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Page2 «HE MEY W2ST CITIZEN Tuesday, November 25, 1952 Bhe Key Mest Cittyen Published Gaily oc. ): cunuay, Gy L. P. Artman, owner and pul lisher, trom The Citizen Suiding, vorner of Greene and Ann Streets. Oniy Daily Newspaper m Xey West and Monroe County >. ARTMAN Publisher ORMAR D. ARTMAN Business Manager “Gntered a! Key Weet, Florida, ss Gecond Class Matter ‘FELEPHOWPS 51 and 1995 Momber ef The Associated Prese—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for reproduction sf all news dispatches credited to it ce not otherwise eredited im this paper, and also the local news published here. Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida ‘habescription (by carrier) 25c¢ per week, year $12; By Mail $15.60 “ADVERTISED RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen ie n open forum and invites discussion of public issue an4 subjects sf local or general interest, but it will not publish anonymous communications, FLORIDA IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN |. Consolidation of County and City Governments, . Community Auditorium. SOUTH KOREA’S SOLDIERS Reports reaching the United States indicate that the morale and fighting ability of the South Korean soldiers, under the command of General Mark Clark in the Far East, have improved noticeably in the last six months. Some American front-line commanders have described the latest achievements of South Korean troops as noth- ing short of amazing. Whereas, several months ago, the South Koreans were looked upon by their Chinese adversary as the soft- ast of the Allied troops, that opinion has apparently shanged. The South Koreans, in recent attacks on the Chinese, have shown that they are very effective in hand- to-hand combat even against heavy odds. In the Chinese offensive of 1951, the enemy enjoyed his maximum successes when he concentrated his attacks on South Korean divisions. On several occasions, United States troops had to rush forward to fill the gaps left when South Koreans retreated very rapidly and, in some cases, in apparent panic. U. S. Army commanders in the area today believe a repetition of this is highly improbable. On the contrary, they feel that the South Koreans are as good as any of our Allies at the moment and that they — properly equip- ped and trained — make excellent soldiers. This is heart- ening news to every American, who hopes that eventual- ly the South Koreans can maintain their own defense lines, with a minimum amount of U. N. manpower re- quired, GAMBLERS AND O’DWYER The sad spectacle of continuing revelations of a tie- up, which was at least social, between the former Mayor of New York, William O’Dwyer, and certain gangsters, is a poor sight to behold. The ex-Mayor remains in Mex- ico City as our Ambassador to that country and announc- es that he may remain in Mexico even after the new Ad- ministration takes office. Whether er not Mr. O’Dwyer is avoiding the New York inquiry, which is continuing to delve into connec- tions between elected officials and gamblers in the New York area, his reluctance to return to New York does his case no good in the eyes of American pubile opinion. The continuing statements about his connection with gam- blers, even if all connections were social, makes it highly desirable that he return and explain the statements made about him. This, however, the’ former Mayor appears disinclined to do. BRANDED! Smathers Enthusiastic About {Florist Will Western Florida After Visit WASHINGTON: (Dictated from somewhere in Florida) — I am writing my newsletter this week from various places in west Flori- da where I am having the pleasure of visiting extensively for the first time in nearly two years. The reception I have been given in this wonderful part of our great State has been magnificent. I have been encouraged and inspired by talking with the people of Florida as at no other time since I started thinking about running for public office, Everyone has given me a most cordial welcome, and I have been showered with the sort of! hospitality for which the South is noted. Everywhere I have gone, people have expressed a general approval of the position I have taken on major issues before the Congress. Here in this area, people have spoken to me, too approvingly of large appropriations for projects to develop our natural resources, such as the giant Jim Woodruff dam. People also talk about the record peacetime military appropriations which Senator Holland and I and the Florida House members have been able to bring to the State. It is gratifying to find that so many people do understand the work that we in the Congressional delegation have been trying to do for the ad- vancement of the State. NOTES FROM HERE AND THERE — Many of our friends who have expressed a personal interest in the marriage plans of my secre- tary, Juanita Thomas, will be in- terested to learn she is going to stay right on the job. Cupid put a note on the office bulletin board the other day; he was defeated and the wedding bells won't ring out . «. Scotty Peek, of my Senate staff, and I started this recent Florida tour at Jacksonville where! I was a guest of Lt. Col. Charles| Cunz and helped cut the cake on the Marine Corps birthday ... At Italy Claims Army To Be Europe’s Best By JAMES M. LONG ROME W-—The Ministry of De- fense claims Italy will go into 1953 with