The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 28, 1952, Page 3

HAL BOYLE SAYS By MAL BOYLE NEW YORK — Mankind is @vided into two classes: 1, Those with hobbies. 2. People who enjoy life. This is fortunate for the peace of the world. For one of the spirit- ual requirements of a man with a hobby is the existence of other who have no hobby of their @wn and are therefore free to admire him for his. ‘ There is a legend that hobbyists are happy in each other’s company because they share a mutual en- thusiasm—be it collecting old moss or 2-headed butterflies. But this is pure fiction. Because two men are married do they like to listen to each other talk about their wives? It is the same way with hobbies. ‘People with the same hobby bore each other to | ©?! death. How can one stamp collec- tor love another stamp collector if the second one has a stamp the first ‘one doesn’t? They are not pals but mortal enemies, divided forever by pride and envy of possession. It is the game way with people who hoard first editions or matchbook covers or do needlepoint. That is why folks who are ridden by a hobby horse need someone like me. My hobby is collecting people who have hobbies them- selves, and I can recommend it to you. It works both ways. You give them the praise they yearn for, and in gratitude you reap whatever advantage their hobby has for you. But a word of caution is in order. Don’t collect just any: old hobbyists to admire, Limit your circle to friends whose hobbies can be of concrete benefit to you. Here are a few to avoid: 1, Speleologists, or cave ex- plorers. 2. People who breed cats, dogs or racehorses. (If they come up with a. Rin-Tin-Tin or a Man-’0- war, they won't give him to you.) 3. Bric-a-brac collectors. 4. Amateur geneologists. (If they find they have a fine family tree, you think they'll let you roost it?) of this kind are a total want adulation and 6. ; ‘The advantages of these splendid folks are obvious, They have to share their hobbies. Brag on them ‘the least bit, and they will supply flowers for your home, fresh vege- tables and wine for your table, free photographic portraits of you to give your relatives at Christmas, and cheap vacation trips by car to beach or mountain. ? If you limit yourself to collecting only one kind of hobbyist, however, philanthropists are probably the best gamble. If you appreciate them long and hard enough, they may remember to appreciate you, too—in their will. Farm Labor Problem May Worsen In 53 GAINESVILLE # — Fiorida’s critical farm labor situation is moving toward darker days in the 1952-53 season, Clyde Murphree, University of Florida agricultural —. economist, predicted to- y. “Industrial employment offers too much more in wages and bet- ter working conditions for farmers to compete with successfully, and therefore industry is gaining the farm labor supply. “Murphee said in a statement. in Mississippi and Alabama on an ex- change basis but this presents a problem of recruiting, selection of qualified workers and the return of laborers to their home state at the end of the peak Florida sea- son. “Undoubtedly Florida farmers ‘will again have to depend heavily on off-shore recruits to produce and harvest their crops," the econ- omist said. “Since farmers face the pros- pect of having to use inex enced and expensive labor, they should endeavor to use available HOLLYWOOD “NOTES By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD — Meet John Payne, salesman. Now TV’ bet you thought of Payne as the bare-chested gent who slices up pirates like baloney while grasping the heroine with a protective arm. Well, the same guy is perhaps Hollywood’s most ac- complished salesman. He spent three. months on the road last year, visiting 62 different cities. Inthe past three years, he has touched 225 U. S. cities, sell- ing films like “Caribbean” all the while, He performs these chores as | principal star of William Pine and i William Thomas, who don’t just | let a picture go out and sell itself. | The “Dollar Bills,” as they are} called, ‘are both former agents, They and their stars hit the hinterlands with hoopla to hoist the profits of their adventure CS. “It has been great experience for me,”. Payne admitted. “I’ve learned how a picture is exploit- ed, and I’m going to make it pay off. I’m making two pictures as partner with Edward Small. With 25 per cent of the profits, I'll be out there on the road selling ‘em, believe me. “ve learned that two-thirds of this business is not in Hollywood. As far as the capital investment is concerned, only one-tenth of the business is in Hollywood. Of course, a very essential part is here. But Hollywood has neglected the selling end too long.” The actor remarked that he has learned many things by his chats with theater men, newspaper peo- ple and plain movie goers. “Two years ago, I could see plain as day that the people didn’t want to buy sombre pictures with psychological overtones,” he said. “A picture like ‘The Heiress’ was beautifully done, but it did poor business, “People don’t want to be de- pressed. That goes for a picture like ‘A Streetcar Named Desire.’ I know it did good business, but people were depressed by it. If the same combination of talent ap- peared in another picture, I don’t think the general public would go for it. “They just aren't interested in something like ‘The Coming Dis- aster of Suzie Gilch.’” Aside for a distaste for down- beat stories, the public has no par- ticular concern about cycles, Payne added. “I read that. musicals are on the way out right now,” he observed. “That's nonsense. A good musical will always sell tickets, and so will a good Western or a good ad- venture, But have to be good. t's, the ice_between wast done by a tae Westets and something like ‘Stagecoach’ or ‘High Noon.” Payne is taking his salesman- ship seriously. He has hired a full- time secretary to help him with his theater and newspaper con- tacts all over the country. Capsule review: “My Maw and I’ is a picture of surprisi quality. You wouldn’t expect much from the title, but it turns out to be a social study that compares favorably to last season’s topper, “A Place in the Sun.” It’s the story of a Mexican immigrant and j ing, but that’s only one month out his faith In the U. S., despite a frameup ghat almost loses his cit- izenship. Ricardo Montalban dis- plays real acting ability in the’ leading role, and Shelly Winters also is good. Wendell Corey and Claire Trevor provide the men- ace. ‘ Child Dragged By Car Dies DANESE, W. Va. @ — Seven year-old Hattie Lou Bragg was happily playing in front of her home Tuesday, @ 10-foot length of rope tied to her wrist. She was tossing the free end into the air when it suddenly caught on the front of a neigh- bor’s passing automobile. The little girl was dragged 150 yards before the driver could be stopped. Hattie died on the way to a doctor’s office. Sparkman Opens Campaign Tour John Sparkman, Democratic vice } presidential nominee, will open a | peri- | 2-week campaign tour with a | speech here tonight. The Alabama | senator will speak at the high | Today 4% Business By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK @#—The steel indus- try hopes within a month or so to be breaking all records of produc- tion, but it has some doubts as to how long it can keep that up and find customers. And it has some other headaches today, too: 1, Earnings of 39 iron and steel | companies for the first half year | fell 43 per cent behind the first | six months of 1951. And the third | quarter doesn’t look too good, ei- | ther, because the mills were) struck during July and at the end, of August still aren’t back to ca- pacity output. September may see them boom- of three, when the mills figure up profits. 2. The $5.20 a ton average price hike the mills might count on to sweeten the profit picture is off- set, steel executives assert, by higher payroll expenses. (Some steel mills claim the steel price hike is more than offset, because other material and service costs will rise for them, too.) 3. And many of the steel mills’ customers are grumbling. They fear there’s a good deal to what Secretary of Commerce Sawyer says: Manufacturers may not be able to pass much of that extra steel cost along in higher prices on the end product. Competition and customer price resistance may prevent it. The trade weekly, Iron Age, puts a steel customer’s plight this way today: “Washington has raised a manufacturer's costs and is crow- ing because he can do nothing about it.” Steel makers have their order books well filled. They are cur- rently concentrating on catching up with the backlog of demand for defense production, But a new element of doubt is creeping in, because customers aren’t too pressing. Before the strike steel execu- tives were predicting that demand would slacken in the closing months of this year and output fall below capacity. With the mills closed down in June and July, and production still below capacity in August, this timetable for the end of capacity output might be put back until the first part of next year. But orders for civilian use steel —while good—haven’t been nearly as urgent since the strike ended, as some mills had predicted. And steel executives once more: are wondering: 1, Will demand for steel slacken before we thought? 2. Will the new higher price cool off some of that demand? Iron Age, however, sees little chance of an over-all easier mar- ket the rest of this year. It re- ports some easing in demand for wire and wire products, but it says the pressure to get bars and hot- rolled sheets is as strong as ever. The American Iron and Steel Institute predicts the “world’s” greatest output of steel” is likely in coming weeks. New records of production can be set because the companies have larger capacities now, and continue to expand facil- ities. And the institute thinks it will be some time before the over- all demand built up during the strike will be satisfied. United States Steel’s earnings statement Tuesday completed the roster of the big companies. Thir- ty-nine, both big and small, who work with iron and steel show com- bined earnings for the first six months of $205,602,601. In the first half of 1951, the same companies had combined profit after taxes of $358,431,881. This drop