The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 23, 1953, Page 4

-Page4. THE. KEY WEST CITIZEN Monday, February 23, 1953 The Key West Citien pee ee Rim 0S SS a Published daily (except Sunday) by L. P, Artman, owner and pub- fisher, trom 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 a 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. a Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida eee Subscription (by carrier) 25¢ per week, year $12; By Mail $15.60 Reeser eeneesuesnnssiascsinetbdsnenenpesiii> ADVERTISED RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION Cr ee ae The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issue and subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish anonymous communications. i ree FLORIDA ASS Ess TION = SS 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 Gove:nments. Community Auditorium. et nee RUSSIA’S WAR ON JEWS a Representatives of Arab nations have recently in- formed American officials that the Soviet Union’s:war on Jews is winning the Reds friends in-the Middle East. Be- cause the war between Arab nations and Palestine is still fresh in the memories of Arabs and because future trouble between Palestine and these countries is freely predicted by many, the Russian attacks on Jews have been popular in some Arab nations. The rising spirit of nationalism within the Arab coun- tries and the fact that many of them accept Jews as their natural enemies, cause the Moscow propaganda campaign to be more effective than it would be otherwise. Recent re- ports indicate the Russians are gaining influence rapidly in some Middle East countries. These reports come at-a time when the British are urg- ing the United States to back them more’btrongly in the Middle East and when both Britain and France are having serious difficulties in their Middle East possessions and protectorates, The State Department hgs already stubbed its toe on this problem on several occasions, the most re- cent being when U. S. delegates to the U. N. refused to join Arab nations in asking a USN. investigation of French. Arab disputes in Morocco and Tunisia. In view of the Russian threat, it would be well for the United States to move carefully and independently — as far as is possible — in the Middle East. Such action might encourage the trend to more self-government for colonies of European powers. It seems apparent that U.S. policy in the Middle East must be not only carefully directed but carefully carried out. This country cannot afford to side against Britian or out. There is a time to play, as well as a time to pray, but some people never try either. HE-IS.SO RIGHT!! “<STAY OUT OF | AFFAIRS OF OTHER COUNTRIES / NOTAS CUBANAS Por RAOUL ALPIZAR POYO UNA CIUDAD DE EVOCACION A los que gustan de las cosas an- tiguas, que tienen el sabor de otros tiempos y que, acaso como el vino afiejo, mientras mas viejo mas rico, hoy le vamos a hablar de una linda ciudad, que bien me- rece los honores que se le conce- dieron no ha mucho de “monu- mente nacional.” Nos referimos a la histérica Tri- nidad, alla en Las ‘Villas. Esta ciu- dad que con Baracoa y Sancti Spiritus, tienen el privilegio de ser las mas antiguas de Cuba, tiene grandes atractivos para el viajero estudioso. Para los que viajan tra- tando de superar su cultura, mas que por mero espacimiento ma- terial. Fué fundada la villa de Trinidad en el afio de 1514 por Don Diego Velazquez. Fué en un tiempo bas- tante lejano, una poblacién prés- pera y el asiento residencial de un grupo de las m4s acaudalattas farnilias de la época. Las vicisi- tues que trajeron el correr de los ‘tiempos, las luchas por la liber- tad de Cuba, tuvieron el triste privilegio de empobrecer una ciudad que no merecia ese olvi- do, por su historia y su pasado in- teresante. Ello a pesar, siempre se pro- curé por sus habitantes, mante- ner intacto ese pasado, Ileno de glorias y de interés. Tal cual si el transcurso de los siglos, echara sobre la ciudad un velo; para im- pedir que de ella desaparecieran | sus aspectos mas interesantes. Conserva Trinidad sus viejas Car AS Attorneys-at-law delight in people who are always ready to fight for their rights. Sennen neeninteteceerbncnnin The idea that all marriages are made in Heaven places an undue responsibility upon the celestial regions. The urge for tolerance is closely associated with those who are quickest to accuse other people of intoler- ance, SLICE OF HAM {naga jque al penetrar &® ellas el 1do Meno de gloria y jausteridad. Alli jmes casonas de las | Torrado, Frias j mas jhayan podido sustraer de la ciu- callejuelas, estrechas, con pavi- mento de piedra dura. Sus cons- trueciones se mantienen exacta- mente igual a la época en que esa Ciudad era el lugar de veraneo de los ricos y su