The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 7, 1953, Page 4

Page 4 ‘THE KEY WEST CITIZEN - ‘Thursday, May 7; 1953 a era ma A ne A st i The Key West Citizen re 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 i. P, ARTMAN NORMAN D. ARTMAN Publisher Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONE 2-566] and 2.5662 : SASSI en Ee 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, x Member Florida Press Association and Associate,Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier) 25¢ per week, year $12, by mail $15.60 ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION oo The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issue and subjects of locai or general interest, but it will not 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. $ » KEY WESTERS, NEWS 1S PUBLIC AND YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW IT What is news? The Citizen asks that question of its readers to-determine how they will react to two of several recent ineidents in which the Citizen was criticized; for publishing what it considered to be news. : , The: Coast Guard was asked to tow ashore a charter boat thatshad been disabled at sea. Somebody, concerned in the hoat, was informed that The Citizen had the. story and called up the editor to threaten him that, if he Tan the story, he would be sued. She (it was. a woman who did the threatening) asserted it was “nobody’s business, . ex- cept the owner's, that the boat had developed trouble while out, on a fishing trip.” The Citizen was not bluffed. It published the story, but the threatened suit has. not yet been filed.“ ek : ‘The Citizen was accused of “playing up”. the: story about the Monroe County School Board meetings that re- sulted in the dismixsalof two instructors. As anybody who attended those meetings are aware, The Citizen’ stories, instead of having been “played up” were “played down.” The arguments at the meetings sometimes were sizzling, and, since then, a charge has been made that’ *‘politics” played. a major role in-the give-and-take differences of opinion about the qualifications ‘of the instructors, : “Keep Politics. out of the school,” one organization said, and nobody can conscientiously question the sound- . ness of that advice. The Citizen regretted, and still re- grets, the squabble was “aired”, but The Citizen-was not, and ismot, to blame for the airing. The Citizen does not wish to convey the idea that it does not-make mistakes in reporting the news, because it does, So does every other daily.paper. It.is a constant race - for time to get out a daily newspaper, and sometimes a newspaper publishes information that is incorrect. When- ever that occurs in the case of The Citizen, it is anxious'to make amends when it learns the true story. | It is. a newspaper's duty neither to show favoritism nor’ discrimination in publishing the news, It is its. duty also;not to keep news out of its columns just because this person or a group of persons object to it. News is public and the public has a right to know it. That is particularly so as regards taxpayers who supply the money that keeps functioning departments of govern- ment. The Florida legislature last Friday récognized that principle as sound in relation to the distribution of State Welfare funds. In.1951, the legislature passed: a bill make the, distribution of the funds open to the public. Former Governor Warren vetoed the bill, and the present legislature by a two-thirds. majority overrode his veto. The worthy state pensioners applaud that law, but the chiselers, who get pensions and have other income, or who are supported or can be supported by relatives, de- nounce it as an encroachment on their “privacy.” Any- body who is not a gouger may be sure the law will not ad- versely affect him. The trouble with years of overwork is that it makes. one forget how to play. : Make it a rule to stop lending people money. It’s the} worry about it that isn’t worth it. It is wrong to assume that people with more . money than you do not have money troubles, —_— Our better half tells us it is a sign of growing old men when we notice how'cute the young things are this spring. We think Field Marshal Montgomery paid his high- est compliment to the sport recently when he said he was “fairly bursting” to see a big-league baseball “match.” The Big Three of the last war are being whittled down faster than the Big Four of World War 1, and strangely, the eldest of the Big Three is the only one alive WORKS a NEW YORK. @—Well, rawther, yoldboy, we just. don’t go for a dry.. campus along. the Thames. » “You can drink . anything you want—if, you ean.afford it, which you ordinarily ¢an’t,” said one of Cambridge University’s top _de- baters. e TheBritish University exports two ofits brighter, more vocal spirits: every other year to Amer- ica to make a debating tour, ‘The -current: “winding up a successful 30 - debate tour—Ali- stair Sampson,'24, and Peter Mans- field, 24—found many things about America hard to understand, and particularly ‘college drinking rules: “Take your theory of a dry cam- piis,” said Peter. “You know, that ‘wouldn't “go at “all in ‘England. Wine and spirits are for sale on the ‘campus. Most of our students —Alistar and I ‘are typical—have spent two years’ in ‘service. . "It is difficult to tell a veteran what he’ should and/shouldn’t do.” The two British lads were a bit shocked. at. American university restrictions during their tour — and the need for them. They are accustomed to a sys- tem under which students are per- mitted more latitude. They can ig free to enter- nt in his me. ; without chaperon until mid- sight, bul ...“I wouldn’t say the same system would work. at in your coun- try,” said Peter. 