in profit of $152,829,- 280, or 42.6 per cent, brings with it a smaller take for the U. S. Treasury in income taxes. U. S. Steel’s statement is ple: This year it is setting 43 million dollars to meet federal income taxes for the entire first half. Last year it set aside 180 million for the first half taxes. The Treasury's take of big steel earnings thus drops by 76 per cent. AF Steward Is Arrested NEW YORK (#—Customs offi- cials say an Air France steward, arrested Tuesday on a charge of failing to declare seven platinum bars, had no reason to try to hide the metal. There is no duty on platinum toms spokesman said, and the only labor more efficiently, increase | School stadium under the auspices | requirement is that it be declared. their yields and improve the qual- of the Junior Chamber of Com- ity of their crops,” Murphree said. | merce. Moody Enters Speaker's Race TAMPA \H—State Rep. James S. Moody, Plant City, is the latest | was designated to get in the race for speaker pro- | of the 1953 tem of the 1953 Florida House. Moody announced Tuesday he Would seek the post. Others in the ; will vote on the pro-tem His next scheduled speech will be at the. Amvets national con- | vention at Grand Rapids, Mich., | Saturday. ssee. Rep. Irio Bronson, Kissimmee, as speaker pro tem | House, but he later | was nominated for the Senate. i It is likely that House members | Post when Face are Webb Jernigan, Pensa-|they caucus here Sept. 12-13, i But customs officials said the Copper, Aluminum Taken Oif | Critical List; Big Boost In Mirror Production Predicted In °33 WASHINGTON (P—The govern- jment took copper and aluminum off its critical list Wed. and idi- cated an improving metal supply situation may permit a big boost in military and civilian production next year. ' The Defense Production Admin- istration (DPA) forecast a better supply of steel, copper and alumi- num in early 1953. This will provide leeway for, ad- vancing the tempo of the military production program or allocating | more materials for civilian indus- try, or perhaps some of both. Copper particularly has become more plentiful, partly because not so much of it was used by manu- facturers during the steel strike. DPA Administrator Henry H. Fowler reportedly has advised the Defense Department that more materials can be expected by next April, or earlier. While not sug- gesting increased military produc- tion, he has told the military men they can schedule greater arms production if they wish to do so. An indication of the govern- ment’s optimism over the metals supply came Tuesday when the National Production Authority (NPA) told the construction indus- try it can exne-t considerably greater quantities of materials by next April.or perhaps as_ early as next Jan, 1. NPA announced that more ma- terials will be available next year to build schools, roads, office buildings, apartment houses, stores and many other types of commer- cial construction. A 2-year ban on building such recreational facilities as race tracks, pool halls, ball parks and swimming pools also will be lifted next April, or possibly earlier, the NPA said. In taking copper and aluminum off the DPA’s scarcity list, Fowler said quantities of these two key metals. are now sufficient, under existing controls to meet all im- Portant needs of both defense and civilian production. Want a delicious main dish for a bridge-luncheon? Bake thin five- inch pancakes and roll them a- round a filling of creamed canned lobster, —————____—__, No Job Too Small - Free Estimates PLASTERING, STUCCO AND PATCHING KEYS: PLASTERING CO. PHONE 1964R 632 N. Beach Drive, Apt. A seems that owning a Buick is some. thing that a lot of —plan for—and finally do. We say that because, so many times, they say so in words like those above. Those words make us happy, of course —happy to know we sell a car which means so much to those who own it. But they make us feel just a little bit sad as well—sad to realize all the years of fun such folks have been missing for no good reason aft all, For the fact is this: If you can afford any new car, you can afford a Buick. You can afford the thrill of bossing A e Atomic Arms Program Help Up LONDON (P— Britain’s atomic arms program is being held up | because the government’s atomic scientists don’t make enough mon- jey, an all-party _ parliamentary | committee reported today. Quali- fied scientists prefer to work for | private industry at higher wages. The report of the select Com- mittée on Estimates, a watchdog group to see that the British tax- payer. gets his money’s worth, urged the government to raise sal- aries and improve working condi- tions for its atomic experts. A top government scientist can get 2,000 pounds ($5,600) a year— | good pay compared with average British salaries but small in eom- parison with the 3,000 pounds ($8,400) or more than industrial companies offer ordinary research men. Legations Raised To Embassies WASHINGTON (#—The State De- | partment announced today that | U. S. legations in Lebanon, Syria and Hashemite Jordan are being | raised to full-fledged embassies. 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