The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 29, 1953, Page 4

Mite Mad The Key West Citizen STS I LE SLEEP rv lene a 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 LP. ARTMAN Publisher 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 @r not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published here. a Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida PRG i RSP i PCS: ee a a a OE Subscription (by carrier) 25¢ per week, year $12; By Mail $15.60 eS ead an ea Ac ADVERTISED RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION ER REIS TELS ELST ERR RTE REE The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issue and subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish @monymous communications. Page’ THE KEY WEST CITIZEN 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 Governmenis. Community Auditorium, ——— THE FORCES ASSIGNED TO NATO In a recent breakdown of the forces assigned to the NATO command in Europe, one military writer estimated that there were over thirty reserve divisions, which would be ready at different times, after an outbreak of war, be- hind the generally-estimated fifty-to-sixty division NATO command. Of the-ready divisions, the United States is furnishing six; Great Britain, four and two-thirds; France, five and one-third ; Italy, six; Greece, ten; Turkey, 21. Of this total, the divisions of Yugoslavia—estimated to be be- ho twenty and thirty—are not counted with the NATO ‘orces. A glance at the map will show that the big disap- pointment in these current estimates is France, and per- haps Italy. France, of course, has been beset with troubles in Indochina and in Africa, and may not be fully at fault for her disappointing efforts in Europe. Italy, on the other hand, has not been distracted elsewhere, but remains a weak link in the chain because of strong Communist senti- ment Within the country, As long as France and Italy com- woRrRs—> Republicans Can’t Agree On Proposed 11 Pet. Income Tax Cut By CHARLES F, BARRETT already set.by present laws for WASHINGTON “# — Some Dem-|an 11 per ceht rate reduction. The ocrats were laughing up their | effect thus would be to cut income sleeves here at an open squabble |tax liability this year by 5% per among Republicans over a bill to | cent. cut individual income tax rates 11] One veteran Republican, asking per cent starting June 30. One GOP camp was led by Rep. Reed (R-NY), oldest Republican in continuous service in the House. not to be named, said he per- sonally might have preferred to wait, but he would go along with Reed. “Popular support for this bill may be so strong the House Penni rie bd Ball leaders will have to get out of its that must start all tax bills through |W@¥ and let .it pass or take the Congress. Reed emerged from a_ closed committee session Tuesday with a flat statement that the group bill at a meeting planned for Feb. 16. Further, he told reporters, the House would pass it right away— any delay would be ‘‘over my dead House Speaker Joseph Martin consequences,” he added. Several committee, Democrats said the Republican split may be even more embarrassing to the GOP if President Eisenhower, in his State of the Union message to Congress next Monday, stresses budget balancing ahead of tax cuits. predicted Reed probabl; tN A elongata onc gran bined cannot offer more than ten or twelve active divis-|(R-Mass) then took a different |oerats who favor a tax cut for ions for the defense of Western Europe, the defense of Western Europe will be lacking. Thinking back to World War I and II, when France maintained an active army of scores of divisions, one can see the difference in the picture today and a few years ago. Another disappointment in the picture is Western Germany, which has no army at all, as yet, and it is not even clear at this time whether West German troops will be included in the NATO force within the next two years. It is obvious that, despite the strenuous efforts of the United States and the heavy cost to this country, the forces at the disposal of General Matthew B. Ridgeway at NATO are insufficient to stem a full-scale Communist invasion at the moment. The forces at hand have a slim chance of forestalling such an invasion until reserve units can be hurriedly thrown into the battle but even this is a proble- matic defense. Such a picture is not good enough and it is well that the citizens of all free countries be reminded of this situation and the necessity for a further effort to bring the NATO command up to a strength which will re- pel invasion, The job is only half finished and a halfway job in the military field is sometimes worse than no effort at all. The fight of the little people is to get the truth, as it has been throughout the ages. __SLICE OF HAM é speaker told a reporter “we've got to do some budget cutting” before the House should individuals on June 3, the same date the excess profits tax on bus- iness is scheduled to consider tax reductions. He said | present laws. it would take several months to| ‘They added that the Republican see how the budget shapes up. | split over the bill wouldn’t lessen Rep. Halleck of Indiana, GOP | their desire to send it to the House floor leader, has expressed a similar stand. The difference between the com- mittee chairman and