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

_ Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, March 24, 1953 The Key West Citixen Published daily (except Sunday) by Lb P. Artman, owner and pub- lisher, from The Citizen Building, corner of and Ann Streets. Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County & P. ARTMAN BORMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter published here. Member Florida Pres Association and Aspociate Dallice of Florida Subscription (by carrier) "25e per week, year $12; By Mail $15.60 “ADVERTISED RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION —— ‘The Citizen is an open forum and tnvites discussion of public issue and subjects of local or general interest, but it will aot publish anonymous 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. THE PENALITY OF BEING RICH Robert Chapman Sprague, Massachuestts manufac- turer, was recently deprived of the chance to serve his country as Under-Secretary of the Air Forcé because he would not sell his family interests in an electric company which he founded 27 years ago in Massachusetts. The in- terests are valued at about twice as much as those owned by Charles E. Wilson in the General Motors Corporation. The administration of President Eisenhower evident- ly preferred not to test Sprague’s position before the Sen- ate Armed Services Committee—the same committee which forced Secretary of Defense Wilson to sell his hold- ings in the G. M. Corporation before being confirmed. Sprague’s business holding however, constituted a differ- ent problem than that of Wilson’s since his company did only a part of one per cent of its business. with the Air Force last year. And he had prepared to pledge that his company would do no business with the Air Force as long as he was Under-Secretary. Sprague had resigned as President of the company and had—on the advice of lawyers—taken steps to con- form to what he thought the stockholding law required. The proposed: Under-Secretary had been advised by them that his actions had brought him into conformity, it is re- ported. ‘ Nevertheless, the administration did not want to press another nomination which might explode into the head- lines as another controversial one, and when so advised, Sprague bowed out of the picture. The case of this wealthy American, who resigned the presidency of his company, but who is expected to return as chairman of the Board, is a good example of one of the penalties of being in the upper financial brackéts. Where- as, the citizen who has accumulated nothing in life is al- lowed to accept-an appointment such as that President Eisenhower would have had for Sprague. On the other hand a man like C. E. Wilson must accept a loss of several hundred thousand dollars in order to be able to serve his country. It is a high price to pay. Perhaps there is no afswer in our society to this di- lemma, since we do not think that the law should be|°¢ changed, to allow top government procurement officials to have conflicting interests while holding such a tion. Nevertheless, it is not quite fair'to the business man who has made something of himself to be batred from suffer a considerable financial loss for the privilege of serving his country. Every reader of our editorials is invited to express his or her opinions on any subject and if the letter is well written we will do our best to publish it. “USE THAT FOR PERSONAL CALLS, SI FAWTU Course Completed By Naval Officer Lieutenant Commander Edward T. Joyce, USNR, has recently completed a four months course in All Weather Flight at the Fleet | All Weather Training Unit, Atlan |tic, here. The course consists of Carrier All Weather Squadrons. He will report to Composite Squadron Four, Naval Air St. tion, Atlantie City, N. J., for duty involving flying. | Commander Joyce entered na- jval service in April 1942 as an | aviation cadet in the Navy V-5/ program. In January 1943, he after completing the prescribed flight training course at Pensa-| cola, Fa. He subsequently served in squadron V¥F-30 aboard the} USS Monterey and in squadron! VF-88 aboard the USS Yorktown. | He is entitled to wear the Air} Medal with three gold stars, the | Navy Unit Commendation, the/ Asiatie-Pacific Area ribbon with six battle stars, the