The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 28, 1952, Page 2

Page 2 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN The Key West Citizen Published daily (except sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and pub- lisher, from The Citizen Building, corner of Greene and Ann Streets. Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN NORMAN D. ARTMAN Business Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 51 and 1935 Subscription (by carrier) 25c per week, year $12; By Mail $15.60 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. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Beach anc’ Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Community Auditorium. TRYGVE LIE The resignation of Norway’s Secretary General of the United Nations, Trygve Lie, represents the sincere ef- forts of an honest man to end the Korean war. Mr. Lie, in his resignation, attempts to place the responsibility for continuing the fighting squarely on the shoulders of the Soviet Union. Whiie we do not believe Mr. Lie’s resignation will have the effect he hoped it would, feeling that he bases his expectations on the hope for honorable actions by the Russians, nevertheless, it must be regarded as an exam- ple of unselfishness and devotion to the cause of peace. It is interesting to note, in this connection, that Mr. Lie’s resignation brought attacks from both the right and left wings. The Moscow radio said that his resignation was a revelation of his “complete political bankruptcy.” The Moscow radio also accused him of being an agent of aggressive circles in the United States and said his ac- tions in this capacity had aroused indignation all over the world. Thus, the Moscow radio and the Soviet propaganda line took the occasion of Mr. Lie’s sincere effort in behalf of peace to portray this act as proof that Mr. Lie had been conducting his duties in an improper manner. This is always the Communist line and reveals the futility of expecting anything honorable from the Soviet leaders, Senator Pat McCarran, Nevada Democrat, said, af- ter the resignation, that the act had been a result of dis- closures of alleged Communist ties of United States citi- zens employed by the United Nations. And, Mr. McCar- ran added, on the resignation, “it looked good but it was hollow.” Mr. Lie himself said: “It has been terrible walking around, feeling that one reason for the deadlock in Ko- rea might have been the fact that one of the member States (Russia) has refused to recognize the Secretary- General. In the long run, no man can bear that kind of pressure.” Thus, Mr. Lie bowed to the tactics of a brutal, dictatorial, and thoroughly aggressive country. We admire the unselfishness of Mr. Lie’s decision, although we are afraid it will accomplish little toward the settlement of the Korean War, This is the time of year when the smel! of powder and the sight of a bird dog stirs up a commotion inside the Friday, November 28, 1952 CRAZY AMERICANS! NEW YORK #—Today no man in a nation of 157 million people need go hungry. Somewhere there is a table at which he is welcome. That may not be the most sig- nificant fact about this Thanksgiv- ing Day. But it is’ doubtful if in the history of the world a country so vast could name one single day during which its entire population could be certain of escape from mankind’s oldest foe—hunger. Thanksgiving is the 24-hour pe- riod in the year when all Ameri- cans try to harvest man’s great- est dream—peace amid plenty. No American really wants to start a quarrel on this day, and the Amer- ican soldier in lands heyond the sea hates to fight on it. The idea of Thanksgiving is no American invention, and even Pravda could hardly claim the Rus- sians found it first. It is as old as the Bible. The first thing Noah did after the flood abated was to give burnt offerings of clean beasts and clean fowl unto the Lord. Practically every ancient people had similar sacrificial customs. The British, beginning with the sinking of the Spanish Armada in 1588, have had special days of Thanksgiving after weathering an empire crisis or to celebrate such joyous events as the 60th year of Queen Victoria’s reign in 1897. But over a period of three cen- turies the practice of an annual day of thanksgiving—formally her- alded since Abraham Lincoln's proclamation of 1864—has become peculiarly an American institution. Now it is perhaps the most Amer- ican of holidays, because it wraps all the other holidays in one. On Thanksgiving Day the aver- age man thinks of his heritage of freedom, just as he does on In- dependence Day. His mind turns to his loved ones who have passed on, as it does on Memorial Day. He ordinarily gets time off from his job, as he does on Labor Day. He has a feeling of spiritual grati- tude, just as he does at Christmas, but it is a feeling limited to no one sect or religious creed. HAL BOYLE SAYS TODAY'S BUSINESS MIRROR By T. &. APPLEGATE (For SAM DAWSON) NEW YORK i#—Are we going to have steel figuratively ‘running out of our ears” in the next year or so? This has peen a satent fear among some steel producers ever since the industry aimed at a goal of 120 million tons of annual steel- making capacity. by 1954. » As the bulk of defense need is met, the thinking went, steel will pour out of the new plants in a flood more than ample for all civilian use. Now—despite a record steel pro- duction pace—there is spreading belief that such fears may be groundless. Some industry leaders are be- coming cautiously optimistic. And not just for the short term, either. Latest evidence on he over-ex- pansion question came this week from the president of the second largest steel company in the