The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 24, 1952, Page 2

Page 2 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Friday, October 24, 1952 The Key West Citizen Published daily (except”sunday) by L P. Aitman, owner and pub- lisher, from The Citizen Building, corner of Greene and Ann Streets. Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County t. P. ARTMAN Publisher NORMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter - TELEPHONES 51 and 1935 Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for reproduction of ali news dispatches credited to it or aot otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published here. Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier) 25¢ per week, year $12; By Mail $15.60 SRE ASN SS eS SESE ac A aS SS DES ch aa ADVERTISED RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issue and subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish anonymous communications. IMPROVEMENT? FOR KEY WES? ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN siece fated and Apartments. and Bathing Pavilion, Land and Airporte—I Sea Consolidation of County and City Governments L 2 2 4 § Comunity Auditorium Sonate —_ a ee SOUTH KOREANS DELIVER Recently, South Korean troops were given an im- Portant assignment in.the central sector of the Korean battleline, as heavy Communist attacks threatened to push Allied lines backward. In the Communist offensives of 1951, the South Koreans were usually the first troops to be broken by the impact of the Communist attack and, on several occasions, Americans had to be rushed into the lines to fill the gaps where South Korean troops fled in panic. The picture in 1952 seems to be a bit different. South Korean troops, thrown into the battle, distinguished them- selves and charged the enemy with a fury which clearly -demonstrated their will to fight and their aggressiveness. | 'n view of the statement by General Dwight D. Eisenhow- v, Republican presidential candidate, that South Koreans 'd eventually man the entire line, this development is ‘tant, The U. S. Army has been training South Korean 3 for over two years now and, in recent months, U. S. “y observers have praised the new South Korean highly. Some military obsprvers have even express- 2! to anything the Chinese and North Koreans had. In this connection, it is interesting to note that most of Korea’s population lies in the Allied, or South portion of the country. Thus, the human resources from which gov- ernment can draw are greater than that from which the North Koreans can draw. It is true that there are a million Chinese Communists *ngaged in the war and this is the paramount reason why the American troops may not be withdrawn any time soon. : However, it is altogether logical that South Korean units should replace American divisions steadily in the coming | months — should no truce be worked out. With these resources in mind and with the profession. al opinion of many American observers that the South Koreans are equal to the enemy, man for man, the Korean situation takes on a more hopeful aspect. While the South Koreans have little air power and no naval strength suf- ficient to carry out the task assigned to the Allies, they HEAVY, HEAVY HANG PE IR S OER THY HEAD [| (08 eeeeecencoevecccooves Peophe’. Forum EVV EVV CCC CTT TCV TCC C CTS ) THIS ROCK OF OURS SILL GiBB \haebeaneaksaesnnnseeennsemeeh Are you going to church this running into a lot of human beings, Sunday? At such times I'm likely to end A few weeks ago the Reverend | UP in my room reading the Psalms Eldon Simmons put a burr under | 20d actually for an indée- e belief that the South Korean divisions were at least | WOIRRI F< A LETTER Dear Neighbor: A South Floridian wrote me re- cently that during a discussion of | polities with his neighbors the conversation centered around do- nations to the major political par- jties for the national campaigns. He wrote, “Someone maintained there would be huge amounts do- nated to both parties. Is there any ceiling as to the amount a person can give to a party for the nation- al campaign? Is there a record ‘kept of these donations?” In answer to this gentleman I ;recited the Hatch Act, enacted in ;1939 and amended several times {since, limits to $5,000 the amount jan individual can give to any one \candidate or national committee. However, there’s no provision in the act to limit the number of these separate $5,000 donations one person can make, and no restrict- ions on the size of contributions to local political committees, A recent survey by a Wash- HAL BOYLE SAYS By SAUL PETT NEW YORK # — “Want more salad, dear?” she asked. “No, thanks,” he said. “How do you like my new dress?” “Fine.” “Fine?”* “Sure, fine. Wonderful.” Pause. “What happened at the office to- y?" she asked, “Nothing much, Usual routine.” “Now tell me frankly. Why don’t | wu like the dress?” “But I said 1 liked it.” “You said fine.’