The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 24, 1951, Page 2

2AGE TWO ee Sie Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday, by L. P. ARTMAN, Owner ani Publisher NOMMAN UD. ARTMAN, Business Manager om - Fry's The Citizen Building ow Corner Greene and Ann Streets (mly Daily Newspaper in Key West and — Monroe County —— utered at Key West, Floriqa, as second class matter — MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitl dtc ve for r+production of all news dispatches ci sdited eit os put otherwise credited in. this papet, and Lo the Vcal news published here. — G RATES m Application ADVERT) Made Known * SPECIAL NOTICE All Pending’ notices, cards of thanks, of respggt, obitbary notices, poems, etc., ‘for at thy #ate of 16 cents a line. ees. for entertainment by churches from to be derived are 5 cents a line. Ropen forum and Invites dis- issues and subjects of loca or , but it will not publish anonyn ous resolutions will be * Citizen IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. . Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Community Auditorium. 1 2. 3% 4. | Se en ine DOUGLAS WOULD KEEP THE R.F.C. Senator Paul H. Douglas, of Illinois member of the Senate subcommittee which investigated the R. F. C., urges that the agency be retained, saying that to kill it at this time would “be iike throwing the baby out with the bath.” Mr. Douglas is an economist, having taught the subject before going to Con- gress. He says that the R. PF. C., with all its fatlts, has “served many useful func- tions,-especially in filling a gap in out Be be Tips Senator thinks that) basic stan in the future,.with all discussions of loan- appl{pations taking place during office hourg in publi¢ buildings and that the dockgts of lending agencies be opened to inspection to show not only the cases but the @ttorneys and representatives involv- ed, &. fees paid, including “kickback,” “fingpr fees” and “split fees.” This seems to us to be the common- sens viewpoint. The termination, of® the R. FEC. and the curtailment of other gov- ernnéntal lending agencies, would mean the festriction of credit and chance that credit will be controlled by the larger fin- ancial interests of the nation. If this occurs, as itshas in the past, it will be an evil day for the economic development of the coun- ‘try and a fat-profit day for the private bankers who would manage the flow of cred. NO GERM WARFARE 21 wants to make your flesh creep,” saiddhe Fat Boy in Charles Dickens’ “Pickwick Papers.” The world is full of suchZpeople today. While perhaps the in- tern@tional situation excuses them some- wha not all of their forebodings are trues Dne fear which officials say may be dismjssed is that of wholesale germ war- fare of epidemics started by germs sent by 4p enemy. The Federal Civil Defense Adntinistration’s new booklet, “What You Should Know About Biological Warfare,” scouts this possibility, though it admits thattharm from enemy-distributed bac- teriagis possible. Contamination of water suppfy is a definite danger, but outside of thatgsays the booklet, biological warfare is nog a dismaying peril. This should be of somercomfort. sats < Modern needs a friend indeed. version: A friend without * Yo. matter how criminal they they gulways stand on their constitutional rights. are, Ps So i you want to gain a reputation as a prophet, make predictions; some of them are {bund to be right. » 88 SS aoe Phe, incautious person may some- timegect.a-shock.from. .the power in the hous@hold lighting sockets. But it’s more of a Shock to find that the power isn’t theres. rds of propriety should be followed. THE PLUS-AND-MINUS IN KOREA With the advent of Spring in Korea, bringing bad weather to hamper flying | and rain to mud-tie mechanized soldiers, are expected to che Chinese Communis stage a counter-offensive, using a superi- | ority of manpower that some experts sus pect is sufficient to compel another with- drawal of U.N. forces. The information about enemy strength is not accurate, being largely ‘guesti- mates,” but generally the Chinese Com- munists are believed to have around 500,- 000 men in North Korea, with about 150,- 000 North Koreans, In Manchuria there are an unknown quantity of Chinese sol- diers, together with between 100,000 and 200,000 men. In the air the Chinese are very strong. Estimates place the plane force at 600, about one-third being jets. the. Russians have 200-500 planes and sev- ral thousands in Siberia. Use of a Rus- jet is seen in Korea where it is as faster than our F-86 but fighting qualities. Moreover, mized in the enemy is handicapped in air operations inferior by. insufficient.fields, radar, armament and lacks other paraphernalia to inter- cept and operate. Thus,..without taking into considera- tion any possible contribution by Russia, ept in the way of supplies, equipment, arms and munitions, we find the Chinese outnumbering the U. N. forces roughly about two to one. Certainly, if this ratio /s not real, it can become so through dis- patch of additional Chinese across the Yalu river. To oppose any offensive the U. N. force includes at least 350,000 men but a large part of these troops are South Ko- rean, somewhat uncertain’ in morale and fighting qualities, Without accurate in- formation, one might guess that the United States has close to 150,000 men, the Ko- ns probably a few more and the other nations the balance. We have certain advantages in the air, on the sea and on the ground. Our air force greatly outnumbers that of the Chi- nese-North Korean combination. In the early stages.of the fighting we had practi- eally undisputed control of the air, The Russians, if they intervened, would have to, make a ¢onsiderable contribution to equalize the air for the Communists. At sea there has been little or no effec- tive opposition to the work of our naval forces. The enemy has used a number of mines but these have not caused much dmage. There is the threat of Russian in- tervention, with the use of submarines against our ships. Until this becomes a fact instead of a possibility, our ships will be able to carry out operations almost un- hampered. In addition to these advantages, we have others that carry weight on the field of battle