The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 30, 1952, Page 6

THE KEY Wed N Tuesday, December 30, 1952 SPECIAL MEETING? No ONES “SYAW ANOTHER] EXCUSED! TELL EVERYBODY YOU SEE.) JOB? WE COME ON ONTHE Y) WHY DONT YOU ToIS IS Marr! \ DO ? HE WANTS _/ GIVE HiM ANOTHER 424) SPECIAL MEETING? MAYBE ITS ABOUT ME. MV TIME RUNNING JOUT-HAVE To WORK FAST. aa always picture the New Year as a husky infant in diapers, cheerfully shouldering the Old Year off the stage of time. It is an inaccurate portrait, and it is even more inaccurate than usual this year. For 1953 arrives as no bubbling babe. He is better portrayed as a middle-aged man with money jin- gling in his pockets, but with his thoughtful brow furrowed by the cares that wrinkled and bent his father before him. Individuals try to wipe the slate of their lives clean with the New Year. In America they make reso- lutions to do better. In China—old China anyway—the natives always tried to pay off their debts by year’s end. (Editor’s note: We could do that, too, if we were allowed to pay ours with old Chinese’ paper dol- lars.) - Around the world it is traditional to attempt to shrug off past woes and look forward to a fairer per- sonal life. Nations would like to do that, too. But unfortunately it isn’t | as easy for them. For governments | march by a continuity of policy | rarely broken or changed merely | by the death of one year or the | birth of another. Their obligations ; enduré. The American nation at this pe- | riod of changing calendars stands | on a peculiar shelf of history. It is | like a mountain climber pausing momentarily on a ledge for breath. On one side is a steep climb to the heights and wider view Me} seeks; on the other lies a gulf. | It is a sobering time. There is! much for the average American to | celebrate and be humbly grateful | for. There is also much on the up- | hill road ahead to make him take | heed and plan his course with care. It is a time to be confident rather than cocksure, prayerful rather than perverse, self-reliant but not selfish. Look down. How far we have climbed! look up. How far there is to go! Chapter 27 MokGan's eyes narrowed into "+ tiny pin points»as he con- sidered the situation. His mouth twisted a little as the tip of his tongue ran greedily across the blurred line of his thick lips. But when he spoke, his voice was as flat and uninterested as it had been before. “You make the General's de- sires abundantly clear, Mr. Logan, est, but I am unable to understand why you should intrude chem upon my privacy. Certainly, these matters are no affair of mine.” Clay’s eyes blazed with sudden -enthusiasm as he leaned farther across the desk. “They can be made your affair,” he said softly. “Santa Ana cannot offer such a proposition to Wash- ington himself. It would be doomed to failure from the start, and it is nota matter that can be discussed publicly. But you can do it! You have more power any man in Texas! You have power that reaches straight to the White House it- self! You can conduct these ne- gotiations—and you can have wealth you never dreamed of, if they succeed!” “Money . . .” There was rank incredulity in. Morgan’s voice. “The General has never distin- guished himself by reckless lib- erality in the past. Do you have reason to believe he would be more generous in this case, Logan?” Clay leaped to his feet. Finger- tips touchi the top of the cluttered di he leaned forward so that his eyes bored straight into Morgan’s. “Generous! Why, by God, Mor- gan, the offer I’m authorized to make is more than generous— it’s absolutely fantastic!” He glimpsed the quick flash of acquisitiveness in Morgan's eyes. The pudgy ers were still now. Morgan was ning. was rising toward the bait. Clay could feel the stacca ito Ries of excitement throbbing in| behind temples. The success of his entire depended upon Mor- gan’s reaction within the next few Doubt Expressed On Value Of Ike, By John Cullen Murphy] 7,0 ten, of,109. +* 1*/Stalin Meeting LEAVE HIM ALONE, PAL... THE KID'S DOIN’ 0.K. ON HIS OWN TIME ! GET HIM, CHIPS: YOUVE ef NOW "(T'S WHE! —how to build the framework of a permanent world peace. The cynic says the very cantankerous nature of man himself prevents a solution, and always will, because it always has. The optimist says it can and must be done or the race of man will turn in blind de- struction and sting itself to death with the new weapons available to it. It would take a starry idealist in? deed to believe that the year 1953 will see an ultimate curb put to such old foesas war, hunger, dis- ease, greed and poverty. But it can see another step taken toward such goals. The biggest need is for Ameri- cans to pull together in a unity greater than they have ever known before. The biggest temptation is for them to let down the pack that chafes them, to give up their mu- tual effort in the search for per- sonal clashing pleasures. The task for both government and individual is the same—to face with fortitude and courage old du- ties, fresh responsibilities, and new opportunities. No, 1953 doesn’t come to us as @ rosy-cheeked child. He comes as