na- tion, A. B. Homer of Bethlehem Steel. Studies made for Bethlehem, Homer said, show that since 1900 there has been a close correlation between steel putput ard the figure for gross national product, cor- rected for inflation. Gross national product (GNP) represents the na- tion’s total output of both goods and services. Measured against GNP and, since 1919, the Federal Reserve Board index of industrial produc- tion, Homer said, the new steel capacity is not out of line. He commented: “Both GNP and the FRB indices reflect the facts of our semi-garri- son economy. But they also reflect Picking Adams As Aide Was A Smart Move By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON (#—Gen. Eisen- hower did himself a favor when he picked Gov. Sherman Adams of New Hampshire to be assistant to him as president. It may turn out to have been his smartest move so far. Not because he picked Adams. But because he acted so fast in recognizing he’ll need a lot of help when he takes over the presidency in January, both in advice and running the government. Eisenhower ought io live longer with an_assistant beside him to some of the work. One man couldn't do the job alone. It would kill him if he tried. Presidents Roosevelt and Tru- man both had White House trouble- shooters. Roosevelt had Harry Hopkins. Truman for a while had Clark Clifford. And John Steelman now has the job, But neither of those presidents apparently had in mind the same kind of chain-of-command which Eisenhower seems to be setting up through Adams. Adams said his duties, as de- scribed to him by Eisenhower, re- quire him to be am over-all co- ordinator of the various executive agencies, serving as liaison man between the White House and the agencies and Congress. This alone will keep a lot of people off Eisenhower’s neck and out of his hair. It’s another way of saying Eisenhower wants Adams to be his main buffer and chief of staff. Eisenhower has had long train- ing in doing business through a chief of staff in the Army. Judging from Adams’ own de- | scription of his job, it will be up to him to straighten out all the prob- | lems which can be possibly solved | without bothering Eisenhower with | | them. At the same time he'll have to| put out the fires in the Republican THIS ROCK OF OUR By BILL GIBB A reader has protested: “In your recent columns, you’ve mentioned several times about molesting wo- menfolk in foreign countries. Amer- ican don’t do that and you ought to be ashamed for casting such insinuations. Other nctionalities, perhaps, cam be so gross but not Americans!” Don’t kid yourself, dear friend! True, on the average, Americans are neither better nor worse than other nationaiities. They don go around specializing in offending others. However, some of the finest men I've ever known have acted like despotic gods when they find themselves amongst more primi- tive or underprivileged people. And large crowds of men, whether they are Americans, Germans, or English, have a tendency to be- come bullies. We've had trouble right here in Key West with groups of sailors. Not because there was anything wrong with the men themselves but because this tendency to bully | crops out when any large group gets together. You'll find the same thing in college towns. You’ll finc it in mill towns when an outsider walks in amongst a bunch of mill hands. And you’ll find it within ladies’ circles sometimes if an unknown barges into the group without realizing where she is. Another thing that lends toward such tyranny is Power. Power is what brutalized the Gestapo. Pow- er is what makes the Soviet Secret Police so inhuman. The destruction of Power amongst select groups has always been the way of Ameri- can life and it explains our human- ity, our social advancement, and our happiness. True enough, to allow power- rings to be set up would increase our stature among nations. If a city allows such dictatorial rule it often advances beyond other towns. But its residents lose in happiness and security. them as servants of the people - not masters. These same towns watch any particularly strong bus- iness concern, politica: group, or- ganized effort. They know that by giving such outfits an inch, they are going to lose a mile. So -- in answer. to my reader’s protest, I was not trying to cast insinuations but merely felt, and still feel, that I was stating un- equivocal facts. While We're On The Subject There is one place in which a man can be trusted with unlimited power - that place is withir his Soul, provided he gains his power from God. Such a paragraph might sound : crazy unless the reader has devot- ed some thought to psychic power. It can be good and it can be evil. For instance, in Hindu religious philosophy, Yoga will almost in- variably bring power. But there is a point when the yogi may be so overcome with personal self- glorification that he switches his aim from a closer union with the Universal Soul and practices the Yoga system to gain superiority over his fellowman. The same is true of Christianity. Any religion can teach you how to gain power. Every tenet, every doctrine has been set-up for the purpose of giving mortal man an opportunity to overcome adversity. It is a two-edged, sword that a human being can adopt for his own purpose should he become so vainglorious as to forget God. In the long run he would lose, of course, just as did Lucifer but he would bring much unhappiness in- to many lives. For these reasons I say that the power that one has within his Soul must be derived from God. Practice church tenets but never forget that God is what you want. Any student of theology can men- tion scores of cases where un- scrupulous practitioners of the Holy Gospel