The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 19, 1951, Page 2

eSATA ; a nna A gn a ac A A A A A a — PAGE 11¥0 a en She Key WNC itizen Published Daily Except Sunday, by » ARTMAN. OWner ani Publisher YORMAN D. ARTMAN, Business Manager Frov1 The Citizen Bui} Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County ep rpceeentse utered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter ee ge MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entit) 4 te ve for reproduction of all news dispatehes «: dited ct or nyt otherwise credited in this paper, and 10 the local n@ws published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATE! six three me Month Weekly... ss mown on Application SPRCIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, of rexpect, obituary notices, poems, etc., charged for at the sate of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainment by churches from vhich @ revenue Is to be derived are 5 cents a Ine. The Citizen $8 anapen forum and invites dis- eussion of public issues and subjects of loca or acoeral interest, but it will not publish anonyn ous resolutions will be ss ON FLORI Ass A IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1. More Motels and Apartments. 2. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. 9. Airports—Land and Sea. 4. Consolidation of County and City Governmenis. 3. Community Auditorium. ea BY-PASSES BETTER THAN SUPER-HIGHWAY The transcontinental superhighway idea is in the light again, this time through ithe proposal of Senator Harley M. Kilgore, of West Virginia, that a gigantic corpora- tion be formed to build, operate and main- ‘tain great toll highways that would be 450 feet wide and include two hard-sur- faced roads, one for trucks and busses and the other for passenger cars. The general idea is that tolls to be col- lected would pay for the super-system. The possibility exists, of course, but there might be a greater willingness on the part) of motorists to use the free highways. Nevertheless, the idea is attractive now as it was when adydeated some years ago. We were rather impressed with the general purposes of a super-highway sys- tem but the necessity for it rather dim-~ med when we were reminded that most of our present congestion arises in and about the cities through which present highways run. The suggestion was made that by- passes, skirting congested areas, would speed-up the passage of cars and, to a great extent, eliminate the dangerous congestion of traffic. At the present time, we are rather in- clined to believe that the first step to be taken, in connection with motor traffic, is to provide these by-passes around con- gested areas. Every motorist who makes a long journey knows how much time is lost in threading one’s way through crowd- ed city streets. To be able to go through, if desirable, or to go around, if able, would do much to save time for those who travel and cut down the hazurds that always accompany congested highways. WISDOM BY RUSSELL Can recorded history be summed up in a single sentence? Without apparently trying to do so, Bertrand Russell, the Eng- lish philosopher, has come near it in his newly published “Unpopular Essays.” He says this: “Most of the greatest evils that man has inflicted upon man have come through people feeling quite certain about something which in fact was false.” One other searching remark in the same book may induce a wholesome state of self-criticism: “If an opinion contrary to your own makes ycu angry, that isa sign that you are subconsciously aware of haying no good reason for thinking as you do.” Though it might seem impertinent to mix a common saying with these bits of wisdom, Russell might well have added: “Tf the shoe fits, wear it.” He who lives at high tension usually blows a fuse. prefer- | It’s about time our neighbors planted their gardens if we are to have fresh vege- tables this summer. The House, we note, by a voice vote, which leaves no record, has_ practically shelved universa] military training. FEEDING ON GUFF Representative Bernie C. Papy, speak- ing in support of his resolution designed, constitutional amendment, to Monroe through a create a senatorial district in travel from Key West to the home of our senator in Fort Myers as it does to travel from Jacksonville to Pensacola. It will interest Key West’s younger generations to learn how Monroe's senatoy | (we had our own in those days) and rep- | resentative (later on we had two) traveled to and trom ‘Tallahassee when they at- tended sessions of the legislature up to 70 years ag Florida had no east or west coast through train service in those days, so that traveling from Key West to Talla- hassee through the state was a long and wearying trip, partly by boat and the re- mainder of the distance by horse-drawn | vehicles. So Monroe's senator and repre. sentative boarded a Mallory liner in Key West for New York City and from there journeyed by train to Tallahassee. Topographically, Key West was cut off from the rest of the state. Our com- | parative isolation was the basis of many a discussion or argument, among ourselves, against our continuing to be a part of Florida. In the early 1890’s an imposing figure, Ben McClendon, came to Key West and stirred up residents to a high pitch of, fervor against the mainland part of the state. Howéver warm an evening was, Mc- Clendon, when he was slated to make a speech, wore a frock-tailed coat, a white shirt, with a “boiler-plate” front and at- tached winged collar, and a beaver top- per. He removed his beaver, struck a tragic pose and blared in polysyllables. : His listeners, most of them coatless; mopped their brows, so it was easy enough to determine how McClendon, in his frock- tail and “boiler plate”, sweated as he , pointed out that it takes as long to | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN — lof tion world organizat n-story he b | logical r of cen | looking the Colosseum and only a| The new home -d agency of the structure > intended for inister for Afri- s in the archaec- Rome, over- ien is al Thursday - Friday - Carteo) MOMENT Pred VineMaorra And ap Neditecrvies BalP “HE MADE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE ENEMY FOR CHOW!” TAKE ME OUT of The walnut and cherry are two| ble trees exploited both for their} produce and their wood. | Turkey is a chromium, immen in the building of produc Ly Vv ESTHER W SINATRA Coming: 9 COMMAND per And Lily D: ve anasne t statateees | Saturday Royal Wedding Coming: NEVER A DULL » Irene Danne a MONROE «cores Thursday - Friday - Saturday THE BALL GAME {' FIGHTING TO} | few hundred yards from the old program in 1946, INTERIOR - Gallon . 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FINE PASTRIES, PIES AND CAKES THIS WEEK’S SPECIAL 49c Value Lemon Meringue 45c Ben Saunders, Distributor Telephone 2082-J lashed himself and his listeners into a fury of indignation over Key West’s con- tinuing as a part of Florida. And in all of his many speeches you could be sure to hear this knockout: “We are not connected or affiliated with them either by affinity or consan- guinity And the crowds roared, as all crowds roar when you work on their passion in- stead of their reason. First, we were to become the Terri- tory of the Florida Keys and, later on, we were to be “elevated into statehood.” And the crowds fell for the guff, as all crowds fall for guff when it accords with their way of thinking. But the public in that day tired of feeding on guff, as the public in this day Sires of feeding on guff. It may be hard for y Westers today to determine how Key Westers of that day fell for such guff as, statehood for the Florida Keys, but Key Westers today feed as readily on guff that is just as ridiculous if today’s politicos are as adept, as McClendon was, in dishing it} up to them, If it takes the Senate three months to pass on the dispatch of four divisions to Europe, how long would it take both Hou of Congress to pass on sending ten divisions? “REALITY OF BEING POOR” The variety of human nature is illus- “rated by Alexander Munsell, who, twen- ty years ago, had an inherited fortune of more than one million dollars. He gave it away to find a “great peace,” living in Spartan simplicity. 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