The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 14, 1953, Page 4

Page 4 ‘Thursday, May 14, 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 NORMAN D. ARTMAN THE KEY WEST CITIZEN cceeareenieninaiiainteceancane PUblisher —_________. 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PUBLIC CAN’T BE BARRED FROM SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS The well-intentioned suggestion that the public be barred from School Board meetings smacks of dictator- ship. But the suggestion that complaints against teachers should be filed with the Board is good as far as it goes, It should be extended to include members of the Board, the superintendent himself or any member or members of the public generally. Too many thousands of hours have been wasted at various public meetings in Key West by men who had an itching idea they had something to say and then wasted much time in trying to say it and said nothing of a con- crete nature. At City Council meetings and at a few of the ._ city commission meetings a man was permitted to talk and , talk and talk, chiefly about himself, without saying a word about anything that was pertinent to city affairs. While his talk was harmless, it was a waste-of time and sorely taxed one’s patience. : "But at recent School Board meetings much of the . talk was tactless and bitter. The chairman should have stopped it. Freedom of speech becomes abuse of speech when a man uses language to vent his dislike (a mild term) [HAL BOYLE SAYS KANSAS CITY —Notes on a} Midwest visit: | As the great Middle West goes, so generally goes the nation—in terms of prosperity. And a returning native son sees no signs of anemia in the pulsing heart of America. There is a sturdy air of satisfaction with the present, | of solid confidence in what the im-| mediate future will bring. | The political hates and hysteria | engendered by the election last fall | have died down. Many—Democrats | and Republicans alike—who voted | for a new administration in the} sincere belief it was “time for a! change” did so worriedly. The fear | this would bring a vast depression knocked secretly at many hearts. Now that the dust raised by the new broom in the White House has | begun to settle a bit there is a ifeeling of general relief, a belief that the relatively prosperous pat- tern of American life will go on. Here are typical reactions: A Democrat—“Ike kas passed no political miracles, and the country still faces the same problems. He is still highly popular, but some people who thought otherwise are beginning to suspect now that ev- erybody in the Truman Adminis- tration wasn’t a villain.” A Republican—‘“‘The people are NOTES They have a faith President Eisen.) _. By BOB THOMAS hower will find the best possible} HOLLYWOOD w—Thé moral, of solution, and prefer to follow him | this story is that if you work hard rather than take sides with his|enough and wait Jong enou, quarreling generals. | You're liable to get what you wai One Midwesterner's dry comment! Guy Mitchell wanted to be a on the present time: | cowboy. He also wanted to sing. “There certainly is no great fear | He was born 25 years ago in De- of a depression amcng employes—jtroit and made his singing debut or else they all wouldn’t be asking | at the age of 3. His house was for more money. % full of wedding anniversary guests “Everybody wants to live as good and he chose the cecasion to de- as the boss does. And most of them liver a few Songs in a lusty juvenile do eat as weil. Every working man | voice. People have been asking him now still is eating Secor meals | to sing ever since, a day—except those who feel they} He : are Mer enough off to afford to go | fankjeaoe acne > on a diet.” year: ®: i i A successful self-made business- | for getece Salle orem er |man had this to say on the pos-/ he sang on the studic’s local radio | sibility of a recession: | station. But nothing much happen- “There are still co many ‘boom | end, and his family moved to San businessmen.’ pale who | Francisco, ‘could get into business today still! That’s whe cowboy lis in business. On a rising market | came in. He gf oye lot 23 $F da you can make mistakes and still hanging around two Bay City sub- make money. “ |urbs where cattle are marketed. “But the boom is leveling off. | He got a job as a leather worker Competition is increasing, and you} and spent his summers on San can’t afford to make any more} Joaquin Valley ranches, He even | mistakes. Profits are getting small-| worked in rodeos, er in terms of your dollar volume | He began singing cowpoke ditties of sales.” |on San Francisco radio shows. Af- President Eisenhower's interest | ter a postwar hitch in the Navy, in golf has been a real boon for he graduated to vocalizing with the country clubs. ;Carmen Cavallero’s band. He [HOLLYWOOD | behind President Eisenhower more; Men and women who never be- | than ever. They Iixe the common-|fore knew the difference between | sense way he has gone about his a divot and a mashie are now ec-} job.” | statically bashing golf balls over Both Republicans and Democrats | the country-side to the grave peril | like the President's firm position }of neighboring cows, whose milk | of this or that person. He should be stopped and told to put his complaint in writing. That would save time and given him an opportunity to cool down, But to keep-the public from attending.the meetings is going much too far. The superintendent and members of| the School Board were electéd by the public, and the pub- lic pays their salaries. Will the school officials, when they run for re-election, wish to keep the public from attend- ing their political meetings? Yet the public should know, and does know, with a few exceptions, that the officials’ rights are just as sound and far-reaching as the _ public’s rights. Electing the officials and paying their salaries do not justify the public to abuse the officials, The public is as often wrong as the officials who serve it. A teacher, in commenting.on a speech, said it was full of “cliches and generalities.” We did not read the speech and, therefore, don’t know if the charge is true, But we do know that nine-tenths of what was said at the meetings, as well as statements given The Citizen by parties to the the school squabble, were “cliches and generalities.” Gen- eralities can’t evolve an idea in anybody's mind. We read | a column statement in The Citizen that was intended to give'a contender’sviews in a controversy, but the “views” were lost in a maze of generalities, flanked by innuendos. We suspect sentiment for tax reduction reached all-time high this month, BUCKLEY an} | | — EE nen NOYTAS CUBANAS Por RAOUL ALPIZAR POYO EL HIMNO DE BAYAMO La chispa que produjo la hogu- era del 10 de cotubre de 1868, ha- bia ya prendido en el ala de tres ilustres cubanos, de quienes pudié- ramos decir que fueron los ini- siadores y organizadores de a- quella brava gesta que durara diez anos y que terminara con el triste Pacto del Zanjon. Estos tres excelsos ciudadanos, fueron Perucho Figueredo,. Fran- cisco Maceo Osorio y F. Vicente Aguilera. Ellos fueron, en’el silencio de aquellas interminables noches de la, Colonia, en el pueblo de. Baya- mo, los que -pensaron en la necesi- dad de ser libres y exponiendo todo cuanto tenian, fisica y moralmente, actuaron-con sublime abnegacién al servicio de la emancipacién de su tierra natal. El inicio de esta conspiracién, ocurrié el primero de agoste de 1867: Los. grandes “ideales,’ suelen convertir en nifios a los hombres. y ellos eran, por la ‘sinceridad y el entusiasmo con que actuaron, nifios entusiastas en el ideal y por cuya consetucion* ya empezaron a’ olvi- darlo todo. Fortuna, . comodidad versonal, nexos de familia etc. Para aaquellos tres ilustres baya- meses, ya la vida solo tenia un so- lo objetivo. Su pacto era extremo: la victoria o la muerte. La noche 13 de agosto de dicho aio, se reunieron en el bufete de Figueredo los tres iniciadores de la futura contienda. aquella, como todas las de dicho mes, calida y sosegada. Em el par- que, cuyos bancos de ladrillos, ocu- paban algun que otro amigo, solo Se escuchaba el gemir del viento en los viejos alamos sembrados por las manos patricias de Ag@i- lera. Un poco mas distante se per- cibia, en los corredores de la vieja carcel, un grupo de guardias civil- es, que charlaban seguros de la tranquilidad del pueblo. Un cielo tachonado de estrellas cubria la ciudad, ajena acaso, del porvenir que le agurdaba. Alli