The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 30, 1952, Page 2

‘THE KEY WEST CITIZEN The Key West Citixen, Published daily (except sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and pub- Usher, 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 Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2-5662 Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or net 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 ADVERTISED RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION ‘The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issue Page 2_ Tuesday, December 30, 1952 IMPROVEMENTS FOR |KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1, More Hotels and Apartments 2. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. %. Airports—Land and Sea, 4. Consolidation of County and City Governments. 3. Community Auditorium, ———— NEW A. F. GIANT The Air Force has a new cargo plane that puts the largest freight car in the shade—according to the reports. The plane, known as the Liftmaster, can haul over 20,000 pounds of cargo over 2,000 miles non-stop and at a speed of over 225 miles an hour. Thus the giant cargo plane can’make many trips across the Atlantic or Pacific oceans in a short period of time. In fact,'plans call for the aircraft to hop the Atlantic at least eight times a month on cargo runs. : The commissioning of this plane lends emphasis to the trend which is in progress to airhop men and supplies and even heavy equipment in large-scale flanking operations It is widely expected that such air giants as this craft and others already in operation and projected will play a vital role in any large land war in which the United States be- * comes embroiled in future years. Recent tests in the United States, in which aircraft carried heavy weapons and vehicles hundreds of miles to t & theatre offi ipposed operations showed that the U.S.A.F. ‘was ing the dawn of an era which might see an entire a dropped out of the sky either behind or com- pletely on the flank of an opponent. The largest operations of this kind were carried out by the United States and Great Britain during the last war, in September . of 1944 and March of 1945. Unfortunately, in the former operation, a British di- vision, not reinforced in time was chewed to pieces but the failure was not attributed to any failure of the airdrop. There are also indications that a larger drop would have succeeded in that case. Planes like Liftmaster are sure to increase the size of such drops in the future. By RAY HENRY WASHINGTON (# — At 8:41 the sergeant began the roll call. To him it was just another morning at the induction center. But to the 197 men ‘standing around him it was a personal D-day. During the next 4% hours they were to be examined to see whether they would be acceptable for military duty. What happened to them would have a good deal to do with how they spent the next two years of their lives. With the Defense Department's approval, I stood among them to be examined too. No one at the center but Maj. Valentine Lentz, the commanding officer, knew that I wasn’t really a draftee. The place happened to be the induction center at Alexandria, Va., across the Potomac River from Washington... It could have been”any one'of 73 other centers around the country. As a group, the men were like those going through other centers that morning. Ten were married. By B. L. LIVINGSTONE WASHINGTON # — House tax fraud investigators, rapping both the Treasury and Justice Depart- ments for what they termed a fail- ure to correct mistakes in tax col- lection procedures, have laid the pomarer for broad new inquir- Ss. In a final report based on 19 .| months of investigation into the scandal-ridden federal tax system, they turned over to their success- ors in the new Republican Congress a program of reforms they said were still needed. The outgoing members of the House ways and means tax inves- When there is no occasi i . tigating subcommittee proposed 10 occasion to advertise there will be srthes iauaivies Gerctving: no business operating. Regardless of conditions the smart + ue: aidehed taccceaall et the business man can use advertising profitably if he uses it|internal Revenue Bureau, whose intelligently. “powers extend over a significant SLICE | ot. eT , The hard work of some people often explains their success. Most people are very pleasant as long as you don't try to Collect from them, aieaeeipsneeremamesnerncemmapesciaiecny The government of Key West, like all government, is as good as the people of this area have the right to expect, considering the nature of the people themselves. area of American industry.” The unit is charged with supervision and control of the liquor industry. 2. The tax division of the Jus- tice Department. This division was jchided for what the committee {called failure to eliminate time- —— handling of tax cases. The group raised the question |whether it is “the proper agency ...to formulate tax litigation pol- icy.” 3. The functioning of the reve- nue bureau under the reorgaiza- tion program which took effect last )} March, and which eliminated the offices of collector of internal reve- nue—political plums before the re- organization plan placed them un- der civil service. Rep. Kean (RNJ), who will succeed Rep, King (D-Calif) as chairman of the subcommittee afte Jan. 3, has said the subcommittee will act promptly to start public bearings on the alcohol tax unit, and will look into possible “politi cal infiltration” of the reorganized ‘oy revenue bureau The subcommittee’s final report | ,dealt primarily with reforms al- ready effected as a result of its , hearings over