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

i Page 4 «THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, February 24, 1953 The Key West Citizen Roars Just Like When He Had All His Teeth x HAL BOYLE SAYS nec sn se SSS SR THIS ROCK OF OURS Sa aes ad By BILL GIBB ’ 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 ; . P. ARTMAN -. . 3 |. NEW YORK (®—To get in to see = NORMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager te > ¢ | her, first the doorman had to phone Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter upstairs. Since last autumn I’ve been gathering material and studying plans for successful airport oper- ational procedures - from the standpoint of management, that is. The idea was originally proposed and a portion of the expense: financed by Dan Navarro. : s z : ul i 7 g i 4 i ——- Publisher f F : i i z 5 Then when you went through the ; TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2-5662 a a Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively ‘entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it _OF Got otherwise credited im this paper, and also the local news e published here. a \Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier) 25¢ per week, year $12; By Mail $15.60 rere reer ree ee ea SNE nn ADVERTISED RATES MADE KNOWN GON APPLICATION ' Whe Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issue hnd subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish mymous communications. IMPROVEMENTS FOR |KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments Beach ahd Bathing Pavilion, Airports—Land and Sea, Consolidation of County and City Governments. Community Auditorium. BLOCKADE OF CHINA 14 When President Dwight D. Eisenhower began to con- slilér a blockade against China, as another means of in- chepsing the pressure on the Communists to end the Ko- ns War, some of our Allies objected strenuously. Some Ww Ye fearful the war in the Far East would be enlarged, atkGed against such an eventuality. a The object of such a blockade is to end the present war, not to enlarge it. The advantages of such a blockade sen} to outweigh the possible disadvantages by a wide m4: gin. Undoubtedly, sich a blockade would hamper the buildup of supplies and material in China necessary to cafry on a prolonged war jn Korea. } In addition, such a blockade would weaken the inter- nailidtonomy of China, causing a serious depression in solge fields of the economy, and would prevent the Chi- nes ‘Communists from obtaining large quantities of some proticts which they must import and which are vital to a wa¥ economy. It is true Russia could supply the: Chinese wit} inuch of the material cut off, but this would be in the interest of the Allies, since it would be imposing an addi- tiotal strain on the Russian-Chinese transportation system. ‘It would also prevent the Russians from stockpiling suck materials at a maximum pace, since much Russian traisportation and effort would be consumed in supplying the Chinese, Thus, the blockade seems to be well justified. It issitteresting to note that the Chinese Nationalists could carre‘on a blockade of their own, regardless of U. 8. pol- ‘The disadvantage in such a blockade might lie in the fact'that it would not be the incentive to end the war, as : blockade, A Chinese blockade would not necessar- , With the cessation of fighting in Korea, although t be possible for the Chinese Communists to work ne sort of truce plan with the United States, calling nd to the fighting and the blockade. If such an agretingent were reached, the Chinese Nationalists would free to do what they pleased. 4th inventories at new highs, there will be grief a- ffice-holders will always play politics, but that does not apn that the voter has to be a sucker. i ao Mb seem to be unable to convince ourselves that every important as some people think it is. __SLICE OF HAM SERVICE SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN “RULL HER UP! By FRANK O’BRIEN WASHINGTON (#—One thought, which can work wide and deep changes in the nation’s economy, may be said to dominate the new administration’s economic policies, It is: Crisis has come to stay. Out of this the Eisenhower gov- ernment has evolved an economic program which follows a consis- tent line through tax, budget, mon- etary-credit, debt management, controls, support and regulation policy. Much of the policy has already emerged in word or action. Much more is disclosed in the speeches and publications of Eisenhower’s chief economic aides before they took office. But the administration is already engaged in two running fights with Congress—over farm prices and tax reduction. How much of its well-ordered economic program the essentially nonpolitical, businessman admin- istration can put through the politi- cally sensitive Congress is a ques- tion. For the program would in- volve, at least temporarily, sacri- ficing and revising some pretty cherished ideas. The new Treasury leaders have given evidence they hope to ham- mer out a new economic policy with Congress, not against it. Sec- retary Humphrey, Under Secre- tary Marion Folsom, Deputy Sec- retary W. Randolph Burgess and Tax Adviser Dan Throop Smith have quietly been circulating through the offices of senators anj representatives on Capitol Hill. One of the above said, privately, “We are not putting together a program hich we are going to take up the Hill and try to ram down the throat of Congress. We are asking for ideas. We want reports of studies from the Hill. We are suggesting joint studies. We do not suppose that all our ideas will be accepted, and some of them we will not even propose. We hope in the end to have a coherent pro- gram for a solidly based economy acceptable to Congress and to us. Here are the foundations of that program: The Eisenhower government takes the view that as of Jan. 