The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 24, 1953, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Saturday, January 24, 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 NORMAN D. ARTMAN Publisher 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 r not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published here. Fh Lo! Bee Rg I Saree 7 Methber Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florid> BO he A MES TE Ee EEE ENS 6S SB ETT ER a SETAE A I Subscription (by carrier) 25¢ per week, year $12; By Mail $15.60| kh 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 Anodhymous communications, ‘ IMPROVEMENTS FOR |KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments Beach and Bathing Pavilion, Airports—Land and Sea, Consolidation of County and City Governments, Community Auditorium. eee s TRUMAN CHANGED POSITION “One of the last things President Harry Truman did as President was to change his position on compulsory health | indtwance, When he sent to Congress the first volume ' of tie_report.of the President’s Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation, he recommended without reservation th group’s new approach to the health problem. That is @ program of comprehensive voluntary health insurance, and not compulsory health insurance, which the President had.previously endorsed, : - _In fairness to the President, it must be said that he | appointed the Commission which made the latter report, | which the President then endorsed. Thus, the American | Medical Association wins a round in its fight against the | form®f préposal, which Mr. Truman had backed so consis- tently in recent years. : Under the new plan, endorsed by the President and! |be better if these m | | | | | | £CONO People’s Forum STREET IMPROVEMENT Editor, The Citizen: What: kind of representation do the citizens of Key West have when our City Commissioners act on the, wishes of eight or ten business men on Simonton Street and com- pletely ignore the opinions of the vast majority of taxpayers and motorists. It has cost the city money to route the streets as they are and is going to cost the city more to re-route m. Wouldn't: it nm who were elected by us go out amongst the people and get the. voice of the majority before voting on import- ant issues? I think it is. important because it involves the safety of our lives and property and I think public safety should -be put above give "Commission which studied the nation’s health needs, peeple able to pay their own insurance premiums would, do so. Those not able to pay would have their premiums paid by State, or local, governments—with aid from the Federal government. ‘ | a It is not always easy to borrow money but it is usually | a ict easier than repaying the loan, tes ; We are always a little bit suspicious of those who as- sure us that they want nothing from us. Children would be more religious if their pidtticed religion more in evéryday life. parents «The loss of money seldom seriously worries an intelli- | gent person; it is the loss of faith that wrecks the life. erin -_ All we ask any business man to do, when he wishes to advertise, is to try the results of an advertisement in The Gtizen. i Tt is easy enough to plan to make a million dollars; the execution of the plan is what delays the accumulation oj the fortune. Those who seek the truth must first establish an un- | biased mind and divest it of personal interests. No wonder | truth is so elusive! SLICE OF HAM _ | | | re "THERE'S A GUY OUT HERE WHO WA if WE NEED ANY MORE jafter a g6od ride, Do not walk unless you have! hip boots. Before’ any streets are | the dollar. I asked a member of the Safety Committee did they consider any business when. they reccommended the street changes and he replied, “Well yes, we did consider one businss, in faet the biggest buginess in Key West, the | U.S. Navy personnel and civil ser- vice workers. We routed Southard and Fleming Streets one way in hopes of getting these people to work and back home faster and safely.” , The.Commission has also gone on record to widen Simonton St. with the cigarette tax money. I wish the Commissioners would take time and ride in the vicinity of Harris .and* Fogarty Avenues rain. Be sure and widened I think the homeowners in this and*other vicinities should be given a plain graded street | without any frills. It would be ap- preciated. _ At least Simonton Street. is paved. Anyone reading this who is in favor of the streets as they are and hope to have out- lying streets improved would do well to be at the City Hall next j meeting. I'll be there. YANKEE \Franeis Whitehair Still Employed By ELTON C. FAY WASHINGTON — Democrat Fr is P. Whitehair, his letter of F parently gone astray, of t Th was § i he seemed to ness although gnated for that inter. it Secretary for Air g&, was at his Pen the im job, Assist Jobn F. Flo! tagon desk the White elders going w let and was said K under secretary | i sent White- By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON (@ — The © an- nouncement that President Eisen- hower will hold regular news con- ferences, as Presidents Roosevelt and Truman did, settles the ru- mor that he’d hold few or none at all. Like Truman, Eisenhower in the beginning may pull boners trying to answer too much too fast. In his early White House days Tru- man tried to answer everything yes:‘or no, He had to learn to be careful, One memorable mistake was when he told a news conference he had approved a speech by Hen- ry Wallace, then his secretary of commerce, This caused -interna- tional confusion when the speech turned out to be one criticizing Truman’s foreign policy, Later Truman explained he had approved Wallace’s right to make a speech, not the speech it- self. Sometimes Truman got his facts mixed up, then-had to issue corrections. There was a time, right after he got into the Wallace jam, when it was thought here Truman might call off the news conferences. But as he became more cautious and sure