a man, ready to do a man’s work in a fear-filled world and to win a man’s reward, The telescope was invented in WASHINGTON — Sen. Ful- bright (D-Ark) says he doubts any- thing useful would come of a Churchill-Stalin-Eisenhower meet- ing right now because Russia’s aim is to bleed and divide the West. But we “must not take the atti- tude that there is no hope and re- minutes. If the masquerade were successful, it would open an al- most endless panorama of op- portunity. If it failed... “You will, perhay allow me to be the judge of it.” lere was Ro change in the flat disinterest in Morgan’s voice, but there was an almost imper- ceptible tightening of the lips, a new light in the half-hidden eyes that betrayed his mounting inter- “Why, yes, so judge this: Com- plete this assignment and His Ex- cellency will name you governor of the state of Coahuila! “Only a governor?” “But what a governor! You will under no restraint whatever from the capital. You will collect and keep the taxes! The customs duties! You will control the army within the state! The banks will} a). pad your pret te public asuty at your osal ly God, man! Think of it! You will be the absolute ruler of one of the richest areas in North America!” His eyes were like fresh- fanned coals, never shifting from Morgan’s face. Now the cards were down. Morgan nodded slowly. “I am surpr' Mr. Logan. But you know J already have some small measure of power here in Texas. Would you suggest that I give that up to assume this—néw ap- pointment, shall we say?” Clay’s brusque gesture brushed Morgan’s argument contemptu- | he Mr. — aside. i ou have power here now. That’s why I came to you. But how much power will you have three months. from now, when Texas becomes just another state in the ee Union? How much power will you have when the decisions are made at Washington instead of in Austin? How much power will you have’ when the poli- ticians start sending their a) pointees down here with all strength of the federal govern- ment behind them? When that fish | happens, you'll be through, Mor- eS But if you accept Santa 's offer, you can leave Texas and move on to some- thing that will make this look like a street cleaner’s job in com- Morgan leaned back in. his chair and his eyes grew a and dead as his mind turned upon the ideas Clay had thrust upon him. The silence Emngible thing. and’ Clay felt a8 t le ig, ani ry. if the hammering of his heart must be as audible as a beating drum. The sweat began to gather on his forehead and his eyes sought the heavy revolver Iving unguarded now upon the des' Grimly, he decided within his own mind that, if Morgan re- jected the proposal, he would at east be sure that Morgan was himself. erased, no matter what the future and immediate conse- quences might entail. He tensed into new alertness as Morgan’s eyes focused upon him in a_probing, evaluating appraise For an eternity of time, he held his own: face rigid and exe PiSsicalere beneath that searche look and then felt the tightly held breath leave his lungs ina * long sigh of relief, as Morgan’s lips twisted into a hp mockery of a smile and the heavy head nodded in acceptance. “Mr. Logan,” there was the faintest trace of warmth in Mor- gan’s rumbling voice. “you have Presented me with a very un- usual proposition. In fact, it is hot without some interest to me.” He paused, stu ig Clay’s face again, as if to recheck the factors was weighing and balancing his mind. “I will consider it. I will con- sider it very seriously—for a day and a night, or perhaps for sev- eral days. In the meantime, Mr. gan, you will, of course. re- main with us as my guest. I as- sume will have no objection to Pon an arrangement?” lay laughed, knowing that he had von, tamale he must con- Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 34 = bang 1, Station: er mechanical 35, Packs oA oe wi 37, Outfit Water bottle 38. At an inner to point 39. Shoe forms 41. Cushion 43. Similar fuse to meet with them,” Fulbright | 25. Milkfsh said. The” possibility of a personal ! conference between the Russian Premier and the U. S. President- elect was raised in a Stalin com- munication to the New York Times Christmas Eve. Fulbright, a high-ranking Demo- erat on the Senate Foreign Rela- tions Committee, recently returned from a tour in Europe. He also told television interviewers Sun- day: 1. Voice of America broadcasts should be kept going to the Iron Curtain countries because that is the only means of directly reach- ing Communist peoples, but U. S. Propaganda efforts elsewhere should be cut back or changed. 2. Differences between Northern and Southern Democrats are not s serious as many people believe and can be ironed out in the near future. The substance of the sun aver- ages about 1.41 times the density Holland, but Galileo, an Italian, so improved and developed it that his name was long associated with all telescopes. of water, Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, Solution of Vesterday’s Puzzle 3. In a line 8. God of war 4 Flavor + ne pipe 10. Siaughters- 6. Declined to ee Read the Classified Ads in The Citizen er a Ww 4 pe é < ny