20, the nation’s economy was bur- dened with a long string of emer- gency measures, and a psychology of emergency thinking, dating from World War I, the depression and World War II. High and extraordinary taxes, stringent regulation, direct eco- nomic controls, inflation and defi- cit government are acceptable, the new economic leaders say, under the lash of emergencies where the chief objective is to survive. But, they say, such measures | are essentially foreign to the Amer- }can only be accepted for short, or definitely limited periods. Other- wise, they hae the destructive ef- fect of dope on its victim. “Tt is a curious thing,” one high I said, “that the little war fect on us than both the world |wars and the depression put to- gether. That is because the world jwars, and the depression, were ihings you, could put a limit on. {You could secept all the sacri- fices imposed because you could see 3 time when they would end But the attack in Korea bas made us realize that now we are yep. against something we will prob- ‘ably have to live with the rest @ our lives. No maa is wise enough jcan free enterprise economy and | j without danger to the worth of the orea has had a greater ef-} Feeling Of Constant Crisis In Economic Situation Can Damage Nation’s Economy ‘Small Boy’s Horror Story Has By KENNETH MAY Lubbock Avalanche-Journal HALE CENTER, Tex. (®—Tom- my Yates has a home, a mother, a daddy and a big brother. So do a lot of happy 5-year-olds. Tommy had none of these a few months ago. He knew little except pain and his hospital bed and a foggy mem- ory of a drunken woman who beat him unconscious on Christmas Eve, 1951, His mother, Mrs. Robert Dale Simpson, pleaded guilty to.char- ges of assault to murder. His step- father left Texas after the beat- ing. Mrs. Simpson said she beat Tommy because he didn’t want to sleep on the floor and tried to climb into bed with her. She is serving a 10-year prison sentence. Tommy still walks with a limp; he still has no control over his right arm; he’s having to learn all over again tow to talk. But his is not the sordid story of a year ago. It is a happy story about a boy who is wanted in a new home where he has found cakes and pies and games and a tricycle, Most of all he has found Parents who offer him a chance to grow into a man. His new parents are Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Trussell. They were chosen from’ hundreds of appli- cants who wanted the little Ver- non, Tex., boy for their own. Trussell is section foreman for the Santa Fe Railroad. Tommy gets a big kick out of watching the trains go by his new home every day. Tommy was released from the hospital last Sept. 5. He went to live in the Sunshine Home at Ver- non. Last month Judge Jess Owens of Vernon said he could go home with the Trussells. Five months ago, Tommy could to say when Communist pressure might end. It is permanent crisis, and we must have permanent pre- paredness. We must have a per- manent munitions industry and a permanent, large a-med force. On a permanent basis, we must be prepared to help and defend our allies. “Now it is not a matter of sur- vival during a short crisis. We must learn to live with this crisis.” If there is to be war in peace- | time, means must be found to have |a kind of peace in war. } spirit of enterprise or hard work 2. To carry a large national debt dollar. forces as large as are needed—but imo larger—to hold any attack | without cracking the civilian econ omy, indeed, while allowing the } civilian economy to continue “dy- namic.” 4. To keep the economic control crisis demands without interfering | directly in individual lives and bus iness decisions $. To belp our allies without }pauperizing the United States, or turning allies into [ j fedgiucg | ship believes it has answers, or the | basis to answers, for this program of “normal crisis.“ Happy Ending In New Home say only five words, although he was normal before his beating. Now he can “repeat just about any word he wants to--unless he hits a stubborn streak.” “We concentrate on one or two new words every day, repeating them as often as possible until Tommy picks them up,” Mrs. Trussell said. “But if he gets the idea you’re trying to make him say the words, he won't say them9 He’s awfully stubborn.” She says it with a twinkle in her eye. She’s proud of that stub- born streak because it means Tommy has a keen mind of his own. Every day, Mrs. Trussell, her husband, or their 15-year-old son, Travis, gives exercises to Tommy's fight arm. Eventuaily, the arm is expected to be useful again, al- though it probably never will be as strong as the other. Soon Tommy wili undergo an- other operation on his leg, and the doctors think he will be able to throw away his brace. In time, his limp should disappear. Tommy still can’t get off the floor without pulling on something. His new parents force themselves to stand back and let him help himself. “We want him to be self-suffi- cient as much as possible,” Mrs. Trussell said. “If we helped him with everything, he'd learn to de- pend on us. We treat him as much as possible like any healthy child.” Each new day brings something new for Tommy to explore. As he hobbles around his new home, there are three pairs of eyes watching him with pride and love. Subscribe to The Citizen 1. To continue a high level of | taxation without endangering the | 3. To finance and equip armed | | LARGEST STURGEON EVER—The ported in Wisconsin provides is 79 inches long. door you met a determined Irish- looking maid whose brother prob- ably worked for ihe FBI and had checked J. Edgar Hoover and cleared him with J. Foster Dulles and vice versa. en you met Midnight, a land- scraped French poodle who gave you a nose-warming welcome. Then son Bob, 7, and Ethel, 10. Then the two press agents wo had also sur- vived the entrance inquisition turned