en el bufete de Figueredo. conturbados les espiritus, expuso cada uno de los tres conspiradores, sus puntos de vista y los planes que alrededor de ellos habian con- cebido, Maceo Ogprio, como siem- pre, agresivo, impetuoso, roman- tico y valiente, era partidario de una revolucién “violenta, fulmi- nante, cuya chispa prendida en} Oriente y Camaguey, habria de He- var su fuego a las demas provin- eias de la infortunada isla. Figu- eredo, mas tranqule, exponia con- veniencias y posibilidades de fra- so, aportando algunos nornbres eran afines y ‘} starian prestos, cuando lega- se la hora, en cooperar en ja gran obra por ellos iniciada. i gueantes dilatado, re previsor, ehaba, interru: a ratos con atinadas ones, ta eharia impetuosa de sus dos com- paferos en idk pero escu- Noche era | | sus! Serenidad y la Razén habian de ser bien conducidas por la _inteli- gencia, Pensaron que lo’ primero era formar el Comité Revoluciona- rio encargado de la coleccién de fondos con que actuar. Asi lo a- consejaba la experiencia del viejo Aguilera. Maceo Osorio, volviéndose a Fig- ueredo, le dijo: “se puede decir que ya estamos constituidos en Comité de Guerra. Pues bi hora te toca a ti, que eres m componer nuestra Marsellesa”, . . | Aguilera apoyé ‘la peticién de | Maceo Osorio, aceptando iFiguere- do el encargo, Despues, se retire ron a sus hogares. ¥ aquélla misma noche, madre. gada del 14 de Agosto de 1867, des- cendieron de lo alto de los cielos, gios y sonidos, las estrofas del Himng de Bayamo, que habria de ser nuestro Himno Nacional. La revolucién, pues, ya contaba con su Himno. Pero habia una difi- cultad: su orquestacién. Figueredo mand6 a buscar a un musico insigne, residente en Baya- mo. El Maestro Manuel Mujfoz, encargandole de la orquestacién de su Himno. Despues de leer el pentagrama, el Maestro felicité a Figueredo. Era una misica mar- cial y bellamente inspirada, Y se hizo cargo de aquella labor. Cuando el trabajo estuvo termi- nado, alla se jueron Maceo Osorio, Aguilera y Figueredo a escuchar- lo, Eran las ‘ocho de la noche, cuan- do los tres conspiradores se detuvi- eron en la puerta de la casa del Maestro Mufoz. La orquesta esta- ba alli y a los pocos minutos, con la brillante instrumentacién’ de Mufioz, las notas del Himno de Perucho Figueredo poblaron_ el aire con su belleza y marcialidad. Habia triunfado el Maestro en su labor musical, pero Perucho Fi- gueredo habia conquistado, como Rouget D’Lisle, la inmortalidad. .. | Figueredo se puso de acuerdo }con el Maestro Mufioz, para que su Himno fuera ejecutado en el Te-Deum que el dia de Corpus | Christie habia de celebrarse en la | Parroquia de Bayamo. Al efecto, |se puso de acuerdo con aquella |gran sacerdote e irreductible pa- |triota, que se Hamé el Padre Ba- ;tista, quien acepté alborozado la idea. Mufioz, temiendo ser detenido, | alego a Figueredo que el Goberna- |dor Udaeta estaria presente en el jacto y no sabria qué decirle, euan- | do Jo ejecutase, si el Gobernador le hacia alguna observacion. .. . Usted le dira—le respondié Figueredo-que esa musica fué compuesta por mi y que, a mi Tuego, usted Ja ejecuté en esa solemne fiesta religiosa. Ante aquella resolucién vale- rosa, terminante, el Maestro Mu- | foz, quedd conforme, No habia mas que afi adir: tocaria la mar- cha en el Te-Deum y en la préxi- | ma procesion el dia de Corpus. En otro trabajo, ex; | pondremos ‘i las consecuencias de este bello ;eposodio de nuestras luchas liber- e po el comienzo de ta lucha, era easi una imper- donable cobardia. No estar con- vencides de que habrian de triun- far. era tambien otra enorme co- bardia. . . Se necesitaba accion y taban ellos tres, dispuestos sr a Cuba sobre sus UKION BECest. ba bases e que semtarse, y ia’ tarias. | MOSCOW ENVOY NAMED LONDON # — W. G. Hayter, ritish minister in Faris and B | former first secretary of the Brit. {ish Embassy |been named ambassador to Mos- jcow. He will succeed Sir Alvary | Gascoigne, who reaches the retire- in Washington, has ment age of 6 in August. A former under secretary of transformaados en Iuvia de atpe- ph TODAY'S BUSINESS MIRROR By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK (#—The June grad- uate is turning down the role of salesman—just when salesman- ship is about