The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 16, 1952, Page 3

-KEY WESTER URGES NATURAL’ [Dates AreSet | LIFE NUTRITIONAL HEALTH AIDS Walter J. Burnham, electronics technician, four years a Key West resident, has released for publica- tion a letter he wrote to President ‘Truman regarding national health blems and workable solutions to ese problems, Mr, Burnham's approach to the problem was from the angle of promoting natural health rather than waiting until people are al- feady sick and then providing them with medical attention. When he was interviewed, Mr. Burnham said that his interest in the connection of nutrition with Batural health was aroused by the fact. that one of his two children ‘was in poor health during his early Years. This child, a boy, is now eight years old, and Mr. Burnham is sure that the improvement of his physical condition is due to the attention that has been given to nutritional factors. At least three years of research and two months of actual writing ‘went into the composition of the letter that has been sent to the President. When Mr. Burnham sent to the President for a copy of the book which Mr. Truman endorsed, “The Nation’s Health” written by Oscar R. Ewing, he became interested in the presentation the book makes as to just how sick Americans are “which is almost unbelievable and Indicates something should definit- ely be done about it.” In the opening paragraph of the letter, Mr. Burnham says, “I am writing this letter pertaining to health hoping that the government will make an effort to bring good Patural health to every home in America.” Mr. Burnham goes on to say that iis definition of the word health is “the ability to never get sick.” ‘Thereby he feels that hospitals and _ doctors could be dispensed with. He states further on in the letter that ‘we must, of course, still have doc- tors to set broken bones and take stitches, but that the failure of bas- ic body material is the fault of the food we eat, because every bit of our body material passes through our mouths. “The reason for poor health is due to one or more of three things: The first being design, the other two involving material.” In the human body, degeneration relative ‘to the structure of organs and tiss- ORIGINAL ues has a definate relation to health The material of which the body cells is constructed and the curr- ent material used, such as the food eaten in recent days are the other things which must be watched in. the interest of health maintenance. “Scientific research,” says. Mr. Burnham, “indicates that from 75: per cent to-98 per cent of all ail- ments are nutritional. tains the maximum of nutrition at the moment it is killed.” However, Mr. Burnham points out that produce in this country is exceptionally low nutritionally due to the fact that our soil is depleted. The cost of replacing the natural- or “trace” minerals and elements of the soil which support healthy live for plants and animals is high, so farmers “use chemicals which have a catalysis action that aids crops to get more of the remaining trace mineral. A few more crops are made possible with the use of these chemicals, but a ‘new low’ is reached. The problem then be- comes more involved and serious. We would do well to outlaw these chemicals which are not the. trace minerals necessary to the plants. With them we only go from bad to worse.” Mr. Burnham believes that nat- ure’s original method of. building and retaining topsoil by the use of organic materials over and over again is best. suggests the use of seaweed, reclaimed garbage and sewerage pits as the primary means of getting back the 100 years of topsoil we have lost. “It is the loss of organic matter in cities where garbage and sewer- age is ‘sanitarily’ disposed of which is the cycle that causes the depletion of soil. “This is the secret that has kept remote ‘and isolated communities thriving and naurally healthy on small Yields for thousands of years without the slightest soil depletion They have a phase that is similar to our ‘dust unto dust’ which is enough to convince them of the value in cycling organic matter even though they are not aware of trace minerals. “wolt is obvious that drastic steps must be taken in this country, steps that will seem as drastic as war itself. It must be realized that two projects are called for. First, the need to get the soil back to a good working level. Then there WED. thry sar. | OCF, 18, 36, 17, RLENZO ANTISEPTIC, ret, cinnomen