The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 25, 1952, Page 6

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ‘Thursday, September 25, 1952 PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen qetcomes expr sions of the views of its ers, but the editor reserves the wight to delete any ttems which are considered tihelou: ganted. The writers fate and cori: the ite on une side accompany the letters and will be published un- less requested otherwise. “WANTS MONEY PUT TO USEFUL PURPOSE” Editor, The Citizen: Instead of seeking contribu- dons for a monument for service- nen lost in World War II, why aot put the money to a useful »urpose? For instance, a scholar- hip fund for a worthy Key West ‘tudent. $2,500 is too Jarge a sum of money, for an object which will only be a target for the birds \nhabiting Bayview Park! KENNETH E. LIVINGSTON, U.S. Navy Ashe Street “Criticizes Nixon” Editor, The Citizen: Mrs. Nixon, wife of the Repub- lican vice presidential in an article about him, “I'll Say He’s a Wonderful Guy”, published in the Saturday Evening Post and reprinted in Reader’s Digest, says: “We have never done much en- tertaining in Washington because a senator’s salary, which is all we have runs out amazingly fast.” That asseveration—‘“which is all we have’”’—indicates the “wonder- ful guy” kept from his wife the secret of the $18,000 subsidy he had received from California “friends” in his official capacity as senator. SAM HARRIS Key West, Fla., September 23, 1952 “GAMBLING ILLEGAL IN MON- ROE COUNTY” Editor, The Citizen: In regard to the proposed dog track, what is the purpose of this $250,000 venture of the Key West Kennel Club, what kind of business will they engage in? I doubt if anyone thinks of it as merely a Place of amusement, where one pays the price of admission as at ‘the movie, for an hours entertain- ment. One entering into such a bus- iness would not find it necessary to advise on such a large scale in or- der to convince the people that it was a good thing. It is a well known fact that this every sense of the word, a gambl- ing house, and the promoters are attempting to convince the people lof Key West that it will be good | for them. The Sheriff has inform- ed me that gambling is illegal in Monroe County. How can the peo- ple be called in to vote on a thing that will be illegal when approved, without first repealing the law? If it is voted in, and gambling is found to take place there, the Sher- iff would certainly have authority to close it, and would be compelled to do so if the people demanded that the law be enforced. tracks all over the the State (and gambling is illegal in Florida), the Governor sanctions it, therefore it must be good; provides money for schools, ete. The promoters would have us believe that 88 percent of the profits ‘‘money in the pool” is given away. Very strange indeed. Why are they fighting so hard for the dog track in Key West? They know approximately what the Navy payroll is here. If they can pull so !many rabbits out of the hat, they | would find ways of getting the candidate, | Navy men on pay day. They believe Key West is a gold mine ready to be worked. Gambling must be an evil. Its evil effect: are far reach- ing to have caused laws tob made in an effort to eliminate it. There is no good in evil. This little Island is now a haven for the retired business or military man. We do not want the hustle and bustle of the racing crowd and, considering the water short- age, we are getting more tourists than can be taken care of. Sincerely yours, A Homeowner "ARGUMENTUM” Editor, The Key West Citizen, The propaganda peddlers are baying lustily in «ey West. All the greyhounds they want to bring to Key West could not raise hali the din these “per- suasive” sportsmen (?) are mak- ing in their rious efforts to corral the gullible Conchs. The propaganda techniques they are employing through every possi- ble medium in order to bam- boozle the public would put the Russians to shame. They are ex- ploiting every angle, burying every horest objection, glorify- ing their objectives as philan- thropic. And, in general, making use of every appeal that would proposed dog track is to be, in prejudice Key Westers’ in. their Someone will say there are dog | favor. Here, listed for your perusal, are some of the xro ganda devices they are enipioy ing: 1. Argumentum ad misericor- dia (The exploitation of pity.) | The poor, aged, and blind will be {hard put to get their welfare checks. The school teachers latent not get paid. The enti !fabric of government econor |might tumble down around our jears without dog tracks. 2. Argumentum ad crumen; |(The appeal to money.) Eve Key Wester will be infinite |richer because of the dog tr More tou S, more dogs to bu T-bone steaks for, more wealthy families coming to live here, ‘more of everything that will en-| rich Key West. Viva la dog ‘track! 