The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 2, 1953, Page 4

Page4 = THE KEY WEST CITIZEN — Monday, February 2, 1953 The Key West Citizen Published daily (except Sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and pub- lisher, from The Citizen Building, corner of Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. 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 or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published here. ES Rene ere ee Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida LC OO Subscription (by carrier) 25¢ per week, year $12; By Mail $15.60 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 @nonymous 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. A RAILROAD DRAMA A runaway passenger train, speeding into Washing- ton’s huge Union Station out of control, recently created a railroad drama which ranks with some of the best in this country’s railroading annals. A Pennsylvania express train, unable to come to a stop, or even slow its speed to a safe minimum, crashed through steel and concrete bar- riers and other obstacles, in a spectacular entrance into the Union Station early this month. The men, who probably saved the lives of a number of people, were Henry W. Brower, the engineer of the train, and . Feeny, who was in a control tower as the train rushed by, heading into the station. Brower frantically gave a series of short blasts on the train horn—the stand- ard procedure to signal danger. Feeney, hearing the warn- ing, called the station master’s office in Union Station and warned employees (who were directly in the path of the runaway train) to make a dash for their lives. Six &mployees in the train master’s office and another group behind it, plus several employees in a newsstand directly in the path of the train, managed to rush to safe- ty, with only seconds to spare as the speeding train crash- ed into the station. The action of the desperate engineer andthe alert tower man saved the lives of a number of people, and are thus worthy of mention in connection with the record of American railroading, which contains so many unforget- able acts of heroism and bravery on the iron rails. meneseeensnoeteetoreneoniagemenn ns sisgs A BASEBALL NOTE , Recently one of the major wite services voted Enos! (Country) Slaughter “the man who niade the greatest | sports comeback of 1952.” The comeback was a thrilling | one because Slaughter is 86 years old and because, in| 1951, he seemed finished as a great baseball player. To us, Enos Slaughter has always been a ball player and the hustle which he exhibits at 36 years of age puts | many of the modern-day youngsters to shame. “Country” | doesn’t know anything else but hustle and can play the} game no other way. | The best example of his hustling spirit came, per- haps, in 1946, when the Cardinals were engaging the Bos- ton Red Sox in a dramatic seven-game World Series. It was the seventh game and one run would decide the con- | test. The Cardinals singled and “Country” took off from first base with his characteristic energy and then some. The batter registered a single, but “Country” scored all the way from first. That was the World Series and Boston had been upset. Since the days of Ty Cobb and some of the other hus- Hers, the trend has been toward less hustle. That compet- itive fire, that boundless energy, which has marked so many great baseball players, is not yet out of vogue. As long as professional baseball has players like “Country” Slaughter, the old spirit will be there. The World Today By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON i#—These early days of. the Eisenhower adminis- tration will not go down in history as its talkingest period. But time, events and the Washington climate will loosen’ its tongue. Except for his inaugural address, which dealt mostly with generali- ties, President Eisenhower him- self has said practically nothing, publicly, since taking office, or, for that matter, since his election. And his Cabinet members, ap- parently under instructions to keep their lips buttoned about their con- versaions with him, have hurried away from White House confer- ences without saying anything much more revealing than ‘no comment.” This is understandable. In the first place, Eisenhower reportedly was irked, in his pre-inauguration days, by leaks about his intentions that slipped out through the doors. of his New York headquarters, Secondly, it-is not unusual for an inaugural address to deal in generalities. And, further, Eisen- hower and his team, new in their jobs, are still feeling their way. True, some of his top people have done some talking, but not of anything Eisenhower has said. Charles E. Wilson, former General Motors president who is secretary of defense, has done most of the talking. He did it— some of his critics contend he talked too much—while closeted with senators who ques- tioned him about his G. M. stock. They prodded him into selling it before they would approve him. Secretary of State Dulles has had something to say on at least three different ogeasions, Right af- ter taking office he cautioned State Department. employes they’re ex- pected to be loyal. This was an admonition which may not have set well with those employes who may. have consid- HAL BOYLE SAYS NEW YORK i® — Man’s best friend isn't the dog — or the in- stallment plan either. His truest buddy is a mysterious old codger named Mr. R. E. Morse. Once he enters vour life he never leaves it. You can always hear the echo of his following footsteps. Nobody gives out with more free advice. For this he expects no gratitude. But if you don’t do what he says, he ‘climbs right up on your back and stays there until you do. And he’s a right heavy