American Area ribbon, the World War II Medal and the Japanese Occupa- tion ribbon. He is married to the former Miss Catherine T. Larkin, Brook- lyn, N. Y. They have three daugh- ters, Patricia (6), Kathleen (5) | and Margaret Mary (2). The} | Joyce family resided at 1537 In- NOTAS CUBANAS Por RAOUL -ALPIZAR POYO CURIOSIDADES Corria el mes de mayo del afio 1860. Dos cafioneros de los Esta- dos Unidos, nombrados Mohawk y Wyandotte, eapturaron dos barcos negreros. Estos eran el Wildfire y, el Williams. Inmediatemente les condiijeron al puerto de Key West, con e carga de trescien- tos negros africanos. Para alojar tan gran age a 8, 8@ construys en - con, al final de la calle de White- head, donde més tarde estuvie- ron las trincheras de arena, que muchos de nosotros pudimos al- eanzar. Ese batracén daba frente ir El nimero de enfermos entre aquellos infelices africanos, fué enorme. Casi todos tomenzaron a padecer de la vista, quedando la mayoria, completamente ciegos. dos por las autoridades federales, para que a una prudencial dis- tancia del barracén en que se alojaban, pudieran celebrar sus extrafias ceremonias. Cantos fanebres en lengua afri- cana, gritos, gestos, como una ofrenda al Dios de ellos, se es- cuchaban durante aquellas cere- monias, que por lo raras, causa- ban emocién en quienes las pre- senciaban, por la devocién con| que ellos las llevaban a cabo. Al descender al fondo del sepul- cro el cadaver del pequefio negrito ,todos a una, bajando sus cabezas, se mantuvieron durante unos minutos en completo silen- cio. Esto era parte de sus ritos y ceremonias. Poco a poco en el periodo de aclimatacién de “aquellos afri- ; canos, la mortandad fué en au- mento, llegando a veces, en un Solo dia, a fallecer diez de aque- Nos infelices. Las autoridades tomaron toda clase de precausiones, ante la (Bravedad de la situacién, ya que algunos eran atacados de un ex- trafo mal, que los madicos que les atendian, no acertaban a conocer. Se sentian enfermos y poco a poco sus miembros inferiores pri- mero y despues los superiores, tornaban a ponerse rigidos y una ealentura absasadora parecia quemarles la negra piel. Entonces, |dependence Ave., Brooklyn, N, Y. | traslados a lguares mas apropia- | dos, sin que conste que fuera en el actual cementerio de la ciudad de Key West. | Nuestra ciudad tuvo e! dolor de presenciar Jas escenas escalo- | friantes que acabamos de descri- | | bir. Pero, siempre fué mejor para los pobres negros detenidos por la marina estadounidense, el ser ES j traidos y atendidos, que caer en! smoked picnic, a budget buy, {manos de los infames traficantes, | is cut from the pork shoulder and { | i comeneaben a quejarse y dar | Commander Joyce is a Git gritos que horrorizaban a los que yate of New Utrecht High School, | les escuchaban, sin poder expli-| Brooklyn and St. John’s Law| carse si aquellos grandes gemidos, | School, Brooklyn, where he re- eran producto de sus creencias|cejyved an L. L. B. degree. Prior religiosas, o producidos por algtin | to his recall to active duty, Lieu- lacerante dolor insoportable. |tenant Joyce practiced law in the | Los doctores les examinaban|firm of Joyce and Murphy, 32 cuidadosamente y procuraban,|Court St., Brooklyn, N. Y. He is | utilizando los pocos medios con|a member of the Lawyers Club| que en aquellos dias contaba la|of Brooklyn and the American| medicina para calmar dolores, | Legion. | tranquilizarlos sin poder lograrlo, | en la mayoria de las veces. | U S Tras grandes convulsiones, los We pobres negros cages Te war ask "9 los otros, situados a la vera de! (10 P I agonizante, en voz baja, como un| ercent n By4 murmullo emotivo, gesticulaban | WASHINGTON #—U. S. aid to en su lengua, como tratando de | friendly countries increased 10 per ayudar al enfermto, a entrar en!