3. Argumentum ad hominem (The 2 al to personal preju-} —— |dice.) Ke iWeeters are deriving| TAMPA Up—Frank Luptow, race needed money from other dog! track driver killed in a racing ac- ‘track ; therefore, it would be to | cident at Attanta Sunday, will be lour eternal shame if we didn’t | buried here today. |help to contribute to this fund. | Let us not tarnish our escutcheon of honor with this ignominous blot. 4. Argumentum ad_ verecun- {diam (The playing up of pres- tige.) The best pcople in Flerida }go to the dog tracks. If you {want to be numbered among the best you must be seen at the dog track. | 5. Argumentum ad ignoran- tiam (The stress upon ignorance.) A city without a dog track is backw , lacking true verspec- tive. A dog track would be the greatest forward step Key We-t has ever taken. 6. Argumentum ad captandum vulgus (A catch-all term for any dishonest argument “to catch the voters or crowd.”) Dog tracks | will eliminate taxes and provide] gp PETERSBURG WP—A cam- all needed revenues. | Paign to have presidential nomi- But this could go on forever.}nees picked in primary elections What I am trying to stress is | instead of conventions is under that these boys are professionals | way here. in the art of bamboozling. They| Leaders of the. movement have know all the tricks of the trade. | been incorporated as the National If ihey can’t hoodwink you, it | Committee for Direct Presidential isn’t because they didn’t try but | Preferential Primaries. that you were on to all their| George L. Sexton, president of tricks. I am merely trying to ex- | the group, said the campaign will pose their cheap ruses. | be carried on in all 48 states. He Remember this. One of the| iS @ city councilman at nearby valid arguments against dog | Gulfport. tracks is that the general econo- | my of Key West will suffer rather than gain. The normal circulation of money will be de- |viated inty “new” channels that will take money out of Key West rather than bring it in. Very truly yours, CHARLES G. MENDOZA 229-C Poinciana | FLOR'DA BRITS TAMPA (#—Rolando Rodriguez, only Hillsborough County resident to hold a federal gambling stamp, a vagrancy charge. Justice of the Peace J. G. Spi- cola Tuesday ordered the 33-year- _old bar operator held for trial. In arresting Rodriguez on a vag- rancy charge, Sheriff Hugh Cul- breath said purchase of the stamp was an admission of gambling and the law rates a gambler as a vag- rant arrest every person in this county | who buys one of the federal gam- bling stamps. sanity of Ruby McCollum, 32- year-old Negro woman charged with slaying a prominent doctor here Aug. 3, is scheduled to be made in Circuit Court Monday. On request of defense counsel, two doctors were named by Judge Hal W. Adams Monday to inquire jinto her sanity. She is charged with fatally shooting Dr. C. Leroy Adams, in the | town office. | Other patients in the office at the time said the doctor and the woman argued over the size of her bill. John L. Cogdill, Jacksonville, | one of the defense attorneys, said the trial, originally set for Mon- day, Sept. 2S, had been postponed | and a new date would be fixed. with inventing the macadam road. Your Grocer SELLS that Good | STAR * BRAND | AMERICAN ‘OF FFE and CUBAN -—TRY A POUND TODAY— KEY WESTERS, PROTECT OUR FAT PAYROLL!! Only three things need be considered about the proposal to establish a dog-rac ing track on Stock Island. First, the name “Key West Kennel Club” is a misnomer. Miamians, not Key Ww s, are promoting the dog-track movement. An appropriate name would be Miami, M:.cni Beach or Out-of-Town Kennel Club. One promoter says he was born and grew up in Key West. True, but just as soon as he was in a position to shake the Key West dust off his shoes, he scooted to Miami and has been a resident of that city ever since, Secondly, the promoters state that 83 percent of the money bet will be paid to winners. Whose money? The money paid to winners is the money lost by other bettors, The “Key West Kennel Club” CAN'T lose. The betting machines protect the promoters from losing a penny. When a man bets on a dog race, he RISKS his money — the only SURE winners are the owners of the track. A gambler has a chance to break a monte, poker or a roulette bank, but he has NO CHANCE to break a dog-track bank. Much has been said about the bu bags of bolita bankers, but a Key Wester does not have to be old to re ng money Il bolita bank- ers who flourished for a season, and died broke. But the bankers’ winnings at dog tracks are as sure as death and taxes. Thirdly, all Key Westers know that the Navy's local FAT PAYROLL sustains our prosperity. We can't say how the “Key West Kennel Club” regards that FAT PAYROLL, becanee we don’t know. But