the past year and a} half In & series of leg administrative recommen however, it suggested strict policing of both taxpayers and | government agents "AND 1 HEAR THINGS ARE GETTING HOT AGAIN | One way to “reduce possible They averaged between 21 and 22 years old. Seventy-three would be rejected. Twenty-six would fail the mental test, 38 the physical test. Four would be turned down because they were psychologically unfit. Five had police records that would dis- qualify them, Some of the rejects would eventually end up in the service after further examination. The men worked at all sorts of jobs. Six drove trucks. Two washed windows for a living. One was a carpenter, another a_ surveyor. Twelve didn’t have jobs. Thirty- six were college students. Some of them wanted to go into service and some didn't. One fellow told me he planned to attempt to get deferred as a college student until he was 26 when he would be too old to be drafted. He didn't know-that if he go® a deferment before he was 26 he could be drafted until he was 35 if the reason for his de- ferment ended. A couple of the men said it Broad New Tax Checks Are Planned By Investigators to minimize the opportunities and temptations,” the subcommittee said. As safeguards, it recommended: 1. A larger tax enforcement staff, with higher pay and assur- ance of non political merit promo- tions for agents. 2. Requirements for detailed record keeping by taxpayers to substantiate their tax return claims,’ and to reduce the degree of discretion permitted agents in allowing deductions. 3. A requirement for disclosure of the source and nature of a tax- Payer’s income—a weapon intend- ed for use against racketeers and tax evaders. 4. Elimination of the practice of claiming tax deductions, as busi- ness expense, of tax-free benefits to key employes and “overly lib eral” expense accounts constituting ja form of tax-free income. 5. Fullest publicity by the bu- reau on tax compromises and ad- ministrative decisions effecting tax- Payers. The bureau already has = a policy of limited pub city. Atom Spy Is Freed On ‘Good Behavior’ WAKEFIELD, England. —The Western world’s first convicted atom spy, Dr. Alan Nunn May, was released Mon. from prison for “good behavior” although he never has publicly repented handing atomic secrets to Russia and still jis an avowed Communist. The slight 41-year-old physicist jwas said by an offi spokesman | |to have been freed ratieg Britain's | grim Wormwood Scrubs Prison ring the night” after serving six years and eight months of aj 10-year sentence. | } May wasconvicted and sen | tenced after the famed Canadian} spy plot was cracked in 1946. He} told the court he slipped atomic All Siamese Twins Haven’t Been Separated didn’t make much difference to them whether they went, but that | ind they were going to wait until they had to go, 1 watched another fellow plead with the center’s psychologist to let him go in. He'd flunked his mental test once before and was being re-examined. " But, no matter how they felt about service, they were there be- cause their draft boards had sent them. Their draft boards were fol- lowing the Universal Military Training and Service Act, That's what we were told in an orienta- tion lecture. We were also told: “While you’re here, you'll be processed to see whether you're qualified for military service. You'll be examined mentally, phys- ically and morally. “In from seven to 10 days after you leaye this. afternoon, you'll get a letter from your draft board tell- ing you whether you passed or failed. Then, in from 21 to 120 days — maybe more — you men who've passed will get another let- Rabbis Are Being “Drafted” For Military Service By Own Chureh By SAUL PETT NEW YORK # — Rabbis are being “drafted” for military serv- ice as chaplains by their own relig- ious organizations. Although clergymen are not sub- ject to official selective service, the Jewish groups—Orthodox, Con- servative and Reformed—operate their own self-imposed, intramural draft. Other faiths select chaplains on a voluntary basis. But only the Jewish bodies thus far have filled their quotas, accord- | tri; ing to a recent statement by Maj. Gen. Ivan L. Bennett, Army chief of chaplains. The services take chaplains under a quota system based on national proportions—68 per cent Protestant, 29 per cent Catholic and 3 per cent Jewish. “We're drafting rabbis not be- cause rabbis are less patriotic than other, clergymen but because we wanted the fairest, most democrat- ic and most realistic way of getting a steady supply of chaplains,” said Rabbi Aryeh Lev, director of the Division of Religious Activities of the Jewish Welfare Board, which co-ordinates the work of selecting | chaplains from the three individual | religious groups. The system was set up two years ago, shortly after the start of the | fighting in Korea. Many chap- lains in the military reserves were | being ordered back to active duty | while younger clergymen, who had | seen no military service, were not | affected To avoid such inequities, the Jewish groups began drafting rab- bis, taking equal numbers from the Orthodox, Conservative and Re- formed organizations. “We divide those who haven't had military service into | four groups,” Rabbi Lev explained. -PEOPLE’S FORUM sions of the views of its read- writer must a letters and will be published un- less requested otherwise. CONTEST INDIGNATION Editor, The Citizen: After reading Marie Ellis’ and William Younie's letters, I would like to throw in my gripe, too. My eleven year old daughter was one who sent in the name “Is- lander” for the Drive-in theater. I agree also that the contest was judged on an unfair