The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 26, 1951, Page 2

“WAG 1WO ne ane Key Wet Citizen Puptithed Dally, Ba: Lapeer arte obs ow ARTMAN. I Business Manager Frey Buttding 1 Cornet Greene and Ann Strwets only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County atered at Key West, Floriga, no MEMBERS SS ee AS! The Associ asclunraly entit! vate tor reprodte . dispatehes o Saito s)at or not ot] ise oN this paper, and = #0 the bical 8 published taal BSCRIPTION = hie Boke oan = M Brees enti ADVERTSING RATES Made Known on Application SPECIAL NOTICE notices, catds of thank ic., will a) maa te obituary note, Bnvig vat ‘tot ome ertainment. by churches from Now ‘“vaich a revenue t@ to be derived are 5 cents a } ne. The Citizen is an open forum and Invites dis- avesion of public issues and subjects of loca’ or reopen) tetarem, but tt will mot publish“ anonyn us 4 “ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN i £ HOUSE BY-PASSES RULES™ COMMITTEE The House of Representatives has passed a much-revised universal military service and training bill, which will now go to a conference with Senate represen- tatives for settlement of many differences _hetween the versions approved by the two chambers. As passed by the House, there will have to be another act of Congress before «the program could get underway. This con- flicts with the Senate version, which au- thorized the President to initiate the pro- gram whenever the need ended for actual service for men below the age of nineteen. Notwithstemding—the necessity that another act be passed by Congress, the House bill does not mean that, the meas- ure can be bottled up by the House Rules Committee, or anybody else. It proposes a dammission té submit a detailed train- ‘ing%lan, within six months, and requires appropriate committees to repert outa billeor resolution within forty-five days after receiving the plan. The new bill could then be called up for action in the House or Senate at any time. = The interesting provision in the House measure stems out from the fact that mem- be#& of that body have given to the Rules Colfimittee the power to determine what legislation will be submitted to the House fog vote. In the Eightieth Congress, the Rules’ Committee bottled up a universal \ military training bill and, unless. the i Homse rules are changed, it ean'do the : Same thing with any measure unless the ‘ members of the House provide a special safeguard to prevent the committee from exeadising a veto power. . p- Eeas A SORC nae “EXCISE TAX REPEAL ‘ ‘ ‘ Among the scores of. taxes which must be paid by the American. people— largely because. of their past political sins—none is more irritating than excise : levies. There has been a continual clamor for repeal on the grounds they are dis- criminatery and unfair to certain manu- | facturers. Repeal was given serious con- | sideration by the last Congress, and for a '‘ time it appeared the administration would ‘respond to the appeals and do away with : the hated taxes. i A national organization composed of ; tepresentatives of 55 firms has again tak- en up the fight, and has appealed to Con- ' gress to repeal all excise taxes. They pro- ‘pose instead, a general sales tax, which | they contend would be more equitable ‘and would bring in more revenue. There visn’t.a chance that excise taxes will bevwe- ,, pealed, or lowered, They probably will be {increased. And when a federal sales tax is ,adopted, it will be in addition to all other ‘taxes. ' ' The greatest show on earth—Nature at work in the Spring! “Advertising is one way to make busi. ‘ness pay buyer and seller and newspapers, resolutions | ve “tay 33 2 a bitte OO WOMAN'S HOSPITAL AUXILIARY In helping one another, no act is more worthy than te provide essefitials of ton- veniences for those who are ill. When that is done unselfishly, without charge, it shows the true spirit of the civic worker. That type of work is being done by the Woman’s Auxiliary of the Monroe County Hospital, of which Mrs. Edwin Trevor is president. The auxiliary, with funds it raised at the hospital charity ball, given at La Casa Marina, has arranged to buy a $1,000 oxygen tent for the hospital, a resusitator to be used in the maternity delivery room, in surgery cases, the revi- val of persons in near-drowning accidents, or in the treatment of shock. Besides, two automatic Gomeo drainage pumps and five dozen plastic thermos pitchers will be purchased. As The Citizen has remarked before, |* Key Westers and residents of Monroe county generally should be proud of the hospital, which, size for size, is compara- ble with any other in the country. That pride, coupled to duty, is manifested in its highest degree in the work the members of the auxiliary is doing for the hospital. They are not concerned over the differ- ences between city and county about the financing of the institution—their con- cern is in providing equipment that will help patients who may be taken to the hospital. Nobody can be happy or contented who wraps himself within himself. If his only aim in life is to look out for “No. 1,” he will not be long in learning that the firmer his adherence to his selfish interests the greater will be the degree of unres¥ that creeps into his system. It is an old saying that happiness or contentment can be found only in unselfish work that may help others. That axiom is the governing factor in community spirit. “Man was not born to Before reporting to Key West Pa ” TT . * i