of himself he seemed to en- joy them. If Eisenhower should put his foot in his mouth, or if he thinks the reporters’ questions are a little too rough on him, he may get an inclination io drop the conference idea. He’s shown small enthusiasm for news conferences. He held few dur- ing the presidential campaign and }none since the election except for jone in Korea where he wouldn't permit questions. But no president, particularly a new one, can be expected to know all the answers to all the ques- tions. He can say frankly he doesn’t know, when he doesn’t. Or, }when he thinks it better not to janswer, he can say “No com- ment.” RENT | (These questions were selected |from those often asked of the local jrent office. If you have a question jabout the rent stabilization pro- gram address it to: Area Rent Office, 216 .Federal Building, Key West, Florida.) QUESTION; Several months ago I rented an apartment which is subject to the rent laws and re- gistered with the area rent office. Since then I have begun using the | apartment as a combination office land operating my business from jthere, listing the telephone num- ber on my stationary, etc. My }landlord ¢! s thut the apartment no ke fected by the rent converted it Is he right? mination ANSWER e whether the used primarily | or a housing unit. ogether with ac Navy resigna- Lovett's office on Dec. 19. vett's office trans- ie Bouse resigna- all of # Pentagon top affected by the change of tion. Also sent wore the mes Of three s2.+..@ Ucpuy OF ssi cretaries recom: t an thon. orld Toda Overdone, “No comment” could make news conferences useless. It must be assumed any president who holds conferences at all will answer what he can within limits of reason and security. A president isn’t doing newsmen a favor by holding conferences. Without them, he could become iso- lated from, and insulated against, public thinking in a hurry. News conferences let him pump his ideas out to the public regu- larly, and give him the benefit of public reaction. At the same time, through the newsmen, the public can quiz him on his decisions and intentions. News conferences are one way to keep the President and the peo- ple from ‘getting too far apart and out of step. Eisenhower seems to realize, be- fore holding even his first White House conference, that he can’t be expected to know in detail the answer to all the questions flung at him. His press secretary, James Hag- erty, said yesterday Eisenhower may bring into the conferences with him members of his Cabi- net, the department heads, who can help answer questions. In Britain the Prime Minister and his Cabinet have to answer questions put to them in Parlia- ment, face to face, by members of the House of Commons. From time to time it has been suggested here that the President and his Cabinet follow the British custom by appearing before Con- gress to answer questions from the floor. Nothing like that is in sight here. The plan Hagerty mentioned would be the closest approach to it. But Cabinet: members here usually have held ‘heir own news confer- ences, individually although not regularly, except for the secretary of state. Dean Achesoh had more news conferences than any other member of Truman’s Cabinet. FORUM ,Several factors would have to be weighed, such as what portion of the unit is used as business and what portion as residence. QUESTION: When did overall Trent and eviction controls become effective in the Key West Defense Area? ANSWER: The present maxi- mum rent and eviction controls laws became effective in the Key West Defense area on 7 January, 1952. QUESTION: My landlord has | been charging me what I believe to be excessive rmt for some time. I called your rent office the other day and was told the pro- perty had not been registered Does that bar me from suing my land- lord for overcharges and, if not, how would I determine the exact amount of the overcharge? ANSWER: The fact that your landiord has not registered the iproperty would not bar you from ; Seeking treble damages for an ;overcharge. You should go to the ‘rent office and give them your |facts. If, as you say, the property has mot been registered then the rent office will investigate and es- tablish the existing maximum rent on the besis of available facts if teey are sufficient to shew the | maximum rent, and you may then swe the landiord for three times amount he had been charging you over that figure for the year (previous to the date suit is filed. | “| HAL BOYLE SAYS NEW YORK (® — Many a giant industrial deal has been closed by telephone. Today that is done only in ro- mantic movies. In real life it is now all but impossible. The phone network in the average office is geared for business — but it’s monkey business. Suppose, for example, you want to place an emergency million- dollar order with Smith & Sons, nutmeg grater manufacturers. You dial the number, thinking how grateful old “Grater” Smith will be. “Pm _ sorr-ee,” comes the an- swer. “The line is bus-ee.” (Old Smith is making a golf date with one of his buddies.) “Well, gimme his sor then?” “Which one?” | “Oh, the older one, I guess.” “I’m sorr-eee. He’s in Yur-rup.” “Gimme his younger son — I don’t care.” “He’s in kindergarten. He won't be in the firm until next year.” “Well, give me Smith's executive assistant — Smithers, Smothers, Smathers — What’s his name?” | “T’m sorr-eeee. Mr. Smathers is on the other phone.” (Smathers is calling up a pal about lunch.) “Well, for Pete’s sake, give me the head salesman.” “I’m sorr-eeeee. His line is busy, too.” (The head salesman’s wife has just phoned to say their baby has said his first word — “Glub.”) “How about Mr. Smith’s private secretary?” “Tm sorr-eeeeee. Busy. (The sec- retary is phoning home to be sure her mother will press her evening dress.) “Look, I'll take anybody. How about the treasurer?” “I’m sorr-eeeeeee. I believe he’s talking to the bank now. (Actually he’s laying down a $5 bet on the fourth race.) “Well, Smith must be free now. Gimme him.” “I’m