The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 11, 1952, Page 2

THE KEY WEST Criizen Friday, suiy ti, toe Clie Key Went Citizen : Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter F (Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use tor reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it @ not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news" published here,’ Wember Florida Press Association and Associatec Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier) 25e per week, year $12.00, single copy Se ADVERTISED RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION —— | THE NEW IMMIGRATION LAW AND POLITICS 1 In 1924, Congress passed an immigration law which yeduced.the maximum number of immigrants each year to 160 thousand, fixed a national quota system based on @ percentage of each foreign country’s nationals in the United States as of 1920, and barred mgst Asian people from ating into this country. Now Congress has passed over President Truman’s veto a new immigrant act. Sponsored by Senator Pat Mc- Carran of Nevada and Rep. Francis E. Walters of Penn- sylvania, the act would generally retain the provisions of the 1924 act on maximum immigration and the- quota system. the new law there is no flat ban against immigra- itlon Bf Asian and Pi people, ‘Phere have been added certain measures to keep out subversives and other unde- sirables, and the Attorney General is granted special, powers to deport immigrants for Communist or Commun- ist-front affiliation. While the new immigration law is certainly the result of compromises, it is an improvement over the 1924 act despite President Truman’s veto message in which he said that the act “would intensify the repressive and inhumane aspects of our immigration procedures.” Informed observers in Washington believe that while |land. the President lost the fight on immigration policy, he has succeeded in presenting in his veto message the civil right Policies which he expects the democratic convention to endorse and which will undoubtably become a fundamen- tal issue in the coming election in November. { Any man (woman) can tell you how to handle any ‘woman (man). 3 Somebody ought to invent a dry-cleaning process for some jokes and some joke-tellers, If the country actually was as bad off as candidates say, this election year, we would be making plans to im- migrate. Hot dogs and ice cream cones have just about passed from the five cents to the ten cents level, and this, in itself, marks the end of an era. With the Fourth of July nearing, you might ask your- | self whether you will celebrate the holiday by killing someone on the highway.” SHOWN ABOVE is the open sewer line on Fleming street. Fumes from this and other lines about town afe nauseating residents and causing discoloration of homes, Water pumped from the above line stood in the gutter when picture was taken. City Manager Dave King says more breaks can be expected and that he cannot cope with the situation properly because of a shortage of labor. Bibeipht; ie CCV CVI SIG I ELI LELSP CCC LISI VIS CCS S OST IY. | THIS ROCK OF OURS BILL GIBB as unpleasant atmosphere here in town. Homés are being made. un- sightly, (temporarily at least,) from the hydrogen sulphide ‘gas being emitted by the open sewer lines. City Manager King says he doesn’t have the manpower neces- sary to make repairs more quick- ly. Moreover, heavy rains of the La couple of weeks have proved be a hindrance. King deserves. our sympathy for his present plight. However, he is City Manager and surely, as such, he can take some sort of emer- cy action to remedy a situation |%°2" effects i gen that so vitally and welfare, tt There has in oo power to continue ents at Wickers Stadium. The Hum Humiati¢ So- ciety is progressing, with City help, in clearing their site on -Stock Is- . These and other matters could be delayed until the public is given an opportunity to breathe eee air again. If necessary, outside contractors could be called in for the emer- gency. I @oubt seriously if their charges would be any more than the present expense of slow, dragged-out action on the part of city employees. Garrison Bight Many youths use Garrison Bight for swimming. Commissioner Eis- ner said at a meeting in city hall thit week that the water out that way was poluted. Certainly it is dirty by the layman's standards. Wonder if it would be possible for’ the local Health officer to in- vestigate and post proper warn- so the water actually is un- Years ago, Dr. Wm. Warren con- demned the Bight and the swim- ming pool on the opposite side of e HE ii | Hi BELRFE SR ARS KAZ SHES j : { Hl | eae BSS BR RP FEF wer 4 1 i e ; oe Lh ae & vice and you can see why. Insurance companies have re- quested the paper to try to create lic interest in safe driving. 1’ to do my share as would the | other reporters but am absolutely ao as to how to go about it, drivers with ordinary decency. TRADEMARK BANNED _ HONG KONG.—(#).—The Eng- | lish language Shanghai News re- parts that the city’s bureau of in- dustry and commerce has banned { the use of foreign language trade- marks on goods produced inside China. Red sell, Use baby-food orange pudding | as a sauce for sliced fresh fruit ; or white cake squares. It's good bread, too, bite, I walked in to get the tetanus. Nurse Jeanette Sawyer said: tt ig: 3 F &. it i Al Hip 3 g ae; 7ast i fad ara if in < “We can’t give you the tetanus | buy. injection till we try a test shot to ‘see if you are allergic. Here- this won't hurt a bit.” She skillfully stuck a needle in my forearm. “Now you'll have to wait for ten minutes so we can see what reac- Mf / SAN CARL Preudiy Presents FRIDAY AlsoFox Movietone News — Cartoon SLIGHT INCREASE IN PRICES 2 YEARS TO BRING You IT’S 3 GETTASLS HOURS OF UNFOR' THRILLS: 1000 THRILLS IN MGM's