to play a return en- gagement on the business stage. Selling as a career appeals to few of them, to a num- © | ber of college placement officers around the country. Tops on the list of jobs the graduates like are engineering, chemistry, account- aney, personnel work and business administration, The space-ship wonder-lure of the sciences—plug the high start- ing pay offered in these tight-sup- ly professions—is making it hard for the company needing sales- men to recruit likely beginners. Specialized engineers are in big demand and earn high gowns. University placement officers in New York, Illinois, California and the South, all report the same thing: June graduates look toward the technical fields rather than selling. A scouting survey of schools from coast to coast was made by the president of the Vitamin Corp. of America, Morton Edell, whose firm hires ahd trains beginners in the selling field. About the only encouragement he got was from three schools in the New York area who saw a greater interest this year than formerly shown by the graduate—but only in using selling a stepping-stone to a business management career. Business is scouting for sales- men now because it feels that the days of the hard sell may be ap- proaching again—that the buyers’ market is upon us and good sales- manship will become a prime nec- essity. Edell estimates there are six million salesmen, of all types, in the country and he thinks there should be a good many more if the United States is to ward off any post-defense slump. His theory is that when industry is freed of the last materials controls shortages it can produce new and improved products. The salesmen will have to produce ‘the custom- ers. The salesman's job is to sell discontent. That is, he makes peo- ple want more and better things. High consumption in turn will mean high employment. CITY HAS TO FOOT MOST OF THE BILL DECATUR, Il. u\—During the city $678.50. toward ‘Russia. The release of ail- ing American prisoners of war has stirred a new interest in Korea, but the “‘let’s win or get out’ ad- vocates are less vocal. Most Midwesterners are simply frankly puzzled about the whole Korean situation, more willing now to adopt a ‘‘wait-and-see” attitude. By DON WHITEHEAD (For James Marlow) j WASHINGTON W—Gen. Omar N. Bra@ley has served his country in uniform for almost 40 years and the older soldier—still youthfully vigorous and hearty at 60—is now preparing for an active retirement. Bradley has no intention of try- ing to cling to the chairmanship of the Joint Chiefs of Staff which he has held for the past four years. Im fact he has told friends he} already has accepted a job which will keep him busy for years to come. He’s keeping secret what} his new job will be. ! Recently he told a friend: “At. first I thought I'd just retire to| catch up on my fishing and hunt- ing—and take things easy, But I’ve noticed that my friends who tried that kind of retirement didn’t live too long. Tll have a job that will keep me mentally active and still leave me some time for hunting and fishing. It will be best that way.” But across this land there will be many veterans of World War II and other citizens who will regret to see Bradley step from active duty. For there has grown up among soldiers and civilians alike a “Bradley cuit.” It's not that these people think Bradley can do no wrong—but they have faith that even in his mistakes Bradley has an integrity and honesty which shows no com- promise with honor. The “Bradley cult” had its be- ginning back in North Africa whe: | | Bradley was a major general with | his first combat command. He had come to North Airica to act as Gen. Dwight Eisenhower's eyes and ears at the front—where the Allied armies weren't doing too well in a bogged-down winter campaign. Finally there was a shakeup in commands, and Bradley took over the American 2nd Corps. His handling of the corps in the final drive to conquer Tunisia became | the talk of North Africa. With this achievement under his | belt, it was a logical move for Eisenhower to put Bradley in com- mand of the corps which spear. headed the fighting in Sicily. Again | Bradley distinguished himself. I suppose the late Ernie. Pyle; did more than anyone else in those | days