the House speaker left Republican committee members scrambling for cover. Several members, declining to be quoted by name, backed Mar- tin. As one veteran Republican put it, he not-only favors wai to see what happens to the but the committee should “‘at leat 'show the Eisenhower administra- brnal the courtesy of hearing its 8.” Some other Republicans lined up with Reed. For example, Rep. Martin (R-Ia) noted that the bill sponsored by Reed would merely advance by six months the date floor. Some Democrats figure the Republicans may be caught in a crossfire between their pledges to cut taxes and balatice the budget at the same time. Former President Truman fore- cast a 10 billion dollar deficit for the fiscal year starting July 1, under présent laws. Republicans who want to delay action on the Reed bill could try to hold it up in’ the ways and means committee. Failing that, they could try to keep it off the House floor after the committee approves it. : Most committee members, in separate interviews, have said they believe the bill will pass the House if it reaches the floor. Britain’s Jet Bomber Racks Up Another Speed Record ! The World Today. By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON (#—In his first talk to the nation on foreign policy last night, new Secretary of State John Foster Dulles was simple and vague but hintful. Although President Truman and his Secretary of State Dean Ache- son made some nationwide explan- atory addresses on foreign policy they might have won wider sup- port dy explaining it oftener, and particularly if Acheson had pitched what he said on a simpler plane. Dulles may have felt they missed the boat in not doing more and simpler explaining. His talk was extremely simplified. He conduct- ed his TV-radio audience on a tour of the continents, showing what Communism was trying to do and why it had to be stopped. It was when he got down to how this country was going to stop Communism that Dulles became unspecific but frankly said he did not intend to go into details, that he had been in office six days and did not know all the answers. Until now Dulles, in last night’s talk, and President Eisenhower, in his inaugural address, have both spoken of foreign policy in only general terms. Being so new in their jobs, neither could be ex- pected to unroll a victory blue- print this early. But if what both of them have said so far could be reduced to one sentence, this might be it: In the fight with Russia this coun- try needs Allies and will help them. That was the basic policy laid down by Truman and Ache- son. Eisenhower and Dulles backed that basic policy in the presidential campaign but criticized it as not having been effective enough. How they intend to vary it or improve it is something they'll have to re- veal later. Perhaps Eisenhower will lift the lid a bit when he delivers his State of the Union message to Congress next Mon- Dulles did hint that Eisenhower may have some plans for taking the wind out of Russia’s sails when he said: ‘We shall try our best to stop the wars...in Korea and Indochina. Today these wars | go on because the enemy thinks he’s getting an advantage by con- HAL BOYLE SAYS NEW YORK (—The cold fear of a new revolution spreads in chill waves through government offices in the nation’s capital. There’s panic brewing on the Potomac. The big question there— already being echoed in business offices across the land—is: “Will Ike’s boys kill the coffee break and the two-bour lunch?” These threats to the present widely popular pauses in the day’s occupation have been posed by two of President Eisenhower’s clean- sweeping freshmen broomholders. Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay has laid down the ominous edict to his departmental em- ployes: “A day’s work for a day’s pay.” Already puzzled bureaucrats are asking themselves, “What does this mean?” Atty.-Gen. Herbert Brownell Jr., has gone even farther. In his al- ready famous “Order No. 1” he declared that Justice Department employes would work from 9 to 5:30 p. m., and that, “The hours of duty must be strictly observed.” Brownell attacked tardiness and the over-long lunch period, and said violators will be disciplined. Other Cabinet officials are report- ed planning similar rules. The Brownell order certainly dooms the two-hour lunch. But the Philadelphia lawyers among the minor bureaucrats are hopefully studying one sentence: “Unavoidable or necessary ab- sence from duty not in excess of 30 minutes . . . may be excused by the supervisor.” “Ts this a loophole,” they are asking, “which will still let us have a 15-minute morning and aft- ernoon break for coffee?” This clause may have to be re- ferred to the Supreme Court itself for decision. It is obviously far too important a matter for one man to decide. It vitally affects more people than any problem yet dealt with by the new administration. Every Statehouse, county courthouse, and city hall employe in America is cussing the ordinance to curb B- girls, made. some rather interest- ing remarks. For instance, Mayor C. B. Har- vey says: “We need private citi- zens to swear out warrants against these people.” (He was speaking of anyone who violated the new ordinance.) That will be a wonderful solu- or Richard Roe, Private Citizen, swears out a warrant, he