The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 12, 1953, Page 6

= KEY WEST CITIZEN he Key West Citizen (except Sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and pub- Citizen Building, corner of Greene and Ann Streets. , Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County eee aber t Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2-5662 Monday, January 12, 1953 Business Manager Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it e credited in this paper, and also the local news a 1 Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida $$ y carrier) 25¢ per week, year $12; By Mail $15.60 :D RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION n open forum and invites discussion of public issue local or general interest, but it will not publish --AND LET’S LOOK IT OVER umunications, VEMENTS FOR |KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN , More Hotels and Apartments each and Bathing Pavilion, .irports—Land and Sea, onsolidation of County and City Governments. ommunity Auditorium, | «DERAL SCHOOL AID OUTLOOK s for federal aid to education tumbled a bit the Republican capture of the majority in he new chairman of the Education-Labor the lower legislative body will be Samuel K. dr., a 51-year-old Republican from Pennsyl- nnell is not in favor of any federal grants to d wants to see education handled as a local yblem. He has already made it clear that he e on any effort to get a federal-aid-to educa- ugh the House committee he heads. chairman of the committee, Representative len of North Carolina, a Democrat, tried un- to get some sort of federal aid to education the House on one or ‘two occasions but the ys died somewhere along the line. Now that favors no such program, chances are more any federal aid bill in the next two years. oes favor a continuation of the program of for schools in areas where government ac- ver-taxed facilities, and this aid is expected INAUGURATION SIDELIGHT vublican inauguration committee has cooked | raction for out-of-town guests coming to see tion of General Dwight D. Eisenhower. The n the form of an embassy tour, which-will be | Saturday, the 18th of January. At least s will be visited, and the toll will be Ave} unds going to the National Symphony Jr-| open to all comers and tickets can be pur-| eral Washington hotels. icGarraghy, chairman of the inaugural com- | made the announcement, says he expects up | on visitors in Washington for the big epent. s are being used in an effort to provide ac-| for the mass of visitors expected. More than | s for rooms have already been received by | ficials, over and above the normal requests one to hotels, and committee spokesmen say | is to the number, ——— | ndividual would try to give something to { trying to take something from life, there y need of debating the virtues of capitalism sm. SLICE OF HAM | 40ST A MINUTE, PLEASE I” Smathers’ Legislation Plans Include Major Changes In Law || WASHINGTON: The 83rd Con- ress is off to a traditional flying start and there will be a flurry of excitement until the Committee assignment are made and the Senate organized. The new Re- publican leadership, in taking over committees, will have to organize the professional staffs, get com- mittee and hearing rooms arrang- ed, and make other necessary pre- parations for the real work of Con- gress. It is expected to be at least a month before any real work will be done on legislation. During the recent holidays I pre- pared my own legislation program which will place emphasis on three main objectives: 1. Reform of the nominating and election system of the Federal Government by Constitutional Amendment. 2. Modernizing the taxation sys- fem with greater relief as prime objective. 3. Stabilizing of political think- ing in a “common sense’’ ap- proach to national and inter- national problems. By the time you read this I will seven measures in the .Con- and hold high expectations of seeing some of these proposals | enacted into law. Of course these | matters mentioned will not be the limit of my activities. There are |many diversified questions always arising in which I will be inter- ested and will offer amendments, debate and vote on. Most of you by this time are familiar with my proposals to: 1, abolish the electoral college |system of electing the President and Vice President, and to estab- lish a system under which the electoral votes would be divided among the candidates upon the basis of the percentage of popular votes received by each. 2. provide for selection of the candidates of the major political parties for President and Vice |Rresident in general primaries. 