old fellow to tote. He'll wear down the strongest man. Do you remember when you firs, met him? I do. I was very young, I had taken a quarter from scme change my mother had left on top of the bureau. . The quarter quickly went in a whirlwind buying spree. Five ice cream cones later, gorged and happy, I lolled in a torpor on our front steps. “A shadow came between me and the hot summer sun. I looked up and saw an Antique figure in a shabby suit of black frowning down at me. “Son, I’m old Mr. R. E. Morse,” he said. “And I expect you'll be seeing a lot of me from now on— judging from the way you're start- ing out. Why did you steal that two-bits from your mother?” “I didn’t steal it—I borryed it,” I told him. “Pll pay her back when I grow up.” “Sometimes little boys like you don’t get to grow up,” he said. “You don’t want to die owing your ered their loyalty beyond question and which hardly have changed any who already were deliberately disloyal. Next he made a TV-radio talk to the nation on foreign affairs and later had a freindly get-to- gether with department employes. Secretary of Agriculture Benson, also right after taking office, told his employes they’re expected to do a day’s work for a day’s pay and announced plans to streamline the department. And Atty, Gen. Brownell told his Justice Department employes he wants them to be on the job on time. That about sums up what the administration has said pub- licly since taking office. This is a situation which should begin to change about noon Mon- day when Eisenhower delivers in sage to Congress. This is where a president is ex- pected to be fairly specific on {what he has in mind. Eisenhower {has been working on this message for days. It’s the State of the Un- person his staff of the union mes- | ft -{ion message which starts an ad- ministration’s ball rolling. Later, perhaps next week, Eisen- hower will begin his news confer- ences. And one by one his Cabinet members will undoubtedly have news conferences of their own, with more or less regularity. And once the President has laid down the line—or the outline—of his foreign policy, Dulles may feel more free to get specific him- self on foreign policy. Like Eisen- hower’s inaugural talk, Dulles’ talk to the nation this week was a generalized statement. He may have wanted to let Eisenhower lead the way before he took up the ball in his special field. But if Eisenhower has any hopes that he can stop leaks from his administration, in spite of any instructions he gives to the con- trary, it’s a pretty safe bet he’s in’ for disillusionment. | This town is too full of people looking for information and people | with axes to grind, and people who ‘talk only to friends who talk only |to friends who talk to anybody, for’ jleaks to stop leaking. Seer crs rere a ee ae RN ee <A SEDER LS EMR Ee Ma Ce SE Ph Oe ee THE tape is availabi USE OF SCOTCHNIGHT TAPE, being pu and de be pur on the sirce chased from the JayCees mother money, do you? Anyway, you know you're just telling me a big fib. Go tell your mother right now you took that quarter.” Terrified, I ran into the house. Then I thought, “Oh, well, I'll tell her later.” But she discovered the quarter was missing, and when my father came home he took his belt and applied it where thought it would do me the good. sniffling ies As I lay in bed, . pity, I heard old Mr. R. E. whispering through the “If you'd of tole the I tole you to, you'd have given.” Well, as I grew. up old E. Morse came to visit m often—every time I played or disobeyed my father, or bad. mark in school, or failed friend. . “You know I hate you,” I said once. “You hate me with your mouth,” he replied. “But if people really don’t want me in their heart— why, they never see me.” Another time I told him: “The trouble with you is you never, show up until after I’m in a pickle of some kind. Why don’t you hand out a little of that free advice before a fellow gets him- self ina jam?” “Well, if that’s the way you want it, Pl oblige,” he answered. Sure enough, he did. In the mid- die of “the night before” old Mr. R. E. Morse started showing up and warning about the penalty of “the morning after.” He started reminding me to remember impor- tant anniversaries in advance. If I even thought of shirking on the job, there he was going, “Tsk, tsk —you'll be sorry.” Lately I haven't, been seeing so much of ‘old Mr. R. E. Morse. The other day my wife suddenly put her arms around me and seid: “Rover, you've been behaving pretty well lately, all things con- sidered. Have you reformed after all these years?” I looked over her shoulders, and there was old Mr. R. E. Morse, laughing fit to kill himself. “Reformed nothing,” he chuck- led. ‘You're just getting too old and tired to be tempted. I guess |I better go find myself somebody younger to advise.” nF aé a Fie. bit bi ALARM CLOCK GIVES FIRE ALARM BOSTON “—It wasn't the ring: ing, but the crash of an alarm clock, that roused a fire depart- | Ment company last week to the {plight of,a couple trapped in their home by a fire, Unable to leave a second floor bedroom because of the flames, Michzel MeCarthy, 45, tossed his jalarm clock 30 feet through a win- {dow of the fire station. | Poking their heads out the win- jdow, firefighters saw McCarthy | and his’ wife, Cecelia, 49, stranded lon a small Porch outside their bed- room. The firefighters brought them | down ladders and then put out the fire. i |EXPLOSION ROCKS |RED. YOUTH CLUB | ‘TEL AVIV, Israet W—~An explo- |sion rocked the Communist Youth |Club last week following a warn- ling notice that it would be blown jup. There were no casualties. | It was believed that anti-Com- ;munists tossed a bomb into the j club. 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