tavored...tng. 701 bette 2 for Oe REXALL MILK OF MAGNESIA, pier Rap. te Dor Me SAGCHARIN TABLETS, 14 groin voto of 1000..teg. $1.90 2 for 1.09 Gardner's will be the maintaining of ' this level.” Mr. Burnham makes suggestions as to the setting up of facilities for every sewerage disposal: plant in the country, instead of only the few who are now so equipped, to make organic fertilizer form sew- erage. The topsoil maintenance pro- gram he suggests could be handled by expanding the present Forestry Services and Department of Agri- culture. Money for this could be raised by taxes, just as the money would be raised to support the suggested program of socialized medicine. With regard to the present sys- tems of adding preservative- to food being prepared for market and other such preparatory meas- ures as chemical treatments, mech- anical pressure, dehydrating, ag- ing, excessive cooking and canning, Mr. Burnham has this to say: “The general rule is to ‘keep it from going bad’ on the grocer’s shelves. By this I mean, keeping the food from supporting molds or insects as well as. souring bacteria. It may not have occurred to you that molds, Insects and bacteria require nutrition as well as hu- mans in order to be naturally healthy. Therefore, whatever ‘des- truction’ the food will require to keep mold, insects and bacteria from thriving will also keep hu- mans from thriving and being nat- urally healthy. Due to the stiff competition in the food industry, they must not allow any food to spoil on the gorcer’s shelves, | therefore, they must ‘preserve’ it *.....<The pure food laws we have today ignore nutrition. Some coun- tries have banned American foods because of their low nutritional value and preserving chemicals, The pure food laws are respon- sible for this low quality in our food. This condition would not ex- ist if the word ‘pure’ was applied in meaning as found in the diction- ary. The definition of ‘pure’ is: ‘Free from mixture or vitiating material. Free from adulteration; genuine; real; absolute.’ With these definitions in mind, a pure food would be a natural food.” Warnings about the depletion of the topsoil and the other matters mentioned by Mr. Burnham have been given before by the Depart- ment of Agriculture and by thou- sands of people who have studied the facts and see the problem as he sees-it, the writer points out. Concluding his letter, Burnham says, “The combined reports of the Department of Agriculture per- taining to topsom and report of Mr. Ewing on our national health in- dicates that this letter is not ex- aggerated in importance or fact. “For my countrymen and my- self, I would like to expect im- mediate action on a soil conserva- tion program as described........” Mr. Burnham says that he does not expect any detailed reply to this letter which he mailed to the President last Saturday, but that he hopes that this addition to the clamor for natural health helps may aid in some measures being | to the fullest extent. Bricker-DiSalle By REED SMITH COLUMBUS, 0.& (# — An out- spoken foe of the Truman adminis- tration and a man who once held a key job in it are waging a spirited battle for the post of United States senator from Ohio in the Nov. 4 election. Standing for re-election is Re- publican John W. Bricker, three- time governor of Ohio and GOP vice presidential nominee in 1944. Seeking to unseat him is Michael V. DiSalle of Toledo, former feder- al price administrator, Their campaigns provide Ohio- ans with a sharply etched election battle against a backdrop of na- tional significance, DiSalle, former mayor of Toledo, says the major campaign issue is “world. responsibility versus isola- tionism.”” Bricker pitches his bid for re- election on an attack against the New and Fair Deal programs. He says only the election Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as president will bring a change. And, he says ‘the general must’ be given a Re- publican Congress with which to work. Bricker, an ardent campaigner, | blames the administration for in- taken along this line, Having Spirited: Race For Senate | top-heavy majorities. After that 1944 defeat of the Thomas E. Dew- ey-Bricker national ticket, Bricker practiced law until his election to the Senate in 1946, DiSalle, at 44, is 15 years young- er than his opponent. He came to Ohio from New York at an early age. After practicing law in Toledo, he became counsel for the Home Owners Loan Corp. in 1933, Later he served as a member of the