3. provide for the holding of special elections to fill vacancies in the office of President where such vacancies oecur at least 90 | days prior to offyear congressional elections. I also have a bill which if en- acted would provide three days for national elections. I have not yet | |introduced this bill as I'm not en- tirely sold on its worth, although Bill Hearst who suggested it to me makes persuasive arguments for it. (For instance, if a bad storm hit Florida on election day, which falls in the “hurricane season” it might be impossible for many vot- ers to get to the pools - or even for polling to be opened.) Some of the other measures which we have introduced and hope to see become law are: A bill to permit the de of ary medical exp for Federal Income Tax 1 to permit deductions from ross income for Fede In e Tax purposes of rtain expenses incurred by prov Idren active serv and industry I have to securing their enactment. I also expect to be active in my efforts to help form national Policy on other matters. Without surren- dering any progressive aspects of our democratic government, this Congress has a real mandate from the people to establish a solid and By JACK BELL WASHINGTON (® — Sen. Taft (R-Ohio), essaying a stronger role, jhas decided to t a place on the Senate poreisn Relations Commit- baad in shaping ler the Eisen- n foreign polic fhower adminis The Ohio se or, alreacy serv- ing as GOP t leader, expects to give up his high rank on the |tax-handling Senate Finance Com- |mittee to become fifth man in the Republican line on foreign rela- | tions. In that place, he will be in a Position along with other commit- tee members to get first-hand re- ports from John Foster Dulles, Eisenhower’s secretary of state. Appearing on an NBC television Program yesterday, Taft said he wanted to switch from the finance {committee to foreign relations be- 78% billion dollars President ‘Tru- man has proposed to spend in the fiscal year starting July 1. The solution to every domestic s linked to “the tremen- den of the expenditure for dous war,” He adde would be in a position {some influence with t} believed he foreign policy in the ‘GOP adminis- | tration. | Those who know him | Taft took the floor leadership piece elt gislative hes the ac- | ire imple- as > has op- | man admin- | dependent, Morse evidently will be billion of the | to have | nose handling | | very stiff jelly, comparable to glue, {gelatin or gums most | common sense governmental phi- losophy in the United States. We need to concentrate our ef- forts upon improving the good things that we have now, and using HAL BOYLE SAYS HOMETOWN, U. S. A. —Wil- bur Peeble, like every other aver- age American husband, is sternly in favor of family economy. “Where does all the money go?” he wails at least once each month to his wife, who pays the bills. This year Trellis Mae decided to put her little man on the spot. “Pm tired of hearing you yelp,” she said, shoving under his nose a sheet scribbled with figures. “What's this?” he asked. “It’s my final budget report for 1952—and a projected 1953 budget | for you,” said Trellis Mae. “I am resigning with Truman—and you're this family, more econom: “Umm-m-m-m,” said Wilbur. “How much did we save in 1952 under your administration?” “On account of you insisted we buy that new car we are exactly $900 in the hole,” said Trellis Mae. “But that is still $5,899,999,100 less than the deficit Truman left Ike.” Wilbur tried to look grateful. Then he studied the projected 1953 budget his wife had drawn up. It showed that by 1954 they should have $1,000 in the bank. “You will note again that I am doing better by you than Harry did by Ike,” said Tellis Mae. “Harry figured that if the Republicans fol- low his farewell budget they will be 10 billion bucks deeper in debt.” Wilbur inspected the figures more closely. “I don’t see any provision here for our annual dues in the Quag- mire Hills Country Club,” he said and I'll scream for our talents and energies to meet- ing our present problems, rather | than looking far over the horizo and engaging in visionary experi- mentations. The citizens of our state and nation are looking to the Congress, | and the new national Administra- tion, to make government operate more smoothly, more efficiently, and with less cost in taxes and personal liberties. TAFT DECIDES TO TAKE ACTIVE PART IN FOREIGN POLICY A tentative GOP lineup was re- Ported for another key committee, armed services, which has a hand in the foreign field. Republicans were agreed on adding Senators Mar- garet Chase Smith of Maine, Case of South Dakota, Hendrickson of | New Jersey and Potter of Michi- gan to the armed services group. The committee will be headed by Sen. Saltonstall of Massachu- setts. GOP holdovers are Senators land, and Flanders of Vermont. Sen. Morse of Oregon, who broke with the GOP during the election campaign, has been a Re- publican member of the armed services committee. He says he | will fight to stay’on it, but GOP | leaders have reserved no place for him. In his new role as an in- rs | moved to minor committees, | “Unfinished Symphony” | TAMPA, Fla. W—Frank Grasso, 58, died before an audience of several hundred persons Sunday | while directing the Tampa Sym- phonette Orchestra in the last num- ber of a concert. The selection was t ished Symphony.” he “Unfin- Physically, wood