Jor.duty, Ledr. Lynch served as live alone.” His sphere of action is with anucSubmarin: .. Wartare ; Mat his fellowmen, and when that action lies }:erial Officer for Commander in the realm of providing necessities for] Training Command of the 7th Fleet. He also served on two the unfortunate, such as is the work of the Hospital Woman’s Auxiliary, it reaches its highest peak in community spirit. In commending the auxiliary for pro- viding equipment for the Monroe. County Hospital, The Citizen appeals to residents to patronize any affair the auxiliary may give to raise funds to continue its work of benevolence. Corruption in government is no worse than corruption in the business world. DO YOU READ—AND HOW? the USS Arkansas. Can you read? This question may seem foolish to you, in view of the fact that you are reading this editorial but, be- fore answering, let us consider what it means. Not so long ago, an eminent college professor declared that the American peo- ple are more than fifty per cent illiterate in their effective ability to understand adult reading matter. He asserts that half the population is unable to read any print- ed material above the seventh-grade level. Obviously, the educator is telling us that we read carelessly, without compre- hending the import of the words we see. We scan the language without appropriat- ing the thoughts and without consciously attempting to absorb the reasonable im- plications of the words. While the professor may exaggerate our inability to understand adult reading matter, he probably understates condi- tions if he associates intelligent thinking with the process of reading. Obviously, the nation has millions of citizens who read carelessly, with result- ing confusion as to facts, figures, ratios and relationships. The carelessness is ap- parent in fast and slow readers. It relates to a state of mind rather than to speed in reading. There are educators in the United States today who assert that education is largely a matter of acquiring the habit of | intelligent reading. The columns of a daily newspaper, for example, take on new significance if one understands the background and implications of events. The same observation applies to reading, in connection with any subject. We are'inclined to agree with the zon- clusions of the college professor but there is no occasion for undue excitement. The human race includes many types of indi- viduals, with varying interests and de- grees of intensity. Consequently, we will always" have some good readers, some poor readers and others uttetly unable to comprehend the import of the printed word. Be Ordered To Washington Soon M. Lynch, project coordinator of Squadron 9. san Area, Asiatic-Pacific “SORRY, COLONEL, IT'S A MILITARY SECRET !" LCDR Lynch Will Lieutenant Commander George he Surface Anti-Submarine De- velopment is to be detached soon ‘or duty with the Armed Forces Specia: Weapons Project in Wash- ngton, D. C Ledr. Lynch reported to the fey West Naval B; October 22, 1947, and has served here ever since. troyer Di- ervice taffs, Commander D vision 19 and Command he is » member of the Dade Lodge No. ‘A native of Jasper, Fla, 4, Free and Accepted Sey West. f He is entitled to owing commemorativ: and service medals: Defense Service Medal, Masons, year the fol- ampuign American } Ameri- Area, Philippine Liberation, World War {f Victory, and the Good Conduct Medal. i In 1927 Ledr. Lynch won the Atlantic Fleet Swimmitig Title tor 50 yards while serving aboard His wife, the former Grace G. H r 7 Strictly Business Dear Sir: If you're looking for comfortable fit and long wear in a shoe that's designed for strictly® Today’s Birthdays' the Ford Foundation, former . 0 | head of the E.C.A. Msgr. Maurice] Services YMCA, Joe Pinder,| chairman of the committee of} Navy €harity Carnival Receipts Are Appreciated Contributions ftom the receipts of the Na: Charity Carniv: aly have = fie mare “thank- | you” letters to Captain . h Adel, cgmmander of the Key | West Naval Base. Superintendent of Public In- |: struction Horace O'Bryant ac- knowledged reecipt of a check for $500 “for use among the under- privileged children of Douglass School.” ‘The money, his letter said, will be used as follows: { Food, $100; clothing, $100; dental care, $200; eyeglasses, $100. “We are tryingto. gt the dental work and thé yeglasses through the ‘county ¢linfé to. the end, that the dollars jwall* be ‘stretched as far as possible,” Mr. O’Bryant said. Marcus ©. Fagg, state superin- tendent of the Children’s Home Society of Florida, was “delighted to learn . . . ofthe perfectly fine and more than generous contri- bution of $200 which was recently received through your helpful in- terest, and which represents the} contribution from all Naval ac- | tivities ashore and afloat in the Key West area.” | Acknowledging a donation of} $750 to the Southernmost Armed Paul G. Hoffman, president of 3. Sheehy of the Catholic Univer- ‘i of America, educator, born in} management, expressed “our ap- preciation for your interest and consideration,” and went on to frwin, IIL, 53 years ago. Jonathan W. Danieis, journal- ist-author, born in Raleigh, N. C., 49 years ago. U.S. Senator Edward J. Thye of Minnesota, born in Aberdeen, S. D., 55 years ago. STRONG ARM BRAND STRONG ARM BRAND COFFET FU All Grocers Grocers Brown of San Diego, Calif., and three children Donald, 22, Leila, 17, and Sharon, 6, are living at 235 Ave., SE, St. Petersburg, Fla. 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