itself. Our mechanized units have greater mobility than enemy forces to off- set this factor to a considerable degree. More important is the great superiority that our forces have in ground fire power. We have seen it stated that, man for man, we have ten times the enemy fire power but the reader must understand that this superiority cannot always be. brought to bear in conditions that govern much of the fighting. Driving an automobile while drunk is about as serious a crime as a person can commit in this day of speed on the high- ways. The division of congressional — senti- ment, largely along party lines, shows the danger of military leaders becoming po- litically-minded. “BAD...TOBE...PRO-U.S.” “It is bad for Latin-American politi- cians to be labeled as pro-United States,” declares Herbert L. Matthews, writing ‘from Quito, Ecuador, where American- born-and-educated Galo Plaza Lasso has | managed to serve three of his four-year- rm as President without a succéssful re- volution. Mr. Matthews seems to think that Ecuador is making a remarkable experi+ ment in democ although he notes that, because of background and __ traditions, democracy “is necessarily still on the sur- face and without roots.” The past history of Ecuador and her revolutions reveal the surprising feat of the President. In the past. twenty-five | years, there have been twenty-seven. .rev- olutions and even under Senor Lasso there have been several unsuccessful attempts to change government by force. In Manchuria | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN las | | IT By JACK DELANEY | While the | | upr surrounding | the return of General MacArthur | to the United States contines, jand he is still being feted and |showered with honors in New York City, now might be the |time to give a little study to some of the conditions that have rought about the present crisis. Serious doubts have arisen in | the minds of Democrat and Re- | publican representatives in Wash- | ington with regard to the capa- | bility and sincerity of the inten- | tion of State Department officials | and personnel. | Alger Hiss, recently sentenced to prison for perjury, and a friend SLICE OF HAM TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1951. | b | land. Died in Los Angele: Today’ § 30, 1907 : | Anniversaries Graiton, Mass. Died May 19, 1846. | Guatemala. Died March 7, 1942 1836—Francis Murphy, famed 3 aon} 1764—Thomas A. Emmett, Irish | nationalist, famed New York |lawyer of his day, born in Ire-| , noted land. Died Nov. 14, 1827. tr ler, author lecturer, born | 1766—Robert B. Thomas, Bos- | 1 Brooklt Died there, |ton founder: of the “Old Farm- | June 5, 19 | er’s Almanac,”;,in 1792, born: at| _1&82—Tony artist and marionnete showman, borh | in whose preaching some ten mil- temperance, orator, through n " 6a {STRAND conditions lion are said to have signed the ' “Murphy Pledge?? born in ‘Ire- — \eZ ot z Tuesday and Wednesday } IN THE NAVY NOTICE J] sa ores | Comedy Cartoon The City Electrical Board off | ‘Coming: FATHER’S the City of Key West will hold examinations for Journeyman and Master Electricians, Wed- nesday, ‘April 25)'1951, between 7:00 and 9:00 P.M., in the City Hall. : No reference books’or other data willbe: permitted to be used during examination. MONROE «cote Tuesday and Wednesday RETURN OF THE BADMEN 4-24-~ AP Newsfeotures of Secretary of State Dean Ache- son, also enjoyed a_ responsible lin D. .~Roosevelt. Sub:equent worthy of the trust of either. | While there is a possibility he may not have been a Communist} in the accepted sense, everyone feels his intentions were for any-| thing but the best interests of the} United States. | Alger Hiss, today, stands branded as a liar is is the) man who assisted in laying the! | foundation of the United Nations the man who acted as a pre: | dential advisor, and today | serving a prison sentence perjury. | How many more of the same | breed are in responsible positions with the government is proble-| matical. The infiltration of the govern- ment by these forces pledged to the destruction of every liberty of a freedom-loving nation was not accomplished in a day, week, or even a year, Obviously, if A} { is | for} ger Hiss enjoyed his responsible position, there must be: others! enjoying positions of a lesser na-! ture. Apparently the job has been thorough. It is not the policy of the Com- munists to place men in key po- sitions. in’ the goverriment,” for one reason. They know they must work in at the lower levels and undermine aS they work to the top. Like termites, they burrow at the foundation until it is honeycombed and the building collapses. It has been called a stroke of} luck that Julius Rosenberg’s brother-in-law was stationed where he could pass on secrets of the atomic bomb to Rosenberg. who, in turn, passed it on to Rus- sian agents. While this nation stood in awed surprise Bt the effects of the atomic bomb dropped on Japan, the Russians smiled smugly to themselves, with the secret al- ready in their hands. Congress has a tremendous re- sponsibility to the people of the country. A major overhaul of the State Department is in order. Secretary -Acheson should resign in the best interests of the coun- try. And there should be a re- turn to the honest, open diplom- acy of the early days of this na- tion of ours. There can be no with appeasement. Red .China should under no conditions be permitted a seat in the assembly of nations. Formosa’s problem should be disposed of once and! for all. But if the price of peace must be purchased at the expense of the free nations of the world, a price, incidentally, which could{ never last, the first objectors would be the mothers whose sons have already paid the supreme price for the “police action” in} Korea. Our State Department should have a quick return to the firm leadership that placed this coun- try at the head of the World of Nations. We can never compro- mise with appeasers’ tactics. We must act as a nation whose sworn duty is to uphold and protect the rights of the free people of the world, trade pacts to the contrary not withstanding. President Truman has stated ; there will be no appeasement on | the:problems in the Far East. 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