substance is a reported | Bridges of New Hampshire, Know- | | went | pieces “Nor have you put down an item for my new spring And what do you mean by Guiting the food | budget $100?” “Well, you Republicans say the only way to balance the budget is |to cut down expenses,” said Trellis 'Mae. “So under your administra- | tion this family is going to have to tighten its belt. You can give up golf, make your own clothes last another year, and eat less. You’re overweight anyway.” Wilbut looked glum. “But I see you have put down $500 for clothing and beauty parlor expenses for yourself,’ he com- plained. “A woman's looks are her first line of defense,” replied Trellis Mae firmly. ‘‘Anybody knows you can't cut defense expenditures from a budget. It’s fatal to inner security.” Wilbur's face got longer and long- er. “What is this item here?” he asked, pointing at a line that said: “Wilbur's Welfare Fund—$1 a day.” money. “IT can’t get by on a buck a day.” “You'll either have to—or figure M sub- | | out a new source of revenue | be you can sell magazine scriptions on your days off.” “And I don’t see any item at all about our vacation.” “We'll stay home this year—and you can paint the house,” said T |lis Mae. “That'll save more mon- “Wilbur stared blz ankly at the fig ures. Then he said te 1 “Honey, will you do m Please handle the me this year. I don’t « ministration—in this he “On one condition—that you don't yell all the time about where all "the money goes - “No yells,” Wilbut prom into the bedroom His head ached ed and He lay down. Trellis Mae immedia tore her projected 1953 and thre ther hun sat down an i afford h wastebasket Then she figure how she cou! a new electric d knew she would find s fit it into the family i Wives always do President Cheers Polio Patients ¢, Minn, to visit with David M iron tung for five years. Young Jerry & # light case of polio during 1952's record ep dem recovered. Madden, whe is being « cheered by the President's visit. This 19 a tow fully um ampaign gee ty March 3 Marc Continues for the entire month of January. Contribute genercusiy today. coming in with Eisenhower. From | now on you handle the money in| “That's your lunch and pocket | | City Cemetery | Regular readers of this column will remember that a while back the disgraceful condition of the | City Cemetery was one its sub- jects. The column, with the aid | of Citizen photographer Ellis Finch, showed in words and pictures the evidence of this neglect. Now- comes the nicer side of the story Whether “This Rock of Ours’ had anything to do with it is negli- {gible but after publication of the |conditions in the cemetery, two permanent men were assigned the duty of cleaning up the entire area. | Their progress has necessarily been jslow because their work is thorough. | Reggie Russell, sexton wasn’t to |blame for conditions. He had his jhands full -- often working long lovertime hours without pay be- cause of late funerals. Let's continue the subject, only this time on an unpleasant bas’ Logie alone must show most of jus that in fairness to the City and taxpayers, the burden of cleaning Privately owned lots cannot con- tinue. Perhaps City Attorney Igna- tius Lester could devise a system where such cleaning could be charged to the survivors of the deceased. I doubt the practicable Part of this because there would be a confusing argument of what brother, sister, son, or daughter, etc., should be held responsible for paying the bill. Moreover, there are many lots whose families have died out or moved away forever | THIS ROCK OF OURS By BILL GIBB and are not interested in their ancestors’ graves. As partial solution to the pro- blem, it seems to me that the City of KW could hire a clerk who, through the aid of existing plats, could study the situation. He could contact the owners of lots when the latter needed cleaning and in a frank but humble way, get the job accomplished. He could set up a tracing system and write absentee owners of plots in the cemetery -- informing them that they must have someone take care of their grounds or condem- nation proceedings would be in- stituted for public health, safety, or something similar. (This _ point would depend upon Mr. Lester’s legal opinion.) Again, depending upon Attorney Lester’s opinion, unregistered graves and those of families long since extinct, could be moved to a sector of the cemetery where they would occupy a minimum amount of space. It would be the City’s responsibility to care for these graves. In this way, fresh cemetery lots would be provided for sale by the City and continual need for expansion eased to a less- er degree. Think over the situation and take a ride through our cemetery to judge the need of some solu- tion to the problem. A clerk who accomplished the job efficiency would be much cheaper than per- manently hiring two laborers who are needed for street repair and other important work. ‘The Citizen welcomes expres- sions of the views of its read- ers, but the editor