|cent in 1952 while their payments el sembrio seno de la muerte. jto the U. S. went up more than dan el viejo Fuerte Taylor, per cent, the Commerce De- Junto a los terrenos que circun- | partment reported yesterday. andan el viejo Fuerte Taylor,| It gave these figures: fueron dandoles sepultura a los! Total U. S. aid to the free world | que cee Mas tarde, con el Praia pett vlerte oleae vo correr de los afios, cuando ya el vi 1944 000, a j y i. ly dot s sos, algunos de esos restos, fueron { figure of $1,484,000,000. | Returns on aid—repayment of jloans and reverse aid such as land for U. S. military installa- tions—amounted to 574 million dol- lars in 1952, as against 452 mil- lion in 1951. The net U. S. foreign aid figure in 1952 was thus $5,004,000,000. It was $4,622,000,000 in 1 que a golpe de latigo, les obliga-| cured and smoked the same way | ban a trabajar de sol a sol, sin} as regular ham. Picnic weighs otro estimulo, que un barracén|from four to eight pounds, its inmundo y algunos BOCA-| bone is small, and it has little ABAJOS 206 Un Hospital de ciento catorce de largo, por veinte y uno! : ancho, fué erigide con verda- | deya prenura por las autorida- | des, ante el enadre de solador que | itty Aa, devocioa y su euidade por su pe- quefo hijo. le captaron las hi. i Les africance fueron sutoriza.' LEGIONNAIRE FRANK ROMAGUERA says that mg an elephant nothing like ri pet for the Leg ns be: for « feeling of power unde curcus elephant as Kelly-M counted 6 Frank t Saturds: pinciane S advanced flight training in in- ° struments and night tactics de- | signed to qualify the pilot for jwas designated a naval aviator j™ & PHILLIP STUBER, aged four months, was the first prize for his age group in a local photographic contest. Phillip is the son of Pfc. and Mrs. Arthur Stuber, 916 Simonton Streét, Stuber is stationed with the U.S. Marine Corps on the N@v@l Station here—National Studios Photo. ecient eee ame, i ee NEW YORK ®—Have you had, the hospital. He ean treat half a any fun being sick lately? jdozen patients in the in If so, I'd like to know how. It|the time it takes him t6 make ohe seems to me there is a plot afoot |home call.” to keep a fellow from getting even; Well, who wants to gd to & hes- AidIsUp the slightest pleasure out of his ailments anymore. jare all in on the conspiracy. | It used to be that a man, at jthe onset of @ sore throat, a mild; \fever ‘or an upset stomach, could take to his bed with a sense of |quiet satisfaction and mild self- importance. | His wife would pet and pamper ‘him, the neighbors would drop in \for a consoling chat, the family doctor would come, feel his pulse, | write a prescription and say, “j stay i bed, and you'll be good as new in a few days.” An illness then was a relaxing, satisfying, restful experience. All a fellow had to do was gargle a bit, or gulp ‘some foul-tasting medi- cine every few hours the time he could just lie there and feel himself healing, .or listen to the radio or catch up on his read- ling | Nobody blamed him for his ill- ness. Falling sick--and getting well again—were all part of normal living. Not today. It is an insult to mod- jern medicine if you get sick now. |You are being ungrateful to sci- | ence You get a sore throat, and de- 1 will stay home and nurse *s what you think, You find t people don’t stay home “You're not going to stay around moaning and groaning and orry for yourself,” says Vhat are we paying at hospital plan for?” ain't sick enough to go to a hospital.” ‘ s you are. You know our n't like to make home r ore. He's too busy. If I phone him, he'll tell you to go to And your doe-; tor, your wife and your best friends } The rest of! pital with a sore throat? get you on your back try to sell you an ult gargle with salt water weakly to work, At the office you |some sympathy. But pens? When one of the hands remarks you ‘collar and mutter: “Ugh. . .throat. . .sore. . | A look of intense ,over his face. “Hmm. It's probably psy’ matic.” “Probably wham?” “Psychosomatic, Most ills are both physical and mental ‘origin. Have you been feeling trated lately?” “Certainly I've been trated lately. Do you crazy? Anybody who ish’ ed is nuts.” g “Aha! That's just it. ably said something you for. And subconsciously expressing your throat, That is 84 > You are you tment at it is sore. you will face up to your problem like a will go away.” “Never mind my sore throa' you reply. “Why don’t you away?” aia But you are afrai jyour sore throat to sayeah ash, for fear be will diagnose it as 8 beitetes urge to bite yeur mether- in-law. ("The truth is that jday has the muddled | sickness is unhealthy, ‘away all the fun and giv: | guilt complex. When you now, all you can do is w; juntil you feel better—or feet, still =e eae mom.” man, the soreness