the strongest army in West- ern Europe. That army, the ministry says, will have a fighting firepower equal or superior to the equivalent number of British or American divisions. Most of the new firepower has been gained by a switeh, under the American arms aid program, from old British and Italian to modern U, S. arms. American military observers and U. S$. correspondents who have seen Italy’s latest military parades and maneuvers report noticeable strengthening in Italy’s armament —but have seen nothing w equal either British or American division firepower. These observers point ow that even under arms aid, the Italian Army is still not getting America’s latest model jet fighters, tanks, big Bazookas or automatic weap- ons. The Defense Ministry, however, says conversion to these is “‘rapid- ly under way.” It reports that by the start of 1953, Italy will have 10 infantry divisions, two Alpine brigades and two armored divisions. Foreign observers here say, how- ever, that only six or seven of the 10 infantry divisions are actually 10 infantry divisions are actually up to NATO standard strength in arms. The ministry gives this com- parison: Tallahassee, where I spoke on Armistice Day, I had the pleasure “The Italian infantry division has ; 19,271 individual arms, 734 collee- }erous space he gives | DeFuniak Sp of visiting that great Capital city) tive arms, 347 pieces of artillery, newspaper, “The Democrat,” and/10 armored cars and 18 light talking with Jack Tapers, Steve| weapons carriers. Yates, John Kilgore, and other} “The United States division is members of the staff . . . I also| inferior to the Italian in individual appeared in a radio forum (over| arms, equal in artillery, but super- WTAL) with Malcolm Johnson, | ior in collective arms and weapons head of the AP staff; I enjoyed, carriers. discussing various matters with| ‘‘Personnel for all three infantry Dr. Malcolm Parsons and Bob’ divisions is the same—about 18,500 | Delaney, the station's chief com-| men.” mentator . . . Had a wonderful] ‘ - time in Quincy and especially en-} Mail service is believed to have joyed my visit with Editor H. C., been first started in the Persian McFarlin of the “Times,” and the} €Mmpire as an aid to maintaining opportunity to thank him for gen-|S0vernment control over wide| my news-| territories. letter . . . At Chipley we arrived in time to enjoy a short visit with} Was invited to ride with us for a} L. E. Sellers, Editor of the “Wash-| day or so and attended some of! ington County News” . . . Thurs-| the meetings where I spoke, and day, November 13, turned out to be} I usually put him to work; he lucky because I was able} added a lot of life to our meetings with Editor John} by reciting some of his wonderful reeze” and Editor] stories .. . I got over to FSU in Ss, of the “Herald” at}time to attend Homecoming;! gs. when I stopped| “everybody” was there, and it was ed by Mel Jen-| an enjoyable occasion. From Talla- uring a morning visit) hassee I went to Panama City a wonderful time} where Russ Kersey had a splendid nd E. A. Wil-| group assemb): dinner and others to whom| where I spent what seemed to be word . . . At/ several hours answering questions Mapoles joined us| over t . Many peopl »p and then drove! have ssed disapp t Y wife, Rosemar me on this trip. Sh me to look out for Causey of the * Howard §$ for lunch ar Be Maine’s Leading Man By EARL ARONSON AUGUSTA, Me. (#—A bespecta- cled florist—mild-mannered but de- termined enough to win every election in his 18 years of cam- paigning—will become Maine's governor in January. Kt wasn’t until he was 31 that Republican Burton M. Cross, now 49, decided to go into politics. His ambition as a youth was to be- come a lawyer. When family fi- nances prevented that, he decided to help make laws. Cross, who defeated Democrat James C, Oliver in Maine's Sep- tember election, would like to at least “‘level off the trend toward centralization of government.” “It we: follow a trend of turn- ing back services from the federal government to the states and from state government to the towns,” he hag’ said, “local government once ‘again would mean a lot more than it does now. “Many problems can best be handled at the town level, where a closer supervision and a more thorough knowledge of local con- ditions may result in a better tax- payer’s value for his dollcr.” Cross’ father died when he was 8. The boy was driving a pair of horses on the family farm here when he was 12. A track enthusi- ast, young Burt was a familiar sight running in Augusta’s out- skirts or practicing field games. When he was 31 he ran for the City Council and was elected. Sub- sequently he served as president of both the Council and Board of Aldermen. The Legislature was the next step. 2 Cross sat two years in the House and four in the Senate, where he was president in 1949 and 1951. As presiding officer, he seldom if ever became ruffled or snarled in parliamentary tangles. He ruled with impressive fairness. The governor-elect enjoys fish- ing but doesn't go very often. Re- ports that he hauled a 644-pound salmon from Sebago Lake are “somewhat magnified,” he says. It was a 2%-pounder. Mrs. Cross was Olena R. Moul- ton of New Hampshire. She and Cross met while she was visiting her grandparents in Vassalboro. They have three daughters and two grandchildren. EMPLOYEES STUDY LETTER WRITING NEW YORK (AP)—A big life