atmédsfera colonial se ha conservado a través del tiempo y la distancia, sin que el progreso, ni el modernismo, con sus alborotos y sus novedades, dad, esa patina que la vejéz pone Sobre los lienzos y los monwmen- tos de arte. Por eso sigue siendo Trinidad la ciudad plena de interés para el viajero culto y estudioso. Sus plazas, sus igiesias, de una arquitectura que siempre es nue- va, por 8 pireza, dan a la po- blacién un interés inmenso, que sabe apreciar el visitante culto. Existen alli numerosas iamilias, descendientes de los antiguos mo- radores del lugar, que conservan | cuidadosamente, como si fuera un/ religioso legado, reliquias y ob-} jetos de arte, de aquellos dias de | boato y riquezas, que son mos- trados a los visitentes con verda- | dero agrado, por sus poseedores, | sin que ello les cueste absoluta-} | mente nada. El Palacio de te familia de | con sw torre bellisima, las residencias de las antig fami lias de Borrell. Cante yel pa lacio del Conde Brunet, cuyas amplias habitaciones, conservan aun el mnobiliario de la época y visi tante: parece que evoca un pasa de solemne estin las enor familias de y otras $s siem Palac todas ellas ab: jpre a la curiosidad dei viajere | fiestas religiosas Santa. Son esos diss hey: quietud $ a los! sidered accessories in helping to | College Celebra Trinidad Ge la Semana admirable. Las m beredadas de sus mayores y durante la céle- bracién de esa semana, no se es- cuchan ruidos en las calles y nin- guna persona se atreve a hacer sonar un piano, como si se de- seara mantener en toda su_inte- gridad, el recuerdo de otros dias en que los hombres sentian ma- yor respeto por las cosas santas y no se atrevian, como en los tiempos que corremos, a hacer del recorrido de las estaciones, a manera de una romeria, donde las diversiones sientan plaza, con las mayores y: mas censurables irreverentias, Las candeladas famosas San Juan y San Pedro, son de atractivo interés y tienen lugar los dias 24 y/30 de Junio de cada afio y en ellas toman parte acti- va las familias mas prominentes de la localidad, Estas fiestas, son a manera de unos entretenidos carnavales, don- de la cia reina y donde es- tan abol los africanos tambo- res y las genuflexiones, que han traido una verdadera confusién en la musica vernacula cubana. Cerca de Trinidad, tiene su asiento el puerto de Casilda, con sus playas y su balneario mo- derno, Alli puede el turista ad- de! WORR|S—e mirar el arbol en que arnarrara sus naves, el conquistador Hernan Cortés, cuando preparaba su ne- fasta excursion a tierras mexi- eanas. Alli, cubierto por gruesa cadena, se conserva el arbol cen- tenario, donde aquel usurpador mantuvo listas sus naves para la conquista de México. Todo en Trinidad y en Casilda es motivo de grandes evocaciones. Es como si volvieramos a vivir un pasado hereico, pleno de vir- tudes hogarefias, cuando la gran familia cubana hacia gala de su auteridad en todo cuanto tomaba Parte activa. La Villa de Trinidad es digna de conocerse. Aunque sus hoteles no son de primera clase, sus ha- bitantes procuran por todos los medios, hacer grata Ia estancia alli de los visitantes; En los dias de la Semana Santa, no hay lu- gar donde alojarse. y concurren de todas partes de la Republica, peregrinos y fieles devotos, a to- mar parte en la procesién llama- da del Santo Entierro, que tiene lugar alli y que es una exacta re- produccién de aquellas que salian a las calles en pasados siglos. Repetimos, que todo viajero que guste adquirir cultura, que sienta las nostalgias de otros dias que se fueron para no volver, no debe desdefiar la ocasién, si se le presenta, de visitar Trinidad, en la seguridad que repetira su visi- ta y que saldra de alli pensando como el poeta: “que todo tiempo pasado fué mejor”... — THIS ROCK OF OURS By BILL GIBB Not long ago Mrs. Wilhelmina Harvey mentioned the fact that the Business and Professional Wo- men were interested in securing wages equal to those paid men for equivalent services. Most men would like to see this project suc- ceed since the biggest stumbling block a man faces in getting a raise in pay is :he boss’ warning threat: “We can get women to do your job for less than you're mak- ing now.” Men have labor unions to pro- tect themselves from the cut- throat competition of other men. There is no way that they can prevent, a woman who doesn’t es- pecially need a job from working for practically nothing in order to fill in her leisure time, however. But what I meant to start out writing about was the so-called “cafe society's vice trial” in New York. . . It seems to me that any organ- | ized group of women would be in- terested in the unfair proceedings jot such trials and try to do some- | thing about the situation. Any fe- male suspected of being a prosti- = or call-girl