The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 6, 1953, Page 6

GEL LLP ERA EO AOL NCL IIE Tuesday, January 6, 1953 The Key West Citizen Published daily (except Sunday) by L. P, Artman, owner and pub- lisher, trom The Citizen Building, corner of Greene and Ann Streets. Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County ———. Publisher Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN 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 not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news publishéd here. Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier) 25¢ per week, year $12; By Mail $15.60 IE IEE EE ATES EEE RE EA Ri BRR ES ADVERTISED RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION a a a ee The Cifizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issue and subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish anonymous communications, TAFT AND IKE Senator Robert Taft is conceded to be the winner in the manuevering for the job of Majority Leader in the new Senate. Morever, it looks as if most of the key men in the new organizational structure of both the House and Senate will be former anti-Eisenhower men. For, while the President-elect had the appeal to get the votes of John Q. Public, Generai Ike always has had to take a second seat to Taft in the popularity ratings in Con- gress, Men like Speaker-to-be Joe Martin, in the House, are admirers of the Ohio Republican and do not drop old buddies like cold potatoes even though some people play the game that way. i Thus it appears that General Eisenhower might be confronted with the necessity of getting along with Taft, or else-have a very difficult job on his hands trying to get any program through the 83rd Congress. Eisenhower is good at politics and getting along. Anyone who can get along with the rulers and officials of all the Euro- pean countries in which Ike operated is a good politi- cian, And many of the General’s friends have always. said that his greatest ability. was in getting the team to work together, in any sort of operation. Just how long Ike and Taft will get along is un- answerable at this time, The two men, who were intense rivals for the Republican nomination for so long, are na- turally: competitors, or contenders. Taft is the man who led the. Republican party for years, thought he had the nomination for President sewed up, and then saw it all snatched away from him at the last minute by a Ppop- ular military hero, Ike is a man who is boss of any job he undertakes. It will take patience on the part of both . to cemént a working relationship over the years, but it might well be done. Fq@ Taft now knows that he will never get another crack at the job at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Ike is almost’ gure to be the nominee of the G.O.P. in 1956. And after that Taft will be too old. Thus, he failed in his ef- fort to follow in the footsteps of his father, but not in many other ways. As the Majority Leader, he will command more respect than some Democratic Majority Leaders in recent years. This is because he has earned a top reputation at the Senate game already, has had the necessaty experience, and meets every ether qualifica- tion. In experience alone he has more than some recent Majority Leaders—though this isn’t necessarily conclusive. Should Taft and those at 1600 Pennsylvania dis- agree, it will be up to them to win him over or have a tough fight on their hands in the Senate. Ike knows he must get along with the Ohioan and there is every reason to beliéve he will turn on the charm. If he does and if Taft is able to forget his bitter disappointment at Chicagp, the two may make a formidable team. But if the tw6 leaders cannot work together, then an explosion which may wreck the whole party may take place. The first féw months of the new administration will probab- ly provide. the answer to this question. One teacher suggests that every American child be requiréd to speak a foreign language perfectly. It might be well to have them speak English well first. t Ferguson May Head Senate Red Hunters By G. MILTON KELLY WASHINGTON (® — Well-placed sources said here Sen. Ferguson R-Mich) will command a Senate investigations subcommittee “task force” hunting for Communists in the government and the United Nations. The sources, declining to be named, said Sen. Williams R-Del) may abandon his lone-wolf role as a sleuth for sczndals in the inter- nal Revenue Bureau to head an- other of the group’s task forees which will investigate that ageney. There was no immediate eom- ment from Williams. The informants said announce- ment that Ferguson will take the post “will signal the official de- cision to shift the Senate’s Com- munist investigation out of the hands of the internal security sub- committee” on which the Michigan senator was the senior Republican member. The investigations and internal security subcommittees have been vying for assignment as the Sen- ate’s official Red-bunters. Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis), who will head the investigations subcommit- tee, and Ferguson told a reporter it was too soon to make any an- nouncements. But it was learned that Ferguson has decided to quit the judiciary committee, parent of the internal security group, and join both the Senate Foreign Relations and Gov- ernment Operations Committees. The investigations subcommittee is a branch of the latter. Under McCarthy, the subcom- mittee’s task force method would assign various members to specific investigations. However, Sen. McCarran (D- Nev) predicted Sun. night that the internal security subcommittee, which he headed in the last Con- gress, will have more questions to ask the State Department about its loyalty check of Americans em- ployed by the United Nations, McCarran contended in a state- ment that information from the de- partment itself shows that loyalty to the United States was a secon- dary issue—if considered at all— in such checks. McCarran’s statement was based on a State Department memoran- dum dealing with secret arrange- ments made in 1949. The arrange- ments governed how the depart- meat would fill U.N--requests-for data on U. S. citizens employed by or applying for jobs with the U.N. Gopies of the memo, as distri- buted by McCarran, said in part: “The department will decide whether any information of a de- rogatory character is of sufficient substance to warrant the conclu- sion that the individual would ap- pear to be so disposed, through politieal affilitation or sentiment, as to be a poor risk in terms of adherence to his oath as an inter- national civil servant, and to there- fore constitute a probable source of future injury to the U.N.” This standard, McCarran pro- tested, “‘at least relegates the na- tioanl security of the United States to a seeondary position, if it does not in fact ignore entirely the ques- tion of United States security.” He called it “startling, to say the least,” in view of testimony from State Department officials that, in such cases, prime consi- deration was given to America’s interest. The memo said derogatory poli- tical information was passed on to the U.N. but the decision to hire or retain individuals so cited rested with the U.N. secretary general. Another State Department docu- ment, McCarran said, showed Alger Hiss ‘had initial control over selection of employes of the United States delegation.” Recent Com- munist probes have been aimed at U.N. staff members but not at em- ployes of the American delegation. Hiss, now in jail for perjury, was convicted of lying when he swore he had not passed secret docu- ments to a Communist agent. As a State Department official; he was prominent in the development of the U.N, McCarran exhibited a letter from former Secretary of Siate James F. Byrnes, now governor of South Carolina; which said recruiting of personnel for the U. S. delegation staff was handled “mainly by the Office of Special Political Affairs.” The letter was dated April 1, 1946. McCarran said Hiss headed that office at that time. Byrnes wrote that no appoint- ments could be made without a thorough investigation of the ap- plicant’s background. He said top level appointments had to be ap- proved by the assistant secretary for administration. Congress Does Not Favor Atomic Release (Editors note: mounting that the United States and Britain swap some atomic se- crets. for their mutual benefit. Will Congress modify the secrecy ban it imposed six years ago? A survey of sentiment is reported.) By CHARLES F. BARRETT WASHINGTON ® — The new Congress has cast a cool eye to- ward high-level suggestions from both sides of the Atlantic that the United States should lower its se- erecy bars and share again some atomic information with Britain. Incoming congressmen willing to take a stand im an Associated Press survey lined up almost a 2-1 against an open interchange of | data with the ally who teamed jointly with the U. S. in developing | in December, 1942, raised the cur- tain on the atomic age. These developments include (1) Britain's first explosion of an atomic bomb, (2) progress in the U. S. on a hydrogen or “hell” bomb, (33) new demands for steps toward atomic power for industry, and (4) a growing insistence from free world military leaders that they share enough knowledge about U. S. atomic weapons to help plan a common defense. Britain, Canada and the U. S. worked hand-in-glove on a joint atomic program until the ties were Bre in 1946 by a U. S. law forbid- ding the passing of any American atom | power. information to a foreign The tight security regulations of the first atomic bomb in World| the 1946 Atomic Energy Act were War I. relaxed slightly by Congress in But there was a lively argu- | 1951. The 1951 amendment permits ment on the issue, and many law- |the U. S. to share with friendly makers said they have not made | nations certain atomic energy data up their minds. | outside the field of military weap- Favorable replies voiced: such | ons—such things as reactor devel- views as these: Rep. Cooley (D- | opment, treatment of source ma- NC), “Britain is our bes ly’; | terials and production of fission- Rep. Seely-Brown (R-Conn). ‘‘The | able matter. free world will stand or fall to-| But sh gether’; and Rep. Hyde (R-MD). | atomic “Either we're allies or we're not Prime Mi And the more numerous nm recently he tive side sounded these themes: /U. S eld (DC again, hower takes o | it reported! a of information about prohibited. urchill said and the Jan. 20. Chureh- ress this point, mic expl the Korean W make available to her 2 mation wha’ any rete, the Co: ng Saturday seems certain to | Atomic ong look at the proposition | rep: ‘veni jin the | ivelopments 10 years after the first | fied at least so the U information | Suggestions are,successful atomic chain reaction | give some information on atomic weapons to its’ North Atlantic Treaty allies. Obviously, Eisenhower and his incoming administration hold the key to whether such a program will be recommended to Congress. Eisenhower has given no hint of his attitude yet. In the survey, incoming Con- gressmen across the country were asked whether they favored a re- turn to the World War II inter- change of atomic reserach infor- mation between the U. S. and Britain. The score among the 258 out of 531 lawmakers who replied: Definitely yes, 30. Inclined favorably, 25. Definitely no, 78. Inclined no, 24. Go slow, proceed with caution, etc., 3. Noncommittal, 76. Republicans showed more hostil- ity to the idea than Democrats. GOP House members lined up 50 to 20 on the more or less negative | side, slow; gave