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

Key West-Born Boy Sworn Into Coast Guard By His Father Ae ze U.S. Coast Guard Photo JOHN ERIKSON, 20, son of Chief Electrician Raymond S. Erikson, USCG, and Mrs. Erikson, Key West, being sworn into the service by his father at Norfolk, Va. John was born in Key West when his parents lived here 20 years ago. The elder Erik- son has beén in the Coast Guard for 23 years. John has signed up for a four year hitch. A graduate of Norview High School, 1950, he has been attending the Norfolk ‘Division, College of William and Mary-VIP. He has been sent to Cape May, N, J, for 13 weeks of recruit training. The Eriksons now make their home in Arlington, Va. Mrs, Erikson was formerly Eleanor Richards of Key West. By SAUL PETT (For Hal Boyle) ‘ NEW YORK (#—A fellow I know hasn't been the same since he con- | tributed $3 to the presidential campaign. He tries not to act differently in | public. But riding the subways, he can't help thinking: isn’t it a dra- matic irony? Here are all these people talking about and reading {about the campaign and little do His choice of candidate isn’t im- | they know that the deceptively portant in this discussion. What bareees = man next to them is is significant, it.seems to me, is the change that»has occurred in my friend, This is the first time he ever invested anything more than emo- tion in a candidate. Obviously, it must bé quite an experience. For the first time in years, his chest protrudes more than his stomac! He now takes a personal, posses- | sive View of the state of the na- tion. He watches the progress of the campaign the way an investor ~checks the latest quotation on his stock. He has begun thinking of him- self as a president maker. He now sneaks glances in the mirror, try- ing out long, black cigars for size. At almost any moment I expect him to ask whether vested interests are still wearing frock coats. My friend is trying very hard | got to be the Edward Arnold type of kingmaker — overbearing, de- manding, dictatorial. I suspect he thinks of himself more as the Ronal¢ Colman type—quiet, subtie, restrained and yet firm in keep- ing his hands on the reins of his- tory. BEAT THIS VALUE iF YOU CAN! DON'T WAIT ACT NOW! COMPLETE WITH 8 aracinons TWO YEAR stavice GUARANTEE! MAH COUPON’ ATLAS stores. inc. t 20? S. MALAMI AVE “ MIAMI i | Phone 808-M In Key West | I Without obligation, | would like @ Pree Heme Demonstration of | the Brand New Cleaner at $11.95 1 Name H] Address | 1 City sii Rips sh RR. F. D. Address— c} Please Send Specific Directions cee on el ae oe a power behind the throne. Sort of a mystery man of finance, a Basil Zaharoff or Mark Hanna disguised as the Man in The ‘Street. As a man with a stake if the campaign, he also can’t help think- jing that he and his candidate | ought to get together. He'd give | his nominee lots of advice. “T think we can cut some eam- |paign expenses herd and there,” | my friend would say. “Are you, | for example, getting round-trip | family rates from the railroads? , Couldn’t you rent out advertising space on the sides of the train? | Why not ride in a smaller car in | the motorcades and get more miles to the gallon? Couldn't that con- fetti be saved and used again in | the next town?” My friend knows that a half} hour of preferred television time | costs, about $55,000. He has figure: it out that he is paying for abou | one-tenth of a second. How much }can a man say in that time? A | phrase, a word, a syllable? What- ever it is, my friend insists that his candidate make it clear. He has nightmares about the nominee coughing on his time. Now, about the inauguration, my friend doesn't hold such things to | be important but his wife—well, you know how women are. They like to be seen in the right places. | The candidate would make my ‘friend's wife happy with a couple of tickets for seats on the plat- | form just to the left, say, of the chief justice | “df I don’t get to talk to you at the swearing in,” my friend would | tell his candidate, “I'll see you at the inaugural ball. You, of course. won't forget to invite us, will you? | And if you have an extra tuxedo, I'd be much obliged “Now, don't worry about having us over right away ‘our first few days in office will be pretty busy | and you needn't hurry to i us to dinner at the White House. | call to rush, but we do happen a baby-sitter lined up for me enough to discuss my ful j My wife, I fear, has been think in tern of the Ce at s James, but frankly I de one of the larger embas ever, if you can see your way / clear to an assistant r In the M le Ages, May was observed as @ great public STAR * BRAND AMERICAN COFRFEF and CUBAN MGONROE MOTORS, inc. te tener die (Rie ee at. BOYLE SAYS LINCOLN-THE ONE FINE CAR Smathers Is Concerned About South Florida’s Crop Losses By SEN. GEORGE SMATHERS behind its establishment — that» WASHINGTON.