we can ask elub members this question: “Would you have considered establishing a dog track on Stock Island had we not had that FAT PAYROLL in Key West? Kev Westers. when yuo vote against the dog track vou tote to conserve that “Fat Payroll” to sustain and promote our Progress and Prosperity. ANTI DOG-TRACK COMMITTEE. will be tried in Criminal Court on | Culbreath has announced he will | one million and work is cond: LIVE OAK &—A report on the | John Lodon McAdam is credited | Members Of Seventh Day Adventist \Soviet Union Church To Observe 100th Anniversary Of Internal Sabhat During the month of September | aca particularly on September 27th, members of the Seventh-day Ad. |ventist church in Key West will join churches of that denomination all over the world in celebra |the 100th anniversary of their in- jternational Sabbath school. The growth of this organization is one of the unique chapters in the history jof Protestant mission activity, Be- | ginning as an uncertain venture in |1852, it’s enrollment now exceeds in 194 countries using guages. Strangely enough, a lowly lunch basket played an important role in the origin of the international program being hone this month jin centennial anniversary cere- ; monies conducted by members of ithe church in Key West. 716 | One hundred years ago youngsters of the church had | reason to enjoy the hour. | church services jat their elders. med | restlessly on hard, oversize benches with occasional paternal prodding |to bring them into line. | Then in the ; James White, the little long summer pioneer of of 1852 a the physician's down- |Seventh-day Adventist movement, |°tUrchs ‘first mission vessel—the | present, |felt impressed with the need to | make bible study attractive to the | children. He was travelling by car- | riage from Rochester, New York to {Bangor Maine, at the time. He |had stopped for lunch along the {road and while waiting for his {horse to feed and rest, he set | {about composing a series of sim- ple bible lessons for youth. White's writing desk was his now empty | lunchbox. Those and subsequent lessons , have proved to be the backbone of |the whole Sabbath school organ- ization, grown from that simple | beginning to a round-the-world in- | ternational “school.” | | At first children met at home to | Pursue these bible studies. Then | churches in Rochester and Buck- sbridge, N.Y., led the way in or- | |8anizing Sabbath schools. But | cted | atte lan- | ath school I In Large TV h School | a |there was no official organization | Expansion of the program until 1878. At that | By EDDY GILMORE time denomination in General | MOSCOW (#—The Soviet Union es at Battle Creek, | the first Sabbath | is in the midest of a large and anization with 5,851 mem. s in 177 schools in the United | Varied program of television ex- | Pansion and experimentation. The biggest station is in Moscow, ut others are xbeing installed | around the country The Moscow station has one chan- church run the nel presently, but plans three by > competition in In 1951 Sabb- \ that year the Sabbath |» membership has doubled s and the older rs elc re rece six days a week quarters in Was! On an average the programs be- reported 1,340,060 | gin just before 8 p. m. when a 73 of these weekly | pretty blonde with a sweet voice yut the world | says, “Greetings, comrades besides that of people’s interest | the evening and the next few days. ers have come from that unch-basket” venture. The Sabbath schools have proved to te the bedrock founda- tion of the Seventh-day Adventist’s widespread mission program, which pushes the top of the list of Pro- testant mission ac It was the »bath Schools that raised the $10,615 to establish the church's first mission, near Bul- awayo, Southern Rhodesia, Africa, in 1887. The year 1890 D.C ers in ae aa oO holdi in religious bene the youn the evening. It may be a news- reel, a documentary about some part of the Soviet Union, or a group of people from a nearby collective ‘arm who relate their activities. The big feature follows This may be a film, full-length feature, or a show televised di- rectly from the Bolshoi Theatre, home of the ballet, or from Mos- cow’s two dramatic theatres. The shows are televised right saw the | from the theater with the audience famed “Pitcairn’’—launched into the South Seas lars as a result Sabbath School offerings. And last year Sabbath schools contrib- uted a record $5,084,083 for miss- ions 1 ¢ a total of more than $81,000,000 given through the years y Sabbath school members—near- | ly half of the denomination’s miss- ions expenditures. Between the acts there newsreels or music. Some of these Programs are quite long. A re- cent one was an operetta direct from a theater and running from 8 p. m. to 12:15 a. m. 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