore, for the average citizen to take foolish risks involving health and yafetyy to observe health rules, eat a ba- lanced& diet, and get plenty of sleep in or- der that he may need medical attention rately if ever. Look before you leap and then, don’t leap. Do you think, or do you think you think, or do you think you think you think? No immediate answer necessar O06 aS re can make a speech but not everybody who makes*agspeech has something to say. hundred | Anybédy who ‘has something to say | COMPLETE INVESTIGATION NEEDED There should be a thorough investiga- with the strplus goods at the conclusion of World | War II. It may be that there have been | nothing but unwise transactions, but even those should be disclosed and proper legis- lation enacted to prevent any repetition. One transaction, which the Senate In- torstate Foreign Commerce Committee wants to.kook into, $190,000 investment was ‘built into a $2,- 800,000 net profit in three years, with the gain subject only to minimum taxation. It seems that the Maritime Commis- in 194 sold five T-2 type tankers to a CORDOTENUN, which promptly chartered ; to a subsidiary Panamanian cration. By this dodge, the income ped American taxation, although ars sion, o an oil company before the deal s Closed with che Government. Incidentally, those connected with the ncially successful manoeuver were former Representative Joseph E. Casey, of chusetts, the late Edward R. Stett Jr., one-time Secretary of Julius B. Holmes, a former Assist- retary: of State and now Minister and Counsellor to the American Embassy *n London, and Fleet Admiral William F, (Bull) Halsey, U.S. N., retired. There were some ten or fifteen other origina) “investors.” In addition to such transactions as this, there have been intimations of im- proper transactions in connection with the sale of surplus war goods in Germany. Some of these supplies were sold to a Ger- man corporation but, following investiga- tions, some of the sales have been cancell- ed. These transactions should likewise be investigated in order to ascertain whether American officials were involved. It is easy for the average American to stand off and condemn the governmental agencies which .handled these transac- ‘tions ‘but some of them, at least, should be judged in the light of the insistent Con- gressionaldemand that war activity be liquidated. For example, when the War Department, under Congressional and of- ficial pressure, is compelled to close down a camp, or ‘other activity, the only way to meet the’deadline is to get rid of what is to be sold. Under these circumstances, the vale is apt to be perfunctory, so far as the price received for the goods concerned. State; ‘The’ world has too many people who ip totem poles, if you know what we wors mean, DANGEROUS COMMITMENT Senator Robert Taft, of Ohio, grees with the foreign policy of the Administration, which has been 2ndorsed by Governor James F. Byrnes, says that the United States should not un- dertake commitments that are beyond its capacity. No one can dispute the logic of this statement. Nevertheless, one of the most dangerous “commitments” that. the Unit- es can make is to assume that if it Soviet Russia to overrun Western the free institutions of Western civilization gan. be maintained. There may be danger, as the Ohio Senator suggests, in the expenditure of American money to assist the Western na- tious of Europe. is, i an Europe, Neverthele s our opinion, greater danger in any policy of semi-isolationism, based upon the er- roneous belief that what happens across the Atlantic is of no concern to the United States. Our own prediction as to the pennant is based upon preference rather than inteligence. nnecrs PRAISING AN OPPONENT Great Britain has something to teach us in the political amenities. Nothing on earth is dearer to Winston heart than the expulsion of the Labor par- | ty from the national government, yet in a radio broadcast pay he does not hesitate to tribute to Ernest Bevin, just retiring as foreign minister. Bevin, says Churchill, has “rendered | services to Britain and to the cause of | which He adds that he ranks “among the great foreign etaries of our country.” This seems a cut above the type political speech are peace of language will do his cause no harm, 1 of the profits made by those dealing | Government in connection with | was that by which a} gements*had been made to charter the | who | Churchill’s ; will be long remembered.” | with which Americans | familiar. The generosity of Churchill’s | THE RLY WEST CITIZEN “This Rock Of Ours’ By BILL GIBB How many of you generosity and decen hawn. t Presidént Truman to General MacArthur? * | | He has allowed big} ta ret ; }home with full gilifary |A more experienced < { commander-in- chf@g could, ably woild;" Have*nailed h | orcinate.td- the Stake. S uaaq aaey Ajisea qt done A few month | made ignorant st ments that the w practically ov | be home for | member them? -H |hold his job becau {Truman was loyal to h alizge th cause of public ace | solciers and folks at | his sealp. | As far as I can see still loyal to the man. | moved him because he j Stepped out of his role as a mi tary commander ar the role of a politica role for which he fit. MacArthur has been out of the United States fourteen year over-all picture of world eee tions is affected by his concen- tration on Orienta> matter: Yet tally today we are fighting gl »bal| war of nerves. I wonder if MacArthur — has even considered ngerous European situation that would be created if we committed our-! selves to total war in the Far East? During the las we furn. ished our to Europe and let the Japs chase us over the Pacific We did this because we couldn't maintain} two major fronts simultaneously. If we have war with China to- day, the situation will be re- versed. Western Europe wil! fall to the Russians and it won't be as easy to regain as_ the islands of the Pacific. (Did I say “as easy”? Ask some of the veterans of Iwo Jima and Tarrawa how ¢asy during the last war!) ’ Let's take angther example: Suppose Eisenhower is, allowed to dictate the policy of, the, Unite, it, was tor Europe would coincide, with MacArthur's for the. Far. East? And if they did not, to which of} the two men should .we listen? I think the. Republican party stands guilty of treason during these trying times. They have taken a military situation and attempted to make political | ‘hay’ out of it. They have shown a willingness to. tear«! the country apari, expose our domestic troubles to the ene- my, and weaken the position of | the United States before the eyes of the world. All of this for selfish political reasons during a time of national emergency. PROGRESSIVE GROWTH Everything isn’t bad as it sometimes seems here on _ this ay} Jo uoNdaoxa ay) YM) yooy airport anc certain political mat- ters, of course), Our streets are being im- proved, thanks to the city; com- mission, and the cigarette tax. The venger system is 100% more efficient than it was.a few! years ago. The fire department! ean hold its own with the: best in the country in so far.as its Personnel are cancerned. Its} equipment is a matter that neenel improving. Our city recreation | department is doing a swell job! end Bayview Park looks beauti- ful. The new hom s and motels that axe UMO} IOAO [Je 7[INq BuTeq da4e another encouraging sign that hundreds of folks have confidence in the future of Key West. If we all stay “on the ball,” we're going to have the kind of town| we've always dreamed about. The fresh blood of new ‘settlers is a God-send for the commun- ity. They will furnish ‘us’ with| | new ideas, new perspectives, new | ways of living. 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