to bring Bradley's name to’ the public’s attention. Ernie called | him “the GI’s general” and the| tag stuck because it was so de-/ scriptive of Bradley, who looks great deal more like a school master than a military man. Bradley's handing of troops in| Sicily pleased Eisenhower so much | that he named the Missourian to! be his top commander for the | invasion of Normandy. of Bradley played a major part in| mapping the strategy for the in-! vasion, the breakthrough at St. Lo, the liberation of France and the) conquest of Germary. } After the war, he served for a sometimes is curdled by their sur- | prise over the antics and costumes | of some duffers. | “Our trouble with new mem- bers,” said a locker room attend- bounced around on other jobs, in- cluding a stint as a shipboard singér on a Caribbean cruise. Then he landed as a winncr on an Arthur Godfrey talent show. A iew million records later, he was discovered by Hollywood. No need to guess what he's playing in his current picture, “Red Gar- | ters”’—he’s a cowboy, natch, What with all this, plus owning his own The World Today tend the Korean War to hit Chi- ant, “is to keep them from calling up Ike long distance to brag about it every time they come in with a score under 100.” Tarzana Ranch aad m: gr Jackie loueey, he’s about. as happy a cowpoke as can find on the Vine Street aan success to. Mitchell sings the that drive some t intrigue . millions nese bases in Manchuria. first big hit was a In all this, Bradley has stead- | called “My Heart fastly maintained that the duty of! Eyen Mitchell tne military was not to make policy—but to present the military facts of life so that civilian leaders could make the poilioy. He was pained by MacArthur's revolt against established policy. And likewise he has been deeply disturbed by Gen. James A. Van Fleet’s active campaign for a change of policy in Korea. Prad- ley has made clear to friends his belief that such revolts are dam- aging to civilian control over the armed forces and to military dis-| novelties don't last cipline. f Soon Bradley. will pass on these problems to someone else and if his plans work out he will find himself a place in the role of a} civilian. | tell: As for his place in history, this is already secure. Today’s Women By DOROTHY ROE AP Women’s Editor Why is a married woman “‘just ‘a housewife’ {| This is a question that, it seems, | last | has been infuriating much of the | many contestants as feminine population of the U, S. in 1925. |for many years. ; And, he rates today’s This column recently reported a {as more accomplished. conversation with TV star Garry| But the rivalry will Moore, in which he invited women = when the contest | to suggest a new name for house-| ington May 18 | wife. 1926 and 1947 when The innocent Garry didn’t know sided. he believes. what he was starting. He had to} A look at the word former President Truman, to ex- i | filled one whole room in his Spa) ious suite of offices. | Letters came from every state | _ in the Union as well as from Bel- j ing garnisheeing, gium, England, Germany, France ‘yttrium, endophyte, and Holland. The son of gn itinerant Given a chance to let off stream, | dist minister, the the girls were expldsive. High | scholar dates his time, they said, what somebody | “before the war” and “after recognized the slur inherent in the | war.” | phrase “just a honsewife.” Actual-| “When I say ‘the war,” he ly, they pointed out, being a house- | plains, “I mean the Spasish-Ameme wife is one of the world’s most ican war,” < complicated jobs, requiring a de-| The changes that have taken gree and variety of talents that place in educating would lead to fame and fortune | Dr. Wills in the business wor'd. The most frequently suggested summarizes in substitute term was “homemaker” | “Then, we closely followed by “home super. | English. Now it's visor” and “chairman of the curriculum. P. board.” | practical.” One husbend wrote that the most | appropriate phrase be could think | trades, of was “speaker of the howse.” | gua Another, in the Navy. said he al-; ways refers to his wife as “first do mate.” : i From Europe came the sugges-' tien “managere,” which & 2@ French term for giti manager A letter from Great Notch, N hE * REE