basis. Sincerely, Mrs. J. R. Osborne 534 D W Poinciana REASONS OUTLINED Editor, The. Citizen: Whoever the “unsigned” writer was throwing a curve at thru his letter published in The Citizen “People's Forum” of December 8, | I would like to further inform him of the correct orgin of Christmas as we have it today, quoting from the writing of James M. Gillis. “The coincidence of dates does not prove that the Christians adopt- ed and perpetuated a pagan holi- day. It is a well-known fact that popes and councils in the early Church deliberately placed a Chris- tian festival on or near the day of a previously existing pagan carni- val, with the purpose of ousting What Happens To A Draftee At An Induction Center? ter telling you to report here for luction. “Up to the time you're actually inducted, you can volunteer for any of the services, Otherwise you'll go into the Army. “After you’ve served your 24 months you'll have to go into the reserves for six years. “There's one thing I want you all to understand, Don’t quit your job or break up your home until you’re sure of when you're going to be inducted.” Then, we heard the steps of how we would go through the examina- tion. The first thing would be the men- tal test. It would take about an hour. Then, we would fill out a medi- cal history form and be given our physical examination. This would take an hour or so. Later, some of us_would fill out special forms and, perhaps, be given personal interviews. “If evi goes well,” we were told, “most of you should os out of here about one o‘clock.” Lev said, “but we do have sanc- tions if necessary. A young rabbi refusing the draft might find it difficult to get a congregation. An older one might find promotion a long way off. Happily, in tvo years, we haven't had to impose sanctions.” There are now 108 Jewish chap- lains in the three military services, about 40 of them overseas. Seven are in Korea, which Rabbi Lev visited recently on an inspection ip. Like other chaplains in the com- bat areas, the rabbis in Korea move around like modern-day cir- cuit riders—in jeeps. They cover about 90 miles a day, carrying with them a portable altar, the Torah | (holy Hebrew scriptures), prayer | books, candlesticks, Kiddush wine cups and other things used in prayer. The rabbi in Korea is not only ia travelling synagogue or temple, he also is a mobile kosher PX. | He carries with him kosher salam- | jis, meats, chickens and other | specialized foods favored by Jewish | soldiers. 3 Since the troops are so scattered, it is impossible for Jewish chap- |lains to reach all units in Korea and Japan. In many of those areas | |there are lay soldiers trained by) rabbis to lead services. “Also,” Rabbi Lev said, “‘we owe | @ great debt to the Catholic and | Protestant chaplains who have) helped organize Jewish services| where no rabbis were available. In some cases, they have even delivered nondenominational ser- | mons to our Jewish boys.”” Subscribe to The Citizen — | “First we call unmarried rabbis, i then the married ones with no chil- j dren, then those with one child and finally those with more than one child. “We are now taking rabbis from the third group but we're not likely to have to touch those with more SLOPPY JOE'S | jSecrets to Russian agents for the than one child because of the new | } “safety of mankind.” He would say | . 'mothing more about the case Under British law, authorities | had to give him time eff for good behavior. He is free to go and come as he pleases in this country rabbis Deing graduated onrt | year.” What happens if a rabbi refuses | to accept 2 call to military serv- ice? “Of course, we can't actually corrupt practices in the bureau is [so long as he stays cut of trouble ‘force him inte the Army,” the heathenish and generally licen- tious celebration. The fathers make no secret of this pious strategy. Preachers seized upon the idea and developed ‘it, emphasizing the con- trast between Pagan indency and Christian decorum. Christian poets quickly detected the symboli¢ value of a comparison between the sun, now no longer a deity, and the ture Sun of Justice, and they made much of it, unconcerned about pos- sible future scandal, and unaware, of course, that learned men cen- | ture is after the fact would dodge the symbolism and misinterpret coincidence. “Therefore, the all important question concerning Christmas is not its date but its meaning. We are ready to admit we have no evidence that Our Savior was born on the twenty-fifth of December; and it is possible, if not probable, that the day was deliberately chosen to wean the newly convert- SPEND NEW YEAR'S EVE in the Beautiful Hotel La Concha‘s Rainbow Room. Dancing 9 ‘Til? $1.25 per Person RUGS CLEANED All Formal Garments chemically 218 Simonton St. Dial 2-78632 STRAND ed pagans away from their trad tional. licentious celebrations.” Now for the writer to say that Christmas is taken from pa. rites is absolutely incorrect, its meaning “Christe Masse” the religious term given this cele bration, long before the date was set. Furthermore, i still thought that writer who said ‘Put Christ Back In Christmas” is wrong; then I suggest a more sincere search of the orgin be sides the Bible to the “Unsigned.” John B. Ture U.S. Navy CIFELLI'S #322 T.V. Serviee Factory Methods Used — All Work Guaranteed FOR PROMPT AND RELIABLE SERVICE — SEE... DAVID CIFELLI - $20 Truman Ave. (Rear) Dial 2-7637 EXPERT Radio Repair BY FACTORY MAN All Work Guaranteed LOU’S RADIO & APPLIANCE 622 Duval Street DIAL 2-7951 PICK UP SERVICE AIR CONDITIONED Mat. 2 & 4:06 Night 6:12 & 8:18 MONROE 0.22" Novena cae TUES. & WED. 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