sorr-eeeeeeee. He just got another call.” (Old Smith is listen- ing to his-son, phoning from ‘“‘Yur- rup,” explain why he needs more entertainment money. He says he’s hot on. the trail of a big foreign | order.) You hang on for two hours, still grimly trying to break through the phone barrier. Finally, you say limply: “Honey, all I want to do is to give your firm a one-million-dollar order, Can’t you take it yourself? Please.” “I’m sorr-eeeeeeeee. I have an- other call coming in. Do you care to wait?” And as you hang up. screaming, she flips a switch and says to her boy friend: “*Scuse. me, Joe. Some old goat has been tying up my line for hours, The nerve some people’ve got!” Just then your own secretary hands you a telegram that says: “Please cangel our emergency order for one million dollars worth | of nutmeg graters. As you were unable to confirm it.by noon, we placed it with another distributor. What's the matter with your phone TAMPA | We tried for two hours PREPARES FOR PIIRATE THIS R A few years ago there was a jchild crushed to death in the cemetery by a tombstone. Evident- ly, he and another youngster were playing around the stone and ac- cidentally knocked it over. This is one of the reasons why children shouldn’t be allowed to play in the cemetery. Even if they do not hurt themselves, they might destroy valuable property. The subject is mentioned be- cause of a complaint by a local citizen who recently buried a loved one. It seems that several little boys, both white and Negro, were engaged in games during the burial ceremonies. Their shouts and noise, including their antics around the hearse were — to put it mildly — intolerable. To make the situation worse, several larger boys chose this time to weave in and out amongst the parked cars with their bicycles. “This Rock of Ours” doesn’t pre- tend to criticize the children. With the passage of years, they will learn only too rapidly of sorrow and death. However, the parents of these children should make an attempt to keep them from play- ing in the cemetery, whether a funeral is in progress or not. The sexton, Reggie Russell, isn’t to blame for the above conditions because it would take a dozen policemen to patrol the entire cemetery. Only the parents who live nearby can solve the situation and prevent a’ repetition of such embarrassing incidents. Select Reading Material Parents with growing boys and girls might be interested in a new branch of the Book-Of-The-Month Club called “Young Readers of America, Inc.” According to the circulars which have been mailed out, the new Club will select out- standing literature which will ap- peal to youngsters. Acceptance of the book is a matter of choice of course. The Club seems to have develop- ed a wonderful idea which might turn our yoith away from the popular comic books that dedicate themselves principally to crime, Quoting a New ‘York Times his- to reach you to see if you needed a little more time.” So you grab your telephone, tear it out by the roots, and crash it to the floor. But all that gets you is a repair bill. Many firms, aware of the back- log of personal traffic on their on the bulletin board saying: “These phones are for business purposes only —. our business.” But they might as well put up a sign saying, ‘Keep off the grass.” There is only one real answer. Offices will have to install two phones on every desk — one for personal use, one for business. Then areal business call will have a 50-50 chance of beating dn air mail letter in an emergency. How to launder your ‘pastry |cloth and pin cover? Soak them jin cold water for several hours, rub out the flour and then wash in warm sudsy water, Rinse well and pary. pe ss By BILL GIBB OCK OF OURS tory test given some time 4 Book-Of-The-Month Club —_ claii that amongst college ee “more than 30-per cent. did’ 2 know that Woodrow Wilson was president during World War “3 only 6 per cent were able to the thirteen original colonies; & third did not know who ‘was pre sident during the Civil War,’*~ If such statements are tru, most of the credit for this ance can, I believe; be credited to comic books. Occasionally, 1° in at the Public Library loca! in the Womans Club; They a fair selection of Juvenile books but I've never seen many childrea borrowing them. Questionaires é As for the reliability of questionaires as The New Times made, I have my doubts, Bi Fs g 2 & © 8 we were given a similar Since the results wouldn’t our future studies, and si test was given us on a noon when we should free, most of us m bunch of cross m the papers in. In I finished the test which was posed to take 2 hours in 1 ten minutes. If we had quired to sign our names papers, it might have a seconds longer buses There is also the argument to whether the average newspaper reader has the intelligence of am eight or thirteen year-old — child, Questionaires are confused on. the subject. You can take your choice of either age group but personal - rial ie i : t i 8 fa s s 333 placed in either category. where” into his story children. Yet these are requisites of a news story! all newspapers should select editors from a ist gram school kids. Most violence, and cheap horror storijes. | i and too few facts, VA LISTS SPENDING WASHINGTON ‘#—The Veterans Administration said today it spent $5,900,000,000 during the fiscal ended June 30, 1952. Of the total, it was in the agency's annual phone network, put up hopeful signs 860, remainder was from other funds created by premiums and other forms ments to the VA. INVASION —Echoes from the Spanith Main are agen chesp- \ ing into Tampa es the city prepares for its annual Gasperilla pirate festival. The opens February 9 with the invasion end parade end continues through February 14 Scenes the invasion: (1) One of Gasparilis’s men gets some charming help at the ship's wheel; Crow n Tampa streets t chest se Ga the capture of the eity. Ps The J ‘ triumphal parade; (3) Pirx + unearth a well-filled weapuce Tampa's Hillsborough River with the pirates pulsed fev,