* “Well?” FROM ington news bureau revealed that | during the 1950 election year the ‘biggest gifts reported by nat- jonal political groups were at a | legal limit of $5,000. However, the survey also pointed out that mem- bers of families’ together gave much more, According to this news bureau jthe biggest donors to the Re- | publican Party were the duPonts who contributed $98,590; the Mel- lons who donated $42,500; the Beut- ley’s of Michigan and Washing. |ton who contributed $36,000 and the Rockfellers who gave $23,000. This news bureau reported the largest contributor to the Dem- ocratic Party was the Frankel family, of Texas and New York, ‘who donated $12,000. In this same mail bag were a couple of inquiries about the par- ticipation of federal employees in a national campaign. One neighbor , Wanted to know if a Congressman v BILL LANTAFF could ask federal employees in his district for financial help on his campaign. The answer to this is a definite—No! The Federal Corrupt Practices Act makes it unlawful for any- body on the federal payroll either to solicit or receive ¢am- paign gifts from others paid out of the U. S. Treasury. Another neighbor wanted to |know how much political activity the law permits for federal em- ployees. The Hatch Act the basic law placing political restrictions jon federal employees, lets them vote, express political opinions, and make voluntary contributions to any political party. However, it prohibits employees from using official authority or influence to affect election results and ‘rom taking an active part in a political campaign. Maximum penalty for violation is dismissal. Sincerely yours, BILL LANTAFF Who Has Adopted Her? Editor, The Citizen: —~ My guess is that the writer of the letter in The Citize nsigned “An Adopted Conch,” is a woman, and that she wrote lopsidedly to try to hide her identity. Every- thing she said in the letter she harped on in a conversation with ;me. Further, it was easy to de- |termine, judging by soem words j she let slip unwittingly, she is a Republican, registered as crat. | She should not be ashamed to | tell the world she is a Republican. | That is her privilege, and it would be wrong, as well as foolish, to critizise her for exercising it. But | | why hide in a wood pile when es- | |pousing the Republican cause? | It is her right to come out boldly |for Eisenhower as it is for any- |one else to come out boldly for Stevenson. . But censure is justified in the case of a fence-straddler, such as Smathers, or a man who crawls into a hole and keeps mum, such as Holland. Smathers will be back in 1956 telling Floridians what a good Democrat he is, and Holland will be back two years later telling | them what a good Democrat he is. Did you hear what ice Presi- dent Barkley said ip a 5 about Senator Byrd of irginia? That punch in the midriff applies also to Smathers and Holland. Bar- kley said Byrd reminds him of a {man who deserts a wife who has | been faithful to him for many long | years. Byrd has deserted the Democra- tic party that has been faithful to him since his early manhood. And |he deserted it just because he could not have his own way about every plank in the Democratic | platform. His desertion is scoffing }at majority rule, which, many a j time, he has extolled as the cor- ‘nerstone of our democracy. Now he scowls and sulks because that tule does not conform with his pet obsession But back to The Citizen letter. Why didn’t “An Adopted Conch” tell us who adopted her? SAM E. HARRIS Key West, Fla., Oct. 22, 1952 OLD CARS, LESS HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS DENVER, (® — A Colorado offi- | cial came up with some rather | my hide by asking a similar ques- | finable tion and I’ve been cncoanfestadie {aly a chureb ever since. He said: ‘Why don’t you attend church and find out what it is like?” At the time I was writing against the ministers getting into the dog-track controversy because I didn’t think that their congrega- tions had the intestinal fortitude to back them up. The subsequent vote appeared to prove that I was right. With such a small number of voters showing up at the polls, a Demo- | most of the church people must | have stayed at home. But to get back to the church attendance question. The pastor of the Ley Memorial Methodist Church had a legitimate right to throw such a query at me because unfortunately, I nearly always manufact@re one excuse or anot! ~~ | to get out of attending servic For instance, one favorite alibi concerns the fact that I don't have anything to wear, It is true but only because of the fact that while buying a wardrobe, my plans nev- er include going to church. Another good excuse is that I dislike being in crowds. Many. a time I feel a definite need for the atmosphere of a church but dread NEWS BRIEF WEST PALM BEACH —The 1953 meeting of Women of the Church, Synod of Florida, Presby- terian Church of the United States, will be held in Sarasota. At the close of the 29th annual meeting here Wednesday, Mrs. Russell Bogue, Tampa, was elec- ted vice president and Mrs. Fran- cis M. Womack, Jacksonville, was named recording secretary. Other | officers are hold-overs. MIAMI (#—Rio De Janeiro, Bra- zil, has invited the American So- ciety of Travel Agents to meet there in 1953. The invitation was extended at the convention here Wednesday and officials said several other cities are expected to put in their bids before the selection is made in January. Representatives from 54 nations are attending the convention, which ends Friday. NASSAU, Bahamas\#—The heav- jest