is automatically the target of unnecessary publici- It is almost a crime to men- in connection delinquency ty. tion men's names with the woman's though. The question amounts to this are such trials conducted to era dicate undesirable conditions or are they merely refined methods of torturing the wemen concerned | — making them the scapegoat for something in which mer are equally guilty? Pruhibitica failed because en- fo cement of the law was directed en against the manufactur. of also inch who certainly the Consumers | have been con- | break the pros jure as;long as our courts protect {the men involved. Such disparagements can be found in almost every branch of of criminal law. Thieves and rob- bers usually receive heavy peni- tentiary sentences while the “fence” or middie-man who buys their stolen goods gets off with a | speaker light fine. Someday perhaps we will wake up to the fact that any contributory agent to a crime is as guilty as the actual perpetra- tor. Empty Coffers With the City of Key West scrap- ing the bottom of its money bar- rel, we might stop to think of the many duplicate jobs performed by both the City and the County and / try to figure some way ‘to save expenses. For years there's been attempts to combine city and county govern- ments. I doubt if such @ system can ever be worked out for a com- | plete unification. However, there is no reason ‘that certain depart- ments cannot be combined. The two jails.for instance, are unneces- sary for a town as small as Vey West : Tax assessment cffices are al- ready working together and why shouldn't the tax collector’s office be able to work out a similar} system? The City of Key West will al- ways be plagued with financial bie until some ferm of cooper: is secured with the County. The people won't stand for addi- |‘ tonal taxes so slashing expenses seems to be the only solution. | This of course means getting rid/ | ot some of our surprus, paid. poli-| tical jobs. The entire subject is a “het potato” that so person, especially a politician wants to/ graudes er: of alcoholic beverages ingtead | bandie (a Every member of the LaSalle| basketball team comes! iron Philadelphia, Pa. where the | school is located. Defense Work PARIS (#—The NATO Council. in a surprise move has promised Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway 224 million dollars more for 1953 European military construction — money it denied him last December. Now the council has to figure out which country will pay how much. Allocation of the additional 224 million. — matching the same amount approved ai the council meeting last December—was an- nounced last week by Lord Ismay, British secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza- tion. The new allotment gave Ridg-| way, NATO’s supreme comman- der, a bonus, In December he said | 428 million dollars was the mini- mum needed for 1953 construction of air bases, jet fuel pipelines, communications and headquarters installations in Western Europe. The council then allocated only 224 millions. Ismay said the council had not solved the important problem of how to split the new allocation | among the NATO members. “We | are trying to avoid the sordid business of bargaining around the | table,” he added. The December economy move | drew sharp criticism from Ridg-| way, who called it a lack of im- aginative planning. He said a slackening of the NATO defense effort could not be excused. Military planners felt that proj- ects should be pushed during good construction weather this spring | and summer. Commenting last week on the increase, a spokesman at Ridgway’s headquarters said: “Too bad it’s come two months too late.” The spokesman, who asked that his name not be used, sai A new art form " Aomew act een One Npgated Reais Gabieee AE aa ae appeared on the Key West scene and it bids fair to take the city by storm if steps aren't taken to clear the air. Dig this: “It Wasn’t God That |Made Honky Tonk Angels,” “‘Hot Rod Mama,” “Nicotine Fits,” |“Rock The Joint,” “Tears Of Shame.” Sad aren’t they? They happen to be the titles of a few of the latest in hillybilly tunes now available to the city’s musie lovers, I happen to think they are pretty poor examples of | American folk music. They are travesties on the tra- dition of fine ballads which have been sung by generations of natives of Kentucky, Tennessee and neighboring areas. Some folks like this sort of thing, which is going to leave me wide open for criticism for taking ja crack at the kind of music that is pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into the pockets of re- cord manufacturers. Hillbilly music, western swing, etc., leave me cold. Most of the records feature some erzatz west- ern character, who could use a few music lessons, strumming