9 You see, in England there areso few univer- sities that the people who go there, Zo at least’ partly, to work,” “Yes,” nodded . Alastair ously, “not for the social life.” They. pointed out that only one out of 10. students at Cambridge was a.woman, and she was bent in knowledge because she had to pass a stiff examination even to be admitted to the institution, Both lads seemed. disillusioned with the fruits of coeducation, both here and at Cambridge. “There is a lot of emphasis on chasing ~girls here in America,” said ‘Peter. | ; she is not ashamed of being at- HAL BOYLE SAYS can life it is. bound to have an effect onthe undergraduate at the time he begins to drive a car and enjoy freedom.” Both lads were convinced by their tour that America had much to offer, much to learn. “You have a wonderful technique for living in the United States,” said Peter. “You have a fast pulse + «. a feeling of change... .a great ease between people . . .you are not shy and awkward with each other as we sometimes are.” “Yes, you have so much to be! visit is how much more of a real third generation Swede have every- thing in common, Your unity is amazing.” . “And dangerous,” said Peter. They both agreed on. this. They thought. that Americans yearned for.culture but their drive for unity created a situation where “those who try to build a culture are suspect because they are different, they have to fight against a social stigma.” As to the comparative advan- tages of American and English college girls, Peter said: “The American girl is better dresséd,-more charming, although her charm may be synthetic, and tractive to men. The English girl is baggy and—.” “Oh, I wouldn't say that,” pro- tested Alastair. “I would,” said Peter. NEW YORK — Bosses, like other items of office eq wear out and have to be replaced. When this happens, there is al- ways an air of tension and nerv- ousness about the office. Who is the new boss? What’ll he be like? Rumors fly around thicker than grasshoppers in August: “I hear they dropped him on his head when he was a baby, and he wears a silver plate in his “Yes,” ‘said Alastair, “there {s/ forehead.” ‘so: much accent’ on sex in Ameri-|. “They say that at the last place BUCKLEY RRO GRRE Mile ans ih EIS Shee Bad oa 3 kee TODAY'S BUSINESS MIRROR By SAM DAWSON. “ NEW YORK —The big battle is now joined in the Congress over foreign aid. It involves a good deal more than the nearly six billion dollars the administration is ask- ing the Congress to vote for next year. Tied in with the issue are such ea as the hot tariff fight now; ing, the urge to cut govern- i ‘i ment spemving and iv reine bo aneee Reece eae es—and, on the other side, the ‘ ‘ Fee es a : .|_ First, it was Miami’s Tom Kel- oe world’s defense against Rus. jly,-who runs his jail like a hotel Officials point out that no mat-| With the inmates checking in and ter what Congress does or doesn't | Ut Pretty much as they please, do about the appropriation re-| Who bore the brunt of the ridicule, he worked he cut the staff in half too,’ salaries, “I hear he’s the big boss’s cousin. | it, There is a family resemblance. Notice how close together his eyes “Is it really true he eats his By the time the new boss ac- tually shows up on the job, office staff is firmly divided by hope and hysteria. Half of them have a chip. on their shoulder and are determined to put him in his place. Half have secretly decided to butter him up. Well, which course is right? How do you break in a new boss? The answer is neither course. Hazing a new boss is highly satisfying to the ego—but ruinous to your goal of more take-home pay. Fawn- ing on him, on the other hand, proud of,” said Alastair. ‘“What| Will only cause him to question surprised us most on this first | your intelligence. The proper way to breal nation you are than a melting pot. | new boss is to surround A second generation Iatlian and a| 20 atmosphere of cordial E = BS 3 8 rz £ Bree =e i : Hl ziti rigs ii [ ir inet = Eby: eRiee SEeei iE if fF i. He F g iy ef Re g i at rf i | F f 5 S | t ! I e 4 Hi Ff | LY g i a ‘ E | i ! i i i quest, the United States probably will spend more than that figure next year anyway, large sums already set aside for the Mutual Security Program but still unspent. The tariff batile is linked with the foreign aid controversy through the big build-yp for the slogan, “Trade, not aid.” Advocates argue that if the Unit- ed States lowered its trade bar- tiers further, Europe could sell enough goods here so that it would no longer have to rely on U,. S. foreign aid appropriations. But “Trade, not aid’ runs into tough sledding every time a spe- cific tariff cut is mentioned. Every company that thinks its particular products would be endangered by a flood of cheaper goods froin abroad is being very vocal about The compapy’s employes are likely to be just as worried about the prospects of losing jobs if the preducts they make are pushed out of the market by cheaper for- eign goods. : Advocates of “Trade, not aid” argue that in the long run things would even up and everyone would be better off—but they find it hard to sell any such argument to those directly and immediately affected. Business opinion is split right down the middle on this one. In- dustries are divided by the fight. For example, the small oil pro- ducers with no foreign wells are working hard to get Congress to put a check to the flow of foreign And now, our own John Spotts- wood finds that he cannot con- duct a two-bit gambling raid just three blocks from his office: be- cause he doesn’t have the money or the personnel to run his office the way he would like to. That statement came from a man who has been spending the taxpayer’s money like a farmhand at the county fair since he took office. As a matter of fact, John- ny Boy has had more money to play with than any other Sheriff in the history of Monroe County. And he is seemingly giving the predecessors. (When was the last time he made an arrest, anyhow?) Just about all the taxpayers have to show for their money are}! a couple of souped-up automobiles which will compete with the State Highway Patrol in chasing speed- ers up and down the keys, a couple of shocking green uniforms (which have earned his deputies the titles of Spottswood’s Green Hornets), assorted radio and tele- type equipment which is gathering dust in his office and a with a reputation for not porns: fer to ask the county officials for more of the long green. Now, to get back to the gambling situation, Regardless of any criti- cism we may have’ of the conduct | Way in the gambling reserve for all-out war.- Sortie ‘farmers are: worried be- ers, such as dairy farmers, are asking Congress to put curbs on the importation of some food prod- ucts. This coming fiscal year, how- ever, the United States is likely to spend as much or more than ever on foreign uid. Defense, tax- es, trade, and even jobs—all can be at stake in the battle just start- ing in the Congress. 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