reserves the right to delete any ttems are considered libelous or unwar- rauted. The writers should be fair and confine the letters to 200 words and write on of the paper only. less requested otherwise. TRAFFIC PROBLEMS Editor, The Citizen: As our new governor took his oath of office a great number of appointments under the old ad- ministration became extinct. Among these was my appointment as chairman of the Governor's Safety Council of this area. Con- sequently I feel the public should be informed of the committee's ac- complishments in this locality. Outside of requesting certain |safety precautions, little was done until City Manager Dave King re- quested a committee be formed to study and recommend improve- ments for city traffic. Those se- lected to serve were Charles Claw- son, Neil Knowles, George Gomez, |Henrique Esquinaldo, Nelson Da- | venport, Will Freeman, Jr., Harry {Lee Baker, Jim Wilder and Billy | Arnold. We had a wonderful cross {section of men who were eager, conservative, cooperative and con- |genial. Never have I sat with a group who stuck to the problems in question or who could give and take better than these men. No | headline crashers or credit takers, lthey just tackied a problem and | me out with conservative and | progressive recommendations Traffic counters were loaned us i by the State Highway Department | |and improve or use traffic lights |at the triangle. The recommenda- and I offer taanks now to them and the state troopers who were very cooperative. After careful study of the main thoroughfares the counters were placed near the important intersections. After a ity-two hour period they were “d to different locations k of clocking the final count available which was studied s then that certain streets marked for way traffic . restricted parking on others These findings represented much ng, lengthy and ents pro and con. No action _ the of the ctions were ove faster with in of safety and space should be tig discussions arcu we aade on moment. Fir tha‘ ffic should a greater marg }more parking | available. Af tria t we felt ce period the 100 per cent the downtov This inde jmen PEOPLE’S FORUM designed for the horse and buggy era whose top speed was not over 10 miles per hour. Converting these same streets to handle faster ve- hicles and bulky trailers will con- tinue to present problems and must be dealt with. We are living in a fast age. Everyone is in a hurry whether going to work, shop, or recreation, Methods of getting people in an@ out of town fast and safely are becoming more dif- ficult. * Most of us are a little selfish particularly when certain changes affect us directly. This is human nature. But we have only ourselves to blame. All of us have prayed for the city to expand and prosper. Our prayers have been answered, and we must now face the changes that are necessary for a crowded community and until the is financially able to widen streets and use other means of improve- ment we will have to accept the next best method or else advance other ideas that are constructive, and possible. One of the last constractive m sures the committee acted on wa! jto study the stretch of highway be- tween Boca Chica bridge and Roo- sevelt Boulevard, also the tricky and dangerous intersection com- monly known, as the triangle. This area has been the scene of many fatal and serious accidents. This heavily traveled road. when cou- pled with an extra load from the | drive-in theatre and dog track will be extremely dangerous. Recom- mendations of the committee are to widen and four lane this stretch, construct another bridge adjoining the present Stoek Island bridge. tions were turned over to our |state represenative Bernie Papy who promised to take it up at the |first state board meeting. If this After | becomes a reality it will be the first major improvement on the Overseas highway since it was con- | structed. County indorsement of the | project will be solicited Since our last meeting the City Commission has gone on record to change Simonton Street back to two way from Truman Avenue to Southard Street. We feel this a grave mistake as it will tend to confuse and again make the in- tersection of Truman and Simon- ton Streets the dangerous and con- gested intersection it was in the past. The City Commission is es- tablishing a precedent which en- ables other taxpayers to demand changes which they will have to make or else be charged with dis- » We sincerely hope the will give the matter before the final be offer some sug- satisfy the complain- wrecking the present stem d also like to see the city ft group to carry on ommittee left off. If nue to grow, sound work. s are to be continually In behalf of the committee ke to thank every mo- d person who has been and co-operative m f presen t traffic system thought nts bel traffic needed weeting. CBairman verner's Safety Council Babylonians and Assyrians sorshipped 2 god called Tammuz whe died and was resurrected scpealy with the Ancie-t Sumerians, vegetalet