a indicate lican Senators g and four were inclined toward op. with “10 others saying go definite yes and only three count, with 13 of they would be cau’ such mov lined up 1 24 general! e or less in favor, opposed. lawmakers who t exegange of mulitary information if they were sure no technical on eon bomb manufacture would be disclosed. HAL BOYLE SAYS NEW YORK (#—What this coun- try needs is a good, cheap, two- kitchen home. The two-car garage has become popular even with families with only one automobile, because, as a husband explained: “It saves repair bills. My wife now has a 50-50 chance of backing our bus out without losing either a fender or a garage door.” The two-bathroom home also has saved many marriages. It gives a man a 50-50 chance he can take a shower without having to hack his way through a forest of his wife’s personal laundry—stockings, slips and brassieres—all dangling damp- ly from the bathroom fixtures. The two-bathroom house and the two-car garage have made for safer, more peaceful living. The crying need now is for the two- kitchen home. The reason is obvious. Just as wives used to (and still do) clutter up the single bathroom, husbands are now cluttering up the single kitchen. A man’s home has always been his castle, but until recent years his wife had the kitchen as a throne room wherein she teigned as absolute queen. No one ques- tioned her authority, and a hus- band dared enter only on invita- tion—to help dry the dishes. Then some scalawag got men in- terested in cooking. At first they only toyed with salads or broiled steaks. But you know how men with hobbies are—they like to out- do each other. Soon they were bak- ing pies and stewing up fancy ex- otic recipes that would sicken a hungry goat. The pots and pans turned blue. The messes they made of the kitchen sink were enough to turn a plumber’s hair gray. Today some wives who never really liked to cook still let the amateur chef they are married to do the stove-work. They eat his burnt offerings dutifully, and go on hoping for better times. But a lot of housewives enjoy their kitchen chores, and would like to get their husbands back into the living room where they belong. Rebellion is growing among these ladies. At a recent gathering of the girls I overheard the following: “Why does a man need 54 spices for every dish? I finally told my husband, ‘What do you want me to keep in the pantry—food or spieces? There isn’t room for both.” “You should be married to my husband. He brought home enough garlic to last us 50 years. He even wants to put it in the baby’s formula—says it builds red blood.” “My husband tries to pour chlor- ophyll in the mashed potatoes. He thinks a colorful dish is more ap- petizing.” And a fourth wife said grimly: “I finally put my foot down and told my husband flatly he would either have to stay out of my kitch- en or give me a divorce. And do you know what the stinker did? He asked me to give him a few days to decide.” But. the male invasion of the kitchen has gone too far to be re- pelled by feminine force, logic, threats, tears or soft endearments. It is easier to break a man of opium puffing than to cure him of the heady taste of his own cooking. No, the only answer is the two- kitchen home—one kitchen for ma- ma to fry a pork chop in, the other where the man of the house can dream up his latest oriental deli- cacy, steamed gazelle, drowned in wine sauce, and served on a green grape leaf swimming in mint jelly. (Garlic added to the individual taste). The only problem in the future two-kitchen home will be how to divide up the new culinary equip- ment. But any husband worth his celery salt ought to be generous enough to say: “Okay, Mama, you can have a fur coat, but remember—I get the first electric dish washer for my kitchen.” Chambers Is Ill Stock Island is a fast growing community. The folks who live out there should begin to think of in- corporating before the City limits of Key West are extended to en- compass their entire island. Incorporation of their small town has its advantages as well as disavantages. Hardships would be encountered in setting up an efficient form of government. There would always be the threat of Key West trying to dominate its near- by neighbor. Unless close coopera- tion was received from the county and state, there would be the bur- den of laying out streets and roads. However, Rep. Bernie Papy has already shown his eagerness to help the island by securing State Highway funds to improve it. There is little likelihood of his going out of office in the near future and he might be prevailed upon to help a new township. If Key West takes over the en- tire island it will mean additional taxes which may or may not be spent on the improvement of their original source. Though I will al- ways back this rock of ours, facts must be faced. Key West has never shown it- self fully capable of self-govern- ment. Its various departments in- cluding the police, fire, sanitary, and recreation departments are undermanned and underpaid. With- out the U. S. Navy, Key West would truly be an Island of Bones, yet there is an underlying spirit about the town that assumes “‘the Navy owes us a living.” It fails to take into account that the Navy is indebted only to the extent of protecting the lives and property of the nation as a whole. Stock Island has the opportunity to build on a firm foundation. It can grow into the kind of com- munity that will please tourists, attract small businesses, and be independent of both the Navy and its next door neighbors -- Key West. If it allows itself to become dominated by Key West however, Industry Tries To Cut Costs, Not Service By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK (#—How to cut costs of doing business—without running into objections from labor on the one hand and