on |a guitar that he doesn’t know a | whale of a lot about playing. Most of ’em seem to find it necessary to distort their voices way out of sure must have been heavy” for the bigger allocation because the military authorities had not ex- pected it to be announced before | the scheduled April 23 meeting of Atlantic Pact foreign ministers. With sums previously authorized, 562 millions dollars has now been set aside for the 1953 NATO build- ing program. kilter and the result is a weird cacaphony of sound (with the em- phasis on the phony), which just doesn’t go with this music Aside from the fact that the music is not of the best, the sub- ject matter of the “ballads” might be termed somewhat depressing. We risked a quarter in a juke box today and that is what we heard: A character known as Ten- nessee Ernie had- too much to drink last night and he was be- moaning the fact that he was al- most sure to lose his gal because he wasn’t a “right thinkin’ man.” Then} Mr. Jimmy Dolan got him- self all w@und up ina nicotine .fit. Rio Commuters Have Respite | world’s most downtrodden commu- In Sight Soon By STANFORD BRADSHAW RIO DE JANEIRO ® — The ters—they claim—have a respite in sight. They wait two and three hours for a train. They are packed 400 into a car built for 200. It jerks along slowly, taking three hours to cover 20 miles. Frequently, too, the electric engines burn out en route. Some electric coaches have to be pulled by wood-burning loco- motives. A 1910 coach may be| coupled to a 1950 model. All too frequently, too, the an-) tiquated control system breaks | down and a wreck occurs. The commuters’ burning resent- ment over all this came to a head | early last month. When the serv- ice sagged to a new low, they | prs riots in stations all along the line. In Rio's main station, | hundreds, enraged at an overlong | delay, began to tear up tracks and | dismantle installations. They bat- | tled police and Army units for| more than an hour before being subdued. Railway officials, in loud- addresses, admitted the faults of the service and their in- ability to cope with inadequate juipment. “sthe riots focused public attention on the commuters’ plight and the government took action. It made currency available for the pur- chase of some new equipment immediately. It aiso asked the joint Brazil-United States Econom. | ie Development Commission' to prepare a long range plan for re- building the road. The commission's pian, approved by President Getulio Vargas, calls | for the addition of 300 new cars, | including motive units, by 1957. j In addition, switching-yard facil- ites will be improved, transmission lines modernized, and the right of way rehabilitated with new rail The improvements, it is estimated, | will be sufficient to allow a return | of 175 to 200 passengers per car, | will per- Roadbed jmit higher speeds and longer trains, thus boosting | capacity. To pay off the cost of the new equipment, once # is instalied, fares for the road will be trebied. | At present, the top is one crazeiro five cents) for a ride of @8 mil; Bus fares, over the same passenger [Tange up to six cruzeires ” commission expects that the raij-/ way, with improved service, sti] could bold its own. Keony the Boston Ce | peg acon ad Sormes captain at University Kectacky jay: ed with the U.S. Olympic teem, | 1968. Sebscribe to The Citizes ' ‘All we haVorto sayy*Mr. Dolan, is lay off t cigarettes, your throat sounded pretty rough. Tried Hadavol? Defense Plan | , ...Ear To The Ground Another gal then told the joint was rockin’ ( | 2 | 8 g ri i z. + .and Win Jones, athletic direc- tor there, is the best bet at the track -- he’s the fellow attired in the yachting costume that trots down the track before the race at the head of the dog handlers. . . Miss Carol Aronovitz had 20 bucks HT F s Ee Ey ae Hl E 35 Set For Balkans _ |For Paratroops ANKARA, Turkey (#—Turkey, Greece and Yugoslavia have reached complete agreement on defense arrangements against pos- sible Communist aggression in the Balkans in talks here, informed Turkish sources said, No communique was issued aft- er the week-long discussions ended {last week but the sources said: “Complete accord has been | ecued concerning defense ar- rangements to be made jointly by | the three nations.” A treaty of friendship among the three, now being drafted in | Athens, Greece, is expected to be | signed here early next month. In- dications are that any formal mil- itary agreement will be separate from the friendship pact and will follow later, hi et note 41. Rodent River of 42. Operated forgettule 44 Iritate (4. Kind of ment de cramer te St: Peat aigse |. To the time that Exist 19. Shade tree 21. Copy Forebear CAMP DRUM, N. Y. (The iit i tt SERR BRARSHSSEE ESBS ERBRES ee we © '