to a chestnut brunette and said: “Ethel Merman!” This was my _ introduction to “Miss Broadway,” the brass-voiced queen of what the outsjde world still likes to call the “great White Way,” an old nickname for Ameri- ca’s most noted neon cowpath. I got in easy. I escaped meeting three turtles and two local love birds who inhabit the Merman menage on Central Park West, 21 floors above fhe street where piz- eons cater to the tourists for pea- nuts. Up close Ethel is just as breezy and frank as she is in the theater. But with a long horse hair bundle behind her neck whanged by a piece of silver, plus a dot-dash dress and a throaty accent and a forward busty profile — well, she a younger than I had expect- ed. I guess it was her serious brown eyes. . . or something. She rules her big duplex apart- ment with a bronze whim but she had to fight gamely to hold her stage. “Now, you goyaway and get out of here, Midnight,’ she said firm- ly. And the landscaped poodle rubbed his left lawn against her, his right lawn against me—then turned himself to the press agents so they could scratch him in the crabgrass. They did—loyally. Sem- per Fidelis. One for all, all for one. I had come to get the story of Ethel Merman’s iife, and she made a gallant try to tell me. “TI was a stenographer,” she said, “and I still answer my own mail. I never took a singing, dancing or acting lesson in my life. George Gershwin told me, ‘Don’t ever take a music lesson, Ethel.’ “All I have done since is belt out the songs.” As she paused for approval, Mid- night moved in for effect, sniffing theatrically. “Now you get out of here, Mid- night,” said Miss Merman with no | belief he would. Ethel, whose career embraces 11 straight hits on Broadway with never a dud, found her first star movie role in “Call Me Madam” so exacting she lost 10 pounds. It’s a nice loss. Looks good off her. Now she’d like to rest up a bit after the long strenuous years on Broadway and settle down, “Just make a picture or two a year.” It's hard to believe. Ethel can’t give below her best. Even in an in- terview, She’s the old-school enter- tainer . . . never yield . . . always the eye turned on the spotlight... the foot itching . . . the voice al-| ready humming for the cue. “My kids don’t care a the theater,” she said. I believed her for a moment. Then I noticed how little Ethel kept breaking in with Midnight . .. and young Bob started tickling the piano. They were both trying to take the stage away from Mama. And at first I thought it was a sad thing . . . because nobody will ever shadow Ethel Merman. I felt sorry for the kids for a mo- ment, because I thought their mother overpowered them. But by ; thing | wire cat alt oa largest sturgeon ever re. & novel riding horse for Larry | Schroeder, 4, of Appleton, Wis. His father, Elscy, SpeATed the fish in Lake Winnebago the day before. It weighs 180 pound The previous record was 151 pounds and inches long, taken in 1348.—(?) Wigephoto. Navarro, a far-sighted business- man, felt that the future of Mon- roe County depended upon the proper development of transporta- tion facilities and the enhance- ment through new revenues which would not place a burden on local resi- dents. Our talks were conducted before the present toll bridge plan went into effect. At the time, both of us felt that the creation of an Authority which would devote it- of our local attractions self éntirely to bridges, harbors, and airports would provide an answer to the problem. Such an -Authority, administered by capable personnel, would be in a position to make long-reaching plans. It would have had the neces- sary income to not only maintain our various poinis of entry ‘into Monroe County and Key West but would also be able to appropriate money for the development of more tourist attractions, advertis- ing, ete. Abolishment of bridge tolls made the idea impractical in- sofar as workipg cut a combined Authority. Navarro had no selfish interests in proposing the plan. Benefits de- rived from it would be for future generations. As he said: “This is my community. I’ve prospered fi af i ji g it H i s i : z ag z : i H 5 H = A g s & | Rg | : i alee prises & operators, ete. These are a list of duties recommended by Civil Aeronautics He through the loyalty and friendship | #! of the people and I'd like to re- pay them in part by contributing to a worthwhile plan for the future | i development of the county and city.” As far as I was concerned per- sonally, I’ve always been interest- ed in any enterprise that doesn’t require political partisanship and promises to help everyone. The original plan fell through and I’ve dropped the bridge and port angles but have continued by myself to study the air field situa- tion. There is a definite need for some form of management at Meacham Field which will not be dependent upon an already over- worked political board such as our County Commission. The solving of present difficulties and the crea- tion of better airport facilities in the future is a time-consuming pro- ject which I feel should be relegat- ed to civic minded individuals wht are not harrassed by the thou- sand and one other problems that confront our commissioners. The adoption of an Authority ts an Oe Sean was over, I stifling the kids, she stirred them to com ou better. I felt that, far from “Well, what do you know, Her kids keep Ethel M her toes at home. If she doesn’t keep the show going—they move in. But they are ina rough league. Because in all her life mama has never been in a turkey. Her theat- trical batting average is 1000. Never an error. She is the only hit girl of Broad- way who never sang in a show that | failed. Nothing but success all the way ... on the stage. “I'm just a big brassy girl” ... 1. Sprightly 17. Given to jesting 13. Aim high 14. One who sri i i ul gz Py 3 H ! | PRS BBRNE BEB RNBRE BBE OF Be fs RT