insurance company (U. S. Life In- surance Co.) has sent its home office employees who correspond with policy holders and other agen- cies to school to brush up on letter writing. A three-month course is being given at New York Univer- sity. More than 20 executives have already taken the course. THIS ROCK OF OURS By BILL GIBB Brrr... and if Cayo Hueso’s cold spells were not of such short duration we would not have any tourist nor half our present popu- lation. At least this writer wouldn't continue to live on the island. There are to many warmer spots te the south, During the recent Norther 1 dreamed continually about the beautiful coastwise trip along Cu- ba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and on into sunny Puertu Rico. Some who read that sentence will call me a liar because that same trip is at times exceptionally nasty with fog and spitting rain. I’ve made the voya.e in both kinds of weather but on most days and nights it is really beautiful. And sunny Puerto Rico? Is it so ideal? Well — as I was saying, I was dreaming of warmer spots while it was so cold in Key West. But Puerto Rico is a wonderful spot as are many of our friendly coun- tries to the South. The other day we talked about Cuba, let’s discuss some of the other places 20t too far away... PUERTO RICO When you enter the harbor at San Juan there is a rugged Morro Castle frowning down upon you, very much the same as going into Havana. However, the history of that castle, (really a fort), is much more vicious than the Cuban pro- totype. If you have any imagina- tion at all, its high escarpments, dark dungeons, and general atmo- sphere cannot but make you think of tortures, murders, old fashioned cannon blazing away at pirates, ete. San Juan and Puerto Rico are more than Morro Castle. They com- bine the old and the new. They represent the Latin-American way- of-life that we here in the United States cannot understand or tol- erate, It is a method of living in which there is practically no mid- dle-class. The squalor of old San Juan is pitful. Narrow, dirty streets, fami- lies crowded together, practically no sanitary facilities ~ yet the majority of residents are happy and extremely friendly to a visi- tor. New San Juan is as modernis- tic as Miami. Here is where your wealthier people congregate to ex- tract their money from the poor. In spite of their palatial homes, sumptuous living, and fine clothes, they are not nearly as friendly nor as happy. I spent a lot of time browsing Eisenhower To Reorganize Exec. Office NEW YORK. (#—The New York times said Monday that President- elect Dwight D. Eisenhower is working out a plan for reorganizing the executive office to bring its various units under over-all super- vision of a special assistant. This assistant would function as a secretary general of the Office of the President, a Washington dis- patch to the Times reported. Such a reorganization has been strongly recommended to Eisen- hower, and completion of the plan for it was reported Sun. night to be in sight, the story added. When asked about the story, Ei- senhower’s press secretary, es C. Hagerty, told a newsman: “When we have any appointments or anything, we'll announce it.” Hagerty said he could not even say ‘‘no comment” on such reports. The Times said the plan calls for organization of the executive office units into these distinct branches: 1. A planning branch, containing the Council of Economic Advisers, National Security Council and Na- tional Security Resources Board, 2. The Bureau of the Budget. 3. A branch in charge of coordi- nation of the sther two branches, the Cabinet and the President's personal staff of three secretaries, an assistant, six administrative as- sistants, a special counsel, an ex- ecutive clerk and the Army, Navy and Air Force aides. Subscribe to The Citizen STRONG ARM GRAND COFFES Triumph Coffee Mill at ALL, GROCERS Tonite At Dinner CHICKEN Liver SAUTE WITH RICE Complete Dinner OCEAN pano restaurant $2.85 fi DB AND COCKTAIL LOUNGE LAND'S END . SIMONTON STREET AND THE OCEAN KEY WEST'S ZANIEST TRIO — KOPY KATS FOOD SERVED ™ HOURS A DAY Direng end Dancing Every Nite {around the old section of the town | Beggars, prostitutes, ete., were a nuisance but the storeowrers, the man-on-the-street, the girls who were not trying to sell themselves -- these were all lovely Puerto Rico is a volcanic coun- try. The back sections are besuti- ful - sometimes primitive, often |as modern as any cane growing area in our own South. A constant breeze prevents overbearing heat and a fellow can live there for half of what it cost him in the United States. Yes siree, it is a good place to keep in mind if Key West gets too cold! Or there is..... PANAM~ The Republic of Panama calls itself the ‘crossroads of the world.” Actually, it would do better to be called hodgepodge of nations” that embodies the good and bad of all of them. I love the place and its people. The famous U. S. Canal Zone is nothing but government bureau- cracy carried to its fullest ex- treme. With everything federally owned, federally operated — it is an ideal spot for a parasite but give me the real Panama. Like San Juan, Panama City and Colon are a mixture of the old and the new. And there is the same standard of living - exteme wealth and threadbare poverty. Perhaps we'd better continue | this tomorrow. . . . 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