—It was a re- port of real concern the other day when we received the dis- tressing news of widespread losses throughout the Florida vegetable producing acres. Unusually heavy rains had washed out many crops, threaten- ing ruin to many small farmers and substantial setbacks to those able to withstand the losses. When the reports reached me I immediately conferred by tele- phone with Senator Holland and with other members of the Flor- ida delegation in Congress. Then I called upon the head of the Farmers Home Administration. Almost within the hour, the Department of Agriculture was receiving its own reports of dis- tress in the area and calling for additional information from the field. It is our thought, after dis- cussing the matter thoroughly, that if conditions and need war- rant, the areas affected shall be certified for “disaster areas” thus making the farmers eligi- ble for special assistance in the form of loans from the Farmers Home Administration. This agency was established by Congresp to meet conditions such as apparently exist in the central Florida and Lake Okee- | chobee areas at the present time. With our delegation; as usual, working on the problem in com- plete unity, there is no doubt that every consideration will be given by the Agriculture De- partment, FHA, which is direct. ed by a Georgian and part time Floridian, Mr. Dillard B. Las- seter. One of the aspects of this farmers’ aid program is that it is designed to permit energetic and ambitious small farmers to help themselves. Over the years, the agency has proved the theory given a chance and a minimum of credit, these farmers car. and do make goo. Mr. Lasseter told me during our conversations that his agen- cy has not cost the taxrayers anything but rather has showed a profit. More than 97 per cent of all loans made have been paid back, or are being paid. Just before this was sent out I again talked with Mr. Lasseter and he said, “I am confident that loan funds will be made avail- Tuesday, October 28, 1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN JAPAN TOURIST BUSINESS INCREASES TOKYO.—(#).—Japan had a 15 million dollar “harvest” from more than 56,000 foreign tourists who visited the country last more than double the number of tourists. able to the farmers in Florida whose crops have been injured by these very heavy rains. YUGOSLAV OFFICIAL ASKS FOR ASYLUM UDINE, Italy (®—The command- ing office of the Yugoslav finance guard for the Sturma district at Polava Pass has crossed into Italy and asked for political asylum. Kemal Mujagic said yesterday he was tired of Marshal Tito’s Communist regim * _ SERVE YOURSELF TO FREEDOM GULFSTREAM FOOD DEPARTMENT STORES 1105 WHITE STREET More than one person 12 SIGSBEE ROAD DELIBERATELY DESIGNED FOR MODERN LIVING has hought a new Lincoln from this picture alone People have actualy walked tnto €fncdin show: rooms, pointed to the Lincoln picture in an advertisement, and said, “I want that car,!t We enjoy the tribute to Lincoln's prestige, And we buying the 1952 can understand a person on appearance alone, + But we would rather you didn’t. For the Lincoln's beauty is not something ou can see in an illustration. It's a living rod le pn trong eh in keeping with living. It’s a beauty that you sense in the silent power of Lincoln's new overhead valve V-8 engine . . . in the effortless control you get from the dual range HYpRa-Matic Transmission and the new ball- joint front wheel suspension (first on any American production car). If you insist, we will, of course, part with « Lincoln before you drive it. But it is so differ- ent that it must be driven to be understood. When may we expect you for your demon- stration? We'd like to show you soon. COSMOPOLITAN and CAPRI