have lost sight of their It is for the above reasons that most U. S. towns watch their | police forces closely. They keep own insignificance and turned their powers to personal gain. Ask your own priest, minister, or rabbi. Frontier Divides Friends; Only The Geese Don’t Care By RICHARD K. O’MALLEY HAIDMUEHLE, Germany ) — Two Czech frontier guards rode slowly across the hillside, their horses. stepping jerkily through the deep snow. At the German inn here, a blacksmith und a tow. clerk sipped their drinks and stared out the window. “There they go again,” said one, “Look. Behind them are two more. On skis.” The four Czech soldiers had be- gun their evening patrol a thou- sand yards away. “That brook just down there,” said the blacksmith, turning to a nger in ‘ie inn, “that’s the German-Czech border. Inside it, about 50 meters, you can see the barbed wire. It is electrified, the fence. They set up a big trans- former last summer.” The barbed wire stretched neat- ly along the hill, a pattern of dangerous black lace, beyond which the two horsemen disap- peared. The skiers veered off into the twilight. “Their border guard was made much stronger these past three months,” interposed a man in a leather jacket. “Yes,” said the clerk, “it was right after the maneuvers. I watched them with my binoculars, maneuvering. A Russian officer seemed to be leader of the whole affair. It was the first Russian I had seen in months.” A handyman, who had been lis- | |tening in a corner, walked to the window. It is believed that there are more than 25,000 distinct forms of birds. | TIRED OF TURKEY? 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The tempo may change, but the direction will not.” Sustained demand for steel was noted by the magazine Steel, which said steel men who thought demand would taper off after the first quar- ler of 1953 now are inclined to push the date farther back. The Iron Age, metalworking trade weekly, today predicted | jadministration—if he can—before *¢ the barbed wire, just inside jthey become a big blaze, while | Czechoslovakia” he asked. ‘That rounding wp the best advice for| ised to be my house. Now there any problem which Eisenhower |i, nothing left but the walls. It has to settle himself. was in the dead zone, so they For example: Adams will have | wrecked it. Wasn't that a nice to handle the cat-and-dog fights |thing to have happen to me after that spring up among government | ¢our years in a Russian prisoner officials and agencies; he'll have | o¢ war camp?” to unravel White House. congres-| The men were quiet a few mo- sional relations that snarl. | ments, then the blacksmith spoke: eae “Nobody has escaped to Ger- many in months. Impossible. But Primitive Relic we know there is some smuggling along t' border.” | | Duel At Silver Creek with AUDIE MURPHY and F. DOMERGUE isn’t a time of riotous revelry. It | Steelmaking capacity will be close is simply a time for us all to quit | 116 million tons by the end of complaining and be grateful for | ‘his year, and cited “ir dustry con- | ‘Found In Canada | GILBERT PLAINS, Canada #/| The town clerk stuffed tobacco to his pipe, lit it and puffed silently. Then he leaned forward. peepee tr | vm Drama what we have j fidence in continuing civilian de-|_ The flint head of an ancient! “I woncer wher "LEAVE TO BUCKLEY TO FIND A RHANKSGIVING DAY DINNER I~ Most of all it is a family holi day, the day when the clan gath- ers its members and lonesome | friends together and all know a) mutual gladness because they are | together, there is plenty eat on the | table, and all the dark fears that) separate us on other days are out of sight and out of mind Thanksgiving is the day of Amer- | t j ican plenty without greed or envy because there is enough for all. It} is a kindling portent of that day, | however distant, when all peoples | | will enjoy a universal Thanksgiv- ing Day, fendiess riches of a global peace, |when no man sits down to an {empty table or hears the clamor of a growling gun. And I think in many American entire human race may know such | “Book households today some member goal Steel plants this week are pro- ducing more than 2,100,000 tons for the eleventh successive week, | Pace never before sustained./a survey of the district and test | far up om the frontier s: | October was the biggest month in| excavations of the site where the | jindustry history, with output to-| point was found taling 9,790,000 tons, or an average of more than 2,200,000 a week Rated capacity of the entire in- dustry last Jan. 1 was only 2,077, 040 tons a week. gratefully sharing the | will offer up, im silence or aloud,|who made the P such a prayer as this “Dear Lord, we thank you for Help us to find a way so that the a day.” |}mand for steel” as a factor in| weapon has started federal archa- improving the dead zone | bringing the industry within reach- | eologists on a hunt for traces of | burned down the last tw« jing distance of its 120 million-ton | primitive man near this town this fall 1 ple f jown Such a waste. | Recently a “Plainview” projec not forget that tile point was found in a local col t over |lection. The find prompted Dr. R udeten |S. MacNeish of Ottdwa to launch} A solitary pe hat beadquart | Plainview points — leaf-shaped |< | arrow or spear heads wit innkeeger’s ct, lee-sge a k they were points were of the first known culture in , North America [what you have bestowed upon us./ Almsgiving is des of the Dead ‘Egyptian religious tr Friday & Saturday First Time In Key West SOUND OFF MICKEY ROONEY and ANN JAMES IN TECHNICOLOR MUSICAL DRAMA AIR COOLED Mat. 3:30 Night 6:39 & 8:30 Sunday & Monday SATURDAY’S HER with JOHN DEREK and DONNA REED FIRST RUN IN KEY WEST