must make the charges stick. He re- lieves Police Dept. of _ responsi- bility of false arrest. Any damage suit which might result if the defendant is found “not guilty” is likely to take not only John Doe's or Richard Roe’s bank account away from him but he will be lucky if he can save his home, The nicest part of the entire situa- tion is that no city official, (in- cluding the commissioners), will be held responsible for such ar- rests. Nor will any of these people incur the emnity of the powerful Bar Owners’ Association. Before Mr. Private Citizen starts a crusade, let me give a word of advice. I’ve been fighting for better local conditions, especially better local government, for a long time. yet have I asked them to jeopar- dize their material welfare or liberty as they would be doing if they start swearing out warrants. We have a police department and a city manager to see that local ordinance that has been passed may stay in effect six weeks, six months, or six years. Here in Key West one never knows exactly what to expect -- the one-way street ordinance is an example. If you really want to do some good Mr. Private Citizen, why don’t you in- sist on better government, better performance of duties by City of- ficials and departments? Swearing out warrants is only a tacit ad- mittance that the police are not doing their job properly. : Commissioner Delaney Jack Delaney showed a modicum of common sense when he said: | THIS ROCK OF By BILL GIBB Our city commissioners, in dis-it is useless. tion, don’t you think? If John Doe |j, I've asked citizens to aid but never | ordinances are enforced. The new | pestis | “it the measure is not enforced, “If the federal bureaucrats lose | their coffee breaks, we probably will, too, in time,” they worry. Every office and factory worker also has a stake in the answer. For if the coffee break is abolished for tillers in the government vine- yard, it is likely to disappear in the business world as well. Don't business people always boast they work harder and longer than gov- ernment people? ¥ The issue is non-partisan, Repub- licans and Democrats are likely to agree that: “Some institutions, like matrimony and the coffee OURS oe RE RS pet ee &% dea E fs It has always seemed to such things as B-girls, i i ust, tpi same as in any community. problems are different, are er, then the cause must be either in laxity on the zens or the ineptness cials. I'm inclined to ter provides an answer. As said earlier, “This 4 2 ge i gs E56 4 Keefe Brasselle Actually Looks Like Young Eddie Cantor By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD #— The transfor- mation was amazing. Keefe Bras- sélle actually looked like a young and slightly taller Eddie Cantor. What wonders a little makeup has wrought! Keefe no longer break, have become cherished | looked like the brash and hand- parts of the American way. Let|some juvenile that I knew. His that new broom sweep away some- | hair was slicked down and combed thing else.” to the side. His eyes were darker The government goal to abolish the two-hour lunch, of course, will have no effect on the business world. The problem of the business world is to cut down on the three- martini, four-hour lunch. Beverage Dept. Closes One Office TALLAHASSEE (#—~ The State Beverage Department says its Daytona Beach effice is being abolished for economy reasens and because it does not have enough work to warrant its continuation. Elimination of the office will save about $10,000 a year, Bever- age Director Sam F. Davis said Tuesday. An agent working out of Or- lando will handle ‘enforcement op- erations in the area. Davis said the Beverage Depart- ment auditor stationed at Daytona Beach has been transferred to | Jacksonville and the two enforce- {ment agents have been dropped (by means of contact lenses) and the eyebrows were more pro- neuneed. The Cantor sear was sim- ulated on his forehead, He was a ringer for the banjo- eyed comic, even to a pair of outstanding ears. This was done by pulling the ears slightly for- ward. He can also pop and roll his eyes. “The eye-rolling wasn't easy to learn,” admitted Keefe, who is playing the lead in “Eddie Cantor story.” . “But Eddie, who has been help- ful in everything, gave me a few Pointers. He showed me how to rotate the eyes to four corners, then repeat it faster and faster. I practiced it a long time and now I've got it down pat.” I mentioned that the only dis- lerepancy in the impersonation is his height. But he pooh-poohed that notion. “I’m not really so. tall — only 5 feet 10%,” he explained. “The height problem is easily solved by |surrounding me with taller men. You should see the scene I do gates for me, he said. “There's no stopping me now.” i ne4 DARWIN, Australia —Britain’s Fayid, in the Suez Canal zone; at Canberra jet bomber, already the | Karachi, capital of Pakistan, und conqueror of Atlantic speed rec- ords, racked up a new offical | only three hours on the ground, the in Singapore. In all they spent | tinuing the war. I believe that Gen. | trom the mn Eisenhower will find the ways to; 0™ ‘Be Payroll. make the enemy change his mind) jin that respect so that they too | Residents Vote Evenly '. jwith Flo Ziegfeld; countrymen to pay no attention to differences between he towers |“rumors” of jbove