Ohio Legislature, and as assistant Toledo law director, five terms as Toledo councilman and vice mayor and mayor of that city, In 1950, he took the job of price controller, quitting more than a year later to run for senator with President Truman’s blessings. Bricker has leveled his heaviest guns on Truaman and Adlai Steven- son, Democratic presidential nomi- nee, rather than DiSalle. Typical of his comments during the cam- paign speeches are these: “Stevenson has displayed a dan- Serous inability to see the evil in commsrism.” “Truman and (Secretary of State) Acheson have too long ig- nored the demand of Chinese Na- tionalists and South Koreans for a flation and the Korean War, de- | mands an end to government cor- | ruption and a curb on the treaty- | making powers of the President ' and Senate. The junior Ohio senator, whose May 6 primary vote topped all oth- er candidates, has been one of Ohio's best vote-getters in previous elections. But DiSalle claims Bricker’s pop- ularity has waned and that his Senate record isn’t all it should be | | to win re-election, DiSalle hammers away at Brick- chance to help wind up the Korean War.” DiSalle takes the line that Brick- er ‘out of tune” with the times. He has said: “The record of my opponent shows that when inflation threat- | ened he was usually fighting need- ed controls and when communism threatened world freedom, he was opposing Greek-Turkish aid, at- tempting to weaken the Marshall Plan, asd voting to cripple the North Atlantic Security Treaty pro- visions.” er’s votes against Hoover Commis- | sion recommendations, the St. Law- | | rence seaway project and the Point | | Four program, among others. | | DiSalle complains Bricker 1s/ | spending large sums on his cam- | paign. He took note of reports real estate and railroad lobbies ha pledged financial -aid to Bricker, | and he asked the Senate E\ections | Expenditures Committee to keep jan eye on the Ohio race. Bricker has ignored a DiSalle | proposal to set up a joint citizens | committee to check on both their | per | called last August for contributions ita 4 published | budget, a political innovation in | Ohio, listed $40,000 for TV and ra- | dio time; $50,000 to mail one mil- | lion pieces of literature, $30,000 to have it printed and $15,000 for | newspaper advertising.* The rest covered salaries of campaign work- i ers and miscellaneous items. Bricker haesn't estimated the cost of his campaign but Republi- | can state headquarters indicated the cost would exceed DiSalle’s proposed budget. DiSalle is counting heavily on a | h series of radio-television marathon Pharmacy 14 TRUMAN AVE, talk programs to win votes. Bricker and DiSalle are lawyers. Bricker began his career in Ohio polities im 1933 as city atiorney of Red Fined ta1o eessczzc vs2é8aes 16 LYON, France @ —A French Criminal District Court has con- victed a Communist editor of harming the morale of the French | Army and fined him 20,000 franes (about $60), The editor, Georges Levy, was convicted yesterday of having pub- lished false statements about the French Army in his weekly news- paper, La Voix du Peuapie. For Navy Fete At a meeting held by the Board of Governors with Committee ity Carnival last week plans were Chairmen for the 1953 Navy Char- made and are in progress to have this the greatest carnival Key West has ever seen. The dates for the carnival have been set for Thursday, Friday and Saturday the 19 20, and 21 of Feb- ruary 1953. The admittance fee will be 9 cents and will be held in the same hanger at the Seaplane Base as in previous years. The new gate to the Seaplane Base will be open by the time the carnival opens and it is antici- pated that this gate will eliminate any traffic problems similar to the ones suffered in the past. The chairmen of the thirteen committees appointed to handle this gigantic event have been dele- gated authority to operate inde- pendently in carrying out its funct- ions. Capt. A. E. Buckley, Chairman of the Board of Governors urges all civilian employees who are interest- ed in helping with the carnival to contact the carnival manager, Cdr. Base to volun:teer their services. Douglass Alumni Plan Activities To Help School By ROBERT F. SMITH, JR. The Douglass High School Alum- ni Association held its initial meet. ing for the 1952-53 term on Septem- ber 29. At this meeting, Mrs. Al- fred Saunders was chairman with Prof. Alfred Saunders as President Several other officers were elected and sworn in, with