without cutting serv- ices to customers on the other— is fast becoming 2 top problem of industry. A redoubled attack on it is re- ported today from several sourc- €s. Cost cutting is an immediate problem because operating costs have been rising so fast that, bumping against high taxes and price controls, they many times have reduced profit margins seri- ously. It may become an acute prob- lem later, if sales drop off below a company’s break-even point. The American Management As- sociation is devoting one entire ses- sion of its Los Angeles meeting later this month to the problem. It will explore the part electronic |machines can play in cutting office expense (one of the fastest rising costs in industry) can be cut; and how more goods can be produced for the same labor cost but without loss of jobs. Another phase of the attack is through cost accounting—that is, finding out how much it costs to produce ‘h product a com- able ones can be dropped. “Good cost data will permit a better job of selective selling and lay the groundwork for increased sales of the most profitable items,” says Walter B. Seibert, controller of Sylvania Electric Products, in a report to the Controllers Insti- tute of America. Firms scoring high in recent months in mastering cost control— president of the American Insti- tute of Management—include Proc- ter & Gamble, Hotels Statler Co., costs; how clerical and general |i pany makes so that the unprofit- | # {according to Jackson Martindell, | not a single GOP Senator! look aim In Maryland Home WESTMINSTER, Md. «#—Whit- taker Chambers, who touched off | ., one of the nation’s most sensational | Spy stories after World War Il, re-| ow, ill at his home ‘au tie tock to ok ep Scene The 52-year-old former magazine | Tl pice covering over 3,600 editor was discharged from ai” : Baltimore hospital Dec. 2 after| Newspapers are getting into the Naticnal Cash Register, and Du Pont “Pierre S. du Pont.” he says, ‘could be called the father of mod- ern multiple product cost account- ing» Under his guidance, his firm ‘| several weeks of treatment foliow- | @¢t, too, as they fight to keep the price of their papers from rising further. The Institute of Newspa per Controliers & Finance Ofticers is now g on a model cost in bed man onth system applicable to all papers. Chambers rocked Washington in; C. Arthur Weis of the St. Louis }1948 when he told House investi- Globe-Democrat, institute presi- ‘gators that, as a member of a | dent, says the recently issued first Soviet spy ring, he had received | standard chart of accounts in the lcopies of secret government docu-| newspaper field “makes it possi- a high |bie to compare like items—or-: seihe with ap- stop or iples. Previously one paper would bers as 2 compute its composition, ink and ist. Hise was convicted of paper cost per 1.00 lines, while = both points and given al snother might use a per-page prises term. ibasis.” ing a heart attack. Sunday his wife bers was conti home but was expected to rm said Cham ng treatments at for many ever having knows Cham! Comm ; ifive-year ROCK OF OURS By BILL GIBB the situation will closely resemble our nation’s early colonies -- tax- ation, yes, but no representation and little or no consideration. Key Westers might get angry about the above paragraphs. So be it. But if they will devote a little thought to the many improvements and developments that are on the Rock, they will realize ‘that we do not have the time, the money, nor strength to reach out and encompass another community until we ourselves have shown our ability toward _ self-government, When this has been done, there will be a natural gravitation of the two communities toward each other. Public Safety There is a lot of construction work going on around town now, especially on Duval Street. In most cases pedestrians are forced to walk out into traffic lanes be cause of blocked off sidewalks. A plank could easily fall on their heads or an automobile knock them into the gutter. Never in my life have I visited a town where construction work was in pfogress that contractors were not forced to provide some sort of safety device for pedes- trians. Usually it takes the form of guard-rails placed out in the street as fF i mobiles an ing objects trom hitting someone.- Why can’t our Building Inspector take such measures for publie safety here in Key West? Stowers’ Home One of the landmarks of West - the Stowers’ home at corner of Southard and Duval = is being moved to Whitehead St. near the Old Trading of so many old landmarks of takes away the feeling that is the Key West I’ve ed “home.” Do you sometimes feel that way? Stringbean Silhouette Now In Vogue By DOROTHY ROE NEW YORK, #® — The string- bean silhouette is the big pws for spring 1953 and all women whose figures do not conform are hereby given fair warning. First conclusions from previews of the New York spring fashion collections, starting toda: ing editors, are vogue of rial anit He : é ul | achieved through shoulder | the football-player variety in during World Wer I. The subtler devices of wide dolman sleeves, floating sleeve flounces, dropped larmholes and bloused bodices are j ceed, with graceful flattering ef- | fect | One rather startling neckline jthe season is the “fence” | “stand-off” collar, which jout away from the neck, | somewhat the impression of a jcollar that is too big. | The draped cow: neck fs beth front and beck, and offes elaborate drapery is in evidence throughout the dress—always, bow- i When there is skirt fullness, § is controlled by low-placed or by attached draped Sheer fabrics, such as and sheer wools, are in high favor, the former being used extensively in allover permanently dresses for afternoon tall wearin whites and for resort wear, is darker for town. * Subsertbe to The Citises cake pastels on