rainfall ever recorded in the Bahamas Islands—nine inches— was recorded during the 24 hours ending Wednesday morning. The previous record was 488 | she said in a rising voice. “That's | surprising statistics for those who ' inches in June, 1949. No serious might think old, worn automobiles | damage was reported from Tues tall I hear. I’m just—~” “Now you sound like someone in | a bad soap opera.” j are responsible for most fatal high- way accidents. C. P. Fugate, director of the | “T don’t care how I sound. So | state revenue department, said 192 grand. It’s perfunctory. Swell, ter- it's trite. Well, I feel trite. I'm | motor vehicles were adjudged at ic, snazzy, maybe.But not fine.” | locked up in this house all day | fault in accidents which caused 221 “Okay, it's snazzy. It is; you | while you're at the office doing | deaths in Colorado up to Sept. 1. know.” |heaven knows what——” Of these cars, 138 were postwar Pause. | “What do you mean, ‘Heaven | models and only 20 of them had *f suppose you think I'm silly,” | knows « hat?’ I work at the office. | been manufactured by \1939. she said. “But I always say I like | ane cg powering eee your new suits.” | else—like wild parties. WASHLINE RAIDERS ‘All day, cleaning in this house, | “It’s been a year and a half po you know how frustrating it is; ARE CAUGHT | MISSOULA, Mont—(#).— Po- \lice here uncovered some boxes since I had a ‘hew suit.” |to clean a house? You dust the “Why do you say that?” blinds. Next day they need dusting * “Oh, let's cut this nonsense. I again. Oh, it’s so rewarding. It's | ang came up with some clean Just said it, that’s all.”* j all so ineredibly dull while YOU, wash, thus apparently solving “You're trying to make me feel | YU have ang vane nh?” |the mysterious clothesline raids guilty.” | Pos pate ht Seegeni », {that plagued 12 families. ure, I have lunch. I have lunch |" 6.6 of the victims, the com- “Now, look, I'm not tying “to | gione or 1 have lunch with a neigh: | p ; . missioner of public safety, looked make you feel anything. I'm just ' bor and we talk about a new cake | 1, o.ch the three large boxes of SLOPPY JOE'S BAR Continveus Fleer Shows & Daricing The Fabulous /MARCELLA LYNN and JEANIE CRISTIAN, DUSTY DeLOU! M Stanley . atk Seny' Ti The Girl With the Green Hair that probably this church-going pe reas 5485 a 8 i 5 E i i i ag & » ah 583 Ekeces a! day night’s downpour and there winds, were no high MIAMI BEACH —The National Security Traders elected Harry L, York, president at its ing here Wednesday. New tee were Walter Mason, Lynch- burg, Va.; Tom Wakely, Chicago: Winton A. Jackson, Dallas, Larry Pulliam, Angeless a@ separate m are C. T. Mi A president, and George Garrison, Jacksonville, secretary-treasurer. Friday * Saturday CARIBBEAN with JOHN PAYNE and ARLENE DAHL ; Coming: O’HENRY’S FULL HOUSE With 4n All Ster Cost Pridey - Saturday A GIRL IN EVERY PORT with ‘ GROUCHO MARX and MARIE WILSON Coming: LAS VEGAS STORY Victor Mature and Jane Russell teem capable of assuming a larger share of the respon- | Sh tpeee . _ “Fine isn't your word. It’s like sibilities on the front lines, which is. altogether fitting and trying to eat. mix or the diaper service and isn’t |", Pn “Eat, sleep, office, eat, sleep,” it scintillating? While you're hav- lothes and came up with six of ‘ing lunch out, different places, dif ferent people.” his freshly laundered shirts, That clinched it for the police. which will relieve many American soldiers from the or- deal of fighting for the hills and -valleys of another country. eed OF HAM ete sword Puzzle across 1, Converse 5. Hissing noise ® Stitch | 12, Eastern railroad 19. Russian eity 14, Self 13, Lease “« 32. Rubber tree 33. Insert 35. Disencumber 36. Strainer 38. Missions 0, Rabbit 41. Slow-moving wer 18 pall finish com 2 EaraP x rin, 2. Regard a sacred RN. Reserve supp rrr y add “ee <EES_ aS FLAG EF ACME SON EMEMBEL OMEN | GIIEIND) Solution of Yesterday's Puzz DOWN s Sus 1. Call ‘ Region : ‘4 ’ a a. Cooking po’ MERE Kes Seep way?” he asked. They were both screaming now bili holding two teen-age “What is it you women want any- | TTT RUGS CLEANED AND “tered Free of “harge IF OSSIRED UNTIL NOV. 30 All Ferma! Garments chemically orocessed. All work guerentesd and fully insured. POINCIANA “We want nothing special. Just to be happy. Well, to feel fulfilled. | Just to be a part of the world. And j you, you begrudge me a new | dress!” “| didn’t begrude you anything | You women are all alike. Before you're married, you talk about nothing but making a home and | having children. And then you get married and you act like your bus sand put you in jail.” j he ran up te her room, crying. ad he re 4 to the nearest ber ut she didn’t go home to mother pd be didn't stay away Instead. they had iunch 2 town the very next da; @ thought was smarty ought a sew seit, which hough! was terrific, and they did not have another fight that whole SAN CARLOS eo TODAY AND SATURDAY M-G-M EXCITEMENT! THE DEVIL. MAKES THREE ad PIER ANGELI “A great picture .. . Moves irrestibly with innumerable fine touches . . . Thrilling adven- ture, exciting chase ... Gene Kelly and Pier Angeli do superb jobs!"—Paul V. Beckley, N, ¥. Herald Tribune. 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