a host of com- mittee Chairmen and members appointed. You are many who do belong to this organization. Many of you have | children who will benefit from the works of this organization. You will have the pleasure to attend October, 1952, 7:00 p. m. At this time many of the working ideals that you are gifted with and hold fast to may be set forth for the im- } mediate attention of our great School System. Tentative plans, such as the date of meeting, have been made for your support in various projects. Your approval and vows oi support are solicited. PRINCIPAL VOWS SUPPORT Professor Allen attended this meeting along with Professor (B. T. W.) George Dean. They are be- hind and in front of us; (Where are you? Did you Graduate or were you granted a favor of diploma?) They were commended on the very hospitable way ip which they received the new members of the Doughlass High School Faculty. A laurel wreath was given them for the reputation that is typical of them for their support of Douglass. Professor Allen conveyed to them, by the way of those who were pre- sent at the first meeting, the Yact that our School is growing and writing better, its records of being an Institution of learning. Let us be a part in this growth of learning. . ‘as your School grows so and as much do you grow.” Whe Belongs Te The Association You are a qualified member of the Douglass High School Alumni Association if: 1. You ever graduated from Douglass High School. 2. The grade of your then gradua- ting status has no bearing to make you a non-eligible. 3. Your present home is no grounds to disqualify you as a member. 4. Any person who feels that they achieved the Diploma that says “Graduated from Douglass High School”. = Do It Yoursett . Free Estimates From Measurements AAA PLASTIC TILE CO. 982 5. Minami Ave. Miami Wholesnte—Retatl y,¢ | Grandview Heights, Columbus sub- | FREE ESTIMATES GLADLY GIVEN lurb, bet quit efter four years to resume law practice, | Ts 1998, be became a member of the State Uulities Commission and ater served two terms as Obie at torney general. He was elected ae * a Oe ae OP corte D. T. Neill on 3-249 at-the Seaplane | the next meeting on Thursday 16 | ABROAD By STANFORD BRADSHAW BUENOS AIRES ® — A new theme of ‘‘one car in every ga- rage” is being sounded. by Presi- dent Juan D. Peron. This program sounds particularly attractive in Argentina, where only one person in 70 owns a car. General Motors, Ford and Chry- sler have assembly plants in Buenos Aires, but have not fab- ricated cars for themselves since early 1948. Peron’s government, to save foreign exchange, has re- fused to grant import licenses to the firms. Some few licenses have been given to persons with con- tacts in the government. The result is a market where new chevrolets are selling for $6,000 plus. Cadillacs, much be- loved by Argentina’s new aristo- eracy, carry $10,000 price tags. That puts car ownership far out of reach of the average Argen- tine, who earns perhaps $100 a month. To give these workers some hope. and also to encourage a national- istic spirit, the government an- Strunk Lumber Yard | SAYS... Get The Most Rent From Your Property If It Is Vacant for Dollar Lost Periods Occasionally If Prospects Don’t Grab at It Then, Fix It Up Pretty Like, and Watch Things Change Quick! ANYTHING YOU NEED |TO BUILD OR REPAIR Strunk Lumber Yard PHONE 816 120 SIMONTON ST. "| Thursday, Getober 16,1952) THE KEY WEST CITIZEN” nounced last march that it would build motor cars in its Aerotech- nical Institute at Cordoba. . The explanation was that it had a lot of expensive machinery there for building planes for the Argen- tine Air Force, but a shortage of materials was leaving the plane idle, so they’d build automobiles in- stead. The car, a lightweight two-cyl- inder job, is to be produced in three models—a sedan, a station wagon and a pickup truck. it is called “‘Justicialista” after Peron’s’ political program. Three prototypes were presented to Peron May 1 and‘it was an- nounced 5,000 models would be pro- duced within a year, Peron, in a later speech, promised that with- in “five years Argentina would be exporting instead of importing cars. So far the factory has not’ an- nounced prices. The impression ex- ists that the factory is still in the Planning stage. and that it will be some time before cars are being produced in any numbers, Argentina’s automobile dealers Page omental ling the going rough. 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