me.” Keefe has always been a super- them. | The announcement indicated jalesman, whether he's selling anew that Kashani, speaker of the will want peace.” | Dulles may have been suggesting | | Christmas cards, as he did earlier | Majlis Gower house of Partiae England-to-Australia mark Wed. {longest stay an hour and 16 min-| On Incorporate Issue lin his career, or Keefe Brasselle, | ment), bad backed down from +24 “THEY RE WONDERFUL DEAR, BUT WHAT ARE THEY FOR #* The speedy twin-jet whizzed utes in Karachi. this country will increase its aid PORTSMOUTH, 0. w—Some of which he sells best of all. T asked | stand againsf a recent Majlis En route they also collected an- other official record, eclipsing the old London-to-Karachi mark. Their 53 minutes bet- down at this North Australian port at 4:07 p.m. (1:37 a.m., EST), wes 22 hours and 1 minute after ving London. |to the French who have been fight. | the residents of Rosemount com- jing the Communists in Indochina | munity wanted to incorporate the for years. But just what kind of | area, booming because of the in- help this country intended for its |flux of workers for a nearby allies was something they could |Atomic Energy Commission plant. | 1 him if he were concerned over | extending for a year the premier’ being permanently Eddie: Cantor. identified as | powers to govern the country by | decree. “Not at all,” he replied, “and ; "t tell you why. When I was Its actual flying time for the trip—unofficial so vious official record listed with the British Air Ministry of 45 hours 135 minutes, clocked by a four- engine Lancaster bomber in Aug- ust, 1946, It also bested the 19 hours 12 minutes flying time in which an- other Canberra jet made the trip last March 16, but that flight was not clocked officially and the plane en route stopped over in Singapore jfor 43 hours. | A two-man Royal Air Force crew jon Wednesday's flight was Flight Lt, Leslie Morris Whittingtes, 29 asd a veteran test pilot, and bis Bavigator, Flight Lt. Brown, 30. the 3,921- 1949, by a Pp Tuesday, {stressed that the-record try was jonly @ secondary mission. The |plane, they explained, is destined for secret experimental work 2t |the Commonwealth Guided Missile fanmd Rocket Testing Ranges at | Woomera, in the heart of the Aus- jtralian desert. Another Canberra — the craft is the world's first twin-jet bomber— | conquered the Atlantic last Aug. 26. | That day the bomber made the jfirst-double crossing between sun- {rise and sunset, from Ireland to Newfoundland and back, and set eee ee | self to be. | He repeatedly said “enlightened self-interest” will be this country's |foreign policy guide. But again he }left the rest of the world to wonder about the extent of his meaning when he said “Our job is to serve our own enlightened self-interest’ by dem- omstrating by ance, by our own examples, how good freedom is and how much better it is than desp 2.” He gave one severe nudge to the British, French and Germans by saying that unless they are willing te do more for themselves | against ‘They left London Tuesday at | speed of Wednesday's flight but /not be so willing to belp them. 8:36 a.m. British time (33:36 a.m., | said they were making the trip at So, although Dulles wen’ into a only guess at from Dulles’ talk. | “You can count on us” was about |issue yesterday, with 289 voting son in Hollywood thought I could “| the most emphatic he allowed him-|for incorporation and 289 yoting do the role: the producer, Sid our own perform-/ So voters cast ballots on the | against it. One ballot-the deciding |vote--was found anmarked in the ballot box Citizens will have to petition t township trustees again if the want to hold another election. Residents of the United States own 52 per cent of the investments in Canada’s rapidly growing of show details in explaining how to com- bat it. The Truman-Acheson foreign pol- ity was called “containment 2 front | meaning to keep communism from Russia, this country may | | |Dulles can think of a way to Ro) Tuesday, EST) and stopped en over 40,000 feet and using oxygen great deal of detail explaining the beyond containment and actually ' menace of communism, be avoided roll commusism back without war. Toute three times for fuel — at (to Breathe all the way. j chosen for this part, only one per- | Skolsky. he was Everybody else thought to pick me. Now if e thought 1 could play t shouldn't ‘be hard for n¢ to go back to being Keefe Brasselle. This like ¢ 1 play myseif.” makeup helps too. I look in this picture. So when ture roles, I'll look like advantage over Larry Parks. The er played Joigsa ngsout at- ‘tem, singer's physical characteristics. Thus his own face and personsi- ity were closely identified with ‘Jolson in the public mind. Parks Brasselie’s enthusiasm for the role is boundiess “This is going to open up the ing to imitate the Mammy | |_ WASHINGTON @# — President | Eisenhower has appointed fot- | mer Gov. Val Peterson of Nebras- Peterson, a Republican, will serve as a presidential Naison man with the various government depart- ments and agencies. Peterson 1 industry, latest available figures/ in this regard. be may have an | Hugh Butler were understood | Esseobower confirmation were